Daddy Blog Takeover!!!!

So this is the daddy take over since i haven't really had a chance to get in here and blog i decided now would be a perfect time. We found out what of the sex of the baby is and were so excited, we even decided on a name which is great. Before we get to that though I'll go back through everything that has happened so far From Daddy's point of view So lets Begin

Let me start from how mommy surprised me. I was at work and we were walking into the breakroom for lunch and i saw some balloons at our table and i was like what in the world. Next thing i know brittany my sister walked over and sat a pan of cupcakes down and i was getting really weirded out. I was thinking what is going on its not my birthday what is going on, then brittany told me to look at the cupcakes to see the surprise. On the lid it had "Which would you rather have?" and then i opened the container and it had red and blue cupcakes but i still couldn't understand what was going on then after much contemplating i kinda knew in my heart what was going on. I then looked under the lid of the container and it said....."Your going to be a Daddy" and my heart dropped and i put the lid down so fast and brittany and montez( brittany's fiance) looked at me and wanted to know what was going on, so i finally got up the courage to show them they freaked and at that same time she walked into the breakroom and i was like "are you serious" of course she was lol. I was so excited and scared all at the same time I couldn't even focus at work the rest of the day, which driving a forklift isn't a good thing so i had to stop driving the rest of the day. Talk about the biggest surprise of my life :)

but before i get into another story i have to give this quick side note mommmy was so exicted that for the next six weeks she gave me an update of everytime you changed in size from a apple seed to an avacado lets just say she was super excited.... lol

When we finally got our first ultrasound it was amazing and kinda weird it wasn't a regular ultrasound where they do it on the stomach they had to go through the *cough lady parts lol .....but anyways ultrasounds like that i never understood it just looks like a bunch of blobs but the tech was able to point out the head and butt but i didn't really see it so i just took her word on it. but they also let us hear a heartbeat and that was amazing it became really real to me then i looked at tiffany and i just fell in love with the baby right then i just couldn't believe something so small already has a heartbeat

So weeks went by of course things were happening but more like little things like tiffany having headaches but wasn't a whole lot just a lot of people betting(not really more like guessing) as  to what the sex of baby west. i was guessing a boy just because i have a friend that our lives have been pretty parallel in how stuff has been going and just a few weeks before they found out they were having a boy so i just knew we were too.

Then this past friday it was finally time to find out the sex of baby west so we got up early went into the doctors and as tiffany was getting weighed the nurse said that they don't tell the sex of babies before the 20th week even though they let her schedule that date so needless to say mommy wasn't too happy so we wait for the doctor to come in and she confirmed what the nurse said but she still let us hear the baby's heartbeat but that time we were just looking for a little more....so tiffany got on the phone after we got done at the doctors office and called some specialty ultrasound places and we got an appointment the same day!! which was great!! but because of atlanta traffic and complicated hospital layout we were late and of course she blamed me for stopping for something to eat even though she was hungry too! ;) but they worked us back in even though it really only took 10 mins. when we got in the room there was like five 40 inch tv screens and an ambient light and soft classical music and i big couch for me to sit on! it was a nice environment so she laid down and the tech got to work!

As soon as she found the legs i knew exactly you were a BOY!!! it took her a little longer to confirm my belief but she eventually did. she started taking pictures in 3D and it was amazing i could see you!! you have my nose i can tell already and you kinda look like i did as a child. It was the most amazing feeling ever i said silently to myself Thats my boy!!! it was a weird kinda pride like I'm proud of my boy for swimming around LOL but it was a great time although you were not happy the tech was pushing you around a bit.

While we were heading home i was thinking a lot that because this is our first time i want both of us to be involved in naming baby west in of just the first boy being named after me so i told tiffany this and she was on board but was totally fine either way which is why i love her. but at the same time it was weird like God just dropped a name in my head i didn't force it . so i told tiffany the name and she liked it so your name became Trenton Cole West!!

The last part of my story involves telling my family tiffany made a cake that the inside would tell the sex of the baby by the blue icing which was really cool and really tasty!! my mom was so funny being super excited it made me laugh really hard but Mr lerone didn't want to know what the sex was but he should of left the room because mommy ended up blurting it out anyway LOL it was funny after we told them i went to walmart with britt and montez to pick up some stuff and while i was there i picked you up some clothes including a shirt that said "Daddy's # 1 little tough dude" and some other things it was just amazing i just felt like you were already here these next few months will be tough to get through because i can't wait to see you. i'm glad i got to see you already but i can't wait till i can hold you! I love you so much!!!

-Dad

16 Weeks of Growing Baby

I have to start out by saying, I just love my husband. He is such a great supporter and encourager. When I am having a bad day, he somehow knows exactly what to say to make me feel better, even when he doesn't realize it. Our baby is going to have an amazing father. God paired us up perfectly :)

The past few weeks haven't really been much different, which I guess is a good thing; just makes writing any updates a little harder. I did talk to my doctor about all the headaches I've been having and she recommended I see a neurologist since I already got bad headaches from when I was hit in the head in high school. But I was talking to Joe and talking to my mom and we are all on the same page about this. You see, I'm really good (or bad, depending how you look at it) at self-diagnosing myself and since I've learned to deal with the bad migraines for the past 8 years, I can typically tell the difference between what kind of headaches I am having. Plus, Joe and I both don't want to add another doctor bill right now.....and really, what can a neurologist do for a pregnant woman? I can't have any tests or x-rays or MRI's done....So I think we have concluded to opt out of seeing a neurologist and just stick to my self-diagnoses for now :)

One thing that has been different in our lives though, is Joe has started helping me in my Sunday school class :) I work in the infant room every other week at our church and he has started coming with me which has been wonderful to see him interact with other cute little babies. This past weekend we had a little 9 week old baby and I absolutely loved seeing Joe take care and learn how to take care of this adorable little baby. There was some apprehension but he did great and I was so proud of him. Have I mentioned how much I love my husband lately?

This week also marks the beginning of a new month! So of course, here is the 4 month picture :)