The "Why in the Heck isn't Nathanael Here" Ultrasound!

If you are familiar with ultrasounds, then you know that reading them can be tricky. The first several months you don't know if what you are looking at is, in fact, your child or just a dope-head's black & white stab at modern art.

Then you move to the middle months where you've had some practice at it, you actually can see a developing baby, and you can actually nod your head in agreement when the doctor says, "oh, look the feet" without lying through your teeth.

Oh if only that was the case with Nathanael today! Nathanael is so big that we've reached the stage where all we see is part of a leg, or part of his head. It was like looking from the other side of a one way mirror when some fat kid smashes his face up against it on the other side. Extreme close-ups! Our kid has officially moved into needing a wide screen ultrasound just to see him!

The good news is that B and Nathanael are both very healthy. Doc says that if Nathanael doesn't surrender and come out with his hands up by next Sunday the 8th, then we're sending in the search and rescue team.

Noah's Baby

THIS IS NOT A POST ABOUT BABY NATHANAEL'S BIRTH, because well, HE ISN'T HERE YET!!!

Just like the lady from American Airlines informed me today as I was trying to buy tickets to come home in July, "Well, sir, we can't really issue a ticket for the infant because we need a name and a birth date and as of right now your son has neither."

Thank you so much.


Noah's Baby is different than Baby Nathanael. Baby Nathanael will be cute and warm and have fluids shooting out of him (.....er... TMI???). Noah's Baby is small and plastic and is cleaner and sleeps through the night.

Noah, as we all have, has gone a bit baby crazy these past weeks. This has manifested itself in different ways: Noah making us read the "I am a big brother book" over and over and over again, Noah chasing after strollers in public places screaming "BABY! BABY!! BABY!!, or our personal favorite, Noah kissing mommy's tummy. We realized the pinnacle of this baby madness last night when we were at some friends house who have 2 girls. These girls have dolls. Noah LOVED the baby dolls. That is right. My son is in to baby dolls......you wanna take this outside? Back off.

Anyway, we thought since Nathanael is dragging his feet that we ought to get Noah his own baby in this "pre-Nathanael tension" we've been living in so we could practice being nice to the baby and loving the baby and, when Nathanael finally gets here, Noah will have his own baby.

So we went to the store and picked up a very nice, masculine baby doll. NOAH WAS TOTALLY STOKED!!! The cashier took it out of the package to give it to him, because Noah's attachment. The whole way home all Noah did was kiss his baby and pat his baby and love his baby. His baby doll's name is Noah's Baby.

Then we got home. We rode up the elevator and got to our door. Noah then turns and chunks Noah's Baby down the flight of stairs!!

Then later today we found Noah's Baby face down in the dryer with the door shut!

Nathanael is doomed!

However tonight at the mall Noah and Noah's Baby were in the mall and Noah kept showing Noah's Baby to all the women that passed.

So Noah is a very proud, but very abusive parent.

Eli and Nathanael

Room for Rent

Nathanael has officially been served an eviction notice. He hasn't paid rent in 9 months and has outgrown his living quarters. I look at B and I just hurt. Being 9 months pregnant has got to stink. We were talking today about stress and how B carries stress in her shoulders. She has been stressed out, but her shoulders haven't really bothered her this past month. It's not because they don't really hurt, it's just because everything else hurts so much worse!! :)

Yay for the day when the baby comes!

On a less "pregnant" note. Noah's new favorite game is to see how many things he can stick in the hole in my guitar while I'm playing..... picks, capos, poor Eddie's (his best friend/doll) face had indentions from the strings before I could convince Noah he was too big to fit in there.

You can imagine what beautiful music Noah and I make together when we play/bang on the guitar.

Your Turn

"Okay, I'm done. Why don't you take the baby for a few days."
-B-

Pregnancy Update

I wanted to give you an update on our baby. We went to the doctor last month for the check up and little baby bull wouldn't cooperate at all, so we had to wait until our appointment yesterday.

We are definitely, 100% having a boy. It was so obvious on the ultra sound that even B and I could tell. But due to laws against putting that sort of thing on the internet, you are just going to have to believe us and take our word for it.

Pneukuntree Baybiotitus

B and I went to the doctor yesterday and apparently we have picked up from the Courtneys a disease called Pneukuntree Baybiotitus (Nu Kun Tree Bay Beo Titus) It is a rare disease found in young couples who move around from country to country alot.

Basically, you can tell if you have this disease if you find yourself pregnant shortly after you move to a new country.........

For those of you with mouths open, I will say it again so it will sink in quicker.

B and I (mainly B) are pregnant again!

In our quest to over populate the world and expand the Bullion Nation, we are pregnant. I' m not sure why it always happens within two months of moving to a new country though. Hopefully this cycle doesn't continue the rest of our lives. That could prove to be overwhelming!

But yes, Noah is having a little brother or sister. And we are very happy, so celebrate with us. Go out to eat and go ahead and order that dessert or that extra something. Don't worry! It's for the baby!! Go out and buy that shirt/book/CD/DVD/whatever that you've been wanting, its a celebration!

For those of you that need answers here are some basic things you may be asking:

How far along?
8 weeks

How is B feeling?
It's the first trimester, so morning sickness is here to stay for another month or so.

When is the baby due?
First of June, Noah will be almost two

Was it planned?
No, are you kidding me? TWO in diapers????? We aren't cr.....well, ..No, it wasn't planned.

Do you want a boy or a girl?
B wants a girl. I am a bit nervous about a girl, but I mean, I am happy with whatever.

Will the baby be born there or in the States?
We are having the baby here. The health care here is great and we love our doctor. She is wonderful.

Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth. ^Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. Psalms 127

Just a Reminder to Vote!

We have a baby doctor appointment coming up a week from Wednesday, on the 8th. I was tallying the votes from the our post about what you wanted, and I am going to post them in a couple of days, but I wanted to give you a chance to vote (if you hadn't already) before I posted the results. Remember, every vote doesn't really count. The decision is already pretty final, but at least you get to guess.

Your choices still are:

A) A Boy

B) A Girl

C) Twins

D) Don't Care



Click on the comments link below and let us hear your opinion.

The Baby Doctor

Today we made it to our 4th month baby doctor visit. This is supposedly the earliest point in Baby Bull's life where we can tell if he is a he or if she is a she.

Well, the kid is alot like me, I guess. Last appointment we couldn't take the proper measurements because BB was asleep and wouldn't move. Once we were able to wake BB we could tell that BB was not a morning person and hated to be woken up.

This appointment was much the same. BB had grown quite a bit, but was now sitting Indian style and was obviously very comfortable, because BB could not be persuaded to move. So for all of you that were dying to know what BB is, you will just have to wait with the rest of us impatient ones, because the kid happens to be modest and extremely shy.

For those of you that haven't cast your vote about what BB is, please see the post below and let us know what you think or want. We've had some great responses so far.

Mama, our Jordanian grandma, says that BB is a boy because Bethany hasn't gained any weight in her face. Others have wanted BB to be a boy so we can arrange the marriage with their girl that they don't have yet. Still others have had some even better reasons, so go to the post below and give us your vote.

In a week or so we will post the results of the 2006 "Baby Bull Gender Polls," so stay tuned!

Cast Your Vote!

Cast Your Vote!

We have our 4 month baby check-up this week. I am really anxious and excited. This is the infamous check-up where we find out if Baby Bull is a boy or a girl. We’ve been tossing back and forth names and what colors to do what in, but after tomorrow we may have a better idea.

Here is the deal. Bethany wants BB to be a boy. I am torn between the two. KD, my little sister, thinks BB is a boy. What do you think/want? Comment and let us know. If you are like me and are just happy to have a kid, then comment and tell us that. You choices are:

1) A Boy
2) A Girl
3) All of the Above (Yikes)
4) Don’t Care

We aren’t going to tell you what BB is unless we get some feedback from this post. So vote and bring your friends.

Baby Bull

For all of you that are looking at the banner for the website and are a bit confused. We would like to announce the expected arrival of “Baby Bull.” Due to the fact that we don’t know if he is a she, or she is a he. We are going to do away with the use of misleading pronouns and just call the baby “Baby Bull.” Baby Bull will be here around mid to late July. We are very excited and are going to do our best to keep all you guys informed on what is going on.