16 weeks 4 days

Baby Hilton sucking his thumb! I'm officially in love... cutest thing I've ever seen.

I had my 16 week appointment today. Everything looked good. Baby Hilton's heartbeat was 154 beats per minute.

So, here is how we found out so early that Baby Hilton is a boy:

Jake and I planned an extended weekend trip to San Diego to celebrate our one year anniversary. We left on Friday night and made a stop in LA because we couldn't do the whole thing that night - we were too exhausted! Thanks Allie for the couch! The next morning we woke up and hurried down to San Diego. On the drive down, Jake said he wanted to let me know about his anniversary present for me a little early so that I could prepare. He told me he scheduled an ultrasound for that afternoon! (Printed photos from the ultrasound would be the "paper" for our one year anniversary, get it?) I was so excited, but also became very nervous! I just wanted to see that everything (baby, arms, legs, etc) was okay. I was scared that nothing would be growing inside of me and I was just gaining weight for no reason. Yes, that was my main concern... I'm so vain. Ha.

We showed up at a small office that only does ultrasounds. They had a large room for family viewing with huge screen for showing the baby. It was amazing seeing how big Baby Hilton got since we last saw it at 8 weeks! When it first popped up on the screen it hiccuped. You could immediately see the spine and head.

Then we got down to business. Baby Hilton was quite shy at first. The little legs stayed crossed for a few minutes. I said it was being "lady like" and that must have been the sign... two seconds later - there it was. Baby Hilton was officially a boy.

I can't tell what I'm looking at, but the ultrasound technician said she was 100% positive it was a boy. Well, I guess that's pretty certain. So, blue stuff it is!

Pregnancy update: Holy Headaches. I just got over a 48 hour headache... started in San Diego and lasted the whole drive home. I was sad I couldn't spend more (quality) time with mom and dad the last day I was home, but I think they understood. That was one of the worst pregnancy headaches I've experienced, but for the past few weeks I've been having almost daily headaches. They are small and dull - nothing too extreme for a migraine sufferer like me, but still annoying.

Left: 5 Weeks Pregnant
Right: 16 Weeks Pregnant *
* I did not wear this dress in public - just wanted to show the difference

Surprise!

Baby Hilton is... a BOY! We're leaving San Diego this morning and will post pictures and explain how we found out the sex once we get back to The Josey. Uh, seven hour drive with some serious pregnancy headaches...

San Diego & Temecula

I had a great time visiting family and friends over the past weekend. I flew to San Diego on Friday morning so I could make it out to Temecula for Jessica's Bachelorette Weekend. We rented a house for Friday and Saturday night.

The first night included everyone getting there (LA traffic was not nice to some of the girls), playing silly bachelorette games, opening presents, and yummy food and drinks!

A sangria toast for the bride-to-be, Jessica (third from left)

Saturday included laying by the pool, chatting, reading magazines, having lunch and more tasty drinks. I had a virgin mojito which was very yummy. I couldn't do too much laying in the sun. My head has still been off lately, so I had to go in early for a "cat nap." (Joke for the Temecula girls... lame I know)

Then, eight girls needed to shower and get ready for a night on the town! This included wine tasting, dinner at a winery, and a dance club.

In the limo

In the limo. Notice the fan above Devon's head. This made it impossible for us to close the partition to our creepy driver up front. Slightly awkward...

At the winery. Oh, how I wanted to taste the wines. I did smell each one... No one purchased any bottles so they must not have been that good.

The bride-to-be in her boa and tiara with veil. It looks like the club is empty in this picture, but it actually got pretty crowded. There were a few other bachelorette parties at the same club... but Jessica was the cutest :)

Isn't this interesting...

Can mothers predict the sex of their unborn baby? Well, according to one study women who had an intuition were correct 70% of the time.

Check out the article here: http://web.arizona.edu/~vas/intuit.htm

Any moms out there who correctly predicted the gender of their babies?