A couple of what seems like days - in reality weeks - ago, I posted announcing our pregnancy, and here we are already at 20 weeks and 1 day. As shown here, he’s still there growing all the time, kicking Hannah whenever he wants… and just generally making her tired.
For those unable to really understand these ultrasound scan jobbies, the head is on the left facing the screen, and the larger right hand blob is the upper torso. The whiter line at the bottom, and the tiny little paw-print looking thing is it’s hand.
This photo is actually from the second scan over 2 days - we had a regular 20 week scan yesterday, and the sonographist spotted that the kidneys were slightly larger than normal. We doubt it will be anything major, but we were referred to a consultant we saw this morning to check the scan in more detail. The placenta is a bit low, so we’ll be having a 32 week scan, and possibly even a 36 week scan as well… we’ll see.
The other thing we got from the scan is our initial suspicion that it’s a boy may indeed be wrong - neither the sonographer yesterday or the consultant today could find any winkies, and today it was in a very good position for checking. The rather annoying thing about that is that we’ll have to think of a girls name (on which we have still not agreed, and probably never will, heh!). Freya is a name we both seem to like at the moment… but we shall see!
Whatever you’ve heard, it’s probably true. Hannah and I are having a baby, and she is 17 weeks gone so far. Which means in under 5 months, I shall be father to a tiny little baby, and have even less time to do things I want to do!
The scan to the left is indeed our baby at 12 weeks and 2 days old, and at that point, he was just 6cm big. By this time I think he’s nearly twice that, and Hannah’s bump is getting bigger by the day (although still hardly noticable to the casual onlooker).
In addition to the random posts about Airsoft, Frosthold, and general computer-related bits, it’s pretty likely I’ll have a baby category, and this is the first post. Cheers!
We’re pretty sure it’s a boy, but we’ll find out at the 20 week scan with a bit more certainty. If it is a boy, we’ve decided on the name, and if it’s a girl, we haven’t. And we probably won’t. So it’ll be called “Baby Girl” heh.
I’ve finally managed to get the last remaining websites I used to run on my home servers up and running. Hannah and Tom’s blog are now online and raring to go…
Check them out! 
Yes, another soppy gay post. Some of you may or may not know that Hannah and I are officially engaged. I recently finally purchased her engagement ring (pictured). I’m currently in the process of developing a website for the wedding and information about it, which will soon be available on this website.
Our current idea is to have the ceremony at a place called Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire. Unfortunately, the great hall (where the wedding itself takes place) can only accomodate 45 guests. However, our plan is to have the ceremony there, then have everybody waiting outside for photos… we’ll see if we can do that, as then most people (of the approximately 90-100 we are intending on inviting) will be able to be there for most of the celebrations.
Currently, there is no fixed date for the wedding, but we are aiming for summer next year! I’ll announce the location of the website when it’s ready!
I’m so happy - I’ve found the one. I just love the fact we are spending the rest of our lives together and we’re just so perfect for each other. I never want her to stop loving me like she does, otherwise I may not be happy ever again - she’s the bestest thing to ever happen to me. She makes me feel so special and loved and wanted - she’s like a goddess. I want to just cuddle her forever and hold her in my arms until death do us part… she’s that amazing. I never want her to forget that.
I just found a good article regarding what I spoke about here. It’s called The Seven Deadly Sins of IVR (Interactive Voice Response), and it is just so true. When I rang TV Licensing the other day, my conversation with the machine went something like this:
Machine: Please say your postcode
James: PO15 XXX
Machine: Please say your street name
James: XXXX XXXX Road
Machine: Please say your house number
James: Eighteen
Machine: I’m sorry, I did not recognise your response. Please say your house number
James (slowly and clearly): EIGHTEEN
Machine: I’m sorry, I did not recognise your response. Lets try again from the beginning
James (smacking forehead)
Machine: Please say your postcode
James: PO15 XXX
Machine: Please say your street name
James: XXXX XXXX Road
Machine: Please say your house number
James (clearly): One eight
Machine: I’m sorry, I did not recognise your response. Lets try again from the beginning
James (shouting): EIGHTEEN YOU STUPID MACHINE HOW HARD IS IT TO UNDERSTAND?!
Machine: I’m sorry, I did not recognise your response.
James hangs up in anger and disliking the total lack of customer care.
As you can tell, I was pretty fustrated. I did call up and try again, but it totally failed at recognising something as simple as the number 18. It didn’t even understand “one eight”… and there was absolutely no way to transfer to a human operator, which I thought was stupid.
Rant over…
