Updated Baby Bump + Our # 1 Question

Can you believe we're 16 weeks into this already (actually 16 weeks and 4 days but who's counting!)?

We go in for the big ultrasound on June 5th. As long as the baby cooperates, when we leave, we'll know if we having a girl bean or a boy bean. I can hardly wait to find out!

Our # 1 question (after "how are you feeling") has to be if we've picked a name for the baby yet.

Our standard answer is yes.. Angelo Guido Dimino. Don't you love how it rhymes? hee hee If it's a girl, we're thinking Angela Jr. but I'm not sure about a middle name yet.

Actually I don't think we're going to share possible names with anyone in advance. When the baby is born we'll be sure to make an announcement.
We're doing this to 1. protect the sensitive pregnant person's feelings and 2. because we won't even be discussing until after June 5th.

Everyone has special feelings towards one name or another.. those feelings aren't always positive and rather than subject ourselves to complaints or questioning about our choice.. we're going to wait until the little darling is here. No way will you be able to look at him/her and tell them their name is stupid or that you had a crappy ex in high school by that name. :)

My feelings towards having a girl are starting to change.. having a little Angelo might not be so bad!

The Beat Goes On

I just wanted to update everyone on Matt and his crazy ordeal. For those of you who may not know, here's what happened:

About two weeks after returning from our wedding in Cabo, Matt was on the couch and felt a terrible pain in his chest. He's not overweight, doesn't smoke, and is in generally good health. He chalked it up to gas and was going to see what happened. A few days later it happened again just after breakfast, not wanting to take any chances we were off the ER. His EKG came back fine but was told to look into it further.

He needed a referral to a cardiologist and had to find a primary care doc first..(HMO) Fast forward a few months and a few tests later, had an angioplasty done on May 6th. That's right, my 35 year old husband with a new wife, and baby on the way... We knew we were in good hands after meeting with Dr. Khamaj Dave, the Cardiologist performing the procedure but were still concerned about the what if's and the unknowns.

Matt's main artery on the front of his heart was almost completely blocked (I saw the photos).. a night nurse later told Matt that artery is called the "widow maker"... He's home and doing fine today but please, no matter your spouse's age, if they aren't feeling well, encourage them to look into any chest pains further. You're the only one that knows your body. Nobody ever thought someone as young as 35 would have a clogged artery.. usually that takes years to build up. His cholesterol and blood pressure results were all within normal. Matt could have easily brushed this off and I'm so thankful he had a final nuclear stress test that showed a blockage.. otherwise I hate to think about what may have happened to our family.

This week Matt is back at work and the large bruises near his groin and on his arm are fading.. I look at him while he sleeps and can't help but tear up and think about what might have happened. Matt's my family and I (we) need him.

A huge "thank you" to all our friends and family who showed nothing but great support for both of us while we went through this. We appreciate the dinners, cards, and phone calls with all your concern and well wishes.

We love you all!

Matt after 7 hours of not being able to move his right leg..He was finally able to get out of bed