Turkey Day Weekend

We had Thanksgiving dinner at our house again this year with mom, dad, Geri and an added guest, Grandpa Sam! Mom picked him up Tuesday and they got in on Wednesday and she's on her way back right now from taking him back home. We all really enjoyed having him here for a few days to visit, play cards (which he won each time) and play pool which he won that series against dad as well! Go grandpa :) (Sorry dad haha). 

David and I went out on Friday late morning to do some of our shopping and because of all the midnight deals, the stores & parking lots were no different than a regular Saturday. (woohoo!)  Since neither of us need or want anything we're keeping it small and simple so we're able to get anything we need for our little man before he arrives because he'll be here before we know it!

The only picture from this weekend is the one I just posted of me at 24 weeks which I had David take on Thursday morning before the cooking began. Looking at it, I sure looked tired and I can't even use the tryptophan as an exuse!

24 Weeks

I can't believe it's almost December! I'm a little behind on posting updates but the time goes by too fast before I feel like I have something worthy of posting but that'll change soon :)  Today's my last day of a 4.5 day weekend so I thought I better be productive. We had our appointment on Wednesday and all looks great! Here's the update:

Baby: He has been increasingly active with punches, jabs or kicks which are the highlight of my days! A couple of weeks ago David was able to feel him for the first time when I experienced the first blow that actually made my stomach move. I joked it was because I was cheering loudly while watching the Monday night Packer game and the kicks were his way of saying "Hey! Keep it down, I'm sleeping!'
Heartrate= 147 but he kicked and moved right then and it jumped to 159 which our midwife said was a good, healthy sign that his nervous system etc is working the way it's supposed to. :)

Me: Overall I feel great and am VERY glad everything is normal and on track for both of us.

Doctor's visit: Next scheduled visit is December 22nd, where I'll have my glucose test and Rh shot.
My Likes: eating (mostly healthy but Christmas cookies are around the corner!), being home and sitting in my new glider rocker (thanks mom & dad!) wearing flat shoes & stretchy pants, love feeling him move

My Dislikes: not being able to stay comfortable sleeping for more than a couple of hours, lower back aches

Half Way!-20 Weeks

It's a................


Sorry, you'll have to wait!  

Wednesday we had our ultrasound appointment which took about 45 minutes and it was amazing to see the baby moving all around. Baby's heart rate was 155 again which now we know why, apparently between 9am-11ish is somersault/acrobats time. At one point baby's foot was near the mouth hahaha. The baby was breech at the time so I now I know I've been feeling feet when I've felt the baby move the last week or so.

Full Body View

Foot

Snuggling already!

Pregnancy Update-17 Weeks

I definitely 'popped' in the last week and am looking pregnant now instead of just chubby in the tummy! My last doctor's appointment was this past Wednesday. We got to hear the heartbeat again, which is always fun and baby's heart rate was a strong 155 so our little one is active in the morning. =) I took the day off of work since part of my appointment was getting a flu shot and I don't know if I've had one since I was a baby so I didn't know how I'd feel afterwards.  The only side effect was a sore arm for a couple of days so I was happy with that!

I had started our registry online at Target pretty early so as we came across things we liked I added it there instead of having hundreds of webpages bookmarked on the computer.  So after our appointment we headed to Target to finish adding things in-store because it's way more fun! David was in charge of the 'gun' and he added a couple of boyish bibs since there weren't many to choose from which had Mel already asking me if I subconsciously knew something or if David got scan happy? hahahaha So they'll stay on there for now until I get our registry at Shopko done since they have more gender neutral items.

Our next appointment is October 26th which is 20 weeks and half way, holy cow time flies! They'll do an ultrasound taking all the measurements of baby but we're not going to find out the gender so everyone will have to wait 20 more weeks to find out ;) We've got our names picked out which several family members know already (Madelynn Claire for a girl & Parker Lee for a boy) so we'll keep the baby's sex a secret so you can start making your predictions!