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!

Our Baby's New Room

It's official, we've transformed our guest room to a baby room! :O) We gave mom & dad our newer guest bed and sold theirs on Craigslist, which sold the first day! I started thinking what else can I sell?!?! We then went ahead and ordered the baby's crib and changing table online from Target after our last appointment and it came this past Wednesday. It only took about an hour & a half to put both together so the estimated time was actually less then the directions indicated unlike most of those build-it-yourself jobs that turn into hours. HaHaHa

Before...

Before...

Building in process...

Looks great David :)

Finished Product! Yes, we still need a mattress ;)

My next appointment is at the end of this month which will put me at 16 weeks.  By then I'll be showing and can hopefully start posting regular photos of my growing baby 'bump'. It'll feel more real when others can see that I'm pregnant instead of how Mel described it, looking like you just can't push yourself away from the table.
Today and tomorrow are supposed to be mid 80's then it's supposed to cool off again for the rest of the week which I'm looking forward to because no summer clothing fits anymore so dressing for work is a battle. Mom hit the jackpot at a neighbors garage sale of maternity clothes that are all nice business casual for the fall season so I'm anxious to start wearing those clothes that are a little big then the too snug I have right now.

Pregnancy Update-13 weeks

Wednesday was my second appointment marking the end of my first trimester. We got to meet our midwife, which we both really like, and hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time! David recorded it on his cell phone and I'm so glad he did because it's absolutely amazing. Everything is right on track and looking perfect and baby has a strong heartbeat of 153. Since the midwife knows I don't want to know the the gender of our baby but David does (he'll totally lose that debate since he can't keep a secret haha) she said now the wives tale about being able to determine gender from the heart rate is just that, a wives tale. Which I never bought into but feel free to place your friendly bets with one another :O) 

(Click the video clip below to hear our baby's heartbeat!)

I'm feeling pretty good at this point. I still have some nausea but not like the first couple of months and I'm starting to get a little more energy again. I joked if only I could bank my sleep now before baby arrives but I don't think it works that way haha

Saturday we were busy cleaning the house and I asked David if he had read the new catalog we received on Friday from the Packer's Pro Shop. He hadn't yet so I had him quick glance at it because there was a stocking cap I liked...hint hint. Anyways, of course they have a baby section of different Packer fan gear from onesies to booties and bibs. We laughed because they are cute but not something we'd buy ourselves and he said you do realize one of my family members will buy the baby something Packer related. I knew this and said yep that would be your dad. It's as if ears were burning because no sooner did David go out and get the mail we had a package from his dad & Lori with this note.........."A must have wardrobe staple for our new little person-whether we are blessed with a boy or girl" 

Thanks Loren & Lori!