23 Weeks

Well, I have no picture this week - I guess I'm just being lazy, but I also don't look very good right now so I'd prefer not to put myself out there.
The baby is continuing to be active, which is always a very cool feeling, and I've been able to see the movements just looking down at my belly. It looks like there's some alien inside trying to get out sometimes. It seems to be really active when I first lay down to go to bed at night and then usually in the morning. On Sunday morning, I was fast asleep and Will had turned over and put his arm around me so he could hold my belly and he said that the baby was going so crazy that he didn't know how I didn't wake up! That was the most he's been able to feel it at once.
I've been feeling fine....I had a pretty bad cold that started last week, but I'm finally getting over it. I now just have the runny nose and occasional cough. Other than that, I've been good and continuing to grow.
We bought the baby's bedding for the crib earlier this week and it came today! I absolutely love it and we decided to go 'different' with it. Instead of doing a themed nursery, we decided to go geometric with cool colors, almost retro looking. Next, we'll have to get the crib and furniture and we will be getting a little more prepared with the room.
I signed up for all of our pregnancy classes today and those will start after the beginning of next year. They want you to wait until you're in your eighth month so that everything is fresh on your mind, which I am definitely a fan of. Will and I have a horrible time as it is trying to remember day-to-day stuff sometimes.
Tomorrow we're off to Tennessee to see my parents and brother for Thanksgiving. We are excited about the trip and my mom has been waiting 1 long month for this visit - she will get to cut into the cake we made and find out what we're having! Will has been saying that she's just going to bring a knife out to the car with her when we pull up in the driveway! We're taking the ultrasound pics for the proof so I'll post those next week and reveal to everyone else what we're having, if you don't already know. And I'll finally be able to say he/she and can stop saying 'the baby' or 'it' when I'm talking.
On that note, I hope everyone else has a wonder Thanksgiving! We have a lot to be thankful this year! Love to all!

22 Weeks

So, I am becoming all belly these days. Feeling the baby move around more and more and Will has been able to feel it more, as well. I've been feeling fine all except for the cold I've seemed to have picked up in the last couple of days.

We've been shopping around online getting ideas for the baby's room and have been productive in actually picking things out. We've decided on the bedding and what we're doing for the furniture. I'm not sure if anyone knows about the convertible cribs, but they're awesome - it's like getting 3 beds in 1 so, we're definitely doing that.

In other news, this past weekend we were able to relax and not work too hard. We were done with wedding deliveries by 2pm on Saturday and Sunday we went to church then took Zoe for an outing downtown, which she enjoyed, but was completely pooped afterwards. We also went out to the beach and you would've thought it was summer - the temp. was about 75 degrees and everyone was out in their bathing suits (except for us). Monday we did have to make our trip to Sam's club, but we took time to check out the new waterfront park in Mt. Pleasant on the way there, as well as, going to visit Babies R'US. We didn't purchase anything, but we made a "list" of the things we want to register for after we tell my parents, which it's only one more week that my mom has to wait!

That's it for now! Hope all is well with everyone!

Here are a couple of cakes we made last week: Feeling wild? Shall we tell your fortune?

21 Weeks

So these are a pair of my new preggy jeans that are sooooooo comfortable! You can wear them either way, but I usually wear them with the tummy band up. (Will's mom bought me these last weekend)

And here I am fully dressed- who knew those were preggy!

I was able to go shopping today for the first time by myself and talk about having to make choices...it was hard! I bought 2 more pairs jeans, a few shirts, and another pair of capris to wear to work. I'll have to get more, but I figured I had done enough damage in one day.

In other exciting news, we had our doctor's appointment this morning and got to see our baby again! We had the full anatomy scan done by ultrasound, which we're happy to report that everything with the baby and myself are as they should be - completely normal and developing on schedule! This was the ultrasound I've been worried and praying about the most since we never had any of the other tests done (down's syndrome, quad screen, etc.) so you can imagine how happy and thankful we were when the tech was going through everything and saying it looked good. She took about 50 pictures for the doctor and about 10 for us, which was cool. The whole process took about 45 min. so, it was almost like watching a short movie of what's going on inside of you, which is absolutely crazy and amazing at the same time.

The baby weighs a little less than a pound right now and I am up 15 lbs total for weight gain. We are both where we should be in weight and they said I was carrying very well. We're just continuing to pray that the remaining length of the pregnancy goes this smooth - we're less than halfway there now!

Our next appointment will be at the beginning of Dec., in about 4 wks, and we get to see our original doctor we started with, which we are so looking forward to! She's been out on maternity leave and we've had to see this other guy who we've not been to crazy about - he's just a little strange for our tastes.

Anyway, here are a couple of pictures from today's visit of the baby. Don't worry (mom), we made sure to get some where you couldn't tell what the sex was. These pics were taken just at the right spot where you can't tell what it is:

In the first pic, it looks like the baby is almost waving.

In the second, it looks like the baby is sucking it's thumb.

20 Weeks

I'm at the half-way mark of the pregnancy! It seems like it's gone by really fast and as you can see, my belly is growing! I also look really bad in this picture because we've just worked a 10 hour day. The baby is moving around constantly and Will has actually been able to feel it a few times. The movements, whether they're kicks,punches, or head-butts, have to be pretty strong for him to be able to feel them. And I figured out that it must get pretty annoying when my bladder gets full, because this baby will definitely knock it around and just about make me pee on myself. At any rate, I like being able to feel it move around and it just gives me re-assurance that it's doing well.

We returned home from our trip to Maryland on Monday. It was back to reality right away with catching up to emails and figuring out our schedule for the week. We had a great time, though, with the family and really enjoyed being able to spend time with all of them. Halloween was a lot of fun with Brienna - she dressed up as Elmo and got to walk with Zoe, who I dressed up as a bumble bee, while trick or treating around their neighborhood. And as I mentioned in last week's update, I got to go shopping with Will's mom and sisters for the baby and for myself - I still haven't made it shopping, but I'm going to soon! We saw Julia and Charlotte's new house and realized how nice it would be to have a basement. They had the perfect spot for the pool table, fooseball table and weight machine.

We have another appointment this coming Monday where we get to see the baby again! We will have the anatomy scan done so keep us in your prayers that everything is ok!

Here are some cakes we did before we left: