32 weeks

Well we all knew it would happen...I let the blog go. Life has been busy working and trying to squeeze in all my calls before maternity leave. I am excited that I have a week of vacation starting next weekend and am going home for my baby shower! Carolyn, Lanny, Cate, Brian, and Rosie are all coming home too so it will be great to see everyone.

I'm still fascinated by the growing belly and seeing and feeling the baby move. I'm not sure I will ever get use to it all. I'm measuring well and the craziness of L&D seems to have helped me keep my weight under control. I can't believe in just 2 months our baby will be here!

Hopefully the nursery will be ready by then but at this time there is nothing in there! Any free decorators out there wanting to come fill it in I'm willing!

We keep meaning to take a belly picture but once again haven't gotten around to it. Maybe soon.

21 weeks

So I have finally started to feel the baby move! I teach patient's all the time that it's common to not feel the baby move until 20-22 weeks but I've still been impatiently waiting to feel my own! What an awesome feeling!

21w4d

Here is a belly shot from last night. We went to see How the Grinch Stole Christmas the musical. I would like to say it was great but honestly I slept through 3/4 of it! How embarrassing! It was like my mom watching a Harry Potter movie, she slept through every one of them in the theaters. John enjoyed it though. I guess next time we'll aim for the afternoon show time.

Name Ideas

We got a post card last week with a couple of name ideas. And when I say "a couple" I mean 47 all starting with a J. It is hilarious! The problem is that we don't know who sent it. The card is from Yosemite but we can't think of who has been there recently. The postage info is smeared so we can't tell where it was post marked from. I initially thought it was from Bill and Elizabeth because this is definitely something they would do but the handwriting isn't either of theirs.

Who knows...maybe the baby's name will come from the card. I'm thinking Jacobina or Jenkins.

Anatomy Scan

So last Friday John and I had our anatomy scan. Maybe wasn't so cooperative and kept hands/feet in front of the face the entire time. They did see some choroid plexus cysts in the brain but this is actually fairly common and always resolve. They are only concerning if you find other abnormalities with it, which we didn't. Everything else looked great. We did turn our faces when they looked down below so we wouldn't accidentally see parts. I'm pretty excited that I didn't get a glimpse and still don't know what we are having. I love the idea of surprise!

The picture is kind of hard to interpret but you can see the face with eyes, cute nose, and mouth. The part below it is actually placenta and not body. And then there's umbilical cord to the right of the face. Hopefully we will get some better face pics soon.

The Belly Pics Begin...

So, here is the first of the belly pics. Just this week I've started to feel like there is really something there and not just awkwardness. It still amazes me that something is growing in there!

18 weeks

Cardinals WIN!

The night of the World Series Final Game we met some friends, John and Rita, at a bar to watch the game. It was unbelievable! It was so fun to be in a packed bar with only Cardinal's fans and everyone yelling and cheering. This series has definitely been one of the coolest experiences I've had while living in St. Louis. I became such a Cardinal's fan during this series that John now thinks we are having a boy. His reasoning is that there must be something with testosterone in me making me a sports fan.

17 weeks

So I let the blog slip for a while...let's face it, we all knew it would happen! I meant to scan myself last week but life was crazy and didn't get to it. And now I'm afraid if I look I'll see the baby parts which we have agreed to not find out. I did manage to squeeze in a brief prenatal appointment last week and got to hear the heartbeat which is still the best sound. We scheduled our anatomy scan for next Friday so more pictures to come then! I know Maybe is growing well as I steadily grow out of all of my pants. Thank goodness my job puts me in scrubs everyday!