This week we got a free crib and had gotten some bedding while visiting family in Indiana, so today Cory put the crib up and I put the bedding on. Here are pictures...



I think the crib is a little feminine because of the ladybugs and I want to keep it neutral, so I'm trying to think of a way to make it more neutral, what do you think? I like the idea of a pond type theme...like different bugs/insects ( cute ones, not real looking ones :) ), and frogs, and ducks and stuff. Hmm...

On a side note. I've still been feeling very good for the most part. Sleeping is super interrupted because of my back hurting and going to the bathroom, but otherwise still feeling pretty great. My doctors appointment got switched from Tuesday to Thursday, so I'll definitely update more then, if not before.

Movement

I started feeling the baby move and I love it! I guess when he or she is kicking me in the ribs I may not love it quite as much, but for now it's great! :) I started feeling it a couple weeks ago, but very rarely. Now I've been feeling movement several times everyday. Today I was rubbing my belly, talking to the baby and asking it to move and it did! I know it's not cause I asked him/her to, but it was great timing. :) Cory got to feel him/her move the other day too! Seems early, but he did-I was so happy!

Ultrasounds are FUN!

I wanted to post this last night, but we don't have internet at home, so today it is...
We had our ultrasound yesterday and it was GREAT! The baby was measuring at 12 oz and the technician figured about 9 inches long. The technician said that he or she was measuring at 20 weeks 3 days, compared to the 19 weeks and 5 days that goes along with my due date of January 9th. It was first estimated that the due date was January 1st, so maybe it will move up, not sure.
The baby was head down and the placenta is away from the cervix which is good. He or she was being a "stinker-butt" according to the technician and facing towards my back so we couldn't get a good profile picture of his/her face. The picture below is the best we got...its of the baby's face straight on. Some say it looks like an alien, but I think it's beautiful. :)

If you need help deciphering it...it is a close up of the face. The bigger darker area is his/her brain cavity, underneath that on either side of the face are two eyes with a nose in the middle and the mouth just under that. Do you see?

Here is another picture. Harder to tell, but it is of it's face with it's arm next to its head (on the left side of the picture).

During the ultrasound, the technician showed us all the parts of the baby...well, not the private parts, cause we don't want to see them yet! It was great, she pointed out both sections of both arms and both legs, both kidneys, the heart and all it's 4 chambers, the brain, the spine, the ribs, the aorta and renal arteries, the stomach and the fluids in it from the baby swallowing the amniotic fluid (like it should) and the full bladder (he/she needed to tinkle). We also got to see the umbilical cord, and the lips/nose (although i couldn't make those out). The technician looked there and was able to tell that the baby does not have a cleft lip. She also showed that the spine was fully formed which is great.

After the ultrasound, the technician turned off the machine, lowered the table, etc and worked on putting information in the chart while she answered our questions. Just before us leaving she said that she would look at the baby again to see if he/she had moved so we could get a profile shot of the face. Unfortunately (and fortunately though), it looks like the baby takes after me and is lazy in the morning and was still resting in the same position. She tried wiggling my belly to wake the baby, but he/she is a sound sleeper I guess...hopefully the baby keeps that up after birth! :)

I loved having the ultrasound. I said that I could stay there looking at the baby all day! She wouldn't let me though...sigh! Hope you enjoy the pictures half as much as I do!

It's been a while...

It's been a long time since the last blog. I was traveling around all summer and got back to FL a couple weeks ago and have been super busy since. I think I will be that way until the baby comes...well...after too, I'm sure.
We went to the doctor on August 5th, the day after we got back to Florida. At this appointment we got to hear the baby's heartbeat again (Cory for the first time in person) and I got a blood test done to check for Spina Bifida and Downs Syndrome. I got a call this week saying that the bloodwork came back fine and everything looks great! We have an ultrasound scheduled for this Wednesday (August 20th). I am sooooo excited to see the baby again! I am now 19 weeks pregnant and we haven't seen the baby since our 9 week appointment! I am so excited to see how he/she has changed. It doesn't even seem real that the pictures that I see in books of a baby at 19 weeks is like the baby that is growing inside of me. I can't wait to actually see him/her!
Overall I have been feeling really well. I still get real tired sometimes and have gotten some headaches and have been having trouble sleeping due to my back hurting (and all the trips to the bathroom), but overall, I can't complain! I can't believe that the pregnancy is about half over. Time is really flying.
Here is a picture of me at 19 weeks...
While I'm posting pictures, here are some others from this summer...

Heres me and Cassi on the 4th of July...
Here's me and Cory tailgating at the Buffett show...
Holly and her parents at Buffett...
While in PA, Cory's parents threw a baby shower for us. Here is a picture of me and Cory from the shower...
and me and Meg at the shower...
and Kiley...
So that's all the pictures for now. I'll post more on Wednesday...pictures of the baby!! Enjoy these for now.