Our First Baby Gift

We received our first gift for the baby today from a family friend, Annette Menendez Jones. She made this beautiful crocheted baby blanket. I can already picture where in the baby's room, I am going to put it :o)

Thanks again Annette, it really is beautiful :o)

75 days and counting!!!!

Sunday began our 29th week!!! Ahhh getting closer and closer :o)

The baby is about the size of a butternut squash, weighs about 2.5 lbs and measures around 15.25 inches.

In just the last few days I feel like my belly is dropping, which is causing some pains I have not had before...mainly bad back pain. I keep telling myself it will all be worth it in just a few months.

Movement has been constant, just yesterday morning Jeff was lying his head on my belly and the baby kicked him in the face ;o) I swear the baby has stage fright most of the time. I will feel or see the baby moving and then get Jeff to look over and the baby stops...I just want Jeff to see how crazy the little thing gets in there!

In the last few weeks I have been working of picking outfits to bring our baby boy/girl home in from the hospital. I found a lady who makes the sweetest onsies :o) As well as these sweet little crocheted hats to keep baby's head warm.

Cauliflower....yah...what can you say about that???

 

This week starts our 26th week of pregnancy.....August please get here fast. The baby is roughly 14 inches long and weighs about 1.75 lbs, the size of a head of cauliflower.

This week the baby looks like a thinner, redder, more wrinkled version of what he/she will look like at birth. Over the next few weeks the baby will gain weight and fatten up :o)

I have been getting more leg cramps, especially when I try to stretch out, not so cool when it happens in the middle of the night :o(

I signed up for Lamaze class at St. Johns. The class is 6 weeks long and covers everything from Lamaze, breast feeding, newborn child care, natural child birth and a tour of the birthing center. Jeff has to work during the class time so Carol has offered to go with me and support me,  I am so thankful for that.

The baby moves non-stop...I can see the baby moving just under my skin which is so strange to me. The baby seems to kick when I laugh of Jeff talks.

We are eager to see this little creature, I don't know how I am going to make it thru the next three months!

All it took was one boy & one girl....

My newborn picture

Jeff's newborn picture

Our sweet little baby

Take this handsome little boy and sweet little girl and they have to make a beautiful baby right?!?!

Long toes & a sweet little nose

We had our 24 week appointment this past Friday and it was great. We got to see the baby again and this time he/she was nice enough to show his/her face. The baby has very long toes and a tiny little nose. The Dr. was able to see the heart better this time around and things look great. The baby's brain is developing as it should along with everything else.

The 1st picture is the forearm and hand, the 2nd picture is the calf and foot, the 3rd picture is the baby look toward us, to the right is the forehead, two eyes, nose and mouth. Just below the head to the bottom right is a hand and to the the bottom left is the rib cage. The 4th picture is a side view of the baby..the head is to the right...you can see the forehead, eye, little nose and lips..even the little chin :o) I think the really amazing thing is that at 6 months the baby will look exactly the same when it is born...just a bigger version. I keep looking at the side profile picture and thinking that is my baby's face...that sweet face is the one I will see in about 3 months...how crazy is that?!?

Today starts my 25th week. It is hard to believe that my uterus is the size of a soccer ball! I haven't had any weight gain yet, but I am having a little swelling in my ankles and toes...I am supposed to stay away from salt, it is now my enemy.

Getting ready for our kernel to pop

Today starts our 24th week. The baby is about 12.5 inches long of the size of the average ear of corn. I thought this was a very odd vegetable to compare the baby too! He/She is weighing in at 1.25 lbs. The baby's respiratory system is growing at a fast [ace, the lungs are developing and moving amniotic fluid in and out. The baby is getting it's oxygen through my placenta.

I felt my uterus move up in the last few days....it was below my belly button for such a long time and now its just above it. The baby is now swimming up and around my ribcage. He/She moves all of the time....seems to like the upper left side of my belly.

We have a OB appointment this Friday and an ultrasound. Fingers crossed we get a better look at the baby this time!

Our Yummy Mango

Today starts our 23 week! I can't believe that we are over half way there!!!! So much has been going on in the last week or so. Our sweet baby is about 11.5 inches long and now weighs just over 1 pound! It seems like it took forever for a pound to come around. The baby has been very active...anytime I find time to sit and rest I can feel him/her moving around, usually in the same spot...just below and to the right of my belly button.

Last night I was sitting on the couch and for the first time I saw my belly move when the baby kicked around. It was the most amazing thing so see...actually at this moment he/she is awake and kicking :o)

Pregnancy brain has taken control of me. I am forgetful and more clumsy than usual....it that is at all possible. I seem to trip over things on a daily basis and just plain forget what I was doing.

Plans are coming along on the baby's room. I finished registering at Target and Babies R' Us....so glad that is over. The room with be a light purple on top and a eggplant purple on bottom. The furniture will be black with silver accents. The accents around the room will be a lime green and the bedding will be black & white. 

I think we have settled on one name if the baby is a boy, Jackson Michael and if it is a girl, we have Savannah Marie and Molly Grace...I can't begin to imagine what it going to be like to see this sweet baby face to face.

I have Jeff & I registered for 6 weeks of baby classes at St. Johns Hospital. They cover ever area of birth, child care, breast feeding, first aid, Lamaze etc....we both are looking forward to taking them.

So far I have yet to gain any weight with the baby. My only pregnancy symptom at the moment is slight swelling if I am on my feet for long periods of time.

We go for our 24 week appointment on April 29th and will have another ultrasound. Fingers crossed we will get to see his/her face!