June 13th

Last weekend Belinda and I traveled to Nebraska for our last "required" visit. We had moot court for our Crime Scene House group and they did great! This is a picture Belinda took in our hotel (courtesy of Wesleyan) Friday night... now you all know how big my belly is getting.

Baby's Room

Starting out...

Kudos, helping a lot...

We're getting there...

So proud of all our hard work!

Love it!

I've known what crib I wanted for a very long time, but for some reason it took four trips and a bit of a headache to FINALLY buy it and get it home!

We spent Wednesday night putting the crib together and, of course, once it was finished I had to put the bedding in/on it and wow! I love it! Having that in the room makes it all the more real... I'm getting excited :)

Changes... week 23

Jordan got home on Sunday from annual training (just over two weeks of being gone) and he couldn't believe how much I'd changed in that "short" period of time. It's crazy to me, too! We can now feel Peanut's movements on the outside.

I had another Doctor's appointment yesterday and - brace yourselves - I had gained nine pounds!! My Doctor said that the baby hit a growth spurt and because I lost a 1/2 pound last time she was actually kinda glad I gained a lot this time. Scared me, though! She said I can double what I've gained so far and be more than fine in the end, so that makes me feel good. Peanut's heartrate was in the high 140's and I measured at 22cm and I'm at 23 weeks, so she said that was great too (they like to see you measure + or - 2cm from the week you're at, I guess).

We are going crib shopping this week/weekend and I'm so excited!! I really can't wait to get the crib home and set up with the bedding and everything! It's getting more and more real every day... the crazy thing is that the scaryness is getting less and less...

Hiccups?

Saturday night at Jill (a friend from NW) and TJ's wedding I was feeling what felt like a little kick about every 15 seconds. I didn't think much of it Saturday, but I felt it again on Sunday and started to put two and two together thinking that it could be hiccups. I did some research (asking friends who recently were pregnant) and I'm pretty sure that Peanut is getting the hiccups and I can feel it now! I had to call Jordan right away yesterday (he's at Annual Training) and tell him. I was pretty excited and it was really fun. I can't wait until Jordan can feel all of the movements!

It's a BABY!

Tummy and face (kinda scary looking)

One little foot!

legs, knees and right arm

We had our ultrasound today. Again, it was amazing! Peanut has really grown... according to the measurements Peanut weighs 10.5 oz. It's increadible that it's so tiny now and we're already half way there. During the ultrasound we asked the tech if she could tell if it was a boy or girl (she already knew we didn't want to know). She said she was pretty certain. Later at our appointment (after the ultrasound) our doctor almost told us... she said typically the ultrasound techs won't write the sex on the sheet unless the parents want to know ~ oops! No, we didn't find out, but it was hard to sit there with her, knowing she knew! Peanut moved quite a bit and wouldn't cooperate so we could get a good profile shot, but this is what we were able to get!

Graduation

I had my grad school graduation this Saturday and everything went great! It was great to see all of my family and some friends that I hadn't seen in a long time. My "bump" is really starting to show now and it was cute because Jordan was saying how this is Peanut's first graduation, and he is right! We have our next ultrasound Thursday, so check back after that for pictures! :)

Peanut Moved!!

Last night when Jordan and I were eating dinner I felt a tickle or flutter and thought it might be the baby (Peanut is what we've been calling it) moving... after feeling it at least twice today I'm pretty sure! Yea! :)