Baby Shower + Appointment Update!

This past Saturday, my mom, my friend Esther, and my sister-in-law Mary, all threw me a really great baby shower. We got some great stuff! Stephen & I also went out on Sunday to pick up a bunch of other things that we're going to need, so we're almost there! Now it's time to get down to doing baby laundry, cleaning bottles, packing for the hospital, etc. Thanks to everyone that came out for the shower, we loved everything! :) I've posted some pictures below.

I also had an appointment yesterday to check on Kaylie, she's doing great! We've got just under 6 weeks to go (hopefully 5 if we're lucky, according to the Dr.)! I have another appointment on 10/26 then I'll start going every week after that until we have her. We're getting really anxious for her to arrive, but I'm feeling pretty good I think, just some more aches and pains than usual, but that's all temporary!

4-D Pics!

Today we had our 4-D Ultrasound...with some mixed results. When we 1st went into our appt and tried to find her, she was not only hiding behind her placenta, which is in the front instead of the back where it ideally should be, she also had both feet and both hands right in front of her face. We got a couple of pics but the tech wasn't happy with it and gave me a Coke and told me we'd try again in a few minutes. So about 10 minutes later we went back for round 2 and the result was the 2nd to last picture on here, her hand spread out completely over her face. So, again, the tech told us to take a walk and we'd try again. Went back about 20 minutes later and got a few more good ones but she just had so much in front of her it was hard to tell.

We did, however, verify that she is a girl, so that alone was worth the price of admission, knowing that we didn't have to completely start over. I've always had the fear that we'd always end up with the opposite of what we'd been told, weird I know. She also has 10 fingers and 10 toes and everything seems to be in the right place. She's got some majorly fat cheeks too! We can't wait to meet her. 9 1/2 weeks until our due date now! We'll be putting her glider together this weekend so will post more later.

10 1/2 weeks to go!

We're getting close to single digits on the weekly countdown and I'm definitely feeling it now. She's found her cozy little spot right under my right rib cage, which is oh so comfortable for me. Can't complain much though, I've had it fairly easy up until now. The next appointment is 2 weeks from tomorrow and then I start going every 2 weeks for my 8th month and then every week the last month.

Childbirth classes started last week, which was fairly interesting, yet a little terrifying. They did show the video of Bill Cosby giving his perspective on childbirth, just for all the weary Dad's in the class. If you haven't seen it, check it out here.

I think that's it for now, will post more updates when we have something better to share than aching ribs!

Yay 3rd Trimester!

We've FINALLY made it to the 3rd trimester! Only 12 weeks to go from today and it couldn't go fast enough! We also got our new stroller and car seat travel system today (thanks Mom & Dad!) so there are some pics below of that. I've also posted an updated belly pic~ yikes!

Everything's going great though...we also just found out that we're going to be an Aunt and Uncle for the 1st time, Stephen's sister Mary and her husband Chris are expecting in late-April (congrats)! So lots going on but everything's good. Starting childbirth classes on Thursday so we'll see how that goes!

The 1st two pics I took for Stephen apparently weren't exciting enough, so this is what he gets when he asks me to get excited....LOL

...and this is about all the excitement I can get out of him :)

Here's the belly update for 28 weeks!