And we have a crib!

It only took us about 3 1/2 hours to finish. The proud Papa is relieved to have it done.

24 week doctor visit

The doctor's visit went well today. I heard the baby's heartbeat and learned the reason whey I haven't felt a lot of movement is because I have an anterior placenta. That means the baby is behind my placenta instead of in front of it. I was glad to learn that, because I'm tired of reading on the Internet about people less far along than I am who are constantly feeling their baby kick and roll. I've gained a total of 17 pounds, and my blood pressure wasn't low like last time. I've only got three more weeks left of the second trimester -- crazy!

We've gotten several items on our to-do list done. I just now ordered the crib (yay!), and the Habitat for Humanity people are coming on Thursday to pick up the guest bedroom furniture that's now in the nursery. We've also signed up for the childbirth preparation class and the baby basics class at the hospital in June. I finally finished registering at Target and Babies R Us, thank God. It's crazy how much knowledge I've crammed into my head about baby products. My brain was completely fried. I have a shower on June 2 at Suzanne's house that I'm really looking forward to. It'll be nice to have all of my close friends in one room again. There's still a lot to do, but I'm feeling good about it. The one major thing we can't seem to make any progress on is finding a name. I'm not as worried about it as Gentry. I think we have plenty of time, but he wants to pick one out now. I went to the Farmer's Market on Saturday and there were lots of cute babies being carried around in their Moby wraps and whatnot by their mommas and daddies. I'm looking forward to having my own to carry!

Bump shots 20-24 weeks

20 weeks

21 weeks

22 weeks

23 weeks

24 weeks

It's a girl! 20 weeks - halfway there!

We found out Thursday at the ultrasound that we're having a girl! Just as both of us thought. Baby was moving around at first, but then when the technician went to take pictures, she turned toward my back and put her hand over her face to hide. Here's some of the 3D pics (warning -- they're a bit alien like, but they show so much more than the regular ultrasound ones.

A shot of her hiding

A shot of her hand.

A shot of her telling us not to bother with taking her picture :)

Here's what the regular ultrasound photo looked like

They told us she weighs about 12 ounces. The average weight at this stage is 10 1/2 ounces. The doctor told us everything with the ultrasound looked healthy, so we were grateful to hear that. My blood pressure was low, so they put me on some iron supplements. I've also gained 12 pounds, which they said is a little too much at this point. I should only gain between 20-25 pounds during the whole pregnancy, so I've already packed on half the pounds already. Maybe eating so much at Chick-fil-a and getting ice cream during work aren't such good ideas. I still haven't felt the baby move, but the doctor said for first time moms that usually begins around 25 weeks.

19 weeks

I've already been a bad blogger and missed my 18 weeks post. Oh, well. This week baby is the size of either a mango or a large heirloom tomato. He/she may be able to hear my voice and is starting to sprout hair (Gentry said he's envious of the hair part). We've been busy the past month looking at daycares. We liked two of the three we visited, but I'm beginning to hate the thought of leaving a little 12-week old baby with strangers for eight hours a day. This Thursday is the big anatomy ultrasound where we find out if the baby is healthy and the sex. I'm so excited! I'm praying everything will be healthy. I'll have my list of questions about its heart that I learned about after reading Cora's story. My hunch is we're having a girl, mainly because of the terrible morning sickness I had. But, who knows!

Bump Shots!

16 weeks

17 weeks

18 weeks

19 weeks

17 Weeks

This week baby is the size of an onion. I'm definitely getting bigger -- I'm now having random people at work who don't know about it ask if I'm pregnant. I'm still feeling good, and starting to get a bit overwhelmed with everything we have to do in the upcoming months. I've been laid back about it so far, but now I realize we should try to get most it done before the third trimester begins at the end of May. I know we have plenty of time, so I'll just try to chill out. One of my main goals is to start walking -- I've been really bad about not exercising. They say exercising makes labor so much easier, so I need to get on the ball.