30 Weeks, 5 Days!!

Gotta love that big old baby bump!!!

Smile for the camera :)

We had our 30 weeks Dr's visit today which included another ultrasound. One good thing....they say she's definately a girl, which we were counting on. They did a 3D ultrasound of her little face which is a little fuzzy but if you look close you can see her little nose, eyes, mouth and hands. We think she's awfully cute :) She is currently weighing in at a little over 3 pounds. The other thing that was funny was that the ultrasound tech said that our little girl has some whopper feet!! She said they are really long and skinny. Chris and I have absolutely no idea where she gets that little attribute since neither of us have long skinny feet, but oh well. The best news is that she has decided to turn and she is head down now so I was very grateful to hear that. The due date is still set for Feb 22, so only about 2 months to go!!!

The first picture is basically looking straight up her little nose...lovely I know :)

3D ultrasound (face)

Isn't she a cutie??

Making Room For Baby!

Chris and I spent most of today.....making room for baby!! We decided it was time to start getting some things in order around the house to make some room for our little "newcomer." So, I guess what everyone says is right...when you become parents you do some sacrificing for your children. We moved all of our stuff out of our bedroom and have now officially taken over the quite smaller guest room. Our little girl will enjoy the roominess of our old bedroom. We started putting some stuffed animals on the shelves and moving some of the baby stuff we had into her new room. We also decided that as of yet we have really absolutely nothing for the baby. She has nowhere to sleep, nowhere to get her diapers changed and nowhere to put her clothes....so in a nutshell, we're not prepared :) We'll get there however. Chris is going to be building her crib over his Christmas break so that will be a start anyway. It's just so unreal to think that it's only 11 weeks until she's here!! We can't wait for that day, but it's also starting to get a little scary!

Moving Right Along - 27 weeks!

We had our 27 week Dr. visit yesterday and all is still going great! Our little girl's heartbeat was ticking right along and she was kicking right along as well. I don't think she really appreciates having things poking her from the outside. I had my glucose test yesterday and will know the results of that by the end of the week. The Dr. said that he didn't see any reason to think I would have a problem with gestational diabetes but it's a standard test that is done. They also did some other bloodwork and it turns out that I'm anemic. So, I have to add an iron pill to the regimen now. That could explain why I've been more tired, dizzy, pale and short of breath. So hopefully in a few weeks when the iron starts to kick in more I'll start to feel a little better. Other than that, things are going great!!! My next appointment is December 18th and we'll be having another ultrasound at that point!! We're very very excited to see what our little girl looks like now :)

27 Weeks!

The baby bump at 27 weeks!!

24 Weeks!!

Chris and I had another Dr's appointment on Friday the 31st and everything was great again!! The heartbeat was really strong and the Dr. said that things are looking great!! My next appointment is Nov 24th and that is when I have to do my blood sugar test. Not exactly looking forward to that one!! Oh well. So, here's a pic of the 24 week belly....it's definately getting out there. Our little girl is still quite the kicker and getting stronger at it everyday it seems.

We took the opportunity to get away for a little while this weekend as well. After shopping a while in Springfield on Friday we went and stayed in Branson this weekend. Saturday we went down to the Landing and discovered they were having a Christmas parade through the little strip there. So, we enjoyed that for a while and then headed off to Silver Dollar City for the rest of the afternoon. It was beautiful weather and we had a great time together!! It was just really nice to get away by ourselves for a few days.

New Family Ride

Well, last week Chris and I made our first major purchase together...a new vehicle. I guess it's not BRAND new, but it's new to us. We bought a 2006 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer Edition. We figured that it was time to bite the bullet and get the "family car". Chris traded in his ever loved Jeep and this is what we got in return. We really love it and it has LOTS of extra room, so that's always good. Of course, we came close to not getting it....let's just say Chris and car salesmen don't exactly get along. Anyway, in the end we ended up with the vehicle and we really love it so far. Hopefully we get many years of service from it!!