nursery part 3

I finally had some time to work on the stencil for the nursery today. For those of you that stencil, this stencil has 9 colors!!!! What was I thinking?! It takes quite a bit to put all those colors together and to blend a couple colors but it's worth it :) I love the results! I got half of the room done today! I am realizing as my belly is continuing to grow that I need to take the time now to get this done. I get tired easier now. Here's a glimpse at what has been accomplished so far along with a close up of the stencil.

26 weeks

We had another ultrasound today. Our doctor wanted to recheck the baby's ventricles in the brain. She had some cysts last time but today the cysts are gone. She is a healthy little girl :) Her heart rate was 144 and strong. She is measuring about 1 week behind where we are (37th percentile). Dr. Lown said that she will probably be a bit small, somewhere around 6 or 7 lbs at birth. I was okay with that, of course! I'm so glad that she is growing and is healthy. She is in the breech position and was sitting with her feet up by her ears. It was a bit more difficult to get a great picture today but here's what we've got....

nursery part2

Here is a look at the already crowded nursery. She is already being spoiled by friends and family!!! I am amazed at the generosity of those around me. So, now that I have something of significance to organize I guess I better get busy. Today will be the first day that I start trying to figure out some of the needs of this little one. Wish us luck :)

24 weeks

So I made it to 6 months!!! At my check up appointment the heart rate was 150 and I'm measuring right where I'm supposed to be. I am doing pretty good except for this exhaustion that has really kicked in last week. Welcome to the final trimester!!!!

Nursery: Part 1

I thought I would begin posting about our developing nursery. We are using Noah's Ark as our theme. It's a little bit different coloring with darker colors (i.e. brick red) instead of pastels or brights. If you are familiar with Boyd's Bears then you will recognize a lot of this nursery. They had a Noah's Ark set a couple years back that I collected and have since become the inspiration for this nursery. You can see the afghan on the rocker. Here is a pic of our new glider/rocker chair (thanks to grandma and grandpa LaBarge) and our dresser/changing table (thanks to grandma Majeski). I will continue to post more as we work a little at a time on this new room in our home. This is soooooo much fun!

she's moving!!!!

So, I've been feeling her move since mid December but last night she was soooooo active and Dave got to feel her nudge his hand on my belly for the first time last night! How cool is that?! She seems to be picking up in her movements but I think it's just that she is a little bit bigger now. She is probably around 11 inches now. She moves mostly in the evening. I love knowing she's there! So far, no uncomfortable elbows being thrown :)

It's a girl!!!!

Today was our 20 week ultrasound. It was very obvious from the very beginning that it was a little girl :) We both were a little suprised. One of Dave's first responses was "Great, now we'll have to pay for a wedding!" I thought that was pretty funny! We are both excited to see our little girl. Check out the photos... you can even see a little dimple in her chin, just like her mommy! And, it appears that she has her daddy's nose :) Those 4D ultrasounds are amazing!!! We are so thankful for the technology. So next we have to attempt picking out a name which will be a challenge. That is something that we are planning on keeping to ourselves until she arrives. This is all sooooo much fun!!!