Firsts

 

His first toy, from Grandma Pultorak! Every kid ought to have the classic stacking ring set. Grandma Pultorak surprised us one day and dropped off his first toy and a cute little outfit for him with puppy dogs on it. It was such a fun surprise, and it's great to have started his toy collection. The monkey is his first stuffed animal. I found it on Amazon a few months ago and loved it. I've looked at it tons and finally gave in and ordered it, it came in the mail last week and it's perfect for our little guy. I love his big ears and little grin! I'm thinking those big ears are going to get sucked on and the tail pulled around quite a bit but our little guy. The nursery still has decorating to be done but I love these two additions!

Here is his first little guy newborn outfit. The day after we found out we're having a boy Andy called me up at work and suggested that we meet for lunch to go get our little boy something. It was such a great idea and fun way to do something for our little boy and celebrate finding out. We were both so excited for him, it was so much fun to go take a look at all the cute little boy cloths and imagine our little guy in them! We picked out this outfit for him which we're thinking may be his coming home outfit. It has little monkey's on it and on the bananna it says 'Gone Bananas'.

7 month appointment

We are at 28weeks or 7months! I had my 28week appointment today which included my gluclose test and I also met with Dr. Russell. The gluclose test went fine, the stuff I had to drink was grose but not as bad as I had made it out to be in my mind. It tasted like really flat orange soda with lots of extra syrup and it has to sit there for an hour before I can drink anything including water. So I was glad that they got my blood drawn in time so I won't have to do it again.

I met Dr.Russell today, who is one of the other Doctors in the practice who may be on call for our delivery, and she was great. She is really nice and laid back. She made me feel very relaxed and comfortable and even though I had never met her before I felt really at ease talking to her about everything. She took plenty of time to talk over things with me as well and is very supportive of the type of delivery we'd like which is comforting. I would feel totally happy having either her or our regular doctor there to deliver our baby, they really do have the same personality and mind set on things.

She said that my blood pressure looked great and my weight gain and the babies growth are both right on track with where they should be. His heart rate was at 150 today and she could feel where he was as she pushed on my stomach. At our last appointment at 24weeks he was even kicking as our doctor was getting his heart rate, which was 156 then. From now on we start going in for appointments every two weeks! Can't believe how close we really are.

I'm so thankful that our little guy is doing so well and so far it's been a health pregnancy! God really has blessed us in so many ways.

Our Eggplant- How far we've come in 10 weeks

We are at 27 weeks; almost 7months. I was reading online this week that he weighs about 2lbs, and is about 14.5” long. In terms of fruit or vegetable he’s now the size of an eggplant this week. His lungs and immune system are maturing and his brain tissue and neurons are all developing at rapid pace this week. His brain waves are now firing away just like those of a newborn baby.

One of the websites said he's grown a great deal by this week compared to 10 weeks ago. So I was thinking back to about 10 weeks ago and it seems like a lot has changed since then! First of all our baby and my belly are a lot bigger! He's twice the length and about 6 times as heavy as he was at 16 weeks. At 16 weeks I had just started feeling faint movements every now and again. I had to be paying attention to it to be sure that it was actually our little guy moving and not just my stomach digesting. Now I’m feeling full on kicks punches rolls and all sorts of movements all throughout the day. Andy can feel all sorts of his movements now as well which is amazing! I love when we get to feel him move together. There's just something really special about that. Back at 16 weeks my cravings were starting to switch from the early pregnancy healthy cravings of tons of OJ, salads, and fruit to cookies and other sweets. Now my cravings are starting to change again but back to the healthier side now. Today for lunch I just had to have a big salad for some reason. In week 16 his ears were moving to the right location on his head, now his ears are fully formed and he’s able to hear us! 10 weeks ago we still weren’t sure if we’d be having a boy or girl. Now we know for sure we’re having a little boy! We’ve done a lot more preparing for his arrival as well, we've been trying to become more educated with classes and more reading, and we've been working on getting his nursery prepared with the gear he'll need.

It amazes me how much has changed in only 10weeks! We can’t wait to meet our little guy and live life with him as part of our family. I’m sure those first 10 weeks will be like our world has been turned upside down. What a wonderful rollercoaster ride it will be!

Under 100

I just realized that we've past the 100 day mark! Our counter on our blog shows that we have just 94 days left (plus or minus a few). I can't believe it, time seems to just be flying by! When we first found out that I was pregnant we both thought that 9 months was a long time and it'd go by really slowly. However, it has actually gone fairly quickly. With the holiday's coming up as well it feels like it will all of the sudden it will be February before we know it. Although I'm guessing the last little bit will seem to go slower as we're waiting day by day for our little guy to come.

We went to our first ‘Prepared Childbirth’ class at Sky Ridge wed night. We really enjoyed it; it was great to get to see where we’ll be having our baby and pretty exciting. The class seems really inforational so far and I'm sure we'll learn a lot more in the next few weeks. She showed us some diagrams of the body pre pregnancy and then another at around 7 or 8 months. It's no wonder that there are more trips to the bathroom and more tumms consumed to help indigestion. All the organs are all squished to almost nothing to make room for the baby. We also learned that the uterus is the strongest muscle in the female body! The instructor put the average amount of weight recommended to gain during pregnancy into a backpack and had some of the husbands try it on to see how hard it was to bend over etc with that extra weight up front. They all seems pretty surprised.

The hospital seems really nice and we've heard a lot of good things about it from others who have delivered there. We go on a hospital tour during our 3rd class. We're looking forward to getting to see the maternity ward and rooms etc. I'm hoping being somewhat familiar with the rooms and area will take away some stress when we go in during labor.

Little Monster in Me

I actually saw our litte guy move last week! It was amazing. I was laying in bed reading and he starting kicking. I thought his kicks felt a bit different for some reaso;. I looked down at my belly and all of the sudden with his next kick there was a littl bumb that came out of my belly. It was incredible. I got to see his little foot kicking my belly out of the way. I called Andy to come in and see but of couse he had stopped kicking by that point. Andy was in disbelief that I could actually see his kicks. We sat and watched my belly for a bit to see if we could catch him doing it again but no luck. We also tried putting the flaslight on my belly again because he kicked pretty hard when we did that the first time. However I think he was all worn out from his earlier kicks and he moved some but no bust out of my tummy kicks.

All of his movements amaze me! We both got to feel him have the hicups and he's been doing all sorts of rolls and flips lately. It's like having a cute little monster in my stomach. One minute he's kicking on one side then the next minute he's flipped around and kicking on the other side. We've seen my stomach move some this last week when he rolls or something but no other little feet poping out since last week.

Surprise

I've started to have a harder time sleeping at night the last little while. I’ve been waking up at night and just staying awake. Monday night hit a new lack of sleep high. It is a lot harder to get comfortable and sleep at night with my new 10 lb belly full of baby. No sleep didn’t help much after a tough couple of days of not feeling great about things (thanks hormones).

However even while I was sitting up at 2am in the front room drinking warm milk to try to get myself to sleep I loved getting to feel his little kicks and him rolling around. Even at 2am our little guy puts a smile my face.

Tuesday Andy was able to leave work early and was already home when I got done with work which was a really nice surprise. When I walked in the front door there were a few other surprises waiting. Andy stopped by the store on his way home and did a little shopping for our little guy and I. He got a great car seat! It’ll fit with our Bob stroller that we got during the REI sale, and it’s adorable! It has cute little green elephants on it; I can wait to have our little guy all safe in it for the car ride home from the hospital. Andy knows me so well; he knows that anything to help prepare for our little guy will instantly make me feel better.

He was really thoughtful and also got me a Boppy Cuddle Pillow to help me sleep, what a great hubby! A few months ago I would have thought that buying a funny shaped pillow to sleep with was a bit ridiculous. However, after a much much better night sleep Tuesday and another good night sleep last night I’m sold. It will make the next 15 weeks a lot easier being able to get some sleep, and it will come in very handy as a nursing pillow once our little guy is here.

Andy is my hero. He knows just what I need and how to comfort me.. He has been amazing though everything. He’s been so thoughtful and good about taking car of me and our little guy. I’m really thankful to have such an amazing husband and I know he is going to be an amazing dad.