24 Week Update

Merry Belated Christmas! Yesterday, we spent the morning with Mark's family in Atlanta and then drove down to Orlando for dinner with my family. Lots of driving! But it was a good day. We had fun with our nephew Wesley's first Christmas. He was very festive!

It was also a good opportunity for the dogs to get some baby time in, Tella was disinterested but Pepper was very curious:

24 weeks marks the 6 month mark for me! Time is passing quickly though it still feels like he won't be here for a long time. And here is a nice scenic bump pic for the week, though it was a bit windy here:

23 Week Update

Things are still going well with the pregnancy! His movements are getting stronger and feeling more like distinct kicks and jabs. I haven't been able to discern any kind of pattern to his movements though, they seem to just happen randomly. Mark has been able to feel a few kicks, but it's hard for others to feel them still.

Many of you know I have a serious love of knitting. So naturally after I found out I was pregnant I immediately started shopping for yarn and baby patterns! I decided to tackle a baby blanket first and I finished it last week:

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. This is one of my favorite types of patterns, easy to knit but looks complicated :) I'm now knocking out a baby hat and possible some matching booties if I have enough yarn left over. We still have a long way to go, but that just gives me more time to knit cute things!

We had fun today decorating cookies with our friend Teresa. We had LOTS of cookies to decorate:

Mark had a good sense of humor with his. Here we have one gingerbread cookie that got smooshed when we put it on the cookie sheet that he called "Grandma got run over by a reindeer" and a pizza cookie:

And of course, here is the 23 week bump picture:

I feel like it's getting higher and more round versus getting bigger. Though I'm probably due for a growth spurt here in the next week or so.

Next week we'll be on the road for the holidays, travelling from Atlanta to Orlando so the post might be a bit late!

22 Week Update

22 down, "only" 18 more to go! Not much to report here. The bump is getting bigger and the baby's movements are getting stronger. Here's the bump:

Don't let the tank top fool you, it's chilly here. Been overcast, windy, and in the 40s. Pretty dreary. So much so that we got a fire going tonight, which apparently the dogs enjoyed:

They're worn out tonight because we took them for a nice walk today. We were cold but they loved it!

21 Week Update

It's been a busy week around here! We had 2 doctor's appointments this week. One was a 20 week anatomy scan where they looked closely at all the major organs (especially the heart) and took more precise measurements than you can with a regular ultrasound. Everything looked good except that there was some fluid in his kidneys, which is apparently very common in boys. But they want me to go back in 10 weeks to see if everything cleared up okay. But we were happy to see all the vitals looking strong. He's measuring slightly big for how far along things are and they estimated his weight was 13 oz. Getting close to a whole pound! My 2nd appointment was just my regular monthly check up with the ob/gyn and all was well there. So at the halfway mark everything looks healthy!

Last night we went to a Christmas party for Mark's work. They always throw a good party. An all you can eat buffet is pretty fantastic when you are a hungry pregnant chick :) They had some butternut squash risotto that was pretty amazing. It was fun and not only did we get a $40 gift card to Bonefish (they do a raffle every year for some pretty nice prizes) but Mark got a 2 week bonus! Good timing for us. Here we are dressed up for the party with our then undecorated Christmas tree we picked up:

And here is the official 21 week bump pic with the decorated tree:

It's finals week for me, which I love. I need a break from teaching for a couple weeks!