10 weeks to go!

Wow! Time sure has flown, and I can't believe we are in the final 10 weeks of pregnancy. Though Pete can come as early as 6 weeks from now and be considered full term. I am still growing and have finally had strangers ask when I was due.

I have started to "nest"-trying to get things organized and done so that the last few weeks I can relax. Also, it is helping to know what other stuff we need get. We were blessed this week with a big tub of clothes from a friend. I spent a little time yesterday going through and separating the sizes out. I put the bigger sizes in a small bin and kept the smaller sizes out.

I also got my trial diapers from Jillian's Drawers yesterday. This is the place where I can use the diapers for around 21 days to see which ones I like. I can return the whole stash or keep what I like and only get charged for the diapers I keep. I got them early because I have been dying to see what they are like, and to go ahead and get them washed. There are not very many of them, so I guess the first few weeks, we'll use both cloth and disposable.

The dresser is put together, though the nursery is still in chaos, as I need to figure out the configuration of where I really want the items. Once the furniture is where it needs to be, I can start putting away the clothes and shower gifts.

I thought you would like to know what is going on with Pete's development this week (taken from the American Pregnancy Association website):

How big is our baby?

Pete has now grown to be about 15.15 inches long (CHL) and weighs about 3 pounds.*

What is happening with our baby?

Our baby’s eyes are becoming more mature, and now he can tell the difference between light and dark. Babies at 30 weeks can even follow a light source with his eyes. Once he is born, he will spend a great deal of time with his eyes closed. This is completely normal. Newborns only have the ability to focus on objects a few inches from their faces. While “normal” adult vision is 20/20, a newborn’s vision is 20/400.*

*these are approximate

Week 28 Update

I went in for my 28 week appointment on Monday. Had all my vitals checked and was weighed (grr arg!). I have gained more than I wanted to with the pregnancy, but my doctor is fine with the weight gain.

I got to hear Peter's heartbeat. He kept moving around and turning off the doppler. The doctor will do one more ultrasound to check growth rate-he thinks he'll do it between week 32 and 34-which would be my next appointment.

It is hard to believe that at the end of this week, I enter my 29th week! I have just a little over 11 weeks to go!

The nursery is still getting set up. Grandma Lynda came and helped out by painting the room. The crib has been up since Memorial Day. Right now the room is back to being a mess after painting and all the goodies from the shower. My goal is next week to work on the curtains and get things organized in there. I am hoping to use my old dresser (currently residing in the guest room), but we have to get it moved into the room. The glider still needs to be recovered. My sewing machine will be busy the next few weeks.

I'll post pictures of the nursery in the next couple of weeks.

Week 25 Picture

15 Weeks to go...

...but who is counting? 15 weeks seems a lot shorter than 105 days, right? Our little guy is growing and a moving everyday. We have settled on a name (as some of you know) Peter Alec, and you will see that we refer to him as Pete.

Libby has taken it upon herself this week to be my shadow (again, after many months of ignoring me). Even after last week's kicking episode, she still likes to lay on my tummy. Pep will settle down on me, now that my stomach is almost level with the rest of my torso. They start purring, and Pete starts moving (most of the time). Though it may just be the pressure of something on my tummy that makes him move.

Tonight he was a kickin' and movin' about. Part of the reason I am up so late. As much as I really want to sleep, it is alluding me, thanks to an active baby and heartburn. Josh got to feel him last night, which was really neat. For a while there, everytime Josh put his hand on my stomach, Pete would stop moving.

We survived our last bout of severe weather (and our fence is still up much to our chargrin). Last night we were at Bible study, and the weather was so bad we had to move to the basement of the church. There were a lot of trees damaged in the area around the church.

As I am sitting here writing, Libby is on the armrest leaning against my arm. I wonder if she is going to do this for midnight feedings as well? She experienced a toddler for the first time in a very long time the other day. Her reaction was pretty much the same, glare, glare harder, feel threatened, hide, growl and repeat. I am hoping that with Pete, she get used to him as he grows and we have no problem. Otherwise, we may have to find her a new home, and I really don't want that.

As I go into week 25, here is what is happening with the baby (according the American Pregnacy Association site):

How big is the baby?

Your baby is now 13 inches long and weighs anywhere from 1½ to 1¾ pounds. (this is funny to me as when I was at one of my last appointments, the doctor estimated that the baby was 1 1/2 lbs then, and that was 3 weeks ago.)

What is happening with the baby?

While it does not appear that your baby is that big, he or she is slowly gaining some baby fat, making his/her appearance less wrinkled. If your baby has hair, the color and texture could be seen at this point. However, it can change after the baby is born.

Our New Family Blog

Welcome to our new blog. Because my other blog is more public, I wanted to create one just for family and friends where we can post things that happen with the family. Especially with our little one on the way, I figured you all would like to have a place to go to see developments, pictures and videos as our little guy grows up.

I don't know how often we will post here at the present time, but we'll try to keep things up-to-date.