More Pictures

Coming home from the hospital. She was being a little fussy but calmed down once we put her in the car seat; hopefully she continues to like it.

Family picture before leaving the hospital.

Sock hands to keep her from scratching herself... and me while nursing.

Cute little feet.

Fast asleep on Daddy's lap.

One of the few moments of the day that Lilly is awake.

She likes her sleep much better, just like mommy.

Love that face!

Crazy

Oh dang...

Only 6 days to go.

I like watermelons... I really do

According to here "Today brings two beautiful words: full-term." But to me, those words are a little more scary than beautiful. Kinda exciting, yes, but a little more along the lines of "freaking Brittany out."

Instead of a picture of me, here is what baby girl is looking like these days... a watermelon.

Here's to hoping she is on the lower end of that weight range given.... I mean no one wants to give birth to a 9 lb watermelon, right?

10 To Go

We can officially count the number of weeks left in this pregnancy on one hand. Most of the time that still seems so far away; 10 weeks, that is 2 ½ months people! But every so often I find myself thinking “Holy crap… what have I gotten myself into?! She is going to be here any day now and we are absolutely NOT prepared to be parents.” (Which of course is true, but I shouldn’t be thinking that way.)

So far I think I’ve had a pretty good pregnancy aka not too much sickness or hormones or other problems common to creating another human being. Lately though things have been-a-changing. I hadn’t had any problems with being all hormonal and emotional (I think… I guess we should probably ask Christian about that) but lately I will just be staring at my slightly pulsating belly or Christian and start tearing up and I just feel like sobbing. Not sad tears, happy ones. It’s just weird how often that has happened lately.

And I am starting to get more and more uncomfortable as the days go by. I’m not sure why but most days I come home from work and my butt hurts to a ridiculous degree. I think it is mostly my tailbone/hips because I’m pretty sure it is not the muscles. So even a butt massage doesn’t help (yes, we’ve tried that). And nights are a toss-up. Some nights I sleep pretty good but others don’t go so well. If I can fall asleep at a reasonable hour, I am inevitably awoken (multiple times throughout the night) by either my dead arm/leg or by Christian’s horrendous teeth-grinding or by a very active/trying-to-kick-her-way-out-of-me baby. The sad thing is… I know it is just going to get worse.

On the good side of things Baby Girl is still very active (though I don’t understand how, given the very limited space she has). And I’m pretty sure I passed my second Glucose Test (aka the Lets-see-how-many-times-a pregnant-lady-can-handle-being-stabbed-in-the-arm-when-she-is-absolutely-starving-and-feeling-slightly-nauseous Test). I checked my lab results online and I’m pretty sure they were in the normal range. Thank goodness for not having Gestational Diabetes. Especially because they would be checking my blood way more often if I did have it (and I would have to watch what I eat…better than I do now, of course).

We also found a glider! Finally. I have been checking Craigslist for the longest time and haven’t really come across anything good. But we finally got one this week. Now we just want to paint the chair and cover the cushions with something slightly less ugly and stained… and I will remember to take pictures to show you the AMAZING transformation… hopefully.

In other non-baby related news, Christian takes the LSAT today. So remember to send up a little prayer that we don’t end up going to Law School in the middle of nowhere.

Baby Girl's Room

Trying not to spend the money we don't have, I have been trying to decorate little girl's room with stuff we already had. Basically the only new things we've had to buy for her room so far were the crib and bedding. And they were pretty good deals, too. The stars we already had and just had never hung up in our new apartment. I love them here in her room. The chair is here for now, something I had from my early college years. I hope to be able to find a decent glider or rocking chair on craigslist that we can paint and put there instead. But we'll see what we can find.

The curtains we already had also. Just had to get around to hanging the curtain rod. The bookcase we had and painted. And the dresser used to be in our room but we just moved it in here. We're going to use it as the changing table once we get a changing pad. Ashley is also working on some photos (of flowers) that we can frame and put up on the wall above the dresser, a la the D.I. frame photos we just hung above our bed.

The car seat is there too, hiding between the dresser and bookcase. Just got it in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa Thomas. Thanks!

29 weeks

I look pretty much the same as the last photo but I feel bigger... and little girl is starting to move way more often. She especially likes to get all up in my ribs these days.

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice...

It's official... Baby fetus is now Baby GIRL. Here she is at her 20 week photo shoot. Her glamour shots are kinda fuzzy but hopefully you get the picture.

First we provide you with the shot every celebrity hopes to avoid, the crotch-shot. As the Ultrasound Tech said "Girl Power!" (I believe the two lumpy things toward the top are her legs but who knows for sure...)

Next, her cute little legs bones (the two white lines, of course).

Followed by the ever popular Thumbs-Up shot. (Sidenote: I don't know if that is what she is actually doing but it sure does look like she is giving us the thumbs-up, doesn't it? It definitely is her arms though.)

And finally, the beloved skeletor face. Can't you see the resemblance? What? You can't see it? Really? Well, I guess we should give her a couple more months before we decide who she really looks like.

And of course, me. Here I am at almost 22 weeks. Still getting bigger, as baby girl is now approaching the size of a papaya, at around 10 inches long now and 12 ounces in weight. Apparently she can now hear noises from outside and her face is finally fully formed. I can finally feel her squirming around inside and her kicks that she likes to deliver. Christian actually felt her kick for the first time yesterday morning. She aimed right at his hand. I can tell she already loves her daddy!

20 weeks

Here I am, with my now cantaloupe-sized uterus. Baby is approaching the length of a banana and weighs approximately 10 ounces. Can't wait to see him/her wiggling around next week at the ultrasound.