Here we are...at 40 weeks!

Today is our due date for baby Zane!  I think he didn't receive the memo though.  :-)  He is still squirming around in my tummy.  Doesn't he know that he can stretch and have all the room he wants in the outside world?!  Jeff and I drove past our hospital on the way to church and we decided we should just go in and let them know that "we'd like our baby please!"

40 weeks!

So, hopefully, it's anytime.  But, I do have another appointment this coming Wednesday so we'll see how things are progressing again.

A special thanks goes out to Jeff for putting up with me and painting my toenails!  I love you!

Happy due date Zane Abel!  As of now, you have 3 hours and 35 minutes to make your appearance and be on time!  :)  Fingers crossed everyone!  :-)

Finally...Watermelon Size!

I can't believe Zane started out the size of a grain of rice when we first saw him to now being the size of a small watermelon!  Yippee!!

37 1/2 weeks!

Growing a Baby

Today  I am 36 1/2 weeks along!  That means only 3 1/2 weeks to go!  And just a few days until Zane is full term!  I had a doctor's appointment today and it went great!  Things are progressing!  She said that Zane's head wasn't down as far as it needs to be so I need to walk.  I've been walking already, 30 minutes every morning, but maybe I should start at night also. 

Our prenatal class instructor said that pregnancy is like a marathon, and that is a really great description.  I'm on the home stretch and ready for our baby to be born and the rest to fade into just a faint memory. 

We can do this!!!

36.5 weeks!

33 Weeks

Today marks 33 weeks!  I know I've grown because my t-shirts don't fit like they used to!  They are getting snug!  Only 7 weeks to go and it's almost like time is slowing down and taking it's time.  I just want our baby to hurry up and get here! 

We started prenatal classes last Thursday and it was very good for us.  There were only four other couples in the class and we discussed pregnancy management and got a show and tell of different tools and instruments that we may see in the labor and delivery room.  I personally am hoping I do not see some of them at all!  But, it was nice to at least know what they are so when/if we do see them, we will have been educated about them.

Jeff is such an awesome husband.  He has started reading sort of a companion book to a book that I read and is really getting into it.  We started practicing relaxation for me during labor and he is making sure I do certain exercises that they recommend.  I'm very happy with his enthusiasm.  :-)  He also said he's coming to my next doctor's appointment armed with questions! 

33 Weeks!

He's just so handsome I had to get a picture!

Week 32 Doctor Visit

It's hard to believe it's already 32 weeks.  But, I'm so glad!!  Come on 40 weeks!  :-)

I had a great visit with the doctor today.  It lasted about 30 seconds, but it was great hearing a really strong, loud heartbeat!  She measured my tummy and said that was normal.  I asked her if my size was normal and she said everything was great.  She said there are two vertical muscles that go down the middle of your stomach and a lot of times, when it's your first baby, those muscles are strong and stay together for a long time and keep the uterus tucked in and down (something like that).  So, those of you that are worried about my size, there is no need!  Everything is just great! 

She asked if I was feeling the baby move and oh yes, I am.  I felt bad saying that it was uncomfortable, but she said that again, because it was the first, everything is tight and it could be quite painful when he kicks or moves.  Oh, I was so relieved to hear that because it is painful, especially at night.  Last night he discovered my ribs!  So, again, I'm just a normal pregnant girl!  Whew!  :-)

I go again in two weeks, and then after week 36, I go every week!  Yippee!!!  We are so excited to have this baby!  I can't believe that we get to keep him in our home and he'll be ours!!!!!  I'm so happy too that my sister gets her own little bundle of baby to keep in her home too and be hers!!!!!!!  What a wonderful blessing!!!!!!

Love to you all!

Amy

Future of America!

So happy I got to attend this friend's baby shower!  We had a great time!

Doctor's visit

I went to the doctor yesterday and got a good report!  I heard a beautiful, strong heartbeat got my tummy measured.  Everything checked out just fine!

I also had a chance to visit with my doctor a little about the birth, and it was very reassuring to me.  I had been worried as to how things were going to go, but she took the time to talk to me and it was so nice.  I would really like to have a positive birthing experience and a healthy baby as a result!

Along the baby line, Jeff and I are going to start attending prenatal classes once a week for four weeks starting in May.  They are supposed to prepare us for what to expect when we do have our baby boy!

Anyone have a baby name suggestion?  We have been asked so many times what his name is and we just don't know yet!  We do have a list, but it's so hard to choose!  :-)

Love to you all!

Amy

30 weeks!

Wow!  Only 10 more to go!  I am so excited.  Our baby's kicks, etc are getting stronger and I can feel his little body pushing out.  I massage my stomach a little at the hard places I feel until he moves himself around again.  It's so cool.  I am hoping the last ten weeks just fly by!  And I hope he comes just a few days before his due date...well, I want him to come really whenever he will be healthy and strong. 

30 weeks

Rose Garden

When my friend Stefanie and her little girl were visiting us, we went to the park one day and had a picnic while the little girl played.  It was a beautiful day, although it was pretty hot and humid.  I've never been to the rose garden that they have at this park and thought it would be a great time to look at it because they were all in bloom.  It was really really neat.  I was surprised though, they didn't have many of the roses labeled with what kind they were! 

Stefanie wanted some belly pictures, so here's some she took along with a picture of a really pretty yellow rose that I took.

Pretty roses.

I liked the yellow.  They were really bright!

It smelled good too!

28 weeks

Only 12 weeks to go!  I just can't believe it.  Three months is not very long!  Fortunately, my friend Stefanie got to come and stay a few days last week and we were able to get some things for our baby boy done!  I will have to do a post later this week about it.  Then, Jeff and I rearranged two rooms yesterday to accommodate our new addition!  We have put the guest bed and the baby's crib in the same room.  That means that whomever comes to visit will have to do late night feedings!  Just kidding, just kidding.  I am really happy with the results and think it's going to work great!  Thanks Jeff for doing almost all of it!  You are really the best!  :-)

28 weeks!

25 Weeks

Here I am already 25 weeks along!  15 to go if he doesn't come early!  He is moving so much lately and this week I discovered that I can sit and watch my tummy move!  It's pretty neat.  His kicks and other movements feel pretty strong sometimes-it's going to be an earthquake in there by the time it's week 36!  :-)

25 weeks

 

24 weeks!

No picture this week, but I was reading and thought it was interesting that this week, our baby boy can get a sense of if he is upside down in my tummy or not.  This is due to the fact that his inner ear which controls balance is developed.  It's just amazing that people have determined when these developments occur and even more amazing that God didn't forget anything!  Our baby is about 8 1/2 inches long and 1.5 pounds!  He may be larger than that though since they determined he was larger than average at our last ultrasound.  I am really thankful that my pregnancy is going so smoothly and that the baby seems healthy.  I went to an appointment last week and don't have to go for another 4 weeks.  I took that to mean everything was great.

For you created my inmost being;
   you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
   your works are wonderful,
   I know that full well.
 My frame was not hidden from you
   when I was made in the secret place,
   when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
   all the days ordained for me were written in your book
   before one of them came to be.

Psalm 139: 13-16 NIV

23 Weeks!

I've made it to 23 weeks!  We were talking this morning about a friend only having twelve weeks left and I said, that means I have only 17 left!  Seriously?!  Oh wow!  17 weeks to go-that isn't very long. 

Here's a picture-I was looking at Jeff, but he had the camera way down!  I look pretty funny!  Oh well!  This was after services today.

23 weeks!

One of a Kind!

Little Harris' first blue outfit! 

Last two burp clothes are finished!

It's a.....

BOY!!!!!!!

I feel like I've waited forever to find out what we're having.  Today was the day!!!!!  It was so awesome!  Jeff got to come with me and we had such a wonderful experience.  We had a long ultrasound-I'm sure everyone does at 20 weeks-but it was just so special.  First off, it looked like a real baby!  We could see the eye sockets, nose, lips-he is beautiful!  We saw his arms, legs, and finally that he was a little boy!  He did not want to give that up, but our technician was very persistent.  Oh this was soooo cool.  I could watch on the screen, and he would punch the inside of my tummy, and I could feel it!!!  Yesterday was the first time I realized that I could feel him from the outside.  Jeff felt him too!  Anyway, that was pretty funny.  He was very active.  A nice girl from church told me that I could drink some juice to give him some sugar so that he would move around, so I drank some grape juice on the way to the appointment.  It really worked!  He was moving all around.  It was so amazing to see.  I think his heartbeat was 147.  They measured his head, his leg, and either his stomach, or his spine, to see how big he was.  They said he weighs 13 ounces.  Isn't that something?  Almost a pound!!!  They said he was measuring 21 weeks (I'm in my 20th), and that his due date could be June 22nd, but to ask the doctor if she wanted to change it.  So we did, and she said  that the first date is the most accurate-June 24th.  She said just because he was measuring larger, doesn't mean that he is older.  :)  I was happy with that because he's getting plenty to eat and has some of Jeff's wonderful genes!  I'm just so happy!!!!!  We saw his little heart-it was about a quarter of the chest cavity, and it had all 4 chambers just working away.  His stomach had fluid in it, they located his kidneys, his spine looked good, and we saw his little toes!!!!  What a wonderful blessing!

I'm excited  to start looking at blue fabric.  How terrible this is-but you know sometimes good intentions go by the wayside?  Well, I have two little boy outfits and a blue frog towel that I was going to give two different people, but never got it done!  I never thought I would be using them for our little boy!  I'm going to try and make a bath hoodie for him using the big towel and handtowel.  Also, at a garage sale, I picked up a changing table with a pink covering on the changing pad!  I get to make a new one!!!!  :-)  Oh the possibilities!!!  I think I may be giddy with happiness!  I haven't scanned a picture of him yet, but I will and post it soon.  Those pictures sure look better when they are your baby!

Love to you all!!!

19 weeks!

Well, I'm going to be brave and post a picture.  This is the first time I've actually taken a picture of my tummy!

Middle of 19 weeks!