Week 23

23 Weeks Pregnant

Week 23

At eight inches and slightly over a pound, (ours was  a pound at the beginning of the month!) the baby is the size and shape of a small doll. This week marks the beginning of some serious weight gain. The baby's weight in the next four weeks alone should double (and you may feel as though yours is too). 

  
You have probably heard your developing baby's heartbeat through a Doppler a number of times already (though you never get tired of hearing it), but by now you can also hear it through a standard stethoscope. What a heart throb!  (Mike tried this last week...couldn't hear it. Might try again this week.)
  
Your baby's skin is reddish in color now because of the developing blood vessels underneath (remember, the skin is very thin still). It also hangs loosely from his or her little body at this point. That's because the skin grows faster than the fat develops during fetal growth. But don't worry.  By the time your baby is born, he or she will be pleasantly plump and filled out — from chubby cheeks to chubby toes.             

Well I popped out quite a bit since Easter..... and it will continue from now on! So just bear with me! Nothing else new to report! Mike is doing the first round of sanding on the furniture and hopes to stain it in the next couple weeks.

More next week!

Baby's Room Part 1

Here are some long awaited pictures of the first half of the baby room remodel! Mike did the painting and put together the crib. I just put the sheets on the bed and washed all the bedding parts.

Crib

Mobile

Window valances

Crib and Twin Bed

Gavin likes the new room!

"Who me?"

The colors of the walls are tan and one green wall. The pictures look a little yellowish....

The crib and bedding/accessories are courtesy of Mike's Mom as our Baby Shower gift (a little early so we can have everything ready- Thank you!).

We (Mike) still needs to sand and stain the furniture to match the crib. That will be in the next couple weeks and we'll post the final pictures after that. We have some more decorating and arranging to do..... but this is the "theme" we went with. Neutral blue/green/brown colors. Since our house is all green and brown.....this fit perfect and can grow with the child.

More pictures of the room when it is completed next month!

Love - Cheri

Week 22

22 Weeks Pregnant

Week 22

Baby's now the size of a papaya!
Baby's settling into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day. It shouldn't be hard to figure out when -- just pay attention to those kicks as they start and stop.

Watch what you say -- baby is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that baby finds gentle music and your own voice most soothing. That little face is fully formed.

Things are moving along. My stomach has grown a size or two since Easter. Sleeping is getting a little tough, but get enough. Mike is hoping that the snoring phase doesn't last too long. Between me and Gavin the wonder puggle.... it can get loud at night!

The baby moves/kicks after I eat sweets and mostly at night. It's a night owl! Still not strong enough for anyone else to feel but me, soon though.

Mike has the baby room half done! I'll be posting pictures of that tomorrow. 

Baby's First Pictures

Here are Baby K's first pictures. They were taken a week ago during 19 weeks. Now don't go looking for a little winkey or no winkey. We are keeping it a surprise! Both my doctor and the doctor at the ultrasound office said it is a healthy baby from all the views.

Estimated to weigh 11 ounces as of Friday the 2nd. The little monster was scrunched up most of the time...but here are some of the pictures they let us take home.

<--- Top view of the head.

Body is scrunched on the right.

<---Foot and leg

<--- arm

<--- profile of head and body

<--- head (left) body (right)

We are even more excited now that we "saw" that there is

something really in there! And we were able to see the heart beating instead of just hearing it.

I've felt a few slight movements in there this week and last. So that is something new!

More next week!!

Week 20

We are at the halfway point this week! Here are some updates on what’s going on in there!


Week 20:

• Your little half-baked baby weighs more than half a pound! About the size of a small cantaloupe.

• His hair and nails are growing rapidly. He even has the beginnings of eyebrows.

• Her skin is getting thicker, too, under that protective, waxy coating of vernix.

New Blog!

Hello everyone! I just wanted to start a blog to help everyone know what is going on with us.... and the new addition that is on the way! I'll post weekly updates on what is going on "in there", ultrasound pics, nursery decor, etc.

Then pictures of the baby once it has arrived so those near and far can be a part of it all.

Love you! Cheri