What a difference 18 weeks makes

8 Weeks



Almost 26 Weeks

There you go, a belly picture. I feel like it has doubled in size the past week. The "cute" factor is already wearing off, and I think that I may have to invest in a pair of suspenders to keep my scrub pants up at work. I put on a pj top last night and it hardly hit my belly button. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. That is until Nate started singing "fat guy in a little coat" and I couldn't help but laugh. I have my next Dr's appt. next week and will be doing the glucose testing. I'm praying that goes well. I can't imagine growing a big belly but not being able to eat bread and chocolate while doing so!

Nothing else new to report. Nate and I had a good weekend that went by to quickly. We went to the gopher game on Sat., and then to a high school musical in Hudson (Beauty and the Beast) on Sunday. Nate is heading to IA this upcoming weekend with his buddies for the IA/Gopher game, I'll be here working.

I hope this finds you all doing well and getting ready for the upcoming holidays!

The weekend

What a beautiful weekend it was weather wise. Lisa, Brent, and Reece came up to visit for the weekend. It was so nice to see them and get to spend a little time with them, the time went by way to quickly. Brent and Nate went to the Gopher game while Lisa, Reece, and I went and registered for baby gifts at Target and Babies R Us. Who knew that we would have to register for so much stuff?!? It was nice to get that done, and nice to have Lisa along to tell us what has worked best for her in the past. We also headed to Albertville and got a lot of shopping done for the kids' Christmas gifts.
They left this afternoon and the house seems so quiet not hearing Reece chatting and giggling. If it were up to Nate I think that he would have our baby be born at the age of 19 months. He loved having Reece here for the weekend. However, he is exhausted and has been asleep on the couch since 7:30. :) So thank you Lisa, Brent, and Reece for making the road trip up here, we always enjoy the time that we get to spend with you..we just wish it weren't such a long road trip!

Nursery in progress

As you all know, Nate and I are expecting in February. I figured that I would start a blog once the baby was born, but have decided to do it a bit earlier since people are asking for updates and pictures. Hopefully this blog will keep all of our family and friends that are so far away updated on what's going on with our lives and the exciting new changes taking place.

As most of you know, we have decided not to find out the sex of the baby. We feel like there are very few surprises left in life and thought it would be fun to let this be one of them. Besides that, I'm thinking that it may give me more motivation to push this little bundle of joy out when I feel like I can't push anymore. :) We've had multiple ultrasounds and everything looks great. We could see him/her sucking their thumb and then rubbing their eye like they were sleepy, it was very cute! Our last ultrasound was last week and the baby's estimated weight was 1.2 lbs. The heart rate has been holding steady at around 160 since our first appointment. Last month I started to feel the baby move every once in a while, now it's all the time. We have quite an active little one. Last week Nate was able to feel it for the first time...what a cool experience. The nausea is now gone for the most part, except for in the evenings some time. I still sleep all the time, but feel 150% better than I did from week 6-19!!!

We have been busy getting the nursery ready. I realize that it seems early, but you all know how I like to be prepared and have everything planned just so. I realize that this may not be the case after the baby is born! Bob came over last weekend and helped Nate finish up painting while Mo and I went and picked up two loads of furniture. Nate got the crib and glider assembled last night so everything is now in the nursery. Now we just need to decorate the walls. I'll post a picture of our "nursery in progress". I was just so excited to get the crib up and put the adorable bedding in it.

I think that's enough for now. I hope that you will enjoy our updates as you follow along on this journey that we are so excited about!!!