Pictures

After many requests, here are some pictures of me and my belly. Not the most flattering look because it was HOT out but you can at least see my belly. The first is of just me and my belly. The second picture is of my dad and I belly to belly....the sad thing is that I have a baby in mine.

21 1/2 weeks

Well today was the first day I felt the baby move. I was at work sitting in interviews when I felt a little movement, I put my hand on my belly and felt it a little more. It was so amazing to know that there was a little girl growing inside of me. The last 21 1/2 weeks have flown by and to think that there is only 18 1/2 weeks to go.

Friday we picked up the baby furniture that mom and dad Mcdonald bought for us. The bedding should be arriving on Thursady. (Thanks again mom and dad Mcdonald). Mom and dad Mickey bought us the rocker for the nursery. (see picture below).

Looks like we have all the nursery furniture we need....thanks to the baby girls wonderful grandparents.

20 1/2 week appt

Today was my 20 1/2 week appt. and everything went great. I finally saw Dr. Gay, who is my regular OBGYN. The baby girls heart beat was 144. Still no kicks or flutters from her, but I am waiting for it any day now. I only have to see one more doctor in the practice to have madw my rounds with all the physicians. Yeah!! My next appt is September 15th.

I can't believe how fast things are going. I only have 19 1/2 week to go, which means Christmas is in 18 1/2 weeks. I know that many of you did not want to hear that but it's true.

Half way point!

Friday we were at 20 weeks....half way. I can't believe it has went so fast. For the most part, I have been feeling pretty good. Tomorrow, I have my next appt with Dr. Gay, who is my regular OBGYN. This is the first time that I will have the opportunity to see him since we got pregnant.

We also ordered the crib and the combo (dresser/changing table) on Friday (see pictures below). My parents were extremely generous and bought us the furniture. Thank you.....we love you mom and dad. We will be ordering the bedding today (also see picture below).

As some know our house is for sale so we will not be starting to decorate the nursery just yet. I know, some of you are thinking that I am crazy....pregnant, my last semester of grad school, our house for sale and dealing with a crazy husband (LOL) but I promise I won't go crazy. So anyway, we are going to wait a little while to decorate in case we have to move before our little girl is born.

We will update everyone after the appt tomorrow....

Shopping!

Well shopping for furniture and bedding is not as easy as I thought it was going to be....well atleast bedding was not. We knew that we wanted dark furniture for the room and it was not difficult to find a set that we liked. Below is a picture of the furniture. We are getting the crib and the combo (dresser/changer).

We were looking for modern bedding that had pink in the color scheme. I guess we really knew what we wanted, no too pink or too many flowers, or animals and that is just to name a few of what we did not want.....I guess I should say we knew what we did not want. We found a set at Babies R Us that we liked but when we went to the store it was on clearance, which meant there were no accessories to go along with it. There went that set. So I looked and looked and looked online and finally found the bedding below. Paul and I love it. We are not going to do the whole room in that pattern, such as the drapes but we love the bedding.

It's a GIRL!!!

Today was the big day. We had an appt to see Dr. Avery at 2pm. Paul and I saw the sonogramist before Dr. Avery. She took lots of sonogram pictures. She showed us the heart, the bladder, the little legs and more wonderful body parts. With that she showed us three little white lines, which means that we are having a GIRL!!

One of the pictures shows baby girl with her mouth open. We saw her little legs kicking around a bit. The heat beat was 138.

13 week appt

On Friday, June 30th I went for my 13 week appt. I saw Dr. Stevenson. At this point point, I am making my rounds between all the doctors in the practice, I believe there are 6. This way, I have met all the doctors since I will have no idea which one will be on call when I go into labor.

Paul and I listened as the nurse placed the machine on my belly to hear the heart beat. The heart beat was 158. Even though I thought it might be a stupid question, I asked if that was a normal heart beat for a baby at 13 weeks. The answer was yes. I am sure that they hear all kinds of crazy questions, especially with first time moms.

The doctor said that everything looks great. To date, I have gained 9 pounds. We scheduled our next appt for Friday, July 25th with Dr. Avery. That is the BIG day, we can find out the sex of the baby. YEAH!!! Anyone have any ideas of what we will be having???? A Boy or a Girl.