9 weeks to go!!!!

Hey all! As of tomorrow we have officially 9 weeks left until our due date! It feels so close yet still so far away!!! We are SO ready for him to be here. Miche is getting so impatient it's almost as bad as trying to make him wait until Christmas to open his presents. :) It's fun that he's so excited tho. We're gonna have a blast with this little bambino!

We had another appointment last Wednesday. It was so awesome! Usually we end up waiting AT LEAST 20 min. (OBGYN's tend to be busy. Babies needing to be delivered and what not, we understand :) ) Our record is actually just over an hour and a half lol. But anyways, they were ready and waiting for us when we got there. And we were in and out in like 15 minutes! It was great. But anyways! I was going to try and post a pic from our ultrasound, but we were in the room with the crappier ultrasound machine this time (it's still fantastic, our doctor's office has AMAZING machines), so the ultrasound is a little fuzzy and unless you can actually see the video, you can't really tell what you're lookin' at. But we did get a good look at his little face. (note: his arm was yet again up by his face! He gets that from his dad. :) ) The doc measured his head and belly and his head was about a week ahead of average and his tummy was right on track. I asked the doc if he could tell if he was a big baby or just average and he said that as far as his head goes, that of 100 people with babies due on our due date, 40 of their heads are bigger at this point, and 60 are smaller. (statistically speaking of course) So it's a little big, but not huge. He also said the machine read the baby as weighing 3 lbs. 5 oz.! (again, awesome machines I tell ya) So by the time we go in next (February 4th by the way) he should way over 4 lbs! Growing fast! And he estimated that the little guy will probably be about 7 3/4 lbs. when he's born. Which sounds just about perfect to me! :) Also, the little guy is still in breach position with his head up in my ribs. But the doc said it could take a few more weeks before he turns. So no worries there. :) All in all a good appointment. Next appointment we get to do another 3D ultrasound! I'm excited!

In other baby news, we changed course on what we are doin' for his nursery. We went and registered at Babies R Us after our appointment and found the CUTEST bedding! Here's a pic!

Isn't it fun?! The picture really doesn't do it justice. The comforter is all different kinds of fabric and SO soft and fluffy :). He's gonna love it. We found a cute black crib and changing table to go with it so it should be so super cute! :) But MAN! Can I just tell ya, baby stuff is EXPENSIVE!!! I know people say that all the time. But it really does add up. Lucky for us we have some great family and friends that are helping out not only with getting stuff but with throwing a couple showers too :). It helps so much! I can't imagine buying everything alone with no help! But anyways, back to the nursery! Michie is gonna print off some big vinyl wall clings of the animals and grass and leaves to put up all around his room. (Living in an apartment that's a better option than painting...lol) It's going to be SO cute! :) We're hoping to get most if not all of it done in Miche's week (not this week but next, I'm so excited!) So I will be sure and post pictures of the actual nursery then! :)

We have really started having fun with all this baby stuff. It's so exciting getting ready for the little guy to get here. We're having a blast with it! :) And it's not much longer now! We're so excited!

Baby Update! : )

Hey all! I have been getting requests for a baby status update so here ya are! :) Nothing too incredibly exciting really. We went in for our 4D targeted ultrasound the first week in December and that was AWESOME! :) It was way fun to get a good look at the little guy. They checked all his organs and everything too and said that everything is looking great! :) They counted all his fingers and toes also and he's at 10 and 10! :) So basically everything is going wonderfully developmentally. Here's a few pix from the ultrasound. I know these things are kinda hard to make out sometimes so I'll try to explain them :)

Ok, this stupid program is being stupid, I was trying to put explanations next to the pictures but apparently it's not letting me! :P so I'll just give you an overview. If you can tell his little hand/arm is up in his face in all of them. lol He wouldn't move it for anything! They were poking and proding and shaking my belly and flippin' me on my sides and he just wasn't gonna move it! lol I think it is so cute tho. But that's the reason you can only see half of his face. Miche thinks he has my nose and cheeks. :) So we'll see. There's also a couple in there that he is frowning. After they had poked and prodded and tried to hard to get him to move his hand, he apparently didn't like it because they got that pic. :) So cute! So sad, but so cute! One of them is also his little foot. And another is proof that he is definitely a boy! :) So hopefully you can make them out. I know these things are kinda hard sometimes if you don't have someone pointing out what's what.

So there ya have it! He's even bigger now because this was 6 weeks ago. But these pictures are so much better than the regular ultrasound ones that we get every month. Our next appointment is tomorrow, and after that we see the doctor every two weeks until the last month and then every week! It's getting so close! I can hardly wait tho! :) Don't get me wrong...I'm scared as all get out for labor...but I'm excited to have him here! We also get another 4D ultrasound in about a month. So I'll be sure and post any good pictures we get! :)

I also have a couple baby showers comin' up. My cute little sisters are doin' one for me mid February. And then my cute friend upstairs, Jess, and my visiting teaching partner are gonna do a ward one for me. :) What sweethearts! I'm so excited to start celebrating the little guy and stocking up his nursery!

Speaking of nursery...That business is proving harder than I thought it would! I think we've finally decided what we want to do for him. We're getting black nursery furniture, and then we're gonna do bright fun colors with it, red, blue, green, and yellow mostly. For those of you that have had the pleasure of browsing Ikea, the more part of the stuff they have there is all bright and fun like that, so it was kind of our inspiration. Along with Fisher-Price. lol It should be fun! The only problem is I have not been able to find any crib bedding even CLOSE to what I want. So I think I'm gonna end up making it! Which is a little scary...lol. But I'm hopin' to get some help from my Mom-in-Law. :) She's good with that stuff and super excited to help me make some baby stuff for her new grandson! :) So as it comes together we'll be sure to post some pictures of the baby's new digs! ;) Michie has been so sweet and such a big help too. He's even taking off the first week of February from work to stay home and help me get the little guys roomed cleaned out and hopefully somewhat together! :) We decided we really need to get it together in case he decides to make his appearance early. I've been stressin' about it! (surprise, I know! lol) We also want to have somewhere to put all the cute fun things people have been giving us. :) Right now it's just in a pile in his room...lol along with all the boxes and stuff we haven't unpacked yet. lol

Well there ya have it! all is going really well. Oh, as for me I suppose, I am unfortunately having to deal with Morning sickness again...that's a treat let me tell ya! :P I got a bit of a break from about 5 1/2 to 7 months, but it's back and better than ever again. lol But at least it can't go much longer than 10 weeks or so right? lol It helps that the end is in sight! The little guy has started kickin' me so dang hard too. We've actually been able to see my belly jump around as he kicks and moves the last month or so. So that has been lots of fun! :) My belly is getting bigger and bigger every day. But thank goodness for my longer-than-most-torso! It's preventing me from really getting too huge I think. :) I definitely don't feel as big as I think I should at this point. Still a month and a half or so of growing to do tho I guess right?

Pregnancy has definitely gotten more enjoyable as I've been able to feel him move and kick around. A constant reminder that he is there and doing good. We did actually have a little scare this last week tho. He hadn't moved much at all for 2 days and I got super nervous because he has been SO active lately. So our sweet doctor had us come in for a "Fetal Stress Test" (they just strap an ultrasound type thing to me and track his heartbeat and movement), and the second they pushed that thing in my belly he started kickin' at it like crazy. lol It was funny. He definitely doesn't like anything invading his space. lol I can't even rest anything on my belly or he tries to kick it right off. lol so cute! But anywho, everything they said looks great. And so I of course felt like a dumb worry wart. But the nurses and our doctor were really sweet about it. He told us he would rather us come in and make sure everything was ok then be stressed about it or miss something wrong. So he was way sweet. We have a great doctor! :)

Ok, for real this time, I think I'm done. :) We'll keep everybody posted as it gets closer! We're on the home stretch!

The name game...

We thought we had decided on Evan for the baby...but I've been rethinking it. So I put up another name poll. Vote and let me know what you think! :)