Growing up

Sometimes I think my kids are growing up before my eyes. Hannah especially. These last 6 months she has changed so much. Here's a picture from every month starting in July all the way through December. She's had a major growth spurt and her face in really filling out. She looks so grown up. I guess I'm being a little nostalgic since I'll be having another little girl before I know it.

It's a GIRL!

I still can't believe it but we're going to have another baby girl! I've thought it was a boy since the beginning. Although the last few weeks every dream or other random thought I had the baby was a girl. I guess the Chinese calender was right with this one! The ultrasound was so much fun. I loved seeing her moving around. The 3D/4D was amazing although some of the pictures seem pretty blurry. Maybe because she was moving around so much. We have so many pictures though it was easy to find a few good ones. We even got a disk with all the pictures and a DVD! I've already watched the DVD three times! I can't wait to go back again at 30 weeks. Now it's time to start picking out all the fun baby stuff. We already bought her some clothes!





Hannah waiting to find out. Boy or Girl?

Micah watched patiently for a few minutes.



Profile in 2D



Hand covering her face.

Two perfect little feet.


Hand covering her face again. Maybe she's shy!

13 Days!

Less than two weeks away from our 3D ultrasound! I can not wait to find out what this baby is. I'm still thinking it is a boy, although the Chinese lunar calendar says the baby is a girl. So I checked the calendar to see if it accurately predicted the sex of Hannah and Micah and it was 50/50. Correct with Hannah and incorrect with Micah. So I guess we're 50/50...big surprise. The baby has been moving around more...especially today. I put Hannah's hand on my belly but of course he/she stopped then. I don't think she could have felt it anyway but I can tell the kicks are getting stronger. Here's my 16 week belly shot.

Baby Kicks

Well I didn't have to wait long for those little flutters. One day after my last post I felt them. It was so exciting I almost started crying. This is the best part of pregnancy. I'm going to try to enjoy every minute of it. Since Sunday I've only felt the baby a few more times...it's so early I have to be sitting absolutely still to feel it. I can't wait for Hannah to be able to feel, she's so excited.

Also I made the appointment for the 3D ultrasound. We will know what this little one is on December 27th! Hopefully he/she cooperates. I can't wait to see him/her. The last ultrasound was at 8 weeks and you couldn't see anything. I'll be 18 weeks at the appointment so it will be perfect. I think I convinced Philip to let me have two of the 3D ultrasounds so I'll go back for another one around 30 weeks so we can get some better profile shots. I can't wait!

Tomatoes

Strangely enough I have a new fondness for tomatoes.I never liked them until now. Another one of those pregnancy things I guess. My dad used to try to make me eat them with sugar....never really understood that one.

I am now 14 weeks and waiting patiently to feel this little one moving around. I checked Hannah's baby book a few weeks ago and I felt her at 16 weeks. I'm hoping it will be any day now. I've felt a few things that I think may have been the baby but it's so hard to tell this early. I can't wait...it's my favorite part of pregnancy!

Lisa took some great family pictures of us last week. Here are some of my favorites.....

12 Weeks

I had my 12 week appointment yesterday and everything looks great. The baby's heart rate was in the 150's. I think it's a boy. Hannah's heart rate was always high and Micah's was low. Now I know it's completely a myth but based on my other two...it's a boy. We'll know for sure when we do the 3D ultrasound but that's still two months away...if I can wait until I'm 20 weeks. I also haven't gained any weight yet, which I'm not surprised about. My appetite has been terrible. I'm am so ready to be able to really enjoy food again.

I think we've made some kind of plan for maternity leave which I am so relieved about. I just got my award for vacation next year and I got the last two weeks of April which works out perfect. I can work the first two weeks of April and then be off the last two and start my maternity leave in May. That gives me 6 weeks off until my due date. If all goes well I should be able to work until I'm 34 weeks without having to do light duty (office work) which I am really trying to avoid. Total I will be taking a 6 month leave of absence which will put me back to work in November. I plan to do standups in November and December so that I can be home most of the day. In January they will probably offer a leave of absence again and if we can afford it maybe I can take January and February off. So that's the plan for now. It make me so much more relaxed to have some sort of plan. Now I can start getting excited about this baby!

I can't believe I haven't updated in two weeks...well wait a minute yes I can. I'm just terrible about blogging. Anyway I'm almost through my first trimester.....YEAH! We go on Thursday for another doctor's appointment. We should get to hear the baby's heartbeat with the Doppler which I'm really looking forward to. It's always such a relief. I'm feeling pretty good. The last few weeks I've had some nausea and absolutely no appetite. Nothing sounds good to me so I just have to force myself to eat. My belly is getting bigger too....not that anyone else notices. I'm wearing my maternity jeans full time now! I could probably still squeeze into my pre-preggo ones with the rubber band trick but these are way more comfortable. I can still wear all of my pre-preggo shirts but I have bought some maternity ones. I also ordered by maternity uniform for work which is just hideous, I can't believe I'm going to have to wear it so I'm putting it off for as long as possible!

So for you four people who read my blog I'll try to update more often but no guarantees!