27 Week Belly Shots

As promised, here are my belly shots for 27 weeks!! We'll be taking pictures more frequently now because things are changing rapidly. I'm also happy to report that we've ordered Baby Bean's furniture and glider (thank you to my Mom and G'ma Judy). I'll be ordering the bedding soon too and I'll make sure to post pictures as we get everything together. Love to you all and Happy Thanksgiving!!

 

We are registered!!

It has been a hectic few weeks with work so I haven't been able to post in a while. I am happy to say that we are officially registered at Babies R Us and Target!! This is all becoming very real and we are so excited about our little girl. I will be posting more frequent pictures of my bump because it is changing quickly these days. Our last trip to the doctor went very well and we will see her again at the beginning of December. I completed the dreaded glucose screening test a couple of weeks ago and I am happy to report that I am in perfect health. Baby Bean has been moving, stretching and doing karate (that's what it feels like at least) a lot lately! I'm feeling movement late at night and early in the morning mostly but I get surprises all throughout the day too. Daddy has been able to feel her a lot too which has been great! I plan on posting pics later on this evening or this weekend so stay tuned....

24 Week Belly Shots

What a month! The past 4 weeks have been very exciting. We went on our last big trip to Ireland before we welcome Baby Bean. We had a wonderful time. We have also started to feel Baby Bean move!! As of last week, she is definitely making her presence known. I am getting bigger, as you can see, and still feeling pretty good. I am looking forward to our next doctor’s appointment on Wednesday where we will get a normal check-up and hear her heartbeat. We are also continuing to work on Baby Bean's room so I will post pictures as soon as we get a little further. Love to you all!

20 Week Update

Hi! Here are the 20 week photos of my belly. I'm definitely feeling like I look pregnant now. I'm still looking forward to feeling her move and I've been promised that I should in the near future. Behind me in these shots is baby bean's room where Daddy and Grandpa Ted did a fabulous job with the paint. We have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and we are excited to hear baby bean's heartbeat again. Lots of love to everyone.

2nd Trimester Ultrasound

Today was another exciting day...we got to go to our 2nd trimester ultrasound. This was a long appointment which was great because we got to see our little bean moving around for over an hour! She was moving so much that some of the measurements were hard to get. (Wow, I wonder where she got that). Her heart rate was 147 and we learned that it is normal as she continues to grow for her heart rate to slow down a bit because she doesn't have to work quite as hard. Highlights to our appointment were: all of her organs look healthy and are functioning properly; she can open and close her fists; we watched her swallow, yawn and move her tongue; she has long legs (thanks Daddy); she currently weighs 9oz and she is measuring more on the side of 19 weeks. We got video today but it is broken up into 1 second segments which isn't great for viewing so these are the images that we got. We probably won't have many more ultrasounds until the 4D at the end unless there is something more the doctor wants to look into.

Love,
Bean

Baby Bean Bedroom

Daddy installed Baby Bean's chandelier (ceiling fan) in her "soon to be" room yesterday. This is the first item we have purchased for her room and it turned out great. We are excited about planning the rest of the theme and I promise to post pics all along the way. Enjoy!

Trip to the Doctor

We had a doctor's appointment today that went very well. We are happy to report that everything is going perfectly with Baby Bean. We heard her heartbeat today which was 150 bpm. It's so amazing to me how much she moves because today she was tucked far on my right side but the other week she was laying straight across my belly. The doctor said I am very healthy and we are on track for a very healthy baby. I also had my blood drawn (again) today for our 2nd trimester screening. We will have another ultrasound next week that will further determine Baby Bean's size, weight and position.