Starting Week 30 -- crazy!

We went out for our 1st anniversary tonight to Edihana Sushi, one of our favorite spots. We also bought our first christmas tree and put it up in the house. I feel so domestic now... pregnant, putting up a christmas tree, celebrating our marriage... I love my life and feel blessed every day!

We went to the doctor today after recieving another ultrasound to check up on his kidney's. The kidney's look okay however they said he is bigger than normal. He weighs 3lbs already and that is what he should weigh at the end of week 30. I guess this means he is 2 weeks ahead of schedule for growing. I will either have him earlier than expected OR have a very large baby... Good to know he is healthy and doing well. I had a gestational diabetes test yesterday and will know the results of this within a few days.

We have been buying all the baby gear we had not received yet from the showers. Shopping for baby is so much fun, especially your own and ESPECIALLY your first!

Starting Week 29

Starting Week 28

This week was good. Besides feeling and looking like a beached whale, I am feeling pretty good. I have been having pain in my lower right side but I have read it is from the ligaments trying to hold up a pumpkin size uterus... so I bought a belly bra basically... we'll see if that helps when I exercise. I can't believe I am starting 7 months. It is crazy how fast time actually went by.

I have no idea how much weight I have now gained but I am scared to get on a scale and see. I am guessing close to 20lbs but it feels like 100lbs... Gavin will be one healthy boy!

Starting Week 27

At home in NY... baby shower day!

Starting Week 26

Starting week 26... posting this late.

Starting Week 26

I did not post my weekly picture last week. I want to, but I am so busy and so tired this week with meetings from 7:30am - 10:30pm, that I can't find any time at all to post. I will do it probably Friday night if possible...

Starting Week 25 (Starting 7 Months)

I am still feeling pretty good... frustrated with my house being dirty, my homework taking to long, my body getting bigger, my exercising not being enough, traveling to much and having a lot to do at work... so all things considered, I have not went crazy yet and I guess that means I am doing well :) travel and school will be done by end of November... so I can see the light!!

I have gained 15lbs so far... I guess that is good for Gavin, but if I keep gaining at this rate I will be HUGE once 40 weeks rolls around...

Starting Week 24

This week we are still in California and we just visited Yosemite National Park. It was beautiful. I look my weekly picture in the Bed and Breakfast we stayed in. Here is the picture.... I feel like I am getting huge... I have not weighed myself the last 2 weeks but I am sure it will be scary when I do.

Starting Week 23

This week we are taking a roadtrip from Santa Ana (orange County) California, to San Francisco, which is a total of about 350 miles up the coastline. We are half way today in Santa Maria. I had to take my Saturday picture at the Holiday Inn. I am feeling good this week. We walked around Santa Barbara today and it was the most beautiful place out of all the places we have seen so far this week. Here is my picture for this week...

Starting week 22

Today I am starting week 22. We had our 2nd ultrasound on Wednesday and it was such an awesome experience. We have been counting down the days to find out if our baby is a boy or girl and we finally got our answer. It's a boy! We were so excited to know and to be able to start buying gear that is gender specific. We already know his name is Gavin Ian. We went shopping for baby clothes day and we know people will buy us clothes so we just got a few things. We went to a second hand baby store that is really nice and had lots of nice stuff for Gavin. Anyways here is todays pic.

Starting Week 21 - HALF WAY!!

So 20 weeks completely finished... time flies... I went swimming today wearing my same old bathing suit. I am glad it has tie strings on the bottoms. I am definitley showing now...

20 week medical drawing

Starting week 20

I am starting week 20 today. We went to the Grape Festival in Grapevine, TX today and it was about 90 degrees out. I found one skirt that I could sort of fit in to thanks to the spandex material... I took the pic when I got back and so I might not look all that great. I have been feeling pretty good, just a few poor spells of tiredness or sickness here and there. I can't believe I am half way at the end of this week! CRAZY... time goes by so fast.

Starting week 19

here is my picture from today. I didnt even eat much today so my stomach is smaller then the usual bloated/full belly shot I get... The fundus measurement is right under my belly button... which measures perfect for 19 weeks. I will be in New Mexico and then Bethesday MD... I hope I hold up!! Yuck I hate traveling for work.

Starting week 18

Sorry I forgot to post my newest pic from this week... I took this one in the early afternoon after I was working in the garden and it started to rain... so I dont look all that pleasant, but oh well! This was from Saturday Sept 1st which is the end of week 17, the start of week 18! Woohoo can you believe I am almost half way there? Crazy!!

My Potato in week 17

I took a picture today of my large baking potato size baby lump under my skin when I lay down flat on the carpet. Its strange because its not always there... My stomach can be totally flat some times and others the baby swims into a position where you can see it right under the skin... so weird!! For all the people that have not had a baby yet, I am sure you may never have seen this... Its a little freaky, but pretty cool!!

Starting week 17

Well this week was much better for me in terms of hunger and sickness... I felt good... I was more needy emotionally and have to have lots of love and affection or I just cry though... anyways here is my pic for this week... end of week 16, starting week 17-

Starting Week 16

I am feeling better as the days go by. We went to Fossil Rim today and went through the safari feeding the animals from the car. It was a lot of fun and Ian enjoyed all the deer with big antlers and the giraffes. I felt really tired and had a bad headache on the way home and tried to take a nap when I finally got home. I feel better now though... Here is this weeks pic. This was taken end of week 15, starting into week 16. This is refered to as "being in the 16th week" even when you aren't done with the week yet, its kind of the same way you refer to school weeks... which week you are in currently. Just an FYI because it use to confuse me.