baby gray has gained about 4 0z in the past week and is still about a foot long. the description on babycenter is that he probably resembles an ear of corn - so pretty darn skinny! he's going to spend a lot of the next few weeks packing on the weight and filling out that skinny bod.
his tastebuds are continuing to develop and his lungs are branching out. his skin is still relatively translucent but that should change soon.
he's a wiggly little guy, I feel him squirming around all the time. i keep grabbing nate's hand and forcing him to grope my belly whenever i feel it at home but he hasn't had a big enough kick to feel from the outside yet. i'm pretty sure it's going to be any day though, some of his movements feel pretty big to me!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
23 weeks
all right, time to start the dance party!
the gremlin can hear and feel music and dancing now. he's 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound and pretty soon i'll be able to see him moving around from the outside. it'll be all sigourney weaver in Alien. or the end of Spaceballs. probably Spaceballs.
i've noticed that by the end of the day over the past few days my feet are swollen. not fat-swollen, but wide-swollen. they look like flippers, or possibly vaguely foot-shaped pancakes. so far i've avoided cankles (the lovely look of the calf that goes right to the foot without stopping for an ankle) and with any luck i'll just skip them since the weather is starting to cool off.
I'm missing yoga this week! last Wednesday's session was super-challenging, I'm definitely going to try to go twice a week. at least once a week, but hopefully monday and wednesday both. i think it will help my back pain tremendously and Dr. George keeps telling me that exercising now will make me happier later, so i'm all for that.
i've been in WI for the past few days and it's been super fun! my mom and i are going to shoot a wedding for my good friend brendan on Saturday in madison and I'm very much looking forward to it.
the lake -
the gremlin can hear and feel music and dancing now. he's 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound and pretty soon i'll be able to see him moving around from the outside. it'll be all sigourney weaver in Alien. or the end of Spaceballs. probably Spaceballs.
i've noticed that by the end of the day over the past few days my feet are swollen. not fat-swollen, but wide-swollen. they look like flippers, or possibly vaguely foot-shaped pancakes. so far i've avoided cankles (the lovely look of the calf that goes right to the foot without stopping for an ankle) and with any luck i'll just skip them since the weather is starting to cool off.
I'm missing yoga this week! last Wednesday's session was super-challenging, I'm definitely going to try to go twice a week. at least once a week, but hopefully monday and wednesday both. i think it will help my back pain tremendously and Dr. George keeps telling me that exercising now will make me happier later, so i'm all for that.
i've been in WI for the past few days and it's been super fun! my mom and i are going to shoot a wedding for my good friend brendan on Saturday in madison and I'm very much looking forward to it.
the lake -
Friday, August 15, 2008
22 weeks, 1 day
the gremlin is now about 11 inches long and weighs one pound! he's starting to look like an actual baby instead of some weirdo from the planet uterus - he's even developing eyebrows. he is still very wrinkly; he's just waiting to pack on the fat layer to fill out those wrinkles. or maybe botox?
i feel him kicking every day now, it's pretty cool. i would imagine in another few weeks that nate will be able to feel him as well, that'll be exciting.
here are some more pictures from our road trip last weekend - nate did such a good job.
and my absolute favorite - i want a big-ass print of this one -
there are more up on flickr - here is a link to the slideshow.
i feel him kicking every day now, it's pretty cool. i would imagine in another few weeks that nate will be able to feel him as well, that'll be exciting.
here are some more pictures from our road trip last weekend - nate did such a good job.
and my absolute favorite - i want a big-ass print of this one -
there are more up on flickr - here is a link to the slideshow.
Monday, August 11, 2008
road trip
last weekend we decided to go on a little road trip up to dillon MT and stop and take lots of pictures along the way. Nate got some absolutely fantastic belly shots of me; here are a few of my favorites:
there are more up on my flickr site, please check them out! i will be posting more tomorrow night; i'm a bit too tired to get through the rest of them tonight.
i'm mostly feeling pretty good, hungry a lot, but good. sleeping is getting a bit harder just because my hips get so sore sleeping on my side all the time. the pillows help, but pretty soon nate is going to be sleeping on the floor with norm if i keep adding more pillows to our bed.
there are more up on my flickr site, please check them out! i will be posting more tomorrow night; i'm a bit too tired to get through the rest of them tonight.
i'm mostly feeling pretty good, hungry a lot, but good. sleeping is getting a bit harder just because my hips get so sore sleeping on my side all the time. the pillows help, but pretty soon nate is going to be sleeping on the floor with norm if i keep adding more pillows to our bed.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
ultrasounds
got a few ultrasounds scanned tonight - these are from the 19 week scan that we just had last week -
and my personal favorite -
this is the last time we'll see the little guy before he pops out; we'll continue to hear his heartbeat at every appointment but i believe the ultrasounds are done unless there is some sort of issue.
and my personal favorite -
this is the last time we'll see the little guy before he pops out; we'll continue to hear his heartbeat at every appointment but i believe the ultrasounds are done unless there is some sort of issue.
halfway! (20 weeks)
Just got back from my appt with dr. george and he said that everything looked great in my ultrasound from last week. he said that they did move my due date up to around the 12th based on grayboy's size, but i'll bet he's just a big'un. i'm not going to get my hopes up for an early delivery.
they are moving their clinic to a new location so my next appointment isn't for 5 weeks - September! i can't believe that we're almost done with summer....i'm actually a little relieved as it's been too hot to wear jeans so i've been living in el cheapo gaucho pants from Target. sooo comfortable, but probably a little too sweatpant-like for work. thank goodness i work in a very casual office.
i've gained 3 lbs since the last visit which i think puts me around 21 lbs total. i'm not sure what i weighed before i got pregnant, so i'm going to go with a round-ish number that is probably close to right. and no, i'm not going to tell you what it is. so that means i'm averaging about a pound a week but i put most of it on in the beginning as i hadn't gained anything at the last appointment, so really this is 3 lbs in 8 weeks. i'm starting to get really hungry again though so i'll bet the hiatus is almost done.
they are moving their clinic to a new location so my next appointment isn't for 5 weeks - September! i can't believe that we're almost done with summer....i'm actually a little relieved as it's been too hot to wear jeans so i've been living in el cheapo gaucho pants from Target. sooo comfortable, but probably a little too sweatpant-like for work. thank goodness i work in a very casual office.
i've gained 3 lbs since the last visit which i think puts me around 21 lbs total. i'm not sure what i weighed before i got pregnant, so i'm going to go with a round-ish number that is probably close to right. and no, i'm not going to tell you what it is. so that means i'm averaging about a pound a week but i put most of it on in the beginning as i hadn't gained anything at the last appointment, so really this is 3 lbs in 8 weeks. i'm starting to get really hungry again though so i'll bet the hiatus is almost done.
Monday, July 28, 2008
eeet's aliiiiiiiive
so for a week or two i've been feeling weird little tickles that i thought just *might* be the baby moving around, but this weekend i finally felt a definite kick. you know those little fisher price vacuums with the balls in them that pop when your kid pushes them around? it felt like a little toy vacuum ball pop.
in other news, we painted some furniture for grayboy's room - i was originally going to go with orange and gray but ended up liking the green/brown a lot better. the green is a little lime-ier than i was thinking so i may re-paint the green bits but here's what we've done so far -
(i just noticed that this one is all weird and pixel-y, hmm)
we're going to use it as a changing table - the changing pad fits on it wonderfully.
and then a nightstand/mini-bookcase -
(also pixel-y...my pictures are generally not like that - must have had a weird setting in my export from lightroom. i will investigate)
i was going to post some images of some gifts we've gotten from our parents but i think i'll wait and re-export so i don't have all that weird pixel nonsense happening.
oh and you voters are mean!!! apparently grayboy is going to be late and huge. awesome.
in other news, we painted some furniture for grayboy's room - i was originally going to go with orange and gray but ended up liking the green/brown a lot better. the green is a little lime-ier than i was thinking so i may re-paint the green bits but here's what we've done so far -
(i just noticed that this one is all weird and pixel-y, hmm)
we're going to use it as a changing table - the changing pad fits on it wonderfully.
and then a nightstand/mini-bookcase -
(also pixel-y...my pictures are generally not like that - must have had a weird setting in my export from lightroom. i will investigate)
i was going to post some images of some gifts we've gotten from our parents but i think i'll wait and re-export so i don't have all that weird pixel nonsense happening.
oh and you voters are mean!!! apparently grayboy is going to be late and huge. awesome.
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