Friday, June 27, 2014
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
week 29
What Fruit are you? Acorn Squash baby is between 15.2 to 16.7 inches and weighs 2.5-3.8 lbs
Due date:
How far along:
Next appointment: We are on a 2 week appointment basis
Gender: Mason is a boy
Exercise: walking counts so yes.
Stretch marks: starting to make its way out...
Swelling:
Maternity clothes: yes and a few specialty ones:
Belly button: Still in...
Sleep: pretty good, feeling more rested...
Food cravings: Apple Sauce this week!
Symptoms: feet hurting, achy back
Movement: Baby is moving left and right and up and down.
What I She misses: not seeing a doctor all the time, being concerned about her body.
What I She's loving: the third trimester, it feels really surreal that we're so far in this journey.
What I She's looking forward to: Baby Moon that we're taking soon.
Best moment this week: Wrapping up the details of our baby moon. We are excited to get away and get some massages and enjoy some relaxation.
News: Milestones: Words of wisdom: Third trimester is here and it's a clear milestone for us. We are excited that we are in the final phase and that pretty soon we'll meet Mason.
Mason:
We bought you a bassinet because your grandmother said that we needed to have you in our room the first few months. This one rocks and plays "womb" sounds...
Thursday, June 12, 2014
End of second Trimester Thoughts
So here we are ending the second trimester and as I reminisce over the past six months I realize that this journey has completely change us as individuals and as a couple.
As we prepare for little man's arrival, we continue working on the nursery andanxiously patiently awaiting the furniture's arrival. We have finished painting the room, collected a sizable wardrobe to fit 0-12 months, registered for all our wants needs, completed birthing class and reading the Great Book of Birth to round out my birthing education. Unknown aside, we are ready to welcome the final phase of this journey.
It is hard to believe that 6 months ago we saw the little lines appear on the stick of wonders that carried Jelly Bean's first birth announcement. We still live our life as if we were two recently married couple, not worried about the after work responsibilities, acting whimsically as to what to eat for dinner, or whether to catch up on TV or a movie on a tuesday night. We know this will all change and I'd love to start preparing us for that, but I know that this is impossible. Until then, we will continue to enjoy acting like a couple of teenager with no curfew (even though our bedtime is around 10pm).
We started imagining what our little man is going to look like... Since for all intent and purpose we are after all ethnically diverse. To clarify; we are not wondering what his skin color will be, people always assume that because I tan easily, our child will automatically come out somewhere in between. We are wondering what probably every parent superficially wonders (i.e. eye color, hair, nose, lips, etc). We are incredibly blessed that he is healthy and that from every test done and every scan observed, he is perfect. So we indulge ourselves in wondering about his looks and we continue to give thanks and praise that our baby boy is healthy and we dont have to worry about other concerns that so many parents face.
Tiff is doing amazingly well; I feel as if we have conquered this pregnancy, I say we because I made it a point to be as involved as a man can possibly be. She is a champ, the ultimate of champs. As I look back at this journey, I dare say it was so worth it and it was great to know that it got bad but now its good.
We are giddy with excitement.
As we prepare for little man's arrival, we continue working on the nursery and
It is hard to believe that 6 months ago we saw the little lines appear on the stick of wonders that carried Jelly Bean's first birth announcement. We still live our life as if we were two recently married couple, not worried about the after work responsibilities, acting whimsically as to what to eat for dinner, or whether to catch up on TV or a movie on a tuesday night. We know this will all change and I'd love to start preparing us for that, but I know that this is impossible. Until then, we will continue to enjoy acting like a couple of teenager with no curfew (even though our bedtime is around 10pm).
We started imagining what our little man is going to look like... Since for all intent and purpose we are after all ethnically diverse. To clarify; we are not wondering what his skin color will be, people always assume that because I tan easily, our child will automatically come out somewhere in between. We are wondering what probably every parent superficially wonders (i.e. eye color, hair, nose, lips, etc). We are incredibly blessed that he is healthy and that from every test done and every scan observed, he is perfect. So we indulge ourselves in wondering about his looks and we continue to give thanks and praise that our baby boy is healthy and we dont have to worry about other concerns that so many parents face.
Tiff is doing amazingly well; I feel as if we have conquered this pregnancy, I say we because I made it a point to be as involved as a man can possibly be. She is a champ, the ultimate of champs. As I look back at this journey, I dare say it was so worth it and it was great to know that it got bad but now its good.
We are giddy with excitement.
Friday, June 6, 2014
Week 26
What Fruit are you? Eggplant
Due date:
How far along:
Next appointment: A couple of weeks...
Gender: Boy
Exercise: Yes.
Stretch marks: starting to get a few more around the growing belly
Swelling:
Maternity clothes: yes
Belly button: Still in...
Sleep: steady
Food cravings: Haven't been feeling the crave for food really
Symptoms: no symptoms really, just a growing belly.
Movement: Non stop, sometimes all day, sometimes we think there is a pattern. He seems to sleep and wake up during food time.
What I She misses: This week has been good, not a lot to miss, seems to just be feeling the weight of the baby in her lower back so perhaps that.. not feeling super tired at the end of the days.
What I She's loving: This week it seemed to be jersey mikes...
What I She's looking forward to: I would say, more and more, the arrival of kiddo.
Best moment this week: It was a good week in that it was uneventful. We got to enjoy our home and dogs and taking short walks around the neighborhood in nice weather. It was nice just taking it all in.
News: Milestones: Words of wisdom: Had dinner with our good friends this week who have a new born. We have seen them fairly regularly and it seems like every time we see them they look like they're slowly getting it together. we are looking forward to having that experience ourselves in that we know it will be exhausting, but also rewarding.
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