Nursery: Step 3

Ceiling fan is up!

Getting ready to paint!   Daddy-to-be is working hard.

Ready to Paint...

Jefferson is helping.  He will be a good big-fur-brother, too!

The middle color is the winner, a nice soothing green.

One coat.

The Nursery: step 1

Yep! We get to call it the nursery now.  (It has been the office as long as I have lived here, but previously served as Dave's room, and Isaac's room.) The desks and bookshelf have been relocated.

However, we must start with the guest room to clear out space...

Step one: move furniture and rearrange what is now the guest room/studio/office.  Now we have a TV set up in the guest room.  It looks a lot smaller, but we got it all in and functional.






Now to pick paint, hang a fan, and get the paint on the walls.

C has Thursday and Friday off work, and we are on a roll! We will post pictures as things get done.

Rocky Mount Baby Shower

This weekend a few family friends, Carol Mascia, Julie Love, and Mary Margaret Love, threw a fabulous Baby Shower to help get us ready for LC's arrival. These ladies have Showers down to a science, these days, and they make the best food!  We had a fantastic brunch with mimosas (faux for me), and I have a request in for a recipe or two!  Thank you for such a great day, ladies!

Lots of family, and "practically-family," made it to the shower.  I was excited that even my Aunt Alicia and Cousin Kate made it from Virginia.  My sister-in-law, Christy, and niece, Isabelle drove in from Hillsborough, as did Katie From Chapel Hill.  The crowd was polled to see who was expecting a boy or a girl.  The overall count was pretty close, but girl was slightly ahead.  The ladies who have known me for many years, and have children of their own all think it's a boy, though, and that is supposed to be the most accurate guess.

I did not get any pictures on my camera, but as soon as I get them, I will post them.  (If you have pictures, please send them to me so I can post them!)

We got lots of the bottles and supplies to help with feeding baby and adjusting to breastfeeding, lots of bath supplies, and a great collection of books!  (I LOVE baby books!)  Of course our diaper supply was started, as well!  We are so grateful for the generosity of our friends and family, and for their excitement and support!

24 Weeks

Today we had our first visit with the Nurse- Midwife (they are Nurse Practitioners in Midwifery).  At 24 weeks and a day by the calendar, our external measurements were around 25 weeks - a little big, but normal.  LC was elusive today, turns out he/she is laying across my hips (lower and deeper than usual), resting.  LC's heartrate was a little slower at 140 today, I think because I was less stressed than the past few visits.

As you can see, Maddie enjoyed having us get home early on a beautiful spring day. Even Jeff snuck a few minutes of the backyard before I wrangled him back in the house. 

Hopefully we will have the office deconstructed enough for "before" nursery pictures by the end of the weekend!

Heartbeat

A few weeks ago, a friend from work lent me her old stethescope so we could listen for LC's heartbeat at home. We could catch it from time to time if LC was in just the right spot and I held my breath.

At this point LC should be just over a pound and seems to like hanging out where we can hear more, because this weekend we could pick up the fast flutter of a heartbeat pretty consistently. 

It's fun to check in when we wake up and say hi!

Pictures from Nags Head to come.

22 Weeks Belly Picture!

No questions there! At least one patient a day asks me when I am due.

Also fun - I figured out that the kicks with rhythm are hiccups. I am getting lots of hiccups that aren't mine!

Ultrasound!

Legs crossed - baby wants us to wait to find out the sex, too.

Profile - baby facing right, and a little hand in front of the chest.
We got to see wiggly baby rub his/her eye, what looked like a wave, and put a hand inthe mouth. We also saw some sucking - an important skill!

A little more skeletal looking, but a healthy brain, and all the measurements looked good.

Overall a very positive, healthy visit! Heartbeat sounded good, and baby was wiggling away! Baby is 11 ounces, just right for his/her age. We should hit one pound in the next two to three weeks!

We appreciate all of the prayers and love. LC still has a lot of growing to do, so keep on praying!