Belly Update #5

Its been a few weeks since a belly update... 36.5" and growing. T-minus 8 weeks

Painting the baby's room

Thanks to Mom and Dad (Nana and Papa) for the help!

1 year Anniversary Dinner

Our 1st Anniversary Dinner

A family picture

Mae Ellen, Michael, Oliver and John Michael on the way

28/29 weeks

Ok, so I'm a bit confused exactly how far along I am now.

When the doctor moved my due date from December 3rd to November 26th, I updated the calendars on the baby websites I visit which now tell me that I am in week #29.
However, at my most recent doctor's appointment (last week), they told me I was in week #27, so this would be week #28.

Whatever the case, my belly is quite large now, and I can't imagine that I have another 11-12 weeks of growth to go. Depending upon which week count you go with, the baby is the size of either a Chinese cabbage or a butternut squash and weighs somewhere close to 2 1/2 pounds.

Also, some good news, I had my glucose and anemia tests last week and got the results back this week, and all is normal, which is one less thing to worry about.

The baby belly at 6 months (27 weeks)

Here are a few shots of Mae Ellen at 27 weeks.

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Starting the baby's room...

As you can see, this room is slowly transforming into the baby's room. Mae Ellen bought some nice wood frames for the animal pictures that we bought at the Park Ave Festival in Rochester. (If you look at the photo section you'll see the pictures from our Family Picnic in Rochester from earlier this month).

The paint has also been picked out. It's a light green which should go well with the Jungle-themed room .

Cedar toy chest

This has been my weekend project for the past month. It is almost done, it needs a top, hardware and stain. The legs will be trimmed to about 2". This is made from poplar wood and has a cedar bottom. There are no nails or screws, just joints and glue.

Glider Rocker

And here is the glider rocker!

Bedding

Here is the bedding at the store.

The crib.

This is the actual crib in the store.

Oh the places you'll go...

Mae Ellen and I recorded ourselves reading "Oh the places you'll go." by Dr. Seuss.

Then we play back the recording every night using the fetal headphones.

Talking to the baby

As Mae Ellen posted, we play the baby music and talk to him every night using this from BebeSounds.

Sounds ridiculous right?

Its actually really cool and we can tell he hears us because he is very active when play him music and read to him. They say this will help him sleep better when he is born because our voices and classical music will remind him of the womb and he'll feel safe... awwww.

Week #24

Our last doctor's appointment went well. The doctor said that everything was right on track and looking good. We got to hear the heartbeat again, and it is much louder this time since he has gotten bigger. He is a little over a pound approximately, but somehow one pound amounts to a much bigger belly :)
Our next appointment is in early September when I get to take the fun glucose test.

Meanwhile, Michael has been very busy working on making a toy chest for the baby's room. I think now that he can see how big I'm getting that he is beginning to realize that it won't be much longer before the baby is here.

New Baby Furniture

We had a marathon day of baby shopping... 10am-5pm! It was tiring, but really fun since we crossed so many thing off our todo list. Here's what we got for our little guy:

• Stanley Convertible crib and changing table - this should last for many years
• Cocalo Monkey crib bedding - for our little monkey baby
• Best Chair w/ Ottoman - swivel glider rocker - its not this color, its light brown plaid
  

Now I just need to start painting!

Mango Mambo

The baby is moving about a lot more these days. It is almost like he is doing a little dance in there. I guess he is just trying to get comfortable. It is kind of funny because now I can actually see my clothes move when he moves. Thank goodness he doesn't do that much at work. People might get a little freaked out. He mostly reserves that for bedtime though.
He is about the size of a mango this week, weighing a little over a pound and about 11 inches long, or at least that is what my weekly email update tells me. I can definitely believe it though because I know I've grown a lot more in the last couple of weeks.
I'll let Michael provide the latest belly size update, and maybe we will post some pictures too.
Tomorrow morning we have another doctor's appointment, so we may have some more updates then.

Activity

As Michael noted, the little guy seems to be moving quite a lot. Especially in the morning and at bedtime. Now we are calling him the 'kicking banana', since that is how long he is this week.

Michael bought a device that allows us to play him music, so we have been playing him classical music.

He's kicking!!

Our little guy kicking! I couldn't believe how active and how noticeable his movements are.

Belly Update #4

Another 1/2" this week.

Belly Update #3

Just 1/2" this week... 34.5" total. At least we got the maternity clothes covered this week :)