34 Week Office Visit

Our last office visit was 4/8 and everything went well. We are still measuring right on time and the heartbeat was in the 140s. Our little girl is still very active and we've been told over the next few weeks she'll just keep getting fatter :)! Our next appointment is 4/21 and we will be seeing the last midwife in the office. They will do the Beta Strep test then and after that we will be seen weekly.

Couples Shower Hosted by The Billington's

Saturday 4/4 Beau and Heidi Billington threw us a couple's shower. It turned out to be a great evening with great friends. The weather was beautiful and the ribs were tasty! Here are a few photos from the evening:

32 Week Office Visit and 34 Weeks Along!!

Our last office visit was 3/25 ... everything is still moving right along. We got to hear her heartbeat again ... she was in the 150s. She measured the belly again and set us up for our next appointment. Over the past week I've started to feel our little girl with the hiccups ... its a crazy feeling! Our 34 week appointment is tomorrow, 4/8.


34 week update from the weekly email:

Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which she'll need to regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.


Info from www.babycenter.com

We are at 32 weeks!

By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

Info from www.babycenter.com

My 32 week belly photo:

3D Ultrasound!!

Over the weekend Ed and I went to get some 3D/4D ultrasound photos. It's amazing what they can do these days. We confirmed that our little girl is definitely a girl! While we were looking around she was putting on quite a show ... we saw her open and close her mouth, smile several times, open and close her eyes. We also saw that she has a full head of hair and weighs a little over 4lbs. Here are some photos from our visit:

Mouth wide open

Sticking her tongue out
Chubby cheeks

Side profile with hand in front of her face

Left eye openSMILE!!

Welcome Baby Ayden!

Christina and Justin Cantrell welcomed their sweet little boy on March 2, 2009 ... here are a few photos from our trip to the hospital. He's such a brave little boy!

Proud mommy and her little man!


He's such a sweet boy ...


Taking a bottle ... such a big boy already!

Nursery Updates!

Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan brought over the crib this weekend!! Ed put the crib together and then I decorated it with the new bedding! Not too much longer and she will be here! Our next big purchase will be the dresser ... here are some photos of Ed and the dogs working on the crib.


The crib all decorated ...