Pregnancy Week 24

This post is a little bit late, but better late than never...

I had another ultrasound last Tuesday and we got to see our sweet baby boy again.  Once again,  he was quite the exhibitionist and pretty stubborn, too.  He was in a comfortable spot and didn't want to move and the woman doing the ultrasound finally got him to move around by poking and prodding him.  After she got all the measurments she needed, she looked around a little bit more and got the funniest shot of him basically mooning us with his legs spread out showing off his boy parts.  She said we have a contrary little son and Brandon and I both at the same time said, "That's your son."  Haha.  The best part about the doctor's appointment was hearing my doctor say everything looked great, Aiden is measuring exactly where he's supposed to be, I'm measuring exactly where I'm supposed to be and I'm "boringly normal."  She also wrote me a prescription for acid reflux and it works like a miracle!  I've been eating pizza and Mexican again.  Yay!

This week Aiden weighs a pound and a half!  He has now reached the point of viability which is an exciting milestone to reach.  He  is almost a foot long, about the length of an ear of corn.  He will be starting to plump up soon and look more like a newborn.  His brain is growing quickly now and his taste buds are continuing to develop. 

This week I was getting together all the stuff we have for Aiden and I quickly realized after seeing it all in one pile, that we have a lot of clothes!  We have found some things on clearance for next winter and some cute little hats that we couldn't resist buying.

We also finished registering for all of our smaller stuff at Target and Wal-Mart.  It makes it even more exciting looking forward to having Aiden when we look at all of the little stuff we would be using for him, like bath toys and cute little socks and tiny little onesies.   

Pregnancy Week 23

We had such an exciting trip to Babies R Us!  It was so fun to pick out all of our big items.  We picked out some really cute stuff that I'm so excited to be getting.  We also got a great deal on our furniture.  We got a total of 30% off and saved over $200.

This week Aiden is the size of a mango or papaya, weighs just over a pound and is 11 inches long.  Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare for breathing and he is able to hear more clearly.   

The coolest thing Aiden is doing this week is developing the ability to remember things.  How awesome is that?  I was blown away when I read that this week.  He also is gaining control over his movements instead of just little muscle jerks and spasms. 

It's still amazing to us to learn what development takes place each week and to see what God is doing in forming our son. 

I have another ultrasound on Tuesday and can't wait to see Aiden again and see what's he's doing in there! 

It's now less than four months until my due date and now that we have the nursery furniture it's getting harder to wait to meet him!

Coming soon to the blog: ultrasound pictures!

Pregnancy Week 22

This week has been exciting!  I've been feeling Aiden's little kicks more and more strongly and I am starting to notice a pattern to them.  I like to say he's practicing his karate in there :)  Brandon even felt a couple of good kicks last night.  The look on his face when he gets to feel a kick is priceless. 

It's hard to describe the different emotions I'm experiencing.  Before I've even met Aiden, I'm proud of him.  All he is doing is growing, yet I can't deny this strange sense of pride in our son already.  And I already feel so much love for him that I can't imagine loving him more, but I know I will.  I also feel such a protectiveness of him. 

This week Aiden is the size of a papaya or spaghetti squash.  He is 11 inches long and weighs almost 1 pound!  He is starting to look more like a newborn; he now has tiny tooth buds developing and his eyebrows and eyelids are becoming more distinct.  He's also starting to develop sleep cycles and sleeps about 12-14 hours a day.

I am so looking forward to this weekend!  Brandon was supposed to work, but he's using a vacation day so we can go get nursery furniture and register at Babies R Us!  I am so excited because this is one of the things I've looked forward to for a long time. I can't wait to pick out cute little boy stuff and strollers and everything!

Pregnancy - Week 21

Week 21 of Pregnancy!  It feels crazy that I'm now over halfway through my pregnancy.  It really has flown by.  It has been such a special time in our lives.  Finding out we're having a son last week makes it more real, in both an exciting and slightly scary way.  Before we knew it was a boy, we were having a baby.  Babies are cute and fun.  Now we're having a son and that implies raising another human being and that's slightly scary :)  It's also super exciting because now we can picture Brandon teaching our son all kinds of manly things like sports and imagining the kind of man he'll grow up to be. 

On Monday for Halloween, I dressed up as a Bun in the oven Bakery worker and won third place at my work costume contest.  It was cute and I had fun, too. 

More exciting things coming soon, we are going to Memphis next weekend to buy our nursery furniture.  And Babies R Us is having a sale on nursery furniture, so we're going to save over $100!  I'm so glad to finally be working on the nursery a little.  I know I have plenty of time, but I'm such a planner, I want to have everything perfect long before Aiden arrives.   

This week Aiden is about the size of a banana and is 10 1/2 inches long and weighs around 12 ounces.  He now has eyebrows and eyelids.  I've been feeling more movements and I've noticed that he's more active after I eat.  It's so cool to be able to really be able to feel him kicking!