Saturday, July 31, 2010

Baby 4d Sonogram Today (and tons of traffic, to our dismay!)

We drove to Fairfax for a 4d sonogram appointment. We've waited months for this appointment and the baby wouldn't move away from my back(!). He was very difficult to see, the sonographer had me move all different directions before we could see his profile. He was very active but his hands (and feet) were covering his head a large part of the time. We know he has great lips and Matt's nose. The sonographer kept saying how cute he is, but I'm sure she tells everyone that so it made me wonder if he was cute at all. Maybe when she says 'oh wow he's cute' she means 'oh man look at that funny nose and huge lips'. We sat in traffic for hours on the way up (we were late) and again on the way home. Matthew had to leave for work as soon as we got home and we left at around 9 am. I'm glad we got to see him, even if he didn't show us as much as we'd hoped to see. I was a little worried that we'd waited too long, I think I've read that they start to get pretty cramped in there by 29 weeks. I think we might have gotten a better look a week ago, but we also wanted him to be well developed. I see it's a very small window. Anyway, it was great to see him and get a feel for what he'll look like. The sonogram definitely doesn't last long enough though! I felt extremely disappointed when she ejected the tape and we had to leave, it seemed to me we'd just gotten there. I wonder if he'll be disgusted one day when we tell him we saw him licking his placenta... though I guess it's no worse than the thought of sucking on your mothers' boobs. Maybe we wont tell him...
Also, the sonographer said I look really small and I must get that a lot. Well, I do. Is it me that is small or him? Or is everyone else big? I don't know, makes me a little uneasy though.
One more thing: Lately we have been talking about the name Rory. I think he kind of looked like a Rory in his 4d shot, so it just might be his name. What do you think?

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Sweet!

Matt caught me off guard waiting in my chair.
Handsome smile for me, look at that dimple.
Definitely looking pregnant now (Healthy as Matt's dad would say.)

We had our 28 week glucose test today, this is us waiting in the office. We switched doctors again and had a few more tests done. This is the final switch and we really like our new doctor, the office is brand new and wasn't packed. In fact, we were the only patients in the office and we were there for 2 hours. It was really nice, we went from being ignored and pushed aside to being the center of attention. It was great that the nurses and doctor actually had time to spend with us. They answered all of our questions and told us some things we didn't already know, which sadly made me really happy. We will be delivering at the new Spotsylvania hospital which is less than 5 minutes away from our townhouse, I'm hoping that is just as low in volume... but we'll see. Our wedding is less than a month away! We can't wait to spend the week at the beach with our close family. We absolutely love the beach, and being there with our friends and family just makes it even better. I'm already dreading the day we have to leave and we haven't even gotten there yet.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Despicable Me

Ian, my littlest brother, and I saw this movie today at 12:10, it was really cute. He's been watching the previews for months and looking forward to seeing it. I thought it was great, typical for Pixar.
The baby has been moving around a lot, I'm not sure if it is because he is getting bigger or space is getting tighter... probably both. It's good to know he is growing though. We get to meet our little man in three months, his due date is three months from tomorrow :). I cannot wait to meet him (and to sleep however I want!).

Thursday, July 8, 2010

26th Week

Still pretty small as far as the baby bump (this is 26 weeks 3 days), I'm waiting for it to explode...
Matt has been making us lots of BLT's, which are delicious! I LOVE BLT's. The wedding is just 6 weeks away and we are finishing our final preparations. Mom flew out to California yesterday and will return next wednesday to leave again thursday for FL. Matthew and I watched movies with Dad and Ian last night, Adam is at the Naval Academy for soccer camp. All is well and everyone is healthy :). Matthew and I are still talking about names, it looks like the little man will not have one until he gets here so we can see what he looks like. We cannot wait to meet him!
It has been so so hot outside, the car said 106 yesterday and I don't think it was exaggerating... We went for a run/bike (Matt runs I bike :)) today and Matthew was SOAKED when we finished. He had to jump in the river. We started a Target baby registry today but haven't put much on it... not much else is new, we can't complain :). Oh Matthew has been so great! (Just wanted to throw that in).