Baby Update

 

Today was our 18 week check-up and the official gender confirmation ultrasound. Baby B is still a Boy! And we are still undecided on a name. On my end everything looked great. I have gained two pounds since the last visit, blood pressure, and measurements were all on track and looked good.

Baby's heart rate during the ultrasound was in the 150s and when we were listening to it with the Doppler it was in the high 140s. His ultrasound measurements looked normal. He wiggled around the whole time and kept is little toes all clinched up. I don't think he liked all the pushing from the ultrasound. He actually measured a day or two larger in some areas so that would make the due date between 15th-17th of September.

His tummy was the only area that did not match the 18 week measurement. On the ultrasound his little stomach looks like a little bubble and it measured smaller than it should. My doctor does not feel concerned and believes that he may have passed all the fluid before the ultrasound and that's the reason for the smaller measurement. However, we still will have to redo the ultrasound on the next visit to confirm this. I of course Googled it on the Internet and have now made myself a little nervous, but I do trust our Dr. and believe if it was of greater concern she would say so. We will still be keeping the situation in our prayers and always appreciate your prayers too!

 

My regular clothes officially don't fit around my belly without assistance, by assistance I mean belly band or rubber band, so I have moved on to dresses and maternity pants. Which are so much more comfortable anyways! I feel like my energy has returned along with my old friend heartburn

 :( Starting around week 17 I was able to feel the little flutters of movement, which makes the whole thing so much more real and exciting!

 

A little family update: Carson seemed to really enjoy the Red & White Scrimmage at OU. He loved the Ruff neck guns, the music, band, and crowd! He was a real trooper and stuck it out the whole game! It sure made Kyle and I happy to get to share a little of our old college days with our little man.

 

Till next time!

Happy April

The end of March we had our monthly check-up for Baby B. At that point I was 15 1/2 weeks. I hadn't gained any weight, which is shocking since I already have a kangaroo pouch, but was still excited about the number. We thought we were just going to hear the heartbeat and be on our way but we were surprised by getting the chance to see our little bundle again on an ultrasound. We did hear the heartbeat and it was in the high 160s and sounded wonderful. We were discussing with our doctor the next visit and getting to find out the gender when she said we could go look right now since we were far enough along and she had time! We were completely shocked but soo excited, so we jumped at the offer.

Drum roll please......

 



(not sure why but it keeps flipping the pic when i down load it, so I apologize for the sideways view)

 

Another BOY!! We have our official 18 week ultrasound next Tuesday to determine the gender but our doctor as well as us from the picture we have feel confident the next ultrasound will still prove Baby is a boy. Since we found out right before Easter we decided it'd be fun to send some of our loved ones an Easter egg with the surprise in it. Above is a snap shot of one of the special deliveries. We have yet to decide on a name but hopefully we will come to an agreement before the birth ;)

 

  The weekend of Easter we enjoyed some time with our sweet friends, the Kochenowers, who passed down a big brother book to Carson. It has become one of his favorites and he now talks about big brothers so I think we are slowly making a little big bro progress. When asked if he wants a baby in the house or a brother he still however quickly responds with a,  NO ;)

 

We have been and continue to be booked every weekend in April with some sort of activity, but we are all excited and eager for the nice weather and outside time we'll get to enjoy. Last weekend we spent some time at the OKC zoo. Which Carson has become very fond of. He really loves looking at the animals and playing in all the play areas. It was his first time to wear shorts for the season so we left with skinned knees and lots of dirt, so for a little boy I'd say that spells success! We decided to get a zoo pass this year, so I am looking forward to spending some of my summer time there too.  This coming weekend we are taking Carson to his first OU game. It's the red and white scrimmage for the football team. My sister, brother in law, and mom will also be joining us on this big occasion. Hopefully he enjoys it as much  as we do!

 

Till next time!

Easter 2012 

Easter 2013 (What a change!! It went too fast)

Yelling at the bears to "come down now!" they were up near the top of the hill and too far away for him I guess.

OKC zoo playground and my 16 week baby bump. 2nd time really does bring the bump a little faster :/