6 months or 24 weeks, its all the same..

Well, here we are....24 weeks along. It's hard to believe that we are that far along already. I have decided that I will post pictures every 2 weeks, instead of every week, so that everyone can see the changes a little more easier.  I went to the doctor this past Thursday, and everything checked out like it should. His heart rate was about 150 bpm, which is pretty standard for this little guy. My blood pressure checked out good, and my weight gain is right where it should be. Not that it's where I want to be, but it's all part of it, and I'm hoping that I will be able to get rid of it without too much trouble. So it was a very good appointment, which is always nice. I am still feeling well, sleeping pretty good. As the weeks go by, the hours I keep are starting to wear on me. I am noticing that I am tired when I didn't used to be. As Mike so lovelingly reminds me, it's because I'm very pregnant. But all in all, things are still going well. On an exciting note, we did buy the first little bit of furniture for the nursery. Very exciting stuff. Once it's arrives, and it put together, I will post pictures of everything. =)   

No wonder I'm feeling so tired, it's kind of scary when you see a picture of yourself, and only them you realize how big you are getting.

On the shopping front, we have decided that we aren't going to buy any more clothes for little man until after we have our showers. But while walking through TSC last night, we found something that we just couldn't pass up.

Too stinkin cute right?? I thought that his uncle Tyler would be happy to see his nephew with a few John Deere bibs. A long the lines of clothes, we got a few hand me downs from a friend this weekend, and we are very grateful for those. I'm sure our little guy will look so cute in those and any new clothes he gets.

Once again Mike was playing with the camera, and Sidney was happy to pose for a photo shoot. I couldn't help but notice how much she looks like my old dog, Missy, in this picture. Such a pretty girl.

Week 22...

Welcome to week 22!! Sorry that I missed week 21, but well, I really don't have much of a reason except that I just didn't get around to it.  So here is your week 22 update... not much new, things are just expanding like they should be. According to my weekly updates our little guy is roughly 11 inches long, think spaghetti squash, and almost weighs a pound. Now when we had our last appointment, they said he was 11 ounces in weight, so I'm guessing that he's a bit more than a pound by now. His lips, eyelids and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he is developing tooth buds under his gums.(lovely..) His eyes are formed, but his irises still lack pigment. Here are this weeks lovely pictures of how everything is changing this week...

I took today off, and one of the things that I really wanted to get done was to give the girls a bath. It had been a few months, and they were both needing one so that was the main thing I wanted to get done today. Here is Sidney after her bath. It never fails, after every bath, she turns into a curly little fuzz ball. It's the funniest thing.

Happy New Years!!

Happy New Year to everyone!! Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year. Ours was pretty quite. We hung out with Grandpa Frank and Grandma Jan on New Year's Eve for dinner and a movie, and we were over at their house on New Year's Day for soup, munchies, football, and hang out time. So needless to say, things were pretty relaxing, which was very nice. Today we ran a few errands and registered for baby stuff. Talk about exciting times!! One step closer to him getting here. ( I know I said earlier that I couldn't mention his gender, but we found out at Christmas, that the secret is out, so everyone knows that it's a boy!!) 


I did manage to get the Christmas decorations taken down this weekend, so the house is back to normal. Now that we are through the holidays, it's time to focus on getting the last little bit of house remolding done, so that it's ready for the little one. 


We have managed to find some deals on clothes for the little guy. He does have a few outfits now, see what you think.

These onesies were on sale, and I thought that they were too cute. One says handsome, my daddy rocks, and mommy rocks.  How cute!

Mike found this outfit, and he was pretty proud of himself for it. I think it's my favorite one, for now.

You have to have some pants to complete the outfit. Gray and camo, pretty much go with anything.

We found these today at TSC, Tractor Supply Company. Too cute! The John Deere is for his uncle, Tyler, and daddy had to have the camo. Does any body see a pattern here??

These were Christmas presents from grandpa Frank and grandma Jan. Now, even though we aren't true fans of UK, our little guy is a Kentucky boy, and if he wants to support UK, then who are we to judge? Besides, I'm sure that he will have several different college outfits before too long. =)

We're half way there...

Well, welcome to week 20. It's hard to believe that we are at the half way point in our pregnancy. Crazy wild to think about. I'm sorry that I didn't post last week, but with everything that went on, and the holidays coming up, the week just got away from me. So here are some of the most recent pictures of the baby bump.

Things have been going well. We had our third baby class this week, and we are continuing to expand our education on the birth of our child.

Speaking of our child, we have some updated pictures of our little one. We had our 19 week appointment this past Thursday, and got some new pictures. Unfortunately we are unable to share all of the info right now, since some of my family wishes to wait and be surprised when munchkin makes his or her grand appearance. If anybody needs to know that info, just let us know, and we will be happy to enlighten you.

This is my favorite picture of our little munchkin. While performing the ultrasound, the tech had to poke at this little one a bit, and he/she didn't like it too much. This picture was taken as we watched the little hand go from just hitting my uterus, to making a little fist, and taking a full swing. I didn't enjoy munchkin swinging away, but it made for a great picture, and even better story,

Tiny little feet, which at that moment were pushing up and against my ribs.

This was our first picture of our little one...

Now this is what munchkin looks like. Talking about making it real. 

Lights under Louisville???

Anybody that knows me knows I am a sucker for outdoor Christmas lights. As a child growing up we would always drive around and look at lights, especially after Christmas Eve service. I guess I've never grown out of that part of my childhood.  I still love driving around and looking at lights, and wished I had more time to do so. So needless to say, due to this love, every year since we have been together, Mike and I have gone to the horse park's outdoor lights, otherwise known as Southern Lights. It's really cool and all, but when you see the same displays every year, you kind of get board. So this year Mike looked into something a little different. He found it via a friend on facebook, Lights Under Louisville. There's lights under Louisville?? I had no clue. So the other night, we loaded up the car with some friends, and the five of us went to check this out. 

We ended up driving around for about 20 minutes or so, in these caverns, that were directly under Louisville. It was a great time had by all. The ride to and from the caverns made the entire trip. I don't think any of us had laughed so hard in a long long time.

The display was mostly lighted figures, but there was this one spot that was pretty darn cool....

This was way cool. We had to drive through all these strings of lights that formed a canopy. Pretty neat....

This is what we saw on our way out...I'm not sure how many trees there were, but they were everywhere. The way the cavern walls looked with the lights bouncing off them made everything look so pretty. 

18 weeks and 3 days

So obviously I am a little behind on my posting. What can I say, it's been a very busy week for us. We started our birthing class this week, so that is what we will be doing every Tuesday night from here to the end of February. Once we are done with that, we will be in the home stretch, and there won't be to much longer to go. Kind of scary when you actually stop and think about it. 

At the beginning of this week, our baby was 5 and a half inches long, weighed in at a whopping 7 ounces, pretty much the size of a bell pepper. He or she hasn't grown much this past week, but this little one has packed on the weight. 2 ounces in 7 days, pretty crazy stuff. The main thing this week is that the little one is moving and flexing his or her arms and legs. Let me tell you, I can agree with that. I have been feeling like a punching bag pretty much everyday, if not multiple times a day. It's not a bad thing, but I'm surprised that I'm feeling this much movement already.

I thought I would post a picture of myself in somewhat normal clothes. Being in scrubs all the time can be kind of deceiving on big the baby bump is getting.

Oh the joy of expanding every which way....I really can't complain, things aren't as bad or big as they may seem at times.

Deck the halls...

Ok, not really decking the halls, but I did get the house decorated for Christmas this past weekend. I did some touch up paint in the family room, and cleaned real good, since I knew I wouldn't be able to once the tree was up. There still is some painting that needs to be done, so hopefully I will be able to work on a little bit each week, and everything will be done before we know it. 


This year, trying to figure out where we were going to put the tree was kind of a headache. Where I originally thought it would fit, didn't work out so well. So we had to figure out where it could go, without being in the way too much. 

Not really sure why it looks like there aren't any lights on the top section of the tree...we have lights from the top to the bottom. I even put more on this year then I did last year, to help make it look better.  So even though the tree is in front of the window, it's really not to much in the way. And the nice thing is that we only had to move minimal furniture. 

Since I haven't been real motivated to get all the touch up work done, so I can put things on the walls, I had to be a bit creative on where I got to put up Christmas decor. I thought what better way to utilize the plant shelf that we have, then to put some Christmas things up there? It's really kind of nice the way it worked out. I have something that Grammy made, a couple of things from Grandma, and something that my Grandpa made, many many years ago. It's like we've got everyone looking down on us during our first Christmas season in our new home.

Last year we had these lights strung around the crown molding in our rental house. This year I decided that I would wrap them around the banister. I originally wanted to put a string on each side, but realized that I didn't have enough. So  I went with what we had, and now I've got some decorating ideas for next year. Of course by then the banisters will be finished.

We have this stuffed penguin that is sitting on the coffee table. When you push the button, it plays music, sings, and rocks back and forth. Sidney LOVES this thing, as you can see from above, she will stick her nose right in front of it, and push it around if it's not moving. You can tell her to get the penguin, and she will walk right over and make the bell on the back ring. 

It's the funniest thing I have seen in a long time.....

We've got some outdoor lights as well, but it's been raining all week, so not only have I not be able to get outside to take some pictures, but there is still one area of the house that needs lights. As soon we get that done I will post some pictures of the outside of the house.