Week 15

This week we had an appointment with the OB nurse where we got questioned about every single disease in our families.  The nurse had a lot of information that we have to go through the next couple of weeks.  What surprised me is that she basically told us to throw our book "What to expect when you are expecting" in the trash.  I find it very helpful particularly so I'm surprised she said that.  

We also had Andrew's 2 year old birthday party.  It was great fun and also exhausting!!  2 is a very fun age, he's repeating everything we say.

In other news I also passed my Professional Engineering Certification so I'm ecstatic about that!

So, what is the baby up to this week?  The baby is growing at an amazing rate. The baby can be up to 4 inches (10 cm) and weighs 2 to 3 ounces (70 grams).  The baby's hair will start appearing on the scalp and eyebrows.  The baby's skin is developing and is now a thin layer.  And now the baby can wiggle fingers and toes and make a fist!

http://similac.com/pregnancy/15-weeks-pregnant?wt=ln

Let the nesting begin

So I'm starting to feel the need to get the house ready for the baby.  I'm just throwing ideas around at this time, and of course the first goal is to get the room ready.  The baby crib bedding is very cute these days.  Here are my two finalists, Thomas liked the boy theme, but he was speechless with the girl theme ;) I think that was too much purple for him...

And the boy's...

Video - Ultrasound #2

They gave us a video of the ultrasound this time.  It's 10 minutes long.  At the beginning the nurse was just trying to find her and trying to wake her up - that's why you see a little bit of shaking.  But further along you can she where the baby wakes up and stretches and moves around like a jelly bean :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7MAQRyqvas

Week 13 - The baby moves! but I can't feel her yet

We went to our second doctor visit today and we had a long ultrasound session.  The baby seemed to be sleepy at first, and she was facing us.  We could hear the heart again, a healthy 163.  As you can see in the pictures below, the eyes are well defined and the brain is still developing - still split in two.  You can see the little wiggly line above is the umbilical cord.

But the nurse needed her to roll over and see her profile for some measurements.  Thomas started talking to her telling her to roll over and that woke her up.  She started moving so much!  We saw a big stretch and the hands and feet going everywhere.  It was very neat.  I cannot feel the baby inside me yet, I guess it's too little still.  We got a video and we'll try to upload to youtube.  I will send out the link when we figure it all out.

This weekend I was pretty tired again, maybe it was just the weather, rainy and even with some snow! I think Friday evening I was in bed by 8! and Saturday I did not make it past the first quarter of the UT - Nebraska game (7pm).  During the week it's ok.  Things are going well with my new job though I'm still tied to my old job and basically doing both until they hire someone.  I like being busy though.

And the holiday parties are starting all around us with the first one tonight.  My mom is in Texas now, visiting with Andrew and Ruth and Todd.  We will visit Austin next weekend and celebrate Andrew's birthday #2.