31 Weeks...Time is flying by!

Today (11/20/12) we are 31 weeks along!  We cannot believe how quickly this pregnancy is going by.  We feel that we have so much to be thankful this Thanksgiving and holiday season!  All is going great.  We had a bit of a hiccup last week, but that was due to no fault of our own.  I had to take my 1 hour Glucose Tolerance Test last Tuesday.  Despite the fact it's a 1-hour test, the nurse decided it would be okay to take my blood after only 40 minutes.  However, much to no surprise I got a call the next day that my results were high and I needed further testing. Further testing meant I got to fast for over 12 hours between Friday and Saturday, report to the hospital Saturday morning at 7:45 am, and stay there for almost 3 1/2 hours.  After drinking twice the amount of the gross glucose drink, having my poor vein poked 4 times for blood, and waiting until Monday, I found out that I passed with flying colors and all was normal.  We are very thankful that I do not have Gestational Diabetes, however, a bit frustrated that this whole thing could have very easily been avoided.  Oh well, moving forward :)  I do not have to go back to the doctor until 34 weeks, so for now, we're just enjoying our crazy little wiggler and my ever-expanding belly!  Our countdown has now moved to single digit weeks (9 to go), which seems a bit surreal.  

Hopefully we'll soon be posting about our newly built nursery; right now we're still nailing down a contractor, but hopefully tomorrow we will be able to make the final decision.  Matt and I just ended our first trimester of school today, so that was an accomplishment.  It seems strange that the year is 1/3 of the way over already....time really does fly!

Baby Shower 10/28/12

Thank you so much to everyone for such a wonderful baby shower last Sunday!  It was a great time.  Matt and I were completely blown away by everyone's generosity.  A special thank you to Debbie, Katie and Karen for organizing the shower.  Aunt Andy deserves a special shout out as well for making all of the favors!  Thanks again everyone!!!!  I will try to post some pictures at a later date, but I can't seem to make that work right now.  I, of course, forgot my camera (I forget everything these days...Jayden says the baby is sucking out my brain!), but I'll work on getting some soon.

Halloween 2012

For Halloween this year Jayden wanted to be the Incredible Hulk.  He was a great one :)  We thought that Hank should be something too, so he was a skeleton dog (that glowed in the dark).  Hank was great with his shirt until he peed on it and it was too wet and cold to wear.....the shirt lasted for one house haha.  I stayed home and passed out candy while the boys went trick or treating.  It was a fun time!

28 weeks along!

We are officially into the third trimester of pregnancy!  It's crazy to believe how quickly it has gone by so far.  We are very blessed to have had a fairly uneventful pregnancy.  Baby is doing well and growing daily it seems.  He is still extremely wiggly and also stubborn (like how he prefers to stop being so wiggly as soon as anyone wants to feel him move).  We can't wait to meet our son :)

Baby Bump - 24 Weeks

Our baby boy is growing, growing, growing!  He moves a lot during the day.  Yesterday for the first time, Matt could actually see my stomach jumping up and down and moving all around without even touching it!  It's such a cool experience to fell your little one in there and know he is doing well.  I have not really gained too much weight at this point, but my baby bump is definitely getting larger.  I actually enjoy pregnancy, and am trying to really be thankful for this little miracle every day!

Jayden turned 6!

Jayden's 6th birthday was Wednesday, September 6.  We decided to celebrate a few days early with a few family members.  After having a pizza lunch at Bottom's Up, we all went to the Renaissance Festival.  It was a great time!  Thanks to everyone who thought of Jayden for his birthday, it was a great one this year!

Jayden's super hero cake

The Renaissance Festival even had a petting zoo (thanks Aunt Katie)!

Hmmm....this fence is intriguing!

Might as well squeeze in some time to throw a few axes.  Matt actually got 2/3....not sure if that's a good talent or a bit scary :)

We used some of Jayden's left-over cake on the actual day of his birthday (with candles this time....my pregnant brain lost the first set over the weekend haha).

It's Official...

We had our ultrasound today and it was amazing!  It was such a wonderful experience to get to see our little one.  Our ultrasound tech took her time measuring each and every bone, organ, body part, etc.  Everything looks great :)  (The pictures below were taken with our camera of our ultrasound photos....not the best, sorry!)

A cute view of a foot

The side view...head at top right, spine at the base of the head going down towards the left, arm on lower right, leg tucked under bottom left

The front face view (forehead on far right, then eyes, nose, and mouth).  This is one stubborn little one, the entire ultrasound the face absolutely would not turn for a profile picture, oh well :)

Well, this one makes it official.....those are two legs; one on the left side and one on the right side, with a penis in the middle.  It's a boy!!!!!!  We couldn't be more excited!  For all of our curious family and friends out there, he does not have a name yet :)