28 Weeks- Baby Looking Good

28 weeks- My belly is continuing to grow and I am officially getting uncomfortable! 12 more weeks to go!

We had our 28 week check up this week.  Everything looks great. My blood pressure was 110/72 which is the best it has been in years! Who knew pregnancy would make my blood pressure go down?  Baby's heart rate was 141.  I asked the doctor if I can keep on running (more of a waddle/jog) and he said yes. He actually encouraged it!  So I was happy about that.  I am running only 1.7 miles at a 11-12 minute/mile pace, so a nice pace for me.  My back has actually been feeling pretty good too.  I am attributing that to having my hard patients at work discharge home. So no more heavy lifting.   I am getting pretty uncomfortable with my big ol' belly.  I can't sit up to straight or too far back.  Sleeping is getting annoying.  And now I can feel the baby moving pretty much all the time and she loves to kick me or get really wiggly right when I am trying to sleep!  The other exciting thing of the week is that we can now see movement by just looking at my stomach. It is crazy weird! We can also feel her head and we think her knees.  Crazy!  She just needs to cook for about three more months and then she will be here!

27 weeks- The Nursery is Coming Together

The crib is here!

Justin assembling the new crib.

Pieces everywhere.

Justin's artwork on the wall.

All of the 0-3 month clothes!  It seems like way too much, but I have a feeling that this will barely be enough with poop, pee, and spit-up on everything!

We are slowing getting the nursery put together.  I think it is looking pretty good!  Justin did a great job putting together the crib and hanging up all the pictures he made.  We need to add a few more things to the walls and then I think we will be all set!  I finally went through all the clothes we received from our Chicago and KC trips and boy do we have a lot of clothes! I think we have more 3-6 month clothes than 0-3 months at this point.  The article of clothing I like best are the little socks.  They are so tiny and cute!

I am feeling pretty good still.  I am starting to get kicked in the ribs more often. Justin thinks it is pretty funny.  We ran out at the lake this Saturday.  It was wonderful! I should say that I am not really running.  It is more like a jog/waddle.  But my heart rate gets up and I am getting exercise!  Our 28 week appointment is on Thursday, so hope all is well!

26 Weeks - Off to Chicago

26 Weeks pregnant.  I just noticed that I was holding the 25 week sign! Oh, well!

In front of the Field Museum with my dad, Aunt Jan, and cousin Nick.

At Dominican University with my dad, Aunt Jan, and cousin Michele

Out to eat with the whole family at the White Eagle. It is a Polish restaurant and is really yummy!

Me, Dad, and Justin outside of Frank Lloyd Wright's House and Studio. Notice Justin's Bears shirt!

Well, we made our last journey before baby up to Chicago to visit family.  It was a great trip, but went way to quick! Whenever we go up there, my Aunt Jan takes such good care of us! We saw lots of fun things and ate way too much!

In terms of pregnancy, I am slowing down a bit.  I never realized how far away my feet were until now! I might need to borrow some adaptive equipment from work to help me get on my shoes and socks!  I am slowly becoming more uncomfortable, but still managing pretty darn good.  We are still even running in the mornings (or should I say jogging).  I think I might have a few more weeks in me and then I will resort to walking the last month or two.  We have our 28 week appointment next week  which is crazy to think I will be 28 weeks pregnant!

25 Weeks- Back to Kansas City

25 weeks along and my baby belly keeps getting bigger!

Jenny and Ben (Justin's sister and her husband) made us a diaper cake! I thought it was really cute!  It is a little lop sided because it made the 9 hour drive from KC to Dallas in the back of the car.

We went home to KC this weekend to see friends and family.  It was really  nice to get to see everybody! Justin's sister, her husband, and their baby came in from DC as well!  We hadn't seen their little girl since she was one month old and she is six months now. Boy, what does 5 months do to a baby! She is wiggly and crawling and drooling and making noises. She is super cute!  We were lavished with more baby gifts that we know what do do with while we were home.  Everyone has been more than generous towards us and we are so thankful. Now we just have to go through everything and figure out how it works and what it does!  On Thursday we leave for Chicago to go visit my side of the family. We are super excited!  Report back next week for our adventures in Chicago!