I am now in my 23rd week, and I'm feeling great (still). Only minute little side effects of pregnancy bother me right now....aching tendons, fatigue, sore back, heartburn. But for the most part, I feel wonderful. I am actually sleeping really well at night now, and sleeping 9 hours a night at that!
I have been feeling lots more movement from our baby recently. I even felt him hiccup last week. It was unmistakable....rhythmic little pulses that lasted about 5 minutes. I felt sorry for him....I know that frustrates anyone to have hiccups. :-)
The baby is now about 8-1/2 inches long from head to tush and will reach a full pound in weight in the next week. I have been watching my belly grow in size exponentially the past 2 or 3 weeks! This is when the real growth starts.
We have a second ultrasound this Wednesday morning....stay tuned for an update afterwards!
Our baby got another aunt in his family yesterday....Ken's brother Jason married his soulmate, K
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Ken and I just celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary yesterday! Wow, I can't believe how time has flown by! It has been the best 4 years, though....we spent much of yesterday in Greenville just reminiscing our dating and early married years. I once again saw how a day spent entirely goofing off with my best friend is one of the greatest types of days one can have. :-)
We ran into a couple of stores, namely consignment, while we were out and about. The ladies in one particular store were so ecstatic and excited when we told them we'd just found out it was a boy. We spent over an hour in there, the ladies oohing and aahing when I came out of the dressing room with various tops I was trying on....Ken giving them advice on internet service providers....advice on buying clothes on sale that will fit the baby next spring and summer....etc. and so on. Ken and I were pleased at how pleasant and helpful they were! It really makes shopping a pleasure when you have experienc
Another doctor's visit yesterday confirmed that baby is growing and doing just fine, despite a horrible bug I was plagued with last weekend! His heartbeat is still strong, and my belly measured the perfect amount of centimeters for my week. 21 weeks today....19 more to go!
A wonderful friend of mine, Pam, gave me a beautiful Jenny Lind changing table this week. I plan to paint it shiny white and add storage baskets to the shelves underneath to hold all of his little hats, blankets, and bibs. She also gave me her Diaper Genie and a couple of other storage essentials for the nursery....so generous! As I washed all of his little things in Ivory Snow for the first time yesterday and gently folded it, I really realized that in just a few short months he will be wearing them.
We have started moving things around in the nursery, as well as looking through patterns of beddings... Ken and I agree on 90% of them, which is great. As soon as we pick out our bedding, we'll
And here's a post that a Daddy can be proud of:
The results from little Oliver's (working title) first photo shoot since he grew a head and limbs (and something else... you'll have to look through the photos for that). After a lengthy belly-massage, we were finally able to get him (yes, I said HIM) to turn over and reveal his true identity. The first Wilson child will be a son.
Here's the full profile:
There's no mistaking what HE is here:
And another profile:
And (yet) another profile:
You know how parents can get with a camera:
Seeing blue! Seeing blue!
We found out yesterday that little Olive is really little Oliver....that's right, it's gonna be a boy!! We are so excited, and shocked, and tickled all at once. :-) Just knowing that it's a "he" has put a whole new perspective on how we anticipate his arrival. It made it ten times more real! And now we can shop for a crib and clothes and all that fun stuff with DIRECTION! :-)
Everyone we've told so far expected that it'd be a boy.....only myself and Grandma, I believe, were wrong in our guesses! But I really couldn't be happier....what a new experience!
The ultrasound tech was incredibly funny and personable; it made the whole experience that much more enjoyable and memorable. After 30 minutes of prodding and poking, and me rolling from one side to the other, we finally got the little man to turn over so we could see! And the video keepsake is amazing....he has a little button nose, and he yawns twice...