Week 24

We went to the doctor today, just for a regular checkup. She just did the standard stuff... blood pressure, weight, baby heartbeat, measurement, and question-asking time. She said everything was right on track. Hooray! This was my last monthly visit. We made the appointment to have my diabetes bloodwork done at 27 weeks, then it'll be every two weeks after that! I'm not really looking forward to having to go to the doctor every other week, but that means that we're progressing along nicely and will be a family of three before we know it!!!

We're still trying to decide on names for our little one... to no avail. We have some options that we're considering, but it's a really tough decision! How does everyone make it look so easy? Everything is too popular, too strange, too old-fashioned, or just plain weird! Hopefully we'll come to a conclusion soon, I'm ready to start buying monogrammed things!!!

In other news, I scheduled a 3D/4D ultrasound this weekend, and it just happens to fall on Jed's birthday. I think it will be fun to see our little girl on video for his birthday! :)

I finally remembered to take tummy pictures for this week, and just in the nick of time! We start 25 weeks tomorrow! Here are a couple:

As a side note:

As I look at these photos, I really am beginning to wonder about something...Why do maternity clothes always have horizontal stripes? Everyone knows they make you look wider, so why on earth would they expect a pregnant woman to feel any differently? A friend brought that up the other day, and seeing these pictures makes me believe it! As much as I like this outfit, I just really don't get the stripe concept. Don't get me wrong, I'm not feeling bad about my weight gain (at least at this point), but a LOT of women are VERY self-conscious about the weight they gain during pregnancy, so why would you tempt them with horizontal stripes? I just can't follow the reasoning here, even from a marketing perspective!

Okay, enough of my ranting... :)

Have a great week, everyone!

Weeks 21-22

I know, I know... I said I would keep this thing updated more often... Sorry!

Other than Pantherette competition, not too much has been going on, so this post is mostly to put up new belly pictures for those who have asked. Here they are:

21 Weeks

22 Weeks

Somebody needed attention! :)

I missed taking a 23 week picture because I was gone to competition for half of the week, then forgot when I got home because I was so busy unpacking, etc. I'm at the end of 24 weeks today, so I'll be sure to get one this evening and get it posted ASAP!

Weeks 19 and 20

Well, so much for posting once a week... Sorry, guys!

I mainly wanted to create this post to show off my new belly. For those of you who know me, I've been pretty much the same size/weight since high school, so this whole "having a tummy" thing is taking a little getting used to!

This week, according to Baby Center, the baby is about the size of an heirloom tomato:

Here's what I look like at 19 weeks:

19 Weeks!

We had a really good time at the 20 week ultrasound this week! We found out that we're having a little girl!!! We got to see all of the technical details (I had NO idea what the sonographer was talking about), and she said that all was well with our little princess! We watched her moving around in there and even got a shot of her sucking her thumb! I would post the ultrasound pictures, but I honestly get a little creeped out looking at other people's, so I won't subject you to that... I'll just post some more belly pictures to make up for it!

20 Weeks!

Close-up!

Our little girl is growing so fast! We're excited, but it seems so much more "real" to us now that we've actually SEEN her moving around. It's especially real to me because I'm feeling her squirm around in there now!

Officially, she's the length of a banana this week:

My tummy is getting bigger by the day, so I'm trying really hard to document the changes as well as I can. I promise to keep it up!