Today's sonogram was unbelievable! The technician switched to 3D for a couple of minutes and it was as if she came to life.
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| I think she has Mike's chin in this picture. |
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| Waving and smiling :) |
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| Soooo sweet. Melts my heart. |
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| Basic sono profile pic |
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
28 week Sonogram
Friday, April 8, 2011
The Third Trimester!
This week brings the final trimester of my pregnancy. I am so excited to be at this point and so thankful that things have gone fairly smooth thus far (knock on wood!). I am feeling great and still have a lot of energy. I have noticed that my sweet tooth craving has grown somewhat out of control and that my body is definitely working to adapt to this bigger version of Annie.
Baby girl is very active and its reassuring to feel her sweet little kicks, knowing that she is still in there and doing good :) We have another sonogram next week and I am looking forward to "seeing" her again.
Life in the Wedman household has calmed down quite a bit lately, which has been nice. We have decided that will stay in the Prairie Village rental house until the house we are building in Lawrence is ready for us to move into. I am hoping we will be in the new house by next October. So I can at least feel like our current house is "home" for now and work on putting together a nursery (which I am SO excited about!). The nesting instinct is kicking in big time right now. Its pretty crazy to think how soon we will have a new little daughter. I can't wait!
Baby girl is very active and its reassuring to feel her sweet little kicks, knowing that she is still in there and doing good :) We have another sonogram next week and I am looking forward to "seeing" her again.
Life in the Wedman household has calmed down quite a bit lately, which has been nice. We have decided that will stay in the Prairie Village rental house until the house we are building in Lawrence is ready for us to move into. I am hoping we will be in the new house by next October. So I can at least feel like our current house is "home" for now and work on putting together a nursery (which I am SO excited about!). The nesting instinct is kicking in big time right now. Its pretty crazy to think how soon we will have a new little daughter. I can't wait!
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The bedding I am hoping to get from Pottery Barn. |
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27 Weeks |
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Little Kicker
Baby girl has been extremely active this week. She is constantly moving around! I am probably able to feel her more because she is getting bigger and stronger. It's funny how I'll completely forget what I was thinking about or working on because she will just start kicking and all of my attention goes to my belly.
Her head is currently on my right side and sometimes I feel really STRONG movement way over on that right side. These are usually the times Mike can feel her. I always say, "Mike, come feel this, she is head butting me". :) Of course that is probably not the case but its pretty funny to envision. I've actually been able to see my belly move on the outside when she does that...it just looks like a muscle twitch. Its pretty amazing to see! I think, wow, there really is some little one in there pushing on me and it is pretty surreal.
Her head is currently on my right side and sometimes I feel really STRONG movement way over on that right side. These are usually the times Mike can feel her. I always say, "Mike, come feel this, she is head butting me". :) Of course that is probably not the case but its pretty funny to envision. I've actually been able to see my belly move on the outside when she does that...it just looks like a muscle twitch. Its pretty amazing to see! I think, wow, there really is some little one in there pushing on me and it is pretty surreal.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice!
I had my sonogram this week on my birthday and there she was - our sweet baby - a GIRL! I have to say that we were pretty sure it was a girl all along, but to actually hear it was still suprising and amazing. I was in tears and Mike was beaming from ear to ear.
The neat part about this sonogram was that when the baby moved I actually could feel her move and see her move on the screen. Wow, what a feeling! Her kicks have been getting stronger and stronger. Mike was able to feel her move around week 18. Mom and dad both got to feel her move too...on the day that we found out mom beat breast cancer! Praise God! And their little grandbaby knew it was a day to be happy and give them some love.
I am 22 weeks now and feel like my belly is getting bigger every day. I have had this bizarre fascination with my belly button. It is starting to flatten out and I have just never seen it look that way. It is so funny! My appetite has hit full throttle. I am hungry for sweets all the time - quite different then first trimester when I was all about salty. I swear I could eat an entire cake in one sitting if you would let me. But then I would have acid reflux which has been my foe lately at night time. I've been sleeping with two pillows to prop me up so that my food doesn't climb up my throat.
Mike has been worried about me sleeping on my back at night - his concern is very cute! He actually suggested that I wear a belly band at night and put a tennis ball in it on my back so that I won't roll on my back. HA! No. Instead I have been sleeping between two pillows so that I am forced to be on my side. Never knew nights as a pregnant woman would be so fun! :)
Katie and I went shopping for some pink girly clothes after we found out about baby Wedman. It was so fun to get out and actually buy some things for baby. Girls have the most fun outfits to choose from! I made my first purchase for our little girl - a little dress from Target that has ruffles and pink/green flowers and says "Mommie's Little Cutie". I brought it home and Mike held it up and said "Our baby is going to FIT in THIS?" It was sooo tiny. I can't wait for a little baby to fill those clothes out.
I'll post sonogram pictures soon....
The neat part about this sonogram was that when the baby moved I actually could feel her move and see her move on the screen. Wow, what a feeling! Her kicks have been getting stronger and stronger. Mike was able to feel her move around week 18. Mom and dad both got to feel her move too...on the day that we found out mom beat breast cancer! Praise God! And their little grandbaby knew it was a day to be happy and give them some love.
I am 22 weeks now and feel like my belly is getting bigger every day. I have had this bizarre fascination with my belly button. It is starting to flatten out and I have just never seen it look that way. It is so funny! My appetite has hit full throttle. I am hungry for sweets all the time - quite different then first trimester when I was all about salty. I swear I could eat an entire cake in one sitting if you would let me. But then I would have acid reflux which has been my foe lately at night time. I've been sleeping with two pillows to prop me up so that my food doesn't climb up my throat.
Mike has been worried about me sleeping on my back at night - his concern is very cute! He actually suggested that I wear a belly band at night and put a tennis ball in it on my back so that I won't roll on my back. HA! No. Instead I have been sleeping between two pillows so that I am forced to be on my side. Never knew nights as a pregnant woman would be so fun! :)
Katie and I went shopping for some pink girly clothes after we found out about baby Wedman. It was so fun to get out and actually buy some things for baby. Girls have the most fun outfits to choose from! I made my first purchase for our little girl - a little dress from Target that has ruffles and pink/green flowers and says "Mommie's Little Cutie". I brought it home and Mike held it up and said "Our baby is going to FIT in THIS?" It was sooo tiny. I can't wait for a little baby to fill those clothes out.
I'll post sonogram pictures soon....
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
It's A.....
"IT" still....Baby Wedman decided to keep Mom, Dad and everyone else guessing for another month!
I had been counting down the days, hours, minutes for this day and we know just as much now as we did before the appointment. The good, GREAT, news is that baby looked normal and HEALTHY! Everything looked as it should. I was even suprised when the sonographer said she wouldn't have known that my uterus was any different if I hadn't have told her. That was a huge relief to me, I SO needed to hear that.
It was funny, the sonographer kept saying how the baby was all "curled" and "balled" up. I asked if that meant that there wasn't enough room and she said "No, there is plenty of room. The baby just seems to like to curl up." I guess she is like her mama and enjoys staying warm and cozy (notice I am still calling "it" a "she" because I can be stubborn too!). She also called the baby a "contortionist" because she had one of her arms up behind her head. Well, I guess its good that she is flexible?
When we got to looking at the babies "parts" we really couldn't see anything...which made me think GIRL. But then there was this little "nub" or "notch" (as the sonogram lady called it) that made an appearance. Which made me think, WHAT IS THAT? Could it be a BOY? And the sonographer said it was too early too tell. Sigh.....That she couldn't even make an educated guess. Seriously? We got nuthin'.
So, I had my next appointment scheduled for none other than my birthday, Feb. 22. I guess it will be a fun birthday present!
I had been counting down the days, hours, minutes for this day and we know just as much now as we did before the appointment. The good, GREAT, news is that baby looked normal and HEALTHY! Everything looked as it should. I was even suprised when the sonographer said she wouldn't have known that my uterus was any different if I hadn't have told her. That was a huge relief to me, I SO needed to hear that.
It was funny, the sonographer kept saying how the baby was all "curled" and "balled" up. I asked if that meant that there wasn't enough room and she said "No, there is plenty of room. The baby just seems to like to curl up." I guess she is like her mama and enjoys staying warm and cozy (notice I am still calling "it" a "she" because I can be stubborn too!). She also called the baby a "contortionist" because she had one of her arms up behind her head. Well, I guess its good that she is flexible?
When we got to looking at the babies "parts" we really couldn't see anything...which made me think GIRL. But then there was this little "nub" or "notch" (as the sonogram lady called it) that made an appearance. Which made me think, WHAT IS THAT? Could it be a BOY? And the sonographer said it was too early too tell. Sigh.....That she couldn't even make an educated guess. Seriously? We got nuthin'.
So, I had my next appointment scheduled for none other than my birthday, Feb. 22. I guess it will be a fun birthday present!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Boulder & Maternity Jeans
We decided to use our long weekend to take a quick trip up to Boulder. I surprised Mike and told him the night before we left. I knew he would be so excited - he really was aching to get up there and snow board. Katie and I literally decided to take the trip the day before we left. It worked out that our wonderful "Aunt Jannie" let us stay in her amazing house in Boulder. So we packed up and left Friday afternoon (long 9 hour drive!) and the boys were able to hit the slopes in Vail all day Saturday. Katie and I ate and shopped and napped. It was marvelous! On Sunday we all enjoyed bumming around town together. It was a fun, spontaneous getaway. I know I won't be able to do much of that in the near future so I'm glad we got to do it!
While we were shopping Katie and I decided it was time for me to get maternity jeans. Probably because my old jeans which I have been trying to fit into for the last couple weeks were becoming really uncomfortable and I was now no longer able to get the zipper up. I was walking around with unzipped, unbuttoned jeans and wearing a long shirt to cover it up. It. was. time. So, we headed off to the mall and found a Gap maternity. I tried on a couple pairs and found that I really liked the ones that had the elastic waistband that had a lot of give. I liked them so much that there was no way I was going to be putting my old jeans back on. I went to the check out wearing the new pair and it was pretty hilarious when I had to lift my leg up onto the counter so they could remove the security device that was down by my ankle. The customers in line sure got a kick out of it. Mission accomplished!
Today is a snowy day, we got about 8 inches last night. It took me almost 2 hours to drive the 20 minute commute home from work last night. Ugh! I can't imagine how long it would've taken me to get to Lawrence so I should feel thankful. I am working from home today, which is a huge convenience of my new job.
5 more days until our next sono! I can't WAIT to find out!!
While we were shopping Katie and I decided it was time for me to get maternity jeans. Probably because my old jeans which I have been trying to fit into for the last couple weeks were becoming really uncomfortable and I was now no longer able to get the zipper up. I was walking around with unzipped, unbuttoned jeans and wearing a long shirt to cover it up. It. was. time. So, we headed off to the mall and found a Gap maternity. I tried on a couple pairs and found that I really liked the ones that had the elastic waistband that had a lot of give. I liked them so much that there was no way I was going to be putting my old jeans back on. I went to the check out wearing the new pair and it was pretty hilarious when I had to lift my leg up onto the counter so they could remove the security device that was down by my ankle. The customers in line sure got a kick out of it. Mission accomplished!
Today is a snowy day, we got about 8 inches last night. It took me almost 2 hours to drive the 20 minute commute home from work last night. Ugh! I can't imagine how long it would've taken me to get to Lawrence so I should feel thankful. I am working from home today, which is a huge convenience of my new job.
5 more days until our next sono! I can't WAIT to find out!!
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| Pub crawling on Pearl St...with water for Annie. |
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| Thats a NICE boulder. |
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| Best meal ever..minus the fact that I couldn't eat oysters. |
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| Aunt Katie givin love to Baby W. |
Thursday, January 13, 2011
4 Months!
This baby is trying to hold on to first trimester symptoms too - still feeling mostly nauseous and quite tired. But my appetite has gotten better and I have learned that to stay a happy camper I need to eat at least every two hours. My belly is starting to round out into a little bump. None of my pants will button up anymore. This makes it quite challenging on a day to day basis to figure out what to wear. I seriously need to invest in some maternity pants. I have been wearing one of those belly bands but it kind of bothers me all day long and I would rather not have to.
Baby would want me to wear sweat pants all the time if she could. I wouldn't mind that one bit. It is definitely the first thing I do when I get home - change out of whatever pants I am wearing into something comfortable. And then I usually snack around and end up assuming my "position" on the couch until dinner. I can't even remember the last time I made dinner. Thats sad. I just haven't had the energy or the time (by the time I get home from work there is NO waiting, only eating!). Mike and I have had to piece together meals. I feel bad but right now I just don't know what else to do. Thankfully we have some great family that helps feed us and some really convenient restaurants nearby.
They say around this time (16 weeks - 20 weeks) you may be able to feel the baby move. Supposedly it feels like "butterflies". I seriously think I have felt baby move but I can't quite be sure. I am excited for the day when I can and know its her!
We get our sonogram in a couple of weeks to let us know if this truly is a little girl. At this point I would be really shocked if it was a boy. I think I have just convinced myself that its a girl. Katie thinks its a girl, Aunt Vic thinks its a girl, many random people have told me I'm having a girl. And definitely because the sonogram lady said she thought it might be a girl - thats probably the main reason. Anyways, I am just SO excited to find out!!
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