February 26th, 2009

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Our Little Peanut at 18 1/2 Weeks

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Well, here he/she is!  Approximately 10 ounces and looking pretty good, from what the perinatologist was able to tell.  The heart was beating 138x/min, which is also pretty great.  Baby was moving around so much that the ultrasound tech had to chase him/her all over the place.  According to my mother, I was also rather active while in the womb.  So those folks that think they can guess boy or girl by movement amounts might be in error.  This kiddo is keeping us guessing all the way!

I’m only still occasionally feeling the baby move.  But we’re heading now into week 20 (half-way point) and movement I can feel regularly should start picking up quickly.  Baby is making me soooooooo hungry at times now.  I wake up in the middle of the night barely able to resist the urge to go downstairs for food.

I bought a baby boy and a baby girl outfit to take with us to the hospital to use as “coming home” outfits.  They are so cute.  The girl outfit is a little summer dress with short sleeves and a cute little matching bloomer.  The boy outfit is a polo onsies and overall shorts with a little embroidered frog on the pant leg.

Next Monday I have the 20 week appointment with my midwife!  Hard to believe we are to the half-way point.

On My Mind

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Yesterday was the first anniversary of the passing of a dear friend’s sister.  So all day yesterday and today I’ve been thinking about and praying for my friend and her family.

God, please bless all those who knew and loved Jennifer with your peace this week as they look back on her life and memory.

Busy Errand Day

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Today I have tons of running around to do.  Dave & I have our “level 2” ultrasound today at 10:45.  “Level 2” ultrasound is just a fancy term for a more detailed ultrasound they like to do on pregnant gals over 35..  We’ll get to see just how this little babe of ours is doing today, which will be just cool beans.  We aren’t going to find out if we’re having a boy or a girl though.  Hopefully, we’ll have a better picture than we did from the 8 week ultrasound where babe just looked like a little gummie bear.

After the ultrasound, I’m going to lunch with Dave.  Then I have to go to Tractor Supply for all these giant containers we’ve ordered to hold maple sap at different locations until it can be collected and boiled.  And of course, since it’s Thursday I’ve got my usual grocery store and butcher shop runs to do.

This week when I came up with the menu I have two meals, meatloaf & chili, which I’m doubling so the extra can go in the freezer for future use.  I want to have maybe 3 weeks of dinners packed away in the freezer before the baby is born.  That’s only 21 meals so that is very do-able.