32 Weeks

As of today, I officially have 8 weeks to go! We are getting so excited. I'm getting a lot of good kicks from Sunshine, including ones to different organs which don't feel so good :) I had an appointment yesterday and everything is still looking good. My blood pressure was good and so was the baby's heartbeat. They were both up at the last appointment, but I think that was related to me having to park farther away plus the fact that I was running late. My doctor reminded me again that he is just one of six different doctors plus a midwife that could deliver the baby (I like him the best so far). I've met three doctors, and I will be meeting the midwife too. I guess we'll just wait and see! I'll post belly pictures soon. Oh - just for fun, I've added a poll to the right side of the blog to see if you think the baby is a girl or a boy.

Sunshine 29 Weeks

Baby Sunshine and I are continuing to grow and doing well. I got the results of my glucose test (I think I said anemic instead of diabetic last time for some strange reason - blame it on the pregnancy brain) which were normal, yea! The nurse left a nice big bruise on my arm though. I hope to avoid him next time! I'm feeling great movement, especially when I'm ready to go to bed. I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going.

Sunshine Update

I just had an appointment for baby Sunshine. I measured exactly 26 weeks (which I was yesterday), my weight gain looks good (no problems for me there!), my blood pressure was good, etc. I haven't had any swelling, and overall have just been feeling good. Sunshine's heart beat was a strong 150, and he/she even gave a little kick for the doctor when he was done listening to the heart beat. After my next appointment I'll be starting to go every 2 weeks. This pregnancy is just flying by! The next thing I have to look forward to is drinking that yummy orange drink and sitting for an hour to see if I am diabetic or not...can't wait!

Other Sunshine info:
- Sunshine seems to enjoy it when I eat as much as I do. That's when I feel the most movement.
- I'm a little worried about the amount of hair Sunshine will have. I haven't been getting heartburn as bad as I did with Caden who had lots of hair.

Sunshine at 24 Weeks

This picture was taken on New Year's Eve before we left for Brooks' house (Jason's brother). That would make it 24 weeks and 1 day. Jason has specific instructions to get just the belly up for these pictures, but he got a little close to cutting off my belly this time. I guess we need to work on it!

Baby "Sunshine" Week 21

I'm a little late on posting these pictures again, since I'm now 22 weeks as of yesterday, but anyhow, I had my ultrasound last Friday on the 11th. Baby "Sunshine" (I finally picked a nickname) was moving all around and is doing well.

We were very creative with Caden, calling him "BB" for Baby Boettger.

Here's a shot of the face (on the left) and the belly. Sunshine's mouth is open in this one if that helps.

Here's another shot of the face, and I believe a hand is near the mouth this time.

Here's a shot from the outside.

16 Weeks

I'm a little behind on some of my pictures/blog posts. We took this last week at 16 weeks. There's a little bump forming!

New Due Date

It's official...the new due date is April 21st.

P.S. I have my camera back so I'll be adding pictures to some older posts.

A Little Off

We all got to see "our baby" (that's what Caden said in the car the whole way there) last night for the first time. The technician discovered something though...she measured the baby to be at 13 weeks and 5 days - a whole 3 weeks off! She has my due date as April 21. So, I'm assuming come Friday at my next appointment, the date will officially change. I had a feeling I wasn't as far along, which is too bad because my cousin and I were due just a week apart.

Anyhow, our sweet, little, alien-like baby is doing just fine. He/she weighs 3 ounces and is very personable. We were only able to get front views (pictures coming soon, I promise) because he/she just wanted to face us the whole time. Our baby even took a few seconds to raise his/her hand above the head and wave to us...so sweet! I also saw the legs curl up and then shoot out...I guess showing me how roomy it is in there now. Good news is that I'll have to go back closer to 20 weeks to get more pictures. The look on Caden's face was priceless though. He looked at the screen like, "That doesn't look like any babies I've seen!"

You can make out the face and tummy of the baby in this picture fairly well.

This is the one we got that shows how personable our little one is. If you look closely, on top of the head is the hand that he/she raised up to wave to us (and the arm is along side the head).

Baby Kicks?

I think I felt the baby kicking last night. I'm thinking it might be a little early though (15 weeks and 5 days), but it was a pretty constant thing. I've heard that you feel it earlier with your second, so maybe? Caden was around 19 weeks.

Ok, not sure now that it's more like 12 weeks and 6 days...but I still think I'm feeling something!

Updates

Caden had his 18 month appointment on Thursday. He's now up to 33 inches and 24 lbs 2.4 oz. He sure is growing and fast! Good news is that he doesn't have to go back until 24 months, and no shots for a long while! Too bad he's too young to understand that.

I had my 2nd baby appointment on Friday (13 weeks 1 day) and was able to hear the heartbeat for the first time. I thought last time she mentioned maybe doing an ultrasound just to see exactly how far along I am, but no such luck. I guess I have to wait a little to see my little peanut for the first time. By the way, we will not be finding out the gender once again.

The final update - I left my camera at my mom's house. I can't believe I did that (blame it on the pregnancy brain and catching whatever Jason had)! So, there might not be many updates unless we can figure out a way to get it before next month...