Happy Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We are having Turkey Day at our house with Brian's parents (it's a little too close to our due date for comfort to go out of town)! Brian is in charge of the feast and is very excited to host the holiday. I'm in charge of dessert.... Gobble, gobble!

Pregnancy Update (34 wks)

Had another doctor's appointment today. Belly measured 35 cm, the Little Bean's heartbeat was around 140. Everything looks good!

Pregnancy Update (33 wks)

We had our last ultrasound on Friday and it was incredible! The little bean was super active so we got to see him moving all over the place. He was busy sucking on his fingers (at one point he had his whole hand in his mouth!) and grabbing his toes. The tech put his face in 3D for us which was amazing. We think he has Brian's nose and my lips. He was so cute! He weighed in at 4 1/2 lbs, which is in the 41st percentile, so that's really good. If I go full term he should be about 8 lbs. His heartbeat when we first checked in with him was 170 because he was so active. By the time the tech was done it was down to 140. Everything looks fantastic, so we are thrilled. We also got a third confirmation that it's definitely a boy, so we finally took the tags off all those adorable little boy outfits we have! I'll post ultrasound pics soon!

We also had our childbirth class on Saturday, which was really good. We are feeling much more prepared and it's starting to hit home that it's actually going to happen... we're going to have a baby (Omigoodness)!!

(For all ultrasound photos, click here.)

October Summary

We started out the month with baby showers! We then found out Brian was named Doctoral Student of the Year in his program at NIU! What a smarty pants! Then the Cardinals won the World Series and we ended the month with a record number of trick-or-treaters (nine)!

Pregnancy Update (30 wks)

Working on the little bean's room this weekend... doing some painting, putting up a wallpaper border, etc. I'll post pics when we're done!

Pregnancy Update (30 wks)

Had our 30wk appointment today. Everything looks great (the doctor said "picture perfect pregnancy," so we can't ask for much more than that)! The little bean's heartbeat was 140, my belly measured 31 cm.

Pregnancy Update (29 wks)

Chick here to see photos of the shower my mom threw me on the 8th!