30 weeks

Here I am at 30 weeks on Monday, August 18th.

We went to our doctor's appt today and I am measuring 31 cm which is right on schedule. Baby Girl's heart rate was 140 bpm and is still in the "correct" head down position. What a good girl!

Here is a picture of the nursery room walls. We love how it turned out, those stripes were hard to do!
This is our hand-me-down crib with our nursery bedding on it. I'm so proud of how well it matches our wall coloring.
We'll post more pictures when we finish the room. Steve worked hard on putting the changing table together last night but I don't have a picture of it yet.

29 weeks

I am 29 weeks now, 11 more to go before we get to meet our beautiful baby girl. I'm starting to feel really big even though I know my belly will start to grow a lot more in the last couple of months. The baby is 15 inches long and 2 1/2 lbs now and is like a butternut squash. She is still kicking up a storm and usually feels as though she is trying to kick herself out of my belly! I thinks she wants out of there or else she is exercising her little legs to high jump like her daddy.

I've definitely become accustomed to my new "weight" although it's still a shock to find myself not able to do everything like I used to. I get tired easy and out of breath more often doing simple things. It's amazing the way the body changes to carry such a precious load. I think I will be extremely happy when our due date comes and we will have a baby to show for all of these changes to my body. I can't wait - I know 11 weeks will fly by!

See the affects of the heat to our other little "baby":

Doesn't she look pathetic??!

27 weeks...

Here I am at 27 weeks...only 13 more to go! The baby is the size of a head of cauliflower and weighs approximately 2 lbs. Can you see the little bump where my belly button is poking out? It's really weird to have almost an outie now after always having an innie. We had a doctor's appointment today and I had to do the glucose test and drink the orange sugar drink. Hopefully we won't get a call tomorrow with bad news. Our doctor thinks BG Farris is already head down and the hard bump I keep feeling around my belly button is her butt! All this time we thought it was her head we were rubbing! :) Her heartbeat was 157 - good and strong and everything looks really good. She sure is quite an active little girl already and moves throughout the day in spurts. Everyone keeps telling me that my belly will begin to expand quite rapidly in the last trimester and it's so hard to believe right now. I'll have to see to believe!