Car-Seat!!

We installed our car seat today in the Honda and stowed the stroller in the trunk. We are officially ready for the hospital!! We can't wait to see you Benjamin!

Here is another picture of Mommy all fatted up! She is 36 and 1/2 weeks along!

Ultrasound Pictures

Here are a couple of the ultrasound pictures.


The first picture was taken when the baby was less than 8 weeks old. It was really cool to see him moving around. I wish I had a video of what we saw.









The second picture was taken around 17 weeks. This is when we found out that we were having a boy. This picture is harder to see because the baby is so much bigger now. His head is on the right and his bottom and legs are on the left. The arrow is pointing to the evidence he is a boy.









I'm also adding these pictures of Grant and me as babies.

One more month!

Today (June 23)is one month away from our due date (July 23). I am now halfway through week 35, so the baby is about 6 pounds now and pretty much fully formed. From now on he is just adding fat and continuing brain development.

We went to the hospital on Friday because I was having contractions 5 minutes apart for hours. I didn't think I was in labor, but my doctor had said to go and get checked out if that ever happened. The nurses at the hospital said that they looked like labor contractions but there was no signs that labor had started. They gave me a shot to stop the contractions because they were worried that they could cause labor to start and it's still a little too early. I'm still having contractions, but they told me to ignore them until they got more painful and even closer together.

While we were at the hospital we heard this woman give birth next door. It was really cool because you could hear the baby's first cries. It scared me though because right before we heard the baby the woman started to scream really loud in sheer pain. The nurse said she didn't have an epidural.

Yay Crib!!

So our crib was delivered this morning and I've got a couple of quick pictures!! We just moved furniture around and threw the sheets on so the crib looks okay but the rest of Benjamin's room isn't really ready. A complete room picture will follow at time to be later determined.

Here are the pictures, the first is with the crib's gate closed and the second with the gate open:



The type of crib we got has that little gate you see right above instead of the whole side dropping down. This is supposed to make it easier to get Benjamin in and out of the crib. It is also safer and more sturdy than the drop-side cribs and we will be able to keep Benjamin in the crib for longer than with a traditional crib or drop-side crib.

As for Rachel, she has been feeling really bad lately!! From what I've read I think she will have Benjamin early, I'm hoping for the eighth so his birthday will be 7-8-9! She had a lot of contractions yesterday. They were like consistently 8-10 minutes apart for almost three hours. But thankfully they weren't very painful so we're not really concerned. It's all looking normal for now!!

It's getting close!

I can't believe that it's less than 2 months until my due date! This week is week 33 and the baby is somewhere around 4 and a half pounds or more. Over the next few weeks he will gain half a pound per week. I realized that the baby could be born a little less than 4 weeks from now and he would be considered full term (not premature). Also, I just keep getting bigger and bigger. I definitely did not expect to gain this much weight and get this huge, but it's good because it's healthy for the baby. This week we are getting our crib and setting up the nursery. I'll post a few pictures soon.