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This week begins the third trimester ~ how exciting! Of course we’ve been looking forward to this trimester most of all: another ultrasound, baby showers, childbirth classes, and much more. I think it’s amazing that JT will only grow another 5 inches in length or so, but will probably quadruple his weight. Those are justContinue reading “Third Trimester”

I have so many little updates, I couldn’t think of a good title for this week. This week was spring break for me, so I got a lot done! First, I cleaned and purged like crazy this week and made room for a third person in our house. There is now space in the kitchenContinue reading “So Many Things”

This week, I started prenatal water aerobics at Valley Medical’s fitness center. The class is two nights a week for about an hour. It is so much fun! Around 20 pregnant ladies are all floating around with noodles, styrofoam dumbells, and other pool equipment. It is actually pretty hard work, but it’s great because youContinue reading “Water Aerobics”

This birthday felt odd for two reasons: first, it rarely falls after Easter, and second, it has never snowed on my birthday. Nevertheless, the day was fun and packed with yummy food and good friends. Jim made the most amazing french toast breakfast of his cooking career. We went to dinner and a movie withContinue reading “A Snowy Birthday”

Easter Sunday Well, it happened. The bathroom scale now reads a number I’ve never seen before! All week, people have commented that I looked bigger (in a nice way, of course), and my weekly check-in confirmed it. I gained over an inch in my waist this week, bringing me to 33 1/2 inches, and IContinue reading “Uncharted Territory”

On Saturday, we registered for all JT’s necessities at Target and Babies R Us (convenient links to the left). While Target is usually less expensive on baby basics, Babies R Us has a lot of things that you can’t find in other stores – so we had to do both. I’m going to leave theContinue reading “Registered, Plans, and Baby Friends”

Today we had our check-up appointment. Here are some updates: JT is 95th percentile in size for his age. Nurse Peggy asked us if large birth weights ran in our families, and my heart stopped for a split second! She said that we would watch his size as we go along. My belly measures 21Continue reading “More from Week 20”

What a great day! We are so thankful to announce that our baby is a boy. While any healthy baby is a blessing, that is what we had hoped. Today we had an hour-long ultrasound. I had no idea the 20-week one was so intense. The technician measured bones, arteries, organs, and everything in between.Continue reading “IT’S A BOY!”

20 weeks! The halfway point. The baby is becoming much more active – I now feel something a few times a day. The movement is especially strong when I’m sitting, like in the car, at church, or at my computer at work. One time during a meeting there were definite thumps, as opposed to littleContinue reading “Halfway There”

The first big news is that Jim felt the baby move this week. The movements have been more frequent and stronger, so last Sunday I showed him where the baby was moving… then waited. My friend Emrie advised me not to say “Did you feel that?” since he might eventually feel badly that he wasContinue reading “The Big Project”