38-week Ultrasound

Charlie, Maya, Gayla and I all got to see Baby Boy in action this morning at my ultrasound. I hadn't had one since 20 weeks, so we were all very excited to finally see what is going on in there. He is head down with his hands crossed over his face. We could see his lips moving up and down like he was sucking. We were able to confirm my suspicions about his big butt being what was sticking out all the time on the right side of my stomach and on the left side, I was able to find out that it wasn't knuckles protruding out of my belly but feet! His likes to stick his big toe at my belly and it makes the cutest little indention on my stomach. The weight estimate is 7 lb 2 oz. He thinks the baby will be 8 lbs by next week. He did mention that he won't let me go overdue. I guess that means I may not be able to take on a 9 pounder!

Maya was so cute on the way to the appointment. First she said "mommy, baby okay?" and then after I said yes, she asked "is he done yet?" She wanted to show him her toys but I told her she had to wait another week or two.

Profile picture. You can see forehead from right to left, nose, lips, chin.

Picture of his foot.

The Nursery

 The only thing that will make the nursery complete is a NAME! Take a look at some of the pics of the "monkey" nursery. Once we have a name picked out, we will put wooden letters above the crib. I have a few more monkey decals to put on the walls and few little things here and there I ordered online. Need to get the toy box up there as soon as we stain it. This time around I know not to get stressed about the nursery being done. We barely even went in there for the first few months with Maya!

I have made such great progress in the past week. I started maternity leave last Wednesday and just about everything is ready. Washed like a million clothes, burp cloths, bibs, blankets and have his take home outfit (and Maya's) from the hospital. Got the whole set up in the living room. We learned from Maya to put everything in the living room and master bedroom!

Now I can start running errands that never seemed to get done when you are working and get Maya's medical stuff in line again. I've been having such a great time with her lately. Really liking this time to spend with her before it gets crazy around here.

Pregnancy Update - Week 36

Today I am 36 weeks along. Baby boy is making some serious movements. The kind that hurt and take me away for a second. On Saturday morning, we were on our way to the A&M game (my last road trip for sure this time) and I was telling Charlie how weird it was that I hadn't started my Braxton Hicks yet. Funny cause I had them the rest of day and its been going since Saturday. I was out grocery shopping last night and literally couldn't finish. By the time I got to the check out I was taking such small steps. I'm sure people were wondering what the heck was up. Migraines have started and so has the stress of not being ready in time. All this is jsut evidence that the day is coming that we get to meet the little guy. And yes, still no name yet. Charlie and I are really having a hard time on this one. With Maya it was at least narrowed down to two. We have a few things out there with this one, but definitely nothing in the top 10 category yet.

Maternity leave officially starts this Wednesday. We still haven't finished the nursery but its just a matter of time now. We could actually finish it in about 3-4 hours max but just hasn't been the priority. This past week and weekend we got the big things ready like putting together the co-sleeper for our room, play pen for the den, car seat, swing and bouncer. I need to start washing everything this week! I think this weekend I'll hit up Gayla's house for all the rest of the stuff she bought and get to washing all the blankets and picking out his go home outfit. Baby book is en route. Cord blood banking set up. Hospital bag is started.

Next ultrasound is set for October 29th!

Don't Lick It

You ever wonder where your kids pick things up? Well, its probably you and you just don't know it yet. Friday night we were on our way home from dinner and Charlie and I got Dairy Queen. Maya still doesn't eat ice cream. Anyway Charlie got his usual ice cream cone. As we pull out of the drive thru and Charlie is driving and eating away Maya says to him "Daddy, don't lick it, eat it." What? So Charlie takes another lick. Maya says "NO DADDY, don't do that. Don't lick it. Eat it!" In order to get himself through his favroite dessert, Charlie had to hide the licking all the way home! So I thought this was blog worthy on Friday night when it happened and started typing. Then at dinner tonight it dawned on me where Maya got this from. We say it to her ALL the time. But its with cheese or ketchup or any other kind of dip. She will just lick the cheese off a chip, lick the ketchup off a fry and so on and we always say "Maya, you can't just lick it, you need to eat it". Smarty pants.