Steven has finally felt the baby move!
I have been feeling our little active Peanut moving inside of me for a few weeks, but the movement had been too delicate to be felt from the outside. Steven had been trying to feel for the movements during this time but was unsuccessful. Everytime he claimed he felt a movement I would have to crush him by letting him know that the "movement" was nothing more than gas in my stomach/intestines.
In the last two days, I have noticed that the baby kicks stronger and more frequently around 10 o'clock at night. As we were watching our PBS Masterpiece Classic tonight (yes, we are nerds), Steven had his hand on my belly and felt his first baby kick. This time it was definitely not gas in my stomach but instead a true baby kick!
I am just so glad that he can share in these experiences of our unborn baby.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
20 Week Ultrasound
Today was our 20 week ultrasound to check the health and progress of our baby. It was amazing.
We had the Peanut fan club together to visit with our baby which included Steven, myself (obviously), my mom, and Steven's mom. The baby looked health and quite happy in my uterus. The moment the ultrasound technician placed the instrument to my belly she said, "Wow, your baby is very active." I just laughed because not only can I feel my active little Peanut, but the doctor made the same comment when we were listening to the heartbeat one month earlier. As she scanned my belly, we could see the baby pumping its fists in the "air", kicking my bladder, and doing little turns from facing us to turning to the side to doing a complete somersault. One of the coolest things was seeing the baby's mouth open and close, just like it were yawning.
We had requested a profile photograph of the baby to use in our shower invitations but the technician was having a really hard time getting a good photo. Not only was the baby moving constantly but it liked to put it's hands and arms right in front of its face to block a good photo. What a little snot! She tried for 10 minutes but no luck. We then spoke to the doctor for a few minutes regarding the results and then were brought back to the room for another attempt at a good photo. After having me change my positions several times and shaking my stomach to get the baby to move, we got several profile photos. What a feat!
Photo 1: Profile view, arm is extended above head. Cute little button nose!
Photo 2: Profile view, A perfect shot of the baby not wanting a photo taken and covering his/her face with their hand!
Photo 3: Again, arm and hand covering the face.
Most importantly, the baby is healthy; has a good heart beat, brain formation, spinal formation, and no signs of down's syndrome.
It's funny how I have the baby inside me 24-7 but these doctor's visits feel like your meeting a stranger named Peanut, that you already love, and getting to know little bits and pieces about them and their personality. Then you have to wait another whole month before you get to meet them again. What we know about our baby so far is that 1) healthy (Thank you God) 2) Very active (sorry to my bladder) 3) Not the most photogenic baby ever.
We had the Peanut fan club together to visit with our baby which included Steven, myself (obviously), my mom, and Steven's mom. The baby looked health and quite happy in my uterus. The moment the ultrasound technician placed the instrument to my belly she said, "Wow, your baby is very active." I just laughed because not only can I feel my active little Peanut, but the doctor made the same comment when we were listening to the heartbeat one month earlier. As she scanned my belly, we could see the baby pumping its fists in the "air", kicking my bladder, and doing little turns from facing us to turning to the side to doing a complete somersault. One of the coolest things was seeing the baby's mouth open and close, just like it were yawning.
We had requested a profile photograph of the baby to use in our shower invitations but the technician was having a really hard time getting a good photo. Not only was the baby moving constantly but it liked to put it's hands and arms right in front of its face to block a good photo. What a little snot! She tried for 10 minutes but no luck. We then spoke to the doctor for a few minutes regarding the results and then were brought back to the room for another attempt at a good photo. After having me change my positions several times and shaking my stomach to get the baby to move, we got several profile photos. What a feat!
Photo 1: Profile view, arm is extended above head. Cute little button nose!
Photo 2: Profile view, A perfect shot of the baby not wanting a photo taken and covering his/her face with their hand!
Photo 3: Again, arm and hand covering the face.
Most importantly, the baby is healthy; has a good heart beat, brain formation, spinal formation, and no signs of down's syndrome.
It's funny how I have the baby inside me 24-7 but these doctor's visits feel like your meeting a stranger named Peanut, that you already love, and getting to know little bits and pieces about them and their personality. Then you have to wait another whole month before you get to meet them again. What we know about our baby so far is that 1) healthy (Thank you God) 2) Very active (sorry to my bladder) 3) Not the most photogenic baby ever.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Shower invitations
Steven's best friend, Chris has been diligently working on creating the baby shower invitations. Chris is a graphic designer and has helped us in the past with our wedding save-the-dates and other wedding related print design. He sent us a first draft of the invites and I am just super excited. It looks really cute!!!
I would post a picture of it, but I don't want to ruin the surprise of having everyone see it when they receive it in the mail. I just wanted to share my excitement about these invites. I'll have to keep some of my excitement at bay because they most likely won't be sent out until the beginning of April.
I also want to send a BIG THANK YOU to Chris for his excellent work! Thank You, Chris!
I would post a picture of it, but I don't want to ruin the surprise of having everyone see it when they receive it in the mail. I just wanted to share my excitement about these invites. I'll have to keep some of my excitement at bay because they most likely won't be sent out until the beginning of April.
I also want to send a BIG THANK YOU to Chris for his excellent work! Thank You, Chris!
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