New Toy

For Christmas this year, mommy and daddy got a nice present from DeeDee and Papa (Debbie & Dwain)...a new camera. Since then, Daddy has had a great time playing with it and taking pictures of everything! Here is a picture of mommy from a few weeks ago but Daddy played with his editing program and made it look a lot better! Until we have pictures of our sweet little boy to play with and post, you'll have to make do with pictures of his mommy! :) Hope everyone is staying warm...we got 4-5 inches here in Paducah!

4D Ultrasound

We had our 29 week check-up and 4D ultrasound today. It was neat to finally be able to get another look at our sweet little boy! He had definitely grown since last time we saw him...they measured him and he's at 3 pounds right now. They said that was right where he was supposed to be! During the ultrasound I guess he was sleeping because he wouldn't move around a whole lot. But she tried to poke at him once and he got this little smirk on his face. He looked just like his daddy when he did that! :) I've included that picture so you can see it. It was neat to be able to see his face more defined...makes me all the more anxious for him to get here! But not too anxious...he still needs to wait a little while!! He is laying crooked in my belly right now. His head is to the left of my stomach and his bottom is to the right then his legs are down right on top of my bladder. That could explain why I have to go to the bathroom every time he kicks me! He's having a lot of fun with mommy's bladder these days. Dr. Tolar said he's still got plenty of time to turn to the head down position...we'll see if he does! Everything else checked out great and we go back in 2 weeks for another appointment. Enjoy the pictures!

Nursery

Well the nursery is finally finished!! We spent a few hours this past Saturday putting the finishing touches on the nursery. We're so pleased with how it turned out and can't wait for Walker to be in it!! Here are some pictures of the finished product!

28 Weeks

We are officially 28 weeks and a few days along...Walker is moving around all the time and Mommy is feeling good. I'm pretty sure I've started to "waddle" more in the past week. And it seems as if as soon as I hit the 3rd trimester I got VERY sleepy! The only "symptom" that I really had in my first trimester was that I was SO tired...especially at the end of the day. And it seems that has returned. I've had so much energy the past few months that it really hit me hard this week. I'm fine at the end of the day but by 7:00 I struggle to keep my eyes open. I literally fell asleep on the couch last night about 7:30. But then I'm up 2-3 times throughout the night so that could be another reason why I'm so tired. Who knows!? But I can't complain...pregnancy has been very good to me so far so I'll take being tired any day.

On a positive note...I had to go for the 3 hour glucose test on Wednesday because my first test came back a little high. The second test came back normal so that's a blessing. We go for our 4-D ultrasound next Wednesday so I'm sure we'll have new pictures to post after that! Please keep us in your prayers!

More Nursery Pictures

Here is a picture of the chair & lamp shade that came in over the weekend. I don't know if any of you have heard of a Nap Nanny?! Anyway, it's a new thing that's in all the baby magazines and is supposed to be just wonderful. My mom ordered one for us and it is the cutest thing, so I posted a picture of it as well. I also realized that I hadn't posted a picture of our changing table so here it is...many thanks to Eric who had this put together in about 1 1/2 hours!

Nursery

Here are some pictures of the nursery. We're almost finished with it! Daddy has worked so hard putting things together, moving things around where mommy wants them and hanging things on the wall. The walls look different colors in the pictures but they're all the same. I'm not sure why they look different?! I'm so pleased with how it's turned out...now we just can't wait to have a sweet little boy in it! :) We also got our chair & and a book rack this weekend so I'll post those pictures once we have them put up in the room.

A little behind...

I realize I'm a little behind on my blog posting. Life has been so busy with school starting back and trying to get ready for Walker! I am 28 weeks today so officially in the 3rd trimester...It's amazing how fast this pregnancy has gone. I'm hoping the next 3 months go by just as fast! I'm feeling great and just trying to get things ready for him to get here while I still have the energy. :) We had a doctor's appointment last week and things looked great...we heard his heartbeat again. We go back on the 27th for our 4-D ultrasound so we can't wait until we can get another look at him! We've been very busy trying to get his room ready and I think we're about done. All we have left are getting his bedding cleaned and putting away all his clothes. I'll try to post some pictures of his room later (if I can remember!). He's continuing to move around a lot and I'm starting to notice more of a schedule with him...he's very active in the morning, around lunch time and in the evening. I just love feeling him move around and it's very reassuring for Jon & I. We had our prepared childbirth class on Saturday so that was neat. We feel like we know a little more about what to expect but I'm sure nothing can really prepare you for labor! :) We also watched the epidural video...not so fun! Still not sure about that! :)

Please keep praying for our sweet baby boy (and mommy & daddy!).

25 Weeks

Walker is 25 weeks, 6 days today. All is going well and we're just counting down the weeks until he gets here. We had another doctor's appointment this past Tuesday. He had a good strong heart beat (148) and everything with mommy checked out well too so we're thankful for that! I am now to the point where my appointments are two weeks apart so that really shocked us. It made it seem like he will be here SOON!! I figured I still had awhile before I went every two weeks but nope...that time is here! Needless to say, I spent this past weekend nesting! I was trying to get several things done before we go back to school tomorrow and before MSU classes start on the 11th. My wonderful brother-in-law, Eric, came up and put together my changing table so that's finished. It looks great!! We go for a tour of the birthing center at Western Baptist this week so that will be nice to see where all the action will take place. Other than that, not much new to report except that I'm getting bigger by the week (see above picture). We go back for our next appointment on January 13 and I also have to do the diabetes testing that day. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.