28 weeks!

Can you believe I am officially in the third trimester and starting out my 7th month of pregnancy?!?! Lea is well over 2 pounds and over 14 1/2 inches long now. She has eyelashes and can finally open & close her eyes, too. These days, she seems to mostly be working on gaining body fat before her big arrival in September.

I can definitely tell that she is getting bigger... If she makes big movements, you can totally feel her body parts from the outside of my belly. A few days ago, she seemed to really want to sit 'upright' and she kept pushing her head up towards my ribs! It was pretty uncomfortable so I would gently push on her until she moved. Another new thing is that she gets the hiccups at least once a day, every day. These feel like faint, soft taps in my abdomen and it usually only lasts for a few minutes at a time.

At my last doctor's appointment, they finally measured my 'fundal height' for the first time. This is simply done on the outside of my belly with a measuring tape. I measured '25 cm'... which was apparently just right. I have heard (from friends and the Internet) that your measurement should be pretty close to your number of weeks. (I measured 25cm at 27 weeks)

My next appointment is July 21st (31 weeks) and then I will start going every two weeks!

First Baby Shower!

So much fun! We had yummy food and played some silly games. For one game, we had to race drinking out of baby bottles:

Another game was to guess how big my belly was:


The girls also wrote silly comments on disposable diapers... so, when Kevin and I are changing a diaper in the middle of the night, we can have a good laugh! They had birthday cards for Lea, from 1 year old to 10 years old, and wrote birthday wishes for her. And, everyone had to draw a baby... but the catch was that I got to yell out the body part to draw, then you had to pass your paper to the person beside you before I gave the next body part to draw. We got some funny looking babies!!!

Here are a few more pics from the shower:

Me with the shower hostesses; Lee & Heather

Me, Shawn & Blaine (5 months old)

Me and Ashlee

Me & Renee

I received some beautiful clothes for Lea, a gorgeous blanket, burp clothes, a bath toy, baby diaper baggies & dispenser, baby shoes and my car seat! (the car seat actually hasn't been delivered, yet, but it should be any day now!)

It was really a nice afternoon with the girls. I laughed so hard my sides hurt (and, I am now exhausted and ready for bed at 9pm).

Thanks, ladies for a wonderful shower!!!!

Shower Time!

My very first baby shower is this Sunday! (hosted by my fabulous friends, Lee & Heather) I am so excited. It will be really nice to hang out with my girlfriends, eat some yummy food and get baby gifts. Wonder what I'll get??? Teeny, tiny onesies, blankets, toys, etc. FUN!!!

Kevin stayed home today from work because a contractor is coming by to measure our first floor. They'll give the measurements to Home Depot and then we'll find out the estimate for Pergo floors. I'm kinda nervous!

We don't have any plans for tomorrow. I've been "nesting" a bit... washing baby clothes & blankets, organizing the closet and finding places to put all the baby things we've accumulated thus far. I am also hoping to finish the bird mobile this weekend. So, maybe I'll have pics of that soon. :)

Happy Friday!!!

Ahhh! We've hit the 80's!!!

Only 89 days until my due date!!!

27 weeks!

Holy cow, I am now 27 weeks pregnant and it's almost July!!! I've said it before and I'll say it again... time is FLYING by!

Lea weighs about 2 pounds now and she's well over 14 inches long. She's beginning to sleep & wake at regular intervals and she can open & close her eyes, too.

Recently, I have been feeling very light, rhythmic "thumps" in my abdomen. Turns out, it's the baby hiccuping! :)