33 Weeks - More Vacation Photos

BABY BOO IS 33 WEEKS ALONG, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A WATERMELON

HIS HEAD IS DOWN AND IS ALREADY MAKING ME WALK FUNNY

The rest of our family vacation was so nice.  After the wedding weekend we went to Lake George for the week and ended the vacation with a lovely baby shower thrown by my Mom :)  I'll reserve another post for the shower.  Right now I'll talk about Lake George, which was gorgeous!  We stayed in a family friend's house with 2 private islands on the property and a 2 story dock with a deck on top, which Tim dove and flipped off of into the water.  It was very nice!  The house faced west so we were treated to a beautiful sunset each night.  My dad's friend Joe also came over on his boat to take us out one day.  Craig and Tim both tried to water ski for the first time in the FREEZING water lol!!  They both got up on the skis eventually!  Then we took the boat across the lake to a cute little restaurant for dinner.  Mostly though, we were just lazy, sitting around enjoying the weather and scenery.  

On Joe's boat

Yay Tim made it up!!

Canoeing around the property

The gorgeous house

The pretty islands

Mom, Grandma, and Aunt Pam

Preggo belly :)

Heading to dinner

32 Weeks - We're on Vacation!

BABY BOO IS 32 WEEKS ALONG, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SQUASH

SKIN IS SMOOTHER AND PLUMPER, AND HE HAS BABY FUZZ

This week we are on vacation in upstate New York with my family and so far it has been a great time!  My cousin Katy got married on the 15th in a beautiful ceremony in Saratoga, with a gorgeous reception to follow.  The wedding festivities have been great!  My Aunt threw a family BBQ the day before, then they lucked out with PERFECT weather on the day of the wedding, and there was a nice brunch the day after.  All in all, a perfect wedding weekend.  It has also been fun for me because it was the first time my extended family has seen me pregnant, and everyone was so excited.  Although being so big made it hard to dance at the reception.... I just wanted to DANCE!!  lol!

Cousins :)

3 (almost 4!) generations

The happy couple

At the ceremony

The gorgeous venue

Real baby and Food baby ;)

(with my sister)

7 Weeks - A Christmas Surprise!

OUR BABY IS 7 WEEKS OLD AND ABOUT THE SIZE OF A KIDNEY BEAN.

IT'S ALWAYS MOVING.  ELBOWS AND FINGERS START TO FORM AND FOOT PLATES APPEAR.

We surprised my family with the great news over Christmas and it was such a success!  As soon as we arrived at my parents house, we gave them and by siblings an early Christmas gift.  First up was a box that contained matching pajamas for everyone to wear on Christmas morning.  This has nothing to do with the baby, I just thought it would be hilarious and it was meant to throw them off and provide a good excuse as to why we were giving them this gift early.  Of course they had to have their pajamas before Christmas morning in order to wear them!  They all thought it was a really funny idea.  Next we gave them gift bags and said "And you can use these while wearing your awesome PJs!"  Inside were mugs that said "Worlds Most Awesome Grandpa" and "Worlds Greatest Aunt", etc.  It was so much fun to watch as they (quickly) figured out what it meant and started freaking out!  They were all so happy, it was such a special moment.  They loved their mugs and used them for the rest of the weekend.  My Dad kept joking that it was the easiest award he had ever won (Worlds Most Awesome Grandpa... ha ha, Dad ;).  We did not tell our extended family unfortunately.  I do not feel comfortable doing that yet.  It's a shame though because the reaction would have been great and it would have been amazing to tell everyone in person.

My symptoms have tapered off a bit which worries me, but I have had increasing nausea over the past few days so that seems like a good sign.  I just hope everything is still going well in there!  We'll find out soon at our next ultrasound appointment on Jan 3rd.  Until then I'll just keep my chin up and hope for the best!

6 Weeks - First Ultrasound!

OUR BABY IS 6 WEEKS OLD, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SWEET PEA.

TINY EYELIDS ARE FORMING AND HAND PLATES APPEAR.

We had our first ultrasound on 12/19 and it went so well!  My doctor's office doesn't usually like to see people before 8 weeks, but I wanted to get it early to make sure we could see the heart beating before going home for Christmas.  We are planning to tell my family at Christmas and I'd just feel so much better after seeing a healthy heartbeat.  Well, the baby measured exactly what I expected it to (6 weeks 1 day) and we not only saw the heartbeat but heard it too!  It was a healthy 114 bpm and I was so relieved!  I had been pretty nervous that morning, dreading that something was sure to go wrong.  We will go back in a couple weeks for a follow up.