:: 30 Weeks ::

66 days and counting!

Last Friday we had our monthly checkin with our mid-wife. From now until about 36 weeks we see the doctor every 2 weeks. At 36 weeks, we'll start to go in every week!

This one was a fast appointment. She checked my weight, measured my belly, checked the heartbeat and chatted about a few things with us. She let me know that I passed the glucose test, which is really good news! My weight gain continues to be about 2 pounds per week (and has been for the last 9 weeks or so), which is a little more than average at ths point, but the mid-wife indicated that my body was making up for the no weight gain for the first 21 weeks. So now I get to gain it all at once! Yippee :-/

In 3 weeks we will be taking the birthing classes at the hospital with another one of our couple friends that is expecting. The pre-registration paperwork is filled out, so I will turn it in to the hospital when we go in for our classes. The countdown is officially on... 10 more weeks!

We're really excited to see all of our friends and family at our baby shower this weekend! We have a lot of people coming, near and far, and are excited to spend time with them!

That's about it for now. We won't have another ultrasound for another 6 weeks or so, but as soon as we do, I'll post more 4D pictures of our baby boy!

:: 29 Weeks ::

27 weeks





As I opened up this blog, I looked over at the Baby Herman countdown and it reads.... 77 days! In 2 1/2 months we'll be meeting our baby boy for the first time. WOW!


A lot has happened in the past month. We have put the room together as much as we can now. The crib, dresser and glider are put in place and the room looks so cute, I must say! I'm very happy about our purchases and how great the pieces look in the room! We also found a great deal on a used (but practically brand new) BOB baby jogger. We're very excited that we were able to find a used one in such great condition and save ourselves a good amount of money.


Our last doctor's appointment went really well. Our baby boy is right on track. As of 3 weeks ago he was about 2 lbs. I have definitely began to show a lot more and have gained a good amount of weight. My belly is starting to get BIG and it's officially now becoming hard to bend over to pick up things.


A couple of weeks ago we officially announced our little boy's name! After a lot of consideration and many discussions, we have decided on Easton Reed. We are very excited to now be able to call our baby boy by name instead of always calling him him and he.


We have scheduled our birthing classes for September 12 & 13th... 2 full days of class. A couple of our friends will be taking the class with us as they are due 2 weeks after us.


I have also worked out my maternity leave and was excited to find out that I'll be able to take 4 months off of work! I will officially be out from October 9 - Feb. 8. I'm looking forward to spending the first 3 months of Easton's life with him full time. We have also met with a daycare in Ventura and have decided to use her. She has been watching kids for many many years and is also a friend of a friend, so we feel really comfortable with her. That makes me happy!


And last, but not least, I have posted a few of our last ultrasound pictures (One in 2D and one in 3/4D). The 4D picture shows his face pretty clearly. We will get more 4D pictures taken closer to term where you will be able to see his face really clearly!