Ready to Cry?

This is for all the couples who have struggled with infertility. When you're faced with the day to day disappointments, words cannot express how you feel. When others around are pregnant, while you're excited for them, you hurt inside. I firmly believe that infertility will test a marriage and if you allow it, will make it stronger.

Thank you God for the miracle you've given us!

Going by Fast....Just 16 weeks left!

Your baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week, when he was just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long, that makes a pretty lean figure, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon put on more baby fat. Your baby's skin is thin, translucent, and wrinkled, his brain is growing rapidly, and his taste buds are developing. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily.

Our 24 week check up is tomorrow morning!

Baby Development - 23 weeks....17 to go!

Your baby is more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound. He may be able to feel your movements now, so put on some tunes and dance around the house. No matter what race your baby is, he looks red now due to blood vessels showing through his transparent skin. His true skin tone will develop over the course of his first year. Blood vessels in your baby's lungs are developing to prepare him for breathing, but complete lung development will take many more months. The lungs are the last organ to fully develop.

Kevin's New Stuff

Here's the new stuff we registered for yesterday.









Added pluses:
* When collapsing the stroller, it locks into place and then stands on it's own.
* The stroller also has an adjustable handle (for taller people like Ben!)
* The car seat base has a leveler to tell you if the base is positioned correctly. If not, by the touch of a button, the base adjust.
* The car seat doesn't require an extra head thing to keep a newborn's head in place.
* The highchair has removable plastic covers on the tray, so clean up is much easier!
* The pack 'n' play is easy to put together and take apart. The "play mat" inside can be taken out and used on the ground for tummy time!

T minus 18 weeks

Your baby now looks like a miniature newborn, checking in at 10.9 inches and almost 1 pound. His skin will continue to appear wrinkled until he gains enough weight to fill it out, and the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his head and body is now visible. His lips are becoming more distinct, and the first signs of teeth are appearing as buds beneath his gum line. His eyes are developed, though the iris (the colored part of the eye) still lacks pigment. Eyelids and eyebrows are in place, and his pancreas, essential for hormone production, is developing steadily.

Register for baby shower.....check

Okay, it's official...I am the most indecisive person in the world. We registered today for our upcoming baby shower and had a great time!!! We were turning the isle to check out the swings and Ben turns my attention to this really nice car seat and stroller set. NOT AGAIN!!!! Yep, you guessed it...I fell in love with it. And again I prove my theory that I just cannot make up my mind to save my life. However I must say that this IS the car seat, stroller, pack 'n' play and high chair that we love and registered for (so I can't change my mind again!) We spent 2 hours in Babies r us folding, unfolding, carrying, and almost breaking most of their items. Ben loved the fact that when the car seat was in the stroller, he could practically turn the stroller upside down and the car seat never fell out. Made me feel so safe inside knowing he would be staying home and carrying for our son : )

We then registered at Wal-Mart. And just like a kid when they get bored, I had to keep Ben within arms reach of me. He had a lot of fun scanning people's heads, backs and children while waiting on me to make decisions. Why I ever let him carry the scanning gun is beyond me.

So we are officially registered and now, more than ever, anxiously awaiting Kevin's arrival.

We're 21 weeks....19 to go!!

Your baby is now busy putting fat onto those tiny bones. Most likely, you have felt his or her in-utero gymnastics by now, since lots of amniotic fluid provides plenty of room to move. Babies have sleep and wake cycles, and you may find that these get more predictable as the months progress. But they may not coincide with yours: Babies in the womb are typically active in the late evening, just when Mom is trying to get to sleep.



No joke!! He kicks and moves all day long. Well, not all day - bless his little heart, he does give me a break between 6:00am until around noon. After that it's non-stop moving and kicking. He has also found my bladder!! It's almost like he searches for it now and then goes to town with his exercises. Let me tell you....it makes for a fun ride home from work.

I will be scanning our sono pictures from last Monday's appointment and will hopefully get them on here this week. Everything went well. Kevin is growing and we're still on target for November 7th. We won't have another sono until I'm closer to delivering. I go back on July 16th and after that we'll be in our 3rd trimester. Can you believe it?

We're registering this weekend in preparation for our first shower on August 4th!