31 Weeks!

Well, I have less than 9 weeks to go! It's CRAZY! We're still not done with the baby's room, but it should be done soon.

I've been on my glucose intolerant diet and everything is going ok so far. It's a bit harder to follow on the weekends but I am doing my best.

I went to the doctor and everything is looking good!!!! I am still measuring right where I should be. As far as the glucose thing goes, he said it wasn't that big of a deal and I'll be FINE! So that was a relief! The heartrate this time was 148, so it jumped up a bit. I'm really confused on what this little one could be...boy or girl??? Hmmm...All I know is either way I'm going to be the happiest mommy in the world!!!

Here's an updated belly shot:

UPDATE!

Well, I got my test results back from my 3 hour test (I went in yesterday for it). It turns out that one of my blood draws came back out of the normal range. It should have been below 155 and it was 179...therefore I am considered "glucose intolerant". Luckily, I am not diabetic!!! I do have to go see a dietitian now and follow a special diet. I guess I am a little bummed because I was really hoping that everything would come out OK. Oh well! I guess there is nothing I could do.

Anyway, here is a semi-done updated picture of the baby's room. It is only 1 of the walls. It looks adorable! Auntie Debbie and Uncle Larry did a GREAT job! Thank you!!!

Yikes!

Well, I failed the 1 hour test for gestational diabetes. So I have to go back to the doctor's tomorrow morning at 8:15 for a 3 hour test! I hope that I pass this one! It's going to be a long morning. I cannot eat anything until after the test is complete. I'm going to be starving tomorrow morning.

As for the baby's room, the border will be up tomorrow so I will post a semi-done picture of the room. We still have some work to do, but I'll give an update.

Say your prayers for me for tomorrow's test!!!

3rd Trimester!!! Home stretch!

Well, we are in the home stretch! I can't believe how quickly it is going. I had my doctor's appt. today and everything is going well. I only gained 2 lbs. which was a relief...especially after the holidays!!! At my last appt. I had a weight gain of 10 lbs. in only 4 weeks, so I was worried to see what today would bring. But, luckily all went well!!! Whew! The heartrate today was 135, so I am really starting to wonder if we are having a little boy!!!! I can't wait to find out! I had to take that test for gestational diabetes. It wasn't too bad. I had to drink this stuff that tasted like very potent Sprite, then sit there for an hour and wait for them to draw some blood. They said no news is good news so hopefully I won't be hearing from them this week. Geeze, it's hard to type while crossing my fingers! LOL! I'm at the point now where I have to go for my appointments every 2 weeks. So my next appointment is on January 28th. I guess I'll start doing biweekly belly shots now, too. Speaking of, here some from today (28 Weeks 1 Day):

Here's a shot from the front (notice the line going down my stomach):

The baby's room is currently under construction. Right now, as I type, Jeff is installing the lighting while we wait for Debbie and Larry to get here. They are going to paint the room today. They primed the walls yesterday so today is painting day! It's so exciting. The next step will be the flooring then it'll be all done! YAY!!! Here are some BEFORE pictures...

Yes, currently the walls are PINK. The couple that lived here before us obviously had a little girl. Now the walls are all white from the primer, but once the painting is done they will be yellow, green and white.

The changing table is going to be on that wall to the left of the window. Jeff is installing some wall washers right above where the changing table is going to go. These will be put on a dimmer switch and they will angle so that they reflect off of the wall.

The ceiling fan is coming down and we have a light fixture that we are replacing it with.

The crib will be going on the wall to the left of to the door. All the trim in the room is going to be white along with the door.

Here are the closet doors which will also be white. I am also going to replace the nobs on the doors with something cute. I still have to go shopping for that ;)

Registering!

So I registered today! It was fun!!! It really made it all "REAL" to me. I know that might sound crazy, but sometimes I still can't believe that I am actually pregnant. It happened so quickly after that first IUI; I really wasn't expecting it.

Anyway, registering was a lot of work and a lol of decision making! But, thankfully my friend Sandy was there to help me out. I look at her as a pro seeing that she is now on baby #2!!! She was so helpful! If she wasn't there I wouldn't have had any idea where to even start. I added a link to my registry to my list of links if anyone would like to check it out. Here's a picture of my cute bedding that I went with...We are going with a froggy theme.

I am leaning towards painting the room yellow and possibly painting the trim white. I am getting soooooooooo excited!!!!!

Yesterday I cleaned out my closet to make room for Jeff's things. Currently, he is using the soon-to-be baby's room for his clothes. So I had to make room for his things in my closet. It was a success! He actually has half of the closet for his things! I did well! I have 4 bags of clothes and shoes that I am going to donate to charity. I just can't wait to get the baby's room started!!!

Well, my next doctor's appointment is on Jan. 12th. This is the one where I have to drink this stuff and sit there for 1 hour. They have to do some test on me to see if I have gestational diabetes. I am hoping everything goes well! I will be posting again at that time with an updated belly shot. :)

24 Weeks...6 MONTHS!!! WOW!

Wow is time flying fast! I can't believe I am at my 6 month mark already! It's crazy! I'm definitely getting bigger!!! The baby is moving around a ton now, too. It's so cool! I am noticing it's a bit harder to breathe...I guess my lungs are getting restricted a bit. I had my doctor's appointment on Wednesday and everything is still looking good! I am measuring right where I should be (even though I feel like I'm bigger than I should be) and the heart rate was 150. It was funny because while she was trying to get the heartbeat you could hear the baby moving around!! She even said, "Wow you have an active one in there!" As I'm typing it just kicked me, too! It's hilarious. However, every time Jeff puts his hand on my belly it stops. I think it gets content feeling Daddy's hand there :)

I am getting excited for next Christmas. I can't help but think about what it will be like next year at this time!

I am going to start registering for baby stuff while I'm on Christmas break. We also plan on starting the baby's room after the holiday's. I will post pictures of the progress once we start. We plan on painting, putting down Pergo floors and adding some lighting. Helps that Daddy's an electrician!

Ok well here's the updated belly shot. I apologize that it's kind of blurry. I did the best I could...

Ultrasound...5 MONTHS!!!

Wow! I can't believe I am already 5 months pregnant! It is going by really fast! Today we had our ultrasound. It was soooooooo cool! The baby is doing great and is measuring at 20 weeks, 4 days. I am 20 weeks and 1 day today so it's pretty close. The heart rate was 145 so I guess we'll have to see what that means. It's just so nice knowing that everything is going well. Seeing the baby on the ultrasound screen was so awesome. Jeff and I couldn't stop smiling. There's one shot where he/she is looking right at us. Almost as if he/she knew we were looking right at him/her. Then there's a cute shot where it almost looks like he/she is waving. I just can't wait to hold and kiss him/her!!!!! This is just so exciting! Ok...well here's an updated belly shot and today's ultrasound pics. Enjoy!



Here's Baby Wagner looking right at us!
















Cute little feet that we can't wait to kiss!












Looks like he/she is saying "HI!"