19.5 Week Bellly Pics

A few notes for Baby C...

In a little over a week we FINALLY get to find out if you are a boy or a girl. I have been dying to find out and daddy thinks it is so funny how obsessed i am!

About a week ago at 18 weeks your little flutters turned to larger kicks. I can feel you moving around as i write this and daddy felt you for the first time a week ago :) I also started taking some zofran and have been feeling much better. you certainly had mommy very sick there for the first 17 weeks!

Gwen is such a little mommy. For the past few weeks she has been concentrating on taking care of her little dolls. This morning i saw that she had covered her baby in a stroller with a small receiving blanket just like she saw some moms doing at the park yesterday. She constantly asks: "mommy, baby wear this?' and "baby play with this?". Also, she likes to say things like: "baby come soon but grow in mommy's belly". Today at lunch she was chatting with herself (cole may have been listening) and she said: "mommy's baby kicks in belly". When i read to her, Gwen often reaches over and pulls my shirt up a little so she can rub my "baby belly".

Baby C, please don't think that your big brother, Cole, does not love you. he too is excited about your arrival but he doesn't seem to have quite the understanding that Gwen does at this point

15.5 Week Belly Shots & Family Visit

Yesterday we had our first turkey fry in 2 years. The Kreigers, Andersons and Rhoades visited. They noticed Cole's "big brother" shirt immediately and were very excited about our new addition.

Stuffed Animal Love

This morning Cole and Gwen gathered their favorite stuffed animals (as well as a bunch of random ones) and took turns holding each animal up to my belly so that he/she could say hi to thier "baby sister/brother". Sy Sy patted my belly and bunny even loved in my belly button!

Little flutters

I am pretty sure that i felt you fluttering around in there yesterday, little one. You certainly were active when we saw you during the u/s the other week so i'm thinking you're having a blast bouncing around in there. My only request is that you give me a little of your energy so i can stop feeling so tired and pukey sometime soon. Thanks, love mommy

A note for you

Dear little peanut,

Your big sister is very excited about you. She insists that you are her "baby sister". The other day she ran around the house gathering all of the "baby toys". She then made a pile of them and said: "Toys for our baby. Baby growing in mommy's belly".

13 Week Appointment

This afternoon i went for my monthly visit with the OB, Dr. Black. She found our little peanut on the doppler and said that he/she has a "nice strong, fast heartbeat". She told me that i should try to gain about a pound a week from here on out. We talked some more about VBAC and she believes that i am an "ideal candidate".

Tonight when the kids were brushing their teeth, Gwen put her hand on "Mommy's baby belly". I said: "AWww are you saying hi to our baby?" and within seconds cole reached over to put his hand on my belly too :)