Getting closer

Well, here we are, week 28.....and we're creeping closer to Baby B's birthday! I just received the baby's crib in the mail today and am so excited to get it up and begin the "nesting" phase. Nick and I are getting more and more excited to meet our little one. We both dreamed that we were having a girl a few weeks ago, but I'm not trusting that because I've dreamt it was a boy before. Either way, it's nice to hear from the doctor how healthy the baby is.

I have officially gained 25 pounds as of today. Here's a pic of the belly up to date. It's still growing!!

Updates

We're at week 26! Nick and I went in to visit and meet Dr. Eifrid, the third doctor at SJ Medical today. Although, I was able to say hello, he was immediately pulled into the delivery room because a woman was in labor and he was the only doctor on call. I can tell I'll like him and we'll be back next week anyway. My current weight is 144 pounds. I have officially gained 20 :-) Good for Baby B! My waist is at about 37 1/2 inches and my belly button doesn't seem like it can pop out any further, but you never know. More pics to come!

Last week my crib finally said, IN STOCK! I'm so excited! It probably won't ship for 4 weeks. I plan on buying all the furniture for the baby's room, but colors will come later. Decorating will be easier when we find out the gender. Nothing wrong with yellow and green, I just don't feel like working on that quite yet.

Baby Dance Moves

Well, Baby B has been moving for a few weeks and, let me tell you, he/she is busting a move. Every time I would tell someone to feel my stomach it would stop! Of course! But Nick was able to feel the kicks, punches, and turns a few times since. I'm glad he was the first! Right now it feels like I'm having muscle spasms in my belly. I'm sure it won't feel so gentle in a few more weeks. I'm enjoying it for now. It appears there's not enough room for my belly button, so the baby has officially knocked it out...it's pretty funny looking. Next doctor appointment is Feb 8th...I'm excited to hear what's to come in this third trimester. Almost there!

My picture

For those of you who don't get to see me very often, this is my current look. I tried to get a quick measurement of my belly from the largest point and I would say it's slightly larger than 36 inches. It's growing bigger every day. I did just get done eating, but that's no excuse! It's getting a little more difficult to bend over now and I think others are beginning to notice. I'm getting used to people pampering me that's for sure ;-)

So, even though we've decided to be surprised by the gender of the baby, we have chosen names. I can't exactly remember the day we picked these, but we've known the names we're going to choose for a while. If it's a girl, her name will be Emily Claire. Emily is Nick's Grammy's name and we both love the name Claire. And if it's a boy his name will be Clive Allen. Clive is the name we both like and happens to be one of Nick's favorite authors. Allen is a name that has traveled down the Bourff family line: His grandpa's middle name, his dad's first name, and his middle name. I thought my dad would want us to name the little one Tim even if it was a girl, but sorry dad there can only be one of you:-) You're a legend!

Doctor's Appt.

New Year's Eve was our first ultrasound. I'm not sure how many we'll be going through, but that was by far the best experience we've gone through so far. Even though we're not finding out the gender before delivery, we were still curious to know if they knew. The ladies that worked with us were very good and did not give any hints. On Friday morning, Nick and I visited the doctor for a monthly check up and to hear the feedback on my ultrasound. As we figured, there's only one baby in there and all is well. It was great to hear it and to have a half day of work was a plus. Hopefully I can get one of those pictures to show up...sorry if they're blurry!

Baby B's Beginning

Nick and I found out we were expecting in early September! So far it's been a smooth ride. There has been no morning sickness or any trouble at all handling the change. I almost wondered if there was really something in there! Once we were able to hear the heartbeat, I nearly lost it. Instead of crying, I chose to laugh. Imagine that! Each visit to the doctor creates more excitement! I've gained about 12 pounds so far and can tell that I have quite a few to go. Last week we had our first ultra sound and our due date has been moved up to May 9th 2010. I can't believe how much water you have to drink for those things! I didn't make it through the whole session without a break. We will not be finding out the gender until birth, which is both difficult but fun. I'm sure by the end we'll have a pretty decent pool going! Those who have seen the pictures are split pretty evenly. I have no idea what the baby will be, but that doesn't matter. I just can't wait to meet Baby B :-)