Baby Hiccups

A quick posting of the baby (pictures and video)... Would comment longer, but feeding, diapering and trying to sleep are more important :-).
Video: Colter still gets the hiccups just like when he was in-utero.

Baby Colter

Welcome to the world baby! Colter David was born about a week early on January 22 @ 12:20pm. He weighed 6lb., 6 oz. and 19-3/4''. Such a cutie!

36 weeks

36 weeks, 0 days

The belly keeps getting bigger! We took this one New Years day, so we did it in the afternoon. Notice Molly trying to be in the picture :-) And I look a lot bigger than I feel, I blame that shirt, it is a bit fitted. Really don't like that picture. I look really pale.

Starting next week I will go in every week for check-ups. My last appt. was fine. Blood pressure was normal, baby's heart rate was 140, belly measured right on. However, the Dr. said there was a little sugar in my urine, which was fine. I had just made sugar cookies a few days before and had eaten one for lunch that day. Actually, I've been enjoying more than the usual amount of sugar from all the Christmas goodies and meals.

Baby should be about 5 lb. and the size of a honeydew melon, according to somewhere I read. He seemed to be moving more when I went back to work Monday and Tuesday, but maybe I just notice it more since I move less at work. I've still been sleeping good, except for having to get up and pee at least two times a night. That was until last night, when baby woke me with really strong hiccups. Hope that doesn't keep happening.

Still get tired easier and lots of leg cramping, especially when I walk or stand for too long. And I have built a holster for my bottle of Pepcid :-)

Baby's room is really almost done now. Kory still needs to build a bookshelf, but that might not happen until Spring when it will be warmer to work out in the garage. I could sew some burp clothes if I feel like it. Need to put the glider chair up in the room. We have been enjoying it in the living room for now. And about all I have left to buy is a breast pump. I borrowed a bunch of stuff from Marcia, such as clothes, towels, and a barely used infant seat. All we need now is a baby!

Christmas Cookies

...and other holiday treats were made this weekend. I made fudge, rice krispie treats and sugar cookies (requested by Kory). He even helped frost them. Where I like to take my time and make them look pretty, including making a 'L' and a 'S', Kory mostly quickly frosted them one color. We used snowflake cookie cutters that Lesley gave me for Christmas last year. The cookies from them looked more like flowers. We ended up with spring colors of yellow, green and blue, since we didn't have any red. I had used that up awhile ago to make blood (food coloring and karo syrup) at work for a photo shoot. 

Molly even joined in the fun :-)

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32 weeks

32 weeks, 0 days

A few days late posting this months belly photo. Although, it was taken on Friday. Notice it is really dark now at 5pm!

I go every two weeks for check-ups now. The last one two weeks ago was routine with nothing exciting to report about (that's how we like it). Heart rate was 137 bpm. I think my last weekly babycenter e-mail reported the baby is about 3.75lb., he's getting bigger! And so am I. He gets the hiccups almost every day. It's really neat. I read it's good when they get them; they are practicing for when they have to breath in the real world. 

I'm getting into the rougher part of pregnancy. I can't do as much and get tired more easily. Notice I don't post as frequently. My back doesn't usually hurt, but my legs sure do. I've been trying to do Denise Austin Fit and Firm Pregnancy DVD, the 20-minute toning and that helps a lot. The indigestion and heartburn has come back. Almost every day, no matter what I eat. Pepcid tablets are my new candy :-).

The baby's room is almost done. I need to finish the valence that Mom helped me with, wash the cloths and put them in the dresser (that is built), put up some more wall decorations, find homes for random items, and get Kory to build a bookshelf. Less than 2-months to go. We are really getting excited!

28 Weeks

28 weeks, 0 days

Latest belly picture at 28 weeks! It was cold yesterday, so my hands are in my pockets. Just wait until January when I take my monthly picture... brrr! Also, you'll notice it's not as sunny out as in previous pictures. I take these pictures at about 5pm when I get home from work and now it is darker then.

Today I went to a check-up. It was the normal stuff - take blood pressure and weight, measure belly and listen to baby! Heartbeat was about 140. Also, I had to do the glucose test, where you drink the disgusting glucose orange drink, to test for gestational diabetes. And they gave me a rhogam shot. Kory actually came to this appt., since he is not busy at work and we carpooled today.

According to my weekly babycenter.com e-mail, baby is about the size of a head of cauliflower. He's kicking along quite frequently. Some days more than others. I get back aches if I'm not careful about how I'm standing or sitting. And my legs feel stiff when I wake up. Is that just from getting older?

Photo Booth

I got a new Mac at work. The old one will be going home with me to use to work at home when I'm on maternity leave. This iMac has a camera at the top and a fun program call Photo Booth. I think you can even use the camera feature to video chat with people. But I don't know anyone else with such a computer to video chat back at me.

24 weeks

24 weeks, 0 days

Well, I'm 24 weeks now. And I didn't realize how much bigger my belly looks until I saw some recent pictures! I think it depends on what I wear and in this picture that shirt is really not a maternity shirt and the pants are snug (but comfortable). Also, Molly was caught in the picture. She was trying to play fetch with me while Kory took the picture.

I really don't feel as big as I look. Sometimes I even forget it's there. Although getting up from sitting and laying isn't as easy and it's harder to find a comfortable position. The fetal movements still feel the same, like little blurps. They seem to change when they occur each day. I don't notice them when I sleep, so that's good. I really can't complain too much; I feel pretty good so far.

Here's a picture from 22 weeks.

22 weeks, 3 days

Last Friday, me and Mom went to my latest check-up. It was a short appt. No more ultrasounds unless needed. That's too bad... I really liked getting to see the little one! Dr Miller did use a microphone like device on my belly (not sure what it is officially called). We could hear the heart beat and hear him moving around. She even felt him kick while she was holding the device. We were glad to hear that, because I wasn't sure I had felt anything yet. Mom kept telling me it would feel like butterflies and I would know it when I felt it. But for about a week or so I had been feeling like "burps" in my belly and I just thought it was gas. So I guess that was it!

According to my weekly e-mail from babycenter.com, he is about the length of a butternut squash, head-t0-toe.

Also, today happens to be my birthday. Maybe I will try to post a photo soon, when I get a chance. I need to get caught up from the long weekend. Mom, Rachel and Craig came to visit. We had a birthday party for me at Dave and Busters. It was really fun!

UPDATE: Here's a picture from my birthday past. I must be about 2 or 3. Sitting with my Grandma Rosalie.