20 Weeks: Half-Way There!

I am 20 weeks today (Tuesday, June 14th), so I can now officially start counting down the weeks instead of counting up!  Christopher and I went in this morning for my anatomy sonogram... So cool!  From the sonogram the baby's growth and development seem to be right on track.  All the measurements were right around what they should be at 20 weeks, give or take a couple of days.  (Of course the head was measuring three days ahead of schedule, and I'm sure that's because our baby's going to be super smart!)  Brain, heart, spine, etc. all appear to be developing well.  Heart and liver function looked great!  The baby's heart rate was at 150 bpm, so right on track as well!

As far as pictures go, our doctor was going to load all the pictures and videos onto a USB for us... which we did in fact bring with us to the appointment; however, the USB that we brought unfortunately was completely full.  ....So in order to be able to post, I had to take a snapshot on my phone of one of the sonogram pictures.  Obviously not the best quality, but it gets the point across.  If you can't tell, it's mainly of the baby's face.

We can't wait for the next 20 weeks or so to pass so we can finally meet and hold our little guy/girl!  ...And of course, we can't wait for him/her to meet all of you!

Baby Bump Photos - Round #2

Well, we're almost to the half-way point!  It's Saturday, June 11th, and I'm 19 weeks, 4 days.  The last group of belly pics were taken nearly 6 weeks ago, and this belly has grown (in additional to my face, rib cage, etc.).  I was trying to see how long I could take these photos in the same clothes so that Christopher and I could really see the comparison, but I think these jeans have pretty much met their limit!  Maternity pants will be in my near future, I think.

Nursery Progress

Over the past 2 weeks, the nursery has started to come together!

On Saturday, May 28th, I bought both the girl's and boy's bedding. (Sounds silly, I know... but whichever one we don't use this time around, we'll just keep it on hand in case it's needed for our next little one.)  We also started the painting process and finished up on Monday, the 30th.  I taped, and Christopher painted.  He did a great job!

On Sunday, June 5th, Christopher assembled the crib.  He is already such a great dad!

Sonogram Photos

Everything went well at our doctor's appointment this past Monday (May 9th), which is always a relief.  Luckily, Christopher has been able to come to all of my appointments so far.  This one was very exciting, so I'm very glad he was able to be there with me.  Baby E was moving all over the place and now looks like an actual baby!  He/she wiggled around so much that it was hard to get good shots of him/her.  Very fun!  We go back in for our 20 week anatomy sonogram on June 14th, and we can't wait to see how much Baby E will have changed by then.

Here are some of the sonogram photos.  The two on the left were taken at nearly 7 weeks, and the two on the right were taken on Monday, at 14 weeks, 6 days.  You can barely see a little "gummy bear" in the first two, whereas you can see the face and chest (and the left arm in one of the photos) in the more recent ones.