30 Weeks

Today is Wednesday, August 24th, and I am 30 weeks, 1 day!  Our due date seems to be approaching quickly, and I'm pretty sure these last 10 weeks, plus or minus a few, will speed by now that the new school year has started.  The following photos were taken yesterday at 30 weeks.  I'm slightly tanner and my hair's a little longer, but my belly steals the show!  It's out of control!  ...And it's just going to get bigger!

Congrats to my sister and Frank!  Jaxon Edward Ross was born yesterday at 7:34 p.m., weighing in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and measuring 20 inches.

August 20, 2011 - Shower

This past Saturday some of my girlfriends threw a shower for us.  It was absolutely wonderful to see friends from all parts of my life: from middle school on through college and even friends who have married into the group now that we're (somewhat) adults!  I really am lucky to have such sweet people in my life!

Eckenrode Family - - - - - College Friends

The Wives Club - - - - - Middle & High School Friends

The Hostesses & My Mom

4d Sono and Nursery Updates

Ok, so I haven't updated this in a while...  Tomorrow (Tuesday, August 16, 2011) I'll be 29 weeks, with 11, plus or minus a few, to go!  Summer and this pregnancy have flown by quickly.  When I think back to the end of the 2010-2011 school year, it doesn't seem that long ago, ...and that's actually about the same amount of time we have left until this baby's here!  ...And Frank and my sister's baby will be here within 3 weeks (or at least that's what all the family is betting)!  Crazy!

Well, Monday of last week I had my glucose test and a routine prenatal check up.  Baby E was having a little arrhythmia, so an hour long check up turned into 4 and a half hours of monitoring the baby's heart rate with a follow-up appointment this past Friday.  Had anyone seen me during the whole process last Monday, all the monitors, etc., would have made it seem like a much bigger deal than it really was, and everything ended up being fine at the follow-up appointment on Friday.  However, we did end up getting 2 extra sonograms out of the whole ordeal, one of which was 4d!  After week 20, I wasn't expecting any additional sonograms, so (and I can say this since everything turned out okay) it actually ended up being kind of fun!

4d sono's are definitely a little freaky-looking, and the babies (I think) always appear a little alien-like.  However, I'm convinced our little one looks like a miniature Christopher...  Well, an alien-baby version of Christopher, but nonetheless, more like him than me!  So you be the judge!

CHRISTOPHER

       

BABY E

SHELLY

                 

As for the nursery, we've made a little more progress.  Christopher's picking up the glider/rocker on Saturday morning, so that'll be here soon... at which point all the furniture will be in place.  My mom is making a few pieces of the girl's bedding, so I currently have the boy's bedding on the crib.  Don't take that as an indication as to what we're having.  We still have no clue.  Either a mini-Chris or a mini-"Chris"-tina (as far as I'm concerned).

So here's the room so far.  I'm planning on hanging an enlargement of one of the 4 x 6 photos (You'll see below.) with the baby names on them above the crib.  My Granddad Jack built the corner shelf for me when I was little, so I'm excited to be able to use it in the baby's room.

We'll try to get some baby-bump photos up soon!