Books that my baby bump hears

Well, for those of you who don't know, our little guy's name is going to be Harold. We will call him Harry. He is named after Chris's Pop Pop, who chris has always seen as a role model in many different areas of his life. For years Chris has told me that if he ever has a son he wants to name him after that, so I know he's very excited to be able to honor Pop Pop in that way.

Since sharing that name with people, a coworker had asked me if i already owned a copy of "Harold and the Purple Crayon". Why, as a matter of fact, I did not. In fact, I was not familiar with the book. I looked it up online and the pictures seemed familiar, though it was not a book I read growing up so I didn't know anything about the book itself.
Well, this particular coworker sent me a copy of the book, and I must say I've already read it to my belly quite a few times. I have a feeling that this will be a special book that Harry will hear many a cranky nights.
The book is abought a little boy named Harold, his purple crayon, and his creativity. With just a purple crayon, Harold goes on quite the adventure,  He uses his crayon to draw what he needs at the time. He finds himself in different situations, good and bad, and draws his way out of his problems. I just hope that it doesn't inspire our Harold to go on any midnight walks following the moonlight. :)

Since I'm talking about books, I want to mention the other book that I've read to teh bump and am I'm looking forward to the reading with Harry. It is a Phillie Phanatic book that my brother got us for Christmas last year. It was his first book, and actually his first baby item that we were given, as we weren't pregnant yet at the time. This book holds a lot of sentimental value to me, as well as a fun way to introduce Harry to the Phillies. It's a cute colorful book that follows the Phanatic around during the day of a game.



27 weeks

Wow, depending on who's information I use, I'm either in the 3rd trimester this week or next week. For reeeaaaallll?!
Oh gosh.
By now our guy is moving around quite regularly, though I can't really feel movements other than kicks, jumps, and hiccups due to the anterior placenta.
I'm still having impressive heartburn, but my morning sickness which came back for almost 2 weeks is gone again. I find that I'm getting tired quicker than usual, and I'm definitely slower on walks.
Overall I'm feeling really good. I've learned if I get too full it hurts to bend over.
I got the sweetest gift from a coworker, I'll have to post about this weekend.

Nursery Theme

So I mentioned the little magical nursery elves before and I have bad news- they still haven't shown up and created my nursery. So, i'm starting to think that we're going to have to do things without them.

I have the wall painted (just needs touch-ups) and the trim needs done. Once that's done, We can put up the crib and I can freak out because it looks like a real nursery.

We have chosen chevron and jungle animals (mostly elephants) as our theme.
Our colors are green, turquoise and orange. We have a few things started for the room, so I can't wait to do a reveal later on.
But for now, below is a picture of the fabric I'll be using for some of the things in the room.

26 weeks

I am now 26 weeks pregnant. Harry is now about 14 inches, 1.75 pounds, and the size of a hothouse cucumber.

Double digits!

We've now hit double digits- today is 99 days from our due date! Wowzers!

I keep hoping that magical nursery elves are hard at work while I'm sleeping. Sadly, every morning when I wake up, I find the room still incomplete.

My bump is becoming more prominent and I'm beginning to "feel pregnant", whatever that means.

I just am looking forward to the nesting phase and hope that I go through it!

25 weeks and welcome back nausea!

As I write this I am 25 weeks, 3 days and have 103 days until my due date. HOLY COW.

Based on averages, our little boy is about 13.5 inches, weighs 1.5 pounds, and is the size of a rutabega.

He is beginning to develop fingernails and toenails and his hair, which he already had begun to grow, is growing more and developing texture and color. I wonder if it's blonde or brown!? If the old wives tail is true (which I know that it's not always) this little boy is going to truly be covered in hair from head to toe with the intensity of heart burn I've been having. haha.

Starting this past Sunday my morning sickness is back. I've noticed I'm way more of a baby about it having it now at the end of my 2nd trimester then when I had it early on. When I had it in the beginning I had it every day, had constant nausea with a few hours reprieve throughout the day, and got sick multiple times a day. And every time I got sick I smiled and was thankful for the baby, and the hormones that were in me making me sick.

Now that it's been gone awhile and I feel like I "shouldn't" have it, it's a little more difficult. I've gotten sick most days this past week but the nausea wasn't constant most days. I'm still able to work through it and keep on trucking for the most part, plus I have the nausea medicine I was given earlier on that I took this past week when it got to be unbarable and continual.

I still want to wear my symptoms as a badge. By that I don't mean that I want to be public about it, but I want to see it as something that I'm proud of. These are the symptoms that I have a baby growing inside of me, he is healthy and developing, and I am forever thankful for that. So bring on the nausea and heartburn- 'cause I'll take it! :)

I can't wait to meet him!

25 weeks- size of a rutabega

23 & 24 weeks

Wow, we're at 24 weeks! Time is indeed flying, as people have insured me that it is. Also not surprisingly, the summer is flying. Where did it go?!

So some how I missed updating last week, so today i'll put up a 23 and 24 week picture. Some of my family (Mom, Dad, and Sara) were in town to visit last weekend and it was just so refreshing! It was just so nice to have a piece of home here and to be able to just see them and talk to them in the same room and not just on the phone. :)

This past monday we had another ultrasound because our little boy didn't cooperate during the first ultrasound in regards to his spine. Because he was in frank breech during the first ultrasound, they couldn't get any good shots of his spine. So on monday we went in and to start he was in a great position for them to see his spine. Again, everything looked great and was measuring on target for everything! :)

I mentioned to the tech that we didn't get any good profile pictures during the last ultrasound so she tried to take some for me. When we finally got to the point where we could take the pics, he had moved back to frank breach again! Haha. so once again every picture she took of him had his legs and his feet in front o fhis face, but one of the pictures at least showed a little bit of the profile in 3D...Oh well, I guess we'll have to wait until November to see what he looks like!

Frank Breech

3D ultrasound at 23 1/2 weeks

This week Istarted to clean out what will be his nursery and am looking forward to buying pain and starting to it into a nursery. I'm excited to start seeing it come together, rather than just the mess it's been as storage.

Well, I'll leave you with the past 2 weeks of belly pictures and an ultrasound pic. Enjoy!

23 Weeks- size of a large mango



24 Weeks- Size of a corn