Week 22!

The baby weighs almost one pound now. I can tell he is getting bigger in there. We still have 18 weeks to get ready for him, but it seems like the time is moving very quickly. Next on the list is birthing classes. The hospital even offers classes on how to take care of a baby once you get them home. I think we will be taking that class. We have lots to learn about babies.

The nursery is coming along nicely. The painting is done and Shane is working on the floor today. As soon as the floor is in we can put the crib up. Then the room will start looking like a nursery.

Shane's Grandma took me material shopping the other day. I am so glad Baby C will have a quilt made with love to put in his crib. I am excited to see the final product! I took a swatch of the material so I could pick out some curtains and a crib skirt to match.

Making Progress

The baby's room is almost completely painted. It would have been done today but we ran out of paint. Hopefully the wood floor will be put in this week and then we can start moving in the baby's things. His clothes are already organized in bins by sizes. Most of the outfits I've been buying are for next winter. The clearance prices are too good to pass up.

My belly is really growing now. The baby is the size of a large banana. Last night when I was going to bed the baby was bouncing all around. For the first time, I was able to watch my stomach and see his movements.

Painting!

The nursery walls have been primed and are ready to be painted. Hopefully by the end of the weekend they will be a lovely shade of blue.

20 Weeks!

I have reached the halfway point in my pregnancy. The baby is moving around a lot now. I usually feel him mowing several times a day. Over the weekend I didn't feel him very much and I was glad that I renewed the rental on my fetal heart monitor. His heart is very strong and can be found easily now. On Monday, when we were back to our normal routine, he was kicking away again.

Tiny Kicks

I can feel the baby moving inside me now. Usually he moves after lunch and while I'm laying down at night. Sometimes it's just a single kick and sometimes it's several in a row. The other night when I was laying in bed, I had my hand on my stomach and I felt his kick on the outside! Shane has been trying to feel the kicks but hasn't caught one yet. They are very hard to predict. He even bought me an ice cream sandwich to get the baby nice and hyper. It didn't work, but the sandwich was delicious.