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Baby C has a name!

Only 14 more weeks to go. The baby is now 2 pounds and almost 15 inches from head to toe. According to the books, my uterus is the size of a basketball. I believe it though, my stomach has been doing a lot of growing. I will try to post some pictures within the next couple of days.

I have made it my goal to sign up for our baby classes before the end of this week. I might be going "class crazy" but I think I should soak up all the info I can.

We have finally decided on a name for Baby C. It will be Carson Emmet Carpenter. Carson is a name that Shane and I have liked for several years and Emmet is a combination of mine and Shane's middle names (EMMa and ETron). Just typing the name makes me tear up. I am so excited to meet the face behind the name.

3D Pics

Today was a wonderful day! We had another ultrasound that confirmed that Baby C is growing perfectly. They even surprised us with 3D pictures. I was reading that if you could see your baby now you would recognize him at birth. The pictures were difficult to take because he was being very active but the nurse was able to get a few good ones that showed his facial features. I think he is the cutest baby ever.

6 Months

My 6th month has begun. The baby is now the size of an ear of corn and weighs 1.5 pounds.

He has had a rough couple of days though. I got the flu on Wednesday night. I'm trying to drink lots of fluids to rehydrate myself and I've checked his heartbeat and it's still strong. It was a little hard to stop the nausea with a baby doing gymnastics in there, but we made it through.

I'm still able to wear my regular work pants but now instead of just not buttoning them, I can't zip them either. I wear either a belly band or a stretchy tank top to keep them up. It works well for now.