Growing Belly- 29 weeks

12/29/08: She's now 15 inches long and weighs 2 1/2 pounds (same as a butternut squash). I feel like I've been growing bigger each week and it's getting harder to bend over and put my shoes on! I can't believe I'll be at 30 weeks in a few days- wow! She likes to kick a lot and it's pretty strange (but neat) to feel a hard little foot or elbow press up against your hand when you put it on my belly. The doctor had us start doing "kick counts" starting at 28 weeks to make sure I get 10 kicks in an hours time, but I usually get the 10 kicks within about 10 or 15 minutes (usually after dinner). She's a mover!

We had our 2nd childbirth prep class last week and watched some videos on labor and birth. Wow ~ good thing we have about 10 more weeks to prepare for that! We like the classes though, they're informative and we get to spend time with other couples that are all due in February or March.

We hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. We had a good Christmas and got to see lots of friends and family over the long holiday weekend. Love ya guys. Till next week...

Growing Belly- 28 weeks

12/22/08: Merry Christmas everyone! I am now officially in the third trimester and the baby is about 14.8" long and weighs 2.25 pounds (same weight as a Chinese cabbage). Everything is going good but I have found myself to be more clumsy these days! Not to mention my balance isn't what it used to be ~ standing on one foot is a little more challenging. Other than that we are doing great.

Well we hope you enjoy the holidays and have a very Merry Christmas. ~Seren & Nathan

4D Ultrasound....Amazing!

12/14/08: We had a 4D ultrasound done and we got to see our little girl floating around. Mom & Cary were visiting and got to see her as well. The place we went to did a 15 minute "show" and then made us a video and disc of the pictures that we could take home and watch over and over again (we've already watched it 2 times since yesterday)! The pictures are great but the video is really amazing to see.

We've attached some of the 4D images. She had her foot up by her head pretty much the entire time and looked as though she was trying to eat it! In the very last shot, you can see her hand perfectly against her face (and we counted 5 fingers)- that one is my favorite. Nathan thinks she has an unusually large thumb, we'll have to wait and see if that's true!

Growing Belly- 27 Weeks

12/14/08: She's definitely been growing and I'm getting bigger too! She now measures 14 and a half inches long and weighs almost 2 pounds! She weighs the same as a head of cauliflower. I bought my first pair of maternity pants this weekend since my regular pants are starting to get a little tight around the waist! I'm sure this belly is just getting started as we have 3 more months to go! See above blog for pictures of her inside the belly! We did a 4D ultrasound today and it was pretty amazing.

Growing Belly- 26 weeks

12/7/08: She's now grown to 14 inches long (same as an English Hot House Cucumber) and 1 & 2/3 pounds! She's getting bigger and I am too! Not too much new has happened this last week.

She's still kicking around in there. Jody came down for a visit this weekend and got to feel her move!