30 weeks

We went to the doctor yesterday. Everything looks good! He said that Lainey is growing well and is really stretched out. She has herself stretched up under my ribcage on the right side which is occasionally uncomfortable for me. But we are doing well and feeling pretty good. I got a little overzealous cleaning on Monday and pulled an ab muscle. I was back to feeling good by Wednesday though. I didn't realize how careful I have to be since my abs are stretched and moved around. I didn't do anything overly strenuous in my opinion, but the doctor said that sometimes even too much vacuuming can overdo it for a pregnant woman. So we are taking it easy.

My friends in Arizona are throwing me a shower on Sunday. I'm pretty excited for that. And my shower in California is going to be in September. Any of you out of state family, the shower will be on Sunday Sept. 21 at 2:30. If you are planning to come to my dad's wedding on the 20th and can stretch your travel plans out, I would love to have you there!

Love you!

29 weeks!

OK... here is the most recent picture of me. Taken yesterday at 29 weeks! We are growing!

By request!

As requested... here's a picture of me. This was taken on July 9th which puts me at about 25 weeks, so I'm a bit bigger now than I was four weeks ago. But, hopefully I can get someone to snap a new one in the next few days. :)


The new doctor's office was much nicer than my last one. I did the glucose tolerance test and another CBC and all tests came out normally. The cool thing about this office is that they email me when my tests are done and they are posted on a website that I can log into. I can see all my lab values for myself, which I really like!

Lainey is growing fast. She seems to be constantly in motion, but of course she stops whenever I offer for someone to feel her kicking. :)

Registry info

My registries are pretty much complete now for anyone interested in looking. John and I had fun putting it together. I was into finding soft fabrics and nice colors. John was more interested in inflatable tires on our stroller and testing all the rocking chairs. We have another appointment on Wednesday with a new doctor. Our last office was way too busy and we didn't even get to see the doctor most of the time. I really liked my NP, but she won't be there when Lainey's born and I want to know the person delivering her. Anyway, here's the links to my registries:

Babies 'R' Us Registry

Target Registry

I'm sure there will be another update at the end of the week after our appointment! Love to everyone!

She's waking me up now!

Lainey is a wiggle worm. Last night around 2 am she woke me up for the first time with some kind of happy dance she was doing. Maybe it's because I've been looking at buying her lots of cool stuff. :) I went to work on her registry yesterday with my friend Wendy. We had fun browsing the thousands of things at Babies'r'Us. I am planning to finalize a few additions to that and my Target registry this weekend. But if you are curious as to what we are looking at so far you are welcome to look them up. I'll post a link to each when we have them officially done.

Finally! Ultrasound pictures!!

I know they are so very late, but I finally had some time and a functional scanner to get our 18 week ultrasound pictures scanned and posted. We are in our 23rd week now... only four months to go! Yikes! Time to get that registry started! Lainey is really moving now. I was watching her beat out a rhythm on my belly this afternoon. It's amazing to SEE her kicking now.

Without further ado... Little Miss Lainey Marie!

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Apparently those three miniscule white lines mean she's definitely a girl.

Five fingers!

Smiling

Happy Father's Day!

Lainey gave John a nice Father's Day gift. She kicked him for the first time! :) We are growing more each day and I'm told she weighs about a pound now. I'm starting to think about registering for things, but boy is that overwhelming! Between all those aisles of stuff at Target to the monstrosity that is Babies 'r' Us, it is a daunting task. If anyone has tips on the must-have's and/or the don't-bother's please let me know!

P.S. I promise to get those ultrasound pictures up soon. We have a new monitor for our desktop, so the scanner is easily accessible again.