25 weeks down, 15 weeks to go 🙂
25 weeks
More soon to follow- today I am 26 weeks along! Can you believe it is the LAST WEEK of my SECOND TRIMESTER??
Cutest Hamper EVER...
I found this hamper today while shopping for the baby nursery. I absolutely had to have it. 😉
You can get it off of Amazon if you feel the same way about it I do. 😉
I start teaching again one week from today- I cannot believe how fast summer flew by! I didn’t tell any of my students that I was expecting last school year- so I’m preparing myself for the multitude of comments and questions from my ever-so-curious kids. Also, when the Headmaster asked if I was pregnant in May, I acted completely offended and asked him why he would say that- he was mortified, apologized over and over, then scurried off down the hall, red-faced. Trust me, this is a typical conversation in our professional relationship, however, usually the joke is on me! 😉 (And all of the other teachers and principals are completely aware of baby, and the joke on Mr. B). I can only imagine what his plan of revenge will entail when I come in to work next Monday. Whatever it is, it will have been worth it to see that look on his face. 🙂 We have such a great work family, I don’t know how I got that lucky. And I feel even more fortunate to be able to have Baby be a part of it.
We dropped our foster daughters off at a week long sleep away camp this past weekend. So, in addition to my last week of summer vacay, we also have a week all to ourselves! We slept in until 10:30 today!! First time in MONTHS that I haven’t been wide awake at 7:30. We have been enjoying it so much already! (Although, even on our “break,” we noticed we are talking about them all the time- wondering what they are doing, if they are having fun at camp, etc). I can only imagine how hard it will be to drop our own son off at camp for the first time! 🙂
Yesterday was another one of those days where I felt like I could actually see my belly grow! I told Ian last night that my belly grew a lot during the day, he started laughing and said he noticed the same thing yesterday afternoon, but didn’t think that I would appreciate a comment like that. 🙂 We will post pics soon.
xo
Our OB appointment went great today. Our midwife said everything is perfect and he is growing just as he should be. His heartbeat sounded strong, 150 beats per minute, and my baby bump is 25 centimeters now! I have gained SIX pounds (the first time in the whole pregnancy that I have gained weight), but the norm at 25 weeks is between 7-11 pounds. The doctor said that we will make our next appointment in three weeks, and after that we will come in every other week! We decided not to get another ultrasound done until we are a little further along so we can give Baby a little more time to build up some chunky cheeks for his next photo. 🙂
It seems like every day our incredible next door neighbors are knocking on our door with more of the cutest baby things imaginable. I cannot believe how lucky we are to have such great friends. They have saved us thousands of dollars in baby necessities. Yesterday they brought us over an inflatable rubber-duckie swimming pool and an activity mat for baby, and the day before, they brought over this GORGEOUS Bertini bassinet. If I could only figure out where to find this Valencia pattern, the whole nursery would be decorated like this. I love it. Not to mention the bassinet rocks and plays five different songs to help soothe the baby to sleep. I think this will be one of his favorite places.
Our new bassinet given to us by our wonderful neighbors
Little Numero Uno is now strong enough to make my belly visibly move when he kicks. Yesterday I had a bowl of chili sitting on my baby bump while I was eating lunch. This obviously was not to his liking because I took my hands off of it for a split second and he kicked it off, spilling tomato sauce all over my white shirt. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. When Ian got home, baby showed off his new trick to his daddy, who was just as amazed as I was- No tomato sauce involved this time.
Tomorrow is our 25 week doctor appointment. I can’t wait to find out how big he is now. 🙂 We will make sure to let you know what we find out.
Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.
~Carrie Fisher
24 week old fetus
I love being pregnant. I love feeling my little baby boy move around, interact with me, and push his little feet into my belly so I can actually see them. My time with baby is most special, however, at night. That is the time when Ian is home from work and our small little family is all together. It is the time when baby wakes up to have a little uninterrupted time with his mommy and daddy. It’s the time I look forward to, since he sleeps most of the day.
Having the summer off has allowed me to relish in every tiny detail of being pregnant. My day is consumed by feeling him kick, squirm and somersault around inside of me. I am dreading going back to work to teach in two weeks. Not because I don’t want to see my students who I’ve missed dearly, but because most of my time will be spent concentrating on my students instead of obsessing about every time baby moves.
It does seem though, that he is going to be making his appearance at the perfect time of the school year. I will only teach for 45 days before his due date. I work at a Jewish Day School, and the Jewish holidays work out so I will have the majority of October (and even a few days in September) off. I will then take 12 weeks off for maternity leave, then return with only 3 months left of school before summer vacation. And, the best part of returning to work in February– baby will be coming with me. I couldn’t imagine leaving him with a nanny or in daycare at such a young age. Instead he will come with me to work and spend his time in the baby room nursery with three of the most special, warm, loving nursery mommas around. Two of the teachers that I work with are also having their first babies around the same time my little bumblebee is due. Their babies will also be in the baby room and I’m sure they will all be best friends right from the start.
I cannot believe in just a little over 3 months our little one will arrive! He has gained four ounces this week and his skin is supposed to start turning opaque and pink very soon. He is as big as an ear of corn now, and my uterus is the size of a soccer ball! Woah. We are really looking forward to our doctor’s appointment next Friday, as we may get to see a 3D picture of our baby’s face (if he isn’t as shy as he was last month)!
Today we hit the jackpot with baby goodies! Our very generous next door neighbors have twin babies- a girl and a boy, about 11 months old. Today they gave us tons of baby stuff, and more is being sent our way! We got the cutest car seat you have ever seen, two car seat bases for our cars, a jumping seat, a baby swing, a gorgeous bassinet, and even a play pen!! The crib is up in the nursery, and we are starting to accumulate so many things for him that his room is starting to look like something you would see on TLC’s Hoarding: Buried Alive. Right now, we are just getting everything in the room until we decide exactly how we will decorate, but soon I will post pictures.
My aunt, uncle and cousin also brought baby some of the cutest outfits from Baby Gap I have ever seen. He even got his very first “I love my mommy” shirt! He already has a few “Daddy” shirts, so I was starting to feel a little left out. 😉 He’s going to be super styling.
We are leaving this morning for our big road trip and the baby is stoked. It is so strange, I swear it is like he knows something is happening. I have been awake since 4:30 am because he is kicking so consistently hard that I can’t begin to sleep.
We will be on the road a lot for the next two weeks, so more than likely I will not be updating my blog very often for a while, but never fear- we will be back blogging soon. XO.
The Mielke Way 