15 Weeks!

 

Baby Guy

*Size of an apple

*Roughly 4 inches from crown to rump

*Weighs approx. 2.5 oz

*175 days to go!

 

 

 

As of today I'm (finally) 15 weeks.  I say "finally" because I thought that's where I was when we went to our ultrasound appointment last week, only to find out that they would be pushing my due date back.  After talking to one of the ladies in our church's home group, I'm pretty much at peace in knowing that this baby is just gonna come when it's ready.  And no stinkin' due date is going to be able to say when that will happen!  She said that with both of her babies, the dr's changed her due date, one by as much as 3 weeks, and wouldn't ya know it... her baby was born 3 weeks early. 

 

My second trimester is going great so far.  I'm not nearly as tired as I was during the first and my appetite is definitely back, but I'm not sure if that's a good thing!  I have noticed some swelling in my feet and ankles, as well as more frequent headaches.  I'm just trying to drink lots of water and to get up more frequently at work.  I'm pretty positive my desk job isn't helping with the swelling.

 

I started a couple of registries, but haven't made them public yet.  I've basically just added some of the items that the gender won't effect it being needed.  I'm just not a big fan of gender neutral clothes, but I'm debating purchasing some of the bigger items in gender neutral tones.  Babies are expensive and I don't want to have to purchase everything again when we try for #2!  Having a registry will also be a great checklist for when we start purchasing the things we'll need. 

 

The nursery is kind of a smaller room so I'm thinking of lots of ways to make it efficient to store and organize everything we'll need.  We just purchased a new bedroom set (that will be delivered this week - yayyyy!!) for us and we plan on moving the dresser, mirror, and chest that we already had into the babies bedroom.  It's a dark cherry color, so I'm on the hunt for a beautiful crib to match.  The room also has to good sized closets that are side by side, so we shouldn't be lacking for room for baby's clothes.  I just need to get all of my craft and random boxes that I've had piled in there for the last few months moved out...  I'm thinking we'll probably put the chest inside one of the closets to give a little more space in the room itself.  I can't wait to be able to paint and decorate!

 

I'm undecided as to whether I want to place a changing pad on the dresser or get one of the cribs that has the attached changer on the side, which also means we'd have extra storage underneath.  My mom said that she never even used a changing table, so it makes me wonder if it would be something that I would regret even messing with.  I do like that with the changing table option on the crib the baby would be facing me during each changing, instead of me standing to the side while baby lays on the dresser changer - it seems like it would just be a lot easier to do it that way. 

 

Please continue to keep us in your prayers!  =)