For some odd reason, people keep asking for pictures of my belly!! So here you go..... still looks chubby in pictures but in "real life" it looks bigger! Crazy how that works!!!! 
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
21 weeks Pregnant... 19 more to go!
OMG, we're over the half way point already!!! WOW! That went fast!! Hard to believe!!!!
I went to the Dr. yesterday and everything is going PERFECTLY! Ive only gained 6 1/2 lbs. to date so that made me happy. I feel like Ive gained more but the scales said no! The baby's heartbeat was at 147, which is nice and strong!
Dr G said he was happy with the way everything is going so far. I am going back to see him again on October 8.
Oh, and I got my flu shot yesterday. Didn't hurt when she gave it to me but man oh man is my shoulder sore today!! OUCH! Hopefully that goes away soon!
So yeah, everything is going great. The baby moves a lot more during the day now!! Its so fun to feel it!! Still can't feel it from the outside but that'll happen in time!! Im really anxious for Craig and Cole to be able to feel it! Oh, and Emily's little boy Abraham too! He's sooo attached to this baby already. Its sooo cute. And he predicts its a girl! Hes 4 so right now hes the youngest and never really been around a baby, so he's really taken a liking to our baby... ALREADY!! He'll be wonderful once the baby gets here I have a feeling!! Gotta love Abe!
Cole is still set on the idea that its a boy!! If I say "her" or "she" in reference to the baby, he'll speak up and be like "him" or "he". Its so cute. I know he says he wants another brother (he's got a brother at his moms house who is 1) but Im sure he'll be just as happy with a sister!! So we'll see!
Think thats all the updates I have for now!
Til next time....
I went to the Dr. yesterday and everything is going PERFECTLY! Ive only gained 6 1/2 lbs. to date so that made me happy. I feel like Ive gained more but the scales said no! The baby's heartbeat was at 147, which is nice and strong!
Dr G said he was happy with the way everything is going so far. I am going back to see him again on October 8.
Oh, and I got my flu shot yesterday. Didn't hurt when she gave it to me but man oh man is my shoulder sore today!! OUCH! Hopefully that goes away soon!
So yeah, everything is going great. The baby moves a lot more during the day now!! Its so fun to feel it!! Still can't feel it from the outside but that'll happen in time!! Im really anxious for Craig and Cole to be able to feel it! Oh, and Emily's little boy Abraham too! He's sooo attached to this baby already. Its sooo cute. And he predicts its a girl! Hes 4 so right now hes the youngest and never really been around a baby, so he's really taken a liking to our baby... ALREADY!! He'll be wonderful once the baby gets here I have a feeling!! Gotta love Abe!
Cole is still set on the idea that its a boy!! If I say "her" or "she" in reference to the baby, he'll speak up and be like "him" or "he". Its so cute. I know he says he wants another brother (he's got a brother at his moms house who is 1) but Im sure he'll be just as happy with a sister!! So we'll see!
Think thats all the updates I have for now!
Til next time....
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Its a ... BABY!
So today we had our 20 week ultrasound!! Can you believe we're actually half way to our due date!! OMG!!!! Im so excited.
Normally at 20 week ultrasounds, you're able to find out the sex of the baby... however, we dont want to find out!! Craigs mom went with us today and even though she wanted to find out, we weren't allowing it!! (Sorry Linda!) And the funny part is that the baby cooperated with me and was curled up in a ball so you couldn't have seen the "goods" anyway! Good job baby Van Tornhout!!!
We got lots and lots of great pictures of our little baby!! This one here is a good shot of the baby curled up face down. The hand is up by the mouth and the legs are bent. Toward the knee is part of the cord!!!! The baby loves to be in this position. The ultrasound techinician kept pushing on my belly trying to get him / her to move and it wasn't happening!!! He/she loves to be curled up in a ball. So stinking cute!!! The head is on the right side of my belly and so the legs are to the left and thats what I get to feel kicking me every afternoon!!
This picture is here is of the baby on it's back. Nice profile picture!!!! We didn't get to hear the heartbeat today since Dr. G's machine is "old school" and doesn't have that feature but we did get to see it beat and it was beating at 158 beats per minute today!! Thats awesome!! Normally they say a high heartbeat tends to mean a girl and a lower heartbeat means a boy... theres tons of old wives tales about determining the gender of the baby, but we'll find out what he/she really is once their born in February!!!
This one is of my favorite pictures to date! The bay is curled up in a ball, but you can totally see the entire spine!! It amazes me that this baby is so small yet its so well defined when you look at the pictures!! AMAZING!! The baby currently weighs 11ounces!!! We're getting close to a pound. Isn't that just amazing!?!?!?
This picture here is of the baby's hand. It almo
st looks like its showing the "I Love You" symbol!! How awesome is this!!!
The appointment went GREAT!! I go back to the doctor on Monday for a regular check up. From there they should start getting me ready for my diabetes test which I think happens around 26 weeks. Then at my last appointment, Dr G. said that in a few more weeks, I'll get to go to the hospital for a fancy 3D/4D ultrasound!! How fun will that be!! I had one done in Chicago awhile back but it'll be neat to see it now that the baby has developed so much!!!
All in all everything is going great. I feel great and I love when the baby kicks every afternoon! Im still craving my sour candies!! And Ive been drinking a lot more chocolate milk so the baby gets the calcium it needs!!!
We have picked a date for my shower and so now I get to find the cute invites that I want! Im such a dork but I gotta get some monkey ones just because we've called the baby our little monkey for so long!! How exciting!!
Thanks to everyone for their never ending support!! 20 more weeks and we'll be bringing home a baby!!! OMG!!!!
Til next week....
Normally at 20 week ultrasounds, you're able to find out the sex of the baby... however, we dont want to find out!! Craigs mom went with us today and even though she wanted to find out, we weren't allowing it!! (Sorry Linda!) And the funny part is that the baby cooperated with me and was curled up in a ball so you couldn't have seen the "goods" anyway! Good job baby Van Tornhout!!!
We got lots and lots of great pictures of our little baby!! This one here is a good shot of the baby curled up face down. The hand is up by the mouth and the legs are bent. Toward the knee is part of the cord!!!! The baby loves to be in this position. The ultrasound techinician kept pushing on my belly trying to get him / her to move and it wasn't happening!!! He/she loves to be curled up in a ball. So stinking cute!!! The head is on the right side of my belly and so the legs are to the left and thats what I get to feel kicking me every afternoon!!
This picture is here is of the baby on it's back. Nice profile picture!!!! We didn't get to hear the heartbeat today since Dr. G's machine is "old school" and doesn't have that feature but we did get to see it beat and it was beating at 158 beats per minute today!! Thats awesome!! Normally they say a high heartbeat tends to mean a girl and a lower heartbeat means a boy... theres tons of old wives tales about determining the gender of the baby, but we'll find out what he/she really is once their born in February!!!
This one is of my favorite pictures to date! The bay is curled up in a ball, but you can totally see the entire spine!! It amazes me that this baby is so small yet its so well defined when you look at the pictures!! AMAZING!! The baby currently weighs 11ounces!!! We're getting close to a pound. Isn't that just amazing!?!?!?
This picture here is of the baby's hand. It almo
st looks like its showing the "I Love You" symbol!! How awesome is this!!!The appointment went GREAT!! I go back to the doctor on Monday for a regular check up. From there they should start getting me ready for my diabetes test which I think happens around 26 weeks. Then at my last appointment, Dr G. said that in a few more weeks, I'll get to go to the hospital for a fancy 3D/4D ultrasound!! How fun will that be!! I had one done in Chicago awhile back but it'll be neat to see it now that the baby has developed so much!!!
All in all everything is going great. I feel great and I love when the baby kicks every afternoon! Im still craving my sour candies!! And Ive been drinking a lot more chocolate milk so the baby gets the calcium it needs!!!
We have picked a date for my shower and so now I get to find the cute invites that I want! Im such a dork but I gotta get some monkey ones just because we've called the baby our little monkey for so long!! How exciting!!
Thanks to everyone for their never ending support!! 20 more weeks and we'll be bringing home a baby!!! OMG!!!!
Til next week....
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
We're Registered!
Hope everyone enjoyed the Labor Day weekend!!!!
We went and did our baby registry yesterday!! My sister Mandy went with us since she knew we'd be overwhelmed by doing it.... and so glad she went because she knew things we needed that we would have otherwise forgot!! It was so much fun!!! Craig got to use the scanner thingie and he was loving that!! We're all signed up at Target & Babies R Us! EXCITING!
Our weekend was good. We got a lot of little things done around the house which was good. Craig is laid off this week so he'll keep up on his Honey-Do list while Im at work!!!
ND played a great game Saturday!!! We went out to Emily's tailgate for a bit Saturday and that was fun!!
Our next doctor's appointment is next Tuesday... which is another ultrasound!! CANT WAIT!
Hope you're all doing well!
Til next week...
We went and did our baby registry yesterday!! My sister Mandy went with us since she knew we'd be overwhelmed by doing it.... and so glad she went because she knew things we needed that we would have otherwise forgot!! It was so much fun!!! Craig got to use the scanner thingie and he was loving that!! We're all signed up at Target & Babies R Us! EXCITING!
Our weekend was good. We got a lot of little things done around the house which was good. Craig is laid off this week so he'll keep up on his Honey-Do list while Im at work!!!
ND played a great game Saturday!!! We went out to Emily's tailgate for a bit Saturday and that was fun!!
Our next doctor's appointment is next Tuesday... which is another ultrasound!! CANT WAIT!
Hope you're all doing well!
Til next week...
Friday, September 4, 2009
Labor Day Weekend is here!
I haven't posted in a bit, so I thought I'd better give y'all an update!
My belly is getting bigger, and Im loving it!! I thought it felt "big" last week but when I woke up last Sunday morning, thats when I knew it really had "popped!!" Its so neat!!!!!
The baby looooooves to kick me!! Usually early afternoon the baby wakes up and I feel this "sensation" in my left side... thats the baby kicking!! We can't feel it from the outside yet, but hopefully in the next week or so, we'll be able to!! Craig can't wait for that. He's so antsy!!!
The baby's room is coming together nicely. Still a few more things to work on in there and then it'll be ready!! I bought some cute sleepers the other day.... one has frogs on it and the other has a giraffe!! Tooo cute!! I really really really don't like all the green & yellow stuff so I really haven't bought much! I'll save my money and go out shopping in February once the little booger is here and either get blue or pink stuff!!!
Im still craving sour candy! This poor baby is going to come out with a sourpuss look on its face! Poor kid!!! I keep Lemonheads in my drawer at work and I swear I pop them several times a day. At home, I keep a stash of Sour Patch Kids!! YUM... but oh so sour!!!!
Everything is going really well!! Next ultrasound is September 15 and I can't wait!!!!! I haven't had an u/s in like 7 weeks so I know this one is going to be awesome!!! The baby will look totally different from the last time we got to see it!!!! =)
We're going to register Monday!!! I can't wait!
Have a good long weekend!
My belly is getting bigger, and Im loving it!! I thought it felt "big" last week but when I woke up last Sunday morning, thats when I knew it really had "popped!!" Its so neat!!!!!
The baby looooooves to kick me!! Usually early afternoon the baby wakes up and I feel this "sensation" in my left side... thats the baby kicking!! We can't feel it from the outside yet, but hopefully in the next week or so, we'll be able to!! Craig can't wait for that. He's so antsy!!!
The baby's room is coming together nicely. Still a few more things to work on in there and then it'll be ready!! I bought some cute sleepers the other day.... one has frogs on it and the other has a giraffe!! Tooo cute!! I really really really don't like all the green & yellow stuff so I really haven't bought much! I'll save my money and go out shopping in February once the little booger is here and either get blue or pink stuff!!!
Im still craving sour candy! This poor baby is going to come out with a sourpuss look on its face! Poor kid!!! I keep Lemonheads in my drawer at work and I swear I pop them several times a day. At home, I keep a stash of Sour Patch Kids!! YUM... but oh so sour!!!!
Everything is going really well!! Next ultrasound is September 15 and I can't wait!!!!! I haven't had an u/s in like 7 weeks so I know this one is going to be awesome!!! The baby will look totally different from the last time we got to see it!!!! =)
We're going to register Monday!!! I can't wait!
Have a good long weekend!
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