Thinking about Baby Girl!

We've more and more been thinking/preparing for baby girl! Finally seems like we're having a baby...though we're definitely glad we still have some time to get ready. Blake and I had decided early on that I would not work this pregnancy (for everyone's sake, but mainly to try and have a term baby!), and that has been a real blessing to our family and we are really enjoying the free summer weekends together(though we seem to keep crazy busy!). Addie had one morning where she was concerned about just who was taking care of all those sick people at the hospital since I don't come in anymore...but confessed that she was glad that I no longer went there.

We are in the process of upsizing my mommy car and finding the appropriate nursery furniture/bedding for a little princess. Addie and Finn have gladly taken to sharing a room (I guess about a month back we moved Finn's little toddler bed into her room) so that we can all have a room upstairs and nobody will have to take up residence in our guest room!.Now we just need to get Finn's old room to look nice and girly!

We were blessed with some special handmade onesies for our princess. Addie said to me, "surely our baby wont be this small!". I told her given my history of smaller, earlier babies she's likely to be even smaller..."oh my!"

I sure wish I had a talent for the sewing machine!

23 weeks! I've gone from people not believing I'm pregnant...to hand magnet status! Huge!!

Today I had my trip to the perinatologist for my preterm consult. Things are pretty good and I have some new things to try as far as preemie prevention...It is reassuring to have such great midwives/doctors following me! The US tech said that our baby is about 1 1/2 pounds and has a good amount of fat on her frame for this early stage...she said usually the 3d US pics are not too cute at this stage and sent me home with many. However, I still felt like she looked a wee bit extra-terrestrial in 3d so I chose to share only this 2d pic from today's US.