24 week appointment

I had my 24 week appointment yesterday! Everything went great, though it wasn't too eventful (I guess thats a good thing!). Raine is growing perfectly, I'm measuring right on target. We got to hear his heartbeat again, 142 BPM. He was moving the entire time, active as usual! I set up my next appointment for about 3 1/2 weeks from now. But the 3d/4d ultrasound is still on July 3rd! I wish I could fast forward time! I am so in love with this little person! He had been moving a crazy amount today, I'm sitting here feeling kicks and seeing my stomach move around. I'll have to get a video of it at some point! Anyway, thats all for now.

Weekend :)

Well its Saturday (technically Sunday, at 3am). Ian had off yesterday, we didn't get as much accomplished as we had planned. We won't be able to look at houses until this week now. We went shopping at a few stores and picked up some things for the baby. Friday we set up the appointment for the 3D/4D ultrasound! Its July 3rd! I am so excited, hopefully Raine will cooperate so we can get some good photos! I am so excited! Anyways, thats all for now, its 3am and I need to get some sleep. I've exhausted myself cleaning and packing tonight. I plan on finishing tomorrow so it will all be done before I start work on Monday. Here are photos of some stuff we got when shopping.

23 weeks

Well I am now in my 23rd week (23 weeks 4 days today), and I am feeling pretty good. Raines still moving about the same amount. I can't work in the Veterinary field while pregnant of course, so I got a job on Monday as an Administrative Assistant, working from 7am - 2:30pm on weekdays. I'm off on weekends and never work any hours but those. So its nice in a lot of ways, getting up early isn't so fun but I can't complain about going to work, coming home and still having the entire day to do what I want. The other Admin there is training me for a couple of weeks before she leaves, so it should be an easy transition. I went shopping yesterday for clothes for work (its business attire only, really strict rules on dress code of course), hit a few maternity stores and got a lot of nice things, then went to Macy's to get some makeup from Clinique that I'm low on. While at the counter another customer approached me and said she loved my makeup and asked if I do makeup professionally. I told her I do freelance makeup on the side, and told her how great the Clinique products are (I worked for Clinique at another store awhile back). The Clinique manager at the counter jumped on the opportunity to tell me that they are looking for a part time person, so I explained to her I already have a full time job and she asked if I'd be interested in working part time there in addition on the weekends/nights. So I said I'd be interested and put in an application. I know it would be a lot to take on (that would bring me from around 40 hours a week to 60 hours a week or more), and thats a TON to take on especially being pregnant. But we'll see. I start the administrative job on Monday.

Today I went into my new job and filled out paperwork for about an hour. Then went and looked around again for some more outfits that will work for pregnancy. Went to NY&CO, bought 3 more tops, a really cute Grecian style dress, a couple of pairs of sunglasses and some jewelry. Came home around 5pm, and packed up some more stuff in the house. I'm calling around about some houses tomorrow morning that I saw and liked. Hopefully we can get a few appointments and go and look at a couple tomorrow since Ians off of work tomorrow.

I should be scheduling the 3d/4d ultrasound in about 2 weeks. I miss my little one's face! It will be so nice to see him again! Thats about it for now.

Updates :)

Haven't written in a few days, so I figured I'd update. Everything is going great with the baby. Hes more and more active every day! My belly is growing at an insane rate. Every morning I wake up and look in the mirror and my jaw drops! My mom and I went shopping the other day, and got a few small things for the baby. We have a set date for the baby shower now, July 27th. We're having it a local firehouse. The theme is rubber duckies! I'm very excited about it, and am so thankful to have such a wonderful family fussing over me and making my baby shower perfect. Raine is one lucky baby! My next appointment is 13 days away. Its just a regular check up, not an ultrasound appointment. Pretty soon after this appointment I will start going once every 2 weeks instead of once a month. Thats so weird to think about! Time is flying by! Here are the things we picked up the other day for the baby:







My mom is doing an amazing job on the pregnancy scrapbook we are making! I will take pictures of some of the pages soon, it looks like shes been scrap booking forever but she just started!
I finally decided on bedding, we aren't going with the one I posted before, instead we are going with the Zoo set by Dwell Studio for Target. I absolutely love it, and the crib in the photo is the one we are going with as well. Its perfect.. I like it so much better than my last choice. We are also getting the matching dresser/changing table.




Thats about it for now. Boring, I know. Next week is going to be busy for us. We're looking at houses and possibly choosing one. Thanks for readin'.. ;) I'm almost 23 weeks, so heres a baby update! From Pregnancy.org:

Week Twenty-Three

• Proportions of the body are now quite similar to a newborn although thinner since he hasn't begun to form body fat.
• Bones located in the middle ear harden.
• Your baby is able to hear. (Dads, did you know: low-frequency sounds mimicking a male voice penetrate the abdomen and uterine wall better than the higher frequencies of the female voice?)
• The eyes are formed, though the iris still lacks pigmentation.
• The pancreas, essential in the production of hormones, is developing steadily. She has begun producing insulin, important for the breakdown of sugars.
• If born now, your baby has a 15% chance of survival, his odds going up with each passing day. .
• The average baby at this stage weighs 1.1 pound (501gm) and is 11.38 inches (28.9cm) long.