Week 20

A busy week in the second trimester! Unfortunately I had a nasty cold all week, but I took a day off and got some much needed rest. Paul and I toured St. Vincent's maternity center, the hospital where I'm set to delivery (mostly because that's where my OB practice is). The rooms were not as large as I had hoped, and although I'm sure it will be just fine I got the impression it wasn't really designed for women delivering unmedicated.

We had a great time at Stephanie and Josh's engagement party on Saturday. It was nice to spend the evening with family and friends and celebrate the good news of their engagement.

It's a Girl!!!

On the first day of week 19 Paul, my mom, dad, and I headed to my second trimester ultrasound appointment. This was the big day when we got to see our little one and find out if we're having a boy or a girl. When they first brought just me back to the ultrasound room to do the measurements our little one was being modest with her legs crossed, so the technician had me lay on my side to try to get her to move around a bit. I asked her nicely if she would cooperate since it was just family. Luckily when Paul and my parents came in we were able to see that she is indeed a little girl! And the best news was that she is perfectly healthy and growing right on schedule!

After the appointment we headed down the street to Avondale to grab a late lunch and go into some of the adorable & overpriced baby boutiques. In order to share the news we took a photo of Paul holding a little pink dress and texted it to friends and family. Next we went down to the Babies R Us at the Towncenter to begin the registry process. We spent an hour looking at strollers and nothing else! After an hour of playing with strollers we met the Roys for dinner at Bahama Breeze. My parents had to head home after dinner, but Paul and I made a mad dash to BabyGap and then we finally hit the road too.

It was such a great day! It felt like a celebration, with all of the exciting anticipation of Christmas but even better because this present is the best one ever!

Week 17 in Colorado

For the weekend of my 17th week we headed out to Longmont, Colorado for a friend's wedding.

We flew into Denver Saturday afternoon and headed to Longmont, about 45 minutes Northwest of Denver. The groom is a fraternity brother of Paul's, and so it was a bit of a reunion for him and the other four fraternity brothers that came up for the wedding. Saturday night we met up with the bride and groom and other wedding guests at a local brew pub to watch college football (and watch the Gators get whopped by Alabama!).

Before the wedding on Sunday evening, Paul and I drove out to Estes Park and up to the Rocky Mountain National Park. Lucky for us it was Elk season, so we got to see the Elk up close and personal - pretty cool until the huge buck with giant antlers started bellowing at us. With the crazy high altitude we weren't much for trekking on foot, so we mostly drove through the National Park. Amazing how quickly we were winded!

The wedding was Sunday evening, and was our first traditional Jewish wedding. It was a really neat experience and such a pretty location. The boys had a good time and managed not to get into too much trouble. On Monday we explored around Boulder and what I can only imagine is a rare occurrence in Colorado - rain! We got back really late Monday night and were greeted by two very happy dachsies.

16 Weeks!

Here are my belly photos at 16 weeks. I did these myself with the self-timer on the camera, so they're not the best. Last week was pretty busy with Paul's friend Adam visiting from Iowa and the boys going out a lot, and I was not feeling well with a stomach bug.

This week has been a blast from the past. My 10 year high school reunion is coming up this October so the e-mails from the old friends have started circulating. Through the e-mail chain I realized that a high school friend lives in Jacksonville, so we'll be meeting up for dinner next week. And thanks to facebook, I had dinner on Friday with a friend who goes back to being in our mom's bellies. My mom and her mom met in Lamaze class when they were pregnant with our older brothers, and then they were pregnant with us at the same time. We were friends while I lived in Tallahassee, but at lost touch over the years. Now I am 16 weeks pregnant with my first, and she is 20 weeks pregnant with her second - talk about coming full circle!!

I'll be starting prenatal yoga next week, and with finally updating this weekly I feel like I'm finally getting on course with all things pregnancy. Now I just need to catch up on my journal, book our various childbirth classes, and tour some hospitals...nothing much.

Nursery, Maternity Clothes, and Baby Bump

A few weeks ago Paul started transforming our office/mess room into our new baby's room. He put down pergo floor and painted the walls a soft jade green. We soon realized the green was a bit overwhelmingly and so Paul designed and built white shadowbox molding. I'm so excited to start decorating it now, it really looks like a nursery!

Also a few weeks ago, I noticed my clothes were getting a bit tight. Now everything but dresses and a few skirts don't fit, so I spent the day shopping for maternity clothes with my mom on Saturday. I'm excited to say I now have three pairs of pants, lounge pants, and another dress and shirt that fit, and hopefully will continue to fit as my belly gets bigger.

We've been slackers in documenting the pregnancy so far, but we finally took the first round of belly photos. More to come as the belly and baby grows.

Back to Beantown, but just for the weekend

On Friday, September 10th, I headed up to Boston for a girls' weekend with good friend, Tiffany. She lives in Connecticut and had never been to Boston, and since its still feeling like over 100 in the South, Boston was the obvious winner of our weekend destination. We went just for fun and it worked out that it ended up being likely my last girls' weekend away before our little one joins us.

We didn't do much of the touristy stuff, mostly just walked around the city enjoying some good food, sites, and beautiful weather. We caught a great little stand up comedy show and stopped by my favorite Marshalls to try on some ridiculous dresses. Before heading home on Sunday we had some yummy Chinese food in Harvard Square. Overall a super fun weekend away.

The big news...which is not so new now.

As most of you already know, I am pregnant! Safely well into my 13th week now and starting to get my energy back. So now that its really public I can share my progress with all you friends and family here. A lofty idea since I already have two pregnancy journals that are barely written in. I'm not planning on posting too much pregnancy related stuff on Facebook, so this will be the place for all info about Baby Behan. I'll try to figure out how to scan my the sonogram photos onto here although I'm not quite sure you'll be able to see much of our little peanut. Looking forward to sharing all the progression of our little one!