Week 21: Lions and cards and presents - oh my!

Week 21.
This week mom traveled to North Carolina for work. Of course I had to baby boy a present so I picked up this cute little hat.

 Me and coworker Jentry also finished an art project for the company apartment during our visit.

I received a sweet baby boy card from Stacia, Trenton Jade and Haas. Speaking of cards Owen's Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Stan have been sending us cards throughout the pregnancy - so sweet and thoughtful! Here are a few of our favs:

 Aunt Cheryl and Uncled Ed bought the baby a Cowboys set that Ed brought when he visited.

We also went and saw Bill Cosby this week. His comedy is so much about family and kids and it was fun to hear his comedy from a different perspective and time in our lives! 

Week 20: half-way mark, the gender, first kick, shopping!

Week 20 - we've hit the half-way mark! And with the half-way mark came a lot of firsts!

Tuesday, Oct. 5 marked 20 weeks.

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It's going to be a great week: today is officially 20 weeks - half way there. And this is the week we find out if the baby is a girl or boy! Get ready for some serious baby shopping on Saturday Owen Hein

Friday, Oct. 8 at 7:30am we had the anatomy appointment. We had a room all to ourselves and a large viewing screen on the wall. The technician let us know she would be taking all of the measurements and walking us through everything on the screen. We got our first shot of our little one at 20 weeks and 4 days.

 

The tech then started with the head and brain measurements and checked the blood flow. The next biggie she checked was the heart. 4 chambers, blood going to and coming from, heartbeat (167 bpm) - check, check, check.  So far, so good.

Then came the measurements of the boy parts (circled here) which was measuring at 2 centimeters... Owen is so proud.

Being a bit of a girly-girl I have to admit that I was a little dissapointed at first... and there might have been a few hormone-enduced, lack of sleep, coffee and food tears. But, we did both really want to have a boy first so after a post appointment visit to IHOP and calling our families we both couldn't be happier to be having a sweet baby boy.

When I arrived back at work my desk was decorated with pink and blue baby-themed flags and  a sign that said "Ask me if I'm having a boy or a girl."


Natalie, friend, Third Degree account exec and desk neighbor also made blue and pink cupcakes for the occassion (she's a cupcake pro). So the agency piled around my desk and everyone chose a blue (for a boy guess) or pink (for a girl guess) cupcake. 

In the meantime I pulled out my new ultrasound photos and announced to everyone "Look at him waving." Yes, the "him" totally gave it away but it was still a special moment sharing our news with all of my friends at work.


I posted to Facebook around noon and received such a wonderful response from all of our friends and family. We're very blessed.


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We're having a sweet, baby... BOY! Check him out waving to the camera!

Baby boy is moving his hand from side-to-side for his first wave!

On my way home that night Owen and I stopped at Target - we just couldn't help checking out the baby boy merch. We purchased a set of onesies and I have to admit that I've fallen asleep with one of those in my hands now a couple of times. And we both can't help but marvel at the tiny size and thinking about the baby that they will dress in a few months.

That night I went to my massage therapist for a late night appointment to help relieve some of the growing aches and pains. As I was laying on the table and she was about to start I felt a little bubble in my stomach. After a few minutes I realized that no, it wasn't gas but my first baby kick! The active tiny kicks lasted for almost the entire massage. What a big day!

Saturday, October 9
We've planned all week to go shopping today so around noon we headed into town (45 minute trek from Harrah). Our first stop, one of our favorite baby stores, was Storkland, where bought our baby's crib. It actually wasn't one of the ones we originally had picked out but knowing the sex changes perspectives on things. In 12 weeks our crib should arrive.

We then visited Super Target and started our baby registry which took a good couple of hours. Owen threw in something special for himself on the registry so we'll see if anyone brings that item to the shower. Owen has no shopping stamina so he quickly hit his limit. I starting wearing down too so we made one last stop to Baby's R Us to take a look a baby bedding options and then headed home.


As I am writing this post I just felt another set of kicks! Owen thought I was referring to the Dallas Cowboys that were kicking - ha!


Onto week...

Week 19: sweet tooth, parent's visit and cantaloupe

It's week 19: 

And we have a baby cantaloupe at 6 inches and 8.5 oz.

Baby's already has developed a sweet tooth! If sugar water is injected in the amniotic fluid, the baby drinks twice as much of the fluid as they usually does. Hm... I seem to have more of a sweet tooth lately too!

Photo courtesy of Thoughtfully Simple

I am still waiting patiently to feel the baby kick!


Photo courtesy of Cafe Press

We got to spend week 19 with my parents which was really, really wonderful. We had lots of baby conversations and made lots of decisions. Although, we're waiting patiently to find out if the baby is a girl or a boy to implement all of those plans or start spending!

I am still feeling great this week! My only complaint is just a little typical heartburn.

Fun Fact
When Lucille Ball was pregnant during her run on I Love Lucy, TV censors thought using the term "pregnancy" on air would be in appropriate. Instead, the script called for the actors to refer to Lucy as "expecting."

Courtesy of CNN.

On to exciting week 20. We'll be half way there and we find out if baby is boy or a girl... finally!

Week 18: Cribs, bedding sets and grandparents

Week 18 down 22 more to go!

Our little pickle is about 8 inches long and weighs a little more than five ounces.

Other new developments: the baby is now conscious of noises from the outside world and the sense of sight is evolving as well. Other skills baby's showing off: yawning, swallowing, sucking, hiccuping, and making faces.



Google image search came up with this pict for baby yawning and it was too cute to not post... even though we hope our baby will be much less hairy. 

We hung out this week with Owen's grandparents, Granddad and Granboddy, that were visiting from New Mexico. Here are some highlights.

Granddad bought the baby a stuffed animal - as his tradition goes. We named this soft kitty Mr. Tom after one of their favorite cats.

And Granboddy handmade us a Raggedy Ann and Andy doll. Awww. Sweet.

We also did a bit of crib shopping. Here are a few of our favorite crib styles. Once we decide on the crib one of the hardest decisions is to go with cherry to match the rest of the house or white. We may lean towards the white since we can paint my baby furniture white and because it would look great against the new cherry hardwood floors.  

Crib 1:

Crib 2:

Crib 3:

Crib 4:

We also found a few beddings sets we really like. One of our favorites, for a girl is this unique set by Cocalo Couture.

Photo courtesy of: Cocalo Couture

One of my favorite elements is the mobile with these great little birds - which I am sorta' obsessed with right now.

Week 17: travels, names and anatomy

Hello and goodbye to week 17. Here is what mom and baby were up to this week:

Visited the Broadmoor Hotel and Seven Falls in Colorado Springs for a business trip. Life is hard.

Baby grew to almost 6 inches and about the size of a sweet potato

Or the man sizing chart according to myboyscanswim.com the baby is the size of a hockey puck.

Decided on a new girl's name that I adore (it is growing on Owen):

Visited our OBGYN for a check-up. The heartbeat was 160 beats per minute which sometimes can indicate a girl!

I took the blood tests to determine if baby has any diseases that we should know about before birth. Those results come back in 10 days.

Photo courtesy of http://www.the-lawn.net/

We got our official date for the anatomy ultrasound where we should find out if it is a boy or a girl - October 8.

Week 16: somersaults, facial expressions and adorable toes!

Week 16 - It went by fast so the blog update will too!

Baby size: Five and a half inches tall and only six ounces in weight.

Baby's accomplishments this week:
1. Grasp with their hands, kick and somersault. Evidently, I should be able to feel the baby kick between 16-22 weeks.


Photo courtesy of Zazzle

2. Grew finger and toenails. Can't wait to see baby's adorable toes!

Photo courtesy of Baby Massage

3. Have enough calcium in their bones to show up on an X-ray.


Photo courtesy of Julienne

 4. Heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood. 

5. Baby can make facial expressions, such as squinting, yawning and grimacing: I found this cute picture of little Henry that is doing all 3 expressions at once!


Photo courtesy of Pundunt Chronicles

Update on mommy:
1. Still have a slight meat aversion although it is mostly limited to red meat now. Baby may be a vegetarian!

2. I feel great! 

Week 15: Baby avocado, bump's arrival, & the latest developments

Week 15? Check! Here are the highlights:

Baby is about 4 inches long, 2.5 ounces and is the size of an avocado.

Although, I wonder which kind of avocado...

mage courtesy of Hawaii Health Guide 

Another big development? I started to show for the first time. So, of course I scoured the Internet looking for other almost-16 week-preggo's bellies to make sure I was on target. This is by far Owen's favorite part so far - I have a feeling him and my belly are going to get really close over the next 5 months!


So, what did me and the baby do this week:


Made fingerprints.

Grew eyebrows and lashes. These images look like they should go on the eye kande blog instead - maybe I'll find a reason to recycle and use them again.

Learned how to hiccup.

And my favorite new trick? Baby started hearing! Which made it the perfect occassion to go watch my dad's band play at the Krustie Krab Marina in Lubbock this weekend.