31 Weeks

31 weeks isn't a picture week, but here's the info from Babycenter and "What to Expect..." He is over 16 inches long and just over 3 pounds, and headed for a growth spurt. He can turn his head from side to side, and he's starting to "plump out." He continues to move ALL.THE.TIME. I don't mind though. Often, it's clear that both arms and both legs are all moving at the same time. And, sometimes I'm certain he's just doing somersaults over-and-over until he gets dizzy. :)

As for me, the sleeping is a little better this week, but the sinus infection is also gone. Everything else continues. We're going Saturday for the 4D ultrasound. I'll post the pictures either sometime this weekend, or Monday night when I get home. It will likely be Monday night. I'll be posting then anyways because we have another appointment with Dr. Tabor.

And, because it seems to bug most of you when I post without any pictures, here's one of my recent favorites. It has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with any of the above, but like I said...I love it. Sweet Austin...Love's him some Uncle B! (And, I happen to love both of them VERY much!)

30 Weeks

Today we're 30 weeks! He *should* be about 15-16 inches long, and weigh about 3 pounds. This week, again, everything is just getting bigger. His eyesight is improving every day, though even at birth it will still not be very keen. A newborn's vision is about 20/400! No wonder they like things RIGHT.IN.THIER.FACES! He's still moving like crazy ALL.THE.TIME. It's been fun for us (and my patient's) to watch. For the first time, last night you could make out a body part poking out. I think he was stretching. It stayed out for a long time. Very cool. It happened again today. It was a hand. And, I must say, the cutest little hand I've ever seen! :) At 30 weeks, I tire easily, his movement hurts me, my back is killing me, I havn't slept more than 45 minutes at a time in about a week, and I can now tell you where EVERY bathroom in Fort Worth is...and which one's are somewhat clean. I have no stretch marks (yet), but you can see EVERY blood vessel in my body! BUT, he's worth it! Here we are when I got home a few minutes ago:

Here's a close up of the sign Brandon made. He is quite proud of this one. He says it's an accurate representation.

I had 2 sick patient's today (in a row) so I went to the mall to kill time. I didn't plan on buying anything, but saw this book and couldn't put it back down. I've already read it to him several times. It is definitely my new favorite! It won't be long before I won't need to read the words. I'll have it memorized.

I don't know why blogger insists on putting it over here. I give up.

Still NO Water!

(So, I'm tired, and couldn't come up with a better title. B is making fun. Oh well. You guys don't care about that anyways.)

We had another great appointment with Dr. Tabor! Yay! He said everything still looks great! Still NO water on his brain, everything is still growing as expected (or more than). He's still very long, and heavy, though I don't have the exact length or weight, only that he's measuring BIG still. Dr. Tabor couldn't get a good look at his back. He was sleeping on it and WOULD.NOT.MOVE. I say move...he moves constantly. He wouldn't turn over. Dr. T said it was fine. The head is the important part at this point. He checked the thing on his neck and IT'S GONE! The extra skin is still there, but the fluid is gone. He said, "now we just have an easier way to pick him up!" Ha. Again, like Becci said...like a puppy. :) Davis was "breathing" good, and in a steady rhythm and his heart was beating (and looked) perfectly. He was pleased that Davis has flipped back around. The last 2 sonograms we had, he was head down and that concerned Dr. T a bit regarding early labor/delivery. Today, he was head up! Yay! So, for the last week when I've complained about him "dancing on my bladder," it was accurate! I will not complain about that anymore! Dance away baby boy!

I am still doing fine. Still swelling, but still going down at night. Still having cramping and sharp pains, he said not to worry unless they don't stop. My blood pressure was a little higher than it has been, but they weren't concerned. It's still in the normal range. My temperature was a little low, still not concerned. And, my weight was EXACTLY.THE.SAME as it was 2 weeks ago. Ooops. The nurse said as long as the baby is growing, and the number doesn't drop, Dr. T probably wouldn't say anything about it, and he didn't. Phew.

Finally, WE HAVE A DELIVERY DATE!!!! Unless something goes wrong between now and then, we will have a baby around 7am on April 14th!!!! WooHoo!! He will watch closely, but that will likely be the date. He doesn't anticipate any problems. Again, phew.

Ok, so maybe the last paragraph shouldn't have started with "finally." I'm not quite done yet. :) I have pictures today! The sonographer always comes in and measures everything first, then Dr. Tabor comes and looks at everything. When the girl was measuring, we watched him yawn! I've seen a LOT of things on ultrasound, and yawning isn't one of them! She was able to rewind it back, and "took a picture" right in the middle. Then, he was making faces. Cute. It wasn't a regular ultrasound. We could make out all kinds of things you can't normally see. We could tell that he is 100% a Wyatt. His face is shaped like EVERYONE born a Wyatt. Square face, pointy, yet flat chin. In one of the pictures they caught, he was making a face that big cousin Logan has made frequently since birth. I have said all along that I really thought Davis would look like Logan. That face sealed the deal. Here they are. I know, most of you won't be able to tell what you're looking at, and the pictures are dark and fuzzy, but some of you will be able to tell.

This one is the yawn. Forehead on the left, chin in the middle, body blurred out on the right. His right arm is over his chest, just below his chin. The big black spot on the far left is his eye with a shadow.

Sort-of the same. Forehead on the left, chin in the middle, body on the right. You can see his fist just to the right of his chin. This is the one where he was making the "squished mouth face" that Logan has always made. You can also see Brandon's face shape here too. Like a friend once said...It's a good thing I'm carrying him for 9 months; no one would otherwise know he was mine! :)

As always...THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your prayers! Keep 'em comming! We go back to see Dr. Tabor on March 1st. He said he was so pleased with how things are going, he will not be doing an ultrasound next time! Boo, but YAY!!!!!

Sneak Peek

Davis' room is really starting to come together. We still need some important things, but the "big stuff" is there (my parents bought Davis his crib, but I don't yet have a picture of that).

This is what Brandon and I got each other for Christmas:

And, this is what we got each other for Valentine's Day. We got it at an unfinished furniture store, and B stained it.

And, nothing to do with the baby...This is what I found in the yard at one of my patient's house yesterday:

And, this is what I found in MY yard when I got home. I don't know if you can read it or not, but it's our initials. :)

I'll post more pictures of the room once it's complete. Yes, we have TONS of books. I still have another box somewhere, but for the life of me I cannot remember where we put it. We'll keep looking. Seriously, the number of books already boarders on nuts, but I LOVE children's books, and there are so many more we need...yes, need. Ok, maybe I just really want them. :) You would never know how much I HATE to read! By the way, Davis doesn't need to know that! He will have MANY books read to him daily until he can read himself!

I'll be back Monday night with the update from the appointment with Dr. Tabor. Please pray!

29 Week Snow Day!

UPDATE: Now that the snow has stopped, we just watched the noon news and they said that officially, Weatherford got 12.4 inches of snow! :)

Yesterday was 29 weeks! All my info says he's approximately 2 1/2 pounds, and about 15 inches long. We know that's not accurate. We'll see for sure when we go see Dr. Tabor Monday. Nothing new...he's just getting bigger. He's moving like crazy all day long, and ALL over the place at the same time. Sometimes a blow to the lung and bladder at the same time are just plain painful! :) That's ok though. I don't mind. He is beginning to move more when we read to him, and when I'm listening to certain songs in the car. Earlier this week, one of my patient's was wearing a new shirt. I told her that I liked her new shirt. She looked at me with this "look" on her face (you know...the attitude one), and said "Mrs. Besti, you can't wear it. Your tummy's to fat." Well, ok. I did tell her that even after the baby is born, I'm certain I still wouldn't be able to wear it! :) I love my kids!

When we woke up this morning, everything was covered in snow! Not ice, just snow! Brandon could do without it, but I LOVE IT! It started out here sometime between 1-2am early Thursday morning, and right now at 12:30am Friday morning, it's still going! 23 hours later! Unbelievable! At the time of the 10pm news, we'd gotten 9 1/2 inches, and still more comming! I have no pictures of us, but I have some of the snow.

The view on my way home from work. Yes, I was driving...I know..."don't do that!"

Another one from the road.

Part of the back yard. Notice that part of the fence is missing! :) There has been NO wind, therefore, no drifting. We just watched it slowly "grow" this afternoon.

Front yard.

Front yard a little later. Love it!

Our poor neighbor! Left to run an errand, and couldn't get her car back up the driveway! I feel bad laughing, but look at it...Sorry Veronica! Brandon went over to see if he were to shovel the snow away, if it would still be to slick for her to get up, and it was. Again, sorry Veronica!

The pictures do the snow NO justice. We have had HUGE, beautiful snowflakes falling ALL.DAY.LONG. Again I say, I love it! The slush on the roads today is currently turning to a thick layer of ICE. At least we'll get to sleep in tomorrow! I love snow days!

I mentioned it before, but we go back to see Dr. Tabor Monday morning. I'll post about it when I get home from work that night. We'll have another ultrasound to look at his head, neck, back, etc. Thank you for your prayers!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Shower #1

Yesterday some of the girls I work with threw a baby shower! It was fun! It was small, and gave us all a chance to talk. Here are some of the pictures. You can also see my haircut! It's not exactly what I wanted, but it never is the first time. It always takes a few times to get it just right.

Yum!

One of the hostesses made those booties! How cute are they?! Thanks Kristin!

Yes, it tasted just as good as it looked!

We were laughing because someone said that sleeper was for Brandon...no sissy clothes for his boy!

This is a rug we had planned on buying for Davis' room, but my mom and dad got it! :)

Thanks girls!

28 Weeks

Today we're 28 weeks...officially 7 months. I laugh at some of my "statistical information" now because he should now be about 15 inches long and weigh about 2 pounds; both of which we had surpassed 3 weeks ago. Oh well...Close enough. As of this week, his eyes are now able to open/close and they're sporting eyelashes. No doubt the long, thick eyelashes that all girls dream about but never get, and all boys seem to have. Perfectly annoying the way that works out. Here we are when I got home a few minutes ago.

We're going to Abilene tomorrow. I have a dentist appointment and I'm getting my hair cut (short, again). It's a short trip though, my first baby shower is Saturday in Fort Worth! I'll post pictures of the hair and baby shower later this weekend. Happy Friday!

Relief

The appointment went great today! It was really the first "uneventful" appointment we've had since early November. I'll take it! It was actually an appointment more about me than anything. When we first started seeing Dr. Tabor, he said he would be seeing us every 2 weeks and would do an ultrasound every time. Well, no ultrasound today. He said that everything has been looking so good, and ultrasounds cost us extra on our insurance policy, he didn't want to, or need to, do one today. For the record, I would have been more than willing to pay the extra money to get to see the baby. Oh well. It was weird having an appointment about me! There was much talk about blood pressure (which was perfect), weight (a little under, but good enough), swelling (he's not concerned because my blood pressure is fine and it typically goes away at night), etc. You know...normal stuff! They measured me and I'm measuring small, but Davis is measuring BIG. Fine with me! His heartbeat was good, but they couldn't get an exact reading because, as always, he wouldn't be still long enough. :) We also talked about overdoing it...ooops. And, the contractions I've had. He said just keep an eye on it, and call him if there are more than 5-6 in an hour. Phew...we're good there. I didn't have that many. He wants me to start keeping track of movement, and at least once a day sit still and count them. If I count less than 10 in an hour, again, I'm supposed to call him. That shouldn't be a problem. He moves ALL.THE.TIME. He's starting to kick me in the lungs...it hurts (and I know will only get worse), but they say those are his feet, so I'll just take the pain. I'm not about to scold foot/leg movement!

We also talked c-section again. I explained my concerns with waiting until 39 weeks. I told him I was certain I would worry myself into labor during the 5 days he would be out of town right before. He laughed and said he couldn't have that. So, we will have a birthday on one of three days...April 12th, 13th, or 14th (which is one day before 38 weeks). He said he would feel more comfortable doing another amnio first just to make absolutely certain that his lungs are ready to go. He will likely do the amnio on Thursday the 8th (or Friday the 9th), and we'll go from there. He said unless it's an emergency, he doesn't ever schedule births on April 15th. He thinks it's cruel to saddle a kid with such a horrible birthday...for life! Ha! He really can be funny sometimes. Closer to time, we'll get an exact date. I like the 12th. We will see.

We go back on Monday, Feb. 15th. He said he will definitely do another ultrasound. As always, thank you for your prayers! We still need them, and can't tell you how much we appreciate them!