Julietta's words

Funny quotes from Julietta in the past couple weeks.

"Pooping makes me hungry!"
"Daddy your so weird!" (after watching Lion King)
"It smells INTERESTING!"

Those are just some random ones. She's been so funny though that I didn't want to forget her little sayings. I'll add some more as I think of them :)

Week 23 kinda

Well, we did not take a picture this past Sunday. So now here I am 23 weeks and 3 days and it's Wednesday and still no picture, so I'm just going to post without one! We had a very busy week last week! Randy's parents came in Wednesday and were here until Sunday! It was wonderful to see them. We've never really spent time alone with them and that was very special because who knows if and when we'll get to do that again! Then.... Randy graduated on Thursday! He's officially an army diver :) YAY! Friday was our appointment and everything went great. Little boy wouldn't move his hands or feet from his face to get a good shot. But he's measuring good. He was weighing about 1 pound and 6 ounces. I gained WAY too much weight this past month so I'm really watching it. As soon as we get to VA I've got some nutrisystem left so I'm going to do that for about a month to try to level it out! Very frustrating and dishearting! I wish I could be one of those TINY women pregnant and be adorable, guess not! And on Julietta and the ocean Randy just grabbed her on Friday and took her out, and she loved it! They were jumping the big waves. It's all she can talk about! We saw a pack of about 20 or more dolphins that were SO close. Randy was right up on one! That was pretty amazing! Then Sunday was mothers day, and Randy took his parents to the airport while I finished some school work. Then for dinner we went and got chinese. I have been craving Chinese food since we moved down here and we haven't found a place. So finally we went searching and it was AMAZING! So this next week is going to be VERY busy. We are packing up and leaving Sunday. We will get as far as we an that night and then make it the rest of the way to mom's on Monday. Then get all our baby stuff and leave Jules at mom's house and get to VA on Tuesday. Pray for us that we can find a place fast! So, I'm going to post some of the ultrasound pics and some pics with Randy's parents. I don't have a ton, his dad took a lot so I'm waiting for them to send them to me. Also there's a picture of Randy and I at his graduation. I look HUGE! I don't look that fat in person but it's the only one I got!

WHAT'S UP WITH BABY:
Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With his sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that he's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound, you may be able to see him squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing him for entry into the outside world.

22 weeks

Well not much happened last week. Randy was in the field from Monday til Thursday. I took Julietta to the pool a couple days with some friends and surprise surprise she got in and loves it! Still FREAKS out if water gets in her face, but it's a big step that she likes to get in! We had some people over Saturday night and just kinda hung out at the house. Most everyone is leaving right after graduation so it was our last weekend with everyone down here. Other than that nothing really happened. This coming week will be our BIG week with Randy's parents coming, graduation, doctors appointment, and leave starting!!!

WHAT'S UP WITH BABY BOY!?
Well he's moving a lot still. We still have no names, but that's okay. I spoke with Aunt Marsha to see if there were any other family names that would have meant anything to dad, but there's not. We would like to do something, but sadly I don't want to stick my kid with Harry. I'm at about 11 pounds to 12 pounds of gain so far. I got addicted to iceepops this past week. I ate a TON of them. Something about the ice and sweet just hit the spot. I mean I turned down ice cream to have these things. That's how much I was addicted. Well, I didn't think they were THAT bad for me until I noticed they had about 100 calories in each one! YIKES! Soooo needlessly to say I think that's where some of the weight this past two weeks came from. So no more!!!Acording to Babycenter he should be at 11 inches and almost 1 pound. He is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily. We'll see how he looks this coming friday!

21 weeks!

WHAT'S UP WITH US!?
Our friend Travis came down to visit for a week and that was great fun! We hadn't seen him since we moved so it was a much wanted visit! Julietta had a blast with him, and was so excited to see him! We went to our pool this weekend and Jules still doesn't want to really get in. She rode around on her turtle for a bit, and then sat on the edge kicking. I'm not sure what to do. Last year she loved the pool, and this year she seems a little bit scared. I'm hoping that we can get up to Al and Laura's and when she sees Sawyer having such a fun time she'll get in! We have a countdown now! Randy graduates in about a week in a half :) We'll probably stay around about another week and then start the move on the 17th, is the plan. However, we haven't found a house so that could delay things! Please pray that we found a great house in a good neighborhood for the right price. Other news right now it looks like Randy won't deploy when he went to VA, so that's good.
WHAT'S UP WITH BABY BOY!?
Well he's still a mover! He kicks and punches me all day. He really like to kick my bladder. I've been feeling pretty good. I've got some bad back pain sometimes and our couch sinks so sometimes sitting on our couch is pretty uncomfy! Other than that though I've been feeling good. I think I'm about at 9 pounds of gain right now. Which I just hate watching the scale go up, so... we'll see. Since they'll do the C-Section at 39 weeks, I only have 18 more weeks to go for sure. Maybe less if he comes early like Jules. So here's my belly picture for 21 weeks. There's no denying it now! haha :)

Your baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long. You may soon feel like he's practicing martial arts as his initial fluttering movements turn into full-fledged kicks and nudges. You may also discover a pattern to his activity as you get to know him better. In other developments, your baby's eyebrows and lids are present now. Here's an inside the utero shot of what he should look like!

20 weeks

Well, we never got around to taking a 20 week picture! I know, I'm horrible :) Nothing really went on last week either.
WHAT'S UP WITH THE BABY:
Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure,measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)

He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).

WHAT'S UP WITH US:
well this week, not much went on. We are just trying to deceide when we are moving, and finding a house to move into! Other than that nothing new. Baby boy moves A LOT. I didn't keep a journal or pictures or anything with Julietta which is really sad and makes me mad. So I don't remember everything but I think he moves a lot more than she did. We don't really have a name either! haha. Just that we are going to do the nursery in star wars :)

Happy Easter and 19 weeks!

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH US:
this week was a good week! Of course I had those doctors appointments but, we just had a fun weekend. Julietta and I went to the park friday afternoon. Since we've moved here she has become a little timid. She doesn't like to walk on the playground because it has small holes in it. Well friday, she took off! She was running and having a ball. Saturday we just hung around the house in the morning and then Saturday afternoon after nap we went out to the mall and then to the beach. Julietta went to the book store with Randy while I went to target to get easter basket stuff and she loved going someplace with just daddy! Sunday we got up and went to church and Julietta had a great time playing with the kids. Then we came home and she ate the candy that they gave her at church, and took a nap. Then we had our easter egg hunt and she ate candy for awhile! Needless to say last night she was HYPER! We couldn't get her to stop! She was really hilarious :) Randy is doing great in the art compitition he's gotten several awesome feedback so we're excited to see where he'll place. They are doing their last little bit of work stuff and then they have a week in the field before graduation. I was able to schedule my next appointment for May 8th and Rands will not be in work so he will finally be able to go and see an ultrasound of this one. We still have no names! However the little boy is a moving machine. He kicks my bladder a lot! Around 5:30 he starts to get REALLY active. Randy was actually able to feel him kick the other night. A lot earlier than with Julietta, and he seems a lot more active! Great! hehe.

WHAT'S UP WITH BABY! :
Your baby's sensory development is exploding! Her brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that she may be able to hear your voice now, so don't be shy about reading aloud, talking to her, or singing a happy tune if the mood strikes you.

Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces and measures 6 inches, head to bottom. His arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of her body now. His kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on his scalp is sprouting. A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on his skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid.

IT'S A....... ;)

DOCTOR'S VISITS!
well this week I had 2 doctors appointments. I met with the Perinatal doctor and he did an ultrasound and then looked at my blood work. All the screens for birth defeats came back negative. The baby looked healthy in the ultrasound, including the spine and the flow to the brain which is what they were concerned with about my antibody. Now the news with my blood. I have an antibody anti-S in my blood. The specialist believes I got it from the miscarriage this past year. He said that my body most likely just built it up because of something to do with the miscarriage. They also ran a tighter on the blood work to get the number, and I had a 1-2 number. They go up into 1-4, 1-8, 1-12, and then 1-16 and so forth. They do not really worry about it until it gets to 1-12 or really 1-16. So that looks good like it will not be an issue. He is having me get the blood work done again in 3 weeks to check the number. I gained 4 pound this month so I'm now at a 6-7 pound gain so far. So..... I need to keep a watch on it, because I do not want to gain more than 25 pounds!

Now about that ultrasound......

I got there and asked the tech if she would tell me if they could see and she said yes. So she put the tool and it was right where the legs were and they were apart and she goes "YEP, that's a boy!" And then they did a lot of measuring, and looking at all the bones and everything. It was neat to see. He had his little feet crossed at the ankles and was just chilling in there until I said he's not really moving, and then he kicked out his legs and starting kicking like crazy! They also said that he was weighing about 10 ounces. Which is a little bigger than what babycenter said but about right! Now we just have to pick out names. Julietta actually showed excitement! Now, she keeps saying that's baby brother growing in mommy's belly. When he comes out I want to play with him! How sweet is that?!
So here's the pictures!!!!
Okay, the top two pics are of a profile with his hand over his face, and then his little feet!
Then the next two pics are of little boy parts, and then his leg. You can kinda see the thigh, calf, and then the feet and the feet are crossed in this pic.
Then the bottom two pics are boy parts and profile again :)