Shower #2 for Charlie and Me

Albeit a few weeks late, I have pictures to share from such a wonderful day.  Matt's sister, Courtney, and my sister, Meredith, threw me the nicest shower.  They both really outdid themselves.  I know they both have been working hard with their respective jobs (both of them are speech pathologists!) and felt honored that they spent so much time and hard work in making Charlie and I feel very special.  So, here is picture overload.  Thanks to much picture sharing and Debbie's good friend/Courtney's boss, Laura,  who took awesome pictures of the day!

Me arriving at the shower:

with my mom...

The girls hard at work:

The food was delicious.

There were kinds of cute decorations.

They had such a cute idea where they had onsies and burp clothes with iron on appliques for each guest to personalize for Charlie.  Then everyone left him a sweet note to go along.

Charlie's many presents:

Matt and I are honored to have so many people who are sharing in our excitement and joy over our little boy.  We are truly blessed to have such a large support system from our family and friends. 

We look forward to introducing Charlie to everyone very soon.

Week 34

Week 34

Size of baby: size of a cantaloupe

Total Weight Gained:  20 pounds

This week:

Not much to report.  We've been busy hanging out with friends.  It's been a good, uneventful week.  I had a great doctor's appointment.  I only gained a pound which I was happy about.  My blood pressure was 116/64 and his heart rate was 152.  According to my doctor, my belly was measuring on target and Charlie is growing just as he should.

My stomach continues to grow and I just can't get over how big I am looking, but I definitely feel as big as I look!  :-)  I continue to feel Charlie.  I've had a little heartburn this week and I think I'm finally noticing that there's not as much room in my stomach.  I think it's good that I've made it this long.

Week 33 and a half

Week 33...and a half!

Size of baby: size of a cantaloupe

This week:  Well, for starters, I totally forgot to take my 33 week picture.  So, maybe I'm more forgetful.  Can I blame it on pregnancy brain?!  We have been busy this week in all honesty and if I don't get Matt to take the picture in the morning, I'm very likely to forget. 

I had a busy work week so the week went by fairly quickly.  I haven't been sleeping as well these days.  I've always loved my sleep and throughout the pregnancy, my sleep hasn't been near as good.  I toss and turn and now I feel like I can only sleep on one side for so long before my hip starts to hurt and I have to roll over.  Plus, I run back and forth the bathroom.  I know it's all the normal stuff, but I really miss sleeping good and look forward to the day that it happens again...in about 18 years, right?  Matt thinks I'm just getting prepared for once Charlie comes along.  Other than my lack of sleep I feel good. My feet have started to swell a little bit. They don't look too terribly bad yet. I can't get enough of Matt rubbing them. :-)

Charlie has been moving around like crazy.  I love that he's been so busy.  He's so much bigger and it's so weird when we feel his little feet moving and see my stomach moving.  I love feeling my little baby.
 
We have several fun weekends planned and had some good times hanging out with friends so that's what we've been doing to keep ourselves busy.  Of course, Matt's been keeping up with basketball.  I've tried to watch some of the games but was pretty uninterested after VT didn't make it in. 
 
Other than that, I've been thinking about all the things for us to do before Charlie arrives like pack my bag for the hospital, make sure everything is set up with work including all my paperwork for leave, get some of his stuff set up and ready to go for when he comes home, etc. so I guess we'll spend the next month getting ready. It's fun to think about him coming soon.  Matt and I just keep getting more and more excited. I really can't even begin to express how truly excited we both are to meet our little boy!

Week 32

Week 32

Size of baby: size of a sack of potatoes

Total Weight Gained: 19 pounds

This week: I feel huge!  :-)  I was told this week that I'm beginning to waddle.  Not sure that I took that as a compliment!

It's been a baby full week.  We had breastfeeding class Tuesday night, met a pediatrician on Wednesday evening, and yesterday morning I had another doctor's appt. As for our classes, we only have one more class on infant CPR this coming Monday and then we will have finished our 6 weeks worth of classes. I'm glad we took them but they are a little exhausting week after week. We will also have a tour of the hospital which we will take in April.

I had an ultrasound scheduled to get a check on my amniotic fluid situation so Matt decided to join me. Everything still looking good. The ultrasound showed that my fluid is looking good so my doctor is not worried.  Yay!  The ultrasound lady told us he's still a boy!  :-)  His HR was 124 on the ultrasound which was a little concerning but he was sleeping/resting.  He would kick back if the ultrasound lady aggravated him enough but he just wanted to be left alone to sleep.  That's my baby!  :-)  Anyways, he was good and awake by the time I saw the doctor and his heart rate was back up to 149.  The baby is head down. His little arms were up at his face resting and his feet were up near my right side.  He wiggled his toes for us. He is measuring a little bit further along so the ultrasound showed my due date as 5/1 but my due date has been 5/12 all along.  My doctor said that she wasn't going to change it but he may come early.  The ultrasound showed him measuring at 4 pounds 7 ounces and the size of his head is in the 90th percentile.  I asked my doctor if she thought he was going to be a big baby and she said no.  However, the ultrasound tech said I could have a 10 pound baby!  I choose to believe my doctor on this one.  My doctor asked Matt how tall he was (6'2") and told me it was is his fault!  My blood pressure was great (124/76), despite the fact that the ultrasound tech had just said something about me having a 10 pound baby.  :-)   My doctor said not to expect him to move a lot since space is getting limited.  I will go back in 2 weeks for another appointment and will go back in 4 weeks for an appointment and ultrasound.  After that, I go ever week until I have him.

We have a fun, busy weekend planned.  I'm so excited.  My mom and sister arrived last night and are going shopping today while Matt and I work.  My sister and Matt's sister are throwing a shower for family and friends.  Hopefully, I'll have pictures to share and I'll try to do better about getting them posted in a more timely fashion.

We've decided on a name!

Charles "Charlie" Wheawill

So, I'm not sure how much of a secret this has been because we are telling anyone who asks but we have decided on a name (well, a first name and are working on the middle name).  We have two possibilities that we are considering for a middle name.  However, we haven't decided between them.  I've even thought of waiting until he is born which for anyone that knows me very well, is not really my personality.  (I'm typically very decisive, impatient, and way too controlling to wait.)  However, I really don't think we can go wrong with our possibilities and maybe after we see him, it will be easy to decide.  Who knows when we will decide but for now, neither of us seem stressed about it.  So, you are just going to have to wait it out for our son's middle name.   

Here's updated pictures of Charlie's room.  I told Matt it's become the best looking room in the whole house!  :-) 

I painted his letters to put on the wall. I wanted them to match his bedding and I'm really proud of how well they turned out.

We've registered for window valences that match the bedding.  I love the bedding!  My sister got it for us and I'm so happy with the way it looks in the room.  I like the neutral colors against the blue wall. 

We plan to put the changing pad on the dresser and the diaper pail and clothes hamper on the sides.

There really isn't a theme to his room, but as you can see, we are really hoping he will join us in rooting for
the Hokies and Red Sox. 
Ali got him the Hokie mobile and gave it to me at the Grundy shower.

This is his first toy that his Daddy bought him!

Hopefully, he will be as big of a sports fan as we are.

There are so many things that I love in his room.  I love all the new items that he has received from the Grundy shower. 

I also love the dumbo lamp that was in my nursery when I was a baby. 

We have a few more finishing touches for the nursery but I think it looks great.  I hope Charlie loves his room as much as I do.  He and I spend a lot of time sitting in the chair right now.  I read to him in there and just go in there sometimes to take it all in.  :-)