It's a balloon, it's the moon....

No, it's my belly! And I have toes below my belly! This is not me, but it's similar to what I see (or don't see) when I look down. I wonder if my toes are connected to my feet? Of course they aren't, I no longer have feet, they're connected to my cankles!

Nap time!

Marlin & Cinnamon love sleeping in the Baby's crib. They are so cute! :) Some people stress out about cat's sleeping with babies because they think that cat's suck the breath out of them (old wive's tale), they really don't. My baby is obviously not in this pix because it has decided that it is not quite time yet. (My due date was yesterday.) My cat's always sleep at my baby's feet, never by their heads. Aside from that, they usually prefer to be in there alone, without the baby, because they are the babies. :)

Who me?

If you're looking for me, I'll be in here. (Cinnamon in the Baby's crib.)

Oh My Swollen Feet!

First off, this is NOT a picture of my foot. Most of you can attest to the fact that my feet are much cuter than this, at least on a regular basis, however, the swollen ankles on this poor lady's feet is what mine happen to look like at the moment. Isn't it lovely?! I guess I have to resign myself to cankles until sometime after delivery.

I had an OB appt today and everything still looks good. So, even though my ankles are MIA, my blood pressure is normal and that's a good sign. Baby was very active in my belly today and I was even having some Braxton-Hicks contractions. Only 11 days to go and baby did a good job waiting it out through Joshua's birthday (yesterday) and Valentine's Day. I really didn't want to go on either two of those days and it looks like we're in the clear. Good job Baby B! Now I just have to hope that Baby decides to show up on a day that my midwife is on call. Keep your fingers crossed for us. :)

February 5, 2008

Ok, here it is. Probably my last ultrasound before baby decides to make it's big debut! It's from last week. I was 37 weeks, 2 days at the time. The top picture is 3D and the baby's face is tilted to the left (as you are looking at it). You can see it's eyes, Emery nose (though this pix doesn't do it justice), and little mouth.

The bottom picture is a regular ultrasound picture and the baby's head is to the right. It is looking right at you! So far everything is looking good!

January 25, 2008

We were at Walmart in Hudson tonight and Jason was very excited because he blew his first bubble with bubble gum! Big doings! :) Go Jason!

Baby B's In Utero Debut

Ok, I know y'all have been dying to see these pix of Baby Barton. I will do my best to explain and hope you see what I see. The first pix, taken at 12 weeks, 5 days gestation, is baby laying on it's back with it's right side toward you. The little white spot above it's belly is it's fist.


The second pix is baby looking right at the 'camera'. It's head is to the left and you can see where the eyes are. The boys kept saying we were having an alien. :) This was taken at 17 weeks, 5 days gestation.
















Pix #3 is a 3D ultrasound taken at 18 weeks, 3 days. Amazing that you can see all of that! I didn't have any 3D ultrasound pix with the boys, I don't even know if they had them. The baby's right side/front is toward you so you can get a pretty good view of it's face and little Emery nose. It's left arm and hand are stretching out in front of it's body.

Pix #4 is the baby playing with it's foot. It's foot is on the right and it's hand is grabbing it's toes on the left side of the pix. This was taken at 28 weeks, 2 days.

Pix #5, taken at 32 weeks, 5 days gestation. The baby's forehead is on the right side of the pix and you can see the eyes, nose and mouth. On the top left is it's arm, it had been covering it's face with it's hand and forearm, kind of like the way my mom and I sleep. We lucked out as babe had just pulled it's arm away when this one was taken. Baby is starting to get squished in there so the pix are starting to get more fuzzy.