Rachel Zoe

I am dedicating this post to Katie Wiemer. Yesterday we got into an email conversation about how Rachel Zoe's infant son was not properly placed in his car seat, with the top straps down around his belly vs. in line with his armpits. I watch Rachel Zoe, but did I catch this Mommy no-no? Of course not. Anyhoo, fast forward to last night where I had a dream of repeating PSAs from celebrities such as Kelly Clarkson and Steven Tyler educating me on proper infant seat installation and how to correctly position and secure your baby. I've got it down now, thanks KDW :)

Week 24

Week 24 - Baby Ear of Corn

23 Week Belly

Nothing much to report this week. As I type this, BN is moving and grooving in there. A few times I've been able to see and feel a bulge in my belly and it's super crazy to me that I'm feeling my baby's little head or booty or some other body part!

Week 23 - Baby Large Mango

Cover Blown

I have been doing a good job of making my pre-pregnancy wardrobe work for my M-F needs. I'm talking tops here - pants I surrended to elastic waistbands weeks ago. However, over the past week this task has become increasingly difficult as the items that fall into the "make it work" category have become fewer and fewer right before my eyes. So this morning after somewhat comically trying to force myself into 3 different too small shirts, I gave up and put on my first maternity work shirt. I felt very exposed like "hey look at me, I'm preggers" and wouldn't you know it, my co-workers have been all over it. At least 3 of the ladies have stopped to say "oh, is that a maternity shirt?!" 2 have come by my office just to see how I'm feeling and I encountered another in the bathroom that said "I'm not surprised to see you here!" I told one of them I felt like a house today and her response was "You feel like a house b/c you are home to a new life." Well played, Marie :)

Obviously I'm by no means trying to hide the fact that I'm pregnant, it's just very strange to me to be finally showcasing it. I suppose I should just get used to it as it's only going to become more apparent in the months ahead.

BN's First Photo Shoot!

Here are some of the pics from the ultrasound on Friday. Sorry the quality isn't the greatest, apparently my office needs a better scanner. Pics below are best profile shot followed by the yawn (aka ghost baby), spine and feet.

I would also like to point out that at no point during the ultrasound did I think "just tell us boy or girl!" nor did I spend all weekend thinking that I wish we would have found out. Andrew said the ultrasound has sparked his curiousity and wanted to do the chain test this weekend but I wouldn't allow it :)

Belly Update

Week 22 - Baby Spaghetti Squash

Week 21 - Baby Carrot

20 Week Ultrasound (a day shy of 22 weeks)

This morning we got to see our little guy or girl up on the big screen for our 20 week anatomy scan. BN was a champ and is growing and developing right on track which is obviously wonderful news! BN weighs 1lb 1oz right now and was busy moving around, crossing his/her legs, putting his/her hand on their knee throughout the scan. The tech also pointed out that I have a little copycat, as the baby was mimicking my position with one arm bent up behind their head. Later she still hadn't gotten a good look at that arm so I suggested that I move my arm down and sure enough shortly after that so did BN :) We also got a great action shot of a yawn which was so damn cute and sweet and made little BN seem that much more like a living baby.
We got some good pics which I will try to post this weekend along with updated belly pics. YAY FOR BN!!!