Niece Christmas!

We love our nieces to death!  They are super cute!  We got Mikayla the comforter, sheets, and pillow shams for the Disney Princess bedding for Christmas.  And we got Makynna a light up book and two outfits.  Below are pictures of them with their Christmas gifts.  Just because we have to brag about how adorable our little nieces are! 

Before they opened their gifts...

 Mikayla reading Makynna her book, while sitting on her comforter...



14 Weeks! Our Little Lemon!

We've had a great weekend so far.  It's been so nice to just relax! :)  I also have off tomorrow and Tuesday.  So it will be a nice relaxing and long weekend.  We hardly ever get to spend extended weekends at the house together. This is a great Christmas! :)

Today is also 14 weeks for Baby H!  Evan bought me a new shirt for our 14 week picture.  

your baby's the size of a lemon!

At week 14, your baby is 3.4 inches and 1.5 ounces, he's almost doubled in weight since last week and keeps on growing.

your baby at 14 weeks

• He's probably sucking his thumb and wiggling his toes in there!
• His kidneys are making urine, and his liver and spleen are doing their jobs, too.
• And he's growing lanugo, a thin, peach-fuzz-like hair, all over his body -- it will help him keep warm!

Nursery Update

While we have a couple of weeks off of school, we decided to go ahead and start transforming our spare room into the nursery! :)  We moved our spare bed into Evan's room.  And rearranged in there, so he still has plenty of room.  The bed in there works out nicely, he can now lay on that and play his games.  And I can lay/sit in there with him. 

Here is a picture of our nursery so far.  We still need to find a mattress that we like.  And once we find out what we are having, we will paint and get our bedding/changing pad.  Come on January 29th!  Only 41 days away.  Let the count down begin!



13 weeks!

This has been a good weekend. Yesterday we rested most of the day.  I had a sore throat and a cough, Evan had a headache.  It was nice to be able to just relax for the day! :)  Today we went to pick up our changing table from Toys R Us.  My dad got us this for Christmas.  We also received our grades today!  Evan received 2 A's and 2 B's!  So proud.  I received 2 A's, an A-, and a B.  

Saturday Cuddling... He loves his Momma! 

Today is also Baby H's 13 weeks!  Happy 13 weeks Baby H!!

your baby's the size of a peach!

She's about 2.9 inches long and weighs about .81 ounces, and -- proportion-wise -- her head's now about 1/3 the size of her body (remember? It used to be bigger!).

your baby at 13 weeks

• Can you believe she's forming vocal cords and teeth?!
• And even though she's still teeny, she already has fingerprints.
• Her intestines are moving from the umbilical cord to their more permanent place, in her tummy.

Doctor's Update!

Today we had a doctor's appointment for Baby H.  Baby H seems to be doing well, with a heartbeat in the 160's.  If you want to believe old wives tales, heartbeats over 140 are girls.  Soooo - maybe a girl?  Evan has thought all along that the baby is a girl.  He might be right!  Our next appointment is June 11th.  We will be 16 weeks and 5 days.  Then we have our anatomy scan on June 29th at 8:30am.  

We are thinking about putting the sex into an envelop and going home Tuesday (January 29th) in the evening and opening up together.  Then calling the families to tell them.  :) We will see if we can wait all day to find out! 

Christmas is in the Air!!

Last week we put the Christmas lights up on the house.  I forgot to add a picture of it last week, but here it is! :)  Evan did most of the work.  I just held the ladder.

Merry Christmas!! :)

Ooops!

Forgot to post the update for Baby H's 12 week:

your baby's the size of a plum!

The average fetus at 12 weeks is about 2.1 inches long and .49 ounces. Now that she's got pretty much all her parts, her main job is to keep on growing.

your baby at 12 weeks

• Most of her critical systems are fully formed!
• She's about to enter the growth and maturation stage, in which her organs and tissues will grow and develop rapidly.
• She's now developing her reflexes -- if you poke her body, she'll likely move.
• She's opening and closing her fingers and curling her toes, too.
• Her brain is developing fast!