Week Sixteen

Glen and I had a fantastic Valentine’s Day! Glen surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and took me to Devon Seafood Grill. I had the grab cakes and Glen had the swordfish. We had a banana cream crepe with root beer sorbet for dessert. The entire meal was out of this world and we enjoyed our time together. 

 

 

 

 

I had my 16 week appointment this week, which actually seemed to be without purpose. I walked in, got weighed (5 pound weight gain since I found out I was pregnant), peed in a cup, met the OB, Dr. O’Leary, and had the heartbeat measured (in the 150’s). The appointment on lasted about ten minutes. While I was there, I scheduled my 20 week appointment with the OB which is on March 16^th,, and I scheduled my Anatomy appointment which is at 19 weeks on March 11^th. I’m really looking forward to the appointment on the 11^th because Glen will get to go with me for the first time and he will be able to see the baby! I just can’t wait to see the look on his face when he gets to see an ultrasound of our little baby for the first time.

 

Since my exciting news of feeling the baby move last week, I haven’t felt a thing! I tried laying down and being still. I tried poking around in there to try to get the baby to move and nothing! Exactly one week after I felt the baby move for the first time, we went out to eat at Fiesta Mexico. For those out of town folks reading my blog, it’s a Mexican restaurant in Harrisburg. I was sitting in the booth, stuffing my face with tortilla chips and salsa when all of a sudden I felt some fast movements in my lower abdomen. “Wow”, I said, “The baby must really like Mexican food because it’s moving like crazy”. To Glen’s sheer excitement he said “let me feel it!” and then when I told him that he wouldn’t be able to feel it from the outside, his big smile soon turned into a sad face. The baby was kicking so hard for about 5 straight minutes. My smile went from ear to ear. I actually felt the kicks start in the lower abdomen, then to the side and finally at the top of my abdomen. I think the baby was just switching positions. It was a really cool feeling. Again, the best way I can describe it is to compare it to the stovetop popcorn. My belly is the popcorn container, and the baby’s movements felt like the kernels were popping! 

 

 

 

Since I’m officially four weeks along, I was eager to start the baby’s room. Glen and I worked out color palettes for the room and started shopping for furniture. We went to Babies R US, Burlington Coat Factory, JC Penny and Finally Rock-a-Bye Baby ( a small family owed store). I’m a little picky when looking for furniture because I had something specific that I wanted out of it; I wanted it to have drawers (not doors) and I wanted the crib to convert into a toddler bed. You would be amazed how hard it is to find a dresser that only has drawers. Most have drawers with a swinging door. I just thought that it was a little impractical. We did manage to find one set at each of the locations that we liked. We ended up purchasing our furniture this week at Rock-a-Bye Baby. We loved the one-on-one service, we loved that it was a small, privately/family owned business, and most of all, we fell in love with their quality, all wood furniture. We chose a very simple dresser and crib set in a dark wood (called chocolate mist) by the company, Westwood Design. Westwood Design is known for Quality furniture that’s meant to last from birth to beyond. Every piece of the furniture is made with solid wood and high quality parts such as hidden ball bearings. The crib we purchased has three height adjustments, coverts into a toddler bed, day bed, and finally, a full sized bed. We felt that we made the right decision when purchasing this furniture. They could have had the furniture delivered this week, but we asked them to please wait until we can paint the complete the main pieces of the nursery. 

 

 

 

 

Our nursery is not exactly “move in ready”. The floors and heater are in, but it sits without trim, a chair rail, and closet door. We’re also considering installing a ceiling fan. Until we can get these items finished up, as well as the nursery painted, we aren’t going to be moving the furniture into the nursery. We have plans this coming weekend to clean out the closet and finish removing the old wall paper from the room. On March 11^th, we will officially know the sex of our baby and will be picking up our paint that weekend. We have plans to finish the trim and final touches in early April.

 

 

Week 16: Avocado

Average size: 4.6 inches, 3.5 oz.

 

Watch what you say... tiny bones forming in baby's ears mean the little one can now pick up your voice. Eyebrows, lashes and hair are starting to fill in, and taste buds are forming. And, if you're interested, an ultrasound might be able to determine gender.