Friday morning I had my 27 week appointment. Everything is going great. The baby is just the right size, my blood pressure has been fantastic, all blood work has looked wonderful, and the doctor is pleased with my weight (it has been a battle for the first time ever to actually gain weight). The only thing that was missing was knowing the baby's gender. So, when the doctor realized we really did want to know what we were having, she offered to run over to her ultrasound room for a peak. A refresher of the last ultrasound is that the baby was too shy and had legs crossed and tucked in so we couldn't see much at all. This time, the baby was VERY cooperative. SHE bore it all. There is essentially no question at all as to what gender our baby is now. Of course, the natural thing to do when we found out...we went shopping! We (including Paul) were very excited to go buy "little pink things". As you see in the picture, we have a nice little starting point for our baby's wardrobe. We have, obviously, put up the crib since we last blogged on here.
We have also started taking our baby classes. We are attending a 6 week course that we are 4 weeks into already. It has been a lot of fun for the both of us. The teacher is very intentional at pointing out the things that Daddy's need to know and involving them in the course as much as possible. We have learned a lot, and I'm sure we have so much more to learn. I have really started to embrace the process of child birth instead of being so scared about it. I know that with Paul by my side I will go much farther without pain control than I ever thought before. It really is a complete miracle what our female bodies can do people!
Other than that, we have been enjoying this time together as much as we can. We love spending our Saturdays and Sundays together with the puppy watching football. We are looking forward to next year when we have a little cheerleader sitting in daddy's arms watching the games.
I hope all of you are enjoying the change in seasons and have a fantastic love filled Thanksgiving.
