26 Weeks

Here we go! Almost into the 3rd trimester! Harrison is moving a lot more lately and very strongly! I don't have to stop breathing anymore to notice movement; it is hard to miss now. His teeny eyes have finally opened and he can move his head! So excited :) The aide in my classroom has a daughter who is a very healthy and gifted sophomore in high school and she was born at 27 weeks so that is very reassuring!

It is crazy to think that in a few months I will be leaving my classroom to someone else. It feels weird to let go, although I'm sure when our baby boy is here I won't think twice! 

Next week is Harrison's big fetal echocardiogram appointment along with my glucose screening to check for gestational diabetes so I am very anxious for both of those. 

School is almost over. This weekend we are putting the finishing touches on our thesis and it will looked over by and submitted to our research committee! It is so scary because we have some major things to do still but it's also nice to know that this will all be over soon. I just can't wait to finally get "school" checked off my list of things so I can focus more on getting my classroom ready for my leave and our home ready for Harrison :)

Harrison is wiggling away right now and I always wonder what he is doing. I think he is now in the head first position because when he kicks I now feel it up high by my ribs. Babies are either supposed to be turned already or starting to turn in preparation for labor. He is locked and loaded!

:)

24 Weeks

Hurray! I have been waiting so long for 24 weeks to come. Now we are over that "survival" hump. One of the nurses told me that her grand daughter was born at 23 weeks 2 days and will be turning one this December. She said we are over that scary hump! Woo!

I really am loving pregnancy. I feel so good all the time and really don't have any significant complaints, except for back pain. Even when I'm sitting on my super comfy couch it still hurts. :( Also I have my energy back so I am not putting of homework or house chores anymore like I was before. Whew. My days seem to go by slower because I actually feel like I can enjoy the morning, afternoon, and night. I enjoy everything a little bit more than I did before and I love just always knowing he is with me. Little Harrison isn't even here yet and already my world is a different place. :)

Harrison has been kicking a lot more, or at least I can feel it a lot more. He also has started to kick around crazily at 2pm, which is during AR (silent reading time) for my students. It must be because it's so loud all day with all the teaching and learning going on, and then right when it quiets down for those 20 minutes he notices. So cute. :)

At my ultrasound this week the technician's machine was finally fixed, and when I asked her about how it was going with her new machine she said, "Great! I got a whole new key board and look at this!" and boom! There was a 3D image of his little face!! It was so neat. Marcus exact words were, "Oh wow." So awesome. Anyway, here they are! It is clear as day already that Harrison has Marcus nose and mouth and I'm so glad because Marcus has the cutest mouth on the planet =D

The curly shape in front of his mouth in this picture is his hand. The 3D imaging only picked up a layer of his hand so it looks like a tail hee hee.

This is his little opened mouth and his nose. You know, one of those flattering shots people get up your nose ;)

And our sweet baby boys profile. His hand was on his eye in this picture so you can see the tip of his finger on the other side. He touches his face often so I am so anxious to see if he still does this after he is born. Aw!

Here we are, during my 24th week, with our little man-dog Bruiser.

We are slowly but surely getting Harrison's nursery in order. Right now the walls are covered in Sailboat Blue, and soon we will put up the white wood paneling on the bottom half. We are also getting new carpet in a few weeks and we made sure to get very soft, stain resistant carpet for the little lad. I will post pictures as soon as we get more going with the room.

22 Week Ultrasound

Ultrasound today was great! Harrison is measuring a little ahead of schedule again :) The technician had a hard time seeing him today because he wanted to keep his hands in front of his face. He also kept turning away every time she moved the probe so we saw a lot of the back of his head! I saw his mouth opening and closing briefly and that was just so awesome. He has the cutest little mouth and chin. Just before I logged on to post, he was kicking like crazy. I guess he is awake! So I am going to log off and watch him. But before I go....

Harrison in the pike position!

Harrison with his arms covering his face; his favorite sleeping position :)