19 weeks

19 weeks

August 19, 2014

Had the best week in Maine with Tom's family and then MA for Tanya and Stu's wedding! Have to figure out how to upload my camera photos, but in the meantime, a few shots from this week!

Woah! Looking a bit rough. The custodian at work said to me today, "Oh! You are pregnant! Every time I looked at your trash I was wondering why you are always eating so much food!"  Tough crowd!

Woo! Beautiful wedding- photo booth was exciting, as always!

We were practicing our storyboard skills. Shira says the last frame is a director's cut. 

18 weeks

 

18 Weeks

August 11, 2014

 

 

We just went to our sonogram appointment this morning! They said Critter is "looking perfect" and is growing ahead of schedule (by one day haha).  He did a lot of posing for the session, and kept putting his hands by his face. Too cute!!! We love him so much already.

 

 

B.

 

 

Critter's face, tummy, and one hand.  The doc said he has 10 fingers and 10 toes.

Baby feet! So adorable.

17 weeks!

August 1, 2014

17 Weeks

Ahnalee sent us an amazing baby care package! I tried to get Tom to model some of the items, but he was feeling too shy.  

Had my first prenatal massage this week. Turns out that, like prenatal yoga, it's mostly just stretching without anything super exciting happening. Still, it was relaxing!

Critter is getting huge! I can feel my stomach muscles stretching as we speak. This week, he's the size of a turnip. In other news- our remodel is finished, and we are ready for a tenant.  We meet our nanny share potential people tomorrow- hopefully they are nice!

Much love, 

B

 

16 weeks!

16 Weeks

July 27, 2014

Hello! Critter is the size of an avocado this week! I'm not sure if I'm feeling him move yet- at night I feel something that feels like a bubble popping.  Otherwise, we are out of our old apartment! Starting to feel settled, which is really nice.  We are almost finished with the mother in law remodel.  Will post pics when we finish!

Love,

Betty

Time lapse photos - haha. Stephanie asked why I'm always in stripes - the striped shirt is a control variable so we can see what changes happen!

Giant pillow that Ahnalee recommended for preggos. Ahn is giving us her baby carriers! We are so excited!

Gratuitous Ender photo - he's enjoying the sun. Told Tom we need to post more pics of Tom. He says Ender photos and bump pics better reflect our readership. Ha.

Week 15!

July 20, 2014

15 Weeks!

Hola! I am still exhausted at night, but I'm getting a lot more energy during the day! I've been able to submit a few paper revisions, so things are moving right along at work. I told a few people at work about Critter, and I got some good information about daycares and maternity leave. I checked out the GSU daycare, it seems great! The only catch is that the waitlist is 12 - 18 months long. So, in the meantime, we are meeting with a random couple that lives in the area about a nanny share. I will keep you posted about that. We are having brunch together next weekend. 

We're still not quite moved out of our old apartment, but we think we have just one more trip to make. There were so many delicate things over there that we gave up on Saturday and went to see Chef instead. Chef was ok, kind of cheesy with no plot, but not terrible.  Here are some pics from the week!

The baby book I'm reading. Pretty helpful, but they are nuts! They breastfed some of their kids until 3. In one part of the book, they talk about a debate they had with their three year old about when they wanted to breastfeed next. When your kid can debate with you about breastfeeding, it seems like it should be ok to stop breastfeeding.

Critter's first baby blanket! Love it! Made it today, along with learning how to do blind hems on the sewing machine. Hemmed two pants. I was going to take my new maternity pants to the tailor, but Tom said, "What is that sewing machine for?" Ha!

Woo! Bigger every day. Critter is the size of an apple this week!  Looks bigger than an apple to me!

Week 14!

Week 14

July 14, 2014

That's a lot of 14's!  Still crazy eventful here in ATL!  Redid the carpet last week. It looks much sharper.  Probably would have helped if we had taken the "before" picture too.  We went to Home Depot yesterday to redo the counters and appliances in the Mother in Law apartment. I usually hate asking for help, but I'm really glad we did yesterday. The woman at Home Depot saved us a few hundred dollars! Woo!

Here are some pics from the week:

New carpet! Makes the place much brighter.

Week 14 - Lis says it's ok to stick with the stripes, so I'm sticking with it for now.

Pregnancy exhaustion! This is me at about 4pm on Sunday. I am really starting to show! Had to buy maternity tops - and I've switched to yoga pants on the weekends. Got so tired on Saturday I started crying.  I called my mom saying I was tired. She said, "Go to bed!" Hahah. 

13 weeks!

13 Weeks

July 8, 2014

 

So much has happened this past week. We found out Critter's gender, we got to see more pics of Critter, and then Jeanne, Lee, and Frances came to visit! We had a blast. It was so great to see everyone! We celebrated July 4th, and we also went to the Botanical Gardens. We took a forced march down the Beltline, and we grilled out a few times. Everyone got to try the waterslide! Here are a few pics from the week.

Critter at 12 Weeks.

Gender reveal cake - we had to make three batches of frosting to try to cover up the color of the cake.

We're having a boy! So exciting!

This shirt is really unflattering - may be time to just switch to a new shirt. Ha.

Family in the garden - the dog is not real!

Gorillas in the mist.

Posing with Froggy.

In the jungle.