20 Weeks

Hello everyone! Dustin helped me take this picture on Wednesday before we left for our doctor appointment.  Believe me, I may be living it, but I might have been more shocked than some of you who haven't seen me in a while. It's absolutely wild to think she is growing as fast as she is. Also, because of the craziness of this picture, I am going to make you this promise, from here on out, I'll do my best to take a picture every week to post an update. I make no promises though, except to try.

My brother came in town last weekend and before he got here, I asked Dustin, "have I grown since the wedding"? After laughing at me, he asked, "are you serious?" I felt a bit stupid, but I said "yeah, well kinda." He laughingly said, "you've more than doubled in size". So yeah, even though I kind of know, I don't. Here's what I DO know, (1) my stomach is now larger than my breasts, something that hasn't happened in quite a while, and (2) if I'm standing up straight and look down, I can no longer see my feet. I also know that I'm only halfway there, so I still have quite a road ahead.

After next weekend, I am really going to dive into the baby registry and get my thoughts out for the nursery.  I'm going tomorrow with my dear friend Cody to order the nursery furniture, which if you'd like you can preview here. The crib is exact, but the other pieces are going to be slightly different.  We're only ordering tomorrow, it won't be in for 8-10 weeks, so once we have everything set-up and in place, I'll take some pictures and post of Cadhla's new room. I think I'm also going to dive into the artist in me and get some wood letters from hobby lobby to paint of either her initials or her first name, I haven't decided that one yet.  As of now, her room consists of a couch, that is shortly migrating to mom's house, a lamp, that I'm not sure where it is going, and three large Tupperware boxes filled with shoes, that need to find a new home in one of the other closets. Oh, and a lot of empty space. Needless to say, I've got a lot of work to do.

So now about Cadhla.  The doctor visit on Wednesday went great, we got to spend quite a bit of time with her. Cadhla is still a fairly large baby, we're not sure exactly how long, but she weighs 14 ounces. She was still a bit balled up at this past ultrasound, so she was making the doctor's job a little more difficult for measurements. Regardless, we still got several good shots of her, one great one of her little foot and a few of her face. I know you probably can't see the pictures all that well, but there is one marked "It's a girl". So for all of you Riley's that are reading this, please know that this would be our third confirmation, and in all of her shots, she is pretty "spread eagle" so she really isn't hiding ANYTHING. Which I'm not sure is a good thing or not.  : ) Other than that, she is still on target for her growth, her heart beat is still strong and she has developed her organs already.  Dr. Putterman pointed out her kidneys to us on Wednesday along with some other key areas. She is still as active as ever. Every ultrasound she's just moving around all over the place, which I hope is a sign she'll sleep a lot when she comes out.  Hope, anyway.  Ha, ha.  In these pictures, she is positioned with her hands up over her head, like she's stretching.  Hopefully that helps with being able to interpret the pictures a bit better.

Okay, with that, I'll leave you for the evening.  And if I don't post again next week with a new picture, feel free to yell at me until I do so.

Love you all,

Lynda and Cadhla