31 weeks!

I can't believe that Christmas is a week away. Where has this year gone?? We have less than 9 weeks until my due date. My guess is that Lilah will make her appearance sometime between Valentine's Day and my birthday. We are getting close to being done with her done with the nursery. Brian is going to put some corner shelves up this weekend and then we will hang the pictures on the wall. My mom is making the valance. We want to get a little chandelier to hang in the corner above the glider and we still need to get a ceiling fan. I also would like to get a rug to put in front of the crib. The goal is to be completely done by mid February just in case Lilah decided to make an early appearance. We have our hospital tour scheduled for 12/28 and our newborn care class scheduled for 1/11. I also need to tweak my birth plan and little bit and make my list for the hospital bag so we don't forget anything. The other huge thing we still need to figure out is if I will be taking 8 or 12 weeks off after she is born. I really want to take the full 12, but we just don't know if it will work out. That decision also effects when we need to get daycare started. There is just so much to think about over the next few weeks!

30 weeks!

I had an appointment with the perinatalogist today. I was referred by my OB due to a cyst on my left ovary. They were not to concerned about it, just wanted a second evaluation by a specialist. I knew they would need to do an ultrasound to check it out and I was hoping that we would get to peek at Lilah. It was great! They did a 30-45 minute ultrasound and most of it was on her :) She apparently really likes to suck on her fingers and is super-interested in her toes. That is what she did just about the entire time lol. It was so different than the other ultrasounds I have had. My OB's office is so quick. The ultrasounds are usually only like 5 minutes. Even the anatomy scan was only about 10 minutes. They did another full anatomy scan today and said everything looked great. Lilah is measuring right on target for 30 weeks and she weighs around 3lbs 4oz right now. Her heart rate was 141bpm. It was 146bpm the last two times we heard it. The doctor said that the cyst was just a simple fluid filled cyst from me getting pregnant and he thinks it will go away after I have the baby. I will have it re-checked 6 weeks after delivery and if it hasn't gone down on its own they may want to do laproscopic surgery to remove it. Here is the new picture from today. A profile shot (finally!) of Lilah sucking on her fist:

29 weeks!

I am a little late posting this, but I had such a great time at my baby shower! It was great! It was so good to see everyone and am so thankful to everyone that come out to celebrate the upcoming birth of our little girl! Here are a few pictures from that day!