27 weeks and counting...

I have been getting some grief from some of you out there asking to see pictures...so for those of you who live near or far, i am hoping these will do :)
We went to our doctors appt today and everything is continuing to go well. I had my glucose screening test today, and i passed with flying colors. Candace was telling me how horrible the orange drink was, but i honestly didn't mind it. Anyways...I am glad that i don't have gestational diabetes and i can continue to eat whatever i want :)
I, along with my doctor, was surprised to see that i had lost 2 lbs since my last appt...i actually don't mind...that means i've only gain about 12-13 lbs so far...at least it's not too much extra fat and it is mostly baby. :)
The baby is sitting very low (old wives tale would say it's a boy)...and it is kind of laying on an angle right now. In the past few days it hasn't been uncommon for me to feel alot of pressure on my belly and then i look down and there is a huge bulge on the right side of my tummy. The baby obviously likes to stick it's butt out i guess :) It is moving constantly...does that mean it will always be such a wiggle worm?!
She said i am measuring a week ahead, so i guess either i MAY have the baby a tad early, or it's gonna be a large baby. Lets hope for the first option. After hearing about Jill having to push out a 9+lb baby i'm not sure i want to go through that as well :) Although...Ella is totally a keeper!
My belly is growing by the second...here are a couple pictures for those of you who have been asking.

Miss Ella Jeanne

Jill had to go back to work today, so i am now watching Ella on Tuesdays! Today was a great day...and it was wonderful to be able to snuggle with her and not have to share her with anyone! :)
Macie had a rude awakening, but quickly got use to her. For some reason she thought she needed to bark at her for awhile...even though she has been around her many times! I'm not sure what was up with that. Having Ella here will for sure help Macie get use to having a baby around by the time our little one arrives.
Today Ella and I made some banana bread :), folded some laundry, changed the sheet on the bed, and of course Ella found some time to snuggle up with Macie! :) (don't worry brad...i was sitting right next to them the whole time!)
We can't wait to see you again next week! :)

chicken legs??

So i guess this is what we get for laughing at how silly Ella's long legs are :) We just got back from our doctors appt and they had the "summary" from our ultrasound. Our doctor was laughing when she came in, and couldn't wait to show it to us. She showed us the percentile for the baby's head and belly...both were in the 50%ish rank...then she showed us the legs...and they are in the 97%!!! yes that is a 9 and a 7... haha...I just thought i would share this silly tid bit with you. Maybe that would also explain why sometimes i complain about the kicks hurting me...those dang legs are so long! :)

PINK....or.....BLUE???

Pink of blue...do you wish you knew?! Well...we do have some news for you. We are having a.....surprise :) We have decided NOT to find out what we are having. We just got back from our ultrasound and everything looked good. We could see all the little bones, organs, parts of the brain, heart beating strong etc... It was pretty amazing to see how much he/she has grown since we last got to see him/her 12 weeks ago!
The heart rate was at 141...and my due date was showing a few days earlier...April 6. We can't wait to meet this little one! I will post some of my ultrasound pictures soon.

Quote of the day...

So...I was complaining how my lower "abs" hurt like i did a bunch of sit ups...and i of course know it's my stomach stretching it way out. So... Jake keeps telling me to put lotion on my stomach :) haha I finally asked him if he was worried about me getting stretch marks or something and he laughs and said, "Honey 90% of people probably get them...and if you do I will still love you."
It's a good thing he told me that because i wasn't sure :)

Suggestions Please...

Ok....so I thought i should at least look at when they are having the good ol' pregnancy classes at the hospital. I noticed they have two options. I can't remember what some of you did...so please let me know what you liked best!! :)

Option A: You can go for 1 day....8-5 and have it over with.

Option B: You can go 1 night a week for 5 weeks.

Jake isn't going to like either option so....:) Let me know what you liked best.

Baby is growing...

I had another doctors appt today. (18 1/2 weeks) There really is no exciting news to share...except that everything "looks"/sounds great. The heart rate decreased this time again (she didn't tell me the heart rate though.) She predicts a boy based on the "old wives tale" of heart rate=gender. Honestly, would the Wiersema boys produce anything BUT boys....hopefully someday mine does haha :) I always find it so funny how excited my doctor acts when she measures the growth of my uterus. She always has this huge smile and is like "it's all the way up to here!" haha...i guess she is just happy to see that the baby is actually growing inside this belly of mine.
We have our ultrasound in 2 weeks....you'll have to check back to see what we are having... :)