Two weeks or maybe three...

In January, Jenni, Becky and my mom through us an amazing baby shower. It was so nice to see all of our friends and family. It makes this entire experience even more special. I finally have some of my baby shower pictures to show how special our baby shower really was.

Gabe and his diaper duty belt.

The other wife....

stork center pieces and cake pops my mom made.

The very yummy punch.

My gigantic stork.

Julie made us an adorable diaper cake with cupcakes on the side and a cute sign for Charlie.
Here are just a few of his adorable onsie our friends and family decorated.
The girls are getting their rest now before the restless nights.

We also celebrated Gabes bday with our families.

I have kept growing and growing. I think Charlie has absolutely no more room :)

It is so hard to believe that he could be here any day now. We wonder who he looks like, and Gabe can't wait to see his personality.

We finally finshed his room! Bags are packed and we are as ready as we can be.

Baby Updates 8 weeks left!

Ok no pictures but some updates. I had a dr's appointment today and so far so good. Charlie is busy kicking away and I am as uncomfortable as can be.
It is hard to believe he will be here in just eight weeks or less...
Today is Gabes birthday and it is his last birthday without his son. I wonder if I will have one more birthday with out my son too.
Lets see what our friends think... Do you think Charlies is going to be a March or an April baby?

18 week baby update

This week I finally went to see Dr Barr on Monday and thankfully the Quad test came back clean so we are not at high risk any longer... the first test was a faulty test and was taken too early. I then went today(Wednesday) to get another ultrasound from the specialist just to confirm that was the results showed were correct and they are. Charlie is 9oz and his legs, arms and skin on his neck all look normal. They found a little white spot on his heart which they said is a sign but he has no other signs of down syndrome so baby Charlie is pretty much in the clear and mom is done with the specialist and extra appointments YEAH!!!!!!
I got to take my mom with me today so she got to see the Ultrasound the first thing the tech did was confirm he is definitely a boy:)


Then she spent a good 1/2 hour trying to get measurements and again he kept his hand under his chin or hid his face. He also would move and turn anytime she tried to take a new picture. What a stinker. My mom says he gets that from his mother. (HAHA)
He had his little legs crossed it was cute.

She said with 3d pictures sometimes it makes everything look like a blob. I said this picture makes him look part dog with human arms and legs.

Best of all here is his cute little face and those hands.

Gabe and I are very relieved and happy, thank you to all of our friends and family for your support.
We love you all.

Charlie or Sophia

Gabe and I decided that I would take the QUAD test... for those of you that do not know what this is I will explain.

The QUAD test is a blood draw that looks for four different levels in my blood for me and the baby. It is used to screen for the possibility of spinabifita and genetic issues such as down syndrome. I had this done on last Thursday because I was between the time frame of when they can do the test which is between 15 and 20 weeks. I received a call Tuesday morning from my Dr saying they found a slight chance that Baby R might have down syndrome so she wanted me to go see a specialist.

So yesterday Gabe and I went to see the specialist to find out what in the world was going on. Talk about my emotions going crazy(hormones I tell ya). We first saw a counselor who asked us questions about our genetic history(neither of us have any genetic issues in our families). Then she started to explain how important the timing is on the test. If it is to early then it maybe a faulty test so the first thing they want to do is an ultrasound to see how far along I really am. Then we could go from there.

We spent an hour getting the ultrasound before talking to the Dr. It was funny to watch Baby R because Baby R kept covering it's face. Like it was playing peek-a-boo. Baby R also has a mind of it's own and would stretch it's foot out all the way (Gabe was happy to see Baby R did not have my crooked toe :).

What we learned was my due date is April 6Th the test was done too early. I am not out of the clear yet I have to take another quad test on Tuesday next week. We will hopefully find some news out soon. One thing we did find out is if Baby R is a Charlie or a Sophia which was pretty amazing.

Seeing Baby R in 3 D was cool too... here are some of the pictures.

What we learned yesterday was not much other than Charlie has a mind of his own and I am now due on April 6, 2012. I will update again once we get the results on how Charlie is doing next week.

That's right we are having a Charlie!!!!

What I did this week

Gabe went out of town this week to Houston for work so I went to my mom and dads with my girls. It was nice spending time with my mom since my dad was also gone all week. She made me yummy chicken filled crepes... I realized that I really can't eat like I used too. I fill up way to fast.

My girls had fun to with Maxie, Maggie and Mia. I got a kick out of all of Maggies sleeping positions. My Favorite was her twisted in the chair. Zoe was a trader and slept with Grandma all week and Josie was my little cuddler.

On Thursday my dad came back from Indiana and I wish I would have taken a picture he told me to come check out his Z4 convertible, so of course I did. There was a baby car seat that he is going to use for his grand baby. It was so cute he was so proud. I love that he is so excited for his future grandchild. It makes this even more special...

On Friday I went back home because Rich and Becky were coming to visit. Becky and I went with Jenni to this great baby rummage inside Greendale High school and other then diapers I bought my first baby stuff. I got a bouncer and toy and quit a bit of neutral colored baby clothes. We then met up with Aunt Mo and my mom at the Empty bowl where we had yummy soup and got some cool looking bowls to take home.

Gabe was finally coming home so Becky and I went to pick him up at the airport where we watched as the conveyor belt got jammed and wrecked our suit case. Now that was fun. I think my horns came out and the supervisor at the airline could see the smoke coming from my naustrals and Becky's. We make one heck of a team.

But then we got home to a super wonderful surprise. Rich had put in a new fan and light in the babies room but to my surprise and put a new light in our bedroom too. He has great taste. I woke up this morning going ewwww that's so pretty. Bye bye 1960's light :)

Our new light

Babies Light

Then we headed to Cedarburg for their 2ND annual German Fest. It is tiny but cute. Jenni, Jeremy and Jacob met up with us. Jacob is so darn cute. He saw some girls using the hoola hoop so he wanted to try so Uncle Gabe had to show him how. It was funny and pathetic:)

After that fun and excitement it was time to eat. Rich and I wanted Turkey legs so we waited and waited and waited and finally got some yummy turkey legs. I ate 4 bites and was done so Gabe came to the rescue.

It was such a great weekend!!!! I got my honey back, spent time with my girls and my handy honey and let the reality of "we are having a baby kick in".

3rd Dr's Visit

Well today Gabe and I went to the Dr for our 3rd visit. Baby is doing good. Heart rate was at 150 and from what Dr Barr says it should be between 120-170. The baby actually moved while the Dr was listening for the heart beat...it was pretty amazing.
We get to go back the first week in November and we get to find out the sex of the baby. I can't wait!
Nothing else is really new. My girls are doing good and I am still nauseous as can be.

Dr's Visit

Last Friday I went to my Dr's appoint to have my first ultrasound. What an amazing moment to hear the babies heart beat and to hear my husband say wow over and over again. It went way to fast.

During the visit we found out there is only one little peanut. Gabe called the baby is little Mexican jumping bean with limbs :). I loved it.

We also found out that the due date has been moved to March 31. So that makes me 6 days farther along which would be nice because this first trimester is tuff. I am sick all day and night so if any of you moms have suggestions or tips please share....I will try anything.

Our next ultrasound will be right before Thanks Giving which will tell us the sex of the baby. My mom said that she already knows that it is going to be a girl so she has been shopping. She is either right or I am going to have a baby boy with a lot of pink stuff. LOL