28 weeks - 7 months - 3rd trimester!

Here is our baby boy! We had a sonogram today and it was so fun seeing how he has grown! Here is his sweet little face taken in 4D - it is amazing to see how much he looks like a real little baby! You can see his hand and arm raised near his face. The technician told us that he weighs 2 lbs 13 oz, which is right around where he should be. We saw his heart beating, with four healthy chambers. We saw his legs, feet, toes, and even his umbilical cord (as his body no longer fits on the screen at the same time, we saw these all separately). We also confirmed that he is, indeed, a boy.

We, along with our sonogram technician, love this picture. He looks like he is happy and smiling!

We thought this picture was cute because it captured him pursing his lips and his hand is clenched near his face.

A cute image of him rubbing his face with his fingers and look at how you can see where the knuckles of the fingers are!

Here he is covering his face with his hand, but what a great shot of his arm, belly, and part of his leg!

Here I am at 28 weeks and 2 days! I have quite the belly now, and it seems that I have reached the size where strangers are comfortable talking to me about being pregnant.

A new home for our new baby

We signed a lease today on a duplex located in southwest Champaign (about 6 miles southwest of our current place in Urbana). It has four bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, single car garage, fenced-in backyard, and the most exciting part is that we will have our own washer and dryer! We are so happy to find a place so that we can have a better idea as to how to plan for our new arrival. We move in July 1st, so hopefully the baby waits a couple days after that to come!

Now, at 27 weeks, our baby is the size of a head of cauliflower. He is almost two pounds and he is about 14.5 inches long. We suspect that we feel him hiccup once in awhile!

26 weeks and showing!

This picture was taken on February 29th, during my 20th week (and around the same time as our last blog entry). Our baby is the size of a banana here and you can see I am definitely starting to show!

This was taken April 9th, day two of my 26th week. Obviously, my belly has grown! This is the same shirt I am wearing in the picture above. It is a maternity top and it barely fits over my belly! The baby is the size of an English hothouse cucumber (see below) - 14 inches and 1 pound and two-thirds. He moves all the time when I am sitting and sleeping. Steve can feel him move in the middle of the night while I am asleep! He also can shake my belly a little when he kicks. We have another sono at week 28, so we are excited to see how he has grown.
An English hothouse cucumber.