24 wks

Today marks 24 weeks...only 16 weeks to go! This past week we noticed that we can see my stomach move when Lima kicks! We also registered for all of our classes that we will start in November..we have a 3 hour baby care class, 3 hour breastfeeding class, and a whopping 12 hour childbirth class. The rest of the year is going to fly by and Lima will be here before we know it. We also went to Babies R Us and registered and bought the bedding - now we get to pick out paint & really get rolling on the nursery. The bedding is pictured above and is really cute!

Mr & Mrs Fogle

We just got home from the Bahamas and from getting married. We were there from 09/12/09-09/19/09 and got married on 09/16/09. We both had an awesome time there. The butler suite is the way to go and they made sure everything was just perfect during our entire stay. Practically every day we came back to our room to find fruit or cheese and crackers, rose petals on the bed, our robes laid out, etc... On our wedding night they also had a rose petal bath drawn for us when we got back to the room after our candlelight dinner on the beach. Dan sent me a dozen roses and a plate of chocloate covered strawberries on the morning of our wedding, which was really sweet of him. The wedding was beautiful and was the happiest day of my life so far. We both agree that we would go back there or to another Sandals resort in a heartbeat, but with Lima on the way, we probably won't be able to go back anytime soon! We are happy to be home though and are excited about getting everything ready for Lima now.

It's a......

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today we had our 21 week appointment with an ultrasound, and we can now officially call Lima by her name - Madelyn Brooke! Everything looks great & she is measuring right on schedule @ 21 weeks 4 days. She now weights 14 ounces and her heartbeat was nice & strong at 167 bpm. Her heart, kidneys, head, spine, arms & feet all look perfect. It is kind of hard to tell from the pictures above, but she looks absolutely adorable! The placenta is at the top of the uterus, which is right where we want it, and my cervix is long which is good to know considering that we are leaving for the bahamas in 4 days. The dr said everything looks great and I go back in 4 weeks on 10/06/09, and then 3 weeks after that I will have another appointment and the glucose tolerance test.

We are both very excited, but Dan has been freaking out a little even though he doesn't want to admit it! When they said it was a girl he was like "are you sure?" and walked up to the monitor to get a better look & when he realized it was in fact a girl, I could see his shoulders drop in resignation. It was pretty funny. I know he is excited though and little Maddie will have him wrapped around her little finger the minute she arrives!

Another exciting thing that happened this past weekend was that Dan gently rested his head on my stomach and Lima kicked him in the head 3 times and he was able to feel it. I guess she did not like him invading her space!

p.s - the arrow in the pic on the bottom shows her "girl parts" :-)

The Halfway Mark

On Saturday we turned 20 weeks - halfway there! I am still feeling good and have been feeling Lima move on a regular basis. It has also started to be easier for Dan to feel the baby move as well. Lima is especially active after I eat and right before bed. To me it feels like a popping or a muscle twitch, and is a very cool feeling. We have our next appointment in exactly one week (09/08/09) and we will have the ultrasound and will find out if Lima is a boy or a girl assuming he/she cooperates! They will also check to make sure everything appears to be growing properly & that Lima appears to be healthy, which is the most important thing!

This past weekend we also had my "Bachelorette party" that my sister in law organized for me. We went to a spa and all had manicures and then we went to La Hacienda for dinner. It was a lot of fun and I really appreciate Toni for organizing it for me.

Other than that, we leave for the Bahamas in 11 days and get married in 15 days! We are both very excited and anxious to leave, but have a lot to do to prepare. This weekend I should have a fitting of my dress, which I think will have to be let out more, and then I will have to pick it up one night next week. I have a feeling the rest of the year is going to fly by...when we get back from the Bahamas we have to get Lima's room & everything else ready, have a yard sale, register for classes at the hospital, and find a pediatrician. I also want to have all my Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving so I don't have to try to fight the crowds when I am 8-9 months pregnant.

19 WEEKS