getting ready for Tubs!

i'm starting to nest and its really a wonderful way to start bonding with Tubs. his dresser and closet are ready to go. Jamie is here this weekend and she's going to help me purge and organize to make room for all the new baby stuff.

Speaking of new baby stuff, our registries are started at Babies R Us and at Target (Amazon). Neither one is complete yet, but feel free to start spoiling Tubby anytime. Mostly I just need to add some big ticket items that I want to go to the store and see first (crib, breast pump and decorations, ect.)

Bed rest is going well. I manage to stay off my feet enough so that I have as few as 3-5 contractions a day (down from about 20 or 30). Bored as can be, but visits from Howie and Jamie have helped a lot.

Tubs is now about a foot long and weights between 1.5 and 2 pounds. he just developed his sense of balance, which means he knows when he is flipping in circles and keeping his mommy up all night (can't spank him for it yet).

Ultrasound pictures are up!

Finally added the new pictures of Tubs. Scroll down to the bottom of this blog to see. Not the greatest pictures, but you can see how big he's gotten. We also posted new belly shots.

I other news, Tubby definitely knows Luke's voice and continues to react with kicks, twists and turns when Luke talks to him. It's the sweetest, most amazing experience to watch them playing already.

The contractions haven't completely stopped yet, but seem to only come on when I'm on my feet for too long or walk up stairs/hills. I'll keep off my feet for a few more days to see if they can go away all together. Please keep us in your prayers that these contractions stop or at least continue to be non-labor inducing. Tubby needs to stay in for at least another 14 weeks or so.

its a.....boy or girl????

its a boy! our beautiful little one couldn't wait to show off his little penis and make his mommy and daddy giggle with pride. he's a big fat baby - 98th percentile! most babies at this stage weight about a pound and Tubs already weighs a pound and a half. I'm switching names from Nomi to Tubs, as in Tubs of fun, little tubby boy, tubs and the fat man.

Everything on the ultrasound showed perfectly normal. Tubs spent some time waving to us and showing us his kicking boxing moves. Luke has been smiling ear to ear all day. we'll get the ultrasound pictures up soon.

We had a scare last night when i started having regular contractions for a few hours. We went to the hospital to make sure everything was ok. I've been pushing myself pretty hard lately and the baby isn't having anymore of it. the doctor has me resting up for at least a week to see if the contractions stop. we aren't worrying about going into preterm labor at this point - just want to make sure it doesn't escalate to that.

celebrate our beautiful baby boy with us - eat, drink or buy something blue!