Week 23

We went to the doctor yesterday. Everything seems to be going well. I have only gained 2 pounds since my last visit. Which means the weight that I have been gaining is just baby!
This really made me happy because I have been really trying to make good choices when I eat.

Although, yesterday I did have cake and cheese cake. But it was my birthday so I had to celebrate it some how.

We will be going back on June 9th. Then my doctor wants to do another ultra sound to look at a couple of things that they were not able to see during week 19. She wants to see his face head on and a shot of his stomach. These are things that she is not too worried about otherwise we would have has an ultra sound yesterday.


It was a nice day. I worked a half day yesterday, went to the doctor, and spent time with Jeff.
We also started out baby registry at Babies R Us. I am planning on registering at Target as well but am won't drag Jeff through that. He was a trooper but I think the thought off all the stuff you"need" tends to freak him out.

The baby's room is moving along nicely. I think this weekend we will be able to move the bed and the desk out. Jeff will be making a trip to the dump too. We have really been trying to get rid of old stuff that has been just sitting around. We are still finding stuff from when his grandma and grandpa lived here.


Baby Stuff
Joe is more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango). His skin is red and wrinkled. Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare him for breathing. He can swallow, but he normally won't pass his first stool (called meconium) until after birth. Loud noises heard often in utero — such as your dog barking or the roar of a vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze your baby when he hears them outside the womb.

Moose Moment
Poor Moose Man. Things are changing and he is on to it. Now that he is a little older we are trying to give him more freedom. Which means no more kennel when we are gone. For a while he seemed very happy with his new freedom or responsibility as I like to call it but he know that there is something going on with Mom. Not sure what but he is grumpy. He can't sit in my lap at night and he can't figure out why when he snuggles with me at bed time why he can't get comfy with that big tummy in the way. So he is trying new tactics to be close to his mommy and trying to avoid his found freedom. Take a look at the pic above.