24 weeks

Here is a picture of my belly at almost 24 weeks. The baby is moving all the time and we can feel it kick, twist and turn. It has been so much fun watching it move around, all of a sudden you can see the shape of my stomach change. It looks like little elbow jabs popping out. Before I could only feel it when sitting and laying still, now I feel it all day long. It is the best feeling! The kids tell me every week how my stomach is growing and growing.

20 week baby ultrasound pictures

Here are two of the pictures from the 20 week ultrasound we had last week. It was great to see the baby and see how much it has grown since the first ultrasound. Our tech was great and he took some 4D pictures of little baby Rader. We still haven't found out what the sex is, although it was very tempting to ask last Friday.
I have finally felt the baby, last night when I was laying in bed about to fall asleep I could feel little movements below my belly button. Before I wasn't sure if it was the baby or gas bubbles. Now that I know right where the baby is I knew thats what it was. I can't wait for Jack to be able to feel it. The baby is active at night and you can only feel it when your sitting or laying very still at this point.
The pictures show the baby's head and arms. One is the 4D that shows what the baby looks like right now. You can see its left arm right by its face. The arms are completely formed, there is something that looks like a stub, its not the right arm. The second picture is a regular ultrasound, you can see how much bigger it is from the first.

21 week Dr. appt.

Today we had our 21 week Dr. appointment. It went really well. We had a chance to listen to the heart beat again. The baby was moving around a lot so she had a really hard time finding it.
The results from the blood test that I had a couple of weeks ago were in and showed no signs of Downsyndrome. The chances were 1 in 5000, which means very low risk.
Of course I was weighed, its the first thing they do when they call you in. Thanks to my non stop hunger I have gained 6 pounds in the past 5 weeks. I think I gained most of it this week.
The baby room is coming together slowly. Jack and my dad have been busy working on it for the past 2 weeks. The wood floors and painting are the only things left...for now!
Here is a picture from New Years Eve, you can kind of see my baby bump and new hair cut. The tummy is sticking out farther now.

I can't stop eating!

Yes it is true, all I want to do is eat. This baby better be doubling in size because I know my butt has. The holidays are bad enough when it comes to over eating but when you have someone else inside you to feed it becomes a constant thing in your life. I can eat and then be hungry 20 minutes later.
We are in the process of making some major changes in our house so everything is everywhere. I can't find the camera cable so I can't add anymore baby bump pics until we get settled again.
On Friday we went to have our 20 week ultra sound. It was very tempting to find out if we are having a baby boy or a girl, but we controlled ourselves. We've made it half way so we can keep going. The baby weighs about 1/2 a pound and is 8 1/2 inches long. The baby was all curled up with it hands right in front of its face and its legs not too far away. Everything is developing like it should and all the body parts were there which is a relief. The heartbeat was at 152 beats per minute. I still think its a boy and Jack thinks its a girl. They took some 4D pics for us so we got a closer look at what it looks like at 20 weeks. Im going to try to scan the pictures at school so you can see what baby Rader looks like now. It looks like a baby with a little alien resemblance.
We have a Dr. appt. on Thursday so we will share any news we get. Only 20 more weeks to go!