19th & 20th Week Updates

Thanks to some feedback, I'll be sure to actually 'show off' the nugget bump in the weekly photos...no more blousy tops. :) Don't mind the lack of eye make-up or Ruldolph-esque nose, as the current book club selection has me crying A LOT!! Just saying...if you love your puppies like they are your kids, do NOT read You Had Me at Woof while pregnant and hormonal, just a tip. At any rate...here's the nugget @ 19 weeks (last week):

Today was our 20 week visit at the doctor's office. Although this will be disappointing to some...we did NOT find out the gender of little nug. We are holding steady at the waiting game...sorry! When we went into the ultrasound room (with Grandpa & Grandma Evans in tow) we made sure to tell the u/s tech that we didn't want to know the gender and Grandma & Grandpa weren't allowed to know either, no matter how much money was promised for the exchange of information. ;) What was really cool though is that the tech didn't even look so she doesn't know and neither do the midwives...it's all even, we're all in the dark! :) The nugget's heart rate was 157/minute and he/she weighs approximately 11 ounces. Everything looks good! Unfortunately, however, you can't really see for yourself...the stills of the u/s aren't that great, and it certainly didn't help that nugget was doing yoga (downward facing dog) during the u/s. Since it's hard to tell what's what, I labeled the picture so you can kind of tell what's happening.

We also obtained confirmation at today's appointment, that I am CLEAR TO TRAVEL for THANKSGIVING!!! Looks like we'll be Washington bound after all!! :)

Next week we'll be attending our first group appointment. Since we're using midwives in lieu of the traditional OB/GYN approach, we will be taking group classes with other couples that will also be having a baby in January 2014. We somehow didn't get the call for the first session, but the second is next week. We are pretty excited to meet some other couples expecting around the same time as us. And we're excited to take classes. We aren't necessarily nervous about what to expect when the baby comes, because we're fortunate enough to have lots of little ones around us, but it's always a little different when it's yours.

So that's the update for the nugget's progress for the last couple weeks...next post will have more details on the development of the nursery, although it's currently stalled out due to waiting for materials to arrive. More on that later...