Dear Mom-To-Be,
For months your baby's eyes have been shut, but now they're almost fully developed and will soon be ready to open. No matter what color eyes you and the father have, your baby's eyes are blue: The irises don't display their final color until a few months after birth. Your baby's brain is maturing rapidly, and she's growing quickly. She's more than thirteen inches long and two pounds this week. Still quite lean, your baby still has lots of fat to put on.
- The parents and editors at Parenting.com
Friday, November 5, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Dang You Uterus!
So, I can feel Olivia move inside me. Usually it’s at night (around 7pm) and when I am lying in bed reading. I only feel her on my lower left side. The other night she moved 4 times in a row so I had Damon put his hand on my stomach and she decided not to move again. I don’t know if my hands are really feeling her on the outside or if I can just feel her move on the inside. One of my favorite things with pregnant woman is when they are super pregnant and you can feel and see the baby move across the skin. I am starting to wonder if that will ever happen to me. Since I have a retroverted uterus Dr. Spetalnick says that I might not ever feel that. It seems like the same guts/fat that is has been keeping her warm and snuggly "like a down comforter" is also keeping me from my favorite pregnant thing! Ahh well I guess as long as she is safe in there my little pleasures are of no means.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Olivia .......... Nash
We have decided on Olivia's middle name! This was not easy. If she was a boy the middle initial would be a "D" after Damon and the rest of the Nash men (Damon's dad, Grandpa and brother - not a Nash but still...). Since it turned out that she was a girl we didn't know what in the world to pick. The process went a little something like this:
1. What if the 2nd child is another girl, still use D? - Yes
2. Don't want one kid to be have a special middle name and not the other
3. Maybe a middle name starting with D for both
4. D names for girls suck
5. Maybe an A for this kid and a D for the next?
6. That’s the ticket! Name 1 after the mom and 1 after the dad
7. Look at middle names that start with an A (since my name is Katherine Anne)
8. Cant end in an A b/c olivia ends in an A (one of Damon's rules)
9. Go through over 15 pages of girls names starting with A.
and now we have it!
Olivia Annabel Nash
starts with an A and has my middle name in it.
Deciding how we were going to spell Annabel was a task too. Most people spell it Annabelle but you can also spell it a variety of ways... Anabel, Annabel, Annabell, ect. We decided to keep the 2 n's since my middle name had 2 n's but only go with 'bel' rather than 'belle' to keep it shorter.
On the doctor front:
Went on 10/26 - gained a "significant" amount of weight (11 pounds) which is BS since the last nurse accounted for my shoes and clothes where as this (evil) nurse did not. Since I weigh myself every Monday morning I know it was about an 8 pound weight gain since I was at the doctor last - 1 month ago. Either way I should only gain 1 pound a week (nice to know now). So according to the OB office I have officially gained 3 pounds since May. Crazy since I have a basetball in my belly. Side note- LOVE my health at Vandy website! Tracks all my vital signs and labs! Next doctor visit (11/23) I do my glucose screening test --> Draw blood, drink a very sugary drink, wait 1 hour, draw blood again. I should get my results later that night.
Love,
Katie
1. What if the 2nd child is another girl, still use D? - Yes
2. Don't want one kid to be have a special middle name and not the other
3. Maybe a middle name starting with D for both
4. D names for girls suck
5. Maybe an A for this kid and a D for the next?
6. That’s the ticket! Name 1 after the mom and 1 after the dad
7. Look at middle names that start with an A (since my name is Katherine Anne)
8. Cant end in an A b/c olivia ends in an A (one of Damon's rules)
9. Go through over 15 pages of girls names starting with A.
and now we have it!
Olivia Annabel Nash
starts with an A and has my middle name in it.
Deciding how we were going to spell Annabel was a task too. Most people spell it Annabelle but you can also spell it a variety of ways... Anabel, Annabel, Annabell, ect. We decided to keep the 2 n's since my middle name had 2 n's but only go with 'bel' rather than 'belle' to keep it shorter.
On the doctor front:
Went on 10/26 - gained a "significant" amount of weight (11 pounds) which is BS since the last nurse accounted for my shoes and clothes where as this (evil) nurse did not. Since I weigh myself every Monday morning I know it was about an 8 pound weight gain since I was at the doctor last - 1 month ago. Either way I should only gain 1 pound a week (nice to know now). So according to the OB office I have officially gained 3 pounds since May. Crazy since I have a basetball in my belly. Side note- LOVE my health at Vandy website! Tracks all my vital signs and labs! Next doctor visit (11/23) I do my glucose screening test --> Draw blood, drink a very sugary drink, wait 1 hour, draw blood again. I should get my results later that night.
Love,
Katie
Friday, October 15, 2010
Baby Bedding...UGH!
I am having the hardest time deciding on baby bedding. Those that know me know that I suck at deciding on things like this. Choosing paint is so torturous for me that I have only painted 1 wall at the new house (the laundry room, blue, still not sure if I love it). I have narrowed it down to 3. The 2 that are the same pattern just difference color are from Target and only available online. I think that is what is holding me up. I like to look and feel all of my options before deciding on just 1. I also love the idea of birds for the room rather than butterflies. But I like that the butterfly bedding from Babies R Us has a couple different colors rather than just 1 main color. Purple is my favorite color but the pink is adorable too. ARG! HELP!
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| Carters Flower Bedding from Babies R US |
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| MiGi Blossom Pink from Target online |
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| MiGi Blossom Purple from Target online |
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
My Belly at 22 weeks and 6 days
I'm not really sure when this belly appeared. I started noticing it last week some. These pictures are taken at night with a full belly and I'm not sucking in at all. I feel like the (belly) pictures are more impressive than what I feel/look like every day. My face on the other hand looks just like I feel - slightly run down and tired but happy and content. Olivia should weight around a pound and is about 12 inches long. :)
Still trying to come up with a middle name....
Still trying to come up with a middle name....
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| Front View |
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| Side View |
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| View from the top |
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
22 1/2 weeks along
From Parentsconnect.com
Your Mini's hands have grown bigger and stronger and the nerve endings in her fingers have developed her sense of touch. She's in there testing out her newfound abilities by touching her face and grabbing the umbilical cord. Other cool developments:
You're already raising a little Einstein. Your baby's brain is developing at a clip this week and will continue to do so until she's five years old (so load up on the Omega 3)!
Baby's hair is now a short, bright white crop (Billy Idol, eat your heart out!). No matter what color it will end up—red, blonde, black—all babies' hair lacks pigment at this point.
Your baby has started growing taste buds and may be able to detect strong flavors in the amniotic fluid. If you could see inside, you might catch her sticking out her tongue for a taste and then grimacing, a sign that perhaps you should chill on the chili powder.
Your baby now weighs almost a pound and measures almost 11 inches from her head to her heel, which is how the Stretch Armstrong in your uterus will be measured from here on out. Up 'til now your baby's legs were curled tight up against her torso, so she was measured from her head to her bottom (or crown to rump) and not head to toe. This week your mini is about as long as a package of Oreos and as heavy as a large bag of tortilla chips.
Your Mini's hands have grown bigger and stronger and the nerve endings in her fingers have developed her sense of touch. She's in there testing out her newfound abilities by touching her face and grabbing the umbilical cord. Other cool developments:
You're already raising a little Einstein. Your baby's brain is developing at a clip this week and will continue to do so until she's five years old (so load up on the Omega 3)!
Baby's hair is now a short, bright white crop (Billy Idol, eat your heart out!). No matter what color it will end up—red, blonde, black—all babies' hair lacks pigment at this point.
Your baby has started growing taste buds and may be able to detect strong flavors in the amniotic fluid. If you could see inside, you might catch her sticking out her tongue for a taste and then grimacing, a sign that perhaps you should chill on the chili powder.
Your baby now weighs almost a pound and measures almost 11 inches from her head to her heel, which is how the Stretch Armstrong in your uterus will be measured from here on out. Up 'til now your baby's legs were curled tight up against her torso, so she was measured from her head to her bottom (or crown to rump) and not head to toe. This week your mini is about as long as a package of Oreos and as heavy as a large bag of tortilla chips.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Baby Name
Since finding out that we were having a little girl we have been trying to find a name that we love. Who knew that girl names were so much harder to pick then little boys! We have decided on a first name, middle name will come later. Her name is going to be...........................Olivia!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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