In the home stretch (pun intended) now!

Today I enter the last trimester of pregnancy; Baby McGuire's due date is exactly three months away! As if to celebrate, he has been kicking nonstop for the last two days; I wake up in the morning to little knocks on my ribs and go to bed at night with a similar symphony of jolts to my midsection. It also seems like I am starting to be able to feel what position he is lying in. His favorite position seems to be upside down with his head on the left side down low, and his feet up in the air on the right side, kicking me up under the ribs. Last night Clint and I could have sworn we felt the smooth, hard little crown of his head at the base of my stomach. I gave him a gentle little poke and he moved a couple of inches over (what a mean mommy I am! :P )

On the other hand, I have been feeling pretty lousy this week. Started Monday with a migraine (my first since I've been pregnant) that was screwing up my vision so bad I ended up going home half way through the day. Then today I have been struck by awful morning sickness...I was afraid I was going to have to get off the phone with someone and go barf. Also, I feel like I have gained ten pounds the past week! I have gone up another bra size, and had to get Clint to help me put my pants on this morning because I didn't think I could reach my feet without hurting myself. Three more months, three more months...

Baby room update

I just realized I forgot to let everyone know what we ended up doing with the baby room the weekend my mom was here. As we had planned, we went ahead and painted the room a warm cream color, which really lightened it up and made it seem roomier than the murky blue that was on the walls before. We had planned to do a border, too, but my mom the wallpaper expert said our plaster walls were to rough for a border to adhere properly. So, at this point we are debating about whether we want to do some stencils or even a mural.

In the meantime, we have put up the Pack-N-Play in the room, since it has a bassinet in it that we can use for the first month or so until the baby gets old enough for a crib. It is a green-and-yellow gingham pattern with Winnie the Pooh on it, and it looks really good with the cream-colored walls. Target carries some really cute Classic Pooh sheets that I think will look good on the crib (a white Jenny Lind crib that my mom is giving us) after we take the Pack-N-Play out. We also have a cherry-wood twin bed in the room, which I think I will get some dark green sheets for, an oak rocker, a small white bookshelf that is already starting to collect picture books, and an antique maple art-deco style half-wardrobe that we have put my collection of stuffed bunnies on. We still have some work to do, but it is slowly starting to look like a baby room!

Strictly for my honey

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Oh yeah, and for anyone else out there who loves/likes/watches Law & Order in all of its 150 incarnations! :P

New Sonogram pic

3-D Ultrasound Update

Friday Clint and I went to Charlottesville for our second 3-D ultrasound. The baby starting kicking in the car on the way there, and by the time we we got into the exam room for the ultrasound, he was in full swing. It took the technician and the doctor almost an hour to get him to hold still long enough to get a good look at his heart. We got a good view of the baby vigorously kicking me in the side, as well as of the top of his head as he actually spun around like a top(!) The doctor said, "You are going to have your hands full!" We also saw the baby's face, including getting to see him stick his tongue out, and we are definitely sure he is a boy now, since he seemed to take particular delight in showing us his little buttcrack and equipment. I know you probably can't really tell that much about a baby's personality from an ultrasound, but I left with the feeling that our little guy is a real character. I just hope he isn't so rambunctious he drives us both nuts! On the more serious side, everything seemed to be normal, and this is the last time we will need to go to Charlottesville for testing.