Week 28 and Phil's Achilles

Another week and feeling big, alright! This week has brought lots of activity from the baby. A week ago I didn't think she could be any more active, but she continues to kick, stretch, hiccup, and roll around all day long. We just can't wait to meet her!

 

 

Another big event happened this past week. While playing soccer last Tuesday, Phil ruptured his Achilles tendon and had to go to the ER to get checked out. A couple of hours later it was confirmed, he did quite a bit of damage and needs surgery. He has been hobbling around on crutches this past week and now we have a knee wheeler for him to get around much easier. We are quite the sight to see, a 6-month pregnant and waddling wife helping her husband on crutches get around. 

 

Here is the family with Phil and his boot that he has been wearing since the injury. He is scheduled for surgery tomorrow. It should be a quick 1-hour surgery in the medical office of the surgeon and he will be able to go home not long after the procedure is over. We are making preparations today to get the house set up for him to come home, and are planning on being home for a couple days while he recovers. The total recovery is going to be about 4 months, but hopefully by the time the baby comes in 3 months, he will have some use of his right leg.

 

Although, we definitely didn't plan for this to happen, we are doing our best to get through it and we appreciate all the well wishes and support. Once we figure out what we will need for Phil's recovery, we will take people up on their offers to help, and look forward to having visitors to the house once we know what Phil's condition will be after surgery.

 

Oh yeah, and a Happy Birthday to me today :). We have postponed any kind of celebration until after we are done with the surgery and possibly done with tax season. It will be a crunch this year getting all our responsibilities in place by the time April 15th comes around!

 

Thank you for everyone that keeps up on the blog and thank you again for all your well wishes. We appreciate all of you!

Weeks 25 through 27

We can hardly believe how big I've grown this last week. Even Porter is shocked! It's hard to believe I still have 13 weeks left to go and even had to buy some more maternity clothes that will have a little more give. At this point, the baby is approximately 15 inches long and 2.5 lbs. according to my pregnancy app.

 

We are making small progress on the nursery. We finally settled on a room for the baby and have the crib and dresser to put together. We're getting there!

 

 

Our baby girl is quite the mover and shaker. It feels like she is dancing in my belly - sometimes a bit of ballet, and sometimes it feels like she's doing some hip hop (on my bladder). I started getting back into my Zumba classes again, and it feels so good to get some exercise - although, I have to modify quite a bit. I am lucky to have co-workers who like to go to class with me so it helps keep me going. I don't want to wait too long to get into shape before the birth.

 

 

 

We scheduled our birthing classes starting at the end of April and have a hospital tour scheduled for May. Don't forget to pass on any suggested names for us. We are still all over the place with names.

Weeks 22 through 24

Now it just feels like the weeks are flying by these days. We are buried in tax returns and doing our best to get rested when we can. From what we've read, she is sampling the food I eat and we are doing our best to eat as many different varieties of foods (especially veggies) in hopes it will make some difference when we start introducing her to real foods someday. Phil has been the head chef at our house these days and I am so thankful he takes the lead each day to make something yummy for our family (especially when I need a nap after work :)). That reminds me, we should probably get some Brussels sprouts and asparagus next week!

Our baby girl is VERY active these days and I can feel her moving, kicking, and changing positions all day long it feels like. She is especially active around meal times and bed time. Phil has been able to feel her kick and move around a bit. He's been making up fun little nicknames for the little one as we are still playing around with all kinds of names these days. Moving around and sleeping is starting to get a bit more uncomfortable and I've picked up a snoring habit. Phil seems to be managing OK when I ask him about it, but I have a feeling he might be sugar coating it. As I get bigger and bigger each week, it feels like I'm always squishing our little girl. Even simply sitting on the couch seems to be a challenge. Everyone says it gets harder as the months go by, so I'm taking it in stride. We are just so happy to be healthy and pregnant!

 

 

We have focused on getting registered at Babies R Us and Amazon these past weeks and there is just so much out there and so many choices, I feel like I'm updating the registries every day.