31 week update

Here are a few nursery progress pictures. There have been lots of changes over the past few weeks with the painting complete and the crib bedding in place (mom's got some serious seamstress skills!). Pat just put up the curtains the other night and we have our first substantial baby toy. Please note that it is called a "baby gym"....hum...maybe a bit of an inflated name given the coordination and motor skills of a newborn. Nonetheless, the toy makes it feel like a nursery. Pat and I checked it out by crawling under it. I think she'll like it. How could you not like a jungle themed mat with a giraffe, jungle themed music, and flashing lights!?

As for our little girl, she is now over 16 inches long, 3.3 pounds, and apparently heading into a growth spurt. She will gain about .5 pounds per week until she is born which seems crazy. She is going to get heavy to cart around in my belly. I am doing well with the only real challenge being sleeping and sore ribs at the end of the day if I have been standing or walking too much. I get pretty excited when she decides to sleep at the same time that I am trying to sleep however she often seems to find that the best time to flop around and test our her kickboxing skills.

I have a dr appointment this Friday, which I am looking forward to. I haven't seen the actual doctor since October as my November and December appointments were with PAs. I have a good solid list of questions for him and am interested in what he has to say about my progress. Only 9 weeks to go now if our little girl decides to come on time.

29 weeks and Merry Christmas

Here is a quick belly picture update at 29 weeks! I can't believe I am almost to the 3/4 mark. It is feeling more and more real by the day as Pat and I talk about life with our daughter and how much fun it will be to watch her move around in the world. Her room is starting to fill up and we can imagine a little baby girl in the crib now. We know life will change dramatically soon and are looking forward to the many blessings that the Lord will bring into our life through our little girl.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

29 weeks and Christmas time

It is snowing like crazy in Seattle and the Summerill family is up for Christmas! We are having a great time and trying to maneuver about in the snow. As you can see, our back yard got quite the pile of snow last night and it is still snowing now. The last picture is of myself, Kaitlyn, and the crib bedding that my mom made and brought up from Miami. It is now in the nursery and waiting for little baby Murphy to arrive! Only 11 weeks to go. I am thinking that the next two weeks will fly by with my family in town and time away from work. I hope to slide into January without too much trouble and then it will be 2 months. Hum...I am already playing number games in my head. :)

Third Trimester

I have finally hit the third trimester and can't believe that we are 12 weeks away from meeting our little daughter. Sometimes that seems like a lifetime away and other times it feels like it is coming quickly. According to babycenter, our baby is now 2.25 pounds and 14.8 inches long. I still love feeling her moving around and can often tell where her head and feet are.

Pat also finished the nursery painting this weekend after many long hours of carefully laboring. It looks awesome. I am so thankful that I didn't have to do the work. As you can see from the pictures, three walls are a kind of neutral tan and the fourth is a bright teal, which will match the bed skirt perfectly. My mom is bringing the bedding this week and then I will just have the lighting, curtains, and wall decor to add. It is really fun to watch it come together. More and more I can picture a little baby in there.

Nursery Room Progress

Props to my mom because she just finished our little girl's crib bedding!!!!! Cheers! Cheers! Cheers! She was torturing me by not telling me how it was going and then just called me, told me to check my email, and then hung up. The picture and a few others is what I found waiting for me in my inbox! She's tricky for sure. She finished the bedding in record time I think. I am really excited about how it turned out and quite grateful that my mom was willing to go through the sewing torture to make it happen! Big contribution from Grandma in the baby's room! Thanks MOM!!!!!

Now I just have to wait until December 18th when the family arrives in Seattle to see how it looks in the crib. It will be awesome! Pat is also painting like crazy in the nursery and has finished at least half I would say. I am so thankful for all of the help.

25 week update

I have been a bit of a slacker with my updates lately. Here is a new picture of the growing belly, which is getting more hilarious by the day. I am still really enjoying being pregnant and knowing that there is a little person developing in my ever-growing belly. It seems more and more miraculous every day as I can feel her moving around. Some days she moves so much that I can feel exactly where she is and how long she is with movements on one side of the belly and movements on the other side at the same time. I can also sit in meetings at work and watch my belly moving because she is kicking hard enough that it is visible on the outside. Pat and I had a great time the other night feeling her doing some serious moves. She can really get moving in there. I love the movement and knowing that the Lord created this being that is developing and will some day join our family. We are already in love with our little girl.

In other news, I took the test on Friday that determines whether or not you have developed the pregnancy form of diabetes. Thankfully I have not nor do I have to go back in for the exciting three-hour test. Sigh of relief on that one. There is only so much daytime TV one can stomach while sitting in the waiting room.

I also selected the fabric for the nursery bedding and am thrilled that my mom is making it for me. I now have the paint picked out and my awesome husband is going to paint the nursery, which is not exactly his favorite task though ironically I love to paint and am sad that I can't do the work. Probably not a good idea to have me climbing around on a ladder. I am not blessed with coordination at this point.

I am starting to feel the back pains of pregnancy and feel tired when I have been on my feet too long. I can't imagine what it will feel like when I am really big.

That's about all of the excitement for now though here is the latest from babycenter.com.

"Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture."

22 weeks and our 1 pound little girl

I am at 22 weeks now and only 6 weeks away from the third trimester! My belly seems to be growing every day and my coordination dropping as the belly grows. I am sure both will continue. :) Thankfully I am now craving apples and orange juice though we'll see how long that healthy trend lasts. The latest in the baby preparations is that we bought our stroller! I am pretty excited about it because it will be great for running and trail "hiking" if you can call it that. We are going to have an outdoor friendly baby! I also braved Baby's R Us on Saturday to look at car seats and will never make that mistake again. That place is a mad house!

Here is the latest from babycenter:
At 11 inches and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. Her lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and she's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath her gums. Her eyes have formed, but her irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers her body and the deep wrinkles on her skin, which she'll sport until she adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside her belly, her pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.