17 weeks!

At 17 weeks the baby is about the size of a turnip and its skeleton is starting to harden. I could be feeling stronger movements in the next few weeks! It's around 5 inches long head to bottom and should be able to hear. Our next check up is September 1, but it could still be another month before we have the anatomy ultrasound! We will schedule it at the next doctor's visit, so I'm hoping we won't have to wait that long...We are getting very excited to find out whether it is a boy or girl! So far we are both guessing boy. I had a dream the other night that we found out we were having a boy, so thats what I'm going with right now! Plus the fact that Brandon's two sisters are both having/have had girls, I figure it seems unlikely we would all have girls! However, most of the old-wive's tales indicate girl:

Heart rate > 150bpm=Girl

Acne=Girl

Morning sickness=Girl

Dad not gaining weight=Girl

Carrying high or low? Can't tell that yet!

Type of craving? Not really having that yet either...

Belly shape? Can't tell that yet either

I'm sure there are more tests, but those are the only ones I've heard so far! Well, I guess its time to start putting in your guesses!

Room update

This week we painted the baby room a light grey/brown. We also taped out some furniture placement options (you can see the crib outlined). One item checked off our list!

Wattlet Room

Here is the baby room so far. Paint swatches on the wall and our baby items in the middle. Thanks mom for doubling our baby stash!

First baby gift!

We received our first baby gift yesterday! Thank you to Great-Grandma and Grandpa Van Dolson!

Beginner belly shots

Belly shots at 6 weeks, 9 weeks and 13 weeks. hmmm, think I need to cut back on the food? :)

14 weeks, 2 days

1. pants still fit in unwashed mode--putting off washing them since I'm a little worried they won't fit after...
2. let the news out to the world, ie facebook and church
3. had the talk with the boss and it went really well!
4. slept straight through the night Saturday night and Sunday night--no getting up to pee, no bad dreams and no waking up with nausea!

13 weeks, 4 days

Hurray! Got to see the little one wiggling around like crazy today at the ultrasound! Brandon is sad he had to miss it for a meeting! I'm feeling really happy to be at the end of the first trimester. The doctor said everything looks right on track and the baby was measuring around 3 inches CRL with a heart rate of 159bpm. Seeing the baby looking like a real little person and jumping around in there was very cool.