32 Weeks - 8 to Go

I had my 32 week appointment yesterday. The girls came with me again and liked listening to the baby's heartbeat. This little boy moves a ton so I am usually not nervous about the heartbeat check - he kicked me all the way to the appointment. I know he is still there!
My doctor wants to error on the side of caution and start seeing me weekly now. She said she would rather be over-cautious than anything. I am going to have a baby weight-check ultrasound next week which will be fun too. I think I am going to take Raleigh with me - she will think it is cool. I am still on a baby aspirin every day and I get to stop that in 4 weeks which will be great - drop my medicines that I am taking down is always a good thing.
We went to Holland yesterday to see my sister Becky and niece Melodie who live in Milwaukee. They (and Ryan) are visiting for a few days. Becky who is an OB nurse felt my belly and said it seemed the baby's head is still up. I hope he turns! My girls were the same way until about week 37 so I am not too concerned. We are thankful that everything is still going well. 8 weeks to go!!

31 Weeks

Not much to update except that everything with this pregnancy seems to be going well at 31 weeks. I am so glad that I made it this far - hopefully we have 9 weeks to go! I am still working on gettting everything ready for the baby's room. I have to get to the top of the closet that has all of the little baby things in it - it is fun to pull the stuff out again. Not much else exciting going on - the girls and James are going well - we are always thankful for that!

I have a "Normal" pregnancy now!

I had my 30 week appointment today. It went well. The baby's heartbeat is in the 150's and I am measuring at 31 weeks. My doctor just keeps getting more excited every time I see her. She told me she wants me to have a big baby. She also said that my pregnancy is now considered "normal". That is the best thing to hear.
The girls are doing well too. They came to the appointment today and stood right by me while we heard the heartbeat - Raleigh told me she "loves to hear that sound". My doctor said, "probably not as much as your mommy does!"
We are getting into the beginnings of the busy part of busy season for James too. I am so thankful that his office is so close to home. We stopped there for lunch today and he has been trying to make it home for dinner almost every night and then go back to the office after the girls are in bed if he has to. Hopefully the rest of busy season goes fast - We are getting excited for the baby to come.

Daddy Daughter Dance

Raleigh and James are on their way to the Daddy Daughter Dance tonight. Raleigh's Friend Allie and her dad came to pick them up. They are going out to dinner and then to the dance. Raleigh got to go to Grandma Kuipers' house to get her hair done (it is beautiful) and her nails done. I feel like I just sent Raleigh to the prom or something and that James is going on a date with someone else!

Sydney is having a bit of a hard time with this whole thing. When we went to pick up the coursage, Sydney got tears in her eyes and said, "but...where is mine??" She decided she wanted to get dressed up in her Cinderella dress and dance with Daddy before he left. Grandma even did her hair. She wants to go so bad. I told her in a couple of years she could go - I need some Mommy-Sydney time. Sydney is now watching Dora and doing the Chicken Dance...

And sometimes we eat with elephants...

Sydney cracks me up lately. Every morning for breakfast her animals have to eat with her. They even need their own bowl. Yesterday her elephant Yellow had to have breakfast with her.

Sydney is so proud of herself. Today we ate with 2 tigers...

Also, we are at 29 weeks - a great place to be. Everything with this pregnancy seems to get going well. I can tell the baby is getting bigger and bigger. We finally started getting Sydney's old room back to a nursery. The girls even call it the baby's room. I have some blue hanging in the closet and a lot of pink to part with.