I just had another doctor appointment today. Everything is measuring on track. The heart rate is down to about 140. I told my doctor how everyone keeps commenting on my belly being so small. She said not to worry. People built like me are the ones that look like they are "stealing a basketball". She said not to be surprised if at 39 weeks people are commenting about how I am only half way through my pregnancy! She also gave a word of warning that my body type is the kind that will hide a very large baby. We will see...

I have been getting more and more comments at work recently about my belly. It has been fun because all the mom's at the office are so excited. They all love that Annelise and I both are not finding out the sex of our babies. Everyone also comments about "not drinking the water" at the office!

Here is an updated belly shot. I had to retire my first pair of black pants worn in the belly shots. I think I am going to need to retire my shirts soon too!

A Home Improvement Weekend...

Well, as my friend Carrie put it...soon there will be a 3rd "Home Improvement Guru added to the Hardin Family". We had a busy weekend around the house. It is amazing what you can get done in a few days with some help!

Mom and I have finished the curtains for the baby room and started on the basket liners.

Dad and Craig have made a big start on the built-in for the living room.

We also had our glass door for our shower installed (finally, only a year later...) and started getting quotes for a new roof (thanks to a leak we discovered last week). Busy, busy, busy!!

It is official...

Well, it is official- I am starting to look pregnant. Today was the first time someone random commented on me being pregnant!

21 week ultrasound

We had our 21 week ultrasound last week. Everything looked great. Craig and I are both sad that it will most likely be our last ultrasound. The tech measured all the important body parts to make sure everything looked healthy. We saw two hands, two feet, all chambers of the heart, etc. Because we do not want to know the sex of the baby she avoided that area. When she was measuring the legs and feet Craig and I kept asking her if they were longer than normal. We could tell she was trained well to not scare any parents because she kept saying "everything is within normal limits". We both laughed saying- look at us, we are not "normal" for height we wouldn't be surprised if it had long legs.

Craig and I keep catching each other call it a "she" or "he". We will stop and call each other out- "Did you just say he??". Its our own little game we have going on trying to predict the sex.

Almost 22 weeks...

Well, I am just about to start my 22 week. I have been calling pediatricians this morning trying to pick a doctor for this little one. Craig laughs at me because I have my to-do list on our refrigerator of things I want to get done before the baby comes. We are slowly, but surely checking things off. Although we are no closer to picking any names...

So far, so good. I am continuing to feel good. The baby is starting to kick a lot and Craig has been able to feel it more and more often. I cleaned my closet out yesterday and narrowed it down to about one shelf of items that still fit. I think I am going to need to do some shopping soon. I keep holding out for the warm weather.

Craig and I ventured to Babies 'R Us last weekend. Although he wanted to do everything online I did convince him he needed to try out things such as strollers because we are so tall. We made it through about seven items. When I turned in the scanner the lady at the store was very concerned. She said "Was everything alright? I see you only have seven items on your registry". I told her we were starting small :) I plan on calling on friends/family over the next few weeks with babies to figure out what I really need vs. what is just the "extras".

Nursery Updates

We moved the changing table up to the nursery today. It looks great! Now mom and I need to get busy sewing all the final touches. We have our work cut out for us.

Nasheville, TN

We returned today from a visit with Craig's parents in TN. We had a great time relaxing and seeing some sites. On our first day Craig and I took a trip to Kentucky to go to Mammoth Cave. It was really neat to see. The cave was HUGE. There were some very tight spots where I was thankful I was not more pregnant than I was. They should have that as a warning!

On Thursday evening we went to Puckett's Grocery. It is a little restaurant/grocery where they play live music. We got to enjoy bluegrass, bbq, and bourbon tasting (for Craig).

On Friday we headed to Lynchburg to tour the Jack Danielle's distillery. Lynchburg had a very cute downtown where we had lunch before the tour. Lynchburg is in a dry county so no tastings for Craig this time!

On Friday night we went to Bluebird Cafe and listened to some great up and coming artists. It was neat because we get weekly updates on the development of the baby. Last week before we left we got an email saying that the baby could now hear sounds. At Bluebird the baby either LOVED or HATED the music. It was kicking like crazy. Craig had felt the baby before, but this time he could really feel it moving around- very neat!