8.5 to go!

Wow. What a roller coaster! I have been having SO much fun with my pregnancy! (is there a sarcasm font yet?) For the most part, its been pretty great. I love being pregnant, I love having this little guy kicking around and abusing my internal organs (for the most part so far). I haven't had any morning sickness, which means I haven't thrown up. I have, however, had migraines that make me cry, leg cramps that make me want to tear off my legs, and swelling that makes me panic. I know it's normal, but swelling freaks me out! Luckily the swelling has been minimal compared to some people and seems to mostly be related to the humidity and traveling I was recently exposed to. I also really dislike heartburn and feeling like I can't breathe. The fun thing is thinking about the fact that he's still growing!! In any case, overall I love it. I am so excited to meet my little Sawyer.

Over the past weekend I went to Wisconsin for a baby shower with friends and family. Josh stayed home and so it was just the girls! It was so nice to see everyone and to share in the excitement. I got lots of nice things and some gift cards to boot. Our friend Sandy made a fabulous Baby Melon Salad and grandma ordered a super yummy carrot cake!

After the shower mom, grandma, and I went to Elevatorfest (an annual picnic from the West Bend Elevator). It was fantastic, there was lots of food and drinks, with lots of people! We had to wear name tags, and so I made sure Sawyer got one too.

On the way home Sunday, mom and I were waiting for flights in the Chicago Airport, when who should walk by.....John C Reilly! I asked for a picture, but he politely declined because he was with his kids. He did, however, ask my name, shake my hand, and wish me luck with my pregnancy! I did get some paparazzi shots though :)

26 Weeks!

Nursery Photos

Here's a sneak peak of baby Petersen's nursery!

We're still far from finished, but we're loving it so far! We've got lots of cute things for the walls and i'm still deciding if I'll be able to fit in a glider. We still have 14 ish weeks to go, but we're getting closer everyday!

This boy can kick!

He can already kick so hard and visibly that I'm getting nervous for the next 17 weeks! Can you believe it? I'm now at 23 weeks. It's still a little surreal that I will soon have a baby here. Things have been super busy with school and work, both Josh and I are trying to get as much in before the baby comes. The baby room is still not a baby room, I'm possibly buying a crib set this weekend, but we'll see.

Here are some ultrasound pictures, they're not the greatest quality, I'm having trouble getting them to scan properly. We had two ultrasounds, the first one didn't produce good stomach images, so we had to go back. In the second ultrasound we got to watch this silly little boy kicking his feet above his head! In one of the photos you can see his knee up by his head, but he was too fast to get a shot of the foot up there.

Profile

His arm and hand by his face

Legs

Spine (Josh says we're having a sleestak)

It's a boy!

Yup, definitely a boy!

His hand

Hands

A face shot from the second ultrasound

His knee by his head, when he was kicking

His foot



Oh Baby!

It's a BOY!

I'll post the other ultrasound photos soon! Everything looks good, happy and healthy! Also, not sure why this is posting sideways...weird