Luke!

Haven't posted anything on this blog since our wonderful Luke was born. He's now 91 days old and he is beautiful! He's napping right next to me at this moment.

This morning I gave Luke a bath. He loves his bath times. I wrapped him up in his baby towel and he gave me the cutest grin.

I love my son so much. He and his mom are my world.

Right now we're trying to introduce the bottle. He's still getting the good stuff (breastmilk). The first day he didn't care for the bottle at all. But the second day was a different story. He took it pretty quick. He still doesn't like formula, but that's fine for now.

Almost There

Less than a month away. We will hold our little son. We have no idea how we're supposed to feel right now. We don't know what to expect.

We've taken one birthing class where our teacher explained to to us when to go to the hospital and what to expect as far as pain during delivery. (Lindsey's pain. I'll be in pain for her.) She also demonstrated what birth is going to be like with a little doll, some fake hip bones and a uterus made of yarn.

Little man, we're ready to meet you. You're going to radically change mine and your mother's lives. We already love you.

Countdown to B Day

Gosh.....Where to even begin?  We went to the midwife's a few weeks ago and we have another appt. this coming Friday and everything seems to be going by so fast!  Luke is growing and kicking harder than ever and although my midwife said I've only gained 6 ibs so far, I think that will be changing very soon, in fact after this week, I think it's safe to say its already in progress.  Just this week he feels like he's so much bigger, wedging himself into my right lunge and kicking me awake at night.  It's been hard but good if that makes any real sense. My hormones are running rampant and I am losing sleep more often, but aside from that, I know Luke is healthy and growing.  This week I have been sending out baby shower invitations and registering at Target, as well as at Babies R Us. Nausea is making a cameo appearance a few days lately which is not cool, but luckily its few and far between and does not last as long, nor is it as bad as it was at the beginning of the pregnancy.  No real crazy cravings right now, lately I've been wanting the usual.....pizza, mac and cheese and no broccoli lol and sometimes I really want fish and chips......odd.  That's pretty much the whole deal right now.  The countdown is on!!

55 More Days

This baby is coming! According to my app on my phone we have only 55 more days til little Luke comes. I'm not ready! I'm freaking out a little, I'm not going to lie. Lindsey emailed me the plan today for delivery date. This is real.

Ultrasound Four

I'm listening to a Jack's Mannequin album I got from Sean a few years ago. It reminds me of playing Starcraft in my bedroom in my basement apartment. That seems like such a long time ago. That was probably 2005 or 2006. It's now 2012. So six or seven years. I would have never dreamed that I would one day be expecting a baby.

But here I am. He's on his way. In thirteen weeks this little guy is going to turn my world upsidedown. I can't help but be filled with emotion right now, mostly joy, but fear too. I want to be my best for him and for Lindsey, too. I want to protect him.

Today we had our fourth ultrasound. Everytime it's an amazing experience. Today he was making faces for us. It was super cute.

The person who runs the ultrasound said that he's a bit smaller than average, which is surprising because Lindsey and I are both taller than average. She said it's nothing to really be concerned about though.

Lindsey's starting to show more and more, too. We're officially in the third trimester. Last night, I was feeling Lindsey's tummy and I felt Luke wiggle a lot. It really makes me happy when he wiggles.

When I get home to my scanner, I'll post some images of the ultrasound today.