Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Weekend News... Those darn Packers

So the cheesehead picture almost disappeared off the blog, but Brett Farve had to go and turn just one play to end overtime. Anyway, Jon and I went out last night to watch the game and had a good time.

Hayden is still doing well, rolling around in my tummy like always. He likes to sleep on one side of my tummy, depends on if I am sleeping on the left or right. He prefers the right however, because then he can sleep on his back.

We are finally getting Hayden's room ready so we will take pictures once everything is all put in order and post them. We have a play-yard all set up and a new dresser that took us awhile to put together without a tool set and good directions. We eventually got it put together though! Well that is all that is new, if anything changes we will let everyone know.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Check Up

Had another appointment today and everything couldn't be more perfect. I drove down to Portland yesterday and ended up going to Jazzercise with my mom. Hayden must have enjoyed the music because he was dancing in my tummy while I was working out. At least that is what I want to believe otherwise Hayden probably wasn't too happy with me.

Today I went to see the doctor and was told "You have a perfect baby." Those were her exact words. I have gained 4 pounds since my last visit, and Hayden is growing more and more each day. The doctor tole me my tummy is at full length even though Hayden is not yet. She estimated he is about 17 inches and about 6.5 lbs. His heart beat is in the 130s and he couldn't be more healthy.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Hump Day!

As the week is ending I am getting ready for my drive down to my doctors appointment on Friday. I am not sure if I am due for another ultrasound or test but it may just be a check up. Hayden and I are doing well. Hayden's movements are now seen on the outside of my belly as you can see from the video. He is running out of room so my tummy just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I am not having the pregnancy cravings yet, but I am starting to get crabby at moments (poor Jon). I am sleeping better, however, last night Jon said that I must of had a rough night or at least Hayden did because I was breathing heavily and every time I exhaled Hayden gave a kick.

Hayden's room is filling up with all of the new stuff we have got him. I am getting more and more excited that he is coming and trust me Jon is thrilled to go shopping at moments too, even though he may claim it is all my doing. There are moments however he does have to drag me out of the baby department, but I can't help it. There are tons of cute clothes and toys out there!!!!

Don't worry I will keep everyone updated about the doctors appointment!

Monday, October 22, 2007

Late Night Shopping

Well we began the night carving pumpkins (Amanda's is way better than mine) and made some dinner. Afterwards, I used our new camera to take a picture of them, but it started making some weird grinding sounds. So, we were off to the trusty Target to get a new one. While we were out, we decided to do some Hayden shopping; just like every other time we go.

In the end, we went out to return our cameraand came home with a crib comforter, sheet set, dust ruffle, bumper, 60 diapers, a mobile, 4 receiving blankets, 4 packs of baby wipes, a bottle of baby stain remover, 2 hats and a growth chart to match the crib set.

What did Jon learn from tonight?

Don't take Amanda with to return the camera.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Lazy Saturday

Well as the day's tick away, we are finishing up getting everything ready. I am still waiting for Amanda to go through her boxes in the spare bedroom so I can move everything around and get it set up for Hayden. For now, we just have all of the baby things in the middle of the room and is starting to pile up a bit.

Amanda recently bought a cross-stitching kit to make a wall hanging so I have not spoken too much to her lately; she likes working on it and I am beginning to think she is obsessed. Last night she did not go to bed till around 2 because she had to finish "the little blue area". (She messed it up so had to fix it.) Either way I slept through her working on it.

Well other than that, everything has been going great, Amanda is as beautiful as ever and Hayden continues to kick and move constantly. It is fun to play hide and seek with Hayden, we try to find his foot and he tries to move it away from us. Every day Amanda pees less and less, which is a miracle and he is starting to take up more space in her belly. Now if you poke her belly there is a great chance you will hit him. Anyway, just wanted to write a short note, GIT said we needed to make another post so I had to oblige. We go to the doctor next Friday so we will write more then.

Oh yea, thanks to looking through Ruchell's blog for Brooklynn we added a spot for everyone to guess when Hayden will arrive...enjoy!!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Getting Bigger

As the days go by I have just accepted that I am going to get bigger and bigger. I have put on a couple pounds just in the last three days, it is getting harder to sit up without rolling first. I think Hayden is enjoying having his weight to push me around. He loves to stretch all the way across my stomach to either kick me in the ribs or diaphragm (resulting in a huge gasp that sometimes scares Jon). I think we are going to have a little soccer player on our hands because his kicks just keep getting stronger and stronger.

It is getting more and more uncomfortable to sleep because my tummy is so big, so if there is any advice on how to sleep I would love to hear it. Cheryl you will be glad to know I found a way to calm Hayden down at night so he sleeps all the way through. I take a nice long, relaxing shower that not only calms me down but seems to calm Hayden down as well. We are both (Hayden and I) doing well, gaining weight everyday, and all would be pleased to know Jon has not jumped out to scare me since we have been back!

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Video

I posted the video on the blog yesterday, but have gotten word that it does not work for some reason. Just in case it doesn't work for you, I added a link to the youtube page where I have it posted. Enjoy!! Jon and Amanda

Friday, October 12, 2007

Foot, knee or something else?

Yesterday I (Amanda) think I saw Hayden's foot pop out of my tummy. Jon isn't to convinced so we are not sure if it is a foot, knee, or even a elbow or something. We do have a video of a super kick though that we plan on putting on this blog. You all should be pleased to know that I am gaining weight little by little, and I think my tummy is getting better, but we are not sure.

Note from Jon: Even though she says she is gaining weight, she is still the cutest pregnant lady I have ever seen. I just hope Hayden doesn't get her toes.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

GIT

Since Cheryl does not want to be called grandma yet, we have begun to call her GIT (Grandma in Training). I think it has a nice ring to it, so feel free to use this new nickname for her; in fact I encourage it.

Finally

After repeated requests (nagging) by Grandma Cheryl, we have started a blog to keep everyone up to date. We just had another doctors appointment on Friday and it went great. Dr. Macy said Hayden's heartbeat is perfect and everything is going well. All the blood work they did last month came back normal. He was "sitting like a hammock" in Amanda's stomach and gave the doctor quite a kick when she put the gel on her belly. Other than that everything is going great and we will be adding some pictures and a video soon.

Guess when Hayden will arrive!!