29 Weeks

We've been looking at this doplar image for about 12 weeks now!  This shows that the heart is pumping blood at the correct rate (amongst other things).

The nurse couldn't get over how much this babe moved.  She couldn't get a good shot!  I love how you can see the mouth and nose so well.

Some quick pics from today's ultrasound.  The anemia is completely gone and we have a healthy baby!

Nan's Bachelorette

We had such a great time in Scottsdale, AZ for Nan's bachelorette.  How times have changed us girls.  To think of the first bach party to this one-how tame we are (and married!)  We spent all day Friday laying out and soaking in the sun, then went to dinner at Bandera's.  Saturday was the Giants game and Oregano's for dinner-it was perfect! 

We've got 2 major life events going on here

Poly Dollies

Now THAT is a round tum-tum

even the baby's daddy was there for the game

are you sisters?

The entire wonderful crew to the perfect weekend.  Thanks girls!

27 Weeks

Sprout is growing...like a sprout!  It weighs 2.1 lbs. and is in the 44% in weight-which is not a bad thing at all.  Last week, I had another check for anemia in the baby and things are looking really great!  The fluid in the belly is minimal and they expect the baby to be back to "normal" baby status by next week!  Yea!  What a relief!  These pictures have been such a joy to us and it makes you realize that this blessing is truly resilient!  I love that we can see some fat on it's cheeks and it really does look like a baby!  Now if only I can get through this 3rd trimester (I'm already exhausted thinking about it!)  I'm so thankful that I'm finishing teaching on May 6th so that I can have the month to organize and accomplish.  I couldn't imagine finishing out the school year!  I'd roll over if I bent down to tie a shoe!

Sunny Saturday

After a VERY STRESSFUL week with paperwork not going our way with our new house, (we're closing a week later than expected), Joel and I had a weekend with little to do!  We were expecting to have the keys to our new house in Sonoma, but alas, it did not work out.  So we were in true "Sonoman" fashion and had a green weekend!  We started our Saturday out by attending the farmer's market and getting some produce for dinner and beautiful strawberries for dessert.  We then headed to the gym and had a great workout (as great as you can have 6.75 months pregnant).

We planted tomatoes, onion, peppers and ghourds, with seeds coming from the amazing Seed Bank in Petaluma.

Spent some time with Jessie who had a horrible (and pricey) bout of sickness.

...and enjoyed my favorite cocktail (mocktail for me) with Meyer Lemons.  We bought them at the F.M. but this is our first Meyer Lemon from our tree!  Keep growing!

My favorite cocktail:

1 oz. fresh meyer lemon juice

1 oz. simple syrup

2 oz. vodka

soda water

ice

***mix the first 3 ingredients in a shaker and pour over ice.  Add soda water as desired.  If you feel like getting fancier, add a little thyme or basil to the simple syrup when on the stove.

thankful

As I am in the thick of school, closing our house in Sonoma, trying to sell our Santa Rosa condo, a sick pooch and of course, pregnancy...I am getting T-I-R-E-D.  Big life events just keep happening!  It just seems I can't get enough sleep!  I wake up in the morning and my hips hurt from sleeping on my sides.  I suppose I can't complain too much, I only wake up on average once a night and am sleeping pretty well.  However, I just am having a hard time imagining this going on for 3 more months!  People who see me can't believe I'm not due until June!

As I complain, I realize how wonderful Joel is.  He has been so supportive in our very tough February and I couldn't imagine going through this without him.  Last night he read Goodnight Moon ABC to Sprout and I loved it.  What a lucky baby to have such a wonderful daddy!

A very exciting thing in the last month is that we found a church!  For years now we've admired St. Andrew Presbyterian when we drive by on Arnold Drive coming home through Sonoma.  It is the most beautiful white church on the outskirts of Sonoma.  We've now gone 2 times this month and have truly enjoyed it.  It's a bit sad that it took a horrible scare like Sprout to become Anemic to get us to go to church, but now we are hooked!  What an uplifting experience to begin your week!  We're so excited to be close to it once we move!

nursery decor

Now that we are in escrow for a house in Sonoma (hooray!), I can finally start realistically thinking of the nursery for baby Green!  Here is what we have so far:

Adding some gray touches with clean lines

the striped fabric will be a window valence that I will make

this fabric will be for a pillow on the glider that I will make

...and finally the bedding.  We're doing a white simple crib from Land of Nod

We found this dresser at Restoration Hardware Outlet

23 Weeks

The past couple days have been quite a rollercoaster for Joel and I.  I was exposed to parvovirus in December and have had many blood tests to ensure that it was a recent exposure.  Sure enough it was and now the baby is infected as well.  This virus is not a big deal to kids or adults.  However, to a fetus it is a big deal because it causes anemia.  We've been monitoring the baby extra carefully because of this.  Yesterday at my appointment, the doctor became very concerned because there was a lot of fluid in the baby's belly and also the heart rate/intensity was much higher than it should have been, with a bit of an enlarged heart. 
Because of this, we went to San Francisco today for another ultrasound with a possibility of getting a blood sample from the umbilical chord and then a blood transfusion.  Luckily, the heart rate was a bit lower and the doctor is hoping that baby is in recovery mode so procedures were not performed.  We go back to the city on Monday for another check.  Keep us in your prayers!