30 Weeks

I'm 30 weeks, 6 days today!  Everything is going great still - we have doctor appointments every two weeks now, and soon they'll be every week.  Our little guy is about 3 pounds, and he's still moving like crazy!

I look exhausted, but here's another picture!

Merry Christmas!

This year my parents came to see us for Christmas - it was our first time spending Christmas in New York, and it was a lot of fun!  They brought lots of delicious things to eat, and we made a few different cookies while they were here - including the famous Christmas Sugar Cookies!

We were able to spend Thursday evening with my aunt, uncle, and cousins in New Jersey, and I had never been to Rockefeller Center during the holidays before, so we went down there on Friday.  We ate, watched Christmas movies, ate, did a Christmas puzzle, ate, made Christmas dinner, ate... and ate some more!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas as well!

Gingerbread House

My Grandma sent us a gingerbread house kit!  We put it together over the weekend while watching Home Alone and eating the candy and icing we were supposed to be putting on the house.  My favorite part is the tall-as-a-tree snowman.

It smells so good, I can't wait to eat it!!  Thanks Grammy Caryl!

Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Ohio!  We drove over on Wednesday, and stayed until Monday - we did a combination Thanksgiving/Christmas this year, and we had a great time!

Here's a video of Gram feeling the little guy move!

Third Trimester

6 months down, 3 months to go! I can't believe we're going to have a new member of our family in just a few months!

So I seem to have popped since the last picture! I look like I could bust out of my winter jacket at any moment, so I think I'll have to switch to a maternity jacket soon.

Overall everything's been going smoothly with my pregnancy. I'm just now starting to get a little uncomfortable now and then, but I've really been feeling great overall! I have my next doctor's appointment next week, and I passed my glucose/anemia tests last visit with flying colors. Which is great, because I really didn't want to have to do the 3 hour test - I can't imagine drinking that stuff again.

We're getting our apartment ready slowly but surely, and it's coming along great! I'll post pictures once we get his area set up.

Heartbeat

Today Matt and I went to the doctor for a checkup on the little guy, and we got to hear the heartbeat! It was the first time we'd heard it, and it was amazing.

24 Weeks!

I'm 24 weeks now, and I have my next doctor's appointment tomorrow. It feels like forever since the last one!

Here's a video of him moving around! The video is pretty small, but hopefully you can still see him moving:

4 months to go... It seems like it's right around the corner, and so far away at the same time. We're starting to plan out where the little guy is going to go in our apartment - we don't have a ton of space, but I think it will be just right. We can't wait!

My Husband, The Movie Star

After doing "scratch" or temporary recordings for lines in the movies he's worked on, Matt's been picked to be an actual character's voice in the next movie!

Awhile back, the editorial department recorded him reading lines for several characters in the movie. Usually they get replaced when they record the actual actor who is cast on the role, but this time, since they liked the way he read the lines so much, they decided to let HIM be the actor, and record them for real! So, he had to get together an actor resume and a head shot, and go down to NYC with the director and producer to officially record the lines for the film. It was a mix of full sentences to screams, yells, impacts, efforts and coughs! He said it was really an awesome experience, hopefully he'll be able to do again some day!

I think it's the coolest thing ever, and now I REALLY can't wait to see the movie!! Here is a photo of him from the recording session:

Sweet Home, Chicago!

We went to visit my family in Chicago right after the ultrasound appointment! It was so good to see everyone - especially since we hadn't seen Kim and Dan in so long! We had a great time catching up, and did a little sightseeing while we were at it.

Later on we went to check out Navy Pier. I hadn't been there in a long time, and Matt had never been... I forgot that there really isn't a whole lot to do there, but they had an Oktoberfest celebration set up, so we all split a bratwurst and walked around.

We had a great time and miss everyone!!

Halfway Through!

On October 7th, we went to get another ultrasound - this time a very detailed one called the anatomy scan. We got a great profile picture of him, too!

And here is a picture of me from last week!

Matt and I can both feel the baby move now, and it's such an strange, weird, wonderful feeling that makes me smile every time!