22 weeks!

Over halfway through this pregnancy- exciting! According to one of my baby books, Mr. Baby Brummer is 7 and a half inches from crown to rump and weighs approximately 12 ounces. However, I think he may be bigger than that, because at our ultrasound he was estimated to weigh 12 ounces (and that was two and a half weeks ago). I feel like he and I went through a growth spurt recently, but now I think it is slowing down again - thank goodness! I was getting a little frightened of the bathroom scale! :)
Today Aaron and I did some shopping at Coral Ridge - I thought it would be good to do some maternity shopping, maybe find a dress or something like that. I also wanted to look at some swimsuits because Aaron and I are going to Vegas for one of the weekends of Spring Break. Well, I think a man designed the maternity swimsuits because they were AWFUL!!!! I tried on two different suits - a black one and a brown one. The black one made me feel like Shamu, and I'm not even that huge yet! They were not a good look - a tent on top of teeny bottoms. Seriously, who makes little bikini bottoms for maternity swimsuits??? Lie to me - even if they are huge just label them a normal size! :) Needless to say, I did not purchase a swimsuit today. I wanted to try on a swimsuit at Target, but they only had the maternity swimsuit tops in. That's right - no swimsuit bottoms, just the tankini/tent tops! Why wouldn't they sell them together??? Well, I asked one of the salespeople, and he said that he thought they'd be getting them in soon. Seriously. I suppose I could try to buy regular swimsuit bottoms with the maternity top, but I'd like to think the maternity bottoms are designed a little differently!
Well, we did buy a really adorable little plaid jacket for Mr. Baby Brummer - it was on the sale rack at Target. I think it will be really cute for this fall! We also updated our Target registry - now that we know we're having a boy we picked out some bedding - fun stuff!
Anyway, hope you all have a great week!

Rocking chair!

Aaron and I found a rocking chair with an ottoman on Craigslist for a reasonable price - the only downside was that it had pink and green striped cushions (not very boyish :) ). So, we still bought it and today I recovered it with a lot of elbow grease from my hubby! We did buy some new foam for the seat cushion - the back cushion was still good - so here is Aaron cutting the foam to size with yes, his chef's knife. :) It actually worked really well!

Here is the finished product! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out - I may refinish the wood on the chair at some point, but it is good for now.

Finally! Ultrasound pics!

Here is a view of our baby's back - you can see the spine and ribs and back of his head.

Here is a little foot... :)

This is my favorite picture! I love this profile view of our baby!

This is our little boy's face - frontal view. His mouth and nose are to the right of his eyes.

He must be a big boy already, because he was projected to weigh about 12 ounces at our ultrasound - all of my pregnancy books say at 20 weeks he should be closer to 7 or 8 ounces!

20 weeks left, and 20 weeks left!

I'm officially over halfway done with my pregnancy - whether or not that is the case, we'll see! I'm hoping to not go too far over my due date. :) And, I am also halfway done with my third year of dental school - on Monday I will start my last rotation which is 20 weeks long! You can do the math - with Spring Break in there, I'm due a week before I finish my third year. I'm hoping my instructors will be nice about it - I have to talk with them this week as we are getting oriented to our last block. It's kind of funny how the two milestones line up, though - halfway through pregnancy and halfway finished with third year rotations. I've enjoyed the first half of this year, and I feel like I've learned a ton. I've done a lot of things that seemed scary or intimidating the first few times, but now I'm am much more comfortable doing them. I remember the first time I had to do a filling on a little kid's tooth, and that was scary! Baby teeth are little! :) Now I am much more confident in my ability to diagnose what is needed and to do it! I'm hoping this will carry over into my last rotation - I will be doing crowns, bridges, dentures, possibly implants, root canals, and deep cleanings (scaling and root planing). Tomorrow I have orientation all day long for endo (root canals), and I have an entrance exam I have to pass before I can start clinic. I think possibly Tuesday or Wednesday I have a test for Pros (crowns, bridges, dentures) that will be much more difficult to study for just because there is so much more material!
Anyway, I need to get back to studying. Hope you all have a good week!

Baby Brummer is a boy!!!

We had our ultrasound this morning - exciting and scary at the same time! It probably took about 15 minutes - we got to see just about everything, from the baby's head, heart, arms, legs, fingers, toes, etc. Oh, and some important anatomy too! :) The ultrasound tech said she was 99% certain we are having a boy (she said she will never ever say 100%), and I would have to agree with her after seeing the ultrasound. We are very excited! I hate to admit it, but I did cry a little bit getting to see the baby today - it just makes it seem that much more real. According to the ultrasound, our baby weighs 12 oz. and his size is consistent with a 20 week 3 day baby. We are actually closer to 19 weeks 3 days, but according to the tech, being within a week is normal. So our due date is still June 28.
Anyway, I will try to post some of the ultrasound pictures soon...
Yay for blue!!!

Baby stuff...

I've been knitting some diaper covers for the baby lately - I have two done. The first one is cream colored - it's my prototype - and I think it's about 12 month size. I followed a pattern I found online for the first one, then I modified it for the second one, which is green. The green one is made of merino wool and is very soft! I think it is about 0-3 months.
(Side note: the baby is kicking so much right now! I think he/she knows how excited I am to see him/her tomorrow! Or, he/she really likes jambalaya- that's what we had for dinner tonight. I've got to eat all the spicy food now to get the baby used to it! :) )
Anyway, I'm knitting another cover right now - I'm about 2/3 done with it - and it is yellow. I think it will end up being closer to 3-6 months. I'm just excited to be able to knit something in a gender specific color soon!!! Pink or blue... we shall see!
Thanks for all of the votes on what we're having - Aaron is still holding out hope for twins, and I am praying desperately that that is not the case! :) I'm not sure what kind of ultrasound we'll have tomorrow, but I'm sure we'll get images of some kind. I'll try to post them tomorrow night!