Nursery Progress

Since we rent and will not be painting, we decided to do wall letters, and stickers. Bruce is pretty excited at how it turned out. He says this picture is of crappy quality because I took it with my phone, but I dont know where my camera is, so it will have to do for now...ENJOY!! 

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Moving her hand around

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I have 5 fingers!!

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Evelynne lives such a rough life in there!!

Look how big her yawn is!!

04 January 2010 u/s pics and video

Evelynne is blowing us a kiss!

Evelynne is looking at us...she opened her mouth to show us her tongue :-P

22 Weeks!!

I can't believe we have made it to 22 weeks already! Tonight was a very exciting night in the Baker household. I have been telling Bruce for about 3 weeks now that the baby loved to move around a kick (especially late at night). Bruce was never able to feel the baby, but tonight Evelynne finally gave us a good kick and he actually felt her! He pulled his hand away really fast and said "that felt weird!" I love feeling her kicks!!

Not much else is really going on right now. We are ready for Christmas and are expecting to have another u/s sometime after the holidays and are excited about that. I can't wait to see how much Evelynne has grown!! 

January is just around the corner and its scaring me to death. I begin taking an anatomy class January 11 on Tues and Thurs and am also working PRN (as needed, fill in, coverage) for the clinic on base. I am hoping to take as many working days as they offer me to save the money for Evelynne's arrival. I'm mostly scared to death because once January gets here I will only have 12-14 weeks left of this pregnancy. 

It seems so crazy that time has flown by so quickly! January will be a busy month, as Bruce, myself and some of my girlfriends start getting the nursery ready. We have to move our computer and desk and all of Bruce's military gear to another location in the house. (which we still cant agree on where to put things) The spare room with the bed and dresser will stay the same, but the computer/military room will now become the nursery. 

I cannot wait to get started on all the little crafty decorations my friends and I have been waiting to accomplish. I am also very excited that I was able to find the cross stitch that my mom made for me when she was pregnant with me 23 years ago!! She had it framed right after she finished it, and I always had it in my room growing up, and now we get to put it in Evelynne's room! (I know I'm such a sap for sentimental things, but I still think its cool) I will be using the colors in the cross stitch to make the other decorations and pick the bedding for her nursery.

Also, we are starting Minnie and Achilles on some baby boot camp. We play videos of babies laughing and crying and cooing and let them listen to try to get them familiar with the sounds. We are also getting a baby doll and will be doing things throughout the day with the baby doll such as having the doll in the crib, swing, laying on the floor on a blanket etc. and teaching the dogs when to "leave it"(that is their command that they are learning...Achilles already knows this command, but Minnie does not) Minnie pretty much sticks to herself, so we arent as concerned about Minnie being around Evelynne as we are Achilles. Achilles is just one big puppy that loves to explore and PLAY PLAY PLAY. He does not realize he is no longer a 14lb puppy, but we are working with him and have been researching the best way to introduce a new baby into the family. If you have any tips or tricks yourselves please let us know. 

Well, I believe that is all for now folks. Will update again after the holidays or if anything exciting happens. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!! 

ITS A GIRL!

After going back to get an ultrasound twice, the tech believes the baby to be a girl. The tech told us she was 80% sure it was a girl. We are hoping to confirm this at our 20 week ultrasound. We are so excited and for now have decided on the name Evelynne Christine. The morning sickness is finally 100% gone for which both Bruce and myself are VERY thankful. Next week marks 20 weeks, I cant believe we are almost half way there already! 

I am starting to feel some movements, the hits and kicks feel funny, but I love feeling them. Bruce can't feel anything on the outside yet, but I'm sure it wont be too much longer. Not much else new is going on with the pregnancy. Both baby and I are happy and healthy. Below is a picture of Evelynne laying on her belly at 18wks. Her head is on the left side of the picture, you can see her left arm, and her spine as well. Doctors said she looked great! 

Sorry it has taken me so long to update the blog. Life has been crazy at the Baker household. Bruce broke his toe, and then had to have surgery on his hand. Taking care of him, 2 dogs, and myself is like having a full time job again! 

Hope you enjoy the pictures. Will try to keep up with all the posting through the holidays. 

16 week ultrasound!

Well today was the big day. Bruce and I were so blessed to get to see the baby for over an hour while the tech patiently tried to get baby to cooperate and let all of us see the goods. The baby looked amazing! Bruce couldn't believe how much the baby had grown in just 8 short weeks. They had a couch in there for him to sit on, but he didn't sit for very long. He was so captivated by what was going on with the baby. The baby kicked and wiggled like crazy! We were also able to see the arms, fingers, legs, toes and heartbeat.  I am looking forward to feeling all of those precious kicks we could see on screen, but I'm sure after a while, my rib cage wont appreciate them. After an hour and twenty minutes, the tech finally told us that we needed to reschedule and pray that the baby would cooperate next time. We were a little disappointed that we weren't able to determine the gender, but we were so thankful to be able to see the baby for so long! 

We rescheduled another ultra sound FREE OF CHARGE for Thursday, October 29 @ 11 AM. Everyone please pray that baby will let us see all their goods so we can start shopping!!! At the very top of the post is a picture of the baby from today's ultra sound.