Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to all of our family and friends.  Matthew and I had a wonderful Christmas, filled with lots of gifts for the baby!  Here are just a few things that JBird got for Christmas this year (he or she must have been very good!).  Thank you!

O Christmas Tree!

Wrigley & Boo can't wait to open presents!  I think they get this from their Uncle Matt.

Matthew & JBird got some books to read together.

  This one is called Scaredy Squirrel

Fantastic Mr. Fox

An IU onesie from Uncle Matt.

An ornament from Grandma and Grandpa Nett.

A Bouncer chair from Aunt Jill

A camera from Grandma and Grandpa Boone.

 

28 Weeks

Ok, I'm actually at 29 weeks (no one's counting, right?), but here are my belly pics from last week:

At 29 weeks, the baby weighs as much as a butternut squash (2.5 lbs) and is about 15 inches long.  Growing like a weed (just like me, as you can tell from the pictures!). 

So it turns out my iron is still low, so I'm up to taking supplements twice a day instead of once.  Good news is that my glucose tests were fine, so no gestational diabetes!  I had another appointment today, and everything went well. 

Long Overdue Update

Sorry it's been so long since we've posted!  (Thanks for the reminder, Sarah :)  First off, the 24 week belly shots (taken on 11/14):

 Things have been pretty busy for us the past couple of months.  In October, we went back to Indiana for a week to be home with my Grandma for her surgery and to attend Matthew's cousin Zack's wedding.   Last week, we had a wonderful time hosting Jim, Patsy, Jason, Jill, and her boyfriend Joey for Thanksgiving.  We had a fun-filled week - in addition to Thanksgiving dinner, we took a day trip to Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula where we had some very good ice cream, cheered Jason on in the Seattle Marathon, ate lunch at the Ballard Farmer's Market, and celebrated Jill's birthday with cupcakes and dinner at Ray's Boathouse. 

Lighthouse at Port Townsend

Jason near mile 17 & looking strong!

Matthew was very supportive of his brother

Jim at the Farmer's Market

Jill's Birthday

 Everything with the pregnancy has been going smoothly so far.  Baby J is kicking up a storm (baby is actually kicking right now as I type this!), which is very cool.  We had a doctor's appointment on Friday where they they did a blood draw to check for gestational diabetes and my iron levels.  I was borderline anemic to start, and was feeling really tired throughout much of October and the first half of November.  I've been taking iron supplements, and it feels like they're working, but we'll see what my blood has to say.  Starting with this past appointment, I'll be going in to see the doctor every other week now (instead of once a month).  Hello, third trimester!

The nursery is slowly coming along.  In addition to the changing table, we purchased a dresser off of Craig's list, too.  Matthew founds some no-VOC paint, and we had fun painting them (as seen in the picture below - I posted a larger one so you can see his Matt Boone impersonation).  We have a rocker (thanks, Jim & Patsy!) and crib on order.  Very exciting!

Dresser pre-paint

Priming away

Tonight, our amazing Seattle friends threw a baby shower for us.  I'm hoping to get some pictures from Addison (as I didn't take any!) to post soon.