24 Week Appointment

Doctor's Appointment

Today I had my 24 week appointment and more importantly the dreaded blood glucose/gestational diabetes test. I got to my appointment and was give a lovely orange flavored, thick syrupy drink and told to chug it. It actually wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. But I'm pretty picky about what I drink and I do not like ANY juice, so it was gross, but could have been worse.

Then I met with a new-to-me doctor, who I loved! (My office has a policy where later in your pregnancy you have to see all of the doctors in the practice in case they are on call when you deliver). She looked at my chart and told me my blood pressure is great and weight gain is right on track. She listened to the baby's heart and told me it was in the desired range, at 147 bpm. I didn't have any questions as I've been feeling great lately and she told me that easy, boring pregnancies like mine are her favorite. =)


I had my blood drawn exactly one hour after finishing the orange drink and will get the results in two days.

24 Week Photo

Today I had Jacob take my 'every-other-week photo". It's crazy looking at the past pictures in comparison. I think there's even a big difference from my 20 week picture.

24 weeks, 2 days

Other (Random) News...

*The Bar Exam is now less than one month away! Jacob got his assignment in the mail today from the Board of Law Examiners and he will be taking the Bar Exam in Arlington, TX (about 25 minutes from our house). He had to put in requests for his top 3 cities, so at least he got the DFW area. (There was a chance he'd have to go to Waco or Austin). The test is three full days.

*One month from tomorrow we leave for our "Babymoon" in Key West! I can't wait for five days of relaxation with my husband!

*I am no longer wearing my wedding rings. I bought fakes at Target that look just like my band and engagement ring. I was silly when we got married and got them both sized down to 4.5 so they were super tight since I never take them off. With 100 degree temps and swelling, those had to go!

*I think we've decided on our colors for the nursery! My mom comes to Dallas July 9 to stay with us for a few days and help paint the nursery! I can't wait to share pictures!

*We have been extremely addicted to the show Breaking Bad. First Dexter and now this. Since I watch so much garbage TV and Jacob has such little free time for TV, we love having ashow to watch together, and WE.ARE.OBSESSED! Counting down until Season Five premiers July 15.

*We spent the past weekend in Austin to attend one of James' basketball tournaments. I managed to get two pictures from the weekend.

Me and my not-so-baby brother. So handsome!

My best friends! Emily, Ali and me at Jardin for breakfast!


This is not from this weekend, but I realized the
entire post was pictures of me! Had to throw in
some of Jacob and, of course, Athena!

That's all for now! I'll be back in two weeks with a 26 week picture update and pictures of the painted nursery!

Crib and Mother's Day/Father's Day

Crib

Our first major baby purchase arrived this weekend: The Crib!

We ordered it on Tuesday and wasn't expecting it for a few weeks. It was pretty surprising when FedEx delivered it Friday afternoon! We still haven't fully cleared out the nursery (Jacob's old office), so it's a little crowded in there right now!

Labor of Love: Crib Set Up

Putting on the final touches

The crib!

Love the classic look of the spindles

Mother's Day/Father's Day

Mother's Day fell on Jacob's graduation party. Luckily both of our moms were in town and we got to have a mini celebration right before the party started. Jacob gave me a new Willow Tree figure for my collection and I LOVE it! It's perfect!

This past weekend was Father's Day and we had a nice, relaxing weekend at home. I had traveled for work 8 of the past 10 business days and it was nice to have no plans! We will be going to Austin next weekend to celebrate with each of our fathers! For Jacob's gift, I gave him a set of books.

One being a cute board book I couldn't resist, "Daddy Kisses". Second, "Go, Dog, Go" was one of my all time favorite books to read with my dad when I was little. I told Jacob my dad and I still probably have the thing memorized! ("Do you like my hat?") And last, a book I had heard about and thought would be perfect for Jacob to read with a baby girl on the way, "Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters".

That's all for now! I will be back next week with a 24 week update. I have my blood glucose screening next week and will have Jacob snap a 24 week photo!

Perinatologist Appointment (22 Weeks)

Hi! If you read the update on our 20 week appointment you'll know we were scheduled to go to a Perinatologist this week. My doctor does the 'big' sono at 18 weeks where they get a ton of important images of the big organs (brain, heart, kidneys, bladder, etc) and measure every bone, etc. Well little Embry was very wiggly at the 18 week appointment and the tech wasn't able to get the necessary heart scans and measurements. So they made me come back at the 20 week to get another sono and this time she was too relaxed and wouldn't move. So they sent me to a specialist, strictly for his sonogram skills.

Dr. Rinehart's exact words were "you guys need to get outta here; you and the baby are too healthy for my office!". He took a look at her heart, brain, the umbilical cord, etc. and said everything looked "wonderful"! Got the stamp of approval from the Director of Maternal High Risk Program for the entire Dallas Presby hospital! Phew! He was the sweetest man ever, but I sure hope I don't have to see him again =)

Fun stats from the appointment- All of her measurements combined for an estimate of her weight being 1 lb 1 oz! Her heartbeat was 157 bpm! Also, it was our last scheduled sonogram. So I'm so glad Jacob and I both got to be there for the last look at our girl in utero. Later down the road if they're worried about birth weight, positioning, etc. they will do another sono, but if things keep going this smoothly, we won't have another one.

They only printed two pictures of the sono for us and personally I think they're creepy! Face shots are always so weird! Here's our little girl looking at us =)  (Our scanner is on the fritz, so I just snapped these with my iPhone of the picture, hence the quality!)

Here's a shot of me today, officially 22 weeks along. Feeling awfully big lately!