Red Sox sweep Orioles!

Thank God the week is over. I have a LOT to do this weekend to finish up with grad school, but I wanted to post the pictures we took from the Red Sox game at Camden Yards. We went both nights, but these pictures are from Wednesday. The ruffian next to Zach took the pictures of us, so you may notice that Zach looks really big compared to the rest of us. In case you don't know, the other 2 in the picture are Jarrod (my brother) and Kristen (my soon-to-be-sister-in-law).

3 months to go!

Today I enter my third trimester. Thank goodness! I'm really looking forward to July (June, for that matter!). My energy level is really going up and down, and it's hard to plan things out when I don't know how I'm going to feel. The baby is doing well - just kicking and dancing the night away as usual.

We're really glad that spring is finally here. This weekend has been beautiful, and it's nice to wear summery clothes again.

26 weeks

Okay, I'll be honest - this week I feel like poo. I've been unbelievably tired and have lots of pain in my lower back because of the baby's pressure on my sciatic nerve. It's times like this that I wish July would hurry up and get here.

Thankfully, today marks 2 months until the last day of school. It will be a huge relief to finish up and just rest for the last month. And my last grad school class will be over on May 2! That's less than 3 weeks away.

No new pics, although the belly is steadily growing. I can now rest a small plate on my belly while I eat a sandwich. And I believe the baby had its first case of the hiccups today!

25 weeks (almost)

Hey everyone! Everything is going well. We registered for baby stuff yesterday at Babies R Us. It was rather overwhelming to see how much stuff you need to take care of a baby.

Here's a new belly pic from this morning. I'll be 25 weeks on Sunday.

4 months from our due date!

Hey everyone,

We're busy as usual, but we had another sonogram today and we want to post the pictures right away. The baby was moving around a lot, and we got to see some great close-ups. Most exciting were the feet (moving around incessantly like Dad's), the head (shaped like Dad's), and the lips (shaped like Mom's). We are 5 months pregnant now - four months left! We can't wait to meet our little one!

I'm feeling well, just a little slower than usual when it comes to walking around. We are working hard at finishing up grades for Quarter 3 and getting our grad school work done.

That's about all our news. Here are the pictures!

21 weeks

We just took a new belly picture. I'm 21 weeks along today, and that's about 4.5 months. The baby had its first iPod experience today. The first song ever piped into the womb was "Across the Universe" by the Beatles. We played several Beatles songs, and later we played about a half-hour of Mozart. Baby likes to dance with Momma!

Also, we went to Nicolas's 1st birthday party yesterday. Aunt Bethany and Uncle Zach got him a child-sized basketball net. We are hoping to see him as a guard on the Terps in about 18 years. Here's the little baller's most recent picture. It went through the wash, which is why it's a little messed up around the cheek area. Does he look like anyone you know? :)

Sonogram pics

I know most of you have already seen these, too, but I'm posting them for posterity. Our next sonogram is on Thursday, March 22.

Here are some sonogram pics. The first set is from December 28 (about 11 weeks).

This second set is from February 7 (about 16 weeks).