Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Time sure does fly when you're having fun!!

Sorry for the LONG delay in postings!! No, this is not the post where Peanut's gender is revealed, that will come mid-June! :) So far baby is doing GREAT!!! Michael was able to feel Peanut kick for the FIRST time on his birthday!! It was pretty special!!! Since then, Peanut wiggles and squirms around a TON!! I even find myself waking up during the night due to wiggles and movement, with a smile on my face!! I just LOVE how God gives those reminders that baby is ok! We are now able to SEE Peanut move!!! It's quite funny!!! Michael and I just laugh!! Peanut really loves hearing daddy's voice!! You would think I was popping popcorn in my "grow area" while Michael is talking!! Michael started calling my belly my "grow area" for fun and it stuck!! :) We have been pretty busy, Michael is doing yard stuff, and we are trying to rearrange rooms so the nursery can be painted. My summer will jump start in a few weeks, and so will all the showers. We will hopefully slow down mid-June, when the last of the showers, before Peanut is born, are done. We will have our shower in Kansas City afterwards. One of my dearest childhood friends is expecting her first child in just a few short weeks, and so I am excitingly awaiting a text to say baby is here!!!! For our Anniversary and Baby Moon, we went to, what I like to call, The Pella Dutch Festival!! Since there weren't any tulips, calling it the Tulip Time Festival just didn't seem right :)We enjoyed taking a few days off of work, and just having some down time. We were so blessed to have our wonderful neighbors look after Cooper!! Cooper just LOVES Tim and Julie!! Many days he just stares at their house!! Their dog loves squeaky toys, and now Cooper loves them!! Here is his new favorite toy!! His squeaking chicken!! He is always near it.
It's been fun comparing profile shots of Peanut, and looking at them side by side!! Especially after Peanut had a mild growth spurt!! Here is the difference between week 16 and week 24!
This next Peanut shot was taken at 28 weeks and 6 days!!! I can't believe we are ALMOST down to single digit weeks!!!
We have since started going to see our midwife every 2 weeks!! We just feel SO blessed everytime we hear that little heart beating, and also when we see baby move!!! God just continues to bless us and most days we are speechless! I have started reading a short story every night to Peanut, while doing little tickles on my "grow area" :) It's fun like I already mentioned to watch baby move as I read. Thank you to those of you who have continued to keep us in your prayers!! I had a wonderful Mother's Day, a few tears were shed, thinking of my baby already snuggled with Jesus, but then hope falls on my heart and it brings a smile to my face! I will try to post more profile pictures as Peanut continues to grow each day and week!! ~Michael and Ashley