So after the big week we had last week, not much new is going on around here. The little chica is moving around like crazy. In fact, that might be what is causing this horrible butt pain I have. They think it is my sciatic nerve being pinched, and to be honest, I've felt a dull pain in my bum ever since July. I thought it was just some tight muscles from working out, but could never quite stretch it. Then last month, my right side had some shooting pain, but it went away. Unfortunately, last week though it came back pretty severely on my left side. It is hard at times to stand up or get up out of bed, and then makes me limp around at times too. I saw the doctor Tuesday since the pain got so bad, and after contacting my old physical therapist and pulling some strings I get to go in for PT on Friday. Oh, and the Dr. now says it is not my sciatic, and that it has to do with my pelvis. We'll see how Friday goes. I am hoping for any relief at this point because even sitting and walking are painful.
Other than that not so fun news, we are getting excited that Bryan's PE exam is this Friday! Well, he might not be so excited to take it Friday, but we are BOTH excited to have it over and done. This means that within the next week or so, we should have made some big decisions about the nursery, and finalized our registry! Really looking forward to checking this off our list and to seeing things come together. We will keep you posted. :)
Have a great week everyone! Enjoy the belly pic with the latest clothing item needed in our house: hats! We are enjoying our heating bill being low until the little one comes :)
Love,
Fingland's
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Week 21: It's A...
Baby Girl!
We went for our big ultrasound today and Bryan won the bet! We are so excited! He will now be outnumbered around here with all of us chicas. She is growing wonderfully and is 13 oz. in weight. Her feet are up by my belly button and she was facing my back, but moving around like crazy. She is quite active and ready to get growing and come into this world and wear some ORANGE! With a tiny bit of pink. :)
Everything else looks great and the only thing that they are watching is my due date. Since I had long and short cycles before getting pregnant, it is harder to pinpoint a more exact date for me. They are saying between Feb. 26 and March 1st on my charts, so we know that if she isn't out by the 26th, it just might mean that I need to be pregnant a little longer. So we will see!
Bryan got to feel her move this week and the movements keep getting stronger and more frequent--very cool! We also are on the downhill countdown to when our busy times (fundraiser for me and PE exam for Bryan) will be over and we can finally start going full force on the nursery and registry! I am going crazy not having much done around here, but it has been a busy October. I actually started an online registry that we are excited to use once we get going. It is called My Registry, and it allows you to put stuff from any store (yes, even the Jayhawk Bookstore and Chipotle) on your registry. We've been having fun playing around with it and will have it up and running before Thanksgiving!
It has been such an exciting week and we are so blessed that everything is going well with our baby girl. We can't wait to meet her and start getting all of her room and things in order before she gets here. Oh, and yes she has a complete name waiting for her, but we will announce it when she graces us with her presence.
Don't forget to check out the pictures in the album and below. I posted my belly pic from 20.5 weeks and one from today, as well as all of the crazy ultrasound pics from today! Also, I rearranged the photos so all the belly ones are in a row, and same with the US pics. Enjoy!
Lots of love,
Bryan, Katie, and Baby Girl Fingland
Excited to find out the news! Heading in...
Proud daddy to be and winner of the bet! He knew it all along that it was a girl...
We went for our big ultrasound today and Bryan won the bet! We are so excited! He will now be outnumbered around here with all of us chicas. She is growing wonderfully and is 13 oz. in weight. Her feet are up by my belly button and she was facing my back, but moving around like crazy. She is quite active and ready to get growing and come into this world and wear some ORANGE! With a tiny bit of pink. :)
Everything else looks great and the only thing that they are watching is my due date. Since I had long and short cycles before getting pregnant, it is harder to pinpoint a more exact date for me. They are saying between Feb. 26 and March 1st on my charts, so we know that if she isn't out by the 26th, it just might mean that I need to be pregnant a little longer. So we will see!
Bryan got to feel her move this week and the movements keep getting stronger and more frequent--very cool! We also are on the downhill countdown to when our busy times (fundraiser for me and PE exam for Bryan) will be over and we can finally start going full force on the nursery and registry! I am going crazy not having much done around here, but it has been a busy October. I actually started an online registry that we are excited to use once we get going. It is called My Registry, and it allows you to put stuff from any store (yes, even the Jayhawk Bookstore and Chipotle) on your registry. We've been having fun playing around with it and will have it up and running before Thanksgiving!
It has been such an exciting week and we are so blessed that everything is going well with our baby girl. We can't wait to meet her and start getting all of her room and things in order before she gets here. Oh, and yes she has a complete name waiting for her, but we will announce it when she graces us with her presence.
Don't forget to check out the pictures in the album and below. I posted my belly pic from 20.5 weeks and one from today, as well as all of the crazy ultrasound pics from today! Also, I rearranged the photos so all the belly ones are in a row, and same with the US pics. Enjoy!
Lots of love,
Bryan, Katie, and Baby Girl Fingland
Excited to find out the news! Heading in...
Proud daddy to be and winner of the bet! He knew it all along that it was a girl...Monday, October 11, 2010
Week 20: Halfway there!
Believe it or not, we're halfway there! 20 more weeks until the Baby cantaloupe arrives! Which, by the way, kind of blows my mind that there is a cantaloupe in there--that seems so big!
This past week was extremely busy for both Bryan and I, but amidst the craziness I felt the first tiny movements of Baby Fingland! The first time I felt it was on Tuesday, October 5th, while we were watching the Biggest Loser. It must have been trying to get a workout in as well! Like most people told me, it feels like tiny bubbles bubbling or popping inside. It was fairly faint at times, and Bryan is bummed because he can't feel it yet. We are looking forward to it getting stronger each week!
We also finally decided on taking Bradley Method birth classes. These are more "intense" than Lamaze, but we have heard that it really prepares you well. (By intense, I mean longer classes, more involved, etc.) It prepares you for a natural birth, but also goes over all possible interventions, medicines and how they work, and so on. We are pretty excited and this teacher was recommended to us by friends. We start Nov. 10th, so Wednesday nights are going to be long but informative! (I have art club until 4:30 and class is 6:30-9...whoosh!)
Other than that exciting news, we have just been doing a daily countdown to the 18th, and our big Doctor's appointment! We have a bet going to see who has it right...I am guessing boy and Bryan is on the girl side. We are just hoping for a healthy baby and can't wait to watch it for an hour long ultrasound, but winning a 30 minute back massage would be icing on the cake! :)
What do you all think? Now's your chance to guess! Either way, Bailey is looking forward to having someone to play with her. She's getting all her toys ready to share!
Until Monday!
Bryan, Katie, Bailey, and Cantaloupe
This past week was extremely busy for both Bryan and I, but amidst the craziness I felt the first tiny movements of Baby Fingland! The first time I felt it was on Tuesday, October 5th, while we were watching the Biggest Loser. It must have been trying to get a workout in as well! Like most people told me, it feels like tiny bubbles bubbling or popping inside. It was fairly faint at times, and Bryan is bummed because he can't feel it yet. We are looking forward to it getting stronger each week!
We also finally decided on taking Bradley Method birth classes. These are more "intense" than Lamaze, but we have heard that it really prepares you well. (By intense, I mean longer classes, more involved, etc.) It prepares you for a natural birth, but also goes over all possible interventions, medicines and how they work, and so on. We are pretty excited and this teacher was recommended to us by friends. We start Nov. 10th, so Wednesday nights are going to be long but informative! (I have art club until 4:30 and class is 6:30-9...whoosh!)
Other than that exciting news, we have just been doing a daily countdown to the 18th, and our big Doctor's appointment! We have a bet going to see who has it right...I am guessing boy and Bryan is on the girl side. We are just hoping for a healthy baby and can't wait to watch it for an hour long ultrasound, but winning a 30 minute back massage would be icing on the cake! :)
What do you all think? Now's your chance to guess! Either way, Bailey is looking forward to having someone to play with her. She's getting all her toys ready to share!
Until Monday!
Bryan, Katie, Bailey, and Cantaloupe
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Week 19: Is that MY belly button?
Not much happening this week that is new to report. We did change the date of our 21 week ultrasound from Oct. 19th to the 18th. So now we get to find out if it is a chico or chica one day earlier, and/or watch the little one for an hour long ultrasound! Super excited about that one.
Hopefully that appointment will kick us back into nursery mode, and we can then get moving on finishing that in November before the holidays! Still looking for furniture for the room daily on craigslist and other websites, and just ready to buy something already.
As far as the baby and belly go, it is definitely getting bigger. My belly button is becoming weirder and weirder every day. The top lip of it is starting to poke out and it is just bizarre! Still no maternity pants yet, hanging on with the Bella Band since my pants fit everywhere else, and I just need help with the zipping. Baby Fingland is developing his/her senses of taste, touch, vision, hearing, and smell these days. We are also almost to the HALFWAY point (20 weeks). Crazy how fast it has gone by so far! We also got our blood work results back, and they were negative for any signs of down syndrome, spinal bifida, and other stuff it tested for. Praying for a healthy little one in February still, and everything so far is looking good!
We forgot to take a new belly pic this weekend, so we took one quickly before work this morning. I had some leftover pants from when I was in between weights, and they are a lower rise. This meant something very exciting for this picture...no elastic waist AND pants that are zipped!
Enjoy!
Hope everyone is enjoying their October!
Lots of love from the Fingland's and the little Mango
Hopefully that appointment will kick us back into nursery mode, and we can then get moving on finishing that in November before the holidays! Still looking for furniture for the room daily on craigslist and other websites, and just ready to buy something already.
As far as the baby and belly go, it is definitely getting bigger. My belly button is becoming weirder and weirder every day. The top lip of it is starting to poke out and it is just bizarre! Still no maternity pants yet, hanging on with the Bella Band since my pants fit everywhere else, and I just need help with the zipping. Baby Fingland is developing his/her senses of taste, touch, vision, hearing, and smell these days. We are also almost to the HALFWAY point (20 weeks). Crazy how fast it has gone by so far! We also got our blood work results back, and they were negative for any signs of down syndrome, spinal bifida, and other stuff it tested for. Praying for a healthy little one in February still, and everything so far is looking good!
We forgot to take a new belly pic this weekend, so we took one quickly before work this morning. I had some leftover pants from when I was in between weights, and they are a lower rise. This meant something very exciting for this picture...no elastic waist AND pants that are zipped!
Enjoy!
Hope everyone is enjoying their October!
Lots of love from the Fingland's and the little Mango
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