Baby Shower!

Today was a great day with a bunch of lovely ladies! My sisters threw me a fabulous baby shower complete with pink cupcakes, pink M & Ms and pink champagne (for the guests of course). It was so great to be surrounded by such wonderful women. I am currently 31 weeks (7 months). I can't believe how fast my pregnancy is going! I am feeling great and the little lady is frequently letting me know she is here.

Here are a few pics from the shower:

We of course had to play some games. In this one, everyone had to guess my current waist size with a piece of string. It was close, but Ruby and Makenna won the prizes.

Sean came home with a baby shower present for me too:

28 week pics (Third Trimester)

Here are some updated pics of my growing belly (28 weeks 3 days -- 6 1/2 months). It is almost Thanksgiving and I am SO excited that I have pants with a very expandable waist. Bring on the grub!

2/3 of the way there!

We are now officially in the third trimester. Feeling great! Baby Lee is doing great as well.

Nesting

According to Sean, I am nesting. I say I am just checking things off of our very long to do list. We had a very productive week on the home front. My mid-week day off (Veteran's Day) was spent doing the baby registry. Sean came along (but only because he got to use the scan gun the whole time). We did Target in the morning and Babies R Us in the afternoon. We were wiped out after that! I didn't think it would be so overwhelming until I saw the wall of bottles to choose from.

On Thursday morning we had another monthly doctors appointment. This month starts the every two week appointments as a precursor to the every week ones. It seems a little overkill when I am doing so well, but I guess it is routine. All is well with Baby Lee. She is measuring just where she is supposed to be, not too small and not too big. Oh, and to reassure everyone who is worried about me being around all of those germy teenagers, I did get my H1N1 vaccine. Probably a good thing since I have had a couple of kids out sick with it this year.

This weekend we made progress on the nursery, putting together the dresser, prepping the walls for painting, and putting in a new light fixture - all without killing each other. :-) We still have a lot of things to do on our "To Do" list, but we are feeling pretty good about everything right now.

Now I am getting ready for another work week. I actually have to work 5 days this week! I know, being a public employee is tough sometimes. I am sure it will go by fast. This week we will also enter into the third trimester. Amazing how time flies!

26 Weeks

I am 26 weeks (6 months) and feeling fine. Everyday someone either tells me I am huge or tiny for 6 months. It's pretty funny actually. Operation Baby Room is still in the works. My decorator (aka Katie) will come over soon to give some new ideas. Here is a new pic of my expanding belly:

This week, Baby Lee is about the length of an English hothouse cucumber (very specific, I know):

Sean and I are now working on getting the house ready for our Thanksgiving guests. We can't wait! I love the holiday season!

Starting to get ready...

I am 24 weeks along (almost 6 months) and doing great. Little Lee is kicking on a regular basis and she is making her presence known with my growing belly. We've had a busy few weeks with a trip to visit the Taylor's in Boise, lots of work, and playtime with friends. We had a great time with Auntie Becca this weekend and we got a lot accomplished! We made some big (and exciting) purchases to get ready for our little girl. Here are some pics of the beginning of our little lady's room.

Sean getting started on the crib:

Kristin and Mac helped too.

The finished product:

With a few more furniture purchases and some paint, we will be in good shape! We are loving every minute of this. It is so great to see it all coming together!

Big Baby!

Baby girl was much more cooperative at our follow-up ultrasound on Tuesday. The tech was able to get all of the measurements and let us know that all is well with Baby Lee. She is growing like crazy and is currently in the 70th percentile. She weighs 1 lb 8 oz now. Sean and I were happy to see her toes wiggling and heart pumping. I was just a little bit thrown off when our doctor asked us which one of us was a 10 lb baby. Yikes!

I am still feeling great. My belly is definitely showing. My students are noticing more and more and now are giving me name suggestions. Some of the interesting picks so far: Cinnamon and Rainbow. Other than that, I am just trying to stay healthy and keep my distance from all those germy middle-schoolers.

Here are Baby Lee's latest pics (and, yes, I did ask them to check one more time to make sure she is, in fact, a she).

Hand in mouth:

I think she has Sean's nose:

It's a GIRL!!!!!

We finally had our big ultrasound last Thursday, Sept. 24th. We were exactly 20 weeks (the halfway point). Both of us were very anxious to find out what Baby Lee is and luckily we had a very nice ultrasound tech who told us as soon as we got started. We both had a feeling it was a girl and we were right! The little lady was moving and shaking all around. She was such a wiggle worm that we have to go back in two weeks for another ultrasound so they can finish getting all of the measurements.

I have been feeling lots of kicks this past week, especially in the evening. That seems to be play time. Here is a pic of me at 20 1/2 weeks:

For all of you visual learners, Baby Girl Lee is the length of a banana this week.

More posts to come, including some ultrasound pics. In the mean time, I am trying resist going out and buying all of the adorably cute girl stuff that I see everywhere I go.

Dancing feet!

There is a baby dancing in my belly! I've been feeling movement every once in a while for about a week now. Today, Sean got to feel the little peanut too! So exciting!

18 weeks- We have a bump!

This week signified the start of school and the beginning of the bump! It kind of popped out all of a sudden. I thought I would be good for a few weeks with my pre-preggo school clothes, but no such luck. Luckily it has been warm this week, so comfy summer dresses are doing the job. I guess I have a good excuse to go shopping now. :-)

Here is a new pic. We are officially 18 weeks now and 2 weeks away from finding out Baby Lee's gender. Keep in mind that this picture was taken in the evening (so the bump is bigger), but it is still pretty noticeable during the day now too.

We are all well here in the Lee household. Mac and I are getting used to the new schedule. He misses me when I am gone all day (and, of course, so does Sean). We are loving life and feel lucky to be where we are.

Happy Anniversary!

Today we celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary. We had a delicious dinner at Davis Street Tavern. We celebrated a day early so Sean could recover from our big dinner before he runs the Hood to Coast on Friday. It was lovely and we are stuffed! The restaurant even gave us free champagne. Lucky Sean got to have TWO glasses (after I had a celebratory sip). Four years and we are feeling so lucky to be where we are in life!

16 weeks- I'm growing an avocado

Here I am at 16 weeks (almost 4 months for all of you non-preggos who still think in months like normal people). We had a doctor's appointment yesterday and everything is well. Nothing exciting to report. We are counting down until our big ultrasound next month to see if we will be joining Team Pink or Team Blue. I am not being very patient though. I want to know now! :-)

Our little peanut is now the size of an avocado. Mmmm...I love avocados.

15 weeks

Per requests, I will attempt to put up weekly belly pics. This was taken a couple of days ago at 15 weeks. It's not so much a belly bump as it is a belly pooch. :-)

This week our little one is the size of an apple. Here is a comparison for all you visual people:

Sleepy baby

With nothing to show to the outside world quite yet, waiting to see baby again makes me anxious! We went in for our 12 week appt and got to see and hear our little peanut. Baby is looking much more like a little human instead of a blob. He/she was upside down and sleeping at first, but after a lot of jiggling and coughing he/she woke up and did a little dance for us. All is well. The next photo shoot will be at the end of September. I am feeling a little tired, but pretty good. It has been 100+ degrees all week, but we are staying nice and cool in our lovely air-conditioned home.

12 weeks:

Mac's Summer Haircut (he looks ridiculous, but he is staying cool):

We have a peanut!

8 weeks and there is definitely a baby in there! Today was our first real doctor's appointment. We met with our fab doc and had our first ultrasound! We were very excited to see that little blob on the screen with a cute little heart beating fast. It's real now!

When it rains, it pours!

Time: Spring Time

Place: K and S apartment

Scene: A young couple sitting on the couch, miffed that things didn't seem to be working out. Woman is worried about losing her job and efforts to buy first home are not successful.

Time: Mid-May

Place: A cute farmhouse in NE Portland

Scene: Young couple are ecstatic about the prospects of this home. It has everything they want - space, built-ins, backyard, and lots of character. They decide to make an offer...

Time: End - of - May

Place: K and S apartment

Scene: Young couple are busy faxing papers, packing their belongings, and preparing themselves for their first home! They take a break to celebrate woman's saved job and their new home (almost).

Time: June 2nd

Place: K and S apartment

Scene: Man is half-asleep in bed. Woman is getting ready for work (way too early in the morning). Both are anxious to find out if they will be closing on their house today. Man is awoken by his wife. Man opens his eyes to see two little (but very clear) pink lines. Both are in disbelief. Both are happy. Things are working out.