Since we have been home we have been very busy. I have hit that nesting stage and I have been on the rampage trying to get everything ready for baby Charlie. We have the official date of March 1st scheduled for the c-section. We will go in at 6am. They gave me the choice of March 1st or the week before on Feb. 24th. The 24th is Jack's exact birthday so I decided to hold off for another week. I am sure I will be regretting that decision at the end having to be pregnant another week, but I can't imagine a whole lifetime of trying to plan 2 kids birthdays on the same day! He has completely taken over my body and I am getting pretty anxious to get him out! He moves like crazy and is very active at night. I have started to get all the fun things like heartburn every night (never had this with Jack) and I am just plain huge! You gotta love when you hit the point where your shirt (no matter how big) has a gap at the bottom.
We started having weekly appointments, each week we get an ultrasound which makes it extra fun! If you don't already know, we found out at our 20 week ultrasound that his umbilical cord only has 2 blood vessels (they are supposed to have 3) so they are being a little bit careful. Everything has so far looked great and aren't worried, they just have to make sure he continues to grow normally. It is nice to get to check up on him every week and see him as he gets bigger and bigger. They said on Jan. 13th that he weighs around 4 1/2 pounds. The first week after we got home our ultrasound tech was feeling extra nice and went in 3D mode on a lot of the pictures.(usually they charge for this) It is kind of fun and kind of creepy at the same time. At this ultrasound when they first showed the baby Jack said, "oh cute", then as we went on we kept trying to point out the different body parts to him and he just kept telling us that everything was the bum.
In this one he is holding his hands together.
This is a profile and right by his head you can see his foot. Poor kid had his foot all the way up by his head. He is running out of room, I don't know how either of us can go another month.
This one is a little creepy but you get the whole face. I was showing Jack these pictures and he said he wanted to see the face so I showed him this one, he then replied that he wanted to see another one, that one was gross. He is taking after Jack and already has a big head. They said it is measureing about 2 weeks bigger. I am so glad I am not even trying to push him out!
We have pulled out all of the baby stuff and I have done non-stop laundry washing the carseat, swing, bouncer, and all of the clothes. Jack has had fun testing all of the baby stuff out, including opening and trying new pack of pacifiers I bought. He is getting very excited and he can definetely sense that it is getting close. I can't wait for him to be a big brother!Changes for Jack.......
Part of getting ready for Charlie has been to officially make Jack a big boy. That included getting him a big boy bed and potty training! I feel like a rotten mom putting all these changes on him all at once but he has done great!
We took down the crib and got him a twin bed. He actually loves it and has slept great in it. we have made some changes in his room to make it a big boy room, I will post pictures as soon as it is all finished.
It is nice that Luke and I can go lay down and snuggle him at nights too.
He also is completely potty trained!- I made my goal of only having one child in diapers, yay!May be too much info but for my record...... He has gone off and on throught the past year but I have never really pushed it. He also hated wearing underwear, it was almost impossible to get him to put them on. But after we got over that issue it has gone really well. We started the Friday after we got home and it really only took him a few days to get really good at it. Sunday we took him to church with underwear on and he stayed dry the whole time. We have since left many times and he hasn't had an accident. I was super nervous about the night time situation, since we had just bought him a nice new mattress and all new bedding, but he stays dry all night long. (we had a little issue the first night, but Luke and I are taking the blame since he told us multiple times that night before we put him to bed that he had a stomach ache. I was too convinced that he was wearing underwear at all times to listen, but he really did have a stomach ache, a bad one! Poor kid. Actually it was poor mom & dad, but I guess we got what we deserved.) I am so proud of him! Without even asking him most of the time, he just goes in and does his thing, he is starting to want to do everything by himself. It is so cute to see him standing up like a big boy. (I have a cute picture but it probably isn't internet appropriate)
It is sso cute to see him in his little underwear!
So here is our grown up little boy. We adore him.
Oh I had to post a picture of his cute slippers for the grandmas. I went on a hunt for these slippers to get them for Jack for his christmas jammies and couldn't find them ANYWHERE. I was about to give up when we returned home but a few days after we were home, I went to our baby Gap and there they were! I was so excited! And I only had to pay $3 for them- such a steal! He loves tromping around like a dinosaur in them! They are so cute with his dinosaur jammies!
