New Photos!!!

At our appt last week the doctor decided that Fenn was measuring a little small compared to his due date - so we had an ultrasound today to make sure everything was growing like it should. We don't meet with him again until next Tuesday - but according to the ultrasound tech - everything looks good. They can also use the measurement for the head, abdomen and leg to come up with the baby's weight. They say he is currently 5 lbs, 7 oz!!! Which is not small for 34 weeks.
She also took some pretty cute photos of his face. You can especially see his nose and mouth really well. I'll put a couple of them below. The bottom one had the umbilical cord in the way (which makes him look like he has an ear where his eye should be). The top one.....he moved a bit.....and got a little bit of a grin. Cute, huh???

Nursery

Ok - Here are a couple of photos of the nearly finished nursery. A little fine tuning to do still - but we're getting close! Notice those fantastic Bathtime Monkey curtains????? Nice work Anne!

Fabric Fun

So, after registering yesterday at Babies R Us - we went to a movie. On the way home after the movie I asked Anne if there is anything else we needed to do while we were in that part of town. She mentioned maybe we should go to JoAnne's and see if we could find any fabric we liked for baby curtains and crib skirt. Man, I really wished I hadn't asked that question. JoAnne's ranks somewhere between going to the dentist and swimming in sewage.
But....being the fantastic and accommodating husband that I am - we drove over to JoAnne's. And I'm not ashamed to say it was the most fun I've had doing any baby activity to date. That's because I was able to talk Anne into a fabric that I just had to have. I even went to a SECOND JoAnne's so that we could get more of the fabric to make sure we had enough!!
Ok, sometimes I can be a 35 year old little kid.....but I'm pretty excited to sit in Fenn's room and stare at his eventual curtains. Pictures below!

Ta Daaaa!

No sweat. Actually, quite a bit of sweat....but no too difficult. Below are a couple of pictures of Fenn's new bed! It matches our armoire pretty well - which is what we were hoping for. We're going to use the it for storage and a changing table.

Wish Me Luck

The crib has arrived! The good news is - I really like the color of the wood. The bad news is....there is a loooott of assembly required. Of course we knew that - but - now I've got to try to make it look like a crib. I've heard a lot of horror stories thru the years about Dad's trying to put cribs together. Here's hoping that they've gotten easier since most of those stories!
So far I've come up with two excuses to delay starting. First....I don't want to get in trouble for Anne not getting to help - so I can't finish before she gets home. Second, I decided I better let the screwdriver battery charge for a while. Battery is probably charged now....so it's probably about time to get started.

OH, WAIT....I better go open the AC vent in that room.....then it's going to take a while to cool off in there......

A Place To Sleep

We received Fenn's mattress via Fed Ex yesterday! No crib yet - it should be here within a week - but at least we have the mattress. So he's got a place to sleep if he decides to come early.
I'm posting so seldomly on here now that when I do, I doubt many people see it. There just isn't a lot of news right now plus I've been pretty busy with Real Estate activity over the past couple of months.
We are officially in the third trimester now - 28 weeks yesterday - which is 70%. In a way - it seems like the past 6 months have flown by. But, 3 months also sounds like a long time to wait.
In addition to ordering the crib, we've been working on other fun stuff in the past week like creating a will, talking life insurance,etc. May as well buy a grave while we're on such fun tasks!

We are going to see Dr Sullivan every 2 weeks now. They are pretty quick appts. Mommy blood pressure, weight, and baby heartbeat and measurement - and we're done. Anne has finally started to gain a little weight - although it's still just a total of about 9 lbs. So - she'll probably gain 10-15 lbs over the next 10 weeks or so. She's starting to get a bit more tired, and becoming a little less mobile - but overall, still feeling very good.
Anne has decided Fenn has a sweet tooth. She says after she eats ice cream or other sweets he gets more active. Sugar high I guess!

Photos of Fenn!

Ok, these are several weeks old now.....but I never got them posted. These are from when we found out we were having a boy.
And the latest news for those that haven't gotten the word - our baby boy will be named William Fenn Hager - and he'll go by Fenn. William is my Grandpa Carlock's first name, and Fenn is my Grandma Hager's maiden name.

So....everybody say Hi to Fenn!!

You're Baby Is About The Size Of.....

Two posts in one day? Whew.

So, we've been reading a book called Your Pregnancy week by week (loaned to us by our friends Amy and Justin who had a little boy in January....thanks Amy!). Each week, it tells you about what size your baby is in ounces, in length (crown to rump length is how they measure since the little things don't have room to stretch out), and then it compares it's size to something practical to give a visual idea about how big the baby is. Anne and I have gotten a kick out of some of these...so I thought I'd share them:

Week 3 - "The embryo is about the size of a head of a pin"....that part isn't that funny - but I remember laughing at the next part: "and would be visible to the naked eye if it weren't inside you". Duh.

Week 4 - "Size is one milimeter - which is about the size of the letter "o" on the page of the book".....or the screen of the computer I guess.....um, depending on your screen size.

Week 7 - "your growing baby is about 4 to 5 mm. This is about the size of a BB pellet". Ok, I actually don't remember this one. But a BB isn't that much bigger than the letter 'o' on the page we learned about 3 weeks ago. What kind of vicious BB gun uses BB's 5 times bigger than the "o"?

Week 8 - "About the size of a pinto bean"!

Week 9 - "Close to the size of a medium green olive". You know.....as opposed to small or large green olives. And why is it just a green olive? Why not black olives....Racists.

Week 10 - "is the size of a small plum"

Week 11 - "is about the size of a large lime". I'm pretty sure I've seen large limes that are smaller than small plums. All about your perspective I guess.

Week 12 - "your baby has doubled in size in the past 3 weeks". So, no visual aid here - but I think it's safe to say that it means at this point....the baby is the size of TWO medium green olives.....

Week 13 - "It is about the size of a peach". I think the author was hungry a lot.

Week 14 - "your baby is about the size of your fist". Ok....Anne and I both read this....who is she talking to? Whose fist? Anne has dainty little nurse fists....and I have big manly meat eating fists.

Week 15 - "about the size of a softball". See. I told you he was an athlete...

Week 17 - "by this week, your baby is about the size of your hand spread wide open"....as we all sit here and look silly looking at our hand, spreading our fingers out, etc. I thought this one was weird. They went from doing round things - to a spread out, sprawling hand. Kind of makes me picture a baby going from a fetal position to suddenly doing jumping jacks.

Then they kind of just switch to weight for several weeks:

Week 18 - 5 1/4 ounces
Week 19 - 7 ounces
Week 20 - 9 ounces

Week 21 - 10 1/2 ounces...."It is about the size of a large banana"!
Week 22 - 12 1/4 ounces

And tomorrow - We are at week 23! So, for week 23.... "your baby weighs almost 1 pound. Your baby is about the size of a small doll". Small Doll? I would think opinions could vary greatly on what size a 'small' doll is. But hey, at least we've moved from fruit to something human-like!

Head of a Pin to a Small Doll in 20 weeks!

Looks Like He's Gonna Be A Soccer Player.....

Twice in the past week I've been able to feel sausage by putting my hand on Anne's stomach. It's not major, but can definitely feel him kicking around in there. He should be about a pound by now - so if you multiply those kicks by 7, I guess that's what he'll be able to do in 3 months......

So, since he's already obviously athletic enough to kick and jump.....I've been trying to decide which sports he should like! He needs to be good enough for college scholarships.....and in a sport where he can make a lot of money and pay for my retirement....but the sport has to be safe enough that I don't have to worry about him getting hurt. As much as I love football, that may rule it out. Looks like we're down to Baseball, Basketball and Golf. I guess I'll wait a couple of years and see what skills he has.....

23 weeks tomorrow!!!

Blue it is!

Ok, the news is already 3 days old now - so it's probably not news to anybody now - but there's been too much going on to get a post up.
I think we both honestly were going to be very happy either way - but it's nice to know now. We're talking more about names - and we can get to work on the room now! In a way it still seems to early to do some of that - but we only have four months left - and I'm not sure how much in the mood Anne will be to do much of it the last month or two.

One of my first comments was that part of the good news is we don't have to save for a wedding.....

The ultrasound was fun. The real reason for this ultrasound is to check on the development and well-being of Sausage. Every measurement was very normal, very normal heatbeat, etc. They even confirm that the heart has four chambers, which I think is pretty crazy since the heart can't be much bigger than a pea. Sausage (which by the way....sounds better for a boy than a girl....so it fits even better now) was about 12 oz as of Thursday.

Sometimes I've wondered if it's really clear enough for the ultrasound tech to really know if it's a boy or a girl. Kind of wonder what the percentage chance is for a mistake. Well....I'm not worried about that for our baby. We saw it very clearly, and before she even pointed it out to us!

I'll post a couple of our newest pictures later! Baby's wardrobe is starting to grow too! Grandma Hager bought him (wow....see, it still hasn't even set in that I can actually say 'him'!)... a pair of overalls the other day. My Grandpa Carlock used to buy overalls for my nieces - so now he can match. We were also in Kelly's in Westport this weekend for a going away of a friend - and 'Red' - one of the guys that works there - gave us a little mini Kelly's shirt. And Leah - our friend that moved - gave us a little care package for him that has a swaddling blanket.

By our due date - Baby was 20 weeks and 1 day for our ultrasound. By measurements, he was 20 weeks and 2 days. So, right on target, and he's actually made up some ground, because he used to measure a few days earlier than the due date.

I woke up in the middle of the night last night thinking how crazy it is that the little guy is only 12 oz - and he's half done. He's going to multiply in size 6 or 7 times (or 11 if you're Liane....) in the second half!

20 weeks and 4 days today! I apologize if this post is all over the place and filled with errors - my mind is all over the place right now - and I don't currently have time to proofread!