25 week update....the news is "blue" :)

Hello!!
Here's my bump at 25 weeks:

I am a little late writing this (I'm actually now just about 26 weeks!) but it's been a busy week, and I'm not sure if it's all the prego hormones or what, but I haven't been sleeping well AT ALL, which I hope changes soon! If anyone has some tips for me, that'd be great.

On a way more exciting note, last Saturday was our big 3D/4D Ultrasound day! The pic to the right is Doug and I arriving at the clinic. They were having uncooperative babies that day; the ultrasound technician said they were all shy and sleepy, so she wan't able to get good profile pics of many of them, and some had to come back another day to try again. Our fingers were crossed that baby Samuelson would be more cooperative! They tell you to eat something sugary before your appt to help get baby moving, so I took that (perhaps) to an extreme and ate a huge Starbucks chocolate chip cookie, plus had some jube jubes while waiting at the clinic....let's just say baby was NOT sleepy!!! Baby turned out to be very cooperative in between the massive kicks and turns...we actually ended up getting over 140 pictures, and they normally only get about 50!!

Doug and my Dad came with me to UC Baby, and via live feed over email, Doug's family in Victoria, plus my sisters in Victoria and Montreal were able to see the whole ultrasound! It is so neat what technology can do:) My mom was judging a horse show so couldn't be there, but we had an encore video presentation of baby for her the next night-pics below:)

My dad and I (we also had a fabulous father's dinner that night:)

My mom and I after seeing baby's video

So, without further adue, here's baby!

Here's a pic with the video right afterwards:

We thoroughly enjoyed the UC Baby experience....and I highly recommend getting the add-on video as well-it shows the whole 30 min ultrasound to your choice of music (we chose some soft lullaby tunes) plus does a heartbeat segment so you can listen to the "woosh, woosh" whenever you like:) Another big part of the ultrasound is gender determination (if you want to know). We were very excited to learn that baby is a BOY!!! We had no preference for boy versus girl...we just hoped for a healthy baby. Now that we know, it's time to start projects such as planning the nursery and building the layette...so fun!!!

I'm excited to write my 26 week update...Kerianne was able to do a mini photo shoot of my "6 month belly" in a beautiful lupin field...can't wait to see the images!!!

Happy Friday everyone!!

:)Sam

24 week update!

Hello!

I'm going to try and do a weekly update for now on, plus do some extra posts as the mood strikes...I know this time is going to go by so quickly, so I'll do my best to stay on top of things:)

I'm now 24 weeks, and that puts baby at just over a pound and almost a foot in length! The pic to the right is from pregnancy.org...they, along with babycenter.ca, offer a free service that sends you weekly pregnancy updates of fetal development, how you may be feeling, etc. right to your inbox...it's pretty neat.

They say that between 21-28 weeks is a period of rapid growth..I'd say that my belly has gotten considerably larger in the past couple of weeks. I also have times when I'm extremely tired...not sure if that's a baby growth spurt or not...or, perhaps it's all the trips to the little girl's room at night (Already! What am I going to do come 3rd trimester??). All in all though, I'm feeling pretty good-some back pain, but it's been manageable these past few weeks, mostly due to the physical therapy I've been getting (thanks KF!! You are a lifesaver).

This Saturday is our big UC Baby 3-D ultrasound...I'm so excited!! We find out baby's gender, plus get 3D pics and a video to keep...very exciting:) That's all for now!! Here's a belly shot from last Saturday night, before we went on a fun date night with our friends Erin and Michael (who are themselves expecting a little one very soon!!!)

My first ever Blogger post!!!

Hello!!!

I'm so excited I figured out how to get up and running with blogger....I have been blogging about my pregnancy experiences thus far on The Bump (thebump.com), but found it to be pretty limited in terms of layout, not being able to post pics, etc. This site enables so much more creativity!

I am currently 23 weeks pregnant with my first child (I can't believe how fast the time has gone!). My husband and I have been together for almost 8 years, and will be celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary on July 12th. I figure I need to document all the changes as they occur or else the "mommy brain fog" will wipe them from my memory!!!

I'll be sharing my thoughts and ideas about anything and everything to do with pregnancy and baby, and welcome your advice and words of wisdom! This is uncharted territory for me, so any help from experienced moms would be much appreciated!!

Here are some of my favorite pics from my "halfway there" maternity photo shoot with my dear friend, Kerianne Brown (Keriannebrown.com). She is an amazingly talented photgrapher, and I feel so lucky to have her document my ever-changing shape!!