Baby cage makes an appearance

29 weeks!

30 weeks - wow, I am really getting big!

Mike and I decided to go ahead and get our "baby cage" - at least, that's what Mike calls it. Other people may call it a pack-n-play or portable crib or playpen. Yeah.

So, this is where the baby will sleep for the first couple of months before we move him to his crib ... and I am contemplating the fact that I may never sleep again. Wow. Things are starting to get real.

Baby Shower!!

My lovely co-workers threw me a baby shower last weekend - so much fun! We played some classic baby shower games ... like trying to guess which melted candy bar is in the diaper (which resembles baby poo, you know) - I won that game. I don't really know what that says about me. We also played the "guess the baby food" game ... did you know they make a pureed mac and cheese for babies? Yikes. And the girls played baby shower bingo while I opened the gifts. It was a good time. And the food was amazing! It's so nice to have some baby things for our little guy - it's starting to feel real!

Check out the gorgeous cake!

Did I mention that the food was amazing? (all prepared by the lovely Dr. Pleasant - she rocks!)

Woo-hoo - presents!!

Uh-oh ... what's this? Could our baby be a wildcat? (ummm .... probably not. He's Hawkeye through and through - he really doesn't have a choice)

My fabulous co-residents - it was so nice to hang out with everyone. Baby and I felt very loved!

Into the Third Trimester ...

We had our favorite Indiana fans over to watch the game on Saturday ... another (ugly) Iowa win! The Hosts are going to have their baby girl in just a few weeks! Our little guy needs to bake a bit longer.

27 weeks for me, 37 weeks for Becky!

28 weeks

Baby Belly Photo Shoots

Here are weeks 24, 25 and 26!

So, some exciting (and not so exciting) events from the past couple of weeks ... Firstly, I failed my one-hour glucose tolerance test. Yes, not so exciting. But, I passed the three-hour test, which means no gestational diabetes for me! Yay!

Also, I just discovered this week that I can hear the baby's heartbeat with my stethoscope - so cool! And he likes to kick the stethoscope when I have it on my belly.

24 weeks - proud Hawkeye parents

25 weeks

26 weeks (Mike made me do "jazz hands" for the picture ... yeah)

Getting Bigger!

Or as Mike likes to say, I am a pregosaurus. Yes, he's a dear. So, technically I am 24 weeks today, but I needed to catch up on the last couple of weeks - so here is the baby belly at 22 and 23 weeks!

22 weeks

23 weeks

Daddy with his favorite baby outfit so far

So there you have it! It's pretty exciting to be at 24 weeks - only 16 weeks to go!! Yay!! Baby boy is also now "viable," as everyone in the NICU loved to tell me last month ... I prefer to not think of him that way. The NICU is not a fun place for a pregnant lady to be. So glad I'm out of there! He is definitely getting stronger ... he can pack a pretty good punch! Little stinker. :)