Growing

I have been really slacking with posting the profile pictures, so here they are from the last few weeks.

20 weeks - the half way point!

21 weeks

23 weeks

Movement

I am feeling the baby move A LOT now.  I can't believe how he gets stronger all of the time.  Dan can actually feel it just barely if I lay really still and he's especially active.  I think he has a lot of room in there at this point, so he's taking advantage and getting a lot of movement in.

We found out...

Hey Everyone, we had our ultrasound today and all looked good with Baby-G. Our big news is that we found out that we are having a baby boy! It's so funny because EVERYONE was telling me that I was going to have a girl, and Dan and I didn't really have a strong feeling either way, but everyone was wrong and it's a boy. We were both so giddy at the appointment and we are looking forward to meeting our son. It seems so much more real to me now that we can call him a "he." He is very responsive and moved around a lot while we watched. He is wonderful!

So here we have the profile of the baby's face. This is one of my favorites because you can see his little nose and lips.



Here is a pretty good view of the spine. So many little bones!


Little feet. They are about 1-1/4 inches long already.


The leg showing the foot and knee.


Here you can see his eye sockets and belly. His left arm is up in front of his face and the right arm is next to his head.


And finally, you can see for yourself that it's a boy (some people where asking if we were sure)

As Requested

An updated baby-bump pic. Am I looking any bigger? 19 weeks, so nearly half way now. We find out the gender on Monday, so we'll keep you posted!

Ireland

The trip was fantastic, but I'm so glad to be home in my own comfortable house (or duplex rather). The flights were rather long, but we survived with the help of bad airplane movies, Dramamine, and a new card game we learned. We actually got to spend a few short hours (like 3) running around New York on our long layover and saw a lot of famous stuff, which was surprising because we had no idea what we were doing.





When we got to Ireland, we spent a few days in Dublin seeing all of the major sights before heading out to a cozy bed and breakfast on the western coast. Dublin was so quirky and old and very friendly. We definitely enjoyed finding our way around and talking to locals. There were very few other tourists around, which made things pretty nice.


On the Dingle Peninsula we stayed right on the bay and got a feel for small town Irish living. The fishing, the pubs, the accents, the ancient ruins and elaborate churches popping up where ever. And most of all, the sticky toffee bread pudding and seafood chowder!



For the full version, check out our web album at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Jessie.Gieseke/Ireland2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCJKXh4SxjsOHKg#

First Belly Picture

Many people have been encouraging me to do this, so I finally had Dan take a picture of my profile, which will now be a weekly tradition. I'm at 15 weeks in this picture and you can see that I'm showing just a little bit (enough to make my pants uncomfortable). I'm on the hunt for affordable and versatile maternity clothes that I'm sure will be needed in the near future.

Halloween

We had a fun pumpkin carving party at our place a few weeks ago. We had way too much food, but it was really nice to have friends at our place. Here are a few pictures.