6 Months along now

Hey everyone, So I am offically 6 months along now. WOO HOO.. I have been feeling pretty good, (if you dont count the pain in my butt) Literally.. ha ha.. I have thought this whole time it was my Tailbone that was giving me lots of problems but now have finally found out that it is my sciatic nerve. So as far as I know... The sciatic nerve runs under your uterus to your legs. The cause of sciatic nerve pain is thought to be associated with pressure on the nerve caused by the developing baby. So the doc says that he is sitting on the discs in my back and it is causing me to have this pinched nerve pain in my butt and let.. (only my left leg). So it has been slowly getting worse.. it is hard for me to move quickly, i cant bend over and do things i did before as well, as in put clothes in dryer, sweep, get things out of the fridge.. WALK... ha ha.. All things i need to do. So it is a pain in the butt (ha ha.. PUN intended) but nothing I can do about it but put a heat pad on it and strech it.. which i have been doing..

Brandon is over one pound now. He is steadly gaining about 4oz per week as of right now. He is Kicking like crazy, and now starting to wake me up at night because of the kicks. He is I think just over a foot long now. (the length of an ear of corn i guess). He is doing great though.

Apparently my uterus is now the size of a Soccer Ball.. And man does it feel like I am carring one in my belly. I had my Glucose Screening test today, and should have the results by tomorrow (i think) to see if I passed or not. I really hope I do cuz if I don't I have to go back in for a 3 hour test. Today's was only an hour long. The doc measured my belly today and said everything is lining up just right, I am just as big as I am supposed to be at 24 weeks. So that's good. He said my weight gain is also doing good. So that's good. I was getting worried about the weight gain this morning, but, apparenlty i am right on track.

We did get a baby gift from my brother Andy and Lynn since Lynn wont be able to make any showers. They got us a little toy box, with lots of goodies in it.. Lullibie CD, travel bottle heater, hangers, baby tylonol ect. It was fun to get a gift and I had a great time putting it all away in Brandon's new closet that is all ready for him.

I will post again when I know the results of my Glucose test, and maybe with some 6 month Pictures of me and the belly.

Jason and I did have a nice trip this past weekend as well. Probably our last on a plane until after Brandon is here. We went out to Washington D.C. to visit Matt and Lindsey. We did lots of sight seeing, (which was a challange with a pinched nerve in my back, but it was fun). Since we have been there so many times now and seen all the usual monuments, this time we went to see some things we haven't seen. We first went to the Holocaust Museum (which was sad but very interesting) then we went to Lindseys favorite, the Museum of portraits (not sure if thats the offical name), then we went to see the National Archives. That was pretty neat as well. Matt brought us out on his boat on Monday morning, however it was Really windy so it was hard to go too far from their house. We did find a little cove to go into so Matt and Smells (his roomie) could show us their Wake Boarding skills.. MAN o MAN they are good. I had no idea they were so good at it. I told him Next summer I am gonna try it. We also got to see Mt. Vernon (from the Potomac river) so that was cool too.

That's all for now. Dani

22 Weeks Along

Not too much has changed here in the past few weeks. We did get our crib and dresser for Baby Brandon, so we have finally started working on his room today. We got the old bed and old dresser taken out of there and is at my parents house for storage right now. Now we have just been going through the room and getting rid of old things and finding places for all the stuff that was in there before.

I have been feeling pretty good. For the most part, I have had some bad lower back and tailbone pains still but i talked to the doc about it last week at our appointment and he gave me some back excersiese to do, along with Prenatal Yoga. So I have just started doing that and it seems to be helping a little bit. When I have busy days at work and stand too long it still hurts but I assume that is just how it's gonna be.

I will post some more pics up here when we get the baby room finished. It probably wont be for a while though.

Bowling started last week. That was a ton of fun. We were really looking forward to starting up the bowling season again. Our team name this year is Married and Expecting cuz my friend Jessie who is on our team is also pregnant now too! We are so excited for them as well. So our babies will only be about 3 months apart. But bowling was a good time. I didn't bowl the best but that's ok the first day cuz we are just then establishing our averages and what not. Jason did pretty good, as usual.

Next weekend both my brothers will be in town for my cousin Pat and Sam's wedding. It should be a great time.

That's all for now. Talk to you all later.

20 Week Ultrasound

20 Week Ultrasound

Well we had our 20 week Ultrasound on monday and found out IT'S A BOY!! We are so excited. The Ultrasound was one of the coolest things we had ever seen before. It was so neat seeing him squirm around (which he did a lot). He kept putting his feet down and lifting his butt up, and also he kept moving his jaw up and down like he was talking in there.

For his name we are pretty sure we have settled on Brandon Paul.

His room is gonna be decorated in Light Blue and Brown with Stars and Airplanes.

Jason's Parents were in town last weekend as well, and we had so much fun with them. Lots of running around. We did get Brandon his very first Twins shirt when we were at the game on monday night. Also we went to the mall the next day and got him his first Fighting Sioux (UND Hockey) Outfit. It says "Little Sioux Fan" on it. Very cute.

We did start a registry at Babies-r-us but haven't completed it yet, that will be for the upcoming shower. I think my cousin nikki wants to throw one for my around the end of October or somewhere around there. I will let you know when it gets closer.

We do also plan on registering at Target since that is easier to get to for some people. but we still have plenty of time for that.

Brandon is kicking a lot now. They are getting bigger too. Acutally just last night I was sitting on the couch and he started kicking a lot so I had Jason put his hand on my belly. (we have tried this tons of times so far and he hasn't been able to feel him kick) But last night he was kicking so hard, I had Jason put his hand there and I just watched his face.. When the big kick came.. Jason jumped a bit and just looked at me.. I said yeah that was a kick.. did you feel it... he was like YEAH I FELT IT.. It was soooo cool. I am really glad he is able to feel the kicks now.

That's all for now

Just about 19 Weeks along

So I am technically about 18.5 weeks along now. Things are going great. The baby is starting to kick now and it is a pretty awsome feeling. Jason has yet to feel it, I think the kicks are not quite strong enough for him to feel from the outside. But I can definitally feel them from the inside. At first it just felt like little butterflys in there, then it got bigger and felt like someone was flicking me from the inside of my belly but now it defititally just feels like I am getting kicked from the inside. ha ha.. It's pretty cool.

One more week and we go in for our Ultrasound. We are getting more and more exicted everyday to (hopefully) be able to find out what the baby's sex is. Either little Brandon or little Alyssa. I can't wait. I just hope the baby is sitting in the correct position that they will be able to tell.

Jason's parents are also coming to town the same weekend we get to have the Ultrasound. So that will be a good time to have them here when that is going on. I am sure there will be lots of shopping after we get to find out what the sex is. I think we also maybe plan on going to a Twins game and/or maybe the State Fair since that is going on as well when they are in town. I would love to show the Sandmeier's what the MN state fair is like.

Other than that, not too much is going on. I got a new schedule at work and will now be 3-11 (instaed of 3:30 - 11:30) so not too much different. however now I will always be at the end of the F concourse. Instead off all over the airport like I am now. I still will have Monday and Tuesdays off though.

Last weekend I went to Sam's Bridal shower (she is my cousin Pat's soon to be wife) and we all had a great time. She is gonna be such a Beautiful Bride. I can't wait for their wedding. I just hope I get the night off to be able to go to it. ha ha.

That's all for now. I will post some more pics in a week and a half after we get some ultrasound pictures. Until then.... ta ta

Danielle & Jason

15 weeks

Well, today we are 15 weeks along. Which in fruit sizes again our baby is the size of an Orange.. MMMM.. We have our 4 month appointment Next week. Everything is going great. I did finally post a pic of my 3 and a half month belly. It is a tiny bit bigger now but not too much.

We had some sad news this week. My cousin Trent, passed away this week. It was a unexpected death so it has been rough on a lot of people. Keep us and My Aunt Cindy and Rob in your prayers along with their whole family as it was Rob's son who passed.

That is all thats going on this week. I will post again after our next doc apt.

Danielle

So not too much is new here, I am now 14 weeks (3 and a half months) along now. Things are going pretty good. I seem to get worn out faster than I used to. I can't really stand at work as long as I used to be able to in the past. I have had a couple busy days at work and stood too long and that makes my tailbone and back ache for days. But I am working on taking more breaks at work and sitting down more.

I am finally starting to get more of a baby bump. It's pretty exciting.

This weekend we are going to the cabin for the Golf Outing. Jason is going to meet us up there after he gets done with work. So I will be up there from thursday till monday. I am very excited to have a nice 5 days to relax and NOT stand for a while.

That's about all that's going on with us. Like I said, not much else is new. Hopefully everyone else is doing good too.

Our next doc apt (the 16 week apt) is on August 4th. I will post again afterwards and let everyone know how everything is going then.