Mike felt the baby move!!

Last night, Mike felt the baby move for the first time. I love noting this things down! It's awesome because he also felt Weston move at 21 weeks! Speaking of Weston, I would just like to record what he ate yesterday....He had some Ponsit, a ring pop, mashed potatoes and ice cream (Cake Batter from Coldstone). Seems that my little man has quite an adult appetite! I'm just glad he'll eat something. He does not want his baby food anymore besides the cereal and fruit (which he also had yesterday, along with his formula.) Anyway, he's nine months and probably in a week when we go to the doctor, I will get in trouble for already giving him an egg, banana nut cheerios and yogurt! I don't care though! He doesn't have any allergies and he's eating so that's all that matters to me! 

Sonogram Appointment

Yesterday was our mid-pregnancy sonogram appointment and everything looks great! Most importantly the baby was able and willing to show us proudly that he is, in fact, a BOY! I got to take home so many pictures. The baby is right on target as far as growth. His heart rate was 166, seems soda jumps it up a bit (I had some cream soda before the sonogram!) He weighs about 13 oz right now which is awesome! It's so crazy to imagine that this little 13 oz human being has all these people parts already! God truly is the most amazing designer ever! So we are going to have a little Grayson (still deciding on the middle name) come August (or July probably). So that's the news on this pregnancy for now. More updates in two weeks when I go back for my next prenatal appointment. 

P.S. I don't know if I mentioned it yet, but the blood work that was taken at my last appointment came back A-OK! 

I will be taking pictures of our new living room and posting them. We just finally completed putting things together and cleaning up! I love it! Lots of play area for Weston. We still need to mount the TV on the wall but we have to call DirectTV and get a cable extension first. Hopefully that won't take forever and costs a million dollars! 

On another good note...I'm so excited about the weather getting better! I cannot wait to take Weston outside to play! He hates being cooped up here in the house and I think my days will be much easier if he has other things to do! 

Baby Dos-Appointment #4

Yesterday we had appointment no. 4 for Baby Dos and saw Dr. Hoffman. Baby's heart rate was 147 so I'm guessing it was the Sprite last time that made it 166. :) I had my blood drawn for the screening test and will get those results in about 10 days. And I've gained 5 pounds this past month. So altogether, with the 3 pound loss, I've only gained 2 pounds in the first 18 weeks of my pregnancy which is pretty awesome! So everything is looking really good! On a sort of sad note, Mike's work may be switching insurance to Kaiser Permanente which means that I will have to switch doctors in the middle of my pregnancy which really sucks because I absolutely adore my doctors. I'm sure I'll live though and the decision isn't final yet. The good thing is that I can squeeze in one more appointment with Hoffman and Associates and I will still get to keep my sonogram appointment on March 20th since the change won't happen until April. So more updates on that later! :) 

Moving, Crawling and Teething

Some exciting things have been happening around the Ferrante household. First of all, I have begun feeling Baby Dos move. This happened last week in my 16th week of pregnancy. I believe I felt Weston moving around Week 17. It's just little flutters right now but I know for sure that it's our little Baby Dos. Today Dos was moving a lot. I'm sure it had to do with the sugary donuts and (decaf) coffee! I can't help but smile to myself every time it happens. It's truly a miracle.

Another exciting thing that has occurred is Weston is crawling now! It's turned him into this new little baby. I can't believe how big he's getting. I honestly didn't think he would be crawling already since he didn't rock too much but lo and behold he's getting around just fine now. He's getting braver too. We've been at a ministers retreat all week and he's just crawling to people he's never met before. I love that he's such a people person. Now he has about 5 months to begin walking :) I mean, I really don't want him to grow up to fast but I don't think it will be much fun carrying two babies around.

Also, Weston is finally teething. He has two teeth coming in on the bottom. Teething has not turned him into a little monster. He actually tolerates the pain very well. If we give him Tylenol, it's usually just at night to help him sleep if the pain is too much. With the teeth comes more food! He's beginning to eat Cheerios without choking to death and he love Graduate Puffs. In fact, he pretty much loves ANY food. I'm gonna say he gets that from his daddy.

Things on the upcoming calender....a trip to Boston, just me and Mike. My sister Fawne is coming to watch Weston. It's only for two nights so I think I'll...I mean Weston will be alright. I know it's going to be hard to leave him but I think it's really important for Mike and I to get away and have some time alone before Baby Dos gets here. We are also going to be getting new furniture soon...so exciting...for real, I'm really excited. We are going to finally have a little play area for Weston instead of having his toys all over the floor. We also have a Pack N Play on the way so we need to make room for that as well. My mom is moving out the first weekend of March. So for the first time in almost two years, Mike and I will have the house to ourselves (and the little ones of course!) Anyway, I think that's about all for now. I have another prenatal appointment on March 5th (one day after my birthday!) so I'll be updating again soon.

Third Appointment

Today was our third prenatal appointment. I'm going to make this short and sweet as not too much happened. I didn't gain any weight. Fine with me and the doctor. As long as I'm not losing...which shouldn't happen since Weston is completely weaned. The most exciting part was that we got to hear the baby's heartbeat! 166 bpm! Dr. Phillips said that's in girl range! But then she said, unless I had a lot of sugar that morning, which I did sip on a little Sprite...It's only a old wives tale anyway. I'm going to make my sonogram appointment this afternoon. It will probably be on March 20th. I can't wait!! :) Anyway, that's about all for now! Til next time! :)

Baby Dos-Appointment #2

I'm slacking as my second prenatal appointment was January 7th but I wanted to record the experience for myself. I lost three pounds. Dr. Erikson wasn't happy. She was even less happy when I told her I was still nursing. So now we are kicking weaning into high gear. It's going pretty well right now. Weston just won't take the bottle from me yet but I'm hoping after 3-4 days of taking only formula from Mike, he will take it from me. Back to the appointment...we weren't able to hear the baby's heartbeat with the doppler so I got to see the baby again. The heart looks just fine. Dr. Erikson said that the baby is kind of sitting behind my pelvic bone, low down, making it hard to hear the heartbeat. I go back to the doctors February 6 (I think) and Mike will be with me this time. I'm really hoping we can hear the heartbeat together for the first time. I'll be sure to record it right after Weston's on our tape! I can't believe I'm already into my second trimester. It's really been flying by. I guess when you are entertaining a seven month old nonstop things do that.

Speaking of Weston...he's doing so well. He gives kisses on command which is the sweetest EVER!!! He's starting to get brave with lunging forward for things, so I see crawling occuring in the very near future. I can't wait til he's on the move. I know he'll be into everything so I'm definitely going to have to do some childproofing soon. I also just realized that of all the places we have taken our little guy, we have not taken him to the Inner Harbor. Pretty much a sin, I know. So a trip will definitely be in the near future. I'm also hoping to take him to Florida late March, early April. He needs to see his Aunt Angel again so I'm looking forward to that!

That's about all I have time for now. I will be updating in about two weeks after my next appointment!

Lots of stuff....and prenatal appointment #1

It's been a while since I've been able to blog due to my lack of internet. I can get it on my phone but I cannot access this website which sucks because I would probably update at least once a week. So here's the update....

I'm pregnant again! Nine weeks as of Sunday. Mike, Weston and I are super excited. I'm speaking on behalf of Weston since he's only 6 months old and has no clue what's going on. Weston and Baby Dos will be all of 13 months apart if I go full term. I was two weeks early last time so who knows what will happen this time around. Does this make me crazy? Maybe, but I think in the long run I'm going to love having two so close. This baby was by no means an accident. Not that we were actively planning but we were just seeing what God had in store and obviously He had enough faith in us to raise these two children so close, so I have enough faith in us as well.

I had my first prenatal appointment on December 17th. I saw Dr. Nichelson. She is super nice and didn't yell at me for not getting my uterus back in shape. Baby Dos was measuring a tad small but nothing to worry about. I'm at a fairly decent weight, not my dream weight but not horrible. So far everything is looking good. I wasn't able to hear the heart beat cause the little one was so, well, little. As such, I go back January 7th to take another peak! I'm super excited! When I get a chance I will scan and upload the first little picture I got of my little blur baby.

I'm still nursing Weston but I think I will be stopping soon, especially if Dos measures small again. He will have gotten almost 7 months of milky goodness and I could definitely do without the late night feedings which I'm hoping formula will diminish.

Along with this pregnancy I've been pretty much an emotional wreck. This week is especially hard since Mike left today for Cambodia. He won't be back until January 10th. It hasn't even been 24 hours and I miss him like crazy. It's very difficult when your other half is halfway across the world. God called him over there and I'm trusting Him to bring Mike back safe and sound. I'm sure he will be extremely blessed during this whole experience.

Updates on Weston. The little bugger is growing so much! He's doing so many new things! I half expect him to just get up and walk and any moment. He's sitting up, rolling over, scooting forward, trying to get on hands and knees (hasn't quite gotten there yet), eating crackers (thanks to Uncle Donnie). He's very observant and extremely pleasant! He loves people and food which makes him a true Ferrante through and through. He's going to make an awesome big brother! There's no teeth yet but I assume they'll be coming soon due to grand waterfall that is Weston's mouth. I love this kid so much. He melts my heart everyday. He definitely takes after his Daddy!

Other news....I'm not so sure. Christmas was amazing. Having a child makes you look forward to it 10x more! Even if all he wants is to eat the wrapping paper! Mike really out-did himself. I woke up and found numerous presents beautifully wrapped just for me. This made me cry of course not because I was overwhelmed but because I felt like a horrible wife for not getting him anything. (These hormones! I tell ya...) You see we had each taken a certain amount of money and spoiled ourselves with it, which is what the plan was supposed to be. He did spend his money on himself but then he was blessed by some members of the church so he went and spoiled me. I was so grateful and still am.

I'm spending New Years at my sisters. I'm looking forward to being able to spend a few days with her. I will probably sleep through the actual New Year since that's what Weston will be doing. I'll be sure to give him two kisses at midnight. One from me and one from Daddy. To be honest, I'm looking forward to rest! And speaking of, it's after midnight now and I need to be going to bed. Nighty night.