Running on Brickell-Time...

I know I told some of you that I'd blog before we leave for our trip, but unfortunately I'm running on Brickell-Time. I have to quickly eat and then pack (yep, you read it correctly - pack) all within in the next 10 minutes before we leave. Don't worry, I don't have to organize my packing (it's all laid out on the bed) I just have to physically pack it into the suitcase *sigh*.

Anyhow, I'm sorry I didn't blog more than this, but rest assured I will have pictures of Baby Bav from the trip that I'll post when we get back. See you in a week!

It's Alive!

Saturday was the day when Marvin crossed over to the other side - the day Marvin first felt his little Baby Bav move! Even as I'm typing this, I'm starting to tear up a bit - mind you it could be because I'm having one of those crazy emotional days, could be because I'm watching the Baby Story, could be because I'm finally done the ironing, but I'm pretty sure it's because it was such a special moment and I'm so happy for Marvin. I remember how I felt when I first felt the baby move - how amazing it was and how it made the whole pregnancy more real for me - and I'm so happy that Marvin gets to experience it himself!

I was laying down on the couch reading and noticed that Baby Bav was moving around a lot and the movements were pretty strong. So I put my hand on my belly to see if it would move and sure enough, I saw my fingers jump a bit. So I called Marvin into the room and told him that I thought he'd be able to feel Baby Bav move. Again being the ever so patient man that he is, he humoured me and then as soon as Baby Bav moved next I asked him if he felt it. He looked up at me with a bit of a sparkle in his eyes (a look I'll remember forever) and said yes. And that's when I told him that was his baby (again, the tears... thank goodness the ironing done...)! :)

Then, last night while we were laying in bed reading, Marvin had his hand on my belly and Baby Bav was putting on a show for him. I also got to see my belly move on it's own (a bit freaky at first, but still really cool)! Then this morning, Baby Bav kicked "Good Morning" to its dad when we first woke up. What a wonderful thing to fall asleep and wake up to! Life sure is good!

Did You Feel That?

Can you believe it? Today is the first day of my sixth month! In some ways the time really flies and in other ways it drags! It seems so long ago when we first found out we were expecting, but at the same time I can't believe before the summer is up we'll be parents!

At this point, there's not much new in Baby Bav land. He/she is about 7 or 8 inches long and weighs about a pound or so, and I'm starting to feel the baby move around a lot more. Sometimes there's some serious moving around in there for a good couple of minutes at a time that I'm convinced it's building a deck in preparation for the nice weather (or maybe a concrete slab to do somersaults on, right Sara?)! And sometimes the movements are so strong that I'm convinced that Marvin can feel them. So of course I tell him this, he comes over, puts his hand on my belly and patiently waits. Here's how our conversation goes... (E) Did you feel that? (M) Nope. (E) How 'bout that? (M) Nope. (E) Anything? (M) Nope. (E) That one was pretty good, how about that one? (M) Nope... can I have my hand back? :) He's such a patient man!

A number of you have asked if I have much of a belly yet, and the answer is yes... the belly is growing! So far I've gained about 11 pounds (I'm considering myself lucky with only 11 pounds seeing I've been eating junkfood somedays like it's going out of style). I do have a belly shot from 15 weeks and again from 21 weeks. However, I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to actually post them on the internet. I'll take another look at them and we'll see.....

Baby Bav - Part II

This picture was taken just a couple of weeks ago when Baby Bav was 19 weeks old (they grow up so fast don't they?!?). As you can (or maybe can't) see, he/she has done a lot of developing. At this stage, Baby Bav pretty much had all of its organs and fun stuff like that, it was just a smaller version of its final self (around 6 or 7 inches long - crown to rump).

In this picture, Baby Bav is still laying on its back looking up, with its head on the right and torso on the left (the legs didn't fit into the picture, but they do exist). Again, the whiter parts are the bones and you can see the forehead, the little button nose (don't all babies have button noses?), the lips, the chin and the vertebrae along its spine.

During the ultrasound, Baby Bav wasn't moving around as much as the first time (thankfully it didn't moon us the way it did before - lucky for him/her or else it would have been grounded for sure once it came out). But, we did get to see the little hands and legs, and it yawned, swallowed and looked directly at us. The technician made a video for us to watch over and over again. I don't think I'll ever get tired of looking at that video!

As of now, I'm feeling a bunch of movement (which is an amazing experience) throughout the day, but because he/she isn't big or strong enough its movements can't be felt by Marvin yet. Hopefully that will come within the next week or so.

Baby Bav - Part I

I figured a good place to start would be to formally introduce you to Baby Bav. So Blogger, this is Baby Bav.... Baby Bav this is today's Blogger (it just kicked "nice to meet you").

In this picture, Baby Bav was a mere 13 weeks old. For some it may be hard to see the baby through the black, white and grey parts, so to help you out I'll try to describe what you're looking at. Baby Bav is laying on its back so it is looking up. Its head is on the right hand side and its leg area is on the left, so you're looking at the left side of its face and torso. If you look carefully, you can see the whiter parts of the face (bones appear whiter in the ultrasounds), which are the forehead, eye sockets and the upper and lower jaw.

At this stage, Baby Bav had a beating heart, a brain, tiny arm and leg buds, finger nails, external ears, an upper lip (not sure where the lower lip went) and its eyelids were starting to fuse shut. It weighed about an ounce and was about the length of an adult's thumb.