So I've been really busy trying to remodel the house and get work stuff closed out and trying to get everything finalized before baby Henry gets here, and I really haven't updated anyone on him. This post might confuse some of you because my husband is Henry, and our new baby will be Henry. They will both go by Henry and neither have a nickname or middle name or go by their suffix. Just for the record, Henry's dad goes by Hank and is a Jr. (but really the V), Henry is the III (but really the VI), and Henry will be the VII to correct the lineage number thing. I thought this was weird too, but we have friends who have done the exact same thing with their new baby, George, not to be confused with my other friends who have twins (6 mos) named Henry and George. Confused yet? Good. :) I will add here that I sort of jokingly submitted that we put 007 on the birth certificate just for kicks, but I was denied. I just can't have any fun. hehe O.K. back to the facts.
Baby Facts
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| Henry at 16 weeks |
Henry is due November 15th and we have elected to attempt to have him naturally instead of scheduling a c-section. We have switched from an OB to a midwife to increase our chances of having said natural birth. So here's a pic of Henry at about 16 weeks when we found out what we were having. In case you can't see it in this 3D ultrasound picture, this would be his back. You can see his little hand on the side of his head near the top left, and his legs and feet near the bottom right of the picture. I think he may have had his other hand near his mouth. Anyway, all parts were present and accounted for in this pic. Ten finger, ten toes, all of his organs, his cord, his boy stuff, all there and functioning like they should be. :) We will go back to the 3D place later on to get good pics of his face provided that he turns to a better position than he was in these pics.
Pregnancy Facts
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| 24 Weeks |
We knew really early on that we were pregnant. We didn't tell anyone until after we knew what we were having. We thought this would be fun, and it totally was when we finally told. We told my friends sooner than we told our families because 1. it was kinda hard to hide by that point, and 2. one of our nephews graduated high school, and another got married right about this time. It would have been super convenient to tell when we had everyone together, but we didn't want to upstage anyone, so we just kept it a secret a while longer. During the 2nd and 3rd month I was kind of sick. I found that if I took Prevacid every morning and then ate breakfast before I did anything else, I was ok. I hated the smell of tacos during this time which was really unfortunate because we have tacos about once a week. I also craved carbs like mashed potatoes and mac & cheese, they seemed to soothe my semi angry tummy. My bellybutton flipped at about 16 weeks, something that I think comes from 4 pregnancies. I find that with each pregnancy feelings of physical strain appear sooner. Stuff just isn't as firm as it used to be, and I feel like old elastic. Emotionally I'm good, but physically I think all of the renovations are getting to me and I'm tired. I've been telling everyone that all of our kids were planned and we love them all, but we don't want anymore. Henry will be the last, and we're happy with that decision and a little relieved that we know where we will stand as a family unit after this.
Nursery Photos
Ah the nursery. I'm really glad to have it finished except for some details. I'm still waiting on some special order stuffed animals to arrive and I might add another shelf and some photos, but all of the painting and artwork is done. This is the bedding that Kinsley had. It's very neutral and I decided to reuse it. This is the first time that I have ever reused the crib or bedding. That's mostly due to the fact that both boys were in cribs at the same time, and then we decided to get a new style of crib for Kinsley. Kinsley's room picked up on the dandelion details in the bedding, and we painted them in pink to add a splash of definite girliness to the room. Here's what her nursery looked like.
Obviously pink flowers and her name on the wall wouldn't work for
Henry's nursery. We decided to go more woodland themed with his nursery.
Top left: Crib wall
Top right: Changing table wall
Bottom left: Window
Bottom
right: These are close-ups of all the details in the tree. The fox and
name are over the changing table, and the stump with the bunny and skunk
are under the window.
I'm not a fabulous artist, but I think the nursery turned out ok. I'm pretty happy with everything and I'm looking forward to doing normal nesting things like sorting and folding baby clothes and hanging out on the couch. I have some other small projects to do for Henry before he gets here, but at least the majority of the big stuff is done. -Kellie-
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