Week 21

Happy Leap Day!  I'm blogging today from Etown... with my professional photographer, Olivia.  She had to take over the duty of my weekly pictures but fortunately she was astute enough to find a yellow wall in my parents house ;)  I finished OB last week and took my test Friday... who knows how that went.  This week I started my family medicine rotation with a local doctor in Etown.  It's a very different patient population from what I'm used to seeing but definitely a good thing! The dr. has been super nice as well.

We spent last weekend looking at a few houses.. and actually found one that we loved! We put in an offer yesterday and they accepted so Andy went and signed the contract this morning!  It's in a new development out near Hamburg but on the Winchester road side... which should mean MUCH better traffic.  Andy drove there after work today and said it only took him 7 minutes from his office which is amazing in Lexington.  Our house has been started but basically only the basement has been poured.  We saw a nearly identical house in another neighborhood and just loved everything about it.  It has a huge living area with beautiful built ins and a see-thru fireplace to the kitchen.  The kitchen has a breakfast nook, nice island and pretty cabinets/countertops.  It does have a formal dining which we also wanted!  The upstairs has 4 bedrooms... including a master bedroom with a his and hers closet!! Or a hers and half hers closet ;)  The bedrooms are very generously sized and will be perfect for sweet baby Harper!  Andy negotiated in that they paint a couple bedrooms and the kitchen our preferred color so I guess I can officially start the nursery dreaming! We also decided to go ahead and have the basement finished.  That will add another bedroom and a bath so we are going to be more than ready for houseguests (once we buy more furniture;)).  We're not sure what we'll do with the basement yet... all I'm worried about is getting a treadmill or elliptical down there to work off some baby lbs.  Either way, it's going to be such a great house for our family to grow into and should be perfect for entertaining!  We are set to close June 15th so fingers are crossed that the house is completed on time and Harper stays put until 40w3d ;)

My baby bump is growing like whoa!  In hindsight the weekly outfit I'm wearing doesn't show it off enough but it's absolutely there.  When I lay down flat it gets huuuge!  I still haven't changed into any maternity clothes but I'm seeing that happening in my very near future.  I am feeling her move all the time!  Olivia has even felt her once.  It's pretty amazing.  One of my tasks with this doctor is to ultrasound myself and find my liver, gallbladder, aorta, etc... I think I'll just use it as an opportunity to get some more peeks of our little girl :)


Here's our update and pics for the week!

How far along: 21

Total Weight Gain: forgot my scale in Lex

Stretchmarks: Nope

Sleep: like a rock

Best Moment This Week: having a new house to bring our sweet girl home to!

Movement: Yes!

Gender: Baby girl!!

Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button: I feel like bottom half is maybe getting a little more shallow?
What I Miss: nothing :)
What I am Looking Forward to: Carrie's shower this weekend!

Milestones: Size of a banana... and I read that her amniotic fluid tastes differently depending on what I eat and it can influence her taste buds... so I apologize in advance for fueling a love of ice cream and other sweets :)