Some Nursery Decor

On June 20, 2012 - We bought some more stuff for the nursery!! It has been a lot of fun finding stuff to go into the nursery.  For those who don't know our theme for the nursery is Vintage Airplanes.  It has been rough at the beginning finding stuff but now it looks like airplanes have become a popular theme!! Below are some pictures of what will be going into the nursery! More to come soon!!!

Airplane Hooks

Hanging Airplane

Cardiologist Appointment

On June 19th, 2012 - We went to meet with the prenatal cardiologist. Baby Jenks was up to his usual stunts of trying to hide and kicking the doctor. The doctor monitored Baby Jenks for at least 1/2 hour - 45 min; looking at every aspect of the heart and measuring the beats in each valve, watching the blood flow in and out of the heart, and making sure everything looked normal. The heart rate was 153 again today and stayed at that rate the entire time. The doctor said he didn't see one irregular heartbeat the entire time we were there! I will still be monitored weekly in case the pacs (premature atrial contractions) show themselves again. The doctor said for sure no heart block which is great! He also said if he didn't see my file he wouldn't know why I was hear since the heart looked and acted to normal. C-section would only have to be used now if the heart rate went low again! After the appointment we went and celebrated with mom and dad at the Clubhouse in Oak Brook. Since getting good news decorating the nursery has been more exciting! We went and got our changing pad cover today! A picture of it is below!

24 Weeks Pictures

Pictures of me at 24 weeks.  Taken on June 16th 2012.

Heart Rate Check-up

On June 14th, 2012 - Since I have been placed on high risk, I have to see some kind of doctor to monitor the baby's heart rate.  Yesterday we went to the OBGYN to see where the heart rate was at.  Chuck and I were both kind of nervous the whole day.  We were both worried about the heart rate dipping even more.  When the doctor put the heart rate monitor on my belly the rate hovered between 83-86 beats per minute.  Then during the heart rate monitoring baby Jenks decided to give a good hard kick.  I think he is sick of people bothering him.  Because right after he kicked the heart rate went back to normal rhythm and went to 153 beats per minute which is normal.  The normal readings in the womb are 110 - 160 beats per minute.  The heart rate stayed there until she was done monitoring the heart rate.  So we don't know exactly what that means, but it was just nice to hear his heart at a normal rate and gave us some hope that this can fix itself on its own.  We will see what the cardiologist makes of this on the 19th when we see him.  We are hoping that the heart rate is still reading at 153 beats per minute and that the arrhythmia has gone away!!!

Follow-up Ultrasound

On June 8th, 2012 - We have our follow-up ultrasound due to the doctor finding an irregular heartbeat at our 20 week ultrasound.  When we went for our 20 week ultrasound the doctor said that alot of times the irregular heartbeat resolves itself by the next followup one.  We were all hoping that would be the case but Baby Jenks decided to throw us through another loop.  This time when the doctor listened to his heart rate it was a different rhythm instead of the bigeminy heart rhythm he was displaying last time.  He would occasionally go back into the bigeminy rhythm but, he was mostly in this other rhythm.  His heart rate has dipped down to 88 bpm which is very slow, but the doctor said that everything structurally that he can see looks like it is developing correctly.  The doctor is thinking it may be premature atrial contractions (PACs) or a slim chance it may be a heart block.  I have been placed on high risk now and have to see a doctor every week to see how the heart rate is doing.  The doctor has scheduled us to see a prenatal cardiologist on June 19th so he can evaluate what is going on with our little guy.  The 19th can't come soon enough!!!  We were told by the doctor not to worry about anything, but it is hard not to worry when something is obviously going on.  What I worry most about is that the heart rate will continue to go down.  Hopefully that is not the case!!  We are hoping that the heart rate will go back up and correct itself.  I guess there is still hope that this could just go away.  Which we are hoping Baby Jenks does soon rather than later. Here are some pictures from the follow-up ultrasound.  We really loved the nurse that did the ultrasound this time!! She gave us some great pictures!!

   

Chuck Feels the Baby Move

On June 3rd, 2012, was an exciting day for both Chuck and I.  Chuck was finally able to feel the baby move!!  His face lit up when he finally was able to feel baby Jenks move.  He did say that he thought it was a weird feeling as well, but also very exciting.  Baby Jenks have been a very active baby in my belly doing lots of somersaults.  It will be interesting to see if he will poke his hand or foot out of my belly eventually.

Building the Crib

On May 30th, 2012 - Chuck and I started to build the crib.  We got the frame part completed when my mom paid us a visit and helped with the rest of the project!!  It turned out wonderful and we didn't even have any left over pieces!! hehe

 Kind of heavy!!!

 Don't mind the cow blanket we used it so we wouldn't scratch the floors!!

 Mom shows up to join in the fun!!

 Tightening the last bolts!!

The finished product!!

21 Weeks Pictures

Pictures of me at 21 weeks.  Taken on May 27th 2012.

The Baby Furniture has Arrived!!

On May 24, 2012 - Chuck, Kyle and my mom picked up the baby furniture from Buy Buy Baby!! It took two trucks for the furnture to make its way to our house.  It was exciting to see them pull up with these huge boxes!  When it was unloading time Chuck and Kyle agreed we should have paid to have the furniture delivered.  It was extremely heavy for the boy, but they were real troopers!!

Remodel Baby's Room

The remodel of the house is coming along.  On May 22, 2012 Uncle was able to finish the trim and the doors in the baby's room.  All that is left is patch a hole in the closet, finish the trim around the window and get a new light fixture.  We have decided that the baby's room will be Vintage Airplanes with an industrial/traditional feel.  We found a light fixture that would be perfect, but found out it would hang too low & Chuck would hit his head on it.  So we are still on the hunt for a new light fixture.  



Gender Reveal Party

We had our Gender Reveal Party on 05/19/2012 with our families.  Our close family that attened to share in our exciting news were my parents, my Aunt Gina & Uncle (2nd parents), my grandma, Chuck's mom, Chuck's sister, Devin and her daughter Sydney, Chuck's brother Kyle, his wife Krissy & their son Even, and Chuck's grandma.  We just want to thank all of our family that shared in our special day and making it a day we will never forget!! We love you all!!

Our Fun decorations!!

Our cake!!! WHAT WILL IT BEE?

  

It's a BOY!!!

  

2nd Ultrasound

We had our 2nd Ultrasound on May 16th, 2012 which also happened to be my mom's birthday.  Both mother's came along to see this ultrasound.  It is absolutely amazing how big the baby has gotten since the first ultrasound.  In this ultrasound they did a ton of different measurements of the baby to make sure the baby is growing correctly.  The doctor said that the baby was growing correctly and all the organs and brain looked wonderful.  We did find out that I have to be more closely monitored though since they detected that the baby has heart bigeminy.  Heart bigeminy is where the heartrate is irregularlly beating.  In my case the heart beats twices and then pauses and repeats the pattern.  The doctor said not to worry about it that most of the time these things fixes itself and he saids it is very common to see.  But being our first little on the way it is hard not to worry.  We have our follow-up appointment with him in three weeks to look at what is developing. 

As for finding out the gender of the baby that day, Chuck and I decided that we wanted to find out the gender with our close family all together.  So we had the nurse put what the gender of the baby was in an envelope.  We then dropped the envelop off at the bakery and they are going to put what color frosting blue or pink on the inside of the cake.  We will find out the gender on Sat May 19th.  We are so excited!!  I am saying it will be a girl.  Chuck is now thinking that it is a boy after seeing the ultrasound.

The video below is of the ultrasound we couldn't get it to rotate so when you see it, it is sideways:

20 Week Ultra Sound Pictures

Here are the Ultrasound pictures that were taken on 05/16/12: