27 Weeks Belly picture

27 Weeks- Doctor Visit

I went to the doctor today for my monthly visit. It was very routine and uneventful, but that is fine with me! She said I am measuring perfectly and Caden's heartbeat sounded good. She said that I am now in my 3rd trimester! yay! She wants me to come back every 2 weeks now so that they can more closely monitor my blood pressure and weight and Caden's size. She told me about how different the third trimester was going to be and that I needed to prepare myself to be really tired all over again and to be uncomfortable. I know that it is coming, but I have had such a smooth pregnancy so far, I am sure I will be fine. Chris has been great and helped me keep our house from being a disaster.
Well thanks to Brittany and Chris, we are almost done with the nursery! Britt and I painted last weekend and the green color turned out great! It is just like the green in the picture I have on here of the bedding. Now all we have to do is put up the beadboard around the lower half of the wall. Chris said we would do that during Thanksgiving holidays!

Caden's bedding and today's doctor visit!

Caden's bedding has finally arrived! It is even cuter than it is in the pictures online! I love it! His crib should be in sometime soon, so I cannot wait to get it all put together....even though it won't be used for awhile. It is just so exciting!

Also, today was my 22 weeks appointment. Everything was great, and they checked my blood sugar. This may sound like no big deal, but I had to go in with an empty stomach and drink this stuff that tasted like syrup-ish hawaiian punch...ugh! It was some type of sugar/glucose stuff and it made Caden move around a lot! Then they checked my iron level which was fine too. I am so thankful for how smooth everything is going. I also got to hear his heartbeat, which was perfect! He is growing and progressing just like they want him to! I have only gained 10 lbs. as of now, but the number on the scale is still scary to see! : ) I am not used to seeing these numbers on the scale. But I know this weight is not permanent, I am under the amount of weight right now that you are allowed to gain at 23 weeks, so that is great. I hoep to stay that way, but sometimes swelling towards the end can cause your weight to go up. Oh well! Chris is so excited too and he cannot wait until he can feel Caden kicking!

22 weeks belly picture

I am definetly looking larger these days....I have really grown in the last couple weeks, hence all the pain I have been going through! I have had a lot of muscle/ligament pain, but I will take that any day over being nauseated!!! Chris has been sweet though and rubbed my back for me. It is really hard teaching all day and trying to do everything I can while sitting down. I am learning as I go. Thanks to Tylenol, I am able to get through the day! Caden must like Saturdays as much as I do, b/c he moved/kicked a lot today. I still have to pinch myself and say "Is this really real?" Its so wierd feeling him now, The kicks aren't little flutters anymore, but "pokes" from within....oh well I still like being pregnant minus the terrible back pain and lovely acne on my face now!

baby clothes and more baby clothes.....

Well, now that we know we are having a boy, I understand how people go broke buying all this stuff. I am trying to restrain myself though.... : ) I am however, focusing on how I am going to decorate the nursery. We are going to bo bead board around the room around the lower half of the room. I am going to paint the walls green above that. The bedding is adorable (see pic above). We are doing a jungle theme, and the main colors are red, brown, green, yellow and blue. I really think it is going to be cute! I cannot wait to start decorating. We did put up a new ceiling fan in Caden's room. It looks much better than the 1980's one that was there. Well, I will update again when I go to the doctor on September 24th!

18 weeks belly picture

Well, we found out we are having a BOY!!!!

We are so excited! I think Chris about jumped up and down when she told us!

We bought him an outfit last night and my mom headed straight to belk, of course!

My mom and Chris's mom came in to see the ultrasound with us! I was so glad they got to come.

We are going to name him Caden Sanders Campbell. We have had this name picked out for a

long time. Sanders is Chris's middle name and his mom's maiden name. We cannot wait until he

is here!! I will upload sonogram pics soon!

14 1/2 week belly picture