Week 33

Ok so it has been a while since I had a picture posted of my belly. So here I am at 33 weeks in all of my glory. Cooper has had a growth spur the last couple of weeks and is really getting out there. Overall I am feeling great. I still have yet to get a full night sleep between the leg cramps and the multiple bathroom breaks but overall I feel great.

We go to the doctor on Friday for a normal check up then have 2 weeks till our next visit then go weekly after that. I can't believe we are this close.

This month is very busy with the multiple showers we have going on...Jan 11th, 18th, and 25th. After that it is just a couple of weeks till we get to see our little Cooper...and I mean little! Rob is trying to get me freaked out about a 9lb baby:)

We have only taken one class and that is a breast feeding class. Rob was doing very well paying attention and staying quiet through the 2.5 hour class...well that was until the lady decided to share with the dad's that they could sing fight songs to their children. When she began to belt out the Michigan fight song Rob went into a fit yelling no. Then turned to me and said "Cooper can hear and does not need to hear that crap". Needless to say our son is being born into a die hard ND family!

Over all we are just in prep mode for Cooper trying to get his room done and get everything in order.

A gift from Travis!

Travis is Rob's one and only male host at Mitchell's. We love hearing about all of his adventures and get a kick out of all of his stories. On Christmas Eve he gave Rob and I a gift for Cooper. It is a potable crib on wheels. Rob could not resist and had to get into it. I am sure Cooper will have a blast in a few years with this gift :)

Cooper's Room

I had this idea for a great bookshelf for Cooper's room. Rob was able to find it and put it together this week. It looks so great in the room and we are excited to fill it with books and toys when he gets here. Rob really loves working on his room and is always talking about new things to do in there. I am sure once the crib and changing table comes he will see how little room there is left in there.

Christmas

We spent Christmas up north with Rob's family. It was so great to see everyone and see how excited they all are for Cooper to be here. We enjoyed seeing all the little ones running around and it gave us a glimps into what we had in store for us in the coming years. We will be going back up on the 25th for our shower then we are on major Cooper countdown.

Week 29

We went to the doctor yesterday! I had to do the glucose screening done. I got there and they made me drink this liquid that tasted like a flat 7-up then wait an hour (which Rob and I are getting really good at doing). I got weighed in at a gain of 18lbs so far, which is less then my scale at home woohoo!!

The nurse came in to take my blood and could not get anything out of my right arm. So she moved to the left. By the 2nd stick I was done and feeling really hot and ready to loose it! But she got what she needed and I got to eat my breakfast!

The doctor came in and little Cooper is doing great. My stomach is measuring right at 29 weeks and the doctor said we are shooting for a 7.5lb baby! That made me very very happy. Though she said 9lb babies are very cute Cooper can grow to be very cute :)

His heartbeat was at 147 per minute which is perfect and well within the range it should be. We now begin to have visits every 2 weeks and we are about 10 weeks away from our due date! Let the countdown to Cooper officially begin!