CATCHING UP---REWIND 5.5 WEEKS!

So, I’m fully aware that it’s been over a month since my last entry, and I’m so sorry for the delay.  But, you can’t say that I didn’t warn you that we had a TON to do this past month.  The good news is that I can honestly say that we’ve made quite the dent in our long list of “to-do’s”, and it feels great!  Woohoo!  Instead of just rattling everything off here and giving you the abbreviated version (which I’m sure you might appreciate, but which would never do justice to how much fun and chaos has been going on), I’ll try to make up for slacking on the blog by giving you a few catch-up entries.  It may take me some time, though.  Between work and ongoing baby prep, it's still insanely busy around here!

So, I suppose we can start with our 29 week appointment on April 29^th.  Everything checked out great!  My belly was measuring right on track, and my weight gain, while a little more than it should have been for those few weeks since our previous appointment, was still well within the range of “normal.”  Phew!  And, although LP was playing games and kept shifting every time the doctor tried to get LP’s heart rate, he finally cooperated, and his heartbeat was nice and strong at 143.  I guess we knew from the 19 week ultrasound days that we had a stubborn little man on our hands!   Oh well, healthy and happy is all I care about.  Here’s a pic of me at 29 weeks: 

At the time, I thought I was enormous, and, well, 5 and a half weeks later, I’d be happy to go back to that size!