Belly Updates :)

Here's weeks 32 and 33...

We decided to take some family pictures to help document the journey. Here we are just shy of 34 weeks...6 more to go and we will be a happy little family of 3 :)

 Chris was a trooper...he doesn't like getting his picture taken. But he did want to flaunt his new hair style so he was up for a couple of pics!

 This picture was taken for my side of the family...name possibilities...they really are endless and outrageous!

We {heart} our new little addition!!!!!!!! Can't wait for him to join the family on the outside :)

10 weeks and counting!!!

A much needed update...here is 6 weeks in review! I'm already at 30 weeks...only 10 left!!!!! YAY!!!! 

I'm really starting to miss certain things that a not-so-little-baby-bump kinda gets in the way of...like running,  a flat tummy, getting out of bed or a car without having to be pushed out, sleeping on my stomach (pretty sure I have mentioned that one many many times...it's probably the thing I miss most), hugs-I feel like I have to stick my back side out so I don't squish our lil' guy, eat big meals-there's just no room for anything to expand inside anymore. 

So have fun looking at the progress...it's still kinda weird to look at pictures of myself or walk by a mirror and see myself pregnant...

I tell Chris all the time how I feel so huge and all he responds with is...yeah, you are getting bigger...but that's just pregnancy :) I did fail my first glucose test so I had to do a 3-hour test and get poked 4 times during that 3 hours. I came out with a few bruises, sore veins, a hungry tummy (I had to be fasting for 12 hours prior to the test and then stay fasting during the 3 hours...luckily I could have water!) but I don't have gestational diabetes-YAY! But the doctor says I still need to watch my sugar intake because one blood draw came back a little high. I'm just glad that we don't have many sugar options to eat at our house.

My favorite thing about pregnancy right now if being able to feel our lil' guy move all over the place. We play a little game every once in a while were I will poke a spot on my belly and he will kick/punch at it...that usually lasts for about 5 minutes and then I think he gets bored. If I ever start dancing to music and then stop he starts moving like he just took the dance floor....it's so fun! We just can't wait til he is in our home. What adventures are ahead of us!!!!

More Ultrasound Pictures

We got to have another ultrasound today! It was amazing to see how much this lil' guy has grown in just 4 weeks. Everything looks good and he is measuring just right! We even got to get a couple of 3D pictures too. It was awesome to see those ones...it made it so real!!! 

(these first two are the 3D of the face)

 (he is still a boy)

 (another 3D of the face and the lil' guy flexing for us)

 (his foot print-not super clear but he's got big feet. and the bottom picture is a view of the face looking directly at the face...kind scary but it's cool to see the mouth and eye areas)

 (good profile and a 3D of his hand...giving us a thumbs up cuz everything is good!)

 (just more profiles. in the first picture you can see the umbilical cord really good...kinda cool)

Over Half Way Done!!!

17 weeks to go!!!!! 

If this last part of the pregnancy goes as fast as the first part this baby will be here before I am ready! But really that's okay with me. Then I can go back to doing regular things like sleeping on my stomach, lifting boxes, bending over....all those things that are a little more difficult or impossible to do with a belly. :)

Baby Bogenschutz!!!!

We finally got around to taking prego pictures! I wish I had started earlier but this works great. This pregnancy has been going so well...I don't have anything to compare it to but stories I hear and a co-worker who is a couple of weeks farther along than I am. My co-worker was so sick for so long that it was pretty easy to figure out she was pregnant. I, on the other hand, hid my pregnancy pretty well. I haven't been sick. I just suffer from exhaustion (not that bad...but still...super super tired!) I was able to make it 17 weeks before someone at work asked me if I was expecting. Now things just keep progressing. I can feel movements every once in a while...I think. I really don't know what to look for but I know that those movements aren't gas so I just assume that's what it is. So here are the latest pictures starting at 18 weeks.

 (please ignore the pasty white skin...)

 We had our BIG ultrasound at 20 weeks to check gender and make sure the baby is healthy, all the organs are where they should be, the spine is good, the heart is still beating strong....all that important stuff. It was so fun! There was a huge TV suspended from the ceiling that we got to watch it all on. It was awesome to see the baby and see its little legs and feet and we were able to get a very good view of the gender...our baby was not shy and was so very active! I guess we'll see what this little guy is like once he comes out!

And here are some ultrasound pictures...

 These first ones are from our very first appointment back in December. Just a little thing. The last picture there took forever to get. The doctor just needed to take a measurement but the baby wouldn't stay still long enough. But we got one eventually!

The first picture are the baby's arms and the other is a great profile shot.

 The next picture are of the baby's feet, crossed legs, and then....yep...it's definitely a BOY!!

These last two are full body profile pictures. Poor thing looks so crowded. Only 20 weeks left...give or take a couple of days or so.

Now Presenting...

The newest members of the Bogenschutz family...

Jasper and Deloris

our new gold fish!!!!!!

 I love this next picture....it's almost like they are saying "Huh?!" 

Now comes our next challenge....keeping them alive! So far so good! We originally went to PetSmart to get the fish but they wouldn't sell us gold fish because we didn't have at least a 2 gallon with an air pump. Weird!