honeydew and a new doc

Your baby is now the size of a honeydew!
Things are heating up inside as well: Baby may grow up to a full inch this week alone, and his brain is developing like crazy. Pretty soon, he'll be able to coordinate breathing with sucking and swallowing. Also, his bones are hardening, and he's started to keep his eyes open when he's awake.















I can't believe how this time has been flying by. It seems like we were just telling people that we were pregnant. So, I'm 33 weeks now, which means only 7ish to go and we're really excited! For the most part, I feel good and I've had a pretty good pregnancy so far, so I can complain. Other than the minor aches and pains, I haven't really had any problems - Praise Jesus for that! Sleeping at night is getting more an more difficult and really, it's just more annoying than anything. I have found that if I power through that urge to nap in the afternoon, I sleep much better at night, so I've been trying to ignore those urges.

As of yesterday I was FINALLY able to get a new doctor! I have been contemplating on switching doctors for a few months now, but I finally made the move. I am SO excited! I haven't met my new doc in person yet, but I've talked to her on the phone and she seems much more personable than my current doc. With my current doc, I have always felt somewhat rushed when I go in for my check-ups. And when I tried to talk to her about my birth one day, I felt like I got no support from her when it came to my wishes to try to do things as naturally as possible. She kind of scoffed at me and said that I would probably change my mind anyway. ICK!! It gave me such a bad feeling. Then Ant and I went to take a tour of the hospital that she delivers at (there are 2 hospitals about a half mile apart here) and we weren't exactly thrilled. First of all, they only allow 2 people in the room during delivery which I'm not a fan of. Second, they have you deliver in one room and recover in a different room which was really tiny and not comfy at all. We felt like it wasn't horrible, but definitely not the greatest place, either. One plus with that hospital is that they have a level 3 nursery/NICU, so if anything were to happen with the peanut, they definitely have the facilities and drs to handle it. ANYWAY, I have my first appt with my new doc on Tues and I'm so excited! Updates to come on that.

Until then…

the blog of randoms

random thoughts by katie:

i do, in fact, have the best husband ever.

i'm not a fan of feeling like i've been riding a horse (bareback) for 5 days straight… every day.

the baby in my belly is most likely going to be a kickboxing-juggling-wrestler-insomniac.

multiple strangers in the past 3 weeks have told us that we are definitely having a boy (including a toothless, homeless man in atlanta). what do they know? no clue. but ant is convinced now.

i really don't like the show 'america's got talent', but for some reason i keep watching it. every week. guess that's what happens when you only get 4 channels.

i like atlanta, but not enough to live there.

if you go see 'bodies - the exhibit', don't do it in your first trimester… you might throw up everywhere. however, if you aren't in your first trimester, i highly recommend it. although, take a brochure to fan yourself b/c it's really hot in there.

i am really excited about our bambino showers coming up… the first of which is this weekend in spring hill!

my belly button has yet to 'pop'.

my sweet tooth is getting worse and worse every day, but i'm doing my best to supress it.

i'm still watching 'america's got talent'… WHY?!

i love it when my sister, brother, niece and nephew visit… it makes for a really awesome weekend.

my med dosage has been upped from 150mg/day to 500mg/day, so i'm pretty much a full-time zombie and i'm napping like i'm in my first trimester again. sorry, work.

we cut our cell phone minutes from 1400/mo to 700/mo, so if i don't answer during the day… now you know why. send me a text instead… i have a phone with a keyboard now!

i like our new friends in savannah. ant thinks that all of my baking gives off an 'i'm desperate for friends and must bake to win you over' impression, but really, i just love to bake for people. i doubt they are complaining.

our first anniversary was great. a trip to atlanta, 2 doz roses, dark knight, awesome t-shirt and guitar hero… great husband! fantastic first year!

i'm definitley not a fan of tossing and turning at night. it's happening more and more these days.

having a crib in my bedroom is very surreal.

i am now convinced that 'AGT' is fake based on who just won.

and now, some random pictures for you…

30 weeks:


















us at the 10th anniversary taping of Good Eats with Alton Brown in Atlanta:














us at the Atlanta aquarium on our anniversary trip:

































































up next: some awesome footage from the sib visit!