29 Weeks 6 day 3-D Ultrasound

Her face/side profile

Her arms covering up her face

Chubby cheeks all smashed up

Another shot of her

A little more of her lips

Well today we had our last ultrasound and it was the 3-D one. We didn't get very good pictures of her because she was scrunched up and her hands with up in her face as she slept, which is how she was sleeping at 19 weeks. I think I have a clue on how she will sleep when she gets here ;) Her face did look chubby and she is measuring big. My estimated due date is now June 28, but we didn't even talk about changing the original one on July 9. Her legs are really long and measuring 32 weeks 1 day, her stomach is measuring 31 weeks 6 days, and her head is the smallest measuring 31 weeks 2 days. The technician told us that she was pretty big. My doctor doesn't seem concerned at all. She was sucking with her mouth the whole time, so she must do that in her sleep too ;) I think she looks like Ben, but who knows until she gets here. All of my bloodwork came back great!! Now I go in every 2 weeks until I hit the 36 week mark in 6 weeks and then it is every weeks. It is going by soooo fast and I haven't bought anything!! I am starting to get a little worried now.  Here are her pictures.

28 weeks & Ben is home!

Well I am officially 28 weeks! Super exciting and starting to look much bigger. My only complaint is that my back is really killing me. And I am not one for back problems at all. I bought a band that helps support my back and it does seem to help. I do think it kind of restricts Morgan from moving around as much though, so I am tempted to not wear it sometimes. Here is my 28 week picture. I also had my glucose testing and the lovely blood work done this last week. I got the fruit punch and the flavor was not bad at all, just really sweet. My problem was the 5 minutes I had to drink it. After I drank that, I had to wait an hour and the baby was going nuts. My stomach was moving all over the place in there. I actually covered it because I was afraid people were staring ;)  We will go in for our 3-D Ultrasound and results of this testing on April 29. I sure hope I don't have diabetes or even have to do the 3 hour one.

Ben is also back in town after being in Israel for work for the last 2 weeks. I am so happy he is home. It was super lonely here and I worry way too much about the safety in other countries as well as that long of a flight. He had a 5 hour flight to Philadelphia and a 12.5 hour flight to Israel. I could not do that. So now he is home and is so screwed up on his time that he can't even function. And to make matters worse, he has a sinus infection, a project due this week, and a test on Thursday for school. I feel really bad for him, but don't know how to help him. I can't wait until this class ends and then we can start decorating the baby's room and so he doesn't have to be stressed as much. Here is a picture of Ben in Israel. 

My mom, sisters, brother in law, and niece and nephew also came down on Saturday morning for Cassidy's volleyball tournament. We got a little carried away in the baby section at target. I was good and only bought one outfit. I think it is so cute. It is a pink and brown romper. 

Hummingbird Baby Timeline!

March 3-Found the nest!

March 11-Mom laid her eggs!

March 23-2 babies hatched!

March 30-Needing lots of food!

April 5- Starting to grow feathers!

April 9- Potty trained to go outside of the nest!

April 11-Getting ready to fly away soon!

Here is a little timeline of my hummingbird babies in my yard. They are getting so big and are about to fly off soon.

26 week 5 day appointment!

I had my doctor appointment yesterday which went fine. I gained another 6 pounds for a total of 19!!! Wowzer...The baby's heartbeat was 138 and they said that was good. I hadn't eaten anything so she may have been a little tired. I have to also do my glucose testing and all the blood work before my next appointment which is April 29. I am really excited about this next one because it is the 3-D ultrasound and they do all of the baby's measurements too. We have chosen a name for her. Her name will be Morgan Olivia Graniello. We both really like it and it seems to go with our last name pretty well. I can't wait to see her, just hope she keeps cooking for at least a couple more months. She is kicking me like crazy. My stomach actually hurt again today somewhat like the last hospital trip I had to take. I had to take a tylenol because my poor gut just feels sick from all the kicking. I don't know what she is doing in there, but sometimes its pretty excessive. Well, that is it for now. I will be 27 weeks this Sat!!!

Hospital Visit!

Well on Wed. March 23rd, I decided to go into the hospital for cramping. I started having period like cramps and pressure the evening before, but I figured they would go away if I put my feet up and drank more water. The baby was extremely active Tues. night so I just figured she beat the heck out of my stomach. Well they didn't, and I was on my feet all day at work on Wednesday. I called the triage nurse and my doctor's office and she told me I should go in if it wasn't any better. I feel a little dumb for going in, but with my history of problems, I am not risking anything this time. I got checked out and the baby was so active, the nurse couldn't get her heartbeat very well. I think she may already have ADD...haha..Anyways, everything turned out great. They think it was just ligament stretching and because she is a kicker. My cervix was closed and I had no bladder infection. I am glad I went for peace of mind because otherwise, I would have worried myself sick.