30 weeks, 3 days and counting...

Today we headed up to visit Dr. Wall, our perinatologist out of Bellevue.

Baby is still looking ahead on the growth chart and we are looking forward to 32 weeks. Baby seems to be anxious for the holidays and is trying to make a break for it. After a lot of concern on moms part due to an increase in contractions the Dr. informed us that this is normal but may be showing that our days are numbered.

We are just hunkering down and hoping to make it to the 32 week mark and keeping our fingers double crossed for christmas time still.

Good news is baby looks super healthy and would probably do ok in the outside world with just a few extra weeks in the hospital.

Bennett is looking forward to Grandma Jones' Turkey dinner, which Grandma will be bringing to me in bed :)

Have a great thanksgiving!!!

Still growing...

Day 81 on bedrest and 29 weeks, 4 days pregnant.

We visited Dr. Moruzzi today and he confirmed that Bennett is going to be a BIG boy. He said that due to the strict bed rest and my inactivity he is growing and packing on the lbs! Using a high tech tape measure he thinks baby's room for rent is measuring at 34 weeks. We listened to his heart beat for a while and spent some time making birth plans. So different and exciting to be at the point where we can plan a halfway normal birth!

There was no change as far as advancing to labor so we are excited and hoping to sail through Thanksgiving without any hickups. He is still completely stunned with how far we have made it. He is hoping for a couple more weeks and into the time where he would not need NICU support.

No baby pictures this time so I thought I would post one of Dad putting together a bassinett with the help of our first born "Hurlie"

Thank you Grandmas & Grandpas!!

This weekend Grandma & Grandpa Olsen came to help us assemble the Nursery furniture that all the Grandparents went together to buy for baby Bennett.

From my post on the couch I watched for hours as they assembled the changing table and dresser.

I cant wait to get them in the nursery and put together with all the quilting Grandma Jones is doing.

Thank you Grandma & Grandpa Olsen and Grandma & Grandpa Jones!!!

The changing table (and yes, I was also enjoying Steel Magnolias while watching them work :)
Grandma & Grandpa Olsen

28 weeks! We made it!

This week we headed up to visit Dr. Wall and get a full growth analysis on baby.

To our surprise baby is a bit ahead of schedule and in the 90th percentile for growth. He is weighing in at around 3 lbs 8 oz!! A baby at this gestational age is on average 2 lbs 10 oz so we were happy to hear he is growing like a champ in there.

After checking my cervix the Dr. thinks that we are stable again this week so that is good news in our quest for a Christmas baby. We are getting pretty excited and have switched back to planning for baby mode. We have begun buying things and planning a nursery again. We are just elated we have made it this far. Dr. Wall still thinks little Bennett could show up any day now but we are hopeful we will get to a point where we can avoid as much NICU time at the hospital as possible.

Thanks again for everyones good thoughts. We know it was everyones thoughts and prayers that have helped us make it this far.

Yep, He's in there...

Day 73 of Bedrest & 28 weeks, 3 days Prego!

So bedrest has not left a lot of time for looking pretty but grandma finally forced me to take a picture on our way to the Dr. so that I can "cherish" this time later on...

Bennett for Obama!

It is finally election day and day 66 of strict bed rest.

Since the baby is filling up a little more space in there it is harder to get those great 3D pictures but here are a few from last week

His mouth open

His Hand

His Foot

We went to see Dr. Wall in Bellevue last Tuesday so it was off to Dr. Moruzzi's here in Olympia this week to check on mom and baby. Dr. Moruzzi has seen us through everything since the beginning and is just thrilled we have made it this far. He said he is hoping we will make it to term and I nearly fell off my chair. Realistically I am showing some signs of impending labor but everything looked stable this week and we are hoping the little man will stay put until Christmas. We are aiming for my Aunt Pams birthday on Christmas Eve :)

We are 28 weeks this Saturday!

Thank you for all your continued support... we cant wait for everyone to meet him. And a special thanks to Grandma Jones for babysitting daily for the last 66 days. Baby already loves grandma's cooking :)