Fun Friday {Week 17}

This past Friday morning Billy and I headed to the doctor. Each doctor’s appointment gets my nerves going and I cannot eat breakfast or sit still until the appointment is over. It is such anticipation to hear what the Doctor has to say after 4 long weeks. More importantly, awaiting the moment to hear the baby’s heartbeat once again. Baby Bird’s heartbeat this time was 135. I asked the Doctor if the old wives tales are true (lower the heartbeat=boy, higher heartbeat=girl) and she said no. She said the baby was most likely sleeping and if I walked around the office for a little bit and came back to check the rate, it would go up. We’ll see! I received a good report, have gained 7lbs total so far and we scheduled the gender ultrasound appointment! August 18, 2011 is the BIG DAY! Billy still believes this sweet baby is a boy and will be shocked but thrilled if it’s a girl. I still believe it’s a girl and will be totally shocked BUT elated if it’s a boy. So…next Thursday one of us is guaranteed to be in a bit of shock. :)

After our appointment we headed to Avondale/Riverside area where I used to live back in my single days. Ha. The shops are adorable and I thought it would be nice to finally EAT. I was so hungry and The Fox Diner sounded like the perfect spot. We had a big breakfast, talked about our exciting morning and planed out the rest of our day together. We Birds do love a good plan. After eating we went to a few of the shops, not knowing if this baby is a boy or girl saved my sweet husbands wallet. I wanted to purchase everything baby related that I saw!

Big breakfast goodness @ the Fox

Current Stats:

Size of baby this week – Onion

Bump – definitely showing
Weight gain – 7lbs

Food craving – none (I feel jipped I don’t have a weird food craving! No pickles and ice-cream combos going on here)

Days until gender u/s – 10!

Days remaining until we meet baby Bird – approx 156

And of course, a picture of my favorite boy! He has been so sweet and protective over me lately. He is definitely aware of the changes. I keep telling him he's going to be a big brother soon but I get this look...