This has been an informative week for the Harris'. On Wednesday of this past week, we went to the doctor (again) and found out that Baby H is a boy - no mistaking it. But to spare the unborn kid some future embarrassment - we will not disclose the picture for the world to see. However, we do have pictures to share with you on how the little squirt is progressing. Now the hard part - figuring out a name that this child will have to live with forever & ever! No pressure...
These two pictures are the first we got that looked like an actual baby. These were on 9/13/10. Our fun-fact from that visit is that the white you see is bone.
In this picture, his body continues to develop and the pictures get cooler b/c we can actually make out legs, arms, ribs, his brain, etc. This is a snap shot from the 10/27/10 visit where we found out we are having a boy.
Now the question most folks ask is whether or not I (Lauren) am showing and most don't believe us when we say not really. To keep track of the week-by-week progression, we have started taking pictures of my belly.
Week 16 - not much to show...
Week 18 - starting to show a bit but relatively speaking, no one who really looks at me can tell that I'm pregnant. But apparently my Mom was the same way and I'm happy to have her genes! In addition to not showing much, I'm also feeling pretty normal, with the exception of extra bathroom breaks and new eating habits. I find myself eating more frequently, but smaller portions as I get full pretty quickly. And drinking lots of water!
We'll try to be more frequent bloggers as things continue to progress with Baby H. Our big accomplishment this weekend was cleaning out our guest bedroom closet so we can start putting away things that we get for the baby. We took two loads of boxes to our storage unit and now we're ready to stock the room with fun baby things. At the rate Claire keeps sending us stuff, it probably won't be long before we have this closet filled again (love you, Claire!). We plan on really starting to shop for the essentials (strollers, crib, carseat, and all the other fun stuff) when we go to South Carolina in a few weeks for Thanksgiving. We will spend a week there and get plenty of help from Claire, Jenny, Glenna & Andy picking out things we like. Then I'm sure we will get even more help a few weeks later when we spend a week in Mississippi for Christmas with the Harris clan.
