Quick Atlanta Trip

We made a quick trip to Atlanta a couple weekends ago to spend some time with the Staub's and to make an Ikea run. Unfortunately, we don't have one of these amazing stores, and it is probably better that we don't because I would be there everyday.

Brian was on a mission this trip to find some baby Georgia stuff. UGA stuff is hard to come by in Memphis. Thankfully, when we got to the Staub's house, they had already picked up a few Georgia goodies for Preston :) Brian will have this child SOOO into Georgia, I won't even get a chance to tell him about how great UT is. Oh well....

They also got Preston a Georgia sippy cup, but the package it was in kept bouncing off the flash, so I didn't get a good pic. Thanks Staub family!!!!

We did get to spend some time with one of our favorite little girls, Charlotte. She is just precious and it is crazy that she will be a year old soon. She has the most beautiful red hair and Brian and I could not get over how perfect she is. I took a few pics of her while we were visiting.

Brian and Charlotte really hit it off

Towards the end of her photo shoot... she was ready to play instead of pose for the camera. I promise she really does love her dad, Van :)

We were also very successful at Ikea! We picked up a crib, two bookcases, toys, bedding, fabrics for the nursery, and a couple small things for our house. I'll wait to post pics until we actually start on the nursery. Right now, the third bedroom where our nursery will be is a disaster, so no pics just yet :)

Fetal Echocardiogram

So last week we had a special appointment planned - a fetal echocardiogram. It took a very close look at Preston's heart. At my first appointment confirming my pregnancy, my OB suggested I have a fetal echo performed to make sure the baby's heart is typically developing. She suggested this because of a family history of congenital heart defects. From work, I already knew a little bit about fetal echos and have even been in the room when one of our pediatric cardiologists was reading a fetal echo and analyzing its results.

An OB that specializes in high risk pregnancies conducts the fetal echo, which is basically like a regular sonogram. He makes any preliminary findings and sends the tape over to a pediatric cardiologist at the children's hospital where I work. Then, if anything is detected, I would be referred to the high risk OB for the rest of my pregnancy.

Thankfully, we had a great check-up and Dr. Schneider suggested Brian take me to lunch for growing a perfect baby :) Some of the images from the fetal echo were just amazing. We saw his little face in 4-d. Everything is perfectly developed. Knowing this gives us such security and we couldn't ask for anything more. Here are a few images of Preston from that test.

Creepy skeleton face pic

His perfect little foot... we counted - five toes on both feet!

21 Weeks

The baby is the size of a banana!The baby is swallowing amniotic fluid to hydrate. I read that the baby's taste buds are fully formed now. Studies show that babies develop what they like to eat in utero, so now is a good time to introduce foods that we want him to eat. Pretty cool stuff! Here is what he looks like:

Here is what I look like:


21 down, 19 to go!

What's in a name?

A lot for Brian and me! We knew what we wanted the name to be for a little girl or a little boy for a while. So, I reveal to our the name of our little boy.....

Preston Robert Fields

Preston = My great grandfather

Robert = Brian's dad

We are getting used to calling the baby Preston. It is definitely a change from Baby Fields :) We love the name and can't wait to call him Preston in person.

20 Weeks and Ultrasound Video

Baby Fields is the size of a cantaloupe!

The baby is half way finished baking! The baby is swallowing more and more and has started producing meconium. Here is what Baby Fields looks like:

Here is Baby Fields at his 20 week ultrasound:

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And here is what I look like:

20 down, 20 to go!

Snips, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails

That's what little BOYS are made of!

Baby Fields is a HE!

Can you believe it!?!??! We can't.

We had a wonderful check-up today and we found out we are having a son. It was so cool. Here are some photos of our big boy. I'll have a video to show later, as soon as I figure that out.

Right now, he weighs 12 oz. and is measuring perfect for everything. The ultrasound tech even told us the kidneys work perfect because he had a full bladder. Crazy how much they can see! We measured his brain and all his organs and everything looked perfect. Feeling blessed!!

Close up of his profile. You can see his nose, mouth and chin. So sweet!

Below is one from further away. You can see where his heart is (the little black holes just below his neck) and you can also see his spine just below that.

Holy Moly - here is the boy shoot! According to the ultrasound tech, he is 100% boy.

My 20 week post will be a little late as we have a fun little weekend planned for us to shop for all things LITTLE BOY. I'll check back in at the end of the weekend. Until then, we are celebrating :)

Tomorrow's the Big Day

Tomorrow at 9:30 we find out if Baby Fields is a boy or a girl! Of course, we don't care, we just want a healthy baby, but the idea of finally knowing tomorrow is really exciting. Apparently, my coworkers are heavily one-sided in thinking it's a boy; however, our families are heavily one-sided on girl.

I woke up at 5:30 this morning thinking about how tomorrow is the big day :)

I'll update my Facebook status from the doc for everyone to know.

YAY!!!