Hospital Tour!

 

We had a tour of Baylor Frisco on Monday night to check out the floor, patient rooms, etc. We weren't exactly sure what would constitute not meeting our expectations since we had none really. Isn't a hospital a hospital? It was really nice though- seemed almost like a 5 star hotel with a plasma tv in every room. A few perks that I remember include a steak and lobster dinner for David and I the night before we leave, an in-room webcam routed through the internet/tv to communicate with family/friends face to face, better NICU than our other hospital choices, and all of the baby's testing and handling is done bedside as opposed to taking him away to a nursery area briefly!

 

Also, the childbirth classes are free, and it's in network for my insurance. I registered online so the decision has been made. Here's to checking another item off of our never-ending to do list!

The table has turned with my "Don't I look bigger today?!" optimism! I'm thinking bigger belly=bigger pains! My feet and back are KILLING ME!! The back and anterior hips are pretty achy from growing pains, but both feet are definitely getting early stages of plantar fasciitis. I've been doing some treatment on my feet at work, and I keep trying to sit whenever I can, both of which are helping. I've been pretty whiney this week.

At 25 weeks today, little Nico is getting out there!.......

We registered!

I'd been looking forward to going to register with David for months now! Whenever I've gone into Babies R Us or other related stores, I couldn't wait for the day that I would be one of those pregnant-looking woman carrying around the scanning gun! We had a lot of fun, and I don't think the process was too painful on David! Since I had already researched certain things, we were ahead of the game and some of the intimidating sections like feeding went by smoothly. I then spent a few hours online afterwards finishing up! It's addicting!

We are registered on both Babies R Us and Amazon. Most of the essential items are on Babies R Us and the unique items (stuff Babies R Us doesn't carry or is well overpriced there) are on Amazon.

We also were productive yesterday and picked out a paint color for the nursery! It's a light neutral- almost like the color of a sandy dirt baseball field. It will go perfect with the blues and reds in our furniture and bedding!

We have started a scary looking to-do list that is posted on the refrigerator door. The list is about 45 items (which feels like 836 items) and continues to grow every time we check something off! Seems overwhelming at times! One thing that I really want to accomplish is to finish all of our home projects before Nico arrives, otherwise we will never do them! We bought a really cute Martha Stewart bedding set from Macy's that comes with decorative pillows and even curtains, so I'm looking forward to getting the master bedroom looking cute!
 

6 months along!

Our Week 24 appointment went well! Heard a nice heartbeat at 149 bpm and just checked in with Dr. Shimer. Everything is going smoothly so it was a quick appointment!

The weight has started to pack on. I'm up to 14 lbs now! I gained 8 lbs in the first 5 months combined, and apparently have put on 6 lbs in just the last month. I finally broke down and went shopping for some maternity shorts and capris with the belly band in them. They are so comfortable that I may have to continue wearing them for life!

I feel little Nico moving all of the time now! It happens most consistently after meals. It's such an exciting feeling, and I doubt it will ever get old. David said that he surgically inserted a baseball bat and he's working on his swing in there.



Happy 23 Weeks!

 

The belly is getting there!

Weeks 23-25 for Nico's Development:

At 24 weeks, he is officially considered "viable!" This means he's reached a stage of development to be capable of living, under normal conditions, outside the uterus.

Proportions of the body are now very similar to a newborn, although thinner since he hasn't begun to form body fat.

Rapid eye movements are beginning.

His tongue is developing taste buds and he may even make a face in disgust of food I'm eating!

Fingerprints and footprints are forming.

Detailed structures of the spine, creases in the hands, sweat glands, and real hair on his head begin to form.

With his sense of movement well developed by now, he can feel me move!

Canton Trip + baby movement

This was finally the week that I could feel the little guy moving and be sure of it! It has continued to happen multiple times each day. The best way to describe it is that it feels like a tiny muscle spasm or air pocket. Pretty cool.

4.2.11- David was able to feel him move too!

Canton was a blast with my mom and Cindy, and we were very productive! We picked up a few big pieces for Nico's nursery along with a handful of other small items. Here are some of the highlights!

 

 

 

 

While we were gone all day, David was hard at work putting together the crib! He was lucky enough to do it twice since he built it in the upstairs living area, and then it didn't fit through the nursery door!!

The room is starting to come together! We are hoping to pick out a paint color and have it painted in the next month or so.

The big name reveal/David's birthday!

Both families met at Campisi's on Thursday to finally reveal the name and celebrate David's birthday! David had a great idea to make a game out of it, and he emailed it to both families on Wednesday. I think all 4 parents were driven absolutely nuts in their efforts to figure it out. At one point on Wednesday night, I talked to Cindy and she was randomly researching Kirby Puckett's father's name (What?!?!). Ryan told me that my parent's were acting as if a million dollars was at stake as they yelled back and forth on separate computers! My dad added up all of the roman numerals in question #10 (the answer was simply roman), to equate to 1066, which was the Battle of Hastings, whose winner was William. (Really, people?!?!)

 

The answers of 1 through 18 are in the word box. There are 3 additional clues at the bottom that read:

1) It is the 1st thing you see

2) Trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down

3) The answer is found in 1-18

With all of that nonsense, all parties came to Campisi's with wrong answers. The Elson's were set on Nathan with a middle name of either Allen or Arnold. The Biagini's pulled out 4 flashcards with various combinations of names including Nathan Arnold, Nathan David, Anthony Arnold, and Roman Anthony. 

We told them that they all overanalyzed it and that the answer was simply stated in the clues. If they could just figure out the definition of clue #2, it would all make sense! After 5-10 minutes of continuing to be mislead, they realized that word was "descending."

David kept repeating... the first thing that you see... descending... in 1 to 18... and they just weren't getting it. About that time, our waiter came over, and we asked him. Within 10 seconds, he read the first letter of each name down the list and got it. Too funny.

David then opened his presents, and look what his parents got him...

 

                                                           



 

We were SOOO surprised! Not only did they figure out the name, but they had remaining time to get an embroidered jersey! It was a very fun night and we were so happy to announce our little boy's name...

NICHOLAS "NICO" ARNOLD BIAGINI!