Running Rakes

We went to the doctor this morning for our monthly checkup and everything is still going GREAT! Weight gain is still going really well, baby's growing normal, and the heart rate is still 161. We tried to talk the doc into doing the ultrasound a week early, but he wouldn't. The doctor came walking in with a Gonzaga shirt on and Michael asked when we were switching doctors... ha ha.

The Baby ran around this morning trying to get away from the nurse. She tried to find the heart beat and when she went to one side you could hear it for a second, then the baby would run to the other side. We had to chase the baby down for a while before we could get it to stay still! Hopefully that's not insight into what's to come... ha ha- we'll be running around like CRAZY!

The nursery is probably going to be the Fisher Price "Jumping Tiger" set... we found more items that match it at Burlington Coat Factory- thanks to my co-workers!

By the next post we'll be telling you what we're having... stay posted!!!

Starting to Get Ready

We go to the doctor next Friday for a check-up! Not much has changed since last week- except that the belly seriously grows every day- or so it feels like.

Michael and I are taking the guest room apart right now and prepping for the baby's room. We are headed to King to pick up the crib and a couple of other items. We'll make sure to take some pics of the progress. It will be a few more weeks before we paint the nursery. If you're wondering why we're doing it so early... Michael will be busy with the youth from the end of May-the first of August... so as you can see, the next couple of months is all we have!!!

Stay Tuned...

Lil Rakes almost 5 months

Baby Rakes has really been growing lately... we enjoy reading about all the changes that take place each week and are amazed at everything that happens within a short amount of time. We are doing a lot better with sickness and everything else! Baby enjoys the nice warm weather that we had for a week- we took long walks with Goliath and Cornbread and spent a lot of time outside. We go in a week for another check-up but not to determine the sex until April 6th! It feels like forever until we get to that date- but we are really excited and can't wait. It will be much easier to call the baby James or Elea, instead of Baby. Next weekend we will go ahead and start cleaning out the guest room and get some of our baby furniture in place- YAY! Hopefully in a couple of weeks we will be painting the nursery and beginning the set up... so exciting! The Baby is enjoying himself and seems to sleep during the day while Mommy is teaching- but at night is very active, especially while Mommy is trying to sleep. The Baby does not like Thursday's when his Daddy is gone- this seems to be the day he moves around and causes the most problems... but as soon as Daddy comes home everything's okay! All the Rakes' are trying to get over a cold right now- so just keep us in your thoughts!

Nursery Confusion

Michael and I are trying to get a head start and go ahead and decide on nursery decor- we'll decide the details and colors once we find out the sex. But for now, look at the poll, visit the sites, and vote for your favorite!!! Thanks for your input and help!!!

Trying to get Better

Michael and I will try to get better about posting and putting up some pregnant April pics on here. We just went to the doctor on Monday for another monthly checkup and everything seems to be going great! The baby is measuring normal, my stomach is growing normal, weight gain is normal, and the heartrate is 160 this time (171 last time). Still sounding like a girl- but don't tell the proud papa that... ha ha. We think our doctor likes to torture us, b/c we go again in 4 weeks (which is 3 now) and were hoping for the ultrasound to determine if it is a James or a Elea. However the doctor wants to wait another 6 weeks to find out...he just laughed when we were like What?!?! Oh well, as long as the little one is healthy that's all that matters- but we gotta get busy on the decorating and getting stuff ready before summer.

Pregnancy is Like Puberty

If you've been pregnant I think you can understand the title of this blog fully! I won't go into too many details, but it is more or less like going through puberty all over again! You have absolutely no idea what is going to go on from one day to the next... oh my, sometimes from even one minute to the next. You wake up every morning to find a new symptom or something new going on in your body! I just found it interesting that pregnancy was so much like puberty- I wanted to write about it.