We had a fantastically warm week - classified as perfect Fall weather. We'd wake to morning fog gently resting on our small valley. The sun peaking through the fog particles, illuminating the bright red and orange leaves glowing solidly in the foggy morning light. Late this afternoon the clouds rolled in, temperatures dropped and soon the rain arrived. On our way home from dinner this evening the wind picked up, tossing thousands of leaves into the storm. It was a beautiful! This really is a lovely time of the year.

I'm pretty sure I'm measuring the same size at 5 months with Declan as I was at 8 months with Chloe. This decided after seeing the pictures above. I've been wearing all my big baggy clothes this week so hardly noticed how much I'd expanded! But I've been pre-occupied.  We've been passing bronchitis around the family. . .and I was the lucky winner this week. So.much.coughing! Thought for sure I was gonna come out of the coughing spells with a pulled stomach muscle - or dislodged lung, but I think I made it.

Events have been standard. Movement minimal. Big plans to get bebe Declan's room ready in the coming weeks. In the meantime I've got a dose of early nesting - spring cleaning everything I can get my hands on! Not good for the pelvis as it leaves me near crippled for a good 12 hours! Yoga though. . .seems to set me straight again.

This coming week I'll be traveling on business. Little Declan and I will be having some quality time in San Diego while Daddy and Chloe enjoy some of their own good bonding time! Will this be my last airplane ride before this little bubs arrives? Maybe baby.

Until next week!

There's someone we'd like you to meet. . .


We've spent the day on cloud 9! Amazed to be welcoming a little boy into our trio! Our ultrasound went really well - with little Declan proving to be a healthy & energetic lil guy. The ultrasound tech found a small calcium deposit on his heart, but the doctor said we shouldn't fear. As a precaution we're having another ultrasound in 4 weeks' time to ensure he doesn't have down syndrome. He weighs exactly 10oz. . .and his lil head measures an incredible 2.4 inches wide. Yeah! Incredible how a tiny baby that size has fully functioning organs...with a heart beating as strong as yours and mine! We spent the entire ultrasound ohhing and ahhing at this new beauty in our lives :)

I'm going to see if I can figure out how to attach the ultrasound video to the blog. . .in the meantime, thanks for stopping by to hear the gender news!

Rain. So much rain! We've spent the last week plus running through raindrops and puddles. We finally have some sunshine to dry up all the W.E.T that the rain left. Cool weather is definitely here to stay and the trees agree coz they are beginning to portray Autumn at its best. This weekend was spent putting away summer clothes and re-stockng the closets with our Fall and Winter items. It was good timing because we woke to 38 degree temps this morning!

The little bebe and I had a doctor's appointment last Tuesday. I have a fantastic doctor so he let me record the sound of the heartbeat - have I told you how insanely beautiful his/her heartbeat sounds? AND. . .Friday is the BIG day! We have a 10am appointment for a complete ultrasound which includes answering the question..boy or girl?

This little one really grew this week. We now have a little baby the size of a sweet potato! She/he is yawning, hiccuping AND swallowing. Lots of twisting and rolling too...which perfectly describes the movement I feel. There are times when I'm pretty sure he/she is slowly twisting my organs alongside the movement. It's amazing that our internal organs recover from pregnancy. Really is.
In the meantime. . .Friday is around the corner! I get huge butterflies every time I realize we are THAT much closer to finding out if our lives will include a little boy or a little girl. Check back on Friday!