24 weeks

Well I have hit a milestone in this pregnancy.  Well one of many.  24 weeks marks when a baby is viable.  That means If the baby were to be born 24 weeks and beyond it's able to sustain life outside of the womb.  Not that I am super anxious to meet Chloe, she needs another 13-16 weeks before she makes her debut.  We went ahead and made a registry, most because you get a coupon for like a % off whatever is left on your registry.  We don't need much but we put a few items we need a second one of and just some basics that we may have gotten rid of after Alexis was too old for them.  It was kind of fun and even Alexis got into it, she wanted to use the scanner and scanned most of the items herself.

Not much else to report.  I have another ultrasound July 2nd to complete the measurements they couldn't get the first time.

Here is a bump picture:

Here is to a quick week and a half so I can see Chloe again.

We have a name

So after a few weeks of going back and forth on names, we have finally decided on a name for our new little girl.  The best part is if you ask Alexis she will tell you, if she isn't too shy, what her sisters name is.  Over the weekend Casey took her to an art fest and there was a vendor who was sell rocks with names etched into them and Casey got one for Alexis and Alexis insisted on getting one for her little sister.  I love that she is already thinking about her little sister and wanting to do and get stuff for her.

I also had my 23 week appointment today.  I go on odd weeks because I started at week 11.  I have finally gained some weight.  I am up five pounds since my ultrasound almost four weeks ago, which is pretty good.  They said i should gain between a half a pound to a pound a week.  I got to schedule my follow up ultrasound.  I got back in two weeks for another ultrasound to get the rest of the measurements they couldn't get before and to check my placenta placement.  I am excited to see her again.

This is how we announced her name on Facebook:

We are very excited to welcome Chloe Madison into our family come October.  Here is to a quick two weeks until my ultrasound and some more steady weight gain after not doing anything for nearly 20 weeks.

The baby's room

So we actually haven't started to do any work on the baby's room we do have plans for it.  We found a crib set that we love, and that my mom my surprised us with and we are using that as the basis for the room.  With Alexis we didn't really have a theme for her room, we didn't even have a crib set.  We never found one that we liked.  We had her room painted purple and when we moved we painted her new room purple.  This time around we are going, I guess you could say non traditional in the paint color we are going for in the new room.

We are hoping to find or have the store match the blue in the crib set so we can use it on the walls.  I know blue isn't traditional for girls, but it's a really nice baby blue/aqua color that I think will go really nicely in the room plus we will have pastel color accents, most pink accents so it will still be a girly room just blue walls.

My great aunt is doing a cross stitch piece for the room.  She made one for me and my sisters and then made one for Alexis.  She includes the baby's name, and all the stats of the birth.  I love what she does for us and it's just a special way to commemorate the birth.  The colors in the one she picked out will go nicely in the room.  And then I am doing to do a Pinterest inspired piece for the initials.  For Alexis we just have traditional hanging letters in her initials.  This time we will be doing buttons and frames in the letters.  Hoping it turns out as good as I think it will in my mind.

Since my mom got us the crib set I know have something to use to compare for paint colors.  I cannot wait to finish removing the moose and tree wallpaper that the previous owners had put up in the room.

Here are the 'before' pictures.

Here's to starting work on the baby's room.