Baby Tres, 19 Weeks

19 Weeks????  How did that happen????

I think Baby Tres is due for a post!  Obviously, we are 19 weeks along!  It's gone super fast..I can't believe I'm half way there (our goal is 36 weeks again).  I know some people are going to hate me, but I never had 1 day of morning sickness or extreme tiredness like I did with the first 2 girls...this baby is already my favorite!  Kidding...sort, of!  ;)

The second trimester has actually been a little bit harder than the first, which was unexpected, with some headaches and tiredness.  But really I think it's just the extreme heat that has been wearing me out.  Anyways, NO complaints from me here!

The pics below are from my 17 week ultrasound with the high risk doctor.  I am obviously followed a little more closely due to my first 2 trying to make an early entrance (and 1 succeeding).  At 17 weeks, there were absolutely no concerns.  I still start weekly shots of progesterone this week to help make sure Baby Tres stays put till at least November. 

I've had lots of ultrasounds, including the 13 week NT scan for markers of concern...and everything has looked great.

Now for the big question...gender!!!!  YES, we are going to find out this time.  We didn't find out with either of the girls.  The first time it really didn't matter at all.  And the second time, it really didn't matter either.  This time, of course it doesn't matter again....but as everyone assumes, it would be super fun to have a boy.  I really don't care either way at all, just healthy, but we decided to find out just to do something different this time.  And YES, they (drs and nurses) know the gender.  And NO, we haven't found out yet.  I know people think we are crazy that we could know, and we don't.  But I like holding on to this surprise a few more weeks....I'm sure by August we'll find out!  And we'll share...but not our names...which by the way this was the easiest of names. 

We have our girl's name for sure...and are fairly set on our boys.  We didn't pick Abigail's name till the day she was born (we were between Abigail and Lily...and had NO middle name even thought of...but we thought we still had 2 months).  With Caitlin, we sort of had her first name but were literally asking the delivery nurses how they thought we should spell it, although we were asking about other names too...but we did have her middle name.  This baby was easy to name...and I LOVE both our names so much and want to use both, but we NEVER EVER EVER will...but I'm happy to use either of them!  ;)

So, Baby Tres is doing great!  We are very excited to meet him/her and have our family here and complete.  The girls are very excited too.  They always refer to the baby as "your baby" when they are talking to me, so we are working on it being "our baby"...but they are excited.  Abigail will probalby have a fairly easy transition because she's done this before.  Caitlin will probably have a harder transition, but she's also my "baby" and I know I treat her a little more like a baby than I should because of this.  But she's be busy with her first year of preschool and all the fun that comes with that, which I think will help her transition.  And she's got Abigail to pal around with too!  I think they will both be great helpers!!!!

So, here are 2 latest pics of Baby Tres at 17 weeks:

Growing Baby

Waving hi!

And believe it or not, I haven't taken one pregnancy picture yet...but I'm a little bit smaller this time than in the past so I haven't really had a picture to take.  But I'll try to get one for the next post!

Happy Friday!!!!!