Anatomy of Putting Together a Stroller

Just Out of the Box...

Halfway Through!!

All Ready for Baby!!!

A Great Day!

We had a great day yesterday! We had our 32 week checkup and everything is going great- right on schedule with no complications! And...Grandma Hazel came home for good! She has gradually worked up to this point, visiting for a day 2 weekends ago and for an overnight visit last weekend. We are so thankful for the huge miracle the Lord is working in her life! 2 months ago we would have been hard pressed to believe she would actually be able to move back home. She still has a long period of adjustment ahead and more work to do to get better, but hopefully being in a familiar environment will spark her recovery even further! Thanks so much for all of your kind words and prayers! And please pray for her continued recovery and adjustment to being at home. She has fought so hard during her entire illness to be able to meet our baby and we are excited to know that moment is only weeks away!

32 Weeks!

Courtesy of babycenter.com...

Your pregnancy: 32 weeks

How your baby's growing:By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

Quinn Marie

Congratulations to Brandon and Laura on the birth of Quinn Marie yesterday morning!! We can't wait to meet her and we're excited to have baby cousins that are so close in age!!
(For those who aren't familiar with Brandon and Laura- Laura is Josh's cousin and Brandon is her husband!)

Less than 2 months!!

We're under the 2 month mark!! Two months from today Baby Swaim is due!! We're into week 31 now, which means we have less than 9 weeks to go! We had our first Childbirth Ed class tonight. Nothing too exciting yet...although Kaitlyn is very excited for the class when Josh has to wear the sympathy belly! There are 15 other couples in our class and this week we just learned a little about the process and a few breathing techniques. Afterwards we went to the grocery store and then came home to discover that while we were gone, Sampson (we realize he's in desperate need of a haircut) had a little third trimester craving for carbs. I guess that means another trip to the grocery store...

30 Weeks!

Courtesy of babycenter.com...

How your baby's growing:

Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)

The 10 Week Countdown Begins!

We're down to 10 weeks left! It's funny how much closer 10 weeks sounds than 11. Maybe it's because next week we'll be down to the single digits! June is already here and it will definitely fly by even faster than May. Josh has his first week of the state Bar review in and is working on the second. He'll have class every day but Sunday through the end of June, then it's time to study like crazy on his own! The baby is definitely starting to move around more...or at least I'm noticing the movement a lot more now. I think he/she was doing somersaults last night when I was trying to go to sleep. Luckily I haven't had any trouble sleeping and the baby usually is the most active when I'm sitting or have just laid down. All this movement just makes us more excited to meet him or her and reminds us that the time is coming very soon!!
-Kaitlyn