It just keeps growing!

Hello!! This week we are 29 weeks! Only 9-10 more weeks to go. The third trimester has been good so far, but Jessi is defiantly slowing down. We don't go back to the doctor until after Thanksgiving as Dr. Kanos is taking some time off....We are happy that he is taking off his time now instead of around Ela's birthday. It turns out that our due day (January 31st) is also Dr. Kanos's birthday! He says he is working that day but we wont hold him to it:) Jessi feels like she is going to come a few days early....Only God knows. Anyone want to make a bet on Ela's birthday?? We both really like him as a doctor so we just hope that he will deliver Ela. There is only a 10% chance he wont deliver her as he only has 30 patients at a time. He is the only doctor in his practice and if he is not available the high risk doctors are his on call. Either way a win-win!

Not much new news this week but check out the belly. It feels like it has gotten bigger and bigger faster than any other weeks before.

**Whats going on this week?!**




How far along? 29 Weeks
Total weight gain: 15 pounds
Maternity clothes? More like leggings, sweaters and Tomasz's clothes
Food Craving of the Week: Kiwi and Grapefruits
Sleep: trying...
Best moment this week: Reading and Relaxing-Tackling Gone with the Wind-Next week the movie!
Movement: Yes During the 7th month you feel the baby move the most. I even feel her when she has hiccups.
Belly Button in or out? Ugh....Looks SO gross
What I miss: Mobility...getting harder to move around
What I am looking forward to: Thanksgiving
Weekly Wisdom:  Eat allot of small meals...so true cant fit it all in there
Milestones: Seeing Little Ela's feet come out of my belly

82 days left to go!

WOW cant believe the holidays are almost here! It has been a busy but fun past few weeks. This weekend Susan was here and we had a very fun relaxing weekend! Much needed. Tomasz had two pregnant in the house..poor guy especially when we had to decide what we were going to eat! The weekend was so fun and I cant wait to meet Ela's new buddy(Baby K) in 7 months! Here are a few pictures from the weekend!

We went to the doctor today. Starting in the third trimester we have to go every two weeks for a few measurements and to check our overall health. Ela is measuring perfect size for her fundal(measurement from her top to bottom) We also confirmed that she is in the correct position for birth already. Hopefully she will stay that way. Her head is face down which means the feet are in Jessi's ribs. Jessi can defiantly feel her feet in the ribs now and you will often see her pushing them out. We are even able to play games with Ela already. If you put your hand on Jessi's belly she will kick, move your hand to another spot and she will kick and so on.Already a playful little girl! Jessi gained three pounds over the past two weeks which is in line with the suggested weight gain. Total weight gain at this point is 14 pounds.

**Whats going on this week?!**




How far along? 28 Weeks
Total weight gain: 14 pounds and growing
Maternity clothes? Of Course
Food Craving of the Week: Kiwi
Sleep: here and there
Best moment this week: Hanging out with Sus
Movement: Yup! everywhere
Belly Button in or out? Of course
What I miss: Being able to see my feet
What I am looking forward to: Thanksgiving and seeing Marian and Wanda
Weekly Wisdom:  Eating Kiwi's with a spoon.
Milestones: 7 months

Happy Third Trimester!

What a fun  busy weekend! Lauren came to visit us and boy did we have fun...and walk alot! And....a huge milestone. OUR THIRD TRIMESTER! (27 weeks)

On Thursday we had doctors appointments most of the day. Jessi was able to take a personal day so we were at the doctor, hospital and then the dentist!  The checkup went well. Ela is measuring perfectly as far as her fundal height(from head to rump) and Jessi lost .5pds in two weeks. It is ok that she lost weight as everything is the correct sise as far as the baby and the belly. Jessi starting walking alot more again over the past few weeks which the weight loss is most likley attributed to.(Trust us...its not due to a lack of eating ..heheh) Overall she has gained 12 pds which the average is around 13-17 at this point. Jessi had the Gestational Diabetes test done. It was SO gross. They took blood, had her drink a bottle of a sweet orange flat soda drink and then took blood three more times each hour. A four hour doctors appointment! Then we went to the hospital to be tested for the RH- blood factor in order to get the Rohgham shot. Once confirmed again(Just in case her body was already having a reaction) we went back to the doctor to get the shot. And boy was it a shot!! Tomasz saw the needle and did not say much until after the shot was done. It took about two minutes to get the shot injected as the needle was very big and the serum was thick! A shaken up Tomasz and a Jessi with a sore butt finally headed to the dentist.Everything went great and Jessi has healthy teeth! It is very common during pregnancy to experience gum problems, but none here! :) The next doctor appointment is in two weeks. Since we are in the third trimester, going forward Jessi will go to the doctor every two weeks until Ela arrives.

We had so much fun with Lauren and Iman over the weekend! Lets just say being tourists in our own city is exhausting! We probably bet that we walked at least 15 miles this weekend! We saw the empire state building, central park, 5th avenue, Coney Island,Wall Street, Hoboken and so many more places! Really sad to see Lauren go home but Susan is coming this weekend!! Cant wait and love having visitors!

Check out our pics and of course the Ela bump!

A few of the Ela Bump!

Looking forward to seeing Susan this weekend! Hopefully it wont be too cold! Jessi just popped off the button of her jacket on the way home today! Guess that means the belly is getting bigger!

JB and TB