Harper Update

Last week, Andrea had another doctor’s appointment. Because Harper was so active last time, the doc had her do another sonagram so they could take some measurements and make sure everything else was going smoothly. We’re happy to report that everything looks great. In fact, Harper has doubled in size since the last appointment, breaking the 1lb. mark!

Here’s one of the better pictures of Harper’s profile from the latest appointment:

Compare a similar photo from the previous appointment and her size increase is pretty clear. She’s growing fast and it sounds like she’s only going to get bigger from here on out, with the doctor saying she’ll gain about 1/2 lb. every week until she’s born. Fascinating stuff, I tell ya.

Andrea began feeling Harper move inside her a few weeks ago, but finally felt her on the outside about a week ago when Harper gave her insides a particularly solid kick. I hadn’t had such luck, but I was especially bummed when the ultrasound tech felt her before I did! Thankfully this weekend I got my first little bump from some wiggling appendage inside. It was such a cool feeling.

In other news, we’re busy working on the nursery. We picked up an inexpensive, but pretty nice quality dresser from a local furniture store. We ditched the standard drawer pulls, however, and added a set of pulls in the shape of a smiling monkey that we picked up at Target long ago. It looks incredibly too cute for words. We also bought some plain white onesies at Wal-Mart over the weekend and used our computer skills and iron-on transfer paper to create a few custom designs using Calvin & Hobbes, The Muppets, and even a few Ugly Dolls (though sadly we couldn’t find a good picture of Harper’s doll, Chuckanucka). We’ll get some good pictures of these onesies and post them sometime this week.

That about sums it up for now. Things are going really well and we couldn’t be happier at the moment. Keep checking back here for updates! And thanks to all who are commenting or sending emails wishing us well. We really appreciate all the support we’re getting from everyone.