Turn, Baby, Turn!

I just returned from my 32-week checkup. Little Levi is still in the breech position - frank breech to be exact, which is illustrated to the left.

There are some tilt exercises I can do to encourage the baby to flip, and there's still a few weeks for baby to turn. But, as baby (and I) grow, there's less space for him/her to move around and do a somersault. So, here's hoping that Little Levi attempts the first somersault very soon! Aside from the breech position, Little Levi is in good health with a strong heart rate. Today it was in the high 140s/low 150s.

On a totally different subject, I ordered one of the coolest onesies ever from Etsy (link on right). Etsy is the site with hundreds of independent craftspeople who sell their products. I found this seller who makes some onesies with really funny messages; I ordered this one because it was too fun to pass up:



I don't often get into politics here, but this was just too funny to pass up.

Markus didn't have to go to Knoxville today so I actually get to see my husband for seven days in a row! We have big plans to work on some house mini-projects like installing a banister, finishing some trim work, and all those other little types of things that add up fast and you never seem to get around to. We know that if we don't do them now, they'll still be on our list two years from now!

I think we're also going to run to Babies R Us to get most of the rest of our baby supplies. May is looking to be a busy month - Markus has a couple more trips and I make my final trip to Indy, so we want to be in good shape before then in case Little Levi makes an early appearance.

We're also making progress on names. That's been high on our list recently, too. We decided to try to find a name that will reflect our German heritage, especially since our last name is German and somewhat unique in the US. It's been more of a struggle for me because German names are unusual here and I hadn't imagined calling our baby one of these names when I started thinking of baby names. We were always fine with girl names, but boy names were the challenge. This baby naming issue has been the one thing that has almost made me have a pregnancy/hormonal meltdown. But, I re-read our baby name book and think I found some names that I'm comfortable with and that are German.

We've revamped our boy name list and I think there are a few that we can both agree on. Some of the names on our list are probably names you've heard before, but most will probably be new or definitely different to your ear. Consider yourself warned! If Little Levi is a boy, it will definitely not be the next little Tyler or Zachary or Michael. As long as Markus agrees, I'll post some of our top names in the coming weeks, after we've narrowed down the list.

That's it for now. I've gotta go start my tilting exercises! :-)