To answer questions I want to remember and that people always ask...
--Name...We chose the name Clayton Michael for Baby 4 because we have always loved the name Clayton. We always make one part of the kids names a family name. Dawson's middle name is Andrew (John's middle name). Carter's middle name is Wade (my maiden name). Nora Kate is named after Nora (her great grandmother-my Mamaw) and Katherine (John's grandmother). So for Clayton's middle name we chose Michael after John's dad.
--Cravings...People love to ask what I'm craving...I've had a few weeks where I've really wanted raw carrots and ranch dip-yum! Also, while that sounds healthy my other cravings haven't been as healthy-chips, cheese sticks (yes, like the breaded fried unhealthy cheese sticks that come from Sonic-those sound SO good, haha!), occasionally a smoothie, and when cooking I've been wanting to make my food a little spicier than usual (but we of course don't cook very spicy because the kids don't like spicy!).
--Birth...We plan for Clayton to be born at St. Mary's Hospital like Carter and Nora Kate (and I) were, delivered by Dr. Brabson. Clayton's due date is March 16. This is the week of Spring Break for Dawson, so I'm really excited about this since I'm expecting Clayton to be late I feel like this will give me extra time RIGHT BEFORE Clayton is born to enjoy just having three kids. Then Dawson will go back to school but will be out for summer break by the time Clayton's about 2 months old and hopefully we have somewhat gotten in the swing of things and are ready to have a fun summer! (This is the plan I have in my mind at least!) :)
--Preparations....hahaha! People love to ask us if we have Clayton's nursery ready. The answer is no. We are in the middle of renovating our master bathroom (knocking out a wall, removing the popcorn ceiling, tiling the floor, painting the vanity, etc.) This is very time consuming, so we are really trying to focus on finishing the bathroom THEN we will prepare for Clayton. Our plans are to move Nora Kate to a "big girl bed" (twin bed) and take the crib (that's currently converted to a toddler bed) and changing table from her room and put it in Clayton's room. So really we will 1-finish the bathroom renovations, 2-make Nora Kate a big girl room, and 3-set up Clayton's nursery. We really have all the necessities for Clayton's room, so as soon as we get the crib and changing table freed up, setting up Clayton's nursery will be easy! We did do step 1 of prepping his nursery last week though when we moved the computer and desk from Clayton's room downstairs to the sunroom. (This explains why I have suddenly gotten (almost) caught up on my blogging, because I can use the computer downstairs during naptime without disrupting the kids!)
--The big brothers and sister...They are SO excited! Carter and Nora Kate the most! Dawson talks about Clayton very practically (but I can tell he's excited), because he will say things like, "When Clayton's born, we can all 4 have a spot to hang our artwork." Carter says things like, "He's going to be soooo cute!!" And Carter constantly comes up and kisses my tummy says that it was a kiss for Clayton. Nora Kate talks about Clayton super sweet too (and semi-roughly pats my tummy saying, "Clayton's in there!") She says Clayton so sweet with the emphasis on "ton"--cute! John and Dawson have both gotten to feel Clayton kick...a lot. Dawson thought this was pretty cool! Nora Kate repeatedly asked for days, "How he gonna get outta there?" pointing to my tummy. So we started telling her every time, "The doctor will get him out in March." Now she has been walking around saying, "Clayton's in Mommy's tummy. Doctor gonna get him out. In March." So funny! She has been WAY more inquisitive about how he is going to get out than the boys every were.
--How am I feeling?...Great!! I have no complaints, and I'm really enjoying this pregnancy (I enjoyed the others too though!). I feel like I'm carrying Clayton really low, but I don't mind. I always felt like I carried Dawson high, and I had a ton of horrible back aches with his pregnancy, so I'll take carrying low with no back pain!
--Doctor's Appointments...I am still in the period of time where I go every four weeks. These visits are relatively uneventful because I haven't had any real questions or problems. I had an ultrasound at 16 weeks and at 20 weeks, so those appointments were more exciting! Otherwise, they are just routine checks. At the 20 week ultrasound they told me that Baby Clayton was head down. I could see he had his sweet little ankles crossed. He also had his hands clasped right in front of his face. It was so sweet...especially how his little legs looked crossed at the ankles. He moves all the time and he moved a ton during the ultrasound too! We got a great view of the heart which looks perfectly healthy. Even on my 4th pregnancy, I am still amazed when looking at the ultrasound. It's amazing to see such a tiny little person inside of me. AND I'm amazed at what all the ultrasound technicians can see, measure, and point out to me.
it's a boy!
Side view...you can't really see his arms here but the spot in front of his face is his hands where he has them clasped.
This view is odd, but it's looking straight on at his face
Sweet clasped hands
Look at those tiny finger bones where his hands are clasped
Sweet boy with his ankles crossed
This always amazes me how they can even show blood flow!
Foot
These next few pictures are of Clayton's spine.
So neat!
and one more of his foot!
See why these ultrasounds amaze me every time?!
And now for the 22 week Baby Bump photo! Clayton Michael is definitely growing!
(Photo courtesy of Carter...he's getting pretty good at taking these pictures for me! Sweet boy!)
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