1 week until June 1st

We are a week away from the big due date!  I can't believe it!  I never thought the day would come and now we are staring at it!  

The last 20 weeks since I've updated have been pretty wonderful.  Sure I still occasionally throw up but in general I am pretty comfortable.  My biggest complaints are big feet and heartburn.  I am still pretty amazed at what is going on inside of my body.  Every jab and turn is pretty amazing.  She is a pretty chill kid.  In fact I've only really felt her moving a lot in the last few weeks.  My Dr. says that's an indication of the type of personality Gentry will be.  I am totally OK with having a laid back kiddo and I am hoping he is right!  


I went to the Dr. today and he said everything looks great.  Gentry is rocking along with a heart rate of 154.  My blood pressure is great.  I have gained about 8lbs for the whole pregnancy and he said most of that is fluid in my legs.  I have been 80% effaced for 3 weeks at least but my cervix hasn't dilated at all.  He did say she is defiantly head down but hasn't dropped at all!  The plan is just to wait until she is ready.  He won't let me go past 41 weeks so it looks like at the latest she will be here in 2 weeks.  I am just praying it's naturally!


Tonight I went on a walk.  I am currently drinking raspberry leaf tea in hopes to coax G out before the Dr. makes her leave!  


In other baby related news, I have not posted any pictures of her nursery because it's not done. I want to wait until it's complete!  My mom did a fabulous job making her crib blanket, bumpers, a diaper holder, a crib organizer and plenty other awesome things like owl taggies and flannel wipes.  I just ordered the art for her room and it's being shipped as we speak!  I am also in the process of making pom poms for her room as an alternative to a mobile.  Her room is pretty gender neutral but all you have to do is open her closet and you know I am having a girl!  She has been so blessed with clothes it's overwhelming!  I plan on changing her every hour for the first 3 months in order to make sure she wears everything!  


It's time for me to have my nightly ice cream!  


We will let you know when Gentry Reaven makes her arrival!  

Showered with Love

 Shower at FUMC Preschool

Perritte UMC Baby Shower

It's a...

Well I just can't come out and say it right off now can I?  This afternoon I had a few of my closest friends come over for a little cupcake reveal.  I have to give credit to Pintrest for giving me the idea for the cupcake!  What did we ever do without Pintrest?!?!?  If you don't know about Pintrest, I am sad for you.  But I digress, I mean all you people came for was to see pink or blue!


Here is the set up.  I had the cupcakes, raspberry lemonade and I put out some sweet baby things I already have received as gifts or hand me downs.  

  AND THE BIG REVEAL.......

These cupcakes were amazing!  So yummy and perfect for Valentine's day!  One scoop of brownie batter, one scoop of strawberry cake batter and cream cheese icing (homemade of course!) makes a wonderful Neapolitan cupcake and it's not too bad at revealing that Carl and I are expecting a GIRL!  


We are so happy to be having a girl!  I was able to see the "hamburger" on the ultrasound even before the ultrasound tech told us!  We had picked out our girl name a few days before and as soon as we picked the girl name I felt like that is exactly who is in my belly. It felt so right.  Call it Mother's intuition but I had a feeling it was a girl from the moment I knew I was pregnant. So now for our little princess' name:

Gentry Reaven Hanke 

Gentry was on my very long name list.  I didn't even bring it up to Carl though because I was sure he would veto it.  Well I mentioned it to him while we were having his birthday dinner and he said he liked it!  I can't explain the feeling I had when he said he liked it.  I feel like Gentry has always been her name.  The name means aristocrat.  


Now the middle name is a fun story.  We were waiting for a seat at Chili's with our friends when we were sharing the girl name we came up with the day before. Carl was hemming and hawing at the name, Gentry, cold feet or second guessing it I am not sure.  I said he couldn't do that!  I liked Gentry so much that he could pick whatever middle name!  Well of course Carl chooses Slagathor.  UMMM NO!  I told him to try again.  He then said he wanted to use his best friends' Steven and Reagan's names.  Smoosh that together and you get, Stegan.  UM NO!  That's when our friend Cullen came to the rescue and suggested Reaven.  (sound it out like Raven).  We loved it!  I had a whole list of flower and bird names for this baby but not Raven.  The traditional name Raven means dark mysterious bird.  I like the idea of having a blonde (most likely hair color for our child) Reaven!  Of course we are spelling in exactly like the smashing of REAgan and SteVEN!  It's a middle name so I don't mind the funky spelling!  


We are so excited to meet her but we don't mind waiting for her to finish cookin!  Thank you guys for all the love and support!  


Love,
Carl, Kalena and Gentry

A Face Only a Mother Could Love...

We saw our baby today.

It was all very exciting and despite my crying at almost everything lately this did not bring me to tears.  I think it's because I am in amazement at my Creator and that He is allowing me to have a tiny part in carrying and helping this child grow and develop.

All I could say was WOW.

All I can say is WOW.

The great news is that the baby is growing and thriving!  In fact, the ultrasound tech said that baby Hanke was making her work for her money today!  The baby would not stop moving and made it very hard to get good pictures.  From what the Tech said we are looking at a 1lb 4oz baby that is a whole day ahead of schedule ;)  Everything you want to see in an ultrasound was there.  The heart sounded beautiful at 156 bpm.  Carl and I struggled to make out some of the body parts the Tech pointed out to us.  I also have an anterior placenta which makes it harder to get clear pictures of the babe.  We are waiting to find out if I have placenta previa.  I am not worried because I knew this could happen when I had so much spotting at the beginning of my pregnancy.  Worst case scenario is I have a C-Section.  It's not ideal but if this is the worst part of my pregnancy I am not complaining!  It also explains why I feel like the baby's kicks are a bit muffled!

Here is our little one's face.

this is the best one!

Can you see it?  Tilt your head to the right and squint a little....ahh...ahhh.....THERE IT IS!  Think skeleton baby.

In addition to the baby being very active it's also shy.  We had trouble with getting it to show us it's face!  Apparently baby Hanke likes to look toward my backside.  While baby Hanke didn't want to show it's face it had NO PROBLEM showing us the goods downstairs!  We will have a talk shortly after birth about keeping our privates private but for now I am happy to report that Carl and I are having a....












You will have to wait!  We tricky you!  On Sunday all will be revealed!  You know us Hanke's we like to coincide important announcements with major media events like the Super Bowl!

Week 21

21 weeks/ January 20-27

Baby size:  Banana 10.5 inches and 12.2 oz

Cravings: fruit

Keep away:Dirty Diapers.

Weight Gain: 0lbs

Symptoms:Same ol' same ol.

Favorite bit: Dr. V made a prediction that I am carrying a girl!  I haven't gained any weight.  My blood pressure is 120/70.  No swelling.  Baby's heart rate was 131 (it's been 151 until this point).

Still no bump picture because I still have no bump.

Week 20--HALF WAY THERE

20 weeks/ January 13-19

Baby size:  Cantaloupe 6.5 in and 10.2 oz

Cravings: ALWAYS MEXICAN

Keep away:Dirty Diapers.

Weight Gain: 0lbs

Symptoms:So much for relief!  Back to nausea and vomiting this week along with the constipation (seeing a theme here)  Add in the occasional charlie horse.

Favorite bit: Going on a group date!  Carl and I need to remember to date!  

Week 19

19 weeks/ January 6-12

Baby size:  Mango or 6in and 8.5 oz

Cravings: MEXICAN or Pizza

Keep away:Dirty Diapers.

Weight Gain: 0lbs

Symptoms:FINALLY RELIEF!  Easy to gag, charlie horses, once a week puke!  

Favorite bit: Feeling the baby move!  It is still occasional and I can't wait until it's all the time!