New Post

I added some stuff to my last post so go check it out.

31 Weeks

Week 31: Another day... another ounce
Fetal development in pregnancy week 31: fetus in seventh month Your not-so-little-one is just a bit closer to their birth weight and height now—at around 4 lbs and 17 inches in length. With each added layer of baby fat their skin starts to look more and more like it will when they finally get to see the light of day. The heavy news: you can expect little miracle-gro to gain about a half a pound of weight gained per week from now until about two weeks before birth. Great. That's just what you needed. Even more weight to carry around!
Your baby's still-developing immune system has gained substantial strength over the past few weeks getting them in full gear to face our disease-ridden world o’ wonders. Obviously, a large majority of your child’s immune strength will be derived from exposure to breast milk as well as the outside elements. Their cute little noggin’ (which could already be covered with luscious locks or just purty peach fuzz), is still soft because the skull bones have not yet fused together. As much as that sounds a little too vulnerable, their “skull softness” allows for a much smoother passage through the birth canal during labor—something both you and your little swimmer will appreciate when it’s finally time to “go!” Also, some babies will have that “soft spot” on their head for up to one year after birth.

It's probably about time that I blogged again. Tomorrow I will officially have only 2 months left to go. I can't believe I'm already 7 months pregnant. Sometimes time seem to fly and other times it seems to pass very slowly. The only part that gets me through this is knowing that I get to hold and smell and snuggle against my pretty little Addyson very soon. Right now she is kicking and moving and stretching and I LOVE that part. Yeah my ribs are tender and my back hurts, but feeling all these movements and seeing my belly move is one of the greatest things about being pregnant. Its so strange sometimes but others it's like a normal every day process. I'm going to miss having her with me 24 hours a day, as a part of me. But having her on the outside for us to mold and teach and love is going to be the greatest experience I have ever been through. I know technically I'm not a "mom" yet but I feel it. I feel it in the way I protect her with what I drink and what medicine I take. I protect her in the way of going to the Dr every couple weeks to make sure things are going fine. I protect her in making sure I don't do anything that might risk something harmful to her. In that sense I already feel like her momma. Some people think it's a fetus until birth BUT I know that's not true. I know that I have a little girl inside of me growing until she is ready to come out. I love her more than words can say. I see Stephen and how he acts right now, how he talks to her and loves her and how excited he is to meet her and it is just one of the happiest feelings i've ever had. We are going to be parents, God has given us this responsibility and I pray that I do it with the best that I can. She is our baby girl and we will protect her in every sense of that word.

My sweet baby daughter I can't wait to meet you and hold you and love you.

Here are my 31 week pictures Only 2 months to go!!! I thought I would be a little different, look how I have bloomed

Lunch

Lunch consisted of the following in this order:

Mini Ravioli's
Peach Yogurt
Some Tortilla chips
2 Peanut butter girl scout cookies


That is why I gained 5 pounds last Dr's visit.......

Dr. Apt Update

Gained 5 pounds (probably the girl scout cookies)

Measuring at 31 weeks instead of 30 (last time I was a week behind) Again the cookies are helping me out

Found out after making my last budget payment today that it was just an "estimate" and I owe more money even though I've already hit my out of pocket maximum plus almost 600 dollars more.....very depressing

Couldn't get a good appointment time in two weeks so I have to go at 2pm and that will be my 32 week Ultra sound.

Found out that my prognosis for my symptoms (back ache, rib ache, being tired all the time, and not sleeping) was that I was for sure "knocked up". LOL My doctor has a funny sense of humor.

That about sums it up, she says I was an easy patient.....she hasn't heard me complain throughout the week.

That's about it, i'm tired and I hope you have a wonderful week.

30 Weeks

Week 30: Goodbye monkey baby, hello roly poly!

Fetal development in pregnancy week 30:fetus in seventh month The light is visible at the end of the tunnel! Your oversized self and amazing growing baby have finally reached the single digits (in terms of weeks till birth)! The fine lanugo hair that has been growing all over their little monkey-like body is going to start falling off this week in preparation for the big day. But don’t be shocked if they’re hairier than you’d anticipated, some babies keep their lanugo until after birth. Still, it’s not any cause to be concerned as it will fall off eventually. No surprises here: your little porker is getting even cuter with increasingly pudgy arms and legs this week thanks to the ever-growing layers of subcutaneous fat. In terms of numbers, they’ll be weighing in at around 3 pounds 12 ounces (or more!) and are nearly 16 inches long.

Today marks 30 weeks, only 7 weeks until they say she can come out with no problems. Wow! I could have her in less than 10 weeks or more than 10 weeks, too bad they can't calculate by the day, now wouldn't that be nice.
Right now Addyson has the hiccups AND she is kicking me in the ribs. How sweet is that? I have this pulse like feeling where her head is and these jabs in my side, makes for a pretty wonderful day. LOL No I like feeling it because I know she is doing good and that makes me happy. Except for the bruised ribs.....:( Oh well. The good thing is is that she has been what I believe is heads down for quite some time, so hopefully she won't be moving any time soon. I'm sure she likes it down there. I don't think I could be on my head for such a long period but I guess babies can handle it.
The other night she was really going at it with the shoving and kicking, it was pretty awesome to see my stomach moving all over, kind of wierded me out though becuase it was like this person was trying to get out....and yeah being that this is my first, it's just odd, but neat at the same time.
That same night Stephen went to bed about 1:30 am and you know me I had already been asleep for roughly 4 hours. He came and he put his hand on my stomach and she was going at it again, but he said this time it was much more than she had earlier that evening. He said she kicked and moved and shoved and was doing all this stuff to make my stomach go a mile a minute and she did it all for the next 30 minutes. Funny thing is is that I NEVER even moved...LOL I was sleeping peacefully until my bladder woke me up 1.5 hours later. I guess that's good that I can sleep through that instead of being woken up for a long period of time. She is getting ready to keep her momma up all night long. :) Probably better then being so uncomfortable and hot all night long, I relish the day that I can sleep for atleast 4 hours without waking up and uncomfortable.
But it was neat hearing what Stephen had experienced while I was alseep, she must of known her daddy was there ;).
So I have a Dr. apt tomorrow morning, after this one I go every 2 weeks until 36 weeks. That will make time go by so much faster I think.
If i feel up to it later I'll get a belly shot....but if not I'll give you one next week.
30 weeks down and 10 more to go, this should be NO problem at all!!! LOL
Tums are my new best friend, even though they are so nasty, they help SOO much.
Oh and I don't feel so bad about the cookies, Stephen must of eaten half of every box last night.....so that makes it less that I can eat. :)

The coke and candy guy came in today, and gave me m & m's and a 3 muskateers bar......chocolate is SOO my friend.
Okay have a wonderful rest of the week, I'm ready for the weekend.

Oh and our 3 year anniversary is coming up in 1 week and 6 days, I can't believe 3 years has gone by already. Time does fly when you are having fun. :)

Cookies

I bought 4 boxes of girl scout cookies..........I got 1 lemon, 1 carmel delights, 1 peanut butter sandwich and 1 chocolate short bread cookies.
Technically if I did end up eating all the cookies I would only eat 3 boxes because I hate lemon......so I guess that makes it a little better. Plus I have helped the community in some way.

I'm going to be fat.........Bleh

Baby Gifts

So today some of Stephen's co-workers and our friends came over and gave us two gifts for Addyson. One is a Pack and play Porta Crib and the other is a baby blanket. We have some of the sweetest friends ever. I'm so excited!!!


I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend and or Spring Break.


Here are the pictures

Oh so cute!!!

Some Pictures

Okay so I hated the other pictures I had, so here are 2 pictures I took at 29 weeks. :) there is no head shot because I had a bad day, and I am tired.

Sanjaya Malakar

This kid needs to go home NOWWWWW!!!!!!!

29 Weeks

Week 29: To pee or not to pee...
Fetal development in pregnancy week 29: fetus in seventh month If you’ve been feeling butterflies moving around in your belly, it’s not just your run-of-the-mill pre-birth performance anxiety. No, it’s your amazing baby with a case of the hiccups: a fairly common occurrence at this point resulting from practicing breathing for their big birthday. In addition, to getting a round of butterfly-like hiccups, your little swimmer has arduously managed to accumulate enough baby fat to account for nearly 3.5% of their overall body weight. Yeah, compared to we adults, it’s not a lot, but when they’re little like that—it’s certainly a healthy (and warming) accomplishment in its way. Another fantastic accomplishment: your baby's spleen is now in charge of hematopoiesis—the 10 dollar name for the process involved in building up certain important blood components. Another fantastic-accomplishment: your little monkey has been peeing into their amniotic sac for a little while now (this is why potty training takes a while) and if you didn’t know, actually swallows it along with the rest of the amniotic fluid. Although the concept is nasty, their urine is sterile and as part of the amniotic fluid base, is replaced several times throughout the day. So if you didn’t know before, now you can tell people, that yes, you drank your own urine—you were still in the womb, but nonetheless you’ve been there.

29 weeks already, wow this past week seemed to fly. I can't wait to hit 30 weeks and know that I only have 10 left. Time is flying.

This week has been so hard to get out of bed. I'm not sure if it's the time change or the fact that I'm just getting more and more tired as the weeks go on. I'm so ready to have this baby. She has been having the hicups more and kicking and stretching more. We can't wait to be able to see the little foot or fist, that will be exciting. I'm sure it will be pretty soon if not sometime in the coming week. My ribs have been hurting so bad, especially at work when I'm trying to work. It's so hard to concentrate because of the pain. I think her foot is just pressed against my right side all day long. Between that and the back aches......whew it makes for a long day.

So they say that you need to start counting the kicks and moves every hour, and if they don't move10 times in one hour to call your Doctor. What if she is sleeping, she does that sometimes you know. Just another thing to get worried about. She seems to be doing fine, I think she is running out of room though becuase she doesn't seem to twist and turn like she used to. Just sort of stretches and kicks occasionally. I think she moved to, but I'm not sure where she is now. I just get different punches in different places. I do think her head is still mostly down becuase that's where the hicups are coming from. It's just a neat experience all the way around, except if I could go back I would ask the Lord to change it to 6 months or so because 9 months is an awefully long time to wait.

We are going to Rascal Flats tonight, I really enjoy their music, I just hope it doesn't rain. They say there is only a small chance so we should be good. I hope I can last that long! LOL

My brother is home from college for Spring Break but I've been so tired and working that I only got to see him on Friday night. But I'm sure he is enjoying sleeping in and all that jazz.

Okay well I need to wake up somehow, I can't wait til I can have my coffee again!!! You guys have a wonderful day. Sorry I don't have too much to update, nothing trully exciting is going on right now. Oh and here is another picture I took for 29 weeks, I really really despise it actually but I'm only putting it on here becuase you guys would want to see it. I just seem to be getting bigger and bigger every day. :)

Pictures

Okay lets take a vote. Do you guys want to see a belly picture every 2 weeks or every4 weeks?
I thought I would get my bloggers opinion since you would be the one to view these pictures.

PS: my pregnancy ticker changed again, I enjoy this one much more. :)

Just another day

Thank you everyone that said I looked small or cute. I wasn't facing you so you couldn't see how I've grown a mile on each side. That is why I kept the side view. LOL
Okay so they changed my ticker without me knowing about it, it's a little odd and I'm not sure if I like it or not. I was so excited to see the block move and now there is no block, how sad is that?
I'm hungry, my back hurts, my leg feels numb and my ribs hurt and I only have 6.5 hours left to work, it can't get any better than this. Did I mention that I have 11 weeks and 5 days left of this?????
So I had a dream last night that I had my beautiful daughter. I had these tight pains in my abdomen and it became labor and then whala she was here. I don't remember all of if though. Anyways she was 3 months old and she could turn over and scoot/crawl, I felt that my baby was a genius.....oh and she was ADORABLE!!!!!! I wish I could keep the image of her face but all I can remember is waking up and being in awe of how cute she was.
kay I must get back to work, or walk around before my back spases out. Have a good weekend!

28 week pictures

This is me at 28 weeks and 1 day
You think I have eaten too many donuts???

28 Weeks

Week 28: Why, you look positively bovine!
Fetal development in pregnancy week 28:fetus in seventh month You know how you’ve been feeling a bit like a barn with legs some days? Well, that feeling won’t subside before… well, you know, when you finally give birth. For the time being, you’ve got yourself a baby in the business of collecting fat and lots of it! In spite of the dubious joys of being a barn, this baby fat business is very serious and you’ve got to put up with it, because it’s going to keep your little porker warm and healthy after birth. Other good stuff from inside: their eyes are doing lots of blinking this week because they’re now able to respond to light and dark. Also, their industrious little bone marrow is now a major construction site for developing red blood cells, while their super-cute adrenal glands are actually producing androgen and estrogen—which will stimulate your hormones to begin milk production. Can you say, “Moo?”

Alright so we are now in our 28th week, another week closer to seeing our baby girl.

As we speak she is doing a number on my ribs, playing a musical instrument or something. I have finally figured out the way our baby is positioned. She is head down and feet up by my right ribs, kind of diagonal. She got the hiccups yesterday which was really neat, and it let me know exactly where her head was. She has been in this position for a month or so now. She kicks more and more every day. The other night Stephen and I were watching my tummy and she was doing a number in there....it was awesome, my belly was really taking off. I have yet to feel anything hard, like a foot (except for that one time) but i'm hoping that soon she will start showing me more. She is very energetic, it's really neat sometimes.

That's the upside, the downside is my ribs hurt especially when I sit, and my right hip spases out sometimes, i'm still pretty much really tired, and feel like i'm getting more and more tired as the days go by. But thinking about having this baby in 12 weeks makes me smile!! It's worth it, but it sure is hard in the process of cooking this baby. But I believe I wouldn't trade it for the world. When I get home tonight I'll add a belly picture to this email, so keep watching! You will be surprised how I have grown. Although I have gotten many people who have said I look really good for being 28 weeks, and that I'm more wide (how nice I know) and not that big around......oh well, I guess everyone grows differently.

Well you have a great day, and if you are interested belly pictures will follow. ha

New Outfit

Okay so we changed our mind because of the time of year Addyson will be born. So we are going with a cute little outfit we just bought today. It's so adorable. I'm not sure if you can see it clearly but it's a onsie with sleeper pants and a hat to match. She is going to look so cute in it.

Just a update

I'm such a horrible person, I'm drinking a Dr. Pepper, I know I know that's not good, but I couldn't resist..:(

Well this week was such a long week, oh my goodness I never thought Friday afternoon would get here. I'm so tired and ready to sleep in a little.

So Wednesday afternoon Stephen flew to Nashville, TN for a interview at Lifeway's corporate office. He had testing from 7:45-9:30 on Thursday and his interview was from 10-11. He then flew in around 5:30 that evening. He has been working really hard to get into the Manager in Training program and to get the chance to interview in Nashville was huge for him. He finds out if he was accepted within a week of having the interview. We both feel this is what God wants for us and so now is just the waiting time. Anyways I'm really proud of him since he has really been working toward this for a really long time. If he gets accepted then he will train for 2-3 months locally and then we could be moving. I'm really sad about that, but I'm excited to at the opportunity to be able to stay home with our daughter and maybe travel a little. It will be hard if we did move out of state but if that is the case thenI believe wherever we go that will be where God wants us and for that reason alone it will be alright.
So thats been what's been happening this week.....
Other than that it's been quite boring, just a long week.
I hope you all have a great weekend and you enjoy yourselves.

27 Weeks

Week 27: I'm a survivor, I'm gonna make it!
Fetal development in pregnancy week 27: fetus in seventh month Your not-so-tiny-anymore swimmer (2 pounds and about 14.5 inches long!) is slowly rotating in preparation to “head out.” Obviously, this doesn’t happen overnight, but when you start to feel an unfamiliar pressure on your cervix, you’ll know you’ve got a fully flipped baby locked and loaded for the countdown to their birthday! Even now, at the beginning of the third trimester, their little lungs are already capable of breathing air, while the pulmonary vascular system can provide sufficient gas exchange, and the central nervous system can generally regulate rhythmic breathing as well as their basal body temperature. For what it’s worth, at this point in a healthy pregnancy a premature child (with intensive care) could easily win on the show: “Survivor: The Early Years.”


Okay so it's so crazy to think I only have 13 weeks left of being pregnant, give or take a couple days. This past week has been so busy and tiring but thinking about how much time I have left, it's just insane. Somedays I just wish she would just be here, and others I'm glad she is still cooking because I have so much to do. She is a very active lately, extremely active and loves to kick her mommy in the ribs. I have sore ribs and when I sit for a long period of time it just seems unbearable. My hip also gives me trouble especially trying to get comfortable, but it will all be over before we know it so I'm going to stop complaining.
I went to the Doctor last week and things seem to be fine, gained more weight then I wanted but I guess when you had lost 6 pounds it's okay to gain some extra. More for the baby I guess. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA is what I say.
She said that my incision is doing something she was hoping it wouldn't do and that was get real thick and raised above the surface, which I hate but there is nothing I can do about it. She said that they could fix it if I had a C-Section BUT they can't go that high and the part that is really raised is by my belly button. Oh well no bikini's for me ever. I had that glucose test and I thought you couldn't go to the bathroom after you took it so I was literally dying by the time I got there, but then she said I could so I was very much relived. I haven't heard from them so I guess the policy is no news is good news. She said everything looked good so I'm not sure if they can get the results back that fast....I think the time that you spend most is the waiting time...bleh. I got my blood taken and the nurse was in a hurry because they don't calculate time right so she just stuck the needle in before my vain was ready and she almost had to take it out and do it again, but then the blood started coming out, I still have a bruise from last week, it hurt like crazy. Can I ask for a different lab person, I mean I am paying you to do a good job, or so I thought. Anyways I don't go back for another 4 weeks, well 3 weeks tomorrow so I have a little resting time. By then I will be 30 weeks, I can't believe that....CRAZY. I can't wait for my ultra sound at 32, I can't wait to see what she looks like now.
So the other night Stephen asked if the baby had been kicking much, and I said not much today, she has been a little quiet, so he gets down to my belly and starts talking to her.
"Hey Addyson, it's your daddy, kick mommy for daddy, come on baby girl kick mommy for daddy." So then she gave us a kick in the exact spot that Stephen was talking to. It was SUCH a touching moment. I would have to say she responds to his voice so much better then mine, can we say "daddy's girl?" It was sweet and Stephen was so proud of her at that time, she is going to be so special, I can't wait to see the bond between those two. Who knows if she is such a daddy's girl we may have to think about having another one soon after. LOL So I can get my turn.
Anyways between her kicks and movements it's been great, more real knowing that she is in there trying to get attention, ha.
Well 13 weeks left and I can feel the excitment just brewing!!!

Please pray for Stephen as he has an interview tomorrow morning, actually the whole process last from about 7:45am-12pm. I'll tell you more about it Thursday evening, but for now please keep him in your prayers, as this is an extremely important time for him.

One more thing, we are having work done on our water system here at work and there is no water and no toilets until atleast 10:30 today....maybe longer....they are bringing in Porta Cans....I don't use those things.....how can you do this to a pregnant woman?????????? Just wanted to throw that in.

Dr. Apt

Dr. Apt today...Bleh.....more blood....

26 Weeks

Week 26: Eye see YOU!
Fetal development in pregnancy week 26:fetus in sixth month At long last, your little swimmer can see the womb! Your miracle’s little eyelids have finally separated (they were fused closed previously) and they’re probably having their first moments of sight as you read this (or maybe it already happened while you were brushing your teeth or watching Oprah or something). In addition to seeing their little studio in your belly, they’ve recently acquired the ability to say “yes” and “no” in rudimentary sign language as they can now move their head back and forth. This is also the time where your little super star’s head hair is starting to grow! A cute little cowlick or two may be springing into position right now, getting ready for years of cute-but-stubborn bed-head. Also, their toenails have grown in and you little raisin continues to slowly pile up fat beneath their still-loose skin. Most importantly, brain tissue and neurons are all developing at a rapid pace, increasing their (genius-level?) brain activity and will continue to function at accelerated levels for the first seven to eight years of childhood!




Another week has gone by and I'm 1 week closer to meeting my little girl. Oh that sounds so wonderful right now.
She is our little acrobate that's for sure. She loves to kick and move and let us know she is in there. This morning my alarm went off, and I snoozed it, and then my second alarm went off and I snoozed it, by the time it went off for the 4 time, she was kicking me unmercifully. I think she was telling me to shut that annoying noise off and get up. LOL I got up and I'm assuming she went back to sleep. That's my girl.
She is back to kicking or punching not sure, she kicks on one side and then punches on the complete opposite side. Not sure what is up and what is down. Ha
She is close to my ribs though, and that somewhat hurts, especially when i'm at work sitting down. I think she wants to hurry up and come out to meet her mom and dad. I'm sure she is just as excited as we are. Actually she is probably annoyed by the poking and prodding and noise that all she is doing is telling us to shuttup.
I feel like every day I wake up my belly has protruded just a little more then the day before. It's heavy, and I feel like I could fall forward if I don't lean back enough. Not really but you get the point of it. It just never stops growing, I'm not exactly wanting to know what it looks like at 39 weeks, if I make it that long. My goal is 2 weeks early, but I doubt the baby has the same goals as me.
The countdown is still going on, 14 weeks and 98 days. Atleast we are under 100 days. That was an exciting thing for us.
An old friend of mine was due to have her baby last Friday BUT I haven't been able to get on Myspace so it's really bothering me. Hopefully Friday we will have our internet at home up and running, until then Myspace is off limits. :(
Okay well I need to get back to work, I just wanted to let you all know that I have 14 weeks left and I'm counting down every day. The excitement is growing every minute.
Oh we did get the Bassinet, changing table and crib. I bought it from a friends friend. The bassinet is beautifully white and frilly, I LOVE it. I'll have to post a picture soon.
Take care all you bloggers, and Melissa your baby is beautiful!!!!

A few weekend pictures

Here are two pictures from this weekend. Our internet is not working at home so I can't resize them all, but I was able to get these down a little. Our computer has the resizer on it, but I can't download it at work. Anyways I liked these pictures.
I hope everyone had a great weekend, it's back to the grinding board.

Jackson and Me!



Natalie, Katy and me in Kemah! I love this picture


Kemah

Us Girls in Kemah