Sooo Close

Once again I have managed to go over 1 month since my last blog. Wow.. I really suck at this blogging business. I just get tired or busy and my blog suffers horribly. Well, only 62 days till the due date of my daughter(I can't beleive I get to say that)! That is very very close in case you weren't aware. Because 62 days is only about 2 months and... wow! The pregnancy has gone by so fast! I have started to get serious about getting ready for the baby.. finally. I recently bought the high chair, bed set and the furniture. Of course, I waited until most of these were on sale to buy. However, I do have to return my bedset and rebuy it because it is now on sale with free shipping. Whoo hoo! I am all about saving $30! I have registered at Babies R'Us and Target- that was quite an adventure! My baby shower is going to be September 26th and I am pumped. My work shower is going to be the 24th and I am also really excited about that one as well. It will just be nice to be all ready for this precious baby. I am hoping to get the room painted pretty soon and then we can set up the crib. I also had my 3D (it was actually 4D) ultrasound last week. I will tell you more about that later, but Baby Antebellum proved how turkeyish she can be!

Here is a pic of the highchair that I bought. It is pretty nifty. It is a highchair that can also turn into a booster seat and then a "toddler seat". I have included a pic of all 3 ways the chair can be used. It is pretty nice.





I also will post my 28 and 30 week photos within the next couple days. I promise to do another blog by next week. :)

96 Days!

Lately time has been going by really fast. Joey and I have been really busy lately and when we aren't working or doing vending we just want to sit, relax and not do a darn thing. Well.. while I was being busy, time has just flown by! I only have 96 days left with this wonderful growing baby girl. I can't even believe it!! She has been so super active lately, I love it. I like that she lets me know that she is ok and that she is continuing to grow and get stronger. My belly has really taken off lately as well. In the last 2 weeks strangers have started to ask me about my pregnancy "When are you due", "How far along are you", ect. It has been such a delight. :) I worked hard on growing this belly and I am more than happy to discuss it.
Here is the only problem with getting closer and closer to the grand entrance... I am not ready AT ALL! I haven't started to prepare her room, I haven't started buying things and I still have no idea what we are going to name her. Do I feel a little anxious about this: YES! At work everyone keeps having there babies and each time it happens I think "Crap MB, what are you doing? You need to get off your lazy butt and get that room ready, clean the house and register". But instead.. nothing.. I do nothing. I know that we still have 14 weeks till due date, but if 26 weeks have flown by this fast- I can only imagine how fast 14 weeks will. I did pick out a dresser and book shelf that I think will go with Joeys old crib (if we use it). We just need to order it. It is on clearance- thank goodness! The amount of money they charge for furniture is enough to make me throw up!! Once we have that, I think it will all come together nicely. I am planning on have the baby shower on Sept 26th (thats a whole nother story.. sigh). But I am really excited for that! It is going to be a couples shower- should be fun.
On Tuesday I did my glucose tolerance test- it wasn't too bad. I drank the orange glucola. You are suppose to drink it within 5 minutes and I drank it within 3 (Do I get extra points for that?). I had worked the night before so I had to stop eating at 4 am- at least I think I did. I was pretty sure that Dr.Adams said you had to fast for 4 hrs prior to the test. I actually cheated a bit. I ate some yogurt at 4:10, and it took me a bit to eat it. Side note: A&E yogurt was on sale for 39 cents. Yummo! That is my favorite! I bought like 24 of them- those suckers are usually like 72 cents!! Ok, back to the GTT. So I drank the stuff and then went to the lab to have my blood drawn. Holy cow, I am pretty sure they used an 18 guage to draw my blood- it certainly wasn't a 22! Good thing I had a honkin vein for them. The lady asked how far along I was and I said 26 with the anticipation that she was going to say " You don't look like you are that far along"- everyone says that (or they used to). But nope, she said "You look further along than 26 weeks". She even asked if it was twins. LOL. I don't think I am that big- but I still enjoyed the comments. Like I said before- showing off this belly is a pleasure. :) After the test I did feel a bit nauseous because I had drank so much sugar on an empty stomach, but other than that I was fine. I do feel like it is a bit crazy to put a preggo npo for any certain period of time! Couldn't they just let me eat meat and cheese until I drank my sugar water? Oh well.. I survived. I will hopefully find out today if I passed- wish me luck! :) I have my 26 week doctors appt today and then I go every 2 weeks. Hip hip hoorey!!! I posted my 26 week photo and I also posted a photo with my shirt down- you will probably like that one better. Hopefully you aren't getting tired of the bare belly pics. ;)

Slightly Emotional

I must say my pregnancy emotions have been at an all time high. Heavens... Joey probably doesn't even know what to do with me. I cry so easily! Not only do I cry crazy easy- but I am quick to get mad about something. I do attempt to have a handle on these OOC emotions- but when tears start to well up there is absolutely nothing I can do to stop them. And I will continue crying as long as someone asks me about it. And all I can say is "I don't know.. I guess its these dang pregnancy emotions". LOL A couple weeks ago I had a crying outburst prior to leaving for work and Joey just tried to cheer me up- but there was nothing he could do. The next day after I got up from sleeping (at 5:00 because Joey had crawled in bed with me so I slept an extra 1.5 hours), I went downstairs to find flowers on the kitchen table! Joey had bought me these gorgeous flowers. And on top of that he had also went and had my prevacid prescription filled. I had ran out of the free samples and hadn't gotten my script filled yet. I had told Joey that my heartburn was nearing an all time high and that if I didn't work extra that night I was definitely going to get my prevacid (because P.S. Prevacid is AMAZING!). So he went ahead and got my script filled- it was sitting behind the flowers. He is such a great husband. I am very lucky to have him. Hopefully he will continue to want to keep me. I must get these emotions under control. Although, I must say.. it has been a bit better these last couple weeks. So maybe it was just a horrible 4 week stretch of a surge in hormones. Who knows. Here is a couple pics of the pretty flowers. :)

Domination Continues

Wiffle ball has been going strong again this year. Man I love me some wiffle ball. Joey has been out of control with his pitching- he should be a shoe in for the Cy Young Award. Im so proud of him! He continues to be undefeated while pitching. This year he made the all star team. North vs South. The first team for the North (Joeys division) was made up of The Hicktown Bombers (Joeys team). haha. They are pretty much amazing! The second team was made up of two players from The Woodcocks (Chris B- pitcher and Jim K) and Cody from Soco. The first got a strong lead in the beginning and then the second team finished the south off. Really, its no surprise. The North is undoubtedly the stronger division. Here is a couple pics of the winners!

Ages

I am very very sorry for the outrageous delay in updating my blog. I can only blame it on laziness and tiredness. I am so tired and so busy.. horrible combo. Not that the tiredness is anything outlandish or horrible.. just continuous. When my alarm goes off at 3:30 to wake up, I am having the hardest time getting up and keeping my eyes open. Maybe it is because I am growing a baby or it could be because I only get backaches when I sleep which decreases the quality of sleep. I don't know.. but its silly. However, I don't mind, just another reminder of my sweet baby growing in my womb.
Speaking of my womb, I absolutely love to feel the borders of my uty (uterus). I frequently ask Joey to feel it. I wonder how he feels about that. I mean, I don't ask him to feel it inappropriately.. just to feel the borders and when it is tight. I love the growth every week. Lately it has been tightening up and you can feel it really well. It tightened up while I was at the OBs office and he said he thought it was just the way she was laying because it wasn't completely firm in all quadrants. (Can you tell I enjoy talking about the uterus?) :) It is so weird to know how big it is compared to my pre-pregnancy uty. It is now about 2 inches above my belly button. Which, by the way, is really starting to flatten out. I used to have somewhat of a deep belly button, I don't know why.. just what Jesus gave me. But now it is slowly coming closer and closer to the surface of the rest of my belly. I wonder if it will pop out at any point or just get flat. Only time will tell. :)

So I had my 22 week appointment on Friday. All went amazingly well. Babies heart rate was 140 (super!) and she was moving lots. The nurse kept having to chase her around my belly to get a good consistent reading. Already as ornery as her father and I. Joey has been able to go to all of my appointments except for one. It has been wonderful to have Joey at my appointments. I think it is so cute that he wants to go to them all. He is going to be such a great father!! Dr.Adams started measuring my belly at this appointment. I was so excited when he said he was going to measure my belly. I don't know why I was so excited.. probably because it is related to pregnancy and I love it! I measured slightly big at 23 weeks, but he said it really depends on your pelvic shape. And he said the measurement is just the starting point and the ones after this are the most important because they note my growth. I only have one more appointment that is 4 weeks apart then I go to q2 week appointments. Whoo hoo!! And only 2 more weeks till viability! Not that being born at 24 weeks would be good.. but at least it would be viable.

My tummy growth has really taken off lately. I still need to post my 22 week photo, but you can see the outrageous growth from 18-20 weeks. I love it! My original plan was going to be to take a photo every week after 20 weeks. But I think I am going to stick to the q2 week photos until about 36 weeks. After that I will take them weekly due to the possibility of having the baby. Hard to imagine I have less than 18 weeks till my due date. I know that sounds like a lot of weeks, but it is only about 4 months away. CRAZY!! Another amazing development- Joey and I felt her kick on Thursday. I had felt her kick inside- inconsistently but still... I could feel it. Then on Thursday I was laying on the floor and she started to kick and I could feel it on my hand. So I had Joey feel her and it was so neat!! I love that we were able to feel her at the same time. I didn't want it to be one of those things where I could feel it for weeks before he did- I wanted to share this moment with him. Funny, as I was typing about her kicking- she started to kick. What a silly goose. I guess she knows what I am thinking about. :) Its weird, its almost like I know when she is getting ready to kick. I have this weird feeling in my gut, almost like my stomach is dropping, and then she starts to move and kick. Have I mentioned how adorable she is?!
Alright.. that's enough for now. Sorry for the long post. Much to update you on. I will attempt to 1.Post my 22 week photo soon and 2. Update more often. :) Wish me luck.

Time to Introduce To You..

This is my growing baby girl. Isn't she adorable!! I can't even believe that this adorable little person is inside of me.. just baking away until its time to pop open the oven and introduce her to the world. By the size of her the adjusted due date was 11/6, however they are going to keep my due date 11/11. I am kind of happy about that because I like that date. It just seems exciting and fun to say.
I went to the doctors on Wednesday (sorry for the delay in writing.. I have been a little exhausted to say the least). I first had my sonogram and it was delightful! The ultrasound technician was super nice and funny. I have to admit I was terrified coming into this photo shoot. I was so worried that Baby Antebellum was not going to be healthy.. or her heart wouldn't be beating. The good news.. the worrying was for no reason. She was as healthy as a .. I don't know. Something very healthy. We got a really good picture of her heart, which was so adorable and little. Her tummy was the size of a pea. It is so little. No wonder she only requires 10 or so calories a day. At the beginning of the ultrasound I told the tech that I had told the baby to cooperate so we would know if it was a boy or a girl. Right after I said that Baby Antebellum shook her head no. I just knew we would have a stubborn baby. Thats what Joey and I get for always being stubborn and hard headed as kids. :) I was a little concerned about the babies position.. it didn't look too comfortable. She was laying/floating on her back and her legs were up over her stomach, like her body was in a V position. The lady said it was completely fine and that she would move positions a lot... and the positions normally don't look too comfy. Baby Antebellum was so calm during this photo shoot. She had her hands up by her face and would just move her little face sometimes along with opening and shutting her mouth. Yumm... amniotic fluid. I was very relieved to know that I do have plenty of amniotic fluid. This was a worry of mine only because I read too many blogs. But she had good healthy kidneys and my mind was set to rest. YAY!

Next was my appointment with Dr.Adams. It was very uneventful. He just said that Baby Antebellum and I were very healthy and everything looked great. He also said that I only have 2 more appointments that will be spread 4 weeks apart. Holy cow! 2 more months and I will be seeing him every 2 weeks. Yay!! That milestone seems so far, yet so close. I also asked about my weight gain since it has been minimal and he said everything was fine. As long as my baby was growing perfectly.. then there was nothing to worry about. Whew! He said that in the next 10 weeks I could gain 12-20lbs in water weight and swelling alone. YIKES! I am totally for gaining weight to keep baby healthy.. but come on.. swelling! I don't want to gain 20lbs in swelling. Oh well, it all comes with the territory and I will take was Jesus blesses me with. Just as long as Baby Antebellum stays healthy.

Next issue: Naming this little princess. We originally thought that we would name her Adrianna Marie. But then I decided I liked the name Maribella Lynn. Needless to say.. we have no clue what we are going to go with. If we name her Adrianna we will call her Addie for short and if we name her Maribella we will call her Mari (sounded like Mara) for short. Only time will tell what this beautiful girl will be called. Please feel free to comment on your favorite name. :)

The Count Down Begins

Four more days till I find out if Baby Antebellum is an Anthony or an Adrianna/Maribella !! Yeah!! The suspense is killing me. The current poll says that I am having a boy. The chinese gender chart says girl..except if I put in my birthday and the date of conception- then it says boy. My maternal instinct says.. nothing. It says NOTHING! How can I not have a single clue about what this baby could be?! Oh well, Im not too mad at myself. This is only my first pregnancy.. cut me some slack.

Next on the agenda: My baby has decided it would be fun to start kicking me. I thought I felt it at week 15 (I know its early) and I became positive about the feeling last Thursday. And I must say.. It is soo fun!! I wish I could feel it consistently, but I can't yet. I wouldn't describe this wonderful feeling as a butterfly flutter or as "gas bubbles", but more like a true jab or kick. Not a hard kick by any means.. but a small tiny adorable jab. I am positive that this baby is going to have the strength of Joey. Joey has pretty big muscles and I imagine baby Reid does as well. When I go for the ultrasound on Wednesday, I think that if they measured the babys thigh muscles and biceps.. they would be HUGE! I bet he/she will have big baseball pitcher legs and calves... just like daddy. :) I am already a proud glowing mommy about how strong Baby Antebellum is!



I have also developed a bit of a leak problem..not bad though. I had no clue that colostrum could even start coming in this early. Thank goodness I have my pregnancy consultant (Ashley Wrecke) to talk to about all my symptoms. She does a tremendous job of reassuring me that this is all normal. So.. I have started to pump so that I can save every bit of this precious nutrient filled fluid. Haha. I'm just kidding- that would be crazy!! On a side note- I am so glad to have Ashley right now and I know that I will be even more happy after this baby is born. I am going to use her as my lactation consultant.. and I think that she will be amazingly supportive and reassuring. I have already started to prepare myself for a difficult first month or so with breastfeeding- but I am still crazy excited about this wonderful mommy opportunity!!


I was consoling a baby last night and I started to think that in nearly 5 months I will be consoling my own child. I feel so amazingly blessed that I can't even describe the emotion! I have wanted to be a mommy since I was a little girl. Now it is coming true and it is unbelievable. Jesus has blessed me with a super great pregnancy (knock on wood) and I don't even know what to say. I love this growing belly of mine! I am doing my darnedest to keep only my belly growing and not my butt, thighs, face and arms.. but whatever Jesus blesses me with I will be happy. I know that no matter what- there will be some much needed workouts to be completed following this babys arrival. I am trying my hardest right now to work out.. but it is so hard with Joeys business and working full time. That is still no excuse.. so I will get my butt in gear. Maybe starting on Tuesday, when my 4 in a row will finally be complete. I want to start strength training.. at a moderate pace. Joey has started to eat good recently and since he is the amazing cook in our house.. we have had some amazingly good (tasting and good for us) meals. Plus I am having a bit of a fruit addiction lately.. ooh and a milk addiction. YUMMY! So thankfully this baby hasn't made me crave any food that is very bad- isn't Baby Antebellum amazing!!

Well wish me luck at my ultrasound and I will update you asap after my ultrasound. After we tell our parents of course.. Ooh! And I will also have to post my 18 week photo (Can you believe I will be 18 weeks!!!).