I knew that I was getting large - my shirts were telling me as much. But, when Cole took this picture, I was a bit shocked by what I saw! Seven-ish weeks till we meet this little girl!
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Meghan's Nursery ... coming along
We did a bit more work in the nursery this morning, the area near her crib is ready to hold a sweet sleeping little one!
The Whole Area
Close Up of the Bedding Made by My Mom
Close Up of the Mobile Made by Me
Her room is coming right along - I'm so grateful for the beautiful bedding that my Mom did and for all the drilling, nailing, leveling, and furniture moving Cole has done!
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Dear Meghan,
Dear Meghan,
The time of our meeting is drawing nearer and nearer. And as it does I find myself with so many questions and curiosities.....
Will you have your Daddy's gorgeous blue-green eyes or my more subtle pale eyes?
Will you be a righty or will you develop your Daddy's left-handedness?
Will you be a brunette, a blonde, or a firey-red-head? All three are possible! Or, will you just be bald for a long while?
Will you have inherited my allergies and celiac disease or will you be like your Daddy and a perfect vision of health and adaptability?
Will you be shy and introverted like your parents or will you break the mold and be our social butterfly?
Will you have a pure & calming singing voice like your Daddy or be completely tone-deaf (but honest in your enthusiasm) like me?
Will you be as much of a mover and shaker on the outside as you are on the inside?
Will you prefer to escape into a good book or to work on math during school?
According to a friend of mine at work - you need to inherit my "cute nose." Do you have my nose or your Daddy's (which I think is quite cute!)?
Will you prefer to sleep in quiet or with music?
What is your favorite color? How many times will that change?
Will you be a cuddle-bug or a bit more hands-off (regardless of how you feel about cuddling, you do know your Papa will cuddle you, right?)?
Will you be a dig-in-the-dirt girl or a little princess? Or a little bit of both?
What will be your first word?
What will your little coos sound like?
What will your smile look like?
Little one, we are so excited to meet you. We are so curious; we cannot wait to discover and learn the little wonder God made you to be. You are so loved.
Love,
Mama
The time of our meeting is drawing nearer and nearer. And as it does I find myself with so many questions and curiosities.....
Will you have your Daddy's gorgeous blue-green eyes or my more subtle pale eyes?
Will you be a righty or will you develop your Daddy's left-handedness?
Will you be a brunette, a blonde, or a firey-red-head? All three are possible! Or, will you just be bald for a long while?
Will you have inherited my allergies and celiac disease or will you be like your Daddy and a perfect vision of health and adaptability?
Will you be shy and introverted like your parents or will you break the mold and be our social butterfly?
Will you have a pure & calming singing voice like your Daddy or be completely tone-deaf (but honest in your enthusiasm) like me?
Will you be as much of a mover and shaker on the outside as you are on the inside?
Will you prefer to escape into a good book or to work on math during school?
According to a friend of mine at work - you need to inherit my "cute nose." Do you have my nose or your Daddy's (which I think is quite cute!)?
Will you prefer to sleep in quiet or with music?
What is your favorite color? How many times will that change?
Will you be a cuddle-bug or a bit more hands-off (regardless of how you feel about cuddling, you do know your Papa will cuddle you, right?)?
Will you be a dig-in-the-dirt girl or a little princess? Or a little bit of both?
What will be your first word?
What will your little coos sound like?
What will your smile look like?
Little one, we are so excited to meet you. We are so curious; we cannot wait to discover and learn the little wonder God made you to be. You are so loved.
Love,
Mama
Baby Hoosier :: Week 32
This week, Baby is the size of a: butternut squash
Total weight gain/loss: 30 lbs gained
Sleep: Meghan's busy movement usually wakes me up around 5:00 - long before my alarm clock. But I am able to just lay in bed and enjoy feeling her explore her small surroundings. I have had a sinus infection that's been making sleep difficult - but I've still had great energy during the day! Yay!
Best moment this week: School is out for winter break - it's time to spend Christmas with family and have a few days to work on preparing for this sweet girls arrival.
Movement: Her movements are becoming much less "spastic" and seem more intentional. This week she seems to be actively exploring her environment - there have been a lot of intentional feeling hits/moves of her hands and feet; I imagine her with a deep thinking look as she explores. Every once-in-a-while she gets a good hit or kick to the lungs which just shocks me :)
Food cravings: cream soda, ice cold water, oranges, fudge, eggs, bananas
Symptoms: Pregnancy wise, I am feeling very good! Cole bought a birth ball and it arrived this week - sitting on that allows me to sway side-to-side to relieve some of the pressure/pain on my hips. While I am very aware of the extra weight I am carrying around, I am feeling much better than I expected to be at this point in my pregnancy!
Belly Button in or out: half in and half out - it's odd :)
Milestones: She now has her toenails, fingernails, and whatever amount of hair she will probably have at birth. She is putting on weight and filling her skin out!
Total weight gain/loss: 30 lbs gained
Sleep: Meghan's busy movement usually wakes me up around 5:00 - long before my alarm clock. But I am able to just lay in bed and enjoy feeling her explore her small surroundings. I have had a sinus infection that's been making sleep difficult - but I've still had great energy during the day! Yay!
Best moment this week: School is out for winter break - it's time to spend Christmas with family and have a few days to work on preparing for this sweet girls arrival.
Movement: Her movements are becoming much less "spastic" and seem more intentional. This week she seems to be actively exploring her environment - there have been a lot of intentional feeling hits/moves of her hands and feet; I imagine her with a deep thinking look as she explores. Every once-in-a-while she gets a good hit or kick to the lungs which just shocks me :)
Food cravings: cream soda, ice cold water, oranges, fudge, eggs, bananas
Symptoms: Pregnancy wise, I am feeling very good! Cole bought a birth ball and it arrived this week - sitting on that allows me to sway side-to-side to relieve some of the pressure/pain on my hips. While I am very aware of the extra weight I am carrying around, I am feeling much better than I expected to be at this point in my pregnancy!
Belly Button in or out: half in and half out - it's odd :)
Milestones: She now has her toenails, fingernails, and whatever amount of hair she will probably have at birth. She is putting on weight and filling her skin out!
Friday, December 20, 2013
Baby Hoosier :: Week 31
This week, Baby is the size of a: pineapple
Total weight gain/loss:
Best moment this week: We are continuing to bask in the excitement of knowing that she no longer has placenta previa and things are moving forward normally. It has been such a load off of my mind - I had turned the whole situation over to God, knowing that he had a divine plan for her birth just as he had shown himself to have in her conception and pregnancy thus far. But, it was still something we knew had the potential to cause problems and something we feel blessed to have "fix itself" without the need for medical intervention. We are blessed - and have been cleared to travel for Christmas rather than having to consider the potential of bed rest.
Movement: Meghan's favorite trick these days seems to be sticking her hand and/or foot straight up into my ribs. It shocks me every time she does it; several times, most days, we argue about whether or not she can stay there. I am hoping that while we are at my parents next week she will let them and my little brother feel her move; she's a wiggle worm, but sometimes a lot of that wiggling is towards my back or ribs rather than at my belly where others can feel her.
Food cravings: peanut butter cookies, steak, chipotle, cream soda
Total weight gain/loss:
Best moment this week: We are continuing to bask in the excitement of knowing that she no longer has placenta previa and things are moving forward normally. It has been such a load off of my mind - I had turned the whole situation over to God, knowing that he had a divine plan for her birth just as he had shown himself to have in her conception and pregnancy thus far. But, it was still something we knew had the potential to cause problems and something we feel blessed to have "fix itself" without the need for medical intervention. We are blessed - and have been cleared to travel for Christmas rather than having to consider the potential of bed rest.
Movement: Meghan's favorite trick these days seems to be sticking her hand and/or foot straight up into my ribs. It shocks me every time she does it; several times, most days, we argue about whether or not she can stay there. I am hoping that while we are at my parents next week she will let them and my little brother feel her move; she's a wiggle worm, but sometimes a lot of that wiggling is towards my back or ribs rather than at my belly where others can feel her.
Food cravings: peanut butter cookies, steak, chipotle, cream soda
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Baby Hoosier :: Week 30
This week, Baby is the size of a: cucumber
Total weight gain/loss: we will find out on Friday....a little nervous for this after last month!
Sleep: Sleep was off and on this week. Sometimes I was super tired and slept well all night. Sometimes I was super tired and my back ached, keeping me up, a lot of the night.
Best moment this week: We had a sonogram last Thursday and Meghan is doing great! She no longer has placenta previa and she is no longer breach! Meghan weighs in at around 3.5 pounds. She is skinny based on measurements of her head and belly circumference. She is also tall based on the measurements of her leg bones. The ultrasound tech pointed out where different parts of her body are in my belly - she was exactly where I expected her to be based on her movement. She is folded in half and her feet are up next to her face - she had her toes-ies on her forehead while we watched her. Thus, when she is kicking me, she must also be kicking herself in the face. We got a few shots of her little face (when her feet and arms moved out of the way) and saw her cute chubby cheeks. She looks very much more like a baby rather than an alien in the pictures - I can't wait to pinch those chubby little cheeks! The first thing I noticed about her when her profile showed up on the screen was her little mouth sucking away - looks like a thumb or a pacifier will see lots of use soon!
Movement: She is still such a little wiggle worm - I love it! She moves all the time on the right side of my body - which makes sense since her head, feet, and arms are all in the same place. One night, Cole was laying in bed with his arm around me (or, us, I guess); she started kicking so hard that he had to move his arm or she was going to keep him awake! She likes to rock a lot - I think that is my favorite movement to feel. She also likes to kick me in the ribs; we have little "talks" about that.
Food cravings: snickers bars, peaches, oranges, bananas
Symptoms: much less nausea, much less heartburn (with some diet changes), and much more energy (with diet changes to increase my iron intake!), we finished some of my major nesting projects over Thanksgiving break and I am continuing moving on down the list or projects!
Belly Button in or out: still in, I don't know that it will come out, it's been pulled into a super thin horizontal line!
Milestones: Her big goals from here on out are to put on weight and to continue getting those little lungs and sensory systems ready for the outside world.
Total weight gain/loss: we will find out on Friday....a little nervous for this after last month!
Sleep: Sleep was off and on this week. Sometimes I was super tired and slept well all night. Sometimes I was super tired and my back ached, keeping me up, a lot of the night.
Best moment this week: We had a sonogram last Thursday and Meghan is doing great! She no longer has placenta previa and she is no longer breach! Meghan weighs in at around 3.5 pounds. She is skinny based on measurements of her head and belly circumference. She is also tall based on the measurements of her leg bones. The ultrasound tech pointed out where different parts of her body are in my belly - she was exactly where I expected her to be based on her movement. She is folded in half and her feet are up next to her face - she had her toes-ies on her forehead while we watched her. Thus, when she is kicking me, she must also be kicking herself in the face. We got a few shots of her little face (when her feet and arms moved out of the way) and saw her cute chubby cheeks. She looks very much more like a baby rather than an alien in the pictures - I can't wait to pinch those chubby little cheeks! The first thing I noticed about her when her profile showed up on the screen was her little mouth sucking away - looks like a thumb or a pacifier will see lots of use soon!
Movement: She is still such a little wiggle worm - I love it! She moves all the time on the right side of my body - which makes sense since her head, feet, and arms are all in the same place. One night, Cole was laying in bed with his arm around me (or, us, I guess); she started kicking so hard that he had to move his arm or she was going to keep him awake! She likes to rock a lot - I think that is my favorite movement to feel. She also likes to kick me in the ribs; we have little "talks" about that.
Food cravings: snickers bars, peaches, oranges, bananas
Symptoms: much less nausea, much less heartburn (with some diet changes), and much more energy (with diet changes to increase my iron intake!), we finished some of my major nesting projects over Thanksgiving break and I am continuing moving on down the list or projects!
Belly Button in or out: still in, I don't know that it will come out, it's been pulled into a super thin horizontal line!
Milestones: Her big goals from here on out are to put on weight and to continue getting those little lungs and sensory systems ready for the outside world.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Maternity Photo Session
As a sweet, sweet gift, a friend of ours with a photography business offered us a maternity photo shoot to document the incredible journey we have been on with growing this sweet little girl. Morgan Lang did a great job; here are some of my favorites from our session (27.5 weeks pregnant):
There were some other great pictures that I will share later. They took advantage of parts of the nursery, but I will be sharing pictures of the nursery later!
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Baby Hoosier :: Week 29
This week, Baby is the size of a: acorn squash
Total weight gain/loss: I don't know right now, end of next week!
Sleep: Good sleep comes and goes. It's still much better than I was expecting for this point in the pregnancy on most nights - and for that I am thankful! We found out this last week that my iron is low - so that may also be contributing to my extreme exhaustion throughout the day.
Best moment this week: We celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday with Cole's family and we had a blast. Meghan was busy!
I also had my glucose tolerance test and passed! No diabetes here!
Movement: She remains a busy girl. She seems to fidget quite a bit. Yesterday she stuck a little fist or foot into my ribs; when I tried to move it, she moved it back. We repeated this process several times before she finally decided that maybe she didn't need to punch me.
Food cravings: Jason's Deli sandwiches, Snickers Bars, Roast Beef
Symptoms: I am anemic so we are working on ways to increase my iron intake. Meghan continues to grow and finding tops to wear with my under-belly work pants is getting very difficult! Heartburn is a frequent friend - but I have found that chewing gum seems to help a lot.
Belly Button in or out: still in
Milestones: Meghan's skull is expanding for her growing brain. She is gaining bone strength, muscle mass, and fat quickly! She is using lots of nutrients for lots of growing!
Total weight gain/loss: I don't know right now, end of next week!
Sleep: Good sleep comes and goes. It's still much better than I was expecting for this point in the pregnancy on most nights - and for that I am thankful! We found out this last week that my iron is low - so that may also be contributing to my extreme exhaustion throughout the day.
Best moment this week: We celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday with Cole's family and we had a blast. Meghan was busy!
I also had my glucose tolerance test and passed! No diabetes here!
Movement: She remains a busy girl. She seems to fidget quite a bit. Yesterday she stuck a little fist or foot into my ribs; when I tried to move it, she moved it back. We repeated this process several times before she finally decided that maybe she didn't need to punch me.
Food cravings: Jason's Deli sandwiches, Snickers Bars, Roast Beef
Symptoms: I am anemic so we are working on ways to increase my iron intake. Meghan continues to grow and finding tops to wear with my under-belly work pants is getting very difficult! Heartburn is a frequent friend - but I have found that chewing gum seems to help a lot.
Belly Button in or out: still in
Milestones: Meghan's skull is expanding for her growing brain. She is gaining bone strength, muscle mass, and fat quickly! She is using lots of nutrients for lots of growing!
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