31 Weeks

A beautiful day in Seaport Village!

This week we had our first birthing class. It will be every Tuesday night for the next 6 weeks and end with a tour of the hospital. We are very excited although the 7:00-9:30 time frame is not going to be easy when I am used to being in bed at 8:00. 

We had a little bit of a scare yesterday when I had a few days of cramping and a little spotting. After calling my doctor just to ask her a few questions, she suggested I head straight to the hospital. I ended up going after work and they admitted me into the women's center and hooked me up to all of the monitors and checked for dilation etc...a bit dramatic considering I really knew everything was ok, but they just don't mess around when you are pregnant and in danger of preterm labor...

Everything was completely fine and the baby looks perfectly healthy. I am not dilated but she recommended that I slow down and just take it easy these last 8 1/2 weeks. She did say after checking me that she could feel his head and that he is pretty low which causes pressure and could have caused the spotting. At least he is head down, right?!? 

She ok'ed me to continue working full time but suggested coming straight home to rest each night. Feet up, rest, enjoy the last couple months and refer all cleaning, cooking and laundry to daddy. (; 

Even though I have the best husband in the world and he would absolutely let me sit on my butt for the next 2 months, I would never be able to do it. I am going to try my best to listen to my body and take it slow but it is not going to be easy. 

Thank you Lord for protecting this little guy! 

Little Man in 4-D

My mom talked us into doing another 4-D ultrasound so we can see him looking a bit more baby like and less alien like and it was so worth it! It's amazing how a little fat on the cheeks can make such a huge difference. I don't think I can possibly love him any more! 

His head was all the way down and he was folded in half most of the time, literally feet on the face half the time. He was bouncing around and kicking the entire time and it was so fun to see what is happening on the screen and comparing it to all the movements I feel. 

Here he is...Shaun's little mini-me...

Yawn!

Five little toes! 

Stretch! 

30 Weeks! Yikes!

10 weeks or less until we meet our little man...

Jeremiah is over 3 pounds now and is still moving like crazy. I had my 30 week appointment and everything is looking great. Praise the Lord! I am still feeling wonderful minus a few aches and pains. 

My stomach is shocking to me every time I look in the mirror and I often catch Shaun looking at it as well....he will say things like "it's so huge, oh man, or whoa!" and then we both just laugh, and my belly then shakes when I laugh really hard and we laugh some more....it really is so weird! 

This week I noticed a perfect ring around my belly button. The skin is SO stretched out that it is a bit of a different color and there is a perfect line completely surrounding my belly button. Maybe it will be popping out soon?! OR....there is an alien marking in the middle of my belly....either way it really is crazy all of the things that go on with your body during pregnancy. 

This week I am off from work and will check a few things off my list like picking a pediatrician and finishing my research/decision making on the great debate of: vaccinations! 

Love you J man, keep growing (but not too big), can't wait to snuggle you in about 2 months! xoxo

Jeremiah's Digs

I have 11 weeks until my due date and the nursery is pretty much complete! I have thought about what my nursery would look like for years, however, when we found out we were having a boy...many of my ideas went out the window and I found myself a bit stumped.  

I wanted modern with traditional touches, eclectic pieces of furniture (not a matchy set), and not an overall room theme, just something simple and able to grow into a little boy's room. I love how it turned out!

Here is a peek inside little Jeremiah's bedroom...

Living a Dream

28 Weeks

I am feeling wonderful! I cannot even begin to express how blessed I have been throughout this pregnancy. I was thinking about it this morning during my devotional time and I truly feel like Shaun and I are living a dream. 

Every day we are on cloud nine and with each day our excitement and love for one another and for this little guy continues to grow. We spend hours talking and dreaming about how perfectly different and expectedly more challenging our lives are going to become when this baby is born, yet we cannot wait.

I have had some pretty major aches and pains, pressure etc...but they come and go and I cannot help but feel somewhat excited about my body doing what it is supposed to do in order to prepare for and safely carry this baby. 

I don't know what God has planned for our future as a family. I wonder if this might be my only pregnancy and I just sit back and thank God for allowing me to have this experience.
No matter what the future holds, I have been blessed with 2 boys who make my life complete and bring me joy every day.