Week 24 Ultrasound

"Check out my Biceps, mom!"

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We were able to see Jamie again yesterday. They were finally able to see her brain (she decided to cooperate this time). She was a busy little bee in there, jumping around and just showing off. It was so cool to see her again. We might consider going back and doing the 3D again. For $99, you can go back and get the exact same package you bought before. I hope we do, because I can't wait to see her again and November feels forever away!

She has her daddy's feet (the 1st toe is longer than the big toe... sheesh) :-)

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While they were in there, I had them re-confirm that we did indeed have a Jamie in there, and not an Evan, and yep, she is STILL a girl! :-)

And of course, here is the Skeletor face shot.

Her heartbeat was 148 and everything else looks good! The doctor was running late due to a delivery (we saw him walking to the hospital when we were pulling in), but by the time we did the ultrasound, blood work, blood pressure (102/68) & all of that good stuff, we only had to wait about 20 minutes for him. He didn't say anything about my weight (probably because he was running so far behind) but I was just glad to not get yelled at. ha-ha. Now I get to look forward to the glucose test on August 20th.

If I were a comic...

We went to an event last night that one of my vendor's hosted and they had caricature artist there. So here is ours. Had to put it on here as it makes me laugh every time I look at it. I think I look like Linda Hamilton from the Terminator movies. ha-ha. If you ever need catering or a place to hold a reception in the Dunwoody area, I highly suggest using this catering company. The facility is very nice and the food was DIVINE! http://www.fabulouscreations.net/

Belly Evolution: Week 24

So the inevitable has happened... my shirt and shorts no longer meet in the front. After talking to enough girlfriends, I've decided not to worry too much about the jump in weight gain for this month. That every pregnant lady has to get yelled out at least once by their doctor....it's a right of passage.

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Jamie is definitely front and center. I'm carrying high too, because one of my co-workers is a week ahead of me, and her baby is all low and Jamie is trying to hide in my lungs. She is a kicker, that is for sure. I feel her almost every hour now. If I wake up on the middle of the night, I feel her. I can see her kicking through my shirt now too...and it doesn't have to be tight either. I can see her through a lose fitting top. It is the coolest thing to see her rolling around in there.

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We have our monthly Doc appt. tomorrow and we get to see Jamie again so I will post some new pics of her tomorrow night and post her latest stats (and I'll have them re-confirm she is a girl... I am SUCH an over-preparer... I've been told TWICE now and I still want to know again before I paint everything pink. ha-ha)

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Speaking of being a mom...I suffered a MASSIVE case of prego brain today. We had catered lunch at work today. They have these yummy brownies so I figure I'll go get one (see above about accepting my weight gain). I get a refill of my drink while I'm at it, head over to the dessert tray, grab a brownie, and proceed to place it in my drink. Yea, I said IN my drink. I guess I was thinking I was holding a plate??? I have no idea. But I KNOW that is WAY unlike me as I would never waste good sweet tea OR a brownie - it's considered a sacrilege in my family to do such a thing, and my dad might disown me. (don't worry, I got another brownie)

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The only ailments I have so far is my back right below my shoulders is starting to hurt some and my right hip will start hurting from time to time. The back is because, hello, look at my belly!!! My hip - I think she is sitting on a nerve because it only hurts every now and then and will stop for no good reason.

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Well, it is past time for Daryl to read to Jamie (every night at 8:30). So I will talk to you all tomorrow!

Belly Evolution: Week 23

Daryl bought Jamie the book "Oh, baby, the places you'll go" after the Dr. Seuss book. It is to be read in utero so that baby gets used to hearing the speech pattern and then enjoys it once she is born. So now our new routine is for Daryl to read to Jamie at night before we go to bed. The funny thing is, when he is reading, I always start feeling sleepy, so now I know why kids like to be read to a bed time!!! I'm going to miss having him read to my belly. I know she likes it, because she starts bee-bopping around when he starts reading.

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On a depressing note, yesterday was the first time I weighed myself in two weeks.... Note to self: WEIGH EVERY DAY!!! So, I'm supposed to gain a half pound a week and I've been right on track until we stayed at my friend Carol's house last week and she didn't have a scale and apparently, I ate like a queen because instead of a half a pound a week, I gained 2....so 3 extra pounds later (after this week of continuing to ravage the pantry), I'm cutting down on the carbs and going back to the healthy options...Like I SHOULD have been doing.

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It is hard though when all you can think about from 6:30 AM - 11:30 AM is FOOD. The morning is definitely my weak spot and it doesn't help that all morning foods are carbs carbs carbs. Well, I can't say I didn't enjoyed myself at least a little during my pregnancy, but now it is time to be the responsible mommy and make sure my little princess is getting healthy foods throughout the day instead of a Breakfast Bar, Granola Bar, Muffin and Bagel - Oh yea, I'm talking all in the same morning - and nothing again until dinner. I could tell a difference today in her activity since I ate RIGHT today. lots of fruit and light on the carbs. She has been bouncing around like a happy baby should - instead of passed out cold from the carb high. I can tell the difference in me too....I weighed this afternoon, and I had already lost a pound since this morning. So here is to healthy eating...boy does it stink.

Belly Evolution: Week 22

This past week has flown by! We have been house sitting for one of my friends at work while she is on vacation and keeping her little Maltese, Charlie Dog (hence the change in the background). I'll admit, it has been nice being in a house again. That townhome is getting pretty old with those paper thin walls and the college students that live around us playing thier loud music.... wow...I just sounded REALLY OLD.... Oh well.

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Found out today that Jamie is a rocker chick. Last night while watching "The Next Best Thing" on TV, every time the impersonators sang, she would start jumping around. So this morning at work, I put some headphones on my belly and played some classical music...nothing. I figure, what the hey...and play Aerosmith...she starts jumping around like crazy. ha-ha.

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Some more exciting news, we are planning on closing on a house soon! Woo Hoo! I need to NEST! Once we close, I'll be sure to post a picture. I'll also be sure to post pics of Jamie's room once it is finished. We are going to decorate with light pink and chocolate brown.

Belly Evolution: Week 21

We have reached the half way point! Jamie is moving around like crazy now too. I can see her from the outside now when she kicks. I see a little "bump" come out where she kicks me. So far, these are the people who have felt Jamie Kick: Daryl (aka Daddy), My Mom & Dad (Grandmomma & Paw Paw), Daryl's Mom (Nana), Deeshia (Aunt DeeDee), Carol from my work, and her oldest cousin thinks he has... Not sure because when you are 7, you can only tolerate waiting for something you've never seen make a movement that you can hardly feel. :-)

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For those who know me, I am a jumpy person. If someone says hey to me, and I don't expect it, I jump. I'm a horrible date to a scary movie. Well, sometimes when Jamie kicks really hard, and she hasn't been really moving for a while, I jump! I'm afraid people are going to think I have issues. ha-ha.

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And as for my little boy's size L T-Shirt.... I fear it will never be the same after these 9 months. Nor will my belly button. Mom's out there: Did it feel like your belly button was constantly stretching when you were pregnant? The highlight of my belly button is that it is where I can see Jamie kicking the best.

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Cute story about our 4 year old Nephew. I'm sitting upstairs with him and his aforementioned 7 year old brother and the little one is jumping on the bed.... he stops, crawls over and looks at my tummy and says "I made Jamie cry, jumping on the bed, but don't worry - she's okay." and then proceeds to continue jumping on the bed. He is also the one that KNEW she was a girl because she looks like me so maybe he did make her cry! :-)