Belly Evolution: Week 29

On the baby front, everything has been going great!!! She is a very active little girl. Always rolling around. She gets these fits where you can see my stomach just moving around all over the place. She has also started doing this "thing" where she will push her foot up but instead of going into my lungs, she goes on TOP of my ribs...like, towards the outside! It hurts the daylights out of me. She is almost kicking me in the boob she is going up so high. The only thing I can do is start rubbing her foot and gentle push down while doing so to get her to go back into the tummy region and out from the front of my ribs. . The house is coming along nicely. We have some more painting to do this weekend. We started unpacking some boxes (bathroom stuff mostly) and moving all of our storage stuff (Christmas decorations, camping gear, etc) into the basement where it will live with the spiders. Please note: Bug bombs just toy with the spiders in my basement... the only way to kill these spiders is with a shoe, a priest, and some holy water. . We have another Doc. appt on the 10th. I've been trying to eat better these 3 weeks and so far, I haven't gained any weight (but OH NO!!! It's a Holiday weekend! I'm doomed). We have gone from 4 weeks to 3 weeks between visits. That makes me excited!!! I'm so ready for Jamie to be here. Time is really flying now. Daryl said it would once we started getting the house ready and he was right! It is so hard to believe that we are just one week away from being in the 30's! I will try to remember to take pictures of the progress Jamie's room has made. I keep taking the camera, it is the whole "taking it out of the purse" that is getting me.

Belly Evolution: Week 28

Sorry for the delay in the post. We worked on the house last night so I didn't have time to post. We are really making progress with the house. Thanks to our Parents & David for helping us paint last weekend! And thanks to Deeshia for feeding us last night so we could work! We will work some more this weekend and I'm going to try to remember to take a camera so I can show the progress Jamie's room is making. I'm really happy with the colors we have picked for the entire house and will post those too once we finish everything.

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Jamie's Furniture came in! We might go pick it up this weekend and just leave it down stairs until we get the carpets cleaned. We also still have to put the Crown moulding and chair rail in her room... whew. Lots to do!

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Jamie is moving around a ton. She only does the good kicks every now and then but she is quite the rolly polly. It is so much fun watching her move. I can't eat as much at night anymore. If I eat too much...let's just say I have a flash back to the 1st trimester.

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The last doc appointment went good. My glucose test came back fine. Supposed to be under 140 and it was 114. My blood pressure is going up some.... it was 120/86 which is pretty high for me. I've also gained too much weight... 22 lbs. The doctor was so funny though. You could tell that he has had to tell many a woman to try and slow down the growth spurt and that many a woman has burst into hysterics. I say this because he had the same look in his eyes as I get when I see someone with a pit bull walking down the street. And he kept saying "But you look GREAT!" haha. I know I've gained too much, so I was expecting it, so I just wanted to laugh at how scared he was to tell me. But he said just 1 lb a week from here on out...We'll see how that goes. :-)

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Okay, so I think lightening just hit something near by and alarms are going off so I'm going to get off the computer now.... gotta love summer storms!!!! Made the temp go from 96 to 74 in 10 minutes!!!

Belly Evolution: Week 27

(1st off, I don't know why I'm standing like that) Sorry for the delayed post. We spent last night painting at the new house. Daryl is priming Jamie's room since it was painted a blue that will NOT go away. He is on the 2nd coat of primer and you can still see the blue. sheesh! I worked on trimming out the guest bedroom and sweeping the basement (I preferred the later because it was 97 degrees upstairs and 75 in the basement!) .

We are one week away from month 8! It is getting closer to the day we get to meet little Jamie and we can't wait!!!! She is always moving around and stuff and it is the coolest thing ever. I'm starting to feel mighty big.

. We had family come into town last week. Daryl's Uncle Levi and Aunt Joann came to visit from St. Louis. It was nice to see them again.

Belly Evolution: Week 25 and 6 Days

My Friend Carol had a great idea, Show how much Jamie and I have grown to date. We started taking pictures at 11 weeks, 6 days and here we are at 25 weeks, 6 Days. A lot changes in 14 weeks!

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Another reason we are posting tonight instead of tomorrow is because we get the keys to the new house tomorrow night!!! Woo Hoo! I can't wait to start moving in.

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Jamie started doing this rolly polly thing last night that continued on through today... I can see and feel her doing all kinds of crazy rolling around. She is an active one! Other than that, not much to add for this week other than this 100 degree whether has GOT to go! We have been going down to the pool almost every night. It's the only exercise that doesn't make me want to cry because of this HEAT! So, STAY COOL out there!

AGD's Girl Day

I'm delayed in posting these only because Daryl and I just realized there is a memory card reader built into my laptop so I don't have to go and dig out a portable reader (I don't feel so bad since Daryl didn't notice either). . Before Amanda & I met up with the other ladies, we went to the mall. We were sitting next to a fountain, and Davis proceeded to toss his pacifier into the NASTY fountain. Amanda was like "Where are we going to find another pibby???" Aunt Lori knew where to buy one.... SPENCER'S!!!

Check out D and the vampire Pibby!!!

One thing's for sure, Davis is always ready to smile for the camera! SO CUTE!!

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So here are the pictures for our AGD Day where we took the kids to the Jump Jungle and got to reconnect.

The Preggo Sisters!

I had to steal this one from Bethany's Blog because my camera's batteries died... . How adorable are their kids??? Jamie will definitely need to be trained on the art of being photogenic to hang with this crowd!

This picture cracks me up. While Preggo me and Amanda watched Baby Zach, Bethany took Davis up on the slide... he is not hurt in this picture... He would smile the entire way down the slide and then bust into tears the SECOND they stopped. He was SOOOO mad that the ride was over. He would cry half way up the stairs and then start smiling again when he realized it was about to happen again. That kid cracks me up! I hope Jamie is as cute as he is!!!

Belly Evolution: Week 25

Please do not think that I think that this is a cute look.... I just wanted to preface the next few months pictures with that. I know this outfit is looking pret-ty bad but I feel that the best way to show how things are getting bigger is to wear the same outfit. That being said, laughing is completely allowed, and expected. :-)

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Since I've posted so much this week, I really don't have anything new to share today. I want to thank you all for the encouraging words! We are so excited about the new changes that are coming up for us!

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Let's see, as to Jamie, she is still kicking like crazy. I can see her move a lot now. It's so neat to see her kick. She is definitely getting stronger. It feels like she is trying to move into my lung cavity. I have a pain under the left pectoral muscle in front of my ribs that hurts when I sit hunched over or I bend over.... it's not so much a "hurt" as it starts feeling weird... like that area is going to sleep or something. Anyone had that? I think it is just because Jamie is so high that it is pinching on a vein or something. If it keeps up, I'll ask the doctor at our next visit. I've also noticed that I'm starting to lose my balance some. I'll lean too far and have to work at not falling. I'll also open doors and hit my belly because I'm not used to it being all out there.

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Congrats to my sorority Big-Sis, Stephanie. She is expecting her first baby at the end of August. She is having a little girl too! YAY!!! Hopefully she will start blogging too (hint hint) as I directed her here and she read all of the AGD blogs.

We Have a House!

We closed on our new home yesterday!! I can't wait to get out of our "temporary housing" and into our new home so I can start nesting! For those of you unaware, we sold our first home and moved into a rental town home so we could look for our next home leisurely and not HAVE to buy the first thing we sort of liked. We didn't think we would have a timeline really....well, who knew that at the closing of our first house, we were 2 weeks pregnant! So Jamie pretty much gave us a timeline of "HAVE to buy by September" and we did good since we closed on the last day of July. .

One nice thing about living in a rental, is you have to give a 60 day notice, so that means we can move slowly... we have plenty of time to paint, have professional cleaners and carpet cleaners come through and then move the things we can manage over a few weeks and then only need the expensive movers for a few hours, as opposed to all day.

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Just thought I would share in this exciting news for us!!! .

And in case you didn't think a new baby and new house was stressful enough for my hubby, Daryl, he went and got a new job!!! He starts in September and is SOOOO excited! It really is a great opportunity for him and I'm so proud of him. He will be doing consultant work for Atlanta based companies (so no travel, YAY!) and maybe even get to work from home some if the client is okay with it. .

And here is my hubby with the tools of the trade for his REAL job! :-)

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! :-)

It's a GIRL!!!

Welcome Jamie Marie! It is so great to FINALLY know what our baby's name is! Today we took our family to the 3D Ultrasound place in Alpharetta and they discovered that the newest addition to the family will be a little girl. It was so much fun seeing what she sort of looks like. Those places are so neat. Of course, Jamie decided to be asleep the entire time and was face down in her comfy pillow (a nice way of saying placenta). We did get a few decent shots of her face. Here are a few of the better pictures. Here is her face...she is looking to the right and yawning. Coming from the top of the picture down: Forehead, eyes, little nose, yawning mouth, chin, belly.

Here are her long legs.... they were dated as being due 11/12.... the rest of her is 11/17. That's my girl! And check out those feet.... no size 6 there.... I think I'm making her mad...she is kicking me as I type. Ha-ha. Mommy loves your big feet! Here she has her hand over her head.... the way they had it makes her eye look weird.... but you get the main gist of it. We are so happy to be able to start picturing what are baby will look like and be like. We can't WAIT!

I'm ready for my close up...

Here are some shots of Peanut from today! We know what Peanut is FINALLY and I will post it after our family finds out. Have a great Friday!

Okay, so now for the stats from the doctor's visit (This is more for me to have a record because the only thing people REALLY want to know about is boy vs girl. ha-ha)

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Jamie:

Heart Rate: 148

Estimated Due Date: 11/17/2007 (Legs Due, 11/12 - heehee)

Weight: 11 - 12 Oz.

She was moving around like CRAZY the whole time!

She likes sucking her thumb already.... oh dear! :-)

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Mommy:

Blood Pressure: 102/68

Weight: 142 (Jamie should be bigger than 11 oz.!)

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The next doctor's visit, we will have to have another ultrasound to see her knoggin because the way she was positioned in my pelvis, the Doc couldn't check out her brain, so we get to see her again next month!

Belly Evolution: Week 20

We are at the half way point!!! The baby has been kicking like crazy which is cool. This T-shirt will be rising up in the next week or so I fear. The only news to report is that tomorrow is the BIG DAY!!!! well....the first big day... the birthday will be the REAL big day, but tomorrow we find out if baby is a boy or a girl, but the family finds out Saturday so my next post (Saturday night) will be the best one. So until then, have a great weekend!

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow...

So after last Thursday's pictures, I was more convinced than ever to go ahead and chop off my hair. I found a cute haircut in one of my pregnancy magazines so I decided to go for it. I figure now is the time to try out a short hair style since pregnancy is making my hair grow like crazy. I had it cut yesterday, but you know it always looks better after you fix it yourself (although I'm still learning how to fix it). Hopefully by Next Thursday's Belly Pics, I'll have my hair styling down.

Okay, on to some "kickin" updates. Baby started kicking HARD yesterday! It was awesome! Since I was working a trade show last Thurs. & Fri., I was able to sleep in an extra 2 hours each morning. So needless to say, after 2 days in a row of getting 10+ hours of sleep, I was wide awake at 6:00 am. I guess I woke Daryl up too because he went to the bathroom. While he was in there, I had my hand on my stomach and I felt these 3 STRONG kicks. At first I thought it had to be something else, then he got in bed and I was like "you have to feel this!" He put his hand on my stomach and went "WOW!!!" It was so hard I thought the baby was trying to get out! haha. It happened again a few times today too so the baby is definitely getting stronger.

Belly Evolution: Week 19

Week 19 is finally here.... which means it is ONLY 8 more days until we find out if we are having Jamie or Evan! We can't wait! On a side note, I have no idea what my hair is doing but I refuse to retake these pictures because I hate putting that tight white t-shirt on now. ha-ha. We are feeling the baby move around more. My parents were able to feel Peanut over Father's Day weekend, so that was really cool. So now we just have to make it one more week with calling the baby peanut. :-) We bought the babies furniture this past weekend also. Baby USA was having a huge sale so we figured it the perfect tiem to get some of those big purchases out of the way. The furniture is by AP Industries and is the Sorrento line: Here is a link to the collection. We purchased either the Espresso or Paris.... looks dark, whatever we got. http://www.apindustries.com/english/collections/sorrento_eng.html

We also purchased the stroller, car seat, and pack-n-play (well, our parents did through us) in the Graco Milan pattern.

Belly Evolution: Week 18

This week has been pretty uneventful. Just getting bigger. My right hip has been hurting me pretty bad, but I guess that's just a part of being pregnant. I've decided that maternity tops that don't come all the way down to your knees are almost impossible to find. I only have a hand full of clothes that I can wear now so it's about time to go shopping.

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Okay, had to come back and add more. at 9:00 tonight, Daryl was "laying down some crazy beats" doing the MacGyver theme song beat box style (Daryl says to add "the best TV show in history") and I started feeling the baby move around like crazy for the first time. I thought I felt it on my hand but wasn't sure so I asked Daryl if he could feel it and he could!!! We tested it and he told me every time he thought he felt the baby and it was every time I did! It isn't a HUGE movement, but you can feel it none the less. How cool is that?!?!?!

Belly Evolution: Week 17

Week 17 is finally here! I'm REALLY starting to feel pregnant now. It's becoming difficult to bend all the way over to grab something under my desk when I'm sitting in my chair at work. Plus, this white t-shirt is getting WAAAAY tight!

Good news! The results all came back negative from the triple marker test so that's good! Also, I'm not completely sure, but I think I felt the baby on Monday. Amanda let me borrow her fetal heart monitor and Daryl was trying to listen for the baby's heart beat (still can't hear it using that thing) BUT when he was pressing down on the lower part of my tummy, I SWEAR I felt something rub up against where he was pushing down. Amanda said that Davis hated it when she used it to hear him and kept kicking and carrying on when she used it so maybe Peanut feels the same! I'm more inclined to think I did feel the baby because I got weepy for a split second which makes me think I subconsciously knew it was the baby, even if "I" didn't.

Daryl bought me the best surprise Monday...a SNOOGLE (click on the word and check it out)! He bought me one of those full body pillows that makes a big "C" shape to go under my head and between my legs to keep me comfortably aligned and on my side. I honestly didn't think I would have this much trouble sleeping on my side. I keep waking up in the night on my back on TOP of the snoogle with it still between my legs. This is going to take a while to master.