tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074570210577371842024-02-07T07:04:57.626-05:00My Life-- filled with Sweetness x 3All the happenings of my life with my sweet husband I call Sweetness and now our TWO amazing miracle children!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-77777643233706752992015-08-30T14:01:00.001-04:002015-08-30T14:01:13.013-04:00Our miracle has arrived!!!!!I am thrilled to be able to post that our sweet little angel Jacob Christopher made his grand entrance into the world on Tuesday morning, Aug. 25th at 11:16am!!! He is so beautiful and a perfect angel. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2P1xqplHYWSfBOV4H7YaEupkdgO_vuxVDYBdCROYf639aOgS2fC2m6sGL3kToELdtSlBML9McuZM975j2tkRG30g6VFPnJvaezJQVu2uGgPJR_zV5XnQQ0LYzF8JtWEMEsu4_JC72hXE/s640/blogger-image--1780680149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2P1xqplHYWSfBOV4H7YaEupkdgO_vuxVDYBdCROYf639aOgS2fC2m6sGL3kToELdtSlBML9McuZM975j2tkRG30g6VFPnJvaezJQVu2uGgPJR_zV5XnQQ0LYzF8JtWEMEsu4_JC72hXE/s640/blogger-image--1780680149.jpg"></a></div>Here he is at about 2 minutes old. He came out screaming at the top of his lungs which was such a relief!!! Due to some medications I had to take during pregnancy, there was a chance of him need respiratory help when he was born so they had a Resp Therapist there as well as a pediatrician in the room should he have needed any help. </div><div>But he came out perfect and crying and we cried and cried tears of joy!!! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQ3-ken7gjcMcHVmJoMx8yvtmcC3vIlKQTuoD7xSBk3TPXID6r6MJGoihY6b5qNnwx2EMIqabh6P57C4vlC05S2U5EaQOZPvvu5cM8TMyh2DZVBp9o36DEevaMIRjandLO_lL3fqlQ-I/s640/blogger-image-1685143547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQ3-ken7gjcMcHVmJoMx8yvtmcC3vIlKQTuoD7xSBk3TPXID6r6MJGoihY6b5qNnwx2EMIqabh6P57C4vlC05S2U5EaQOZPvvu5cM8TMyh2DZVBp9o36DEevaMIRjandLO_lL3fqlQ-I/s640/blogger-image-1685143547.jpg"></a></div>He weighed in at 6lbs 7.4ozs and was 18" long. He was a few weeks early so he was and still is a bit on the small side, but I love it when they are so tiny like this. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhqK6u8rwAsmEdY94LRoTCOCmEbx7dVdif4GECSJx8HwIbyxB-xaaN8GLAs4tk3HM_lbEzyTwVQPcnPkPtidNzCjI2HFNNA7i2w5RS48G6Q2SgOjbORuAlHLEFtEnj-XJtmjIxqFJ66U/s640/blogger-image-1654374759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhqK6u8rwAsmEdY94LRoTCOCmEbx7dVdif4GECSJx8HwIbyxB-xaaN8GLAs4tk3HM_lbEzyTwVQPcnPkPtidNzCjI2HFNNA7i2w5RS48G6Q2SgOjbORuAlHLEFtEnj-XJtmjIxqFJ66U/s640/blogger-image-1654374759.jpg"></a></div> Big sister Chloe came up to see him about an hour after he was born, we were still in the L&D room at that point. But she fell in love instantly and has talked nonstop about "her baby" since then. </div><div>Jacob had to spend one night in the special care nursery under the bili lights because of his bilirubin levels were much too high. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6n1NQ_GXG4EjvBsROtyCw99kN6duDDEsGt8TWP9Putwm_MrlhciYVdVRjMBFtPQ5zi1iM0BoXa8se8xQrqzvYah9iDaX3bzF3prkPFWkV5Jz5U6OFRGNsmdNf0OpcRKFc7Mgb5oO3ptQ/s640/blogger-image--416462129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6n1NQ_GXG4EjvBsROtyCw99kN6duDDEsGt8TWP9Putwm_MrlhciYVdVRjMBFtPQ5zi1iM0BoXa8se8xQrqzvYah9iDaX3bzF3prkPFWkV5Jz5U6OFRGNsmdNf0OpcRKFc7Mgb5oO3ptQ/s640/blogger-image--416462129.jpg"></a></div>It was a hard night on this momma, as I wasn't leaving his side, but his body responded just perfectly and we were able to bring home our sweet little angel last night about 7 pm!!!</div><div>And just like my amazing mother to always surprise us, she had our house totally decorated with balloons and banners to welcome us all home!!! I cried and cried when we pulled into the driveway. I have the best mother in the WORLD!!!! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6qM7o86Xcq7hqpAnOp0ssCmBkC05CBkOCJ4UmVkiWfDQvhVhCg3_-4swVVAtEVdIr6Bvf-E1M5wPGpw1TgR2ArioP2Am-o4at2I1mK_nBOBxvjPvIE6HlLhCQ6laKFQwnXHxrfnPdEw/s640/blogger-image-1205026885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6qM7o86Xcq7hqpAnOp0ssCmBkC05CBkOCJ4UmVkiWfDQvhVhCg3_-4swVVAtEVdIr6Bvf-E1M5wPGpw1TgR2ArioP2Am-o4at2I1mK_nBOBxvjPvIE6HlLhCQ6laKFQwnXHxrfnPdEw/s640/blogger-image-1205026885.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWc_RN1AqnGT4gsntdTbclyFlzCktjszdCrHkrm2rm8ZOUU12weu9mbdNovjdZeHEPU3MnnvXMvaBjFKkPCaTVuYivebdgohP2rmhPe3acJZC1eWAIr4Ohrt1PV1tJvOa6rwa-hqFd17k/s640/blogger-image--769585853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWc_RN1AqnGT4gsntdTbclyFlzCktjszdCrHkrm2rm8ZOUU12weu9mbdNovjdZeHEPU3MnnvXMvaBjFKkPCaTVuYivebdgohP2rmhPe3acJZC1eWAIr4Ohrt1PV1tJvOa6rwa-hqFd17k/s640/blogger-image--769585853.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoCzvRHQO3djljGIX32Jopjt2ymAf8oKp4atdPMYbJMpfHEBpmoaSHe75KYg-TeqBTSkQcHbGZMxrvG4jEN4MfABBD64gqcr5eTW-C7Vz2zkMFdOYNYPWIC7TOdSSBISaBmombWYmmOg/s640/blogger-image--1289851853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoCzvRHQO3djljGIX32Jopjt2ymAf8oKp4atdPMYbJMpfHEBpmoaSHe75KYg-TeqBTSkQcHbGZMxrvG4jEN4MfABBD64gqcr5eTW-C7Vz2zkMFdOYNYPWIC7TOdSSBISaBmombWYmmOg/s640/blogger-image--1289851853.jpg"></a></div>Our sweet family...... My heart is so full!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And my first night home with him last night was a little tougher than I had Δhoped but <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">all in all he did quite well and we are on our way to getting down pat a routine. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Chloe has just been giddy to finally have him home and she of course wants</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> to hold him all the time, and I will keep letting her bc I never want her to feel as though she can't love on him. So the first time she got to hold him at home, I snapped this picture on my cell. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">BE. STILL. MY. HEART. πππΌππ</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwy2p7ylbrqZd3gIElaargjhlKqmkbTk7wBVPvi0iS3OWTx4NJrVWI3KJ-953NXexd5WEcFXSPhbIEdAhljVEs65wrD3lhInqh7iL6iGX0izXzLRxvuZcR1CXG2B9aKocK5V9WKqbvDUI/s640/blogger-image--1310833938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwy2p7ylbrqZd3gIElaargjhlKqmkbTk7wBVPvi0iS3OWTx4NJrVWI3KJ-953NXexd5WEcFXSPhbIEdAhljVEs65wrD3lhInqh7iL6iGX0izXzLRxvuZcR1CXG2B9aKocK5V9WKqbvDUI/s640/blogger-image--1310833938.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oeuFyH2ZU2bAYLaryjnidtLeGXT3HMoiT4KOb-i_Vf8imvuMAr2UWOeLUPyBbaBfzj4GFOeTn1GImlzkd_GbFEwG3E1QVAS3CW1yoTpsJC5NfEN2WdYNG4ExGdG-SjuDtGQcKBU-7pU/s640/blogger-image-2016662856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oeuFyH2ZU2bAYLaryjnidtLeGXT3HMoiT4KOb-i_Vf8imvuMAr2UWOeLUPyBbaBfzj4GFOeTn1GImlzkd_GbFEwG3E1QVAS3CW1yoTpsJC5NfEN2WdYNG4ExGdG-SjuDtGQcKBU-7pU/s640/blogger-image-2016662856.jpg"></a></div><br></div></span></div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">I </font>just can not even handle the love she has for him and how precious they are together!!!!</div><div>So today I have been relaxing and doing a lot of snuggling with my tiny little baby boy, reveling in the miracle that he truly is!!!! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Aw7634M10mgooZ480qZfEcS1_qsMMt-wT7x7PzVnjKC0xwGH9tFPSAlgNdlcNdPARqHpCa3UocX73TnOEWb0GiZ5A-v1UlOitypXe764-BQC2SfqnGX8z40wx-HQ0F66-CgWDVQrZhY/s640/blogger-image-1688347734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Aw7634M10mgooZ480qZfEcS1_qsMMt-wT7x7PzVnjKC0xwGH9tFPSAlgNdlcNdPARqHpCa3UocX73TnOEWb0GiZ5A-v1UlOitypXe764-BQC2SfqnGX8z40wx-HQ0F66-CgWDVQrZhY/s640/blogger-image-1688347734.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Thank you all for your prayers and love for me and my family as we have endured a very hard, high risk pregnancy. But I would do it all again in a heart beat to experience this amazing love that we have now. Our family is complete. Finally. </div><div><br></div><div>And when I look back at the conception of this blog and how much of it has chronicaled our desire and very long journey to have children, it's is so wonderful to be able to post the continuation of our story after our beautiful adoption of Chloe and now the miracle birth of our son. </div><div><br></div><div>We serve an amazing God who has amazing plans for our lives, better than we can imagine for ourselves!!!! We are so grateful for this little angel in our lives and the chance to be parents to his precious creation!!! </div><div>We will certainly be sharing more in the days ahead and look forward to watching this little 6 lb nugget grow into an amazing little boy!!! ππΌπΆπΌ</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-20781667799451802862015-07-31T01:31:00.001-04:002015-07-31T01:35:26.250-04:00Jacob's Nursery is complete!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wX5drffDMXALYciexyB6jntU1B-5wMMfaAdRhYMY6w1g78wA6e9UkoR-Uh7GyGxOtMXr2qBkAIxN3_QdCLTLO6TffnhDkHKusgqt3K8eczUVh9yWci9nA9AZlJ9Ibnsp18Z8hepifRA/s640/blogger-image-547397909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wX5drffDMXALYciexyB6jntU1B-5wMMfaAdRhYMY6w1g78wA6e9UkoR-Uh7GyGxOtMXr2qBkAIxN3_QdCLTLO6TffnhDkHKusgqt3K8eczUVh9yWci9nA9AZlJ9Ibnsp18Z8hepifRA/s640/blogger-image-547397909.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Finally without further ado, I am so happy to share Jacob's completed nursery!!! It has been such a labor of love, and I never dreamed that I would love a boy's nursery SO MUCH!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So his theme is centered round his bedding of course which is from Pottery Barn Kids called Eli's Elephant. Obviously the colors of light blu, dark blue, light olive green and white all worked so nicely together!! Below is a picture of the crib bedding showing the sweet little elephants!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlV1PPeHymWYeveO27sN0o83tfOGIa2IcgrKQXsU0NQab9iYm0Ngp2vI1EpJBfzpipsfchHAJHNX9A7h26HlNzV_n1r7AS16ccAjK-OFkr6mHWuMmKuimxCQm-RNoO7xotRrw6GRuwEs/s640/blogger-image--1163913644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlV1PPeHymWYeveO27sN0o83tfOGIa2IcgrKQXsU0NQab9iYm0Ngp2vI1EpJBfzpipsfchHAJHNX9A7h26HlNzV_n1r7AS16ccAjK-OFkr6mHWuMmKuimxCQm-RNoO7xotRrw6GRuwEs/s640/blogger-image--1163913644.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The wooden letters I ordered off of etsy, and she painted them with little elephants on them in the exact colors, really pulling it all together!! His changing table I got off the local Craigslist site, because I love a good deal!!! And one of the last things I needed trying to finish the room was trying to find baskets that matched AND fit in these 3 crazy cubby holes in the changing table!!! I can not tell you how many hours I searched every known store online for the correct dimension baskets, literally hours upon hours!!!! I finally found them last week online when I happened to stumble upon the Lucky Clover trading company. I took my chances with their posted measurements and boy was I thrilled when they arrived yesterday and fit perfectly!!!! So I put diapers in one, wipes in another and his newborn gowns in the other for easy access for nighttime changings. The wooden elephants under his name I got off of eBay. Really happy with how this wall turned out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QI7TO-Y2A9qq54uUcBMR_iNod89c5fyR3PlOiX-_34enjfx3rqhQEifoVfb8w0fnHGRq9Ucxj0KnvdAIe0pqfRIoUOXMUMwVnjNNE_AZb5bEcixTVk2Dy2wJeYd376fmDqYnvf2QF_s/s640/blogger-image-2136911025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QI7TO-Y2A9qq54uUcBMR_iNod89c5fyR3PlOiX-_34enjfx3rqhQEifoVfb8w0fnHGRq9Ucxj0KnvdAIe0pqfRIoUOXMUMwVnjNNE_AZb5bEcixTVk2Dy2wJeYd376fmDqYnvf2QF_s/s640/blogger-image-2136911025.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now to one of the center pieces of his room, the paper lantern mobile........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I just absolutely LOVE IT!!!! Those of you that have followed my story for any length of time may remember where we did a paper lantern mobile in Chloe's nursery in beautiful shades of pinks and white. But it was on a much smaller scale than this one. I got the idea from a picture on Pinte.rest of course, but I knew to do it the way I envisioned in his room I needed to find somewhere with LOTS of color choices and lantern sizes. I finally settled on ordering from a place called Harper's Bazaar, you can google them, and they had what seemed like every shade of every color in all different sizes, so I was able to order exactly what I wanted to create the vision I had. This site also had the large star lantern as well which was in the Pinter.est photo that I really wanted to duplicate. They only had the star in pink, purple and white----- so obviously I had to take the white but I think it really stands out and gives it a nice feel!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Many people have asked how you do these???? VERY CAREFULLY!! Haha!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">No seriously, my mom and I were able to complete it in about one 4 hour stretch but it can be so tedious and time consuming. You need a ladder, some tea cup hooks and fishing line and you hang each lantern separately until it hangs in the exact spot you want it. Often times you have to re-tie the fishing line multiple times until you get just the right length so they all lay at just the right spot. And you should start with the largest ones and fill in the smaller ones around those. I hope that helps if any of you want to try to make one in your child's nursery or bedroom!! We had about 8 or 10 lanterns left over when we finished the main mobile, and my Mom had the great idea of putting 2 small clusters of them in the other corners of the room to tie it all together. I really liked how that turned out!!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We decided to go with the new Dekor diaper pail system with Jacob instead of the diaper genie which we had with Chloe. I love that it comes in soft pastel pink, green, grey, white and of course baby blue. You can see ours sitting right beside the dresser in the picture below. The great thing about this pail is it can be used as a normal trash can once you are done with diapers!!! Genius!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiggjFmOh0SFr937IlIZ6BghVNnIOTmaaaxigtKjU5DX0XklE7BpONA0eviZXWuwN5Uvh6eL7eCRVbvVVqBYaVZR6fCtuAn80z8-ZpMGhsSSt4IXrvbocwBSfoxrGApBrvASRXFsaDFeg/s640/blogger-image--1666306685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiggjFmOh0SFr937IlIZ6BghVNnIOTmaaaxigtKjU5DX0XklE7BpONA0eviZXWuwN5Uvh6eL7eCRVbvVVqBYaVZR6fCtuAn80z8-ZpMGhsSSt4IXrvbocwBSfoxrGApBrvASRXFsaDFeg/s640/blogger-image--1666306685.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Moving on to my favorite thing in the whole nursery is this stripped accent wall!!! Let me just tell you it was an absolute nightmare to tape off and paint--- but the results were oh so worth it!!! It took 3 people honestly to work the laser light to keep a straight line and two others to place the painters tape and keep it straight!!! We made at least 5 different trips back and forth to Home Depot getting paint sample colors trying so hard to match the colors in his bedding. Even though we took the bedding with us to match it, we would get home and it would not dry the same color on the wall that was on the paint can lid!!! Arghhhhh........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But we finally nailed the colors, and we tried to duplicate the stripped pattern that is on the inside of his bumper pads, which you may be able to kind of see in the picture below. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The four framed prints above the crib were from etsy and we're done in his custom colors, and I found the white frames at Michael's arts<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> and crafts store. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNHbqlSZp12-6IHqErbyIzkNY6Q76mSpSPM8QNA-qzogeYvXTeQ65vCSVnSIMEg1P8whoFYj-BSH1tqfKZCVDwnpNCz4tdHfEWiVM5L2v4oMefVoHW5BU3hN7bFIbsjl_ktcmAzUiPao/s640/blogger-image--1470429124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNHbqlSZp12-6IHqErbyIzkNY6Q76mSpSPM8QNA-qzogeYvXTeQ65vCSVnSIMEg1P8whoFYj-BSH1tqfKZCVDwnpNCz4tdHfEWiVM5L2v4oMefVoHW5BU3hN7bFIbsjl_ktcmAzUiPao/s640/blogger-image--1470429124.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>We promised <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Chloe that she could help paint the stripes when the time came. She was so excited about painting baby Jacob's room, and she was such a big helper as we finally got to paint after all the HOURS of taping!!! Below she is helping Daddy paint his green stripe!!!! Such fun memories!!!!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhGiv5w_kC-zj0Z0Zc6zSboSMT3eauMN07XsOYozrM4mRdlhAQLtdhu_sfYXGw83On0yOjFuG3OyerSvSAHcMdynBPbQ9gnV659lR4dUhyphenhyphen_sRTSjQj4x1IoJ9Q15vgG0JBNnDthBC62A/s640/blogger-image-1645565105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhGiv5w_kC-zj0Z0Zc6zSboSMT3eauMN07XsOYozrM4mRdlhAQLtdhu_sfYXGw83On0yOjFuG3OyerSvSAHcMdynBPbQ9gnV659lR4dUhyphenhyphen_sRTSjQj4x1IoJ9Q15vgG0JBNnDthBC62A/s640/blogger-image-1645565105.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Below is the opposite wall from the crib and my sweet Momma (Jacob's MiMi) made the beautiful blue curtains for both the closet and the French doors. The closet had white metal doors on them as this room used to be my office, but they were old and loud, and we knew we wanted to do something different. We may buy new white sliding doors eventually but I really like the pop of color the blue curtain gives that wall and the ease and quietness of getting inside to all his pretty clothes!!!! On the other side of the French doors is <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">our living room, so we didn't want to do something that was going to show colors that were very distracting out into the den. So we had the idea to just make the doors look almost like big windows, leaving the white curtains there and hanging the blue ones over the top of them. I have to say I love how it turned out. Better than I imagined!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfPUn7GAProyPyS3-2Jjt66h9utYAagpLItS36tdcMwaX5EwyEd4UfRLJOx9JiXYInlDUMwcOugj3lRjJ45-rvV5aPzj0YDciI-CxGp0CmV5qU38Ofji3icQ6DpJVovqzqIQjtH5sGW8/s640/blogger-image-872962586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfPUn7GAProyPyS3-2Jjt66h9utYAagpLItS36tdcMwaX5EwyEd4UfRLJOx9JiXYInlDUMwcOugj3lRjJ45-rvV5aPzj0YDciI-CxGp0CmV5qU38Ofji3icQ6DpJVovqzqIQjtH5sGW8/s640/blogger-image-872962586.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here is a closer view of the faux "window" we created. One of the big splurges I had to have was a very comfortable glider to rock and breastfeed. I came across this one, brand name is Shermag, at Albee Baby online and I snatched it up!!! It was a bit pricey, but when I think about how many hours I will be rocking, sitting and feeding him, having a very comfortable place to do so will be invaluable!!! One of the awesome things about this glider is that the ottoman has a nursing footstool that pulls out so you can really get a good position for optimal breastfeeding, which is very important to me. And this glider can be locked into just a normal stationary chair or a full glider/rocker, and the back reclines all the way back as well...... It was everything I was looking for not to mention the white wood with the blue cushions was just perfection to match the rest of the room!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The white nightstand I had purchased to place beside the glider in Chloe's nursery, so it was passed down to her baby brother but I bought it from Amazon years ago. And the beautiful monogrammed cable<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">knit blanket on the back of the glider is from Restoration Hardware Baby. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreG0ZvXSCdzFc_tzQT6Mq4p_gJPk7vJmIE4TLFLnR0uOx8ch1Ff7HyK-fvP1Ox45fBelVqN1yFlRAX67N86MvX56-vBCazh-rQy4mMjgHVp0SboGKGpjbkRanjj6sYAzzZD-HBtlBTxI/s640/blogger-image--1271210366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreG0ZvXSCdzFc_tzQT6Mq4p_gJPk7vJmIE4TLFLnR0uOx8ch1Ff7HyK-fvP1Ox45fBelVqN1yFlRAX67N86MvX56-vBCazh-rQy4mMjgHVp0SboGKGpjbkRanjj6sYAzzZD-HBtlBTxI/s640/blogger-image--1271210366.jpg"></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A few smaller details...... I found this mobile on eBay for like $18!!! I was so thrilled....... As I looked and looked for the matching PBK mobile to match his bedding, and they were all like $100 or more!!!! Ummmmmm no thank you!!! This one is actually cuter <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">to me than the PBK matching one and the colors are perfect!!! The monogrammed boppy cover came from PBK. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMI0JIobGx05TpiFJQoYjneFa1jahN_PIllfs2jUTq21T0wIm7ffQjvy_otCXX7A_4vL5hOU11NbYb2wF7YX1PXv1Ad73CbTmLCMcYd1d6SWEESQL-zx6OQtbTQ71WGWYz1jxi0kIgkE/s640/blogger-image-1491311653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMI0JIobGx05TpiFJQoYjneFa1jahN_PIllfs2jUTq21T0wIm7ffQjvy_otCXX7A_4vL5hOU11NbYb2wF7YX1PXv1Ad73CbTmLCMcYd1d6SWEESQL-zx6OQtbTQ71WGWYz1jxi0kIgkE/s640/blogger-image-1491311653.jpg"></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The next two pictures of the personalized hanging canvases I also purchased on etsy from a store called Farmhouse Chic. I was very happy with how they came out and how well they match the rest of the room. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgnWe-tThEZdQC9psp_0AWgRibB82zYW7bfzH4xahdT6FA96VLnjVttGlZsuW4jo4uBv-zsfUEuYTNb90T7tW7sG2RK17dfexG2C6CpCuJi86ekAyz6-EbQGhNpmWGzt_YBR0VxzzXpg/s640/blogger-image-384892562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgnWe-tThEZdQC9psp_0AWgRibB82zYW7bfzH4xahdT6FA96VLnjVttGlZsuW4jo4uBv-zsfUEuYTNb90T7tW7sG2RK17dfexG2C6CpCuJi86ekAyz6-EbQGhNpmWGzt_YBR0VxzzXpg/s640/blogger-image-384892562.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVQVsQuG2zpQ3mwgvySmJJ6C24dCN5HmFm5Ddj0Cs4Rv1WkUG19zIYGNNgf9Xr2piOyNbf7-P0A1niCpZnp2eqIZ1sg6CkD51wPzzaHLnlCKqoNlZAbdAW_5-SAuwaLF9WxpUdoldX2c/s640/blogger-image-1636649464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVQVsQuG2zpQ3mwgvySmJJ6C24dCN5HmFm5Ddj0Cs4Rv1WkUG19zIYGNNgf9Xr2piOyNbf7-P0A1niCpZnp2eqIZ1sg6CkD51wPzzaHLnlCKqoNlZAbdAW_5-SAuwaLF9WxpUdoldX2c/s640/blogger-image-1636649464.jpg"></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And one of the sweetest pieces in his room is this beautiful shadow box frame in the picture below. This was given to me at my baby shower 2 weeks ago. At the shower my girlfriends had each guest sign one of the balloons, and then they assembled it and gave it to me!!! To say I LOVE IT is an understatement!!! The blank balloons I will have people sign when they come to visit Jacob after he is born. There is just so much sweetness and love represented to me in this frame- it got a place of distinction in his room!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPAxH0U8QLve1nH5IrDJOATRjKRKQ2Iwsh44FgJ24rdBIgbkZzr37ovR44Q7T_UFPlI-eUt5K0ZKQ4z2CyntgmuxbrTFNY5dRmekYpqkdBMsVKozyLGnaPG0x0E2FR4LCVpVH3yVu6wU/s640/blogger-image--1912471971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPAxH0U8QLve1nH5IrDJOATRjKRKQ2Iwsh44FgJ24rdBIgbkZzr37ovR44Q7T_UFPlI-eUt5K0ZKQ4z2CyntgmuxbrTFNY5dRmekYpqkdBMsVKozyLGnaPG0x0E2FR4LCVpVH3yVu6wU/s640/blogger-image--1912471971.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A quick snap inside his closet, shows all his sweet soft Kissy Kissy clothes. That is my favorite brand to dress very small babies in, they are all made of the softest Pima cotten with the sweetest little patterned fabric. He is set for a long time ...... And we have bought diapers every week for many months awaiting his arrival just as we did <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">with Chloe. It's an ingenious thing to do, and we didn't buy diapers the whole first </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">year of Chloe's life we had such a stash. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQ95tVmu7kwDh6lbkKbew40YyQjJkXn2lH-runBG-KHSJYGukhi2fugyKRD9BRaYp60RRqVi8_vRWPienmF2iAlwdEDDa0VkFUAP-DElzyy9EMKIbERpTJpXv_-5zAJSqW9HrCW4D-4Q/s640/blogger-image--963501005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQ95tVmu7kwDh6lbkKbew40YyQjJkXn2lH-runBG-KHSJYGukhi2fugyKRD9BRaYp60RRqVi8_vRWPienmF2iAlwdEDDa0VkFUAP-DElzyy9EMKIbERpTJpXv_-5zAJSqW9HrCW4D-4Q/s640/blogger-image--963501005.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYCKi9xjWHtd48T6kWRkyyakopq-KNTf-Iy8rYecBJoe5nEiIfNHuJBVTBZjY7p8iDQYO3_c32-M_9fHzA6RHBfbNAREBw73JXmzcVt32zOWugjV7NPAtRDWxURu_3VlN0j7Qy5qNwHM/s640/blogger-image-1759824156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYCKi9xjWHtd48T6kWRkyyakopq-KNTf-Iy8rYecBJoe5nEiIfNHuJBVTBZjY7p8iDQYO3_c32-M_9fHzA6RHBfbNAREBw73JXmzcVt32zOWugjV7NPAtRDWxURu_3VlN0j7Qy5qNwHM/s640/blogger-image-1759824156.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And last but not least I had to include this picture!!! As I was taking the pics for this post, Chloe was "<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">hiding" and just a giggling in his closet. I played along like I had no idea where she was, and she truly </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">thought we couldn't see her, feet sticking out and all!! The innocence she still has is so refreshing and precious....... May we always help them keep the laughter and joy in life everyday as this little girl finds happiness in every hour of every day....... she is my happy and I'm so blessed to be her and now Jacob's Mommy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvdYH1heV4uUO1ZIwvCLTGzNyfFWIJQMmm4ge9x-kC7DM0WkHvN_wjRx2cZ5WcDvKzGh1QHZ4nnRT5a0kCXOyJAEjNIMkgyEXiSdBytUT4iADIYfxYCYFiu4vtfx4XTx15_jwxLilPXI/s640/blogger-image--1590633220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvdYH1heV4uUO1ZIwvCLTGzNyfFWIJQMmm4ge9x-kC7DM0WkHvN_wjRx2cZ5WcDvKzGh1QHZ4nnRT5a0kCXOyJAEjNIMkgyEXiSdBytUT4iADIYfxYCYFiu4vtfx4XTx15_jwxLilPXI/s640/blogger-image--1590633220.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I hope you like his nursery as much as I do and I can hardly wait a few more weeks until I can rock him for hours upon hours, telling him how much he is loved and what a MIRACLE he really is!!!!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-89276644884452275572015-07-31T00:01:00.001-04:002015-07-31T00:01:01.694-04:0033 weeks today!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiUcKtBn1vtx6pJu6Y5XZfAxP4pENUL56tJyscTLzmEEPiqo6Ra58fyJnN6kmgyGNNBrDlsgB4BwJdCdDRhm-NQJM1s4m-6YhBe4QQ5gffkLGupQmP3F_dX9XSzwZk4h3w6W57OQp_ms/s640/blogger-image-1148758221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiUcKtBn1vtx6pJu6Y5XZfAxP4pENUL56tJyscTLzmEEPiqo6Ra58fyJnN6kmgyGNNBrDlsgB4BwJdCdDRhm-NQJM1s4m-6YhBe4QQ5gffkLGupQmP3F_dX9XSzwZk4h3w6W57OQp_ms/s640/blogger-image-1148758221.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My goodness!!!! We are almost ready to meet this sweet little boy!! I can not believe we are 33 weeks today and in just a few short weeks he will be in our arms!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have been terrible about updating this blog! I hate myself for it, because I so much want to document this amazing journey, but man life is SOOOO busy!!!! Between working full time, taking care of a busy toddler and just being absolutely exhausted from pregnancy, it seems the blog posts always take a back seat!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But I have several posts I hope to do over the next few days. We finally completely finished his room this week and took pictures so now I can finally do the post on his room. Also, last weekend we had my maternity/family photo session done! These pictures are going to be so amazing!!! We got a few sneak peaks and I am absolutely IN LOVE!!! So I will do a quick post on that and then last but not least, two weekends ago, my girlfriends gave me the sweetest baby shower and I MUST get that post up as well. All the pictures from the shower are on my big camera not my cell phone so it will take a bit more effort to download them onto my computer and then the blog but I will definitely do it because it was the prettiest shower I have ever seen and they worked so hard on it for me and Jacob!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So as far as how I am doing, we are hanging in, getting bigger everyday but feeling pretty decent. I still have my PICC line in with 24/7 IV Zofran which has made such a huge difference in my life. I can pretty much eat and drink whatever I want, and I am very rarely if ever nauseous. Yeah!!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At the doctor last week she decided to start twice weekly NST testing, where they hook you up and look for his heart rate accelerations and decelerations, monitor for contractions and keep an eye on his fluid levels; as all these things can rapidly change here in the last weeks of pregnancy when you are high risk like me ;)!!!! But every test has been perfect I am so thankful to have such amazing doctors that are watching me so very closely. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">She did say that this next week on Tuesday, August 4th they will be doing an ultrasound to measure his size and growth estimate and then we would talk about delivery scenarios which may include induction several weeks early. My birth defect in my intestines is a major factor here in this delivery and we want to try to maximize the chance that I deliver him vaginally and NOT have to have a C-section due to the complications that would undoubtedly arise should I have to be cut. So going a bit early where he is a bit smaller would help us in trying to reach that goal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So I will find out more next week at my appointment and see what she is thinking about how all this would best play out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFrtKfZC79WzkYy1xFt_3WV5vusn_tYaxkh_BltnPuvoxHGnHrWs6Ny4ZVRV9gaWml_UEAUrOLLNuXJrOb1FNnT0XRq5e8bufM4lNSJ3uNIcviqtvmU8Begcvk3yNNH2JunuM_mePMykM/s640/blogger-image-1174937883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFrtKfZC79WzkYy1xFt_3WV5vusn_tYaxkh_BltnPuvoxHGnHrWs6Ny4ZVRV9gaWml_UEAUrOLLNuXJrOb1FNnT0XRq5e8bufM4lNSJ3uNIcviqtvmU8Begcvk3yNNH2JunuM_mePMykM/s640/blogger-image-1174937883.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here is a snap hubby took of me just as we were leaving to get our professional photographs made last Saturday night. Jacob has really grown a lot lately and finally poked out there to let us know he really is in there. I was so small for so long I was wondering if I was ever going to REALLY look pregnant??!! But alas, I think I have finally achieved that look!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And not to leave out our sweet angel Chloe, she has been getting more and more excited with each passing day for her baby brother's arrival. I know she thinks he is never coming because we keep saying soon, but soon feels like an eternity to a 3 year old. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTXtC-GlzYR03sURmohf89mmUJfwcT9wvXKro07xLu9YXzh-bi3eNH8OOziLsCKh5sJnXa4OIlr8dbIRWYsYXH5mFtauEwz7ZlbU6aqcQ_lqG_6d9Wi_biNzyChad3AFoWpxH6I4RYlI/s640/blogger-image-1992303965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTXtC-GlzYR03sURmohf89mmUJfwcT9wvXKro07xLu9YXzh-bi3eNH8OOziLsCKh5sJnXa4OIlr8dbIRWYsYXH5mFtauEwz7ZlbU6aqcQ_lqG_6d9Wi_biNzyChad3AFoWpxH6I4RYlI/s640/blogger-image-1992303965.jpg"></a></div> Here she was last Saturday running errands with us looking adorable as always....... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwM3sbTFhCxCUIFj-0NePNZ4L3n-a9oTG_uH_8lZB7coqVOF7Nlr0P6KMbwNeaLz3dhIy1ZFPI0yznPPWR6FJKof5qr5x_dG4v4kcFFd5rqGeJc_pOwaMN2kgbw9pDJd32eBii2Wnrsk/s640/blogger-image-70651049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwM3sbTFhCxCUIFj-0NePNZ4L3n-a9oTG_uH_8lZB7coqVOF7Nlr0P6KMbwNeaLz3dhIy1ZFPI0yznPPWR6FJKof5qr5x_dG4v4kcFFd5rqGeJc_pOwaMN2kgbw9pDJd32eBii2Wnrsk/s640/blogger-image-70651049.jpg"></a></div> And here she was the next day on Sunday after church....... She never looks anything other than adorable and she loves having her picture made!!!! Some days she will remind me, "Mommy, you forgot to take my picture!!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I got home from work a little bit early yesterday, and she wanted to sit outside on our deck and play with her PawPatrol pup figurines, so we did just that...... And then she promptly reminded me that I had forgotten to take her picture that morning, would I please do it right then? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhVGmJNpkphzw_VMdK2F-MUtxVo6L39AZ-xO7UAgFFce5OdYtxnywxM7ml9Rx7qrKJ0cQprjL6KyW3YNPkr9HS7fP9c-lLm1Fe9nM0PIANjnXaR-8wievNYHvszsDvKK2XPQcCV9UFE4/s640/blogger-image--1800514160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhVGmJNpkphzw_VMdK2F-MUtxVo6L39AZ-xO7UAgFFce5OdYtxnywxM7ml9Rx7qrKJ0cQprjL6KyW3YNPkr9HS7fP9c-lLm1Fe9nM0PIANjnXaR-8wievNYHvszsDvKK2XPQcCV9UFE4/s640/blogger-image--1800514160.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And this was our picture....... How could I refuse taking pictures of such sweetness?!?! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sean and I are so SO blessed in our lives. When I take inventory of my life and all that we have and have been given, it's hard not to just shout it to the roof tops how GOOD the Lord is to us. Life isn't perfect, but it is pretty darn close!!!! And with the addition of this miracle little boy, we just might have achieved PERFECTION ..........</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-41547996693103282392015-07-10T00:09:00.001-04:002015-07-10T00:09:52.080-04:0030 weeks today!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mvmFdv4F0BAaohsONAalg05OzwtB-1F_Pi3OUeb5UoE2y_J5cQaIVceBgtzU1LDV80rJjmofJFTqefdBFBi5lttsxRC0opPvJL_8oh30DL7P8hbTaNwD8ayBz3aaxvO3Xr1zeshOpIk/s640/blogger-image--1806675544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mvmFdv4F0BAaohsONAalg05OzwtB-1F_Pi3OUeb5UoE2y_J5cQaIVceBgtzU1LDV80rJjmofJFTqefdBFBi5lttsxRC0opPvJL_8oh30DL7P8hbTaNwD8ayBz3aaxvO3Xr1zeshOpIk/s640/blogger-image--1806675544.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It is so hard to believe that we are 30 weeks along in this miracle journey today!!! I can't believe it will only be a few short weeks until we are holding our sweet Jacob in our arms!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am feeling quite well these days. I have my PICC line in still, which gives me IV Zofran 24/7 and I am able to eat and drink pretty much anything I want now. I did go to the doctor two days ago and they said Jacob is weighing in now about 3lbs and is head down and ready to get out!! I definitely feel so much pressure, more than I ever have before but I am just trying to tough it out a bit longer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Things are going well over all, Sweetness and I have been attending birthing classes at the hospital on Monday nights, and I am very much enjoying those and learning a lot!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4NmY5LIZEVIVhRUpfx2xT_HC6KLsSLBnpngUAle25lgrrtWWLPWkX0JUe2remBs3nhkYKQAgd-nzbYAYPHiySbdsNt84ylDNN7yKg3HeZ-InN5K4LwTofsGwtd7jIsU9fIW6ZP_AAho/s640/blogger-image-438209009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4NmY5LIZEVIVhRUpfx2xT_HC6KLsSLBnpngUAle25lgrrtWWLPWkX0JUe2remBs3nhkYKQAgd-nzbYAYPHiySbdsNt84ylDNN7yKg3HeZ-InN5K4LwTofsGwtd7jIsU9fIW6ZP_AAho/s640/blogger-image-438209009.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here we are going into class this past Momday night, being goofy in the car!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Also this coming week on Tuesday we are also attending a one time, 3 hour breastfeeding class to help you prepare ahead of when baby arrives for moms wanting to breastfeed. I so badly want to be successful in this breast feeding endeavor. I am going to give it my very best shot for as long as I can!!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am going to get my hospital bag packed and ready as best I can this weekend, because you just never know when you will need it!!! And I have 2 more finishing touches I am going to get put up in Jacob's nursery and then I promise to do the post showing off his sweet little room that I have been promising forever to do!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Next Saturday is my baby shower!!!!! I never dreamed in my life that I would get a baby shower, and I am just so thrilled to be having one and thankful that I have such sweet girlfriends willing to do it for me!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then.......... The following Saturday night on July 25th, we have our maternity/family <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Pictures on the beach at sunset!!!! I can not wait for these!!! We</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Have spent quite a but </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">on our photographer, but she takes AHHHHHHmazing photos and this is such a special once in a </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">lifetime thing for me that I want it to be captured perfectly. My dress has been ordered, and a special friend who makes amazing custom little girl dresses is making Chloe's to match mine........ I literally can not wait to see how beautiful they turn out!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So we have lots coming up in the weeks ahead!!! I am still working full time trying to work as long as possible until I go out on maternity leave!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Well that's it for now, I will be back soon with another update!!! Thank you all again for your prayers as you have walked on this journey with us!!!! </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-75353039109898323132015-06-29T22:31:00.001-04:002015-06-29T22:31:58.351-04:00Childbirth classesSo tonight Daddy and I began a 6-week class on childbirth!!! I can not believe I am getting to experience this!! I just never ever dreamed it would actually be ME preparing for labor!!! <div><br></div><div>It was very informative and fun. There are 7 other couples in there as well and the teacher is very nice and knowledgable!! It's so nice to feel that closeness to Sean as he learns ways to help me relax and I learn what to expect my body to do to help bring this miracle baby boy into the world!!!</div><div><br></div><div>We are now 28.5 weeks along!!! I hit the 3rd trimester last Thursday at 28 weeks!! We are truly on the home stretch now. And now that I am not puking all day every day, thanks to the IV Zofran in my PICC line, I am really enjoying my baby bump and enjoying being pregnant. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq5f42oPq0hiQrEEWQQIqqRy3cnIq06THE5lmnfCLEuklb4VoQG7DH6nbr0LEIiGlgQ6X-u_ZWC2HAI85VRowvhmyG8UFJLtJHnVmadqMLUNIEye5cO7G9UOxRiU7aHCATI4HCcbMmBM/s640/blogger-image-1067726248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq5f42oPq0hiQrEEWQQIqqRy3cnIq06THE5lmnfCLEuklb4VoQG7DH6nbr0LEIiGlgQ6X-u_ZWC2HAI85VRowvhmyG8UFJLtJHnVmadqMLUNIEye5cO7G9UOxRiU7aHCATI4HCcbMmBM/s640/blogger-image-1067726248.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I feel baby Jacob moving and kicking all around everyday and it's such a reassuring feeling knowing he is doing okay and just getting comfortable!! </div><div><br></div><div>His room is almost done. I haven't posted the pictures yet because I need to get the swag curtains hung but then I will be done and I will do a post on his room full of Pottery Barn Kids' Eli the Elephant. </div><div><br></div><div>Yesterday, we had a <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">get together of my Mommy closet group and we had a tea party setup for the kiddos and a professional photographer came and took pictures of the group and individual families. They were all so adorable, I can hardly wait to see Chloe's pictures. Here are just a few we snapped on our iPhone so they are no where near good quality but just wanted to share a few of them!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Here's the whole gang....... At the tea</span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">party!!!!! </font></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKj_25wJFKj6fHQYmIVVwoT-Gyupx-EeVLNaky7SuQkurVEBxDKkvEo1Yx5WMFQKm9FHLgcBdlkf7w_sfIFSSLrjGPqAo8gQZKRAIqi3JwmtrLZMKGsFQtRfe-_TmS09ivFwklTdm61Y/s640/blogger-image--1051523102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKj_25wJFKj6fHQYmIVVwoT-Gyupx-EeVLNaky7SuQkurVEBxDKkvEo1Yx5WMFQKm9FHLgcBdlkf7w_sfIFSSLrjGPqAo8gQZKRAIqi3JwmtrLZMKGsFQtRfe-_TmS09ivFwklTdm61Y/s640/blogger-image--1051523102.jpg"></a></div> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And a few of my angel baby girl.....</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuJcXBZ20j0hQI2z5WuukWLxXOQnu2Y8NmOSaWVMRDG8NjkIb3ICcGM_KHhQ3OegGLsMuR4MQbFJg5Ed4BV9atORsjsXpN3-lnUI5tM2b2FS1pE_SEoY9A6rw15vWv2y5ZP0Zww-S0Oc/s640/blogger-image-744946644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuJcXBZ20j0hQI2z5WuukWLxXOQnu2Y8NmOSaWVMRDG8NjkIb3ICcGM_KHhQ3OegGLsMuR4MQbFJg5Ed4BV9atORsjsXpN3-lnUI5tM2b2FS1pE_SEoY9A6rw15vWv2y5ZP0Zww-S0Oc/s640/blogger-image-744946644.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVblbcc8fFoqO_VYaZrvL9f3F_q3Lt9IMvJIbhAHRsK3RBsQmui9DFYvq8Xcx6z6Y81ncgtCl2XwZG7jBwf4nrItxgty56QKc2LDNe0-2grK3Z0AakTAbdmSUELTOQuwQYMEfZxO0UiX0/s640/blogger-image--1405775701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVblbcc8fFoqO_VYaZrvL9f3F_q3Lt9IMvJIbhAHRsK3RBsQmui9DFYvq8Xcx6z6Y81ncgtCl2XwZG7jBwf4nrItxgty56QKc2LDNe0-2grK3Z0AakTAbdmSUELTOQuwQYMEfZxO0UiX0/s640/blogger-image--1405775701.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxrtLOUc4HzwCY-7ZvPicSToVO5A15p3XKzNk_spW4eAwgYouU59U4HfPzkfsHYt8Yrzfk7JSO-2use_RDt9Onz42-zGNFkdTb91KljN7LPbL8u8N-_L3sUdHnninENig1UXkb7OZK0w/s640/blogger-image-1029946222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxrtLOUc4HzwCY-7ZvPicSToVO5A15p3XKzNk_spW4eAwgYouU59U4HfPzkfsHYt8Yrzfk7JSO-2use_RDt9Onz42-zGNFkdTb91KljN7LPbL8u8N-_L3sUdHnninENig1UXkb7OZK0w/s640/blogger-image-1029946222.jpg"></a></div> I will certainly post the professional shots when I get them in a few weeks!! And now I get to prepare for our maternity/family session which is tentatively scheduled for 4 weeks from now at the end of July. My mom is making me a gorgeous white and baby blue chiffon long maxi type dress and I am going to have Chloe in something white with those same blue accents!!! We are taking them down on the beach at sunset and I know my photog will capture some amazing images!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">That's all for now...... Getting closer and closer to holding our sweet baby boy!!! Thank you for your prayers and well wishes and for coming with us on this journey. And what an exciting journey this is!!!!!! ππΆπΌπ</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-62218598990780307282015-06-16T12:25:00.001-04:002015-06-18T23:42:30.243-04:00Baby Jacob update!!! 27 weeks today!!!So this morning I went to my regular OB appointment!! Everything is going great.... I can say that now, because baby Jacob has been causing trouble for momma the past couple weeks!!!! <div>Since I last updated, Mr. Jacob It has been giving Mommy a run for her money. Basically the nausea and vomiting have been in full swing so badly that I went into preterm labor 3 weeks ago at 24 weeks along. It was of course was much too early, and I was admitted to the hospital. I was in there 4 days and they gave me the miracle drug of IV Zofran and of course I felt so much better. They were able to stop the labor and the Zofran stopped all the vomiting. So the decision was made to have a PICC line put back in through which I can receive IV fluid hydration each evening and IV Zofran 24-7. Taking Zofran by mouth just does not work for me for some reason. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzktKngUqPpaipEbJXG3ChAxf_TdxfN1kFSPWpc8LBXByUesN1b0L_6IIAK3Ycob0GUcSDhYz_dQOqcdJk4sePU-qAUQH2BO34iJnoKVp-EgAAm_FhwiEYAc9CXOO8Wf1JxQNxhLDFr0/s640/blogger-image--1069567373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzktKngUqPpaipEbJXG3ChAxf_TdxfN1kFSPWpc8LBXByUesN1b0L_6IIAK3Ycob0GUcSDhYz_dQOqcdJk4sePU-qAUQH2BO34iJnoKVp-EgAAm_FhwiEYAc9CXOO8Wf1JxQNxhLDFr0/s640/blogger-image--1069567373.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div> It has made a <b><u>huge</u></b> difference. I got the PICC line put in a week ago today, and I have not thrown up one time since I started the IV Zofran!!! I can't tell you how wonderful it feels to not be so sick with debilitating nausea <i>all day, everyday.</i> Thank you Lord!!!</div><div><br></div><div>So this should hopefully<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> keep </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">me from going into preterm labor again and let me keep baby Jacob inside where he is safe for as long as possible!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">At my appt yesterday, I also got to get a sneak peek of him again!! Everything looks great!! The technician was able to get a few cute pictures...... </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCwwEanTy9raE1Us06eKZ8iZt-2Ac_cIpW0TQiiwvPLL_bqUI_wbhs6W-zQhowt-SAsZ_DsK26CzNfUW3SFmzNf1RENBCwulB12iHm3pwypLfIMiYUtcKQPKR1U7HwcydBEQiORCLY0k/s640/blogger-image-492669171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCwwEanTy9raE1Us06eKZ8iZt-2Ac_cIpW0TQiiwvPLL_bqUI_wbhs6W-zQhowt-SAsZ_DsK26CzNfUW3SFmzNf1RENBCwulB12iHm3pwypLfIMiYUtcKQPKR1U7HwcydBEQiORCLY0k/s640/blogger-image-492669171.jpg"></a></div>Here is a shot of his face, missing most of his chin in the picture because he always is moving!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieASjzeGQScM2f0KpniMWZUxP7_qx_HABID-Jm5WVwiY2x8FX3UexWVbV0Srg3ywEj3NuQt3c583jFDYE1vvqBiK8-uCIrMaQGLoNhFTu-3n7E2QB9VDW8TY8ZXFRQWjFtCVLdjev2Wqc/s640/blogger-image-224475656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieASjzeGQScM2f0KpniMWZUxP7_qx_HABID-Jm5WVwiY2x8FX3UexWVbV0Srg3ywEj3NuQt3c583jFDYE1vvqBiK8-uCIrMaQGLoNhFTu-3n7E2QB9VDW8TY8ZXFRQWjFtCVLdjev2Wqc/s640/blogger-image-224475656.jpg"></a></div>And the money shot for Daddy...... He is still a BOY!!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A few issues they have been trying to correct is my blood pressure, it is staying very low, like 97/43 kind of low, so they are watching that closely. Also my blood glucose test results came back, indicating I am anemic and have low blood sugar. Go figure!!! Everything is low with me these days!!! Sooooooo I am now on iron pills bc it can be very dangerous to have low blood levels while pregnant. It can also cause preterm birth. So we are trying to fix that, but just some small issues. Nothing big. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">All in all, I am doing very well now, and it feels so good to move into the third trimester today!!! The one new symptom I am definitely having this week is swelling of my feet and ankles. It just started about 4 days ago and man, I have never ever seen my feet this swollen. Here is a picture I took when I got home from work yesterday!! Ouchie!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiky7N0PNsBfL8b5fb1Cz63rnZ8eWlwroAU5qG7MYKgAZbseWETbyrl0TmDyXPtU9x1-8apFwFDxJ911DQVBycQApEIFtX_K5pew-OGYlIIOhxCE6ovMZmx8Gin0p5EcgoLpP0GLZBM6K0/s640/blogger-image--1053724255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiky7N0PNsBfL8b5fb1Cz63rnZ8eWlwroAU5qG7MYKgAZbseWETbyrl0TmDyXPtU9x1-8apFwFDxJ911DQVBycQApEIFtX_K5pew-OGYlIIOhxCE6ovMZmx8Gin0p5EcgoLpP0GLZBM6K0/s640/blogger-image--1053724255.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am so enjoying feeling him move all around and knowing he is doing okay and is an active little baby helps keep the nerves at bay. Every night about 10 pm is when he gets super active. Daddy lays beside me and gets to watch my stomach move all over and he loves to feel him kicking and moving in there. This is definitely a dream come true to experience these moments with my sweet husband. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So I will close with the weekly pictures I have taken each week. I think I last posted belly pics at 20 weeks, so these will be from 21 weeks thru today at 27 weeks!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKj2ooLghJWnLhu8lL72awNI0SiIlycgaAo-0f3xI_hgJCwKaQKYreqXvIwWCK0jBMW5iRSXJowDjylS_JYxLNqZiwDZvjC7QHHtHmbfNITapeXGWxXojDoIpuLM6U6hfglKpSFbuUP68/s640/blogger-image--1861288350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKj2ooLghJWnLhu8lL72awNI0SiIlycgaAo-0f3xI_hgJCwKaQKYreqXvIwWCK0jBMW5iRSXJowDjylS_JYxLNqZiwDZvjC7QHHtHmbfNITapeXGWxXojDoIpuLM6U6hfglKpSFbuUP68/s640/blogger-image--1861288350.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QS2volbeSuLyyEVceaZhDhsCJlQAGLs1q6kdCFtkE_SdYblBqAJQrWeCF8M5MHGflvo2gLrYX8lPD5CgRcUPhsfcJ7PVk2SHnryYWMgO3j7gHbhY4tKbfSefnoHti-_V7T886v1eAYo/s640/blogger-image-1035182135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We mostly celebrated this past weekend and Chloe sure loves to celebrate anyone's "Happy Day", but especially her favorite person in the world- Her Daddy!!! <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gmmD9tBbiX855fXIzB6GE3FQQd-Ksfmrb-Q5QlelubDqVu82LPe4b0v6vkmEBqKw-b6xtdzS2FJhLCg3I8CArrjNGN6hFe3aHVhExOM2hNHlQj1q5FLidC8-2kLkSrtIHiw6TsaLhkQ/s640/blogger-image-1726633611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gmmD9tBbiX855fXIzB6GE3FQQd-Ksfmrb-Q5QlelubDqVu82LPe4b0v6vkmEBqKw-b6xtdzS2FJhLCg3I8CArrjNGN6hFe3aHVhExOM2hNHlQj1q5FLidC8-2kLkSrtIHiw6TsaLhkQ/s640/blogger-image-1726633611.jpg"></a></div>Sunday evening we all went out to dinner to Daddy's favorite place. I gave my Sweetness a new Fitbit Charge HR for him to use while he exercises everyday during lunch. He has really enjoyed using it the past 2 days and watching his heart rate and his tracking his water and food intake. It's amazing what all these wearable devices can actual do these days!!! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWqrCKRMHWELsLWQZt44JJlY0bC3ZaonVajZ3Gf0sRryEQrUhsodo6j0S25gTBAmjGk67RTEorS5eoVOohaUSXuKqZGPEUR0RQZJYrP7umP7j2KBHC1xFCCi7EwAV1012oc3cG7Z8r94/s640/blogger-image-772514313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWqrCKRMHWELsLWQZt44JJlY0bC3ZaonVajZ3Gf0sRryEQrUhsodo6j0S25gTBAmjGk67RTEorS5eoVOohaUSXuKqZGPEUR0RQZJYrP7umP7j2KBHC1xFCCi7EwAV1012oc3cG7Z8r94/s640/blogger-image-772514313.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I also gave him a Clemson sport watch which he really loved!!!! Anyone who knows my Sweetness, knows he loves his Clemson Tigers!!! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTxCDvnc9QHC0RV8LNy6BtQmEf8JhmPV_XEZUX2qAdU2zL_F8Z9bWijkcrRjJpXYbnR5dgpCSuY_11tUtXpHg2tmrVd1BP3KUND-uWgUbmn4qu2HAZe4wofM-MHFGMWOoB3tCKnk-zSA/s640/blogger-image--1797266503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTxCDvnc9QHC0RV8LNy6BtQmEf8JhmPV_XEZUX2qAdU2zL_F8Z9bWijkcrRjJpXYbnR5dgpCSuY_11tUtXpHg2tmrVd1BP3KUND-uWgUbmn4qu2HAZe4wofM-MHFGMWOoB3tCKnk-zSA/s640/blogger-image--1797266503.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>And then yesterday on his actual birthday, I gave him one more present- this very nice razor from The Art of Shaving store. He had been eyeing it for some time and he said it gave him the best shave ever!! I was so happy he was happy. </div><div>Also we had a cake and ice cream celebration at MiMi's house last night. Chloe had to help blow out the candles and she really did blow out most of them!!! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHzjaucgvJTbRL4eslYBBK3s0Ro3s_MtS3kOvKlDQCiAW1-WgQxfrjdHWK6PqEeFcJUeEB-UV9oBehYe_n_sxxHDjGAx_ee-iEuxIWLao_EPlBe0qXFpst4eZHZvHvmjz2StxxWHHtbw/s640/blogger-image--649983215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHzjaucgvJTbRL4eslYBBK3s0Ro3s_MtS3kOvKlDQCiAW1-WgQxfrjdHWK6PqEeFcJUeEB-UV9oBehYe_n_sxxHDjGAx_ee-iEuxIWLao_EPlBe0qXFpst4eZHZvHvmjz2StxxWHHtbw/s640/blogger-image--649983215.jpg"></a></div>It was great fun to celebrate the man that makes our lives complete. He is such an amazing husband and father and I know Baby Jacob will love his <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Daddy just as much as Chloe does!!! I am one blessed woman to have him by my side to do this life with. He has been an outstanding helpmate to me through out this very hard pregnancy, and I know he will continue to be an amazing help mate once Jacob arrives. I love him more than he can even imagine!!!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lIYVBRJ202qsUPlIQXVE2zH5IA1Uv3hUpVKNL2Q9OybVqTjOu2Fi5-5aNAk9Am_AYLj1x5t459ucrfMy7Nb-FUWsy8RiyOL2ovvLLPLPlH2ToxGy6d1Wh-jFdavgiZBY1dds9_91IEI/s640/blogger-image-1136529108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lIYVBRJ202qsUPlIQXVE2zH5IA1Uv3hUpVKNL2Q9OybVqTjOu2Fi5-5aNAk9Am_AYLj1x5t459ucrfMy7Nb-FUWsy8RiyOL2ovvLLPLPlH2ToxGy6d1Wh-jFdavgiZBY1dds9_91IEI/s640/blogger-image-1136529108.jpg"></a></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div>Earlier in the day, it was 'Crazy Hair Day' at Chloe's preschool and I posted this picture to face.book. Her hair really wasn't crazy per se, but it was about as crazy as Momma could get it that early in the morning!!! LOL π</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Gj4cPH0AYwBUawW0CZpOQjieuFRWip3UYNIkWHGlZIjWIWN3aKFneCvAHfdINnR_Te8LqLU7W7Tbtf69pa1ITq1Xm0VcES1wRpYjMNz8atNbiJJL3WA4pDmnNLPJsjwlNUC6NaBmoEI/s640/blogger-image-2100678132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Gj4cPH0AYwBUawW0CZpOQjieuFRWip3UYNIkWHGlZIjWIWN3aKFneCvAHfdINnR_Te8LqLU7W7Tbtf69pa1ITq1Xm0VcES1wRpYjMNz8atNbiJJL3WA4pDmnNLPJsjwlNUC6NaBmoEI/s640/blogger-image-2100678132.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The next birthday coming up will be Baby Jacob's!!!! Tomorrow we will be 26 weeks along-- it's going by so quick but still so slow at the same time as I am STILL dealing with nausea and vomiting on a daily basis that has never let up the whole pregnancy. It is still so bad that tomorrow morning I am having a PICC line put back in again so I can have IV Zofran and fluids to try to get me through until the end safely. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Tomorrow I will do an update on Jacob and all that has happened in the pregnancy since my last update at 20 weeks, complete with belly shots from each week. Stay tuned.......</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-44884717782902057962015-06-09T18:00:00.001-04:002015-06-09T18:00:19.455-04:00Memorial Day 2015 vacation<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">My goodness, so much has happened in life and I keep meaning to update this blog and life is SO BUSY these days!!! But I am going to try to catch up on all the posts I need to get in. </span></div><div>A couple weeks <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">ago, we both took off work on Friday and headed down to the Outer Banks in NC where Sean's family</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Had rented a beach house for 2 weeks over the Memorial Day holiday. We went down Thursday evening and came back after 3 days of heaven at the beach!!! We had a blast with aunt Joan and Uncle Bob as well as Denise, Bobby, Marissa and Mikie Gammer!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Pz1NMNVP_4A5BGfUV-WgJFaGUekDgnPZJQNEVtp-vdRL-Emkm2tFI-ZQgfG5AE73mua6TNb5JhjhGM_f2xz71PkhCn1YJoRvpg6-lEeW5lKCZo0wOpHdi8eBKXMo9UT4BUmP9rlUZ20/s640/blogger-image--1482113912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Pz1NMNVP_4A5BGfUV-WgJFaGUekDgnPZJQNEVtp-vdRL-Emkm2tFI-ZQgfG5AE73mua6TNb5JhjhGM_f2xz71PkhCn1YJoRvpg6-lEeW5lKCZo0wOpHdi8eBKXMo9UT4BUmP9rlUZ20/s640/blogger-image--1482113912.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSbu6HmOAMo865WLU7k3LwjvVC4VE8fAXvymGxE5flxLYX3UsLcbU4OywWe4x5259HpGzsZu1IsGrhhCNUXqqwhHekOP7zpF1ymcGC5-VSaz5-6F-JyiFJ-d3ItZF1w-mcYQ0IQOMnYc/s640/blogger-image-1150387972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSbu6HmOAMo865WLU7k3LwjvVC4VE8fAXvymGxE5flxLYX3UsLcbU4OywWe4x5259HpGzsZu1IsGrhhCNUXqqwhHekOP7zpF1ymcGC5-VSaz5-6F-JyiFJ-d3ItZF1w-mcYQ0IQOMnYc/s640/blogger-image-1150387972.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">One of the highlights we found on the main road was Duck Donuts. daddy is now obsessed with them and we found out they just opened a new store right down the street from our house in Va beach!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuTVE2UyiPz-TVWhWYYlTyVNXPc_8mrT5GukNCfYoHN3r0soDJMC-Ty_vSGdJtmI4RIcr0YXbCDCxOY-dj3FTdMtTOTl6uXyg-odYYx5XNhrPYqmyb75nz2-bOUG1clbEj3JvQloCAHk/s640/blogger-image--1100616072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuTVE2UyiPz-TVWhWYYlTyVNXPc_8mrT5GukNCfYoHN3r0soDJMC-Ty_vSGdJtmI4RIcr0YXbCDCxOY-dj3FTdMtTOTl6uXyg-odYYx5XNhrPYqmyb75nz2-bOUG1clbEj3JvQloCAHk/s640/blogger-image--1100616072.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Chloe is such a beach baby, she wanted to stay on the beach day and night. But here are some cute snaps I took of her on our first beach vacation. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWNQhCxSves58-pm-vJg63-B_1yS_P19depsWh1xZnRyCPkx5ytijcZGman27S-1mshx1citwT71zfFSWaCiBvXXllZ2ObHcJfJKzVFu3j873_ihZJaTGWudKUdU-nAl7qxURXcpV3Gg/s640/blogger-image--1848116966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWNQhCxSves58-pm-vJg63-B_1yS_P19depsWh1xZnRyCPkx5ytijcZGman27S-1mshx1citwT71zfFSWaCiBvXXllZ2ObHcJfJKzVFu3j873_ihZJaTGWudKUdU-nAl7qxURXcpV3Gg/s640/blogger-image--1848116966.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2phyi71traHRaYrJhE3yqL_C4KYfQhJqX5bhlomgmw1xVS72ITlHxVYGSRuU2KzLS20xKiXG2xv3Pg5F2_wV59OD2QENU_o2Senwlyw3H8E3Twekm8l27Qoj_-1upYBXS2mLMGypuaQ8/s640/blogger-image--562729275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2phyi71traHRaYrJhE3yqL_C4KYfQhJqX5bhlomgmw1xVS72ITlHxVYGSRuU2KzLS20xKiXG2xv3Pg5F2_wV59OD2QENU_o2Senwlyw3H8E3Twekm8l27Qoj_-1upYBXS2mLMGypuaQ8/s640/blogger-image--562729275.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Her and Daddy had a blast going out into the ocean. Chloe wanted to keep going out further until a big wave smacked her in the face and then she was pretty much done with the water, but the sand never lost its magic!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSTEx-MqhcB2VgMWTTCK8Qh_i0NlQ3SJonhyphenhyphenT6K_UJFTnfTo5l7N-E56Y9MxA1mbwj1b7MhToRzG5ayUkU78FT1ibAR0UHPmTaU97ftOzW7krR_FEOioAFWUKO43HLreugNWUcmcMIt4/s640/blogger-image--383237409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSTEx-MqhcB2VgMWTTCK8Qh_i0NlQ3SJonhyphenhyphenT6K_UJFTnfTo5l7N-E56Y9MxA1mbwj1b7MhToRzG5ayUkU78FT1ibAR0UHPmTaU97ftOzW7krR_FEOioAFWUKO43HLreugNWUcmcMIt4/s640/blogger-image--383237409.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kMouNODXciea_BDySN5jfUJoE_Aswm-5nCBSXPN4Fd2zzi2z2jHUwrTflykOpUZtcMaKwdLI8gO00P9rSE2HgXXakynW5Qtdwu65UX6RHBjvfP_WSg-8up2z4ucGotjmqtSyzwPMcqQ/s640/blogger-image-542771458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kMouNODXciea_BDySN5jfUJoE_Aswm-5nCBSXPN4Fd2zzi2z2jHUwrTflykOpUZtcMaKwdLI8gO00P9rSE2HgXXakynW5Qtdwu65UX6RHBjvfP_WSg-8up2z4ucGotjmqtSyzwPMcqQ/s640/blogger-image-542771458.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">She had a blast playing with her older cousin Marissa. They dug a huge hole and they played in that hole for what seemed like hours. So sweet of Marissa to play with Chloe so much!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeOywzHi8yvDPGLGOVVU9lqMJ_x4i8FYBETM8Ib8DNg00r07DCZtMoX9uWN2FXRwLsZqqkSeImaiLvMslp1tglCe-Fm5EwILU-mVQy1twJvskSnBctnZEVf_y55FUbazuESiwIJZkkmQ/s640/blogger-image--1586844040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeOywzHi8yvDPGLGOVVU9lqMJ_x4i8FYBETM8Ib8DNg00r07DCZtMoX9uWN2FXRwLsZqqkSeImaiLvMslp1tglCe-Fm5EwILU-mVQy1twJvskSnBctnZEVf_y55FUbazuESiwIJZkkmQ/s640/blogger-image--1586844040.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWjllQH94l1-Enc6bRfdLK0jAetmwQ_vUD1J3Vr_Xz9zqPQgw-KYOYKfeYxx56VaN0-V-UTr8gbQWrc8h2TppJrQPnSKD5EyHw_aihFPydIollrm1Pdnwwa8L2oTY57ktG2kthlHy5Fk/s640/blogger-image--1676000936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWjllQH94l1-Enc6bRfdLK0jAetmwQ_vUD1J3Vr_Xz9zqPQgw-KYOYKfeYxx56VaN0-V-UTr8gbQWrc8h2TppJrQPnSKD5EyHw_aihFPydIollrm1Pdnwwa8L2oTY57ktG2kthlHy5Fk/s640/blogger-image--1676000936.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The next day Chloe and Daddy flew her Frozen kite with the princesses on it!!!</span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHtJSokx4fafeFT-eq66XVRhKuoky6Syk-NkcHXu3tWaBh_8QtM6t-z7Enwbpq0JWX6kaPEHolmd6GBgB8RMDbUniNk2nCSF01tPAeI0zZmwkNrYy5QIPa-uoQ4HDo6FscP9hpj0QgfI/s640/blogger-image--2022440990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHtJSokx4fafeFT-eq66XVRhKuoky6Syk-NkcHXu3tWaBh_8QtM6t-z7Enwbpq0JWX6kaPEHolmd6GBgB8RMDbUniNk2nCSF01tPAeI0zZmwkNrYy5QIPa-uoQ4HDo6FscP9hpj0QgfI/s640/blogger-image--2022440990.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>We took a day and went to see the ferry and went to a fish fry at the local firehouse...... We really had so much fun. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWFjKvaznUUdai29CkV2cQECC9w7x_rkgzbSOSgD9j5gqmRdBcHyZAzRVEjmR7afUOhfGKXvaG55AXyX9N10TGj9Z0MwOVPlmBAvvTM8h9rF_cPPbcx1Jly-pA08EZnfZcbJWlv_uAT0/s640/blogger-image--250490262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWFjKvaznUUdai29CkV2cQECC9w7x_rkgzbSOSgD9j5gqmRdBcHyZAzRVEjmR7afUOhfGKXvaG55AXyX9N10TGj9Z0MwOVPlmBAvvTM8h9rF_cPPbcx1Jly-pA08EZnfZcbJWlv_uAT0/s640/blogger-image--250490262.jpg"></a></div>Chloe and her cousin Mikie also had some great times playing. Here they bonded over playing games on his iPad...... Go figure. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lsUQWhPXie89MGtGQzeeWcaRt_RB5ylHpmcFAHAFfWj2LJ27sorhLTDcjgnFSvS3l9JTeCdcyIyL_qAfVYmd4XbzhT0jtZqV_goyEHMJaeds1b1Kcg-man2EzB3rYZR84aukCu51DKU/s640/blogger-image-1457742211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lsUQWhPXie89MGtGQzeeWcaRt_RB5ylHpmcFAHAFfWj2LJ27sorhLTDcjgnFSvS3l9JTeCdcyIyL_qAfVYmd4XbzhT0jtZqV_goyEHMJaeds1b1Kcg-man2EzB3rYZR84aukCu51DKU/s640/blogger-image-1457742211.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Before we pulled out to head home, we snapped a few pictures and I absolutely LOVE this picture of my two luvies......</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-3AGt6RB6nY3YwNeiYjSpz7sGU_W3pa1tH2gwjFbs96VuWJd-8NBJz8ANoKw1GCrgSruKa1zAyYtQ0M3OOKcmGXR5VHnlJEAAcY7VoKMBsYykTt3d5DLM0DROqTFSxWIhsk31RsLCnc/s640/blogger-image--2018871942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-3AGt6RB6nY3YwNeiYjSpz7sGU_W3pa1tH2gwjFbs96VuWJd-8NBJz8ANoKw1GCrgSruKa1zAyYtQ0M3OOKcmGXR5VHnlJEAAcY7VoKMBsYykTt3d5DLM0DROqTFSxWIhsk31RsLCnc/s640/blogger-image--2018871942.jpg"></a></div>I didn't realize that I didn't get any pictures of Aunt Joan and Uncle Bob. That makes me sad. I'm usually such a good picture taker, but pregnancy brain must be taking over. </div><div><br></div><div>I will update more on baby Jacob and the pregnancy in my next post. So much to update. </div><div><br></div><div>But this was such a nice weekend, we had the most perfect weather ever, never got HOT, just 75 degrees and windy. I got some nice sun and had that sun kissed glow for a couple days which I always like but I certainly am not a sun-worshipper so I stay pretty white these days!!!</div><div><br></div><div>What a wonderful time we had!! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNjyHwCBr2juaHbp8pRe_60jqwV01XVnQ9qltBCv4H63bgdNnHCTxmjUsooiX9S0p1qy1-QnZbbwV1OBqXe_L-mktpjkBFqLmS9KcHR43-WxX9BHK_ff7yIJ92OncV0mSOOiMWHLPQ8Y/s640/blogger-image--1278852773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNjyHwCBr2juaHbp8pRe_60jqwV01XVnQ9qltBCv4H63bgdNnHCTxmjUsooiX9S0p1qy1-QnZbbwV1OBqXe_L-mktpjkBFqLmS9KcHR43-WxX9BHK_ff7yIJ92OncV0mSOOiMWHLPQ8Y/s640/blogger-image--1278852773.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCVB8l8hq6c_c62q_MtQMNDOQvl-XGUFeVLgSlR4YS15vhwuVerIAc_xVeT80d3h5HUGejx4W2-fVE1wyOubdXWW1hzLEDzWw8Yg0uxI23wsCRDGNSy8QMEPBjR3iqboGoahzGGRpHx0/s640/blogger-image--1038453752.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCVB8l8hq6c_c62q_MtQMNDOQvl-XGUFeVLgSlR4YS15vhwuVerIAc_xVeT80d3h5HUGejx4W2-fVE1wyOubdXWW1hzLEDzWw8Yg0uxI23wsCRDGNSy8QMEPBjR3iqboGoahzGGRpHx0/s640/blogger-image--1038453752.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-79946923357482471672015-05-20T23:39:00.001-04:002015-05-20T23:39:29.851-04:00Mother's Day 2015I am so sorry I have been slack about updating this blog lately. It's not because I don't think about it, I just am so tired at the end of the day- this <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">is the thing that just doesn't get done. </span><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">But I did want to make sure this post got done somewhere!!! Mother's Day last weekend was such a wonderful day for me. I tend to get so sentimental and emotional being pregnant these days, the beauty of the day weighed heavily on me. The most beautiful baby girl in the world is MINE- as she calls me Mommy and I have the most amazing miracle fluttering and kicking around in my tummy. How could </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I ever ask for more?!?!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We had a beautiful weekend, and then on Sunday, actual Mother's Day we had Aunt Gloria, Uncle Andy, cousins Heather and Drew and my Mom all over for a cookout on our new deck!!! The weather was perfection!!!! Here is a picture is me and Chloe and of course my precious momma!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsukkLkAAMBEBDBh23jcZwiEmLFlMJOkm_Wx66y_gD2mEeINn86lDCxSSU83IX131bHpnm937cSsTmueyIK1Mxs5puBo6ZlX1noutWu_JQ3f2ADD5Jk03t3G3-bib7vxlCvoy00Ppn0U/s640/blogger-image--2021070464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsukkLkAAMBEBDBh23jcZwiEmLFlMJOkm_Wx66y_gD2mEeINn86lDCxSSU83IX131bHpnm937cSsTmueyIK1Mxs5puBo6ZlX1noutWu_JQ3f2ADD5Jk03t3G3-bib7vxlCvoy00Ppn0U/s640/blogger-image--2021070464.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-pTHOyGM3ttmAi5nf-VLbTn3yoGHZkT2FO0UxsOyIPhXWO62HPOVxKdeEUflKyR2wxrSqD6nk7zd8nG-dMf9dJQw855ymTewTJVWO3RLpFngXaBBiRPBAWxaab7t49Rv4GNAd8n1GR8/s640/blogger-image--2032201876.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-pTHOyGM3ttmAi5nf-VLbTn3yoGHZkT2FO0UxsOyIPhXWO62HPOVxKdeEUflKyR2wxrSqD6nk7zd8nG-dMf9dJQw855ymTewTJVWO3RLpFngXaBBiRPBAWxaab7t49Rv4GNAd8n1GR8/s640/blogger-image--2032201876.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">It was such a wonderful day!!! My Sweetness took Chloe shoping the day before and they picked out for me the most beautiful gift. A Willow Tree sculpture of an expectant mother!!! It just made my heart melt and reading the cards from the both of them was so touching!!! I am such a blessed woman. They have been sitting on our mantle in the living room since I got them but I think the sculpture will probably live on a shelf in Jacob's room...... </font><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">It is aptly called "Awaiting a Miracle". </span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5b98_F1pE6BqFNWJ_V9yOEWQwVQbkytR-lhc9fT0wWPV15QcWP3yXywxSZb-ZWNazPS9v4nrqkE0XDsbqCVTB0nPTnq2xxIWQeI4HWBHfApMXWV-s2jwdjCip-PXHFiegM5RjPXkgho/s640/blogger-image-800852851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5b98_F1pE6BqFNWJ_V9yOEWQwVQbkytR-lhc9fT0wWPV15QcWP3yXywxSZb-ZWNazPS9v4nrqkE0XDsbqCVTB0nPTnq2xxIWQeI4HWBHfApMXWV-s2jwdjCip-PXHFiegM5RjPXkgho/s640/blogger-image-800852851.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">I will always cherish this time of being pregnant, and I thought it was such a wonderfully thoughtful gift of my sweet husband!!! I just adore him!!!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Here is one of my favorite pictures from the day....</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBQOHToKJ7FqFsT6eLaMuBLF1SJs2PE_YhqQva-W0cag45UDPwLXzZ2qD82pKZD0Yal9IWt15-9PYbgBuf5KBZ1qD9cokZ4be_3MVHhJ0zSOP62ozd_yRRXAhESHwW7vthea9aGU3ibQ/s640/blogger-image-333963856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBQOHToKJ7FqFsT6eLaMuBLF1SJs2PE_YhqQva-W0cag45UDPwLXzZ2qD82pKZD0Yal9IWt15-9PYbgBuf5KBZ1qD9cokZ4be_3MVHhJ0zSOP62ozd_yRRXAhESHwW7vthea9aGU3ibQ/s640/blogger-image-333963856.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">I have a fantastic app on my phone that allows me to decorate pictures that I take with words and stickers etc and I post them on Facebook etc. I love pictures!!!! </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">And one more of my sweet little angel......</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAiVBjlVByb9un99xaunzZWMPPugqezqhGBI6zJeOYuhJ8uYEi9dXEMCnLJAxoQIlRZQPWiw5fSEOuSjGruaGYojVJXiTDDYKixj-29wGcxry2y5Kxq-eEhdcUye68frxRYHkI4N1NdE/s640/blogger-image-1787292770.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAiVBjlVByb9un99xaunzZWMPPugqezqhGBI6zJeOYuhJ8uYEi9dXEMCnLJAxoQIlRZQPWiw5fSEOuSjGruaGYojVJXiTDDYKixj-29wGcxry2y5Kxq-eEhdcUye68frxRYHkI4N1NdE/s640/blogger-image-1787292770.jpg"></a></div>The night before, she and I had a mommy- daughter spa evening. We took a shower together and then I let her use my special "coconut" lotion that she loves the smell of so much, and we covered ourselves in it and then dried our hair together and put on our jammies. We then painted our toes the same color and she thought that was the neatest thing, having her little toes match her Mommy!!! The next day when I was taking the above picture, she said "Mommy, be sure my pink toes are in the picture too!!" It just cracked me up!!! Good memories!!!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The pregnancy is going along great. I can't believe I will be 23 weeks tomorrow!!!! We are so close to viability day and knowing he has a chance to survive outside the womb should</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">any early labor happen although I don't see or anticipate that happening!! I have still been so sick. This past Monday night I had to go to the ER again to get IV fluids and IV Zofran to stop the vicious vomiting cycle I was on for about 4 days for some reason. I was very dehydrated and was having contractions due to the dehydration so it was a necessary thing but they took great care of me there and I even got to see my OBGYN, Dr Wright!!!! She happened to be on call that night for the hospital. I don't see her regularly anymore because she referred all of my prenatal care to the maternal fetal medicine group bc I am so high risk for many reasons, but she has been my doctor for over 14 years and I love her!!! She was very happy to see the pregnancy was perfect and he was healthy and spunky as ever!! </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">I will post again tomorrow with the past 3 weeks of belly shots since I fell behind in posting them. I really have a belly now and am definitely feeling PREGNANT!!! It really is a glorious feeling!!! </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">But it was a wonderful Mother's Day for 2015, and I have so many beautiful reasons to celebrate being a mother this year!! </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-5940471910062804892015-05-04T13:19:00.001-04:002015-05-04T13:48:17.812-04:001/2 way there!!!!I have been seriously neglecting updating this blog, but not because I haven't thought about it. I started back to work and my goodness I am so busy and SO TIRED!!! Pregnancy is so hard on my old body and then workin full time makes me totally spent by the end of the day. <div><br></div><div>But things are going really well on this journey to our sweet Jacob!!! Last Thursday, I officially hit the 20 week (1/2 way) mark!!!!! </div><div><br></div><div>It is so hard to believe that we are already 1/2 way through!!! It seems like it has flown by in many aspects, but also creeping by in others. I am still nauseated pretty much 24/7, but have very few bouts of actual vomiting anymore which I am so thankful for! </div><div><br></div><div>Because I didn't do a post at 19 weeks, I am including both my 19 <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">and 20 week bump pictures on this post...... So here they are!!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWC240WsAhCLCHZirp1GO2gqG8LGsE4naxLcsyCWtKGGjQPwCet90WcZioQXYLgv7q8T3u9mDklFYKQdmSCnjalx8k5soLXYJgk4d-vOEGO-0dUnckuWG40i5y2aL2Puwpt26xK4xXhY/s640/blogger-image-1382356836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWC240WsAhCLCHZirp1GO2gqG8LGsE4naxLcsyCWtKGGjQPwCet90WcZioQXYLgv7q8T3u9mDklFYKQdmSCnjalx8k5soLXYJgk4d-vOEGO-0dUnckuWG40i5y2aL2Puwpt26xK4xXhY/s640/blogger-image-1382356836.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-69VsjBuCBb_FwuL3iGoOp3264kTN4UUxpa7ybbjWzWRFjaqI8ryYTZDAdV7PeasY2FACnflFxHea1hkzb54xdM55Vwz5Te5H8i-QPSYSUB7obII4tK1bU3ZxwUByMYsHEzaTgPxQqw/s640/blogger-image-904369778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-69VsjBuCBb_FwuL3iGoOp3264kTN4UUxpa7ybbjWzWRFjaqI8ryYTZDAdV7PeasY2FACnflFxHea1hkzb54xdM55Vwz5Te5H8i-QPSYSUB7obII4tK1bU3ZxwUByMYsHEzaTgPxQqw/s640/blogger-image-904369778.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">For the first time I think I <i>finally </i>am seeing a difference in the bump pictures!! It looks like I finally popped at 20 weeks!! The most exciting thing that has happened is that I finally feel sweet baby moving around!!! At first I wasn't sure if that was really it, but I gently pushed in on my far right side and he sure did push right back! It was such a surreal moment! That happened on the exact day I was 19 weeks along, April 23rd. Now at 20 weeks and 3 days, he is moving everywhere. Even as I sit here and type this, he is kicking all around! What a glorious feeling I never thought I would ever get a chance to experience. I am just so humbled and so grateful for this gift!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">In other news, we have just about got Jacob's room completed. The last finishing touches I purchased this past weekend when out shopping with Sweetness. We found the perfect frames for the pictures I ordered on Etsy to go over his crib. So we just need to get those hung up and then I will take pictures and do a post on here to show you guys how adorable it all turned out!!! It really is my favorite room in the house right now!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">But not to leave out my sweet Chloe, we have also redone her room and rearranged it as well. In fact just yesterday I ordered her new twin bed from Pottery Barn Kids, after we spent most of Saturday looking in every furniture store around our house and no cute white wood twin beds were to be found!!! We could not believe how hard it was to find one that we liked! Here is a picture of the bed we ordered for her........</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyfmEUMryFDBxJu6SrxumNhbRUeWhCSLVXtcZ9SF37qDlyvahundxNrEh3v84M29mzu_-psBlWTVvNGRhX6dM2jhF0t-Ach2ev_ERFMPC8XNW28VNoKAbDJtIT5QYWyKG5Qhy5Y0v-Y8/s640/blogger-image--1654316863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyfmEUMryFDBxJu6SrxumNhbRUeWhCSLVXtcZ9SF37qDlyvahundxNrEh3v84M29mzu_-psBlWTVvNGRhX6dM2jhF0t-Ach2ev_ERFMPC8XNW28VNoKAbDJtIT5QYWyKG5Qhy5Y0v-Y8/s640/blogger-image--1654316863.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And then we ordered this amazing bedding set from Pottery Barn Kids as well. I got this gorgeous ruffle quilt, pillow shams and adorable matching mermaid sheets to complete her new bedroom's look!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIPGUAwOQMThTASdtCU32TKpAtKT6k7-1BiQrE2QEyTN5ftCOQx0TV67ucNjOoDGECI9xHjdAIe-CxFhGeoHyE0H65ybkuhLlrr5Qqg9x0HRj57m8dFzsGI8tVEI3HAhMNKkk-7yZ0yY/s640/blogger-image--620219299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIPGUAwOQMThTASdtCU32TKpAtKT6k7-1BiQrE2QEyTN5ftCOQx0TV67ucNjOoDGECI9xHjdAIe-CxFhGeoHyE0H65ybkuhLlrr5Qqg9x0HRj57m8dFzsGI8tVEI3HAhMNKkk-7yZ0yY/s640/blogger-image--620219299.jpg"></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApzEPcCetdH9dztOq8FVOzNQF0dlkuIJINfj2RsMkqinc-nUQ8vLBQX4BrfV4n2ShnXU3CDEO9u6Dqe8v5Xgraszfhyphenhyphen5oQ06IyKp5WGaGV8ynBYWsxYqEs1FbBUta7AC45mvKPDVxxeE/s640/blogger-image-1393386816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApzEPcCetdH9dztOq8FVOzNQF0dlkuIJINfj2RsMkqinc-nUQ8vLBQX4BrfV4n2ShnXU3CDEO9u6Dqe8v5Xgraszfhyphenhyphen5oQ06IyKp5WGaGV8ynBYWsxYqEs1FbBUta7AC45mvKPDVxxeE/s640/blogger-image-1393386816.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Don't you just LOVE these colors?!?!? I saw it and HAD to have it for my girl. I thought it was cute and sweet but not overly babyish and will be a good set to carry her well into her childhood years!! I have always wanted to get her a Pottery Barn Kids bedroom but never would spend the money, but I finally caved in and just did it, with the help of some coupons, and got what I really wanted and I am so happy I did!!! The bedding is amazing in person!!!! I'll snap a few pictures and post them once we get her bed and get it all set up next week!!!! I can't wait!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">But that is about all the news for now. I am enjoying my new job, out and about meeting new people each day and getting out of the house!!! It's also nice to have spending money now to get cute things for my precious little children and to begin our savings account again!!! </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Sweetness has been so wonderful, as he always is, while I have been out of work and so sick in the beginning of this pregnancy. He really does treat me like a queen, waiting on me hand and foot while taking amazing care of Chloe in the evenings when I need to rest, all the while working 40+ hours a week!! I am so blessed in this life to share it with this man I love so much and loves us so much!!! </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTLdQ1oVf9o246pINIx7-kM1G-q5tm_XzW36QAGq4Hgt1uqmbzdGoezab6W0fk-F5DD4YoZHlChcS02KunUw4ZujlsFYKlAd-_vELrf3CMhTquOFsly_QnHq6qBgHGNIVT0DEJho6sXA/s640/blogger-image--788136677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTLdQ1oVf9o246pINIx7-kM1G-q5tm_XzW36QAGq4Hgt1uqmbzdGoezab6W0fk-F5DD4YoZHlChcS02KunUw4ZujlsFYKlAd-_vELrf3CMhTquOFsly_QnHq6qBgHGNIVT0DEJho6sXA/s640/blogger-image--788136677.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-27429058674594072382015-04-17T00:00:00.001-04:002015-04-17T00:00:21.227-04:0018 weeks!!!!My goodness it has been one crazy week!!! I started my new job last Monday, and then Sunday I left at the crack of dawn <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">to fly to the home office for 4 days of training. Last night there were serious thunderstorms and my flights were all delayed as I tried to get home!!!! </span><div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I was scheduled to arrive home so late I had made arrangements for Mom to pick me up at the airport so Sweetness could get Chloe to bed etc. well while I </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">was sitting at the airport waiting to board my first flight I was chatting with my mom on the phone when someone rear ends her at a high rate of speed while she is sitting at a stop light. I was helpless and could</span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">not get to her!! The rescue came and took her to the ER because her head and neck were really hurting. Thankfully all checked out fine and she is just sore by it was pure torture to have to turn off my phone and could get </font><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">no updates while</span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">flying. Just felt helpless!!!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">And everything was running so late I almost missed my connecting flight at the Charlotte airport. I was cramping bad in my lower pelvis and wasn't about to try to run, so I actually spoke up and they put me on one of those carts and I mean that lady was flying through there trying to get me to my gate. I don't think my gates could have been any further apart in that airport!! It was over a mile walk </font><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">for sure. I am so thankful for her and her understanding of my predicament and helped me make that flight!!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So anyways, I was so happy to see my two luvs when I got home...... Chloe said she missed me and wanted me to come home with </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">her!! I told her I would be happy to!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">But as far as baby Jacob goes, I think he is doing pretty good in there. I am finally starting</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> to show a baby bump and feel pregnant. I listened to his heartbeat today with my Doppler because I hadn't done so in about a week and it was a good 135+. Next Wednesday is our big detailed anatomy scan!!!! I can hardly wait to see him for such a long sonogram. My Mom, aunt, Chloe and of course Sweetness</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> will all be there to see our sweet little man!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So finally here are some belly progression pics. I have been so hesitant to post them but I will do it here for documentation sake. I have decided to try to wear the same shirt each week so the progression is easier to see. So without further ado......</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEoS6M57Cpv1fDXncVCgDNGXG41OQh4y1fBd6Ryz5xtg2Si7mJcxIFBymULSXkcaZseDlxZjK6imKuTCUUV3qst2mTN-0bg0AEmuqVW8OYa4_eF81x_b0fNv3PKzo7H_7f6NnWj1ANbA/s640/blogger-image-1248926868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEoS6M57Cpv1fDXncVCgDNGXG41OQh4y1fBd6Ryz5xtg2Si7mJcxIFBymULSXkcaZseDlxZjK6imKuTCUUV3qst2mTN-0bg0AEmuqVW8OYa4_eF81x_b0fNv3PKzo7H_7f6NnWj1ANbA/s640/blogger-image-1248926868.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRwt4P4OCVhc6DmAc2e2OUT6L7kch6P_nyr7O5V3ZTyB9_2-hixA7lWb9slDmUnUDuQKYTJHVydTAHFtBk1fp6IaLPbfk-cN9oIUKdTrq2ATR0n_PTbnyOmx5EJOwZ1TVgLvFBJKeKjE/s640/blogger-image-1361866758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRwt4P4OCVhc6DmAc2e2OUT6L7kch6P_nyr7O5V3ZTyB9_2-hixA7lWb9slDmUnUDuQKYTJHVydTAHFtBk1fp6IaLPbfk-cN9oIUKdTrq2ATR0n_PTbnyOmx5EJOwZ1TVgLvFBJKeKjE/s640/blogger-image-1361866758.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJwOpW_YxjkUCgDGoG6P6E41qDDDSIHb8ILpnWrgwwzM0B9AVm4KIaKiR73kHOUaasDAU0ZaXqZhs-dKT0mafEE0JOxMidsbTplsupcMQCcYxw2OmHg0LP68VrFFxiLbJGKIuSdK0y30/s640/blogger-image-1870483912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJwOpW_YxjkUCgDGoG6P6E41qDDDSIHb8ILpnWrgwwzM0B9AVm4KIaKiR73kHOUaasDAU0ZaXqZhs-dKT0mafEE0JOxMidsbTplsupcMQCcYxw2OmHg0LP68VrFFxiLbJGKIuSdK0y30/s640/blogger-image-1870483912.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmPcwDizzITPUzsiqkoPcem_IhEkDrjgrkWHc3qMxxo0pBGK6rUBf87PtLvxkVY6d6DeMXQoVjaOVgsF4bNZtym8eVuOQAF-b15upfJrSM9GCWtH5U3bhFzwiYr2lbKu3gi9P8-ns_PM/s640/blogger-image-907098440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmPcwDizzITPUzsiqkoPcem_IhEkDrjgrkWHc3qMxxo0pBGK6rUBf87PtLvxkVY6d6DeMXQoVjaOVgsF4bNZtym8eVuOQAF-b15upfJrSM9GCWtH5U3bhFzwiYr2lbKu3gi9P8-ns_PM/s640/blogger-image-907098440.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So there you have them. I don't see much difference from week to week but I am definitely feeling a ton of cramping and pulling and lots of pressure!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had the PICC line out and have been off the IV Zofran for about a week now and I think I really still need it but I am trying hard to soldier through and hoping all this horrible nausea ends very soon. I was so sick while away for work, it was so embarrassing having to puke while with new Coworkers. But it is definitely better--no where near as much actual vomiting but the nausea just won't let up so I have to eat constantly!! And I don't want to do that!!! I'm not trying to blow up big as a house with this pregnancy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But that's about all for now. I will post again after our big anatomy scan next week!!! We should have some awesome new pictures of our angel to show!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Have a great week everyone!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-31366964433348238742015-04-09T23:53:00.001-04:002015-04-09T23:53:31.462-04:0017 weeks!!!!!Wow!!! I can not believe we are already 17 weeks along!!! It really is flying by!! <div><br></div><div>Today was a big day for me!! I went to the hospital and had my PICC line removed!!! I am so thrilled to be free from that thing, and more importantly be feeling well enough that I could be without it. So I am off all IV fluids, and I am off Zofran all together. I could still take it by mouth if needed and I am leaving that option open if I should need it but I feel like I am handling the nausea okay for now. Don't get me wrong I am definitely still VERY nauseated, but if I continuously try to keep something in my stomach it really helps take that feeling away. And no vomiting in over 2 weeks!!! That my friends is heaven!!! </div><div><br></div><div>So now I am turning the corner finally, starting to feel like a human being again and ready to really enjoy being pregnant and really starting to look like I have a bump now as well!!!! </div><div><br></div><div>Also, on Monday of this week I started my new job. I am still doing pharmaceutical sales just with a much smaller <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Company than I was previously with. I was devastated to be laid off from my job last fall, but the Lord knew what He was doing, because had I been employed during this first trimester, there is NO way I would have </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">been able to work as sick as I was. Truly I would never have been able to. And then right when I started to feel better this opportunity came along, and I am thrilled to be with a small company that is very family-oriented and to be able to help financially provide for our growing family!!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Sunday I fly out early in the morning to North Carolina to spend the week there at the home office with several other new reps doing more intensive training. Then when I return, I get to get out there and make it happen!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I have not told them I am pregnant yet, but I plan to do that while face </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">to face next week. I pray they receive it well, and I feel that they will bring as family minded as the upper management is and have expressed many times how much they want their employees to have a true work-life balance. So please pray about that for me!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And Miss Chloe has had a great week. She is asking more and more about Jacob daily. How big is he? Is he coming out your belly button? And other cute little innocent questions. She even wanted to kiss my belly out of the blue one day while I was laying on the couch. It was so sweet and then she was off playing again!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABpDvOKtlV4NJQNCYrwNsErkZrRRuLZvCORZwSv7VznKF7AB07Vatu9RIvcI9Xna8XL6PNU6ibyETHBV5jV-79vYjTNzOJpPcdHdYlXQe1MWN494Pn5NWnf34p_y9JwU_UaO2CyDmExQ/s640/blogger-image-448774440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABpDvOKtlV4NJQNCYrwNsErkZrRRuLZvCORZwSv7VznKF7AB07Vatu9RIvcI9Xna8XL6PNU6ibyETHBV5jV-79vYjTNzOJpPcdHdYlXQe1MWN494Pn5NWnf34p_y9JwU_UaO2CyDmExQ/s640/blogger-image-448774440.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Here is a little snap I took of her yesterday and she just looks so grown up to me!!! When I see pictures of her on my TimeHop app from just a year ago, I can hardly believe the transformation!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Here she is a year ago this week.....</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B4vWjyvDWb42Gkm8bxx4id7HUCsDuFMs85pYQwF3IuxcABGm3NEJL31ht-dspyNQDuItM1Ys3vRs_HXQqVghrEyZpokz0Ntt__OT4sk3ibbrpkPb1vypSBqAxmQMJi0lTSiElULFRpw/s640/blogger-image--1181908680.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B4vWjyvDWb42Gkm8bxx4id7HUCsDuFMs85pYQwF3IuxcABGm3NEJL31ht-dspyNQDuItM1Ys3vRs_HXQqVghrEyZpokz0Ntt__OT4sk3ibbrpkPb1vypSBqAxmQMJi0lTSiElULFRpw/s640/blogger-image--1181908680.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Her hair has grown so much and her face is loosing that baby look as she matures into a beautiful young lady. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And look at this picture from 2 years ago this week.....!!!!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU5Uh6aLvSyN6b1rzkWxl3i76JZJ_6dgsoWm4Ue-CVNZz6M_WdFCmmH6iHE8bL-qtE1AnFO6fPnzpHbzAy2V02cE86Z0SW7pA2kY8l_IF9ivHcMwONPI0efqQlArcoqlvWwapbMlm54A/s640/blogger-image-1373282645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU5Uh6aLvSyN6b1rzkWxl3i76JZJ_6dgsoWm4Ue-CVNZz6M_WdFCmmH6iHE8bL-qtE1AnFO6fPnzpHbzAy2V02cE86Z0SW7pA2kY8l_IF9ivHcMwONPI0efqQlArcoqlvWwapbMlm54A/s640/blogger-image-1373282645.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Wanting to be so independent at 18 months old carrying her lunch box from school!! I just loved this age!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And then 3 years ago this week......</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ukGlkSw6uY6lt_Rn4oZC7PK7WkHFC9p_-uEHRsQgJi4pH2PaN42S6qCiztjGyYB5vbAxLhs7Newf91UFsXbyNCTQdwZkbIpUQxWwyUa0-0pA6cuBc6kcNtZRFjSn3tCtX_FAlJi8QiU/s640/blogger-image-426667057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ukGlkSw6uY6lt_Rn4oZC7PK7WkHFC9p_-uEHRsQgJi4pH2PaN42S6qCiztjGyYB5vbAxLhs7Newf91UFsXbyNCTQdwZkbIpUQxWwyUa0-0pA6cuBc6kcNtZRFjSn3tCtX_FAlJi8QiU/s640/blogger-image-426667057.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheq2ZgBy0akiuMkBgAKtrazDSKvqSKCxixnIdmaG9T7x_vUSbssUWtobwjZd98hvPAbcTyf0UqWduPo5R4aEvcZGtA3XrPjUzxGL1AHJ3vsmaxR0jnjTtSwDUMt_z2qwI_aTNGJxr8-TM/s640/blogger-image--388725483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheq2ZgBy0akiuMkBgAKtrazDSKvqSKCxixnIdmaG9T7x_vUSbssUWtobwjZd98hvPAbcTyf0UqWduPo5R4aEvcZGtA3XrPjUzxGL1AHJ3vsmaxR0jnjTtSwDUMt_z2qwI_aTNGJxr8-TM/s640/blogger-image--388725483.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Amazing to see how she has grown, and become more and more beautiful when I didn't even think it could be possible!!! I love this angel more than life itself and I have loved being her Mommy these last 3 1/2 years!!!! She has changed so much </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">but she is still our sweet little miracle from the Lord that we prayed endlessly for and we will NEVER forget what a miracle she truly is!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Well that is all the update for today...... Next post I will show some weekly belly pics in progression. I don't see much of a difference week to week but I will post them here just for documentation sake of how our sweet little boy is growing!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Thanks for coming on this journey with us !!!!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-78656245987444369262015-04-06T01:01:00.001-04:002015-04-06T01:01:59.456-04:00Easter Weekend 2015<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This past weekend was such a beautiful Easter weekend- start to finish!!! The weather was perfect here in Virginia and our family was over, great message at church and I am feeling SOOOO much better now!!! Spring is in the air!!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We started the weekend by taking Chloe to see the Easter Bunny at the mall. Nothing like the last minute right?!?! But she was so happy to see him, and for the first time we got a picture where she wasn't screaming!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpG5-kltSS3Gj67RXVuxXF8ryiE-f3QJ6c4MKrw6aNqPkbo8nIuss-zjXUOIlYvhQZYfFg-zOaJMoNq3mfl0krwa6nzsgtmnwUdtC3TDXFBTHp33Z6ot5dnAd_haNkm5zjqM0cSlAcyM/s640/blogger-image-141357072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpG5-kltSS3Gj67RXVuxXF8ryiE-f3QJ6c4MKrw6aNqPkbo8nIuss-zjXUOIlYvhQZYfFg-zOaJMoNq3mfl0krwa6nzsgtmnwUdtC3TDXFBTHp33Z6ot5dnAd_haNkm5zjqM0cSlAcyM/s640/blogger-image-141357072.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">She just looks so grown up!!!! My baby is growing to such a big girl as she says! After that we had a nice evening with friends, playing with their children and eating Easter eggs and candy!!! What could be better!!?!?</span></div><div><br></div><div>The Easter bunny of course came to see my little angel and she was so thrilled with the little things she received in her basket!!! Mostly books and some figurines of her all time favorite cartoon called "Paw Patrol"!!! 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After church we changed clothes and mom gave Chloe her Easter basket filled with goodies from her!!! And you guessed it, more Paw Patrol things were to be had!!! MiMi was the hero for sure! 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One wall (the accent wall) we are painting in the same stripped pattern that is on the nursery bedding. We already went to Home Depot and got the light blue, dark blue and olive green paint to do the stripes. But the measuring and taping off of the lines is what was brutal!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We finally had to recruit Sweetness to come help as well, because it really was a 3 person job. Someone had to hold the laser exactly perfect while the other two guided the tape down the perfect line. I can not tell you how painstakingly tedious this was....... 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So we will continue to work on it little by little each night this week and I will keep posting pics of our progress</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The pattern that we are mimicking looks like this, and hopefully the wall will look something very close when we get done!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDLmJcC0JqQIavi3N85-MuJerNOijUgHBihDDQvYAA86ydtlk70Q27ekjeRcXlcezE5pO5iEbcXiYpgLL0HghBELO2QuAJOMSJiSVcBAUsujqLeXwotGn75FxU4tfY9K4FbA3ptpL604/s640/blogger-image-208690953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDLmJcC0JqQIavi3N85-MuJerNOijUgHBihDDQvYAA86ydtlk70Q27ekjeRcXlcezE5pO5iEbcXiYpgLL0HghBELO2QuAJOMSJiSVcBAUsujqLeXwotGn75FxU4tfY9K4FbA3ptpL604/s640/blogger-image-208690953.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The stripes are the inside pattern on the bumper pads and the elephants are the crib sheet. So here is a sneek peak of his nursery theme!! Lol. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Anyway, things are coming right along on all fronts really. I'm starting to get really excited about Jacob's arrival now that I am feeling somewhat human again. I am weaning myself off the Zof.ran pump starting today because I have been able to eat and drink most anything I want and no vomiting. Still have bad bouts of nausea but I am going to try to push through those, and hopefully get my PICC line removed by this Friday!!! </div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And today I started my new job. I am still doing pharmaceutical sales just with a new company. The Lord is just so amazing in His perfect timing in all things!! It was probably a good thing I didn't have a job during the first trimester as I wouldn't have been able to work with as sick as I was, and now that I am feeling better, I can get out there and make some money to buy my little miracle all the pretties I want him to have and help Sweetness with the bills!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Today began 1 week of home study, and then I fly to the home office on Sunday for 4 days of training there. And then I come home and hit the ground running. I am very excited about this company and the growth potential they have expressed when hiring me. They are wanting me to move up and advance as they continue to expand and grow as well and I love that!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Well that's all the update for now!! Easter is over and spring is officially here!!! Yippeeeee!!!! 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I can hardly believe we are a full 16 weeks and 1 day along already!!! It has been an exciting week this week. Baby Jacob has been keeping me on my toes!!<div><br><div>Yesterday I awoke with what felt like horrible menstrual cramps so <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">of course I panicked. No blood or anything but they continued to worsen so much throughout the day that I finally called the dr</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> office. They had me come right in and did an ultrasound and the fluid levels look</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">good and Jacob was swimming all around just fine. So they then hooked me up to a monitor and you could see all the contractions I was having!!! Yikes they really hurt. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Doc did</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> a pelvic exam and my cervix was tight and closed and no rupture of my membranes or anything so he felt confidant they were Braxton Hicks and not preterm labor. Thank goodness!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So now I can't lift anything and no exercising. I have been just chilling and taking it easy!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I am really starting </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">to feel pregnant now. My belly is popping out there and I am miserable trying to sleep. My hips ache so bad and my back kills me. 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So I am anxious to get it out and curl up and see if it makes a </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">difference!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Lots of friends have asked me to post belly pics, so I guess I will start doing that next week at 17 weeks. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And last but not least, Sunday is EASTER and tomorrow we are going to take Chloe to her third EASTER egg hunt of the season!! We are meeting our sweet friends and their little girls there and it should be tons of fun!! I will pay some pictures of my sweet girl in her beautiful Easter dress and basket on Sunday morning!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Hope everyone has a glorious Easter holiday and thank you for your continued prayers for our miracle baby on this journey!!!!</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-6517994938532438902015-03-20T14:21:00.001-04:002015-03-20T14:21:52.074-04:00Hello second trimester!!!!!So yesterday was such a busy day for me. I traveled to Raleigh, NC for an interview and flew back the same day and boy was I exhausted!!!! So today I am kind of paying for it.....<div><br></div><div>But yesterday we officially hit 14 weeks along!! It's going so fast already!! And at 14 weeks we are officially in the second trimester! So exciting! </div><div><br></div><div>I went to my regular OB appt this past Tuesday on St. Patrick's Day, and everything looked great! They did a quick US and baby Jacob was moving all around in there and his fluid levels and his HB looked really good. So Dr. DeVenciana was very pleased with my progress and improvements from when I was in the hospital last week. </div><div><br></div><div>Not too much else to report right now. Things are starting to feel more like we have a baby coming...... We are moving along on his room and I promise to do a post on that real soon! Oh and my Mom and I went shopping for maternity clothes Tuesday evening and that was a lot of fun. I was able to find some great work pants and 5 fun summer maternity shorts. They even had a fake belly to strap on to see how you are going to look and boy was that funny and shocking. I can't believe I will actually look like that!!! Bring it on I say!!! </div><div>I will start posting belly pics soon so I can look back and see my transformation. I'm not really showing too much right now, I just can't suck my gut in so that's how I can tell!! Lol!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Anyways, thanks for the prayers and I will update again soon!!!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-15777523745234161042015-03-12T21:24:00.001-04:002015-03-16T12:21:35.144-04:00WE ARE HAVING A BABY BOY!!!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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This test isolates the baby's DNA which is apparently floating around in my blood. And they then take the baby's DNA and examine the chromosomes and of course having the chromosomes, they can see the sex chromosome pair and it came back we are having a sweet BABY BOY!!! </div>
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His name will be Jacob Christopher after his Daddy and we are so thrilled to find out so early the sex and that he is healthy because I sure have many risk factors. </div>
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So with that said, I mentioned in my last post that I had my OB visit 2 days ago before I landed in the hospital. At that visit they did the 12 week sonogram and I am AMAZED at the pictures we have of our sweet Jacob. So I will post a few of them here for you to see!!</div>
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I can not believe the detail they can see in these images. He was 12 weeks and 5 days along here. But something else that is also plainly evident in this picture is the low levels of amniotic fluid. They fixed that while I was in the hospital so he now is happy and floating all around in plenty of fluid. </div>
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Aren't they just amazing!?!? I am so glad our high risk group takes lots of pictures. It sure makes it more fun to follow the pregnancy as we can see him progressing from a small blob on the screen at 6weeks to now a fully formed little boy!!! What a miracle life is!!!</div>
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Once we found out we were having a boy, we decided to tell Chloe. We video taped on my phone the conversation I had with her and it was/is so precious as she reached out to touch my tummy so tenderly. She is still trying to grasp why he is in my tummy but she is warming up to the idea of a baby brother and she has thoroughly <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">enjoyed helping us put the crib together and wash little baby clothes!!!! She is gonna be such a great big sister and this will be her little baby I have no doubt!!!! </span></div>
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After the dr visit on Tuesday, I picked Chloe up from preschool and I took her to the park because It was finally a nice spring day and we were itching to go outside. Here is a little snap of I took of her while she was playing on the monkey bars. My sweet angel!! Man she is so grown up now but soooooo beautiful!!!!</div>
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In my next post I will show you the progress we have made so far on his room. It's coming together so cute!! I chose elephants because to me little boys and elephants go together perfectly!!! </div>
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Again thanks for all the prayers that have gotten us this far!! What a loved little boy we have!!! <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">ππΆππΆπ</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-15405013801277507342015-03-05T23:56:00.001-05:002015-03-05T23:56:08.914-05:0012 weeks today and another ER visit!! So yeah. This baby is making me sooooooo sick. On Monday night I started having chest pains again, enough it was scaring me. So off to the ER Sweetness and I went. After waiting over 4 hours in the waiting room, when I finally was seen the doctor seemed pretty concerned. After an EKG that was normal, they did a d-dimer test which looks for blood clots or blood clot break down materials. They were checking to see if I could have had a pulmonary embolism causing the chest pain. <div>Well wouldn't you know, the test came back positive. I was very scared at that point, so they called in maternal fetal medicine docs to handle the situation. The specialists were in agreement that doing a chest CT scan was not in the best interest of the baby, so we opted aganist that. But they felt that since my vitals were normal, that the test was likely positive due to pregnancy in general which can make it positive. </div><div><br></div><div>They then began to address the extreme hyperemesis (nausea & vomiting) with which I have been afflicted. Trying to avoid me having an in-patient stay they ordered home health to come out and infuse 2 bags of IV fluids daily and then put me on a continuous Zofran pump to try to get the wretching to stop. So all of the meds and supplies finally arrived today at my doorstep and the nurse called and she will be here to my home to begin everything at 10am tomorrow morning. I have never been so excited to be hooked up to an IV in my life!!! I just want some relief. This is so bad. I've lost so much weight since getting pregnant (40 lbs) and that is not good for the baby at all. I <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">will keep you updated on how that goes. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">But the highlight of our 12 hour ER visit was they did so a very in depth sonogram of the baby to be sure everything was okay Bc I was experiencing some tightness and cramping as well. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Here is the best picture from that in depth scan...... Can not believe how perfectly formed the baby is already !!!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxd_bwYl2UaWEt1mXL0W4kJ6pK37nQmg8-8LxtQqpUBJTENLCkfFp7coylJXUW0xI5y19BkpP5QaUzZfHl-xGw4z28AW6A5IK53V9QZLyY2JzWKjHxEKhIaq44PwE3OKNrS0nsqGL1ls/s640/blogger-image--2114562244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxd_bwYl2UaWEt1mXL0W4kJ6pK37nQmg8-8LxtQqpUBJTENLCkfFp7coylJXUW0xI5y19BkpP5QaUzZfHl-xGw4z28AW6A5IK53V9QZLyY2JzWKjHxEKhIaq44PwE3OKNrS0nsqGL1ls/s640/blogger-image--2114562244.jpg"></a></div>I added the 11weeks 5days to the picture obviously, but I want to be able to remember the gestational age of each sonogram picture. But seeing the vertebrae and the brain parts and of course the precious beating heart is such a privledge, something I can never get used to!!!! Just amazing!! (And I did inquire about why we can't see the legs and the technician said they were there and all was fine <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">but it was just the plane this picture was taken in kind of cut them off). I was panicked for a moment!! But baby looks great!!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So we are 12 weeks along today and I am so excited to be moving into the 2nd (and from what I hear the best) trimester of pregnancy!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Thank you again for your continued prayers and good thoughts for this miracle baby. We are moving along on the nursery and I have pics to post of that as well!!!! Maybe that will be my next post later this week! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-73885833010690790802015-02-28T21:39:00.001-05:002015-03-02T08:13:04.503-05:00The BIG NEWS!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Okay. I am so sorry to have not gotten this post up yesterday I have been very under the weather. But let's get going to our news that has brought me back to blogging!!</span></div><div><br></div><div>So in November of 2014, I had some stomach surgery and I did pretty well for the first 3 weeks after the surgery and then I started getting very sick, vomiting and just unable to keep anything down. This continued to get worse <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> and worse. I went back to my surgeon and he said everything looked fine from his perspective and to give it another month or two and the nausea would go away. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So fast forward to Thursday night Jan. 29, 2015. It was my 39th birthday and I had been in bed all day vomiting and felt like death. Obviously I didn't feel like doing anything to celebrate, and I was getting so sick I was getting scared. My chest started hurting and I have never had chest pains of any kind. So my mom took me to the ER and my hubby stayed home with Chloe since it was so late so she could continue to sleep in her bed. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So after a wait, we were finally in the back. They ran all these tests, called my surgeon, did a pelvic CT scan looking to see if I had an intestinal blockage of some kind. All came back normal. So the ER doctor was at a loss for what the issue was but cleared my heart as not having any issues, and said I was just wretching so badly I had pulled some muscles in my chest. So he was about to let me go, told me I could get dressed but there was one test he hadn't gotten back from the lab that he wanted to get before letting me go home...... The urine pregnancy test. I said I thought y'all already did that?! He said there was some mix up at the lab and they had to throw my sample away and they needed a new sample from me. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So I was irritated now, but I supplied it to them, and he comes back into the room about 20 minutes later as I am vomiting and says "Ummm that urine pregnancy test was positive." My mom jumps up off the seat screaming "oh my gosh, oh my gosh!!!!!!!" Just flipping out. I'm sitting there and I said "what did you just say?"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">He said "you are pregnant." And my infertile self said " you must have the wrong sample, you need to do it again. I can't be pregnant"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">He said "Well do you have a uterus!?"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I said yes I do but you don't understand, we went through IUIs, and 5 failed IVF cycles and I have NEVER EVER EVER EVEN HAD A POSITIVE PREGNANCY TEST EVER!!! And tonight is my 39th birthday. I just can't believe it!!!"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">My mom is still crying and I'm in shock and he said well let's do an ultrasound real quick and make sure it's not ectopic or anything. So while they were getting the machine ready I called Sweetness and woke him up and told him they think I'm pregnant. He just said "Really?? Wow." </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So meanwhile they put the probe on my pelvis and I screamed "there it is!!!!" The black amniotic fluid-filled sac was clearly visible with the little white baby flipping all around in there. I just sobbed and sobbed. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So we drove home and I was in complete and total shock!!! I just could not and sometimes still can not believe it!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So the next morning on Friday, Sweetness and I went straight to my OBGYNs office when they opened at 8 am and told them the scenario and that I desperately needed to be seen to be checked out and I was on medicine I can't be on while pregnant</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> and I just needed help!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Thankfully they worked us in and did a vaginal US, and this is what we saw!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihsEjeh6Y3c8g3u25HWCBsCAEM-feahHT7YPYgrLDzj8bwM_qBMjgl_5ux8FfpkFbC4vVhDxC2k6aUeW1TC5S6n6zrY-kPgFOq25NCmyCrZvIocyx_k4CLnxw-3Lve1bqO7ntS9T1buc/s640/blogger-image--1615084607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihsEjeh6Y3c8g3u25HWCBsCAEM-feahHT7YPYgrLDzj8bwM_qBMjgl_5ux8FfpkFbC4vVhDxC2k6aUeW1TC5S6n6zrY-kPgFOq25NCmyCrZvIocyx_k4CLnxw-3Lve1bqO7ntS9T1buc/s640/blogger-image--1615084607.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div>They estimated that day that I was 7 weeks 1 day along!!! We were able to hear the heartbeat and everything!!! We cried and cried- just so in awe at the goodness and mercy of the Lord to give us this gift so unexpectedly!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So we got a due date of September 17, 2015!!! I had bloodwork done and was officially admitted into the OB part of the practice!! This dr has been my GYN for 14 years, it was so neat to finally experience this with her!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So 2 weeks later at our second OB visit, we had another vaginal ultrasound and got some even cooler pictures of our little jellybean. 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This is an extreme form of nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy. I have been in the hospital twice because of it. I mean it's not just morning sickness. I vomit about 10-15 times a day and have been basically bed ridden since getting pregnant but didn't know why I was so sick. It had nothing to do with my surgery at all thankfully. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But due to a number of circumstances which I will blog about later, my OB transferred all my care for the remainder of the pregnancy to the Maternal Fetal Medicine specialists here. So I did have my first visit with them last week on Tuesday and got all established with them. They seem to be pretty nice. I will see them every 2 weeks, and I go back on Tuesday March 10th. I will be 12 weeks 4 days then so I should get a really neat high powered sonogram where you can see everything on the baby!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have tons more to write but I'll leave this post as just the announcement of our impending miracle!! I just still can't believe that on my 39 th birthday I find out I am pregnant for the first time ever in my life!!! God sure does have a sense of humor!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thank you for coming on this incredible journey with us and we experience pregnancy and childbirth for the first time!! Something that never really left my heart but I was just learning to accept I would never have, but I had my baby girl!!! We haven't told Chloe yet, but we are praying with her every evening that Jesus would send us a baby brother or sister to join our family and for us to love. She always quickly corrects me and says "Sister!!!! No boys!!!" Lol. Well we will see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had my blood drawn for genetic testing and they can also with 100% certainty tell you the baby's sex. When we find that out for sure next week we will tell her what we are having and talk about where the baby is etc and let her start being a part of this more!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sorry didn't mean for this to turn into the longest blog post ever, but I am documenting all this for this little baby to read one day how we found out about him/her and how much we wanted them!!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> LET THE EXCITEMENT BEGIN!!!! </div><br></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-67078557793517563232015-02-27T00:47:00.002-05:002015-02-27T00:48:05.433-05:00I am coming back to Blogger land!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow!!! Has it really been over 2 years since I posted on this blog?!?!? I can not hardly believe it, but yet I can! This is our beautiful angel Chloe now at 3 years old. These pictures were taken back in October 2014, for her 3rd birthday photo shoot and this one was my favorite. She has blossomed into the most gorgeous, smart, kind-hearted and spunky little girl. We could not have hand picked a more perfect child for us had we done so ourselves. The Lord definitely knew what He was doing when He sent this angel into our lives and made us parents......<br />
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So many amazing things have happened in our life in these past 2+ years, and I would love to recount them all to document them but don't worry I won't do that here. But we are about to embark on another life changing monumental journey that is so BIG I am going to start my blog back up again!!!! I don't know if anyone is even still a subscriber to this blog anymore or will read it but I will not be blogging for anyone else really, just me and a place to put my thoughts in an organized fashion and to document this amazing journey we are now on........ What is that journey you ask??? Well you must wait until the next post where I will share in great detail....... It is TRULY AMAZING!!!!<br />
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I remember last time I posted here something about how I had run out of blogger space and they wanted me to BUY space or I could not add any more pictures. So because this blog address has always been my home and I don't want to get rid of all the work I did on this blog, I am going to consider paying for the extra space, I just don't know how much it will cost or even how to do that, so I'm hoping after I post this post, blogger will let me know!!<br />
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So with that said, I will sign off for now, but I will post our BIG NEWS and the reason for me to start back this blog in the next post, which should most likely be later today. Leave a comment please and let me know if you are still subscribed and if you plan on following along with us and continuing to read my blog now that I am coming back to blogger land!!<br />
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Thank you all for the comments both public and private about you wanting to continue to read my blog. So I have decided to continue blogging!!!!! Yeah!!! Now everyone jump up and down :0)<br />
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Due to maxing out the picture allowance I had to create another blog altogether!! So I have done so and I have named it "The Chloe Chronicles" Clever eh? All the creative input in that one goes to Sweetness!!!<br />
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Anyways..... the URL for the blog is watchingchloegrow.blogspot.com<br />
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PLEASE come on over and say Hi and tell me what you think of the new blog look and what things you might want to talk about. And PLEASE sign up as a follower of the Chloe Chronicles blog, All you have to do is put your email in the box down on the left side where it says "Follow by email" and whenever there is a new post, you will receive an email alert so you can come read it!!<br />
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I need followers so I don't look like the lone ranger blogger out there!!! So come on and join the blog!!<br />
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It is bitter sweet to leave this blog home---we shared a lot of sorrows on these pages, and we celebrated the most profound joys!!!! Because I really wrote all of this for Chloe to read one day- I have had this second installment of Sweetness and Me published in a hardback book- starting the day before she was born up until her first birthday. Its going to be a wonderful keepsake baby book for her one day- to see her entire first year- week by week.<br />
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Inevitably, we will experience more heartache and more joy- after all that is what life is about- but as long as all my friends' are with me along the way- we will come out on the other side a much stronger person!!! <br />
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So come on.....Go ahead and click this link <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://watchingchloegrow.blogspot.com/">Chloe's Chronicles</a></span> and it will take you right to the new home of Chloe's Chronicles!!! and don't forget to bookmark the new address!!<br />
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Hi friends!! Sorry I have not posted in awhile!! There are two reasons... One of which is posted below and the other is the holiday season is in full swing! Our days are sooooo busy and full of fun and laughter with a one year old, as she is turning into this amazing little girl right before our eyes!!!</div>
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Well it seems I have run our of space to put anymore photos on here. Google has told me I have to buy more space or I guess start another blog. I have been blogging for almost 4 years now and I will admit it is tiring, but it is certainly rewarding as well. So I'm gonna see how it is by responses to this post, is there anyone out there reading this or does anyone care if I close this blog down?? <br />
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If you are a regular reader and would like me to continue please comment here so I can see if there are any people out there even reading or will even miss me if I am gone permanently?? <br />
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Chloe is doing fantastic and is the most beautiful little girl I've ever seen!!! I am so privileged to be her Momma!!<br />
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I'll let you know if I am going to start a new blog or if the next post will be our last! Thank you all who have prayed for me and my daughter even once !!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807457021057737184.post-7459911912145376922012-11-16T13:42:00.000-05:002012-11-21T14:28:15.328-05:0013 months old!!!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
Our girl is no longer a "baby"..... I guess she has officially entered toddler hood :(</div>
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I have so enjoyed being her mother the past year. With her turning 13 months old today, she gets to now get the label of "toddler".......Oh Boy!!! Let the fun times begin!!!</div>
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She is such a sweet little girl. She literally leans in sometimes out of the blue and gives me a big wide open mouthed kiss. I <em>love</em> this I must tell you!!! She has brought everything into my life and more that I dreamed of all those years I spent dreaming of becoming a mother!!</div>
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She is becoming soooo independent, but yet so completely a Daddy's girl. This has been going on for awhile now, and I guess I thought it would just pass, but it continues on day after day..... She only wants Daddy!!! She and me are fine until he comes home and that's it for the evening, she only wants Daddy to hold her, feed her, change her diaper, and rock her to sleep!!! It was really starting to get to me, so I asked my group of Smocking Mommas on facebook about this- and they ALL assured me that this is <strong>totally normal.</strong> There is just an <em>uncanny bond</em> between little girls and their Daddy.</div>
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And I must say after I mulled this over for a couple days, I am actually incredibly glad that she has this relationship with her Daddy!!!! I want her to feel secure, loved, wanted and validated from the most important man in her life- her Daddy. I don't want her to ever feel or be like I was......my Dad walked out on me and my Mom when I was 9 months old!! Now as a parent I wonder even more deeply- "How could your just leave your own child?" "HOW???!!"</div>
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I felt so <em>abandoned, </em>but I could not figure out why, when I had <em>the most amazing</em> Mom on the planet........and then it finally came to me after going through counseling and beginning to process all I had been through as a young girl without a father in my life....... <em>You go looking for that love in all the wrong places, sometimes with devastating consequences.</em></div>
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I am so fortunate to have had a mother that devoted her life to raising me and seeing to it that I never made those horrible decisions that many young girls make just looking for that love they should have gotten at home. This simple and plain truth has weighed heavily on me this week as Chloe's behavior sometimes has hurt my feelings..... Selfishly I think "<em>I want to be her everything, She is supposed to want her Momma</em>, " but then I come to reason that this relationship that God created in her, to want the love of her Daddy, is a <strong>good thing</strong> and I should welcome and embrace it~ in fact I should thank God for the <em>amazing</em> husband that I have that is such a calming presence to her that she wants to be near him constantly!!</div>
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I don't want to make it sound like she never wants to be with me, but overwhelmingly right now, Daddy is who she prefers. So instead of feeling a bit sad, or jealous like I have been feeling lately, I feel so incredibly <strong><em>grateful </em></strong>that my daughter will never grow up without her Daddy and have to experience all the pain I did..... Now that is something worth being thankful for!!!</div>
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Some other happenings in her 13th month are that she now has 4 teeth on top and three on the bottom. We are now off baby food for the most part, but man this kid is not so much a picky eater as she just doesn't eat!!! She doesn't eat enough to keep a bird alive really!!! But the doctor says as long as she is gaining weight then we wont get too excited about it- she may eat more later.</div>
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She still weighs about 21 lbs and is 27" tall. She is definitely going to be a tall slender gal!!!</div>
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Other than that, not much else going on with us. We are certainly ready to get the holiday season started, and decorate the house which should be soooooo much fun this year with a little one wanting to explore and touch <em><strong>everything</strong></em>!!! But that's what the holidays are all about!</div>
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So Chloe's first Halloween was soooo much fun!!!! Technically this is not her <em>first</em> Halloween, as last Halloween she was about 14 days old. But this time she got to dress up and we took her on the town trick or treating!!</div>
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To start the day, we got her up and got her all dressed in her costume- she was a precious little flower!!!</div>
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Because the children could wear their costumes to school that day- we let her wear hers at least until we got her there.</div>
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Love that smile---pure joy!!!!</div>
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She had a fun day with her friends as usual. Then I picked her up, </div>
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the nurse that opened the door to call us, was Sherie, one of my past students I had trained </div>
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2 years ago to become a nurse!!! She was the sweetest person and now she will be </div>
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taking care of my baby!!!! I snapped this picture before they made me undress her......</div>
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That was a tough visit fro sure- my poor baby girl got 5 FIVE shots!!!!! It broke my heart to watch her cry like that!!! But I have to keep her safe especially around all these little germ factories at nursery school!!!</div>
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So then we headed home and I thought she would be too tired or feel awful from the vaccines to go, but she was so happy that Grandma was over- she wanted to go outside and Trick or treat!!</div>
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So we piled her in her wagon, and grabbed her pumpkin bucket. and off we went.....</div>
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Our neighborhood's littlest Superman.....Jason at 2 months.ο»Ώ</div>
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Chloe getting her candy on!!!</div>
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Neighborhood kids.....</div>
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Plus Chloe!!!!</div>
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She was so happy watching all the children and holding fistfuls of candy!! LOL</div>
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Daddy taking her up to another door.....</div>
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This baby was so dag on cute!!! Her momma made her yarn wig, and she looked </div>
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just like a Cabbage Patch Kid!!!</div>
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A sweet little dragon....</div>
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She even shared some with Grandma!!!</div>
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Then she got to sit and survey all her loot!!!!</div>
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but we had to intervene and eat the candy for her.....LOL</div>
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What a fun experience with our precious girl!!! Next when she can walk and really get it, </div>
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Loving her never gets old-there is always new exciting things to explore every day!!!</div>
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Happy Halloween Baby Girl!!!!</div>
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Yes I know we already celebrated her birthday with her big party at the FunForest but that was 3 days before her real birthday, so we had to have another little celebration!!!</div>
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So these pictures are from her <em>actual</em> birthday. Oct 16th!!!</div>
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We woke her that morning as usual, and I couldn't wait to dress her in this cute little birthday girl onesie and happy rainbow colored pants!!! She is just the most beautiful child ever!!! Look at that SMILE!!!!</div>
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Ahhhhhh.... Love this shot too!!!</div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Happy Happy girl!!! It's MY birthday!!!!</span></div>
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So we took her to nursery school as usual that morning, then after lunch and their naps, me and Grandma went to her day care and brought cupcakes that Grandma had baked and had a small little party with her friends!!! it was so cute!!!</div>
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I took video as well to remember this day by- so special!!!</div>
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Here they are all sitting at their table ( I love this table- I want one in my house :0)) </div>
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Chloe's hat has falling backwards.....</div>
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So we sang Happy birthday and they all clapped and then we gave them cupcakes with just white icing, no sprinkles or fondant...... and Chloe immediately takes her plate and dumps the cupcake right off of it!!! Turkey!!</div>
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She hated her hat- so we had to take it off, and then she began to run her fingers through her hair and it was gettin' crazy in there I tell ya!!!</div>
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This little precious gem is Benjamin, and he is Chloe's boyfriend as we call him.... the two of them are always together and they love each other- its so sweet!!!</div>
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and here is Clarissa- and this little child began to suck on the cupcake, and shoved the whole thing in there!!! Her 1 year birthday is in 2 weeks too!!!</div>
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This picture has got to be one of my favorite!!!! Chloe runs her hands up in her hair full of icing and it was soooo funny that I caught her hair like this- of course you <em>know </em>I was cringing inside thinking of my girl getting so ickky!!</div>
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Riley, Billy and Benjamin are enjoying that cupcake!!!!</div>
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Sweet little Savannah isn't old enough to have any cupcake just yet- so she bounced in her jumperoo!!!</div>
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Of course we had to get a shot with the best Grandma in the world with her birthday baby girl!!!</div>
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and the momma.... I hate this picture of me, but I'm her Mom and I</div>
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don't want her to not have any pics of me in her book!!</div>
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Mommy kisses for the birthday girl!!!</div>
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And this is Ms. Cassie. Chloe is so attached to her...... and I'm so glad she has someone </div>
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who loves her so much while I'm away and that she really loves as well.</div>
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another one of her day care teachers is Ms. Dot. She loves Chloe as well. </div>
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All the ladies are all so sweet to her at her nursery school!!</div>
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and last but not least this is Ms. Karen. She is leaving to go to another job, and tomorrow is her last day...... we are going to miss you Ms. Karen. God speed to you and all your future endeavors. Chloe will certainly miss you as well!!!</div>
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So that wraps up her 1st birthday celebrations!!! She is one loved amazing little girl..... and the wonderful ladies who watch her during the day are truly angels sent from above. They love these little children and they teach them about Jesus all day long- and there is nothing better than that!!!</div>
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Happy Birthday Angel!!! I hope you will one day look back at these pictures and smile :)</div>
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