Birthday & 39 Week Update

39 weeks Preggo.. sheesh. Never in my life did time seem to move so slow! I feel as though I'm going to be pregnant forever.

I had my check up appointment with Dr. Aron this Monday. He said I was about 2cm dialated, 60/70% effaced, the baby is head down and his heart rate was about 145. He also stripped my membranes (for the second time) to try to get things moving along. He talked about induction and that if I didn't have the baby by my next appointment on Feb 8th, that he'd have me induced that following day. I really am praying that Elijah comes on his own before then though!!

It seems as though everything is a challenge.. getting up, putting socks/shoes on, waddling - I mean walking, you name it, it comes with difficulty. I can't wait to have this little boy and have a semi-normal body and functions back. This past week I've been retaining a lot of fluid and my ankles have turned to kankles, my hands have turned into sausages.. I may be turning into the Michelin Man - haha.

I have been having some mild contractions all day today and have lost my plug, so hopefully we're getting somewhere SOON! When that time does happen, Brandy will be on here to update for me - THANKS B!

My birthday and Elijah's due date is February 7th, so this past weekend we went out to dinner to celebrate my birthday early. We started out at P.F. Changs in Annapolis for dinner, then went to the Melting Pot for dessert... YUMMMMMY! I only thought to take pictures of dessert though, gosh it was amazing.

Some things have been changing around my house to prepare for little Elijah.. I got a desk for my computer and got that all set up. I got a rocker/recliner for the living room, since I'm sure I'll be doing lots of feedings in the living room too. I rearranged my bedroom, so there is now more room in there and space for Eli in those first weeks home. Eli's room is officially all done and has been for a few weeks now. I love going in there, sitting in the rocker and soaking it all in.. all we're missing is HIM.

Here's my fur-baby Remy.. cause she's so darn cute!

Now, Eli, stop being stubborn like your mama and come on out of there!!!

Big Blog Update - Holidays & Baby Shower

After MUCH slacking on updating my blog, I'll try my best to sum up the last few weeks (or months). I finally have my home computer / desk / office set up so I'm able to get back to blog-world :) YAY.

Thanksgiving was awesome.. yummy food and time with family in Calvert by my parents beach house (no pictures of course).

December 5th: BABY SHOWER at the Prime Street Grill in White Plains. Thanks to everyone that came, it was a fantastic turnout and so much fun!!

Then came Christmas :) My sister and I had a great time spending Christmas Eve and Christmas day over my parents house. I love spending time with my family, its always bound to have lots of smiles and lots of laughs. Elijah got lots of presents too.. he's already spoiled ;) This year, I got stuck on those Sing-A-Ma-Jigs, and so did everyone else in my family!!

Here's a picture of me at 33 weeks, which was right about Christmas time

Mom's (aka Grandma's) Birthday was on December 29th and we went out to eat at Jaspers to celebrate.

Then came New Years. We spent New Years over my parent's house.. eating food (of course) and playing Rock Band into the new year!!! 2011.. how I've always waited for you - I get to finally meet my baby boy soon <3

I got a new camera.. finally. I love it, its much better than my old camera, so I actually want to take more pictures now.

Now onto the RECENT news.. (see next post)

29 Weeks & Maternity Pics

Wow.. I can't believe that I have 11 weeks to go to meet little Elijah!! I'm SO excited and I know that these next 11 weeks will go by fairly quickly with all the holidays and events going on from now until February 7th.

I now get to start going to see Dr. Aron every other week, This week, the baby is about 2.5 pounds and 15 inches long, he's getting BIG and I can feel it. I feel him in my ribs every now and then and he likes to wake me up around 5:30/6am every morning! Thus, I've been getting a lot done around my house... actually I've nearly run out of things to do! Nesting is present in my life, and pretty much has been this whole pregnancy.

This past weekend, I got some Maternity Pictures taken by Mandi (Thanks again!! They came out AMAZING!) Here are some of them:

26 Weeks

26 weeks and 1 day to be exact.. 14 more to go! Now I've almost hit the third trimester.. and the beginning of the holiday season. YAY! Bring on the yummy food!!!!!!

Sailing into Week 26

Wow.. this Second Trimester sure is taking it's dear-ol'-time (to me at least) I'll be 26 weeks on Monday.. almost time for my Glucose Test - FUN! It is hard to believe that after my next check-up appointment at 28 weeks, I'll be going for check-ups every two weeks already! Maybe time will move a little faster by then ;)

We are doing good.. I can feel Elijah moving around a LOT more now, its really cool.. and sometimes it tickles LOL. Yesterday it felt like he was right under my ribs and I'm hoping he gets OUT OF THERE because its driving me crazzy! My back has been really starting to hurt lately and I'm finding it harder to get up from sitting or laying down. Oh and the acne that I hoped would go away by now.. is still here and I am hating it, I can't seem to get rid of it. I've never had acne like this before and its a really pain in the behind!

I've been a busy bee, always finding something to do, a project to work on and am constantly making lists of things I need to do before he makes his grand arrival, there is just so much to do. It doesn't help that I'm the kind of person that is GO GO GO, lets get this done right now, not wanting to waste any time or put anything off.

This being said... one of the fun projects I've been working on Elijah's room :) Which I have been enjoying so very much and I can't wait to keep adding things to it - especially him <3>

Here's some pictures of his room so far:

I just love this Nautical theme!! Its perfect, especially since my family is such big fans of boating, being on the water and soaking up the sun <3>

22 Weeks: Belly Shot

I finally got "ready" for work this morning and did my hair/makeup and put on a decent outfit LOL My usual day consists of hair up, sweats and no make up.. and I wasn't about to put a picture like THAT up haha.

So here you go.. me and the belly at 22 weeks



How I'm feeling: good most days, with the occasional heart burn, but in my back - its really weird. I can't seem to get enough spicy food. I seem to have developed some acid reflux, which is not fun.

Sleeping has become quite a task, I feel like I'm 80 when I'm getting ready for bed. It takes me forever.. I get my PJs on, put some vicks vabor rub on, wash my face, brush my teeth, put on a nose breathe-right strip, get my humidifier on, lay my body pillow and pillow wedge on either side of me, have my fan on and blow my nose before I get to even attempt getting comfortable in bed. Then I'm like a fish out of water all night long, flip flopping around, then I have to pee. I miss the days when I ENJOYED getting ready to go to bed and sleeping. Sheesh!! Sorry, had to vent a tad there... I know its all worth it and my lack of enjoyment with sleeping is only going to get worse.

Thats all I can seem to remember for now.. "pregnancy brain" is in full affect, I seem to easily forget EVERYTHING. Until next time...

It's A Boy & Room Decor :)

We went to have the sonogram to determine the baby's sex and check out the anatomy on Sept. 24th... a day I've certainly be counting down to! Its a BOY (obviously you've figured that out from the title already lol) Everything looks great... he was sleeping the whole time with his hands over his face, so we didn't get a great profile picture, but we DID get a good picture of his "goods"



YAYYY to a healthy baby boy thats growing right on track! I think we have determined the name of this little boy too.. Elijah "Eli" Alexander. Elijah means "the Lord is my God" and Alexander means "man's defender, warrior" :) I've also been franticly picking out things for his room and registering for the baby shower as soon as we found out "it" was a "he".

Here's what I have for the room theme:



I have gotten some baby furniture for his room so far and will post pictures once its all put together!!

I'll try to feel "pretty" enough to post a belly picture here soon and update on how I've been feeling here at 22 weeks.. its hard to believe that this boy already weighs about 1lb!!