Weekly Update

How Far Along: 29 Weeks 3 days (ONLY 75 DAYS TO GO!!)

Baby Nickles Weight:  2.5 lbs (The weight of a butternut squash! Ha!)

Baby Nickles Length: 15 inches

Baby Nickles Heartbeat:  141

Best Moment This Week:  Finalizing our daycare options for Annabelle. We have decided to go with Kidding Around. It has a great staff, smaller class sizes and a cute facility. I think that Annabelle will like it and we are excited that its convenient to our house and on the way to Stephen's work. It's going to be hard to let her go when I head back to work in October.... guess we will cross that bridge when we get to it.

Movement:  Not only can I feel her moving but we can now easily see Annabelle kick and punch my stomach from the outside. Tillie is not all that fond of the unusual movement when she is laying with me on the couch. She kind of stares at me and them moves away when Annabelle is really active. I think Tillie thinks that I am playing a trick on her.

Total Weight Gain: 14 lbs. I feel huge. And, to make it worse, doctor says that I should add another 10-11 lbs in the last trimester. YIKES!

What I am looking forward to:  May is going to fly by. I have to work two weekends, then we head to Austin for Memorial Day Weekend. I am looking forward to getting all the fam together one last time before Annabelle gets here. I can't believe how fast things are changing!

Symptoms: Heartburn is back with vengeance!

Weekly Update- Bring on the Third Trimester!!

How Far Along: 28 Weeks

Baby Nickles Weight:  2.25 lbs 

Baby Nickles Length: 14.5 inches

Baby Nickles Heartbeat:  145 (going from the last Dr. visit)

Best Moment this week:  Having fun putting together all of Annabelle's new stuff! We are so excited to finally have her carseat, stroller and even diaper bags ready to go!

Movement:  I can feel her hiccuping - so cute!

Food Craving: Apples and PB&J. Still love those carbs too... give me pasta and I am a happy girl!

What I am looking forward to:  Next weekend when I don't have to work and can have some "me" time.

Symptoms: Sciatica, shortness of breath.

The Baby Shower

We are so grateful to have such a wonderful family! Stephen and I were lucky enough to have our baby shower in South Carolina with all our family (and some friends) in attendance. Here is the breakdown:

Hosts: Stephanie, Perry, Christina and Donna
Location: Anderson University Faculty Dining Room
Time: 2-5pm
Attendees: We had a ton of family on both my side and Stephen's side. Probably about 30 people in all.
Theme: Pink, Green and lady bugs
Food: Lemonade, Ice tea, fruit and cheese platter and delicious cupcakes and TWIZZLERS! :-)

See below for some quick pics (thankfully provided by Mike Vandiver and Taylor Vandiver!).

Weekly Update

How Far Along: 27 Weeks

Baby Nickles Weight:  2 lbs 

Baby Nickles Length: 13 inches

Baby Nickles Heartbeat:  145 (going from the last Dr. visit)

Best Moment this week:  Our SC baby shower. We have such wonderful family and friends! It was so nice to be able to make it back to the Greenville area to see everyone before the baby is born. Hopefully we will get back to SC soon after we have Annabelle too.

Movement:  Yes. Lots. She is now starting to move during the night...makes it a bit harder to sleep.

Food Craving: No much new this week. I still love me some OJ.

What I am looking forward to:  With work and events season in full swing I am looking forward to having a day or two off work. I am exhausted! April 25th I have my Glucose Screen at the Dr. and Stephen and I will be finalizing our daycare options. I look forward to having that day off and concentrating on all our baby loose ends!

Symptoms: Sciatica, shortness of breath.

Just For Fun Photos

This is me (and Annabelle) at 26 weeks and 2 days. Its hard to believe that I am going to get bigger than this....

We Have Nursery Furniture!

Stephen has been working so hard to get the baby's room together- I think it's his way of nesting! Last week he finished up the painting, put up our new blinds, put together the crib and the dresser. It is looking really great so far! See below for a sneak peak.

Stephen making sure we have all the right pieces for the crib.

Finishing the dresser/changing table

Crib and dresser

Sweet ladybug themed crib

Weekly Update- 26!

How Far Along: 26 Weeks

Baby Nickles Weight:  2 lbs 

Baby Nickles Length: 12 inches

Baby Nickles Heartbeat:  145 (going from the last Dr. visit)

Best Moment this week:  Reconfirming that Annabelle is in fact a she! We got to see her moving around this morning during a visit to the doctor.

Movement:  Annabelle is moving all the time now and she is getting stronger. I can only hope she doesn't break one of my ribs as we get closer to the delivery.

Food Craving: Apples, PB&J.

What I am looking forward to:  We are headed to SC on Friday for our couples baby shower. SO much fun! I can't wait to see all our friends and family!

Symptoms: Sciatica, congestion.