Baby Pics!!!

I know it is about time...I am finally posting pics of the baby Mabry to be! These were pictures from my ultrasound at 20 weeks and now I am 28 weeks so she probably looks totally different! Wow how fast 8 weeks goes by. But you can see in these pictures her little profile and that she is a girl. SHE HAS NO WEE WEE! I go to see my midwife on Monday(tomorrow the 22nd of December) for another appointment. I have to go through the lovely diabetes testing and get a shot because I my blood type is A -. Anywhooo...Should be a great time... We also have signed up for our child birthing classes. We are using the hypnobabies method. Which is a way of natural birth that uses deep relaxation and music to help you get through the process. Our classes begin in January. So I will have to let you know how that goes. Supposedly when you use this method of child birth, you have little or no PAIN!! Sounds good to me. I have decided to look at this birth situation as marathon I am training for. I know that when you train for a marathon you have to look at it in steps. You walk, run, walk, run when you train. So if I can just remember to run and than walk and breath in between as I reach my goal. Or sometimes I think about mailboxes. I know that when I am running I use my mind a lot to sike me out by saying if I just make it to the next mailbox than I will be able to walk... I think if I look at it in steps it will be a good Marathon in the end. Continually trying to get to the next mailbox. And the amazing part of it all, is that in the end I will reach the greatest mailbox of all, a baby Girl to cuddle and love on. I will update my blog tomorrow again with how the appointment went and maybe I preggo pic or two!

Kicking Room

On Friday Jeff and I went out to eat with some of his co workers.  As I looked through the menu I saw the spicy hot wings and had to get them.  I didn't even think one second about it, I had to have them.  They were really yummy and I didn't even think they were spicy, which for me is quite the opposite because usually everything has some spicy-hotness taste to it.  While I sat there and at them people kept on commenting on how I wasn't going to get much sleep that night. But I was like, "oh well".  Well, that night when I laid down baby girl stated to kick.  It was like she was dancing...I was like, "Jeff you have got to feel this..."  and he did for another 15 min or so. The longest he has ever felt her move.  It was really cool for him to feel it.  I think he  might have even giggled...at the thought that there was a real human being in my tummy!   

On the other hand Jeff and I have started to move towards getting the baby's room together.  We went and bought the paint at Lowes on Saturday.  Also, my mom and I finished the curtains this weekend (brown with white polka dots) so things have started to progress in that area.  We have decided to go with mainly sage green and dark brown with a splash of shades of pink.  

Also, lets see I am 26 weeks.  Which means I have 14 weeks left.  Which is kind of crazy to think about.  And as I think about the future, I think about everything that I have to get done and ready in the next 14 weeks.  My teacher mind is on overdrive...  I have a lot to do, between getting ready for maternity leave and getting ready for the baby I will be busy.  I am sure thatit will all work out!  We are both excited.  Thats it for now!

 

25 weeks and Counting...

Baby Girl and I had another check up on Monday.  (Nov.24th) And everything is looking good. When Sharon (my midwife) was listening to baby Mabry's heart beat she kept on kicking.  So it sounded like boom, boom, boom, kick.. boom, boom, boom, kick.  The baby obviously, knew that there was something different around her.  Some say that when babies are in the womb, they can hear and feel all kinds of things.  But it was just funny to actually hear her kick...I have been feeling her for about a couple weeks now, kicking pretty strongly.  It comes and goes.. I will feel her kick for a min.  and than I wont feel her for a while.  But when I do it is like, wow, there is something in there.  And it is usually when I am laying down getting ready for bed or when I get up for the 2nd or 3rd time to pee during the night.  So it was a different type of feeling actually hearing her kick on Monday.  Speaking of kicking Jeff has finally felt her kick.  So that is kind of cool. Of course it isn't too strong yet.  But he felt it.  And I am sure as time goes on he will feel her more and more...So that is exciting.  

Tomorrow I will be 25 weeks.  It is kind of crazy to think how far I am along in this whole process.  Right now they say that she is about 1 lb and 9 oz.  I have attached a picture from a website that kind of shows what she might look like in there right now.  Well, I guess sometime soon I will try and post the ultrasound pics from a couple weeks ago.  And also what Jeff and I are thinking about doing for her room and maybe event tell ya her name.  YEAH RIGHT...That is a whole other blog.  Names and how Jeff and I are having a rough time trying to figure it out...  We both have worked with too many kids... More to come later.

Maternity Clothes

Today I went to the mall for the first time in a long time.  And I observed a couple things about maternity clothes.  First of all if a pregnant woman walks into a department store looking for maternity clothes.  GOOD LUCK...And than when you finally ask someone where they are located. You find out they are by the petite clothes, the PETITE clothes.  Way to make a pregnant feel great about themselves! And/or they are located in some obscure corner behind the HUGE underwear or Double D BRAS.  GREAT!!!   Another thing that I have observed is every time I start looking at the maternity clothes I get discouraged at how "lovely" they are and decide not to get any at all.  SOOO...Right now my biggest problem is that I am 6 months pregnant next week and I am still trying to fit myself into my "normal clothes."  Now, I have bought a couple of pieces of maternity pieces clothes and I tend to ware them almost everyday.  However, it is tricky since I have to dress up so much for school.  But I still think that its hard to decide what I want to buy...So I just keep looking.. Anyone have any good places to look for baby mama clothes???

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22 Weeks Today

Today Baby Mabry is 22 weeks along.  I guess that means I am a little more than half way through my pregnancy, which is kind of crazy.  I feel like it has already gone by sooooo fast.  Right now I am feeling pretty good.   Nothing really to complain about.  I am starting to feel her kick and move around which is kind of crazy.  So that has been pretty cool.  For such a long time I just felt sick but now I can actually feel her move.  Which makes me feel more connected with what is going on with my body.  And with the little baby growing in me.  I could probably cut the coffee I drink every day but I don't.  So that could be another reason she moves a lot.  I love it though.  The next thing I can't wait to happen is for Jeff to feel her too!  : )  I think it will make it more real for him once he feels her move!  I will have to let you all know when this happens.  I will also be posting pregnant Stephanie Pics soon!  BEWARE!!!  Oh and by the way its a GIRL!!