33 weeks...6 more to go

The last week was pretty good, we had a wonderful baby shower in Mr's hometown with family and friends. It was so much fun and everything was so beautiful. We could not ask for better family than we both have. They are amazing and have been so thoughtful with everything since we started trying to have this amazing little girl!
We recieved many gifts and special little things. We are overly thankful for everything.
On Sunday I started with a small cold. It progressively got worse until I had to go to the Dr on Wed. Nothing major just a cold. Nothing to do but let it run its course. Ugh. I haven't had a cold in a year. This sucks! I don't have much to say cause I am tired and sick still.
I am at the point where I am ready for her to be here. I am ready to not be pregnant. I am ready to play with her and love her.
Here is the belly at 33 weeks.

32 weeks and TIRED!

Here it is 32 weeks along. Now I am starting to get cranky. I cry if I don't get my way, I am mad for no reason, I am happy crazy for no reason...I think being pregnant makes you Bi Polar. The heartburn today could have killed a grown man. I now understand why people say that you can get indigestion and heartburn so bad it feels like a heart attack. I had that today. I went and got tums from the downstairs store and while I was there picked up a Kit Kat and a 7up. I mean I still gotta keep my fuel up right. And I was mad that they didn't have Ginger Ale. Cause its what I wanted. But I got over it.

Also I could use a nap. And I just woke up from sleep for 9 hours. Well did I really sleep? I mean I remember getting up to potty and I rememeber waking up from a dream, but I don't remember the dream and I thought I was awake and waiting for my alarm to go off. Who knows.

Here it is me at 32 weeks or rather the belly at 32 weeks...yes Daddy I know you are reading, but hey its getting big!


I can't tell if its a shadow or if she was moving around...but there ya go.

Off to the In Laws for the weekend tomorrow...fun times, baby shower, good food and family and friends. We totally can't wait! Plus I can lay around since I won't be at home and cleaning my own house. Just relax!

Ok back to the work, hi ho hi ho.

31 weeks.

Oh my, belly is getting bigger and bigger everyweek! The ultrasound was done this past week and Emery is already 3lbs 2 oz of joy. She loves to move and strech, which I don't like so much cause it hurts when she pokes out! Its kinda like that movie Spaceballs where the alien is moving all around and then pops out and starts singing. Its all I can think of when she does that!

The little Princess's room is going to get set up this weekend. Finally. I know I know we are slow. But its time, build the crib, take the dresser out the box, get the closet organized, get clothes and shoes organized...you know just set it up. I still need to find curtains, but I guess if I don't by the time my Mom gets here in Feb she will do it. And speaking of Feb, I cannot wait to hug all my Aunts and Cousins who I miss ever so much! Its going to be a fun time of bonding and I can't hardly contain my excitment.

So much to do to prepare for this special event in our lives. And so much to worry about. Yes I am scared, scared of the surgery, scared of being a Mom, scared of how I will react to having someone attached to me for life, scared of the big needle that has to go into my back. Yes I am worried, worried that I won't be a good Mother, a good Wife, a housekeeper and worried that I will fail and not know how to react. But I am also happy and looking forward to all of this and the future. I know it will be hard, I know it will be great, I know I can handle it.

31 weeks gone by so fast...8 weeks left to go...58 days left...thats just 2 months and a day and what we wanted so badly for the past 3 years will finally be in our arms!

I am a bragger!

I might be a little biased...but our baby girl is adorable! Look at those lips!
8 Weeks left to go!

30 weeks and 9 left to go. Are the holiday over?

The past two weeks have been spent traveling back and forth from Texas to Louisiana to visit family and friends for the holidays and having a wonderful baby shower in between. I am so very tired. But still holding on. I cannot believe there is only 9 weeks left to go. 9 more Monday's and 9 more quiet weeks. Excited and scared doesn't even begin to describe what I am feeling!

Dr. Visit yesterday went as expected. Measuring right on track 29.5 belly, Up to 14 total lbs put on weight wise, blood pressure perfect, pains all just about right. LOL! We will have a beautiful Ultrasound done on 02/11 to see our little girl and all her body parts. Mostly I want to know her cord is alright and no where near her. Even though her little legs and feet kick my ribs I guess thats a good sign, at least I know she is moving around. Her heartbeat was all great...glug glug glug. I can't wait to meet her!

My baby shower in NOLA was amazing. My cousins did a wonderful job with the help of my friend Bug! It was beautiful and loved having my family around me and feeling our little Princess. She is already being spoiled with gifts and love. She is going to have more clothes and shoes than me before you know it. I'll have to move out the master closet!

Well here is a pic of my big ole belly at 30 weeks! We only have 9 weeks left to go!

28 Weeks or 7 months or...

Starting the 3rd trimester or 11 weeks till Birth-Day or 77 days till little girl comes into our lives!

We made it. Emery is at the 95% viability stage in her life. She could survive on her own if born now. While it wouldn't be easy at least I know our adorble little girl would make it. What an amazing journey we have had just to get to this point in the pregnancy. I can't seem to thank everyone enough for their prayers and joy surrounding our struggle to get pregnant and then our pregnancy. Its amazing and we couldn't ask for anything more right now.

I am preparing for a 5 hour drive to go home to my In Law's House for Christmas and celebrating all that we have this year. And to see our beautiful niece who is due a month after us. I can't wait to see her little belly too! She too is having a little girl, so these two will be so close in age and will have each other thru the years to play with, totally awesome!

I think Sammy the Wonder Mutt is starting to realize something is going on in my tummy too. He comes by me but doesn't walk all over me anymore. And now he just lays his head on my tummy. Its cute. But I have no idea how he is going to be when there is something his size, in my arms or Daddy's arms all the time, crying and other things! Poor Sammy, hopefully he doesn't go into depression dog stage again.

Here is my 28 week tummy shot..as of Wed I gained 11.5 lbs so far, heartbeat is in the 130s and I took my glucose test so we will know next week the results of that. It wasn't that bad, the drink tasted like a really strong gatoraid drink.



Merry Christmas to you all!

27 weeks DONE and 12 more to GEAUX!

Notice the proper way to spell GO in our world is GEAUX...as in GEAUX Tigers, Geaux Saints! Whoo hooo!

The last 27 weeks seemed at the time to go by at a snails pace but looking back now so close to the end they flew by! I can't believe that we are so close to finally having our darling little baby in our arms. After all the pain and suffering and emotions its coming up on us so quickly. I cannot express the happiness that I feel, and I am also double sure the Mr. feels also.

Our little Wiggle Worm is just that a little wiggle -er. She moves often and can't stand things to touch my tummy on top of her. Its pretty funny if you ask me. I tend to pull up under my desk at work just to make her kick me. Then she will get me back by curling up into a ball and pressing her butt out. Dang that hurts. But it sure is cute. She loves to give her Daddy a show at night when we lay down. It looks like she is trying to kick her way out. And you can see it all!

Here is my belly at 27 weeks (just this morning)



Yep I am shaped like an Egg..I know. Miss Emery moves down low while I am sleeping and than during the day she wiggles her way up into my lungs. So by the end of the day I am not very hungry but I wake up starving. C'est la vie...anything for my little girl!

Is there really on 13 Weeks left?

Little Miss Emery Ruth will be making her debut in just 13 short weeks! I am positive after Christmas the weeks are going to fly by and I feel so not ready to bring her home from the hospital as of yet. The crib, while beautiful is still in pieces on the floor of her room. We don't have a dresser yet (though that could be fixed this weekend if my Darling Mr will go with me to pick one of the 7 I have in mind!) But what else is that we don't really have alot of "things" yet. I keep thinking, what does an infant really need anyway besides her parents and a bed and clothes and diapers? Oh I know...a sane Mother who has everything to make her life just a little easier! Bottles, Bibs, toys, swings, bouncers, carseats, blankets, sheets, changing stuff and I am sure so much more.

We went to the lovely OB this week and here is our little talk.
Dr. "you look great, how are you feeling"
Me "great, my hip is giving me trouble but nothing major"
Dr. "ok phyiscal thearpy for you"
Dr. "baby measuring right on target, lets listen to her heartbeat, oh darn she kicked the doppler, you got a fiesty one there"
Dr. "lets measure your belly...and she kicked me again! and again"
Me "yea she's turned from a Tapeworm to a Wiggle worms, moves all the time"
Dr. "well everything looks great, you are still a little underweight but since everything looks so good and your tests are all normal, nothing to worry about. Keep eating"
Me "don't worry that's about all I do!"

So here it is two weeks till Christmas and our road trip to Mr.'s hometown for the holiday then back to the Big D until our Plane ride back to NOLA for New Year's Eve!
I plan on eating and eating!

Has it been nearly a month?

Oh my...I am sorry for those few of you who read this. We have been so busy and crazy that at sometimes I thought I couldn't get thru another day...but alas I am still here and still pregnant.
I am offically 25 weeks with our darling little girl and couldn't be happier.
We have decided on a name for this little one and it will be Emery Ruth! The little Tapeworm has turned into a Wiggle Worm. She kicks and moves all the time. Especially when Momma is trying to sleep or you put anything on top of her. This makes for a difficult time at work when my chair is pulled up so I can type. The desk sits in the middle of my stomach and Emery likes to try and kick it away. While fun I kinda have to say I can't wait to have my body back!
Christmas is coming up very soon and the Mr and I are going to his hometown for Christmas. I can't wait to see the family and eat! Yes I heart the eating, can't help it! Then the week after that back to NOLA (my hometown) for a wonderful New Years and babyshower! It will offically be our 4th anniversary of our very first kiss. We kissed in this great little bar and have spent every NYE in NOLA freezing our tooshies off! This year we have reservations, so no freezing for us. However I will miss the fun of the drinks and walking the French Quarter...but C'est la vie!
Oh and did I mention all the eating I want to do while back in NOLA? Yea...um there is lots of it!
Well back to work...gong the bell is it time to go home yet?

23 Weeks

Today has been a day of joy and reflection. I still can't believe after 2.5 years of trying for a baby I really am pregnant with a little girl. And its all going really good.
My Darling Mr. was there for it all, the months of being upset for not getting pregnant, the morning tempature taking, the peeing on sticks, the testing, the blood testing, the feelings of depression and like a failure...always there to tell me that it was going to be ok, it was going to work out. Thru all the Dr. apts, the ones with news, the ones without. He learned to give me shots and how to keep me calm. He was there to hold my hand when everything hurt and when I was going into my apts. He is amazing and I can't believe our daughter will have him for her Father. Thank you honey...no really thank you!

And now we move onto our little IVF miracle, our baby girl, my little tapeworm. She's doing great. Feels like she is doing acrobats in my belly all the time. I poke at her and move her around, the Mr says not to do that but hey I like to feel her! I go back to the Dr. in early Dec to get a check up and then we start our twice a month apts. We've bought her a few things here and there but still have mucho things to get for her. A dresser is becoming #1 priorty soon.

How I am feeling, well "at my age" lol, I still love that saying...no really I am good. Still tired often but to be expected and my hip is killing me, but its a small price to pay for such a great thing to come! I've gained about 8lbs and am getting a bigger and tighter belly everyday. I can't believe there is only 3 months 3 weeks and 4 days left till she gets here. I feel like I am not having anything done or planned yet..and if you know me I am a planner!

Well off to do some more work. Fun times. I'd rather be napping!