Team Walls

We're having a BABY! A baby girl actually! Baby Walls is due January 7, 2015,  which happens to be both of my maternal Great Grandmother's birthday's ( Ruth Evadna Long Simmons 1906 and Phyllis Dare Harner Miller 1907). Given the fact that I'm hugely sentimental about basically everything, I love the fact that our little girl could share a birthday with her Great, Great Grandmothers. Or if she makes it a little early she'll share a birthday with her wonderful Uncle Lance (December 29). Logan's praying she comes in December so we can write her off on taxes. Direct quote- "If she comes on the third of January, it'll be like a thousand dollars a day we could have saved." I'd like to think he's joking, but I'm not quite sure...

I'm very late posting a blog about the pregnancy since I'm currently 7 and a half months pregnant and into my third trimester.  Initially it was intentional to wait to announce our pregnancy, and then once the time came when we announced it, I still wasn't quite certain how much I wanted to share about such a personal event. Writing a blog about a vacation or a yummy meal is one thing, sharing intimate details about health, love and family is another entirely and it's taken me some time to decide where I wanted to draw that line.

I'll share our story in reverse.

At 29 weeks we had a 3D ultrasound which was an absolutely incredible experience. For an hour we watched her stick out her tongue, suck her thumb, yawn and hiccup. The ultrasound technician said she's already pretty big and had her head down low, smooshed up against the uterine wall which made it difficult to see her face. For the first 30 minutes or so, she absolutely refused to cooperate, she had both of her hands up in front of her face. Finally, she decided to give us a little peak- She has chubby cheeks, a little button nose and we think she might even have a little dimple in her chin like Daddy. She has short, fat feet and is already sporting a decent amount of hair (all this heartburn is making so much more sense now!). It was truly the most amazing hour of my life.

At 26 weeks, baby is strong, healthy and constantly kicking. Mommy is gaining weight, and Daddy is impressively losing it (I don't know how, given my daily cravings for a double scoop of pumpkin cheesecake icecream in a waffle cone- Oh Baskin Robbins, I love you!).

At 19 weeks we had an ultrasound and learned we were having a beautiful baby girl and that she was measuring big! Which wasn't a total shock given the fact that Logan and his brothers were over 9 lbs and both of my sisters were in the 10s. I was the smallest at 8lbs 8oz, which in my Father's opinion is the PERFECT size. haha I'm shooting for a solid 8 pounder... We'll see how that turns out in a few months I guess?

At 16 weeks we heard her heartbeat for the very first time-152 bpm. It was simply the most incredible sound I've heard in my entire life.

At 13 weeks we celebrated the fact that we were out of the testy time and announced our pregnancy to the world!

At 6 weeks we had our first ultrasound and saw the strong little flicker of her heartbeat on the ultrasound. It was truly a moment that only God can provide.

At 4 weeks we found out we were pregnant. The over excitement about the possibility and having a slight "off" feeling I tested on a Thursday night. It came back negative and I felt so silly, for being such a hypochondriac.That night we got a call saying our nephew would soon be making his arrival so Friday after work we headed up to Georgia to meet our handsome little nephew! I was queasy while we were in the hospital that weekend, but chalked it up to the fact that I was probably just tired after having driven 6 and a half hours, not to mention I was sitting in a hospital, which tends to kind of have a queasy effect on people anyway.  On the way back home from Georgia, I was car sick the whole time. I even made Logan pull over in the middle of nowhere lower Alabama. I never actually got sick, but just continued feeling car sick. Again, with an already negative test, I just pushed away any possibility of pregnancy. Finally, after never regaining my land legs Monday, I started to get excited again and couldn't contain my curiosity! Sure enough- I was PREGNANT! Any plan I had ever made about a cute way to announce our first pregnancy to Logan immediately went directly out the window. I literally just kind of stumbled over the words- "Logan, we're pregnant!" haha Maybe I'll come up with something cuter for the next one??