Baby Belly

Well, here they are, my last baby belly pics before the big day.

38 weeks

Night before my c-section and getting ready to take my babies to Grammy's house for the next few days. I'm going to miss them.

21 Days

Can you believe it? Just 21 days left until this little girl arrives. I went to the doctor on Monday and had my very last ultrasound. Everything looks great, and my doctor finally felt like she got a good look and could tell pretty much definitely that it is a girl. The ultrasound estimated her to be around 6 lbs. 6 ozs. now. If that's accurate, then since I have 3 weeks left my guess would be that this will be our biggest baby. We also set the date for my c-section. It will be on Friday March 20th, the day after Noah's birthday, so I won't be in the hospital on his birthday. Now I've just got three more prenatal checkups to go before we get to meet our little Grace. I think I've just about got everything ready for her too.

Almost 36 weeks

Decisions, Decisions

I went for another prenatal checkup today. One of my last ones, can you believe it, there's only a couple more left? Everything was fine. I couldn't get an early appointment this time so I had to take both kids with me by myself. I wasn't looking forward to this, but they actually did so great. They both behaved wonderfully the whole time, and it is nice to get to take them because then they don't miss out on getting to hear the new baby's heartbeat. Noah always liked that when I was pregnant with Anna. Now that I'm nearing the end we have a big decision to make. I thought that my doctor would just pick a date that worked for her schedule to do my c-section, but being that it's right around Noah's birthday, and she didn't want me to have to be in the hospital for his birthday, she has left the decision up to me. She gave me a few dates to choose from. We can choose any date between March 18th and March 25th, but March 19th is Noah's birthday so she had figured we would rule out the first two days. I was kind of hoping for the week before his birthday, and she said she would do it then, but unfortunately she's going to be out of town, so she'd have to get one of the other doctors to do it then, and I don't want that. So now I don't know what to decide or what date to pick. Choosing the 20th would make things easy because it's a Friday, so I would be in the hospital over the weekend, and my mom wouldn't have to take off so many days from work to watch the kids for us, and Arron wouldn't have to worry about taking Noah to school, picking him up from school, and doing homework with him. The only thing is that would put their birthdays back to back which would make celebrating them difficult. I like to celebrate their birthdays on their day, and make a cake just for them, and get them some party decorations in the theme of their choice, but having to do all that two days in a row will not be easy. I guess I will figure out something though if we go with the 20th. At least I will have a year to sort out what to actually do about their birthdays, and by then maybe I will wonder why it ever seemed difficult in the first place. In fact, even as I type this it does sound a little dumb, but it's what I've been thinking about lately and trying to make a decision about.

32 weeks

A 3-D Peek at Baby #3

We went for our 3-D ultrasound last night. It was really neat to see, and we got some great pictures and a dvd of the new baby. It was still a little difficult to tell, but the lady that did the ultrasound checked several different times during the session to make sure and was fairly certain that it's......A GIRL! It's nice to finally know so that we can put a name to this little one and not have to call the baby "it" anymore. I just hope that she wasn't wrong, and that we don't end up calling our little boy a girl name for the next several weeks. I'm thrilled it's another girl. I would've been happy either way, but I really wanted another girl. It makes it easier too. This baby will be closer in age to Anna, which means they will be sharing a room so having them both be girls works out perfectly. Not to mention the fact that since Anna isn't quite 2 yet I still have all of her clothes so I don't really need to buy anything for this baby, but I will get her a couple new outfits so she has a few that are her own. I don't have much of Noah's baby clothes. He's almost 7, and we just didn't have the room to save everything, so I picked out some of my favorites of his and only have one box of baby boy clothes and other items. Noah was a little disappointed that the baby is not a boy. We talked about it this morning while he was eating his breakfast, and he was kind of sad, but I told him it wasn't our decision. God gave us a baby girl, and we should be happy with whatever He has blessed us with. I told him he would still have fun with another baby sister, and that this means he won't have to share his toys, Anna does. I think he kind of liked that. I also told him I would take him out one day, and he could pick out an outfit or two for his new baby sister and maybe a little stuffed animal as well. That made him happy, and he's very excited to get to do this.

I guess you are all wondering what we are going to name her now. Yes, we have picked out a name. I think we have definitely decided on the first name, and we are pretty sure about the middle name. The middle name could change, but I doubt it. Arron chose this baby's name. I chose Anna's first and middle name, and I don't really remember exactly, but I think I had most, if not all, of the say in Noah's first and middle name. He agreed and liked both of their names, but didn't get to choose them himself. This time he finally got to choose the baby's first and middle name. Of course I had to like the names though too, which I did, so we now have a name to put to this face we got to see so clearly last night.

We'd like you to meet through 3-D ultrasound...

Grace Emily

This first one is a 2-D profile pic. The rest are all 3-D.

Still no clue

Yesterday I had another prenatal check up. Everything looks good and is going well. Baby is doing fine. I had my glucose test this time, YUCK!, to check for gestational diabetes. I don't know the results yet, but I've been fine with my other pregnancies. Once again the doctor offered to do an ultrasound to see if we could find out what we are having, and once again we still don't have an answer. This baby is being very difficult. The legs are always crossed and it always seems to squirm around alot when someone's doing an ultrasound. It's like this baby knows what's going on and intentionally makes it hard to find out what it is. I've made an appointment though for a special 3-D ultrasound next week, so hopefully we will be able to find out once and for all if it's a boy or a girl, and we'll be able to get a better glimpse of our new baby. I'm excited! I wanted to do this when I was pregnant with Anna, but decided not to because it was so expensive. The prices have gone down though in the past two years, so I'm going to have one this time. I can't wait! I'll let you know what we find out.

Me and Baby #3 at 29 weeks

Boy or Girl?

Well, we have one stubborn baby on the way. Wednesday I went to the doctor again and since we weren't able to find out last time what we are having the doctor checked the ultrasound room to see if it was available and offered to do another ultrasound to see if she could find out for us. She tried and tried to get a clear view so she could tell what it was, but the legs were still crossed and the baby kept moving again so she just could not tell us what we are having. She did make a guess though and just like the doctor I saw for my last ultrasound she thinks it might be a girl. So we have two guesses for girl so far. It was nice being able to see the baby again though even if I still didn't find out what it is. The baby had the hiccups this time, and I could actually see it hiccuping on the ultrasound.

25 weeks

More Baby News

This week I'm about 23 weeks. I feel lots of kicking now all the time. I had my doctor's appointment a couple weeks ago where we were supposed to find out what we are having this time. I've been looking so forward to this appointment and couldn't wait to find out, but for the first time in all of my pregnancies we weren't able to find out. My doctor spent quite awhile looking all around on the ultrasound trying to get a good look so she could make a guess for us, but this baby did not want us to know. It's legs were crossed and it kept moving around so she could not give us a definite answer. She did say if she had to make a guess she thought maybe it was a girl at one point during the ultrasound, but she really couldn't tell at all. With Noah she was 100% sure it was a boy, we all were, with Anna, she was about 90% sure it was a girl, but this baby I guess it was more like 1%. I just couldn't believe when I left the doctor's office I still didn't know what I was having. Aside from all that though everything looked good on the ultrasound with the baby. It looked healthy and was growing well. I was glad that we all got to go and see the baby too. Anna, Noah, and Arron were all there, and the doctor even gave Noah some ultrasound pictures just for him of his new baby brother or sister. He really liked that.

22 weeks in this picture

Baby News

Just thought I'd give an update on me and baby #3. I'm at 19 weeks now and showing. The picture below is of me at 18 weeks. I've been feeling good and doing well. I started feeling the baby move a few weeks ago, and I can feel it even stronger and more often now. I love this time of a pregnancy when you get to feel all the kicks, and flips, and hiccups of your little one. I look forward to it each time. In just a couple more weeks we get to find out what we're having, hopefully, as long as the baby cooperates. I can't wait to finally get to see it again on the ultrasound and how much he or she has grown now. Noah is very excited and looking forward to this baby as well. He's been saying he wants a brother, and he seems to think that just because he says it, that's what it will be, but then he all of a sudden changed his mind and now wants another sister. I had to explain to him though that we don't get to choose what we have, God does, and that we'll all be happy with whatever God gives us, boy or girl, and then I told him that we'd find out in just a couple more weeks, so he can't wait. Since he goes back and forth, I'm sure he'll be happy with a brother or a sister.

A Special Announcement

Anna and Noah have a special announcement to make......

They'll have a new little sibling in March 2009.

I'm about 9 weeks pregnant now, and Noah, Anna, and I went to the doctor the other day and saw the baby and the little heart beating already. Noah is very excited to have another sibling, but I'm not too sure how well Anna's going to take it when the new baby arrives. She likes having Mommy all to herself and is very clingy with me.

I made the t-shirts in the above picture for the kids to surprise the grandparents. They surprised my mom on her birthday and also my grandma and great aunt and uncle. Then they wore the shirts again when we went to Tennessee last week and surprised Arron's parents.

Here is a picture of baby #3 from my doctor visit...

My Pregnancy

Thanksgiving

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

Me and Dolly pregnant together

Day before c-section

Meet The Gang

Arron, me, Noah, and Baby Anna still in my belly

Noah

Ultrasound of Baby Anna at 27 weeks