Merry Christmas!

We are in Franklin for the last Christmas before the arrival of Samuel Alan (what we have decided to name our baby boy)! Sam is now 29 weeks and growing bigger everyday. He is moving a lot and his kicks are getting stronger. (I keep telling Alan that he is practicing the can-can; Alan is convinced he is doing breaststroke.)

I (Jessie) am still feeling great for the most part, but I don't have as much energy as I did 2nd trimester. I have heard that women at this stage have a hard time sleeping; I sleep fine except for the occasional 2:00 a.m. snack. A couple of weeks ago strangers started to notice my belly and make comments (which I am loving!). However I still have not had the stranger at Wal-Mart grab my belly. I'll let you know when that happens. :)

Alan and I have had two of 12 natural childbirthing classes. I keep telling Alan I was not aware of the the nightly massages he is required to give me as part of our homework. :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

love,
Jessie and Alan

Belly is growing...

No post in a month, mainly due to the fact there is nothing new to report. The baby is moving a lot and Jessie is feeling great! She has full energy, only symptom is that her belly is growing- a lot. The picture I am posting should show the belly very obviously. We registered last week at Babies ‘R’ Us, although our registry needs work, it is very incomplete. There is so much stuff we need! The picture was taken week 23, we are now at week 24.

NYC update

We're at 20 weeks, which is a little over halfway- crazy. Jessie is doing great, and has been feeling the baby move a lot lately. We went to NYC last week, and both of these pictures were taken there. I will soon be uploading the rest of our NYC pictures to my Flickr site.

It's a boy!

More ultrasound scans

Some of you were curious to see the other pictures taken at the doctor a couple weeks ago...

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Not a beak, that's his/her hand by the head. :)

No words can describe...

What's going on with Mom?

Ok, the belly really looks bigger in person....ok it doesn't. Right now I can't wait to have a belly that actually looks like I'm pregnant. I'm ready for the old ladies in Walmart to come over and pat my belly :) At 11 weeks I'm loving the excuse to take lots of naps and do less house work. Alan is the best maid, chef, and cat keeper anyone could ask for! I can't imagine doing this without him! After many weeks of feeling nauseous I'm finally starting to enjoy food again which is very exciting! No serious cravings yet; however, I can't seem to ever have enough fruit. Over all, thus far I'm loving being pregnant. I constantly find myself in awe that there is a life growing inside of me. I tear up just thinking about it!

11 weeks!

We had our first doctor's visit today, didn't learn much that we hadn't already researched. Our due date is March 11. Our next doctor's appt. is on August 28 for the ultrasound, we will be able to see and hear the baby then!

We're Pregnant!