Maternity Photos

Okay, Okay!  It has been a while!!  We have been Busy with a CAPITAL B!!  Between all the birthdays in June and well the arrival of our little man Tucker it has been hard to sit down and blog!  So, I'm going to try and play catchup!  I guess I will start with Tucker's maternity photos.  Here are some of my favs!

 one of my all time favorite photos of the 2 of us!

 sweet ellee kisses.

 love this face!

It was so hard to pick just a few to be my favorites!  Pat Thomas at Gig Harbor Photography did an amazing job!  If you want to see a few more photos go HERE!

30 & 32 weeks.

I'm a bit behind on posting my prego week pics, tomorrow marks 34 weeks!!! : )  But, once again.... when am I not behind?!? hehe! : )

Sooo, here they are!

**Click on each picture individually and it will make them bigger!**

ultrasound take two.

Today I had another u/s done.  My midwife had called me 2 weeks ago after the 1st one to tell me my cervix was measuring on the smaller end of "normal".  So as a precaution they scheduled me for another u/s, just to make sure my cervix is progressing.  (If my cervix isn't progressing or is getting shorter that could mean that I possibly could go into pre-term labor.  The midwife said that was a small possibility, but wanted to take every precaution.)

After the u/s, the tech was not aloud to tell me all the details, but she did say that if there was something wrong then they would not be sending me on my way.  I guess now I just wait for my midwife to call.

I'm telling myself that I'm not going to worry until I have something to worry about.  And, for the most part I haven't really thought about it.  I feel great, so at this point I don't think I have anything to be concerned about.  Susan, one of my midwives, told me that there are many women that are on the smaller end of "normal".  That has helped a lot!  I was just happy I got to see him again!!  Normally we would have just gotten the one u/s at 20 weeks and would then have been done. : )

The u/s tech was nice enough to print me out some more pictures of Mr. Tucker!  And, I got to hear his heartbeat again!  Today, it looked like he was waving at me!  God's miracles are so amazing! : )

Tucker at 21 weeks & 6 days

"jeggings" & a baby bump pic

jeans + leggings = jeggings!

Over the holiday season I learned what jeggings are.  Ellee got a pair from her Great Aunts Lynne and Lauren.  They are super cute! Thanks Aunt Lynne and Lauren!!! : )

Baby boy bump at 20 weeks!

I'm still feeling pretty good. Feeling a little more pregnant, but not to bad.  The baby is constantly moving and I'm feeling tons of kicks!  : )

18 Weeks!

18 Weeks today!!  I feel like I haven't gotten any bigger since the last photo at 12 weeks.  I guess that could be a good thing?! : )

2 weeks from today we find out if this little one is a boy or girl!  My gut says it's going to be a little boy.  We will see though, my gut could be TOTALLY wrong!  I did a Facebook poll and the majority said girl. :)  

I am still completely exhausted, but I'm feeling much better these days in the morning sickness department.  I'm still wearing my own jeans, but can feel them getting tighter.  At this point when I was pregnant with Ellee I was already in maternity jeans. :)  I still feel like time is flying, we are almost halfway there! 

AND Ellee is going to be  EIGHTEEN MONTHS on FRIDAY!!!!!  This I CAN'T believe!!!  Feels like just last week she was born and just yesterday she turned ONE. Good grief will time please slow down!!  I have a feeling that it won't...

Okay, signing off for now.  I still have more posts from the holidays to post.  Hopefully I can get to that soon!!! :)

12 weeks!

Today marks 12 weeks!  Wow, is this pregnancy flying by!  1 more week and I will officially be out of the first trimester! : )

Not the greatest photo of me, but you can definitely see a baby Gray bump! : )

I'm feeling pretty good, just really tired all the time!  Morning sickness has been worse then when I was pregnant with Ellee.  It is more all day and comes in waves.  It isn't anything to unbearable though.  And I think it is starting to go away.  The last few days I have only felt nauseous late at night or if I wait to long to eat.

I'm so excited to find out what we are having!  Shayne is convinced we are having a boy!  Hopefully we will find out sometime in January! : )

39 weeks & 2 days

We went to a family reunion on Saturday for Shayne's side of the family. It was at a nice park in Olympia. Here are some pictures! Sarah tagged along with us. :)

38 weeks!

I can't believe I only have 2 weeks left!!!

birthing class @ 37 weeks

Shayne and I finally took a birthing class on Saturday. We did a 1 day cram session. We should have done this over a month ago but, I am a procrastinator!! Oh well, at least we got it done! :) It was very interesting and I learned a lot. Shayne said it was boring but, I think he got a lot out of it too. He at least got to spend about a half hour in my shoes!! Check out the great pics!!

Pregnancy Photographs

We had these photos taken on my birthday. My friend JuLee took them for us. What a wonderful birthday present she gave me!!

I am 36 weeks in these photos!! Almost there!!

35 weeks.

5 weeks to go!! This picture was taken at Kensington Gardens for Sarah's CIP graduations. What a beautiful place!!

6/2 midwife appointment

I had another appointment yesterday. It went pretty well. It started out just like any other appointment but, when then midwife went to listen to the heartbeat at first she said it sounded a little low. But, then she was able to hear it again and it was normal. She said that when I laid down the baby probably just pressed up against the umbilical cord for a second which could cause the irregular heartbeat. Just to be on the safe side though when they were all done they hooked me up to the fetal heartbeat monitor so they could monitor Ellee's heartbeat for an extended amount of time. They monitored her for about 20 minutes and everything was normal! It was kind of cool to be able to hear her heartbeat for so long. She was constantly moving the whole time! They said I have a very active little girl on my hands. :)

results.

I finally got the results back from the 2nd glucose test I had to take.
They came back normal!! So, no gestational diabetes for me!! :)

I had figured they had come back okay because I didn't hear anything right away..still made me nervous though!

32 & 33 weeks.

day 201

This is what my nuturedfamily.com ticker says for today:

Day 201:
The baby's movement may slow down now due to the cramped space.

This had to make me laugh because Ellee's movement has not slowed down at all..if anything she is more active...and getting a lot stronger!! I will wake up in the middle of the night and wonder why..then I feel her doing her somersaults or high kicks and know exactly why! I think we might have a gymnast on our hands. :)

It still amazes me that we are going to have a little girl in about 2 months. This whole experience has been indescribable!

10 to go!

BLAH!

So, turns out when you go in for the 3 hour glucose test they don't give you the same orange drink. They give you a different one. This one is really, really nasty. It is really thick like syrup. The gal told me it has 2x the amount of sugar. The only thing it had going for it was it sorta tasted like Sprite...but, 1000 times sweeter. Talk about sugar overload. Not to mention they had me fast before I went in there so I drank the whole thing (I think about 12oz) as fast as I could on an empty stomach. That first hour was torture...I felt so sick to my stomach from all the sugar trying to settle. Hopefully I will never ever have to do that again!!

They said they will call me if my test comes back positive that I have gestational diabetes. I will keep you all posted.

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glucose test take 2

the results to my glucose test came back yesterday and they were a tiny bit high. the normal range is between 75 and 175. my number was 176. go figure! so, they want me to come in for their 3 hour test. i was a little alarmed at first because i thought i would ace the 1st test and that i didn't have anything to worry about. but, i am still not to worried..i feel great and i am generally pretty healthy. but, we will see after this test if i have gestational diabetes.

for the test i took last friday i had to drink the orange drink and get my blood drawn a hour later. this time i have to eat a high carb diet for the next 3 days and then fast after midnight on the third day. i then have to go in on friday (5/8) and drink the orange drink again. but, this time i will drink the orange drink and a hour later get my blood drawn... only to wait another hour to get more blood drawn and then 1 more hour after that to get my blood drawn a 3rd time. sounds like fun huh?! :) not really but, i guess that is just how it goes.

if 2 out of the 3 tests still come back high then i am diagnosed with gestational diabetes. they said it is easily controlled though with diet and that it will go away after ellee is born. so that is nice to know. i'm trying not to think about it because i am sure i am just fine. i will let you all know what the results are.

♥love yas!!!

glucose test

yesterday we had another appointment with our midwife. before the appointment i had to go in and drink that orange glucose drink to determine whether i have gestational diabetes. it isn't something they were worried about but, just a normal test they do just to be on the safe side. everyone kept telling me that the drink was really gross. but, it actually wasn't that bad! it tasted like orange soda with out the carbonation. i'm not a huge fan of orange soda but, at least it wasn't something worse! the only hard part was trying to down it as fast as i could because i was running late for my actual appointment. i should get the results in a few days. i'm not worried though because i feel great!
at my appointment with the midwife she said that everything looks really good. when she measured my stomach she said that ellee had grown a lot since our last appointment four weeks ago. when she listened for her heartbeat it was stronger on the left side. the midwife had a hard time counting her beats per minute because ellee kept moving around. :) she definitely moves a lot! the midwife said we are right where we need to be. that was really good to hear. all in all it was a really good appointment.

28 weeks!

This is me at 28 weeks and Zen...he is a 250 pound Mastiff that my friend Julie is dog sitting. I have never in my life seen a dog this big!! He is the size of a small pony. We though Charlie was big!! Good thing Zen is a friendly dog..or we could have been in big trouble! :)