New 3-D pictures

Daddy and I went back up to SeeMe3D to try to get a good shot of your face because we are Soooo anxious to meet you that we feel if we can kind of see what you look like, it will help ease our anxiousness! :)  I was just hoping that you would cooperate, b/c last time when we went there to find out your gender, you kind of cooperated. You wanted to face my back mostly.
Well, this time you were VERY cooperative! They recorded the ultrasound for me to keep as a DVD and I can show you when you get a little older. It is soo amazing to watch you inside of me thru the ultrasound. I told Daddy that I wish my tummy was made of glass so that I could just sit and watch you grow, but I wouldn't get ANYthing done if that was the case!  I also got a CD of over 70 pictures of you! I see you look a LOT like your daddy! You even make that "Duck" face that he does that drives me crazy! You have the cutest nose and mouth ever. I was almost 28 weeks pregnant with you when we took these pictures, and you still have 12 more weeks to cook, but I found out that you are already in the birthing position. Which kinda bothers me and makes me think that you are going to come early, mainly becuase I work on my feel ALL the time and I feel like that has a lot to do w/ it.

Your new baby cousin and more...

Well, alot has happened since I last blogged.  You have a new cousin.  Baby Graham has made his arrival into this world on June 17th. He weighed about 7lbs 9oz and measured about 21" long. Big boy :)

 I have thoroughly enjoyed being a new aunt. Your Aunt Wendy and Uncle Evan came into town to see the baby, so your cousin Oakes was here for a little while too. Oakes loves the "bebe" too.

I am a little over 25 weeks now, and had my Glucose Test this past Thurs. Haven't heard back, so I'm guessing that means that I passed! YAY!  That's a good thing, b/c I really want to have you as naturally as possible, and I think the only way I'm going to be able to do that is w/ a Birthing Tub. I feel you moving ALL the time now. Daddy got to feel you move for the 1st time on Father's Day. He had a big grin his face when you kicked him. :)  He's felt you move a few times since then. it's funny, somedays you won't be active at all, but as soon as I hold your cousin, Graham, on my chest/tummy, you begin to kick him. I can't wait to meet you and then Mimi and Popi will have 2 babies to share. 

I went to Jackie's "surprise" baby shower today. Her sister Carolyn threw it @ her house, and her sister Diane, sister-in-law, Melissa, and neice were there along w/ me, Sterling, her mother, and her father. It was a great success. So of course we had to get a pic of her @ her shower.

 I'm going to get a picture of Aunt Wendy and me together w/ our pregnant bellies once she starts to get a little bigger. I'm so excited to be able to experience this w/ my sister. Pregnancy is a very special thing, and to be able to share it w/ the only sister I have, is super exciting.

I FINALLY know it's you kicking :)

This past Monday, June 13th, I was sitting on the couch with Mimi and Popi watching a movie. It was in the evening and my arms were crossed over my stomach when all of a sudden I felt you move! :)  Mimi saw my hands move and asked me if it was you that was moving? I said YES!!!  So, both Mimi and Popi put their hands on my stomach right where my rib cage meets in the middle, and they both got to feel you move!  You've been NOT STOP since then. Especially everytime I try to relax, you just move away. Either that, or you get the hiccups! :) I feel you everytime I sit down on the couch or my bed.  Not so much while I'm sitting at my desk at work or while I'm working, but I'm sure it won't be long until I can feel you move then!

Aunt Ashley and Uncle Joe are going to the hospital tomorrow morning to be induced at 5:30am. You're cousin Graham will be born tomorrow, and I can't wait to meet him either. Uncle Joe is super nervous about it, and Aunt Ashley just can't wait to meet him. You are going to have ALL these cousins close by! Oh, and your Aunt Wendy and Uncle Evan are expecting another baby due 2 months after you arrive!  All these babies. Oakes will be a Big Brother :) Aunt Wendy doesn't know the gender yet, but maybe by the time we all have our "Family Beach Vacation" in August...we will know. I hope she's having a girl, so then there will be 2 boys and 2 girls! Mimi and Popi are overjoyed about all these babies. They told Uncle Jay, not to think about having a baby right now! haha.  I Love You honey!

Memorial Day Weekend

I went to Brunswick, GA on June 27-30th to visit my good friend Jackie and her husband Benji.  They are also expecting a baby girl, Bentley Anne, who is due 6 weeks ahead of you. I was in Jackie's wedding about 2 years ago, but I've known Jackie for about 17 years.  We met when she moved here from NY and we both worked @ Baskin Robbins Ice Cream.  I had a great weekend. We got to go to the pool and catch some rays, went to dinner, saw a movie, and she got to show me around St Simon's Island, where she is a teacher at the Elementary School there. She works at a school that is right on the beach. Kind of like the Elementary School that I went to as a child. I did some shopping, and helped her put Bentley's nursery together. We also got to go to the beach!

My carpal tunnel has really started to bother me even more than before. As soon as I got back from GA, I called the Acupunturist to make an appt. I went to him 5x's before they got sooo bad, I could barely make a fist. I know that it's gotta get worse before it gets better, but geez. I'm going to postpone my last 5 visits for a little while. I've had to start taking Tylenol Arthritis. :(  
I did go with Jennifer Causby to Babies R Us to do my registry for you! I had Sooo much fun. I left there w/ 19 pages of stuff. Aunt Wendy told me some things that I need to take off of my registry, so when I'm done with it, it really won't be that long. I know I'm going to have a few baby showers, so I felt I might as well cover everything. I want to do your nursery theme as Bumblebees. I can't do your nursery until I move out of Mimi and Popi's house, which will be in March. I found us a really cute 2 bedroom condo, end unit that backs up to the marsh. Colby will love it, and I can decorate your nursery any way I want to. Just you, me, and Colby :)

Still not quite sure about the feelings....

So, I went to the Dr today, for the Birthing Center, and you are STILL a Girl! :)  I still can't believe you are a girl!  I'm Sooo excited!!!  They did an ultrasound and I asked them about the vibrations, and they said it's very possible that it could be you. I wonder if I'll feel it again.  Haven't felt it since.  I did however get a GREAT profile pic of you!!!

I also was going through my ultrasound pictures of you, and I came across one of you looking like you're telling me to "Shhh".  You must know your mama!  I am a talker, and being that i work/own a salon, I do a LOT of talking.  You are getting a headstart on trying to get some quiet time.



Vibrations???

I was at work last Thursday, still extremely excited about you being a girl, and was in the process of doing a clients hair, when all of a sudden, I felt a vibration??  It felt as though there was a cell phone in my Left front smock pocket. I stopped what I was doing at the moment to reach into my pocket w/ a confused look on my face. Only not to find anything in my pocket. My client looked at me and asked me if everything was ok. I told her that I felt a vibration on my left side under my ribs and under my left breast. I blamed it on the zipper of my left pocket rubbing against the chair. It only lasted for a few seconds each time, but happend about 6 times. I was fine that evening, but then again on Friday I felt it a few more times. This time I wasn't wearing my smock nor was I at work. It happened while I was eating lunch, and again Friday evening while I was laying in the bed watching TV. Then Saturday on my way back from Columbia, I felt it again while I was driving. I woke up this morning and looked it up on the internet, and I read that it's called "quivers". Apparently those are movements that you are making inside of me, and b/c this is my 1st pregnancy, I really don't know what to expect. Now that I have this knowledge, I feel a little more relieved. I have a Dr Appt on Tues, and will ask them anyway, but I'm guessing everything is A-OK! :) I am a little over 19 weeks, so I should be feeling some kinds of movements now. Can't wait to meet you honey. These next 5 months are going to go by SOoo SLOW.  Love You

Here's a pic of me.  19w3d  <3

IT'S A GIRL

Baby EVA

Today I found out that you ARE in fact a Girl! :)  I had more dreams last night about you being a girl, but in the in-between nights, you were a boy in my dreams.  Since it is Popi's 62nd Birthday today, I asked Mimi and Popi to come with Daddy and me to find out the gender. We all met up in Summerville and as soon as they found out that you were a Girl, Popi instantly began to cry tears of JOY~  He's getting his 1st Granddaughter, & he couldn't be any happier. Of course as soon as I saw Popi cry, I cried too. :) haha.  Mimi said, thank goodness you are a girl, b/c she really didn't like the name we picked out for a boy! Daddy was quite surprised too. Deep down he thought you were a boy, but he was totally excited by the fact that you are in fact a GIRL! :)  He can't believe he's having a daughter.!  We named you Eva after My Nana (grandmother). I just love that name and my Nana passed away on April 12th. I told her before she passed away, that if you were a girl, I would name you after her. :) 
At this ultrasound place, we received a DVD of you moving around inside of me, a CD of about 34 pictures of you via 3d and Realtime 4d.  Also we received 2 blk/wht prints and 2 color prints. I did notice that you have your Popi's Long Legs. I'll include a picture of that, so you can see how long they were when you were just 18 wks in utero. The 1st person I called after I found out you were a girl, was your Aunt Wendy. She was very excited too. I can't wait for her to have a little girl, so that you both can be close cousins. Uncle Joe and Aunt Ashley are due w/ their baby, Graham, in about a month. So you will already have 2 boy cousins by the time you enter into this world. The oldest cousin OAKES, who will have just turned 2 yrs old, and GRAHAM who will be about 4 months old. So many babies!!!  I LOVE YOU EVA~~~