35 weeks

Belly Measurement: 41 1/2"

This little girl feels LOW! I've been having some menstrual like cramps for the past couple weeks also. I wish I knew when she was coming because I'm getting soooo excited to see her.

Baby shower #1

Diaper Cake my sister in law made

My best friend Kat & I

My sister in law did a great job throwing me the baby shower. I had so much fun and got alot of great gifts! The nine hour drive there and back was actually not bad at all. It was a very short weekend but it was nice to see my husbands family one more time before Avery arrives. They're (my husbands parents, sister, her husband, and two kids) planning on coming to visit us in Pennsylvania about three weeks after the baby is born.

34 weeks

Belly Measurement: 41 1/4 "

I just got back from North Carolina yesterday and the 11 hour drive went pretty well. Now I'm off to Massachusetts on Friday for my baby shower! We're so close to meeting our daughter :)

How far we've come...

Our first picture together-started dating May 18, 2004 (we were 16)

Our wedding day- May 24, 2008

The day we found out we were going to be parents!-August 28, 2009

We'll see our baby girl in around 7 weeks!

33 weeks

Belly Measurement: 40 1/2"
Weight: 154 lbs (20 lb weight gain so far)

Well, here we are at 33 weeks already! My doctor said that I should be getting a sonogram at my 36 week appointment so I'm really excited about that. I also want to confirm that she is in fact a girl because just this week I've had 3 different people tell me about how they know someone that just recently found out they were having a boy instead of a girl just weeks before delivering.

I also noticed that alot of people tend to give me "advice" that I really don't need or comments that are always negative. For example: "You better get your sleep now because once that baby gets here you'll be lucky to get a few hours of sleep a night!" or "You'll notice that you won't be leaving the house as much because it'll become a huge process just to get the baby ready to go" or "Oh yea breastfeeding hurts so bad, it was miserable at first". Why do people focus on all the negative things? How about a comment like "Your life is going to change so much for the better".

I'm off to North Carolina this coming weekend with my mom, cousin, and grandma. It's going to be a ten hour drive. Then the following weekend I'm going to Massachusetts for my baby shower and that is a nine hour drive. Oh boy, that is ALOT of driving (or riding). My doctor just suggested that I get out of the car around every two hours to walk around.

We're getting so excited to see what our baby girl is going to look like. Is she going to have dark hair like her daddy or brownish red hair like her mommy? Is she going to have darker skin like my husband or pale skin like me? Whatever she looks like, she's going to be beautiful and we're going to love her so much!

T-minus 7 weeks & counting!

The nursery is almost complete!

Some of the clothes I've washed so far...


Her cute shelf (with a book that was mine when I was little)



The furniture all set up!



Her birdcage in the corner (haven't decided what to put in it yet)

32 weeks

Belly Measurement: 40"

Weight: 153 lbs

The nursery is nearly finished! The carpet got installed today, so all that is left to do is put trim around the ceiling and paint it and the door and the shelves in the closet need one more coat of paint. Then we can put the crib together and put the dresser in there. My bedding also came in but I won't be getting it until my baby shower on April 11th.

(my cat Lillian approves)

7 month pic

March 4th-7 months-31wks2days

31 weeks

Belly measurement: 40"

We ordered the crib, dresser, and bedding! The crib and dresser are being shipped to the store and should be there in about a week. The bedding is being shipped to my house and that will probably be here in around a week also. My baby shower that's in Massachusetts is the 27th of this month so that is coming up quick. I'm excited for the shower but not too thrilled to make the 9 hour drive there. Ugh. Oh, and I passed my glucose test :D