28 weeks

How far along? 28 Weeks (7 months)

Weight gain? +14 pounds total

Sleep? Wishing for more but thankful for what I get.

Best moment this week? Spending Thanksgiving with family. Aaron and I hosted at our home this year which I wouldn't recommend doing at 7 months pregnant. I was exhausted by the end of the day but it turned out great - tons of food and laughs.

Food cravings? Dr. Pepper -- in a can

What I miss. Drinking as much Dr. Pepper as I want

What I'm looking forward to. Everything CHRISTMAS. My favorite time of the year.

Milestones? I'm now in the 7th month and feeling...well huge and uncomfortable...but all around pretty good.

Baby Bump

Monthly Appointment

Well actually now it's the "every 3 weeks" appointment. I got my test results from Dr. T today and found out that I'm anemic again so I'm taking extra Iron pills. Hopefully I'll get more energy and start feeling better in a few days. My diabetes test came back perfect as well as all my blood work to check my thyroid (praise Jesus!).

Baby boy sounded great. I just love hearing his heartbeat. Dr. T always giggles at my huge smile when I get to hear it and let's me listen for a few minutes. With Noelle I had many ultrasounds including two in 3D and with Baby Brother I've only seen him once at the gender reveal and even then we only saw his boy parts - no face, profile, hands, feet, etc. I can't wait to see him and kiss his face!

Baby Naming

Naming a child is not easy for Aaron and I. We always say how jealous we are of people who have had their children's names picked out for years. We over think everything about every name. On our night stands are piles of baby naming books that we read through over and over. Nothing ever stood out for us so we eventually stopped reading them and prayed to have a name epiphany.

We had the name narrowed to two earlier this week and I made the final decision yesterday. We have a winner!!! It's a relief to have his name picked. Now we can start calling him by his name and really getting ready for his arrival. I love the name, always have, and it's the only name I can see myself calling my son. I'll reveal it soon! The second runner up was Coleson. We decided against it because we have a nephew named Cason and it might be hard for my in-laws to have a Cason and Coleson as grandson's.

Comparison Picture

I gained far too much weight when I was pregnant with Noelle. A total of 65 lbs! This is my sister and I on my birthday in 2008. I was about 27 weeks pregnant.


Here I am with Baby Boy at 27 weeks. I feel great!

26 weeks

How far along? 26 weeks

Weight gain? +12

Sleep? Daylight Savings is one of my least favorite things. It's sunny way too early and dark way too early. Nothing about it makes me happy. Noelle wakes up before 7am every day so my quiet morning time has come to an end. Now I jump out of bed when I hear her door open so I can help her make it to the bathroom in time.

Food cravings? I still crave sweets. Aaron, bless his heart, brought me home a box of my favorite Holiday treat - White Chocolate Covered Oreos! YUM! I'm going to need to hide them from myself soon.

What I miss. Medicine. I thought I was starting to feel better but woke up this morning feeling horrible.

What I'm looking forward to. Monday night we started decorating for Christmas. I love everything about Christmas and think the decorations deserve more than just a month. I was hesitant to put them out early this year because Thanksgiving is going to held at our house so I decided to leave out the tree until the day after Thanksgiving.

What I love about being pregnant this week. I love feeling baby boy move around and actually watch him moving in my belly.

Milestones? 3rd Trimester! Baby brother is going to be here soon!

I will be.

My blogger friend, Papps, has this poem up on her blog. She and her husband have been struggling with IF for a long time. It took Aaron and I an entire year (May 09 - May '10) to get pregnant again and although looking back I would not have been ready for a second child when we first started planning, at the time I wanted nothing more. The year was long and tireless. Time went by in 2 week increments. Two weeks until ovulation, then lots of prayer, two weeks until my period started again - repeat 12 times.

My heart broke every month and although I was upset I prayed that God would fulfill our desire to grow our family and trusted that He would. When I finally saw the two pink lines I fell to my knees and thanked Jesus for blessing us yet again.

I WILL BE

There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss and though they are good mothers and love their children, I know that I will be better.

I will be better not because of genetics, or money or that I have read more books but because I have struggled and toiled for this child. I have longed and waited. I have cried and prayed. I have endured and planned over and over again.

Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams.
I will notice everything about my child.
I will take time to watch my child sleep, explore and discover.
I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life.
I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child, knowing that I can comfort, hold and feed him and that I am not waking to take another temperature, pop another pill, take another shot or cry tears of a broken dream. My dream will be crying for me.

I count myself lucky in this sense; that I have been given me this insight,
this special vision with which I will look upon my child that my friends will not see.

Whether I parent a child I actually give birth to or a child that I am led to, I will not be careless with my love.

I will be a better mother for all that I have endured.
I am a better wife, a better aunt, a better daughter, neighbor, friend and sister because I have known pain.I know disillusionment as I have been betrayed by my own body. I have been tried by fire and hell many never face, yet given time, I stood tall.

I have prevailed. I have succeeded. I have won.

So now, when others hurt around me, I do not run from their pain in order to save myself discomfort. I see it, mourn it, and join them in theirs.
I listen.

And even though I cannot make it better, I can make it less lonely. I have learned the immense power of another hand holding tight to mine, of other eyes that moisten as they learn to accept the harsh truth and when life is beyond hard. I have learned a compassion that only comes with walking in those shoes.

I have learned to appreciate life. Yes I will be a wonderful mother.

-Author Unknown

25 weeks!

Goodness this pregnancy is going by fast! We had our monthly appointment on Wednesday and everything is perfect. So much easier than with Noelle. At 25 weeks with her I was hospitalized overnight and was always in pain. This pregnancy is going so much smoother - thank you Jesus!

Baby boy's heartbeat sounded great and he is measuring right on track.

The nursery is coming together nicely. I'm keeping my eyes open for a white dresser but other than that we have all the furniture. I plan on painting the glider I got on Craigslist this week and painting a picture for his room. A quick trip to Babies R Us will take care of the rest of the necessities (crib mattress, changing pad cover, and rug).

Still working on picking a name :)