Pregnancy Update: 16 weeks

I hate that all my posts lately are pregnancy updates!! I've got to get back into regular blogging. I guess the last month or so has been soooo busy with preparing for camp, traveling to PA for 10 days and now trying to catch up on all the laundry and stuff at home.

I can't believe that I'm 4 months pregnant! How crazy it seems. The time is flying by! I was thinking the other day that Jacob and I need to go register for baby stuff soon and we need to get started on the nursery and pick out a name for our littl

e girl. Wow, there's so much to do! When I first found out that I was pregnant, it seemed like December would never get here, but now it seems like it's flying towards me.

Here is a picture to show my growing belly!

Baby is the size of an avacado!

Pregnancy Update - 15 weeks

Ok, so this post is definitely late! I was 15 weeks last week, but oh well. I'm in PA at church camp and I don't really have good internet service...it's reallly slow!

We took 2 days to travel up here, so we were able to stop a lot, which was really nice! I'm feeling really well. My belly is definitely growing more each day...or so it seems! LOL!

BIG NEWS! My wonderful aunt did an ultrasound at the end of last week and IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!! We are sooooo excited! Don't get me wrong when I say this, but we were hoping for a girl. Of course it would be perfectly fine with us if it was a boy, but you know what I mean. I cannot wait to get big hairbows and cute dresses!!

Baby is about the size of an apple

Awesome giveaway!!

My sister at HappyHousewifeLivingLife is hosting an incredible giveaway in honor of her 100th post! She is giving away 3 prizes!

1. a super cute apron from Marie-Madeline Studio
2. a set of 3 handmade pottery magnets by Lily Pottery
3. the cutest button earrings by Edith & Lulu

There are several ways to enter, so you have lots of chances to win!! Be sure to hop on over and check out this "all-things-girly-giveaway"!!

Belly pics!

On the 4th of July my wonderfully talented sister took (and edited) some pictures for me. I really like how they turned out! The pictures were taken beside my Memaw's brick house and also some by the pump house in Memaw's back yard.

Btw, the baby is the size of a lemon now!

my little brother was doing tricks on his bike and distracted me. lol!

my personal favorite!

I think Myra did an awesome job taking these and editing them! I know who we'll get to take our baby's pictures!! Oh speaking of baby, we have an ultrasound on Thursday afternoon to find out if we're having a boy or girl!!! I CANNOT wait!!!!!

Pregnancy Update: 13 weeks

I cannot believe how fast this pregnancy is flying by! As each week rolls by the fact that I'm actually going to have a BABY becomes more and more of a reality! I'm SO excited!!

On Thursday I had my second appointment with my midwife. I just love her! The appt. went really well and we got to hear the baby's heart beat again which is soo awesome! Linda (the midwife) said that everything looks good with me and the baby. I'm drinking about a quart of Red Raspberry tea each day as well as taking Juice Plus+ and folic acid.

I'm starting to show a little bit more, and my clothes are feeling a little less comfortable lately. Oh well, that's part of it! Thankfully I'm able to continue working out at Curves and I've been swimming in my sister's pool about 3 times each week. I definitely feel so much better when I workout!

Here's a picture from the week:

Baby is the size of a peach!

Thankful Sunday

I know Thankful Sunday doesn't really "go" like Thankful Thursday, but I need to count my blessings right now! Our AC in our house went out last night around 10pm, so in light of that I want to remind myself of things I can praise God for.

• We have a window unit that is puttsing along keeping one room a little cool
• The rest of the house is only 82.5 degrees, not 95!
• We have plenty of cold water and lemonade to keep us hydrated
• Today is Sunday, so we're not spending too much time at the house anyway.
• Our neighbor works on air conditioners for a living, so he and Jacob are working on ours right now...it's a work of necessity and mercy! *grin*
• This is the day the Lord has made and I will choose to rejoice and be glad in it!
• Oh, Jacob just came in and told me that our neighbor got it FIXED!!! Praise the Lord!!

It does me good to count my blessings...whether or not they had gotten the AC fixed, I still need to thank the Lord.

In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. I Thessalonians 5:18

Pregnancy Update: 12 weeks

Ok, so I'm a little behind...I'm actually 13 weeks right now, but I want to share the 12 week picture. I've been staying super busy lately with my job, my family, my church, my home, etc. And of course staying busy enjoying these lovely summer days (although they are unbearably hot!).

My sister and her hubby live in a nice subdivision that has an awesome pool! Myra, Ridley and I (and sometimes my little brother) have been going to the pool several times a week. It's so fun! I love swimming and getting a tan!

Now on to the pregnancy update. I'm feeling pretty good for the most part. Thankfully the morning sickness is pretty much past. Yay! I have been having random aches and pains lately. It's really odd, sometimes my hip will hurt, or my ribs or wrist, but it's always better the next day. Who knows! I already had joint problems before I got pregnant, so that may be what's acting up.

I'm definitely growing, there's no doubt about that! The strange thing is though that I weigh the same as when I first got pregnant. I think my scale is broken! Ha.

12 weeks...Baby is the size of a lime