34 Weeks

On December 4 at 33 weeks and 3 days. On thanksgiving day at 32 weeks and 2 days

We are now 34 weeks going on 35...which means Cash will be here very soon. We are so excited and can't wait to meet him. I have one more week till I'm off for Christmas break and I cant wait. I'm hoping that I will make it through the end of the semester which is January 15th. I would really like to meet my students for next semester so I can let them know what my expectations are and how I run the class. I'm hoping to finish all the National board stuff soon...I've mapped out most of the entries...just have to write the written part and put the videos together...I'm hoping I can get most of it done before Cash arrives so that I can spend as much time with him as possible before I go back to school. I only plan on taking 6 weeks...but I know it will be harder to leave him than I expect. But Todd will have some good bonding time with him while I'm working...and I'm sure the rest of the semester will go really fast...I'm hoping anyways. Then I'll have all summer with him. I only wish I could be a stay at home mom...but I'm glad I have a job and a career that I love doing. We go to the doctor the week of Christmas then we start going every week...We plan on taking the tour of the hospital then too. I am just so excited I can hardly wait...but i know he will come when he's ready. Todd really wants him to come before the new year so he can write him off his taxes...but I can wait. I want him to be healthy so we can take him home asap.

33 weeks

We are at 33 weeks now and going strong. Everything is looking good...I only gained .6 lbs at last weeks doctors visit so that is good. The baby bump is at just the right size according to the doctor and his heartbeat sounds good too. We almost have everything we need from the first baby shower...we have plenty of diapers and wipes for sure. We got a few outfits for the baby and some other goodies. We have the bedding and mobile. It's really starting to look like a babies room now instead of just a blank slate. We take our childbirth class this saturday. I'm looking forward to it, maybe it will prepare me a little more or ease my mind about the process of giving birth. I have to keep reminding myself that tons of other women do it all the time so I can do it too! And of course the miracle of giving birth and the fact that my little man will be here when its over is always good enough reason to not dread it too bad. I have picked out the first name just dont know the middle name. His first name will be Cash and it may be Cash Todd Taylor, but I'm not quite sure yet. Todd says he doesnt care so he isnt deciding. I've been calling him Cash for a few months now just to see how I like it and it seems to be growing on everyone else. I even got a onesie with a guitar on it and Cash written across the chest (for Johnny Cash). So it seems to be a sign that his name must be Cash. If you dont like the name I dont care...its not your baby. I'm tired of people saying they dont like Cash...if you want to name a child have a baby and you can choose the name. I dont expect to please everyone with the name...there will always be people who wouldnt choose that name for their child but it's not their problem. So if someone tells you what they are naming their child...dont be mean and say you dont like that name...cause its not really up to you its up to the mother and father. And whether they will tell you or not it does hurt their feelings (or make them mad) for you to say the name they like isnt a good name or you dont like it. Sorry about the rant...its just been that way for us with some people in the family. We are very excited and we cant wait for baby Cash to get here!

29 Weeks...Only 11 more to go!

Baby Pumpkin

Here are some pics from the halloween party at my cousins house! I've always said that when I got pregnant I wanted to paint my belly like a pumpkin. So glad I got to do it!


Todd just never smiles for pictures...I guess this is better than flipping the bird to the camera. It's the great pumpkin Charlie Brown!

Whoa...Todd is smiling!!!

Daddy (the grim reaper) and Me.

Finally!

He finally let us see his face yesterday at the doctor. After about 15-20 minutes of prodding and pushing he finally turned the way the radiologist needed in order to see him. He definitely didnt like it very much he kept kicking and pushing her back. He is definitely Todd's child because he cannot be woken when he is sleeping. And he is definitely mine because of his nose. We were so excited to finally see his face. The pictures are really creepy if you've never seen one before, but let me tell you its completely different when it's your child. It's amazing to see what he will look like before he comes out. Well we hope you enjoy the pictures!

27 weeks

I swear he gets noticeably bigger every week. But maybe I'm just seeing things. What do you guys think?

We go for another checkup this friday our last 4 week check up, then they switch to every 2 weeks. We are hoping to get a good 3D ultrasound then too. So hopefully I will have pictures of him to post soon. I'm a little worried that I'm gaining too much weight. I was only gaining about 5-7 lbs each time I went to the doctor but the last time I gained 10 and I've been weighing myself and I think I will gain 10 again. I hope I'm not gaining too much weight, but I dont look any different except in the belly area. Todd's mother gained 75lbs with him so I'm worried our little boy wont be so little. He was 10 ounces when he was supposed to weigh 7 ounces. He should weigh around 2 lbs right now but I plan on finding out how much he really weighs friday. Just pray that I'm not a big fatty and eating too much. I also get my sugar tested this friday too so hopefully we are good on that end. And those of you who were planning on attending the December 5th baby shower it looks like that date may change, my brother is coming home from deployment that weekend we think so the date might change. Just dont make any specific plans as of yet. The other baby shower in Timberlake is right on schedule though. Please send me your address if you would like an invite.

26 weeks and 1 day

Daisy trying to get in the picture too!

Update

Todd finally got to feel the baby move the other day. Or at least he realized what he was feeling. I had been telling him to feel and he would and say he didnt feel anything. He thought I was just breathing, but it was really him kicking. He finally felt him and he kicked for him a couple of times before he stopped. After school this past week a few of my drill team girls were in my room waiting on practice to start and I told Brannsyn to feel the baby and she felt him kick, but when another girl Hannah put her hand on him he stopped. I just told her the baby liked her and was soothed by her hand.

He is on a regular routine, I feel him all the time in the afternoon and at night before I got to sleep. He is very active and moves around all the time. I think he knows when the dogs are laying on me because he always moves when they are sleeping in my lap.

The last time we went to the doctor we tried to get a 3D ultrasound but the baby was lying on his stomach and all we could see was the back of his head. We've scheduled another one in a couple of weeks so hopefully we will be able to see him next time. We started our registry at Target, but we really need to research before we go again...we had no clue what to register for. Hopefully we will be able to finish it soon. Our first baby shower is in Roxboro on November 22 from 3pm-5pm at Antioch Baptist Church in Timberlake. The second baby shower is tentatively on December 5 from 2pm-4pm at Sandy Creek Baptist Church in Staley (where we got married).

He's Moving

So I think I'm starting to feel him move. The first time I felt him was around 20 weeks, but it was only a couple of times. It felt like a bubble floating and popping inside me. The past couple of weeks it started to happen more often and feels like a heartbeat inside my belly, below my belly button. Last night I was trying to go to sleep and he kept moving around, so he is very active. I hope he keeps moving around like this the entire pregnancy. It's a great feeling. I do wish it was a little longer, by the time I feel him he stops moving. I can't wait to be able to see him moving around too!

IT'S A BOY!

9 weeks Picture

It's a Boy!

We went to the doctor today and it's a boy. Everything looks good but it took her a long time to find out what it was. He kept crossing his legs and moving around to weird positions but she finally found a wee wee. Todd is very happy because that is what he wanted...I just wanted it to be healthy. According to all the books he is supposed to weigh 7 ounces, but our big boy weighs 10 ounces. He looks really long on the ultrasound with big feet. We'll see about that later on though. I will upload this pictures soon so everyone can see him. If you want to see the video ask momma or daddy because they videotaped most of it.

Pregnant!

After our miscarriage in November we just decided we would get pregnant when God wanted us to. We tried once we were able to in February, but nothing. Then on my birthday (May 16) I thought maybe I was pregnant because my breasts were a little sore and I was just feeling funny. So I told Todd and he said to just go ahead and take a pregnancy test. I didn't want to because I didn't want to be disappointed if I wasn't. But I went ahead and took one and couldn't believe it when there were two lines. I told Todd and we were excited but we knew not to be too excited too soon. I had just missed my period, but the past month it had been a week and a half late so we didn't know for sure if we were pregnant. We went out to eat with Todd's parents that night for my birthday and decided we wouldn't tell anyone until the Doctor confirmed it. Well, the doctor didn't set up an appointment until we would be about 9 weeks pregnant which was June 18 (my brothers bday). I kept having breast soreness and I felt horrible. I was nauseous all the time and couldn't eat much. We went to the doctor and had the ultrasound and everything was great. The baby's heartbeat was 170 beats per minute, so we were finally able to be excited. We got some great pics of the baby, it already looks like Todd because of the big head!