Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Weeks 18 & 19



Adelaide has been on the move. Since Friday I have felt her move everyday. It is so exciting to me. During our ultrasound we could see her move and her beautiful face and beautiful feet and sweet hands and strong heart. I am so in love with the child growing within me.

By far, my favorite thing about the ultrasound was watching Mitchell watch his daughter on the screen. He has said from day one that this bump was a girl and he was right. His face was so bright and his smile so big with every little move that she made. At one point in time her little mouth moved and he laughed out loud. A love between a daddy and a daughter is so important; I love that Daddy and Addy are starting out on a great foot!

Please pray for Mitchell and me as we prepare to parent our daughter!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Gender Reveal Party!!!

This was the set up for the shin dig! Our guests either could wear a mustache if they thought our bump was a boy or a bow if they thought it was a girl. We also had tasty cupcakes.


Most people chose bows except for two people that had just come into the country and one or two others. I also wore a mustache. Mitch and I each wore our morning guesses!
I used my dad's old Charlie Brown book for the boy's side.
The cupcakes were very tasty! We had chocolate and vanilla. YUMMY!
The dogs came too! Theo was his usual hospitable self, while Wilson was a little bit excited to meet so many new people!
I had a lot of fun setting up for the party.
One of my cravings has been sushi, but I can't eat sushi sooooo I made some "sushi" from rice crispy treats, swedish fish, and fruit roll ups.
Well!!! I guess you are all dying to know what the ultra sound told us! From day one Mitchell has told me that he thinks it is a girl. We have always thought it would be so neat to have a little girl first. Lo and behold! It is a GIRL!!!

We are naming her Adelaide. This is our baby girl dancing around inside!

I wanted to make pink icing to put inside the cupcakes so I added some jam to regular icing and mixed it together! It looked really pink in the kitchen but in the overhead lighting during the party it looked more white than pink... o well! :)
After I filled the cupcakes with the "pink" icing I sealed them shut with a little icing then went back through and decorated them.


Wilson really liked the camera!

And now, since we know it is a girl, I have started crafting stuff for my daughter. Yesterday I mod-podged scrapbook paper into plastic drawers to make them super cute!

We are so smitten and feel so blessed. We are so excited to start planning for little Adelaide and dreaming about the future!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Horton Hears a Who



Well... I guess it should be titled "Mommy Feels a Baby."

On Tuesday morning I felt the tiniest little "poke" from within me. It didn't feel like a flutter or a jab or anything else that I have ever heard described. It really felt like someone was ever so gently poking me from the inside (about an inch below my belly button) with the softest of touches.

The more I thought about that little poke the more I though about "Horton Hears a Who." Towards the end, to save themselves from a bad kangaroo, the Whos have to make themselves known from their little speck. They chant "We are here. We are here. We are here." I could just imagine my strong, little baby chanting "I am here. I am here. I am here."

Of course, that brought on a whole slew of "Horton" quotes: "A person is a person no matter how small" and "An elephant is faithful 100%" (and yes, sadly, in this analogy I am the elephant)

I feel so blessed to be chosen to faithfully protect my little, "small person." I now, kind of, visualize my pregnancy as me as Horton, my baby as that sweet little yellow speck on the clover, and the journey to delivery as Horton's journey to find that speck a safe landing space! I just can hardly wait to see my little Who's face!

Maybe it is all kind of silly but, who doesn't love a good Seuss reference?

Monday, October 10, 2011

Week 17


I feel so energetic. This weekend Mitch and I went for a long hike through Schenely Park and took Theo. Theo absolutely loves the park because of all the wonderful things there are to smell. It is so fun to watch him stick his little nose into any crevice he can find in hopes of discovering a chipmunk or a squirrel. :)

I feel so incredibly blessed to be on this journey of bringing a child into the world. The thought that God has trusted me with a little life is so humbling.

Mitchell and I have been wrestling through all kinds of ideas about how we will parent. With truly healthy families becoming more and more rare we feel that it is our responsibility to raise our children in a loving environment in which they can thrive. One day our child will be grown and one day our child will have children of his or her own. I pray that they can look back on the love that was poured out on them and choose to pour it out onto their children just like Mitchell and I have chosen based on the love that was given to us by our families.

I love the book of 1 Thessalonians. The very first time I read the book I was probably 16. I was a new in my faith but God used those words to speak to me. Even though I was young I knew that those words were what I wanted to teach my children. The book is full of encouragement to love one another and to praise the Lord. It encourages faith to grow and it tells those to whom the letter is addressed that "Indeed, you are our glory and our joy" (2:20) (Bonus: It is only 5 chapters so you can read it in no time flat!)

If my children know to love God, to love others and that they are precious to me I think I will have done a pretty good job as a parent.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Pictures and Updates





Everything has been going well. My energy is coming back and my house is (slowly) getting back into order after the tiresome first trimester. We scheduled our anatomy ultrasound for October 21st. Only two and a half more weeks until we know if this bump is a he or a she!

If you are interested, there is a link to our baby registry (a work in progress) at the top of my page. Anything gender specific is just stuff that I like and wanted to remember where it was. Babies really don't need much so you will notice that we pretty much only registered for cloth diapers.

I am now wearing all of my lovely maternity clothes from my Mimi, Granny Kay, Meemaw and Mom. (I have a lot of ladies in my life that love me... these are just a few of them) The rubber band trick no longer works for my overstuffed jeans :)

And for your viewing pleasure.... because I am so incredibly good looking when morning sick and not wearing any makeup. Bahahhaha
Our first pregnancy craving run together. The results: Cookie dough ice cream, oreos, and sour gummy worms, which I ate all together.
My Granny Kay took me to look at baby things and we parked in the expectant mother's spot!
Theo wanted to take picture with the bump too. (Theo has since had a haircut and looks less scraggily) I think my belly button is going to pop out within a month or so. It is dangerously close!