Week 23 and 24



Week 23



We are moving right along through the weeks......We have been visiting the Dr. once a month and the visits go great.  Brayleigh's heartbeat is always within normal range and she's starting to get more active by the day.  When I first felt her kick, I started crying.  I think it finally hit me and made me realize that a human being was growing inside of my belly.  Everytime I think about it, I am just absolutely amazed at how a baby develops inside someone's tummy.  She is now kicking up a storm and rolling all around as well.  I love her more and more everyday!



Week 24



Week 23 belly



Pictures of my sweetie pie!

I've been fortunate to have ultrasounds done of her all through her gestational life and here are some of them!  When I look at these, it just makes me smile and makes me want to hold her even more everyday.  So far, she is a healthy baby and a camera ham already just like her mommy :)



19 weeks

19 week belly :)   I really didn't start showing good until the last half of my 2nd Trimester.  I've been blessed with a healthy pregnancy so far at this point and we cannot wait until she arrives!

18 weeks

It's been such a long time since I have blogged up here....amazing how overwhelmed and busy a person can get.  Pregnancy has been great so far and this baby girl will be here before we know it, that's for sure! 

18 week belly :)

Dr Appt at 12 weeks!

Our second doctor appointment went very well.  It was a quick check up but we got to listen to the baby's heartbeat on the Heart Doppler.  My weight was still under what I was before I got pregnant but the midwife said that it was normal since I was so sick in the beginning.  We talked to the doctor about certain screenings for the baby and decided not to do any of them.  If something were to show up positive with the baby, we would have the option of aborting it and I could never do that to my own child.  God blessed us with a child and we will take her as she comes so we decided to not do any of the testing available.  The baby's heartbeat was 143 and when I had my exam, everything looked good.  We knew in a month and a half we would be finding out what the sex was and could not wait!

(I will post the file with the heartbeat on here soon)

Our new house!

I have never been as drained as I was looking for a house to live in.  As far as I'm concerned in the future, I will be perfectly happy if Brandon bought a house and didn't tell me until the day we moved in.  Looking for a house the past couple of months took so much out of me, and I was honestly to the point of giving up and living in a tent outside, haha.  I'm sure the baby would have loved that right?  After having no luck with every house we looked at, we finally decided to rent in Deep Run.  It was our last option, but renting is temporary and this is our temporary home.  We are so blessed though, and I couldn't ask for a better house to live in for the time being.  It's so close to Brandon's mom and dad's and even my mom can get there in 20 mins or less.

Adjusting to moving out and living with someone other than your parents is very hard, but so far things have worked out great.  I continue to pray that it does so and only gets better! 

I now know what my mom felt like everyday when she had to come home and straighten up the house, cook, clean, and do laundry.  Well, I guess I can leave the cooking part out because I don't cook a whole lot but laundry is crazy!  Just washing Brandon's clothes along with mine is insane...I can only imagine what it's going to be like washing baby clothes too, haha!  Thanks for everything Mom, you're the greatest.  Just wanted to tell you that because I now appreciate everything you did for me even more since I now know what it honestly feels like!

Catching up

Sorry guys, it's been forever since I have last blogged.  Life is always so crazy with something going on everyday.  First off, just wanted to let everyone know that the baby is okay and growing like a weed.  Each day that passes is a day sooner that I get to hold my baby!  We are so blessed and cannot wait for the day the baby arrives :)