Maternity Photos

We started taking maternity photos then the holidays caught up with us as well as my bedrest. We hope to try to finish them this weekend before I get more and more tired and not wanting to do them. For now, you can see a few of them in the new slideshow!

Table

So at 34 weeks I am now finally able to use my belly as a table like everyone talks about, but only if I slump way down in my chair :) Just thought I would share with everyone! At 34 weeks, that's about all that is amusing, I am so ready for this baby to come :)

Texas Baby Shower

Hi Everyone! This past Saturday was my baby shower here in Texas. It was a great turnout! I had all my sisters and moms there including high school friends and long time family friends :) (By the way, this is a picture of me shaking my belly like a hula girl with the boppy on my belly!)

My girlfriend Tammy did an OUTSTANDING job on everything. She made the invitations, my thank you cards, my gift list, even my diaper cake :)



Among many adorable outfits, we also received all kinds of nursery essentials. You can see everything in the slide show. After the shower I went to Target to combine all the gift cards I received between my two showers then came home and was able to almost purchase both my stroller and car seat in full :) I still am freaking out though, I know, I'm a worry wart! I still need my bassinet as well as other items but I'm sure it will start to come together now :) Won't be much longer now! Less than two months but I don't think she's going to wait that long :)

Later this week we hope to get a 3D/4D image of our baby girl, IF she cooperates this time :) Last week she stayed balled up and turned toward my back so we couldn't do anything but check her heartbeat and confirm she's still a girl :) If I get any pictures at the sonogram I'll be sure to upload them for everyone to see!

26th Birthday

Well you haven't had an update in a while and even though I am closer to family now I still have some friends spread out across the states and some other family I'm not near so I thought I would give you an update. This past Sunday was my 26th birthday which turned out pretty nice even though I was missing my honey :) Saturday night I spent with the Murphy's and had Babe's Chicken which is the best chicken place in town and Sunday lunch I spent with my Mom and DJ and two of my sisters (Jo is still at school). Jonathan started my day off by calling before church and singing to me, my Aunt MB and Grandma and Grandpa Beck called throughout the day and my Dad finished up the night by calling me from Canada. I am now 30 weeks along and am REALLY starting to feel pregnant :) Hard to imagine I only have 10 weeks left but other days it's hard to imagine I STILL have 10 weeks left :) Jonathan is working on his plans to get here on Jan. 28th and the doc says we can induce if baby murphy hasn't made her appearance yet so Jonathan doesn't come all this way and still miss it! Look for more birthday pics in the slide show (click the picture of me and Jessica) and will send another update as the holidays approach. Watch out for my last sonogram sometime next month!

Presents

Most of the girls were gracious enough to get me gift cards so I won't have to move as much to Texas but here's a preview of some of the adorable gifts I did receive...


What every baby needs ... cowgirl boots! She may not be raised in Texas with all our moving but she'll be Texan born and that lives on forever :)

Neatest Diaper Caddy Ever

Not to mention Britney Suggs is my best friend and I love her more than any person, minus Jonathan, and I will miss her everyday! (she made me put that)



Reading the poem Jonathan wrote and put in a surprise present for me



Best present by far, Soccer shoes from her daddy!!!

VA Baby Shower

Well yesterday I had my first baby shower with some of my closest friends here in VA; it was also kind of a going away party since I won't see most of them before we hit the road in a few days. Our first game we played was the toilet paper game where everyone had to guess how much toilet paper it would take to go around my belly... some of my friends think I'm HUGE while others were right on target :)


Sally's guess



Dana's guess, 4 squares too many if I recall

In the end the two gals I spend the most time with got the closest, Erin only had two extra pieces while Brit was the winner with the EXACT amount, 10 squares... thanks girls for proving I'm still somewhat small! I guess it pays to see my growing belly everyday :)


Erin's guess, 2 squares too many



Brit's PERFECT guess!

Cord Blood Registry

Well hello everyone, I will be updating this again after my first shower/party on Sunday - yeah I am so excited!! I wanted to take a moment to tell everyone about a new registry I started. I want to tell everyone about it in case anyone would like to consider contributing to our registry but also to educate other friends/family and other expecting friends about cord blood banking. Jonathan and I have decided to bank our little ????'s cord blood through CBR. We both find the research into stem cells promising with the many diseases they already cure and the potential future diseases they'll cure. Please take a moment to view our registry and find out more about cord blood banking under our registry tab on the left. Oh, and all our registries are now reflecting TX instead of VA incase anyone else has problems looks us up. And if any expecting friends want to sign up for cord blood feel free to call me and I'll tell you about it and put you in touch with the same rep I am working with... plus I get a free year of banking :) Be in touch...