25 weeks...going by fairly quickly now...

I hope everyone has had a good week so far, and tomorrow is hump day so that is ALWAYS a plus. It has been a busy few weeks for us. June 6th, my cousin Olivia got married and we attended all those festivities. It was a nice wedding and the weather was perfect. Love and marriage must be in the air because one of my best friends, Brittany Hamilton is getting married in August and her shower was this Saturday. The shower was very nice with LOTS of great food and it was good to catch up with friends. I am really looking forward to Brittany's wedding, she was sweet enough to have me in her wedding and it is going to be beautiful I'm sure, I just hope I don't look like too much of a cow since I will be VERY pregnant!



Nathan and I had a good day on Sunday as well. Nathan's birthday was on Sunday and it was also Father's Day! My Gran and I made Nathan a homeade coconut cake, his fave. We also went to Nathan's mom and dad's house at Kimper. We had a really great time eating hot dogs and hanging out. We also drove to an area in Pike County known as River Hurricane. Nathan's dad grew up there and it was really neat for him to tell us about when he was a little boy growing up there. He showed us where the house that he grew up in used to be and showed us where the school was. Nathan got a new video camera for his birthday, some HD DVD mumbo jumbo thing that he really wanted. He LOVES it and of course he has video taped everything coming and going since he got the camera (I made sure to point out that the delivery of little Zoey will NOT under any circumstances be video taped). Nathan seemed to have a great birthday and his dad enjoyed spending time with him. Earlier in the day on Saturday, we went to my mom and dads and went swimming and after returning from Kimper, we went back to mom and dads because Gran made chicken and dumplins, YUM! It was a very nice weekend.



I am very thankful that my Gran is home. I don't get to see her often since she spends most of her time in Florida. She has been so wonderful to me and has had to fill the role of 2 grandmothers since my other grandmother was terminally ill from the time I was born and died when I was 6. I am very grateful to her and love her very much. I am so excited because she is going to be here for Zoey's birth. This is her first great-grandchild and Zoey is due the day after her 75th birthday!



I promise to try and be a better blogger. The weeks ahead should hold some more fun things to talk about. Next Wednesday I am having my gestational diabetes test which I am NOT looking forward to. Then the next week I have to have my 2nd Rhogam shot. These aren't terrible but I am not a big fan of needles. On a happier note, we are closer to having our 4D ultrasound! Nathan and I are both very excieted about getting to see Zoey again and everyone says the detail is unbelievable!

8 Simple Things

I haven't posted in forever but there isn't much excitement right now in the pregnancy. I am now 24 weeks, 16 to go! She is moving around a lot these days which is fun, but she isn't cooperating with daddy very well, she hasn't let him feel her move yet. I told him there will be plenty of times to feel her move later!

So since there isn't a lot going on I thought I would post a survey that Sarah White Gardella did on her blog that seemed fun.

8 Things I'm looking forward to:

1. the day zoey arrives
2. 4th of july
3. hilton head in a few weeks
4. my baby shower
5. my great friend brittany hamilton's wedding
6. nathan's birthday
7. father's day (same day as nathan's birthday this year : )
8. did i mention the day zoey is born?

8 Things I did yesterday:

1. gave toby a bath
2. played farm town haha
3. watched tv with nathan
4. looked at some houses
5. ate....a lot
6. took a shower
7. made the bed
8. felt zoey kick : )

8 Things I wish I could do:

1. speed up time and meet zoey
2. lose a lot of weight after this pregnancy
3. be wealthy and not have to work
4. i would love to have a glass of wine!
5. spend more time with nathan and toby
6. not be so scared about certain things
7. think sometimes before i speak
8. be a stay at home mom

8 Shows I watch:

1. Desperate Housewives
2. Brothers and Sisters
3. House
4. Nip/Tick
5. Rescue Me
6. Grey's Anatomy
7. Jon and Kate Plus 8
8. Private Practice

8 Places that I would like to travel to that I have never been:

1. hawaii
2. the keys
3. the bahamas
4. fiji
5. jamaica
6. los angeles
7. new york city
8. london

8 Places I've lived

1. poplar street in pikeville, ky
2. wolford street in pikeville, ky
3. wilana court in pikeville, ky
4. frankfort, ky
5. hilton head island, sc
6. main street in morehead, ky
7. morehead state university dorms in morehead, ky
8. sunshine lane in morehead, ky

22 down, 18 to go.

Well, as of tomorrow, I have made it to 22 weeks, yay! Some days I feel like things are progressing quickly and others seem to drag on. One new fun development is that I am starting the feel her move around more and more. I feel her now several times a day. Daddy Nathan hasn't got to feel her yet, but I feel like as much as she is moving around, it won't be too long now. Speaking of Daddy Nathan, he has been very busy as of late. Over memorial day weekend, my wonderful husband not only put together our baby girls crib (which is beautiful!) but he also finished staining her chest of drawers which belonged to Nathan's grandmother. Both items turned out great and I can't wait to start accessorizing! I will definitely add pics next post, but my computer hates me and won't read my memory card, so I will have to let Nathan try to figure it out. Well, I am fairly boring to tonight and that's all I have to report, I just wanted to let everyone know that all is well in babyland. We are all healthy and doing well. The next check up with be one day shy of 23 weeks, a week from today. I'm not sure what they will do this time, but hopefully we aren't there as long as we were last time. Oh and update since I haven't done this in a while, this week she is finally 1 pound and is about 8 inches in length! She is getting big and hopefully she'll get a lot bigger before we meet her!

Blog Slacker - 20 weeks and halfway there...

Well, I must admit that my blogs have been lacking as of late. I try to remember...but remembering things isn't exactly my forte these days. We had a wonderful week last week and a great weekend. Nathan has taken on a special project for baby Zoey. This weekend he finished stripping a chest for her. The dresser was his grandmothers and he has worked on it dilligently for about a week and all that is left to do is stain it. Her crib should be here one day this week and hopefully we can match the crib with the chest. It is already adorable. I have to pick up some knobs for it, but that is a tough decision. Who knew that having a baby included making SO many decisions!

I have also picked out some things for her nursery. Below is a picture of her crib.

Here is the bedding that I have picked out.

She is also beginning to have a nice little wardrobe. I washed all of the dresses that my mom saved of mine for her to wear. There were even some of my mom's dresses! Almost 50 years of clothing! Anywho, I will update once Nathan is putting the crib together...I'm sure it will be interesting....lol

19 week appointment!

Well, after the ultrasound on Friday, IT'S A GIRL!!!!! We are so excited. We would have been excited about a girl or boy, but there seems to be something special about a baby girl! Here is her latest photo...

The good photo of her didn't want to upload, but this is a picture of her head (on the left) and her body lying down.

We are very excited and have decided to name her Zoey Katherine! She weighed approximately 11 ounces at the ultrasound, which is crazy! She was moving around a lot during the ultrasound but it is still strange becuase I couldn't feel her. They say in the next few weeks, I will feel her more and more. In one sense I am excited about and in another, they say you lose a lot of sleep once you start feeling her. Nathan is so excited, he is already talking about all the things that he wants to do with her! He is going to be a wonderful daddy! We made a venture to Babies R Us yesterday, and it was a little overwhelming! We did buy necesseties....diapers, bottles and of course a few new outfits! We did get some bigger sizes as I have been told they do not stay in newborn/0-3 month clothes very long! Today Nathan ordered her a pink piggy bank with her name on it, like I said, we are super excited!

Anway, just wanted to update everyone on what was going on! I hope everyone has a good Monday tomorrow!

18 weeks and excitement about the upcoming week!

Hey guys!

I hope everyone had a great week and weekend. My week went well and the weekend was good too. Yesterday Nathan and I went to Lexington to run some errands. I had to get fitted for a bridesmaid dress for a wedding I am in in August. One of my closest friends, Brittany Hamilton is getting married on August the 8th and I am in the wedding. I have to admit that I was not looking forward to it because I didn't even want to think about what size I was in. The good news is the dress I tried on was the same size as the one I had tried on before I got pregnant, which was nice. But I did go ahead and order 2 sizes up to make sure that the dress fit for the wedding. I figured, it's always better to have it too big than too small. I was also super excited because I got to meet my new cousin Harper Gray! She is gorgeous and her mama looks great too! It was so nice to get to visit with Katie, John and little Harper. Her room was adorable and she was so great. She let Nathan and I both hold her for a while and didn't cry, which I always love. It's so awesome seeing Nathan with babies and children, he is so great with them! He is going to be a wonderful daddy : )

So I decided that it was time to take a belly picture where I looked half way decent, so that I could share with others, lol. See below.

We will be finding out on Friday the sex of the baby and I am SOO excited, I know Nathan is too. We really want to prepare for our new little one, and it will be much easier knowing whether to buy blue or pink : ) I will definitely keep you all updated on what happens on Friday and how everything goes the rest of the week. I hope everyone has a great week!

17 weeks & a baby shower

Hello family & friends!

I hope everyone has had a good weekend so far. It was been absolutely beautiful in Pikeville. This week hasn't been incredibly pleasant as I have been sick and have now passed the nasty cold on to Nathan. I'm not sure what it is, but we have been miserable in bed together this evening : ) On a lighter note, a childhood friend of mine, Miranda Coleman-Layne is having a baby and I went to her baby shower today. Miranda and her husband Shane are having a little girl and she got some ADORABLE stuff today! She has picked some cute names out for the little one. She said that they were either going to name her Shelby Peyton or Sidney Peyton. The shower was fun and the food was wonderful, I ate my weight in broccoli casserole! But anywho, Miranda is due May 17 and she looks great. I look like I am further along than she is haha! I'm fairly sure that before too long, Nathan is going to have to roll me out to the car to go to work in the morning like the little blueberry girl from Willie Wonka and the chocolate factory! But I am so excited for Miranda, she is going to be an awesome mom and I am glad that someone else I know will have a baby for our little one to play with.

Well, I have to say that all the adorable things at the baby shower REALLY made me want to start buying stuff. I have bought a few small things, some plain gowns and Nathan bought a teddy bear, but I didn't want to make any large purchases until we found out the sex, which is coming up soon. We will find out the sex in 12 days and I am ridiculously excited. The first thing I am going to do is go by something pink or blue immediately following my ultrasound. This ultrasound is really meant to check on the babies organs and make sure that everything is developing correctly which is very important. I am also really excited about this ultrasound because this will be the first time that my mom will go for an ultrasound. They only allow 2 people in the room when the ultrasound is performed so we will have to take turns with my mom and Nathan's mom to get to go, haha. I have decided through this entire process that I want my mom a lot more now than I have in a long time. I just need to be around her...weird I know lol. But seriously, it's nice to be so close to our families, because the support is awesome.

Oh, just to let all of you know, the little one is now the size of the palm of your hand and weighs about 5 ounces this week. I also think that I have felt the baby move some this week. It is very difficult to tell this early if it is actually the baby moving or if it's gas pains. Weird how the two can be confused haha. Well, I hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend and a good upcoming workweek. I will be counting down the days until the BIG ultrasound!