4-D Ultrasound!

We have had a great week! Busy days and many relaxing nights on the sofa with Miss Mags! Our favorite night time spot.

A little side view from this past week...Getting to be a big momma!

Little Michael has been quite active this week. We keep saying he is going to be the next Bama football kicker or a really strong soccer player, because his kicks are HARD! He has also started pushing hard against my sides and stomach. It is so fun to watch him move around in there.

Today we went to the 4-D ultrasound! It was so amazing to see little Michael! He wasn't very active, even though I drank a little Dr. Pepper before, and covered one side of his face most of the time with his hand, but we still got some great shots of him! Here are a few...

his foot:

his arm and fingers:

So, the little man is going to be pretty decked out! The Grandparents (and myself :) have gotten him some really cute onsies!!!
One from Ya-Ya:

His Jerry Garcia onesie from Grandpa Mike and Grandma Cynde:

His "Let It Be" onesie from Pop-Pop and Ya-Ya:

The bear ears are very cute, even though Lee doesn't quite get it :)

I had to buy him the froggie pjs! Too funny!:

His Uncle Tommy and sweet Caroline (Tommy's girlfriend) gave Michael his first Christmas stocking. Next year it will be filled with goodies!!!!

Well, time for bed. Ta Ta for now! Love, La

Up to the present!!!

By January 18th, about 25 weeks along, I looked like this....

At this week, http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/ said: "Your baby's crown-to-rump length is about 8.8 inches. Weight has increased to around 1.5 pounds and fat is still being deposited at a high rate." and "Your uterus is about the size of a soccer ball now!" All I have to say about that is NO KIDDING! I feel like I have a soccer ball in my stomach! That is the perfect way to describe it! Of course Mags made her way into the picture!

Then we threw a party for our close friend Bartley who is moving out of town to the beach (lucky dog!). Here he is...

The guys all thought it would be soooo funny to have me pretend to do a keg stand, but I refused! How tacky, not to mention the inability for my body to do anything like that now! Haha! But they kept begging and I gave in to a "pretend pour"...
Here is Jeff trying the keg stand route ("not happening" is what I was saying at about this point)...
Here is my "pretend pour pic"....
And one from the side view....
The night was such a great time, ending in Mags and me both being exhausted!....

So, here is a picture of my craving from last week, yummm-o!
Nancy Patterson's Mocha cupcake! It was the best taste I have had in a long time!!!! Allison, I know you can agree with this!!!!
As you can see below, I also bought a cupcake for Lee, but it ended up being my dessert that night! Haha!

By the way, I also had another one this week!!!!

Nursery time!!!

My sweet Mom ordered these 3 amazing paintings for Michael's room.

These are the inspiration for all the colors and theme of the room. They are going to hang over his crib, which is a black Jenny Lind crib. It just arrive this week and I will post some pics next go around.

Here is the mobile from Pottery Barn Kids. It has all the colors that are in the paintings and is just so sweet and soft. It plays "twinkle, twinkle, little star"!

Here is the piece of furniture we found at Eastbrook that will be his changing table and storage for all his diapers, wipes, etc...(Mags again :)

Wesley let us borrow this count down clock. Only 89 days to go (of course, this was the other night, but not too long to go!!!)

So, I went to dinner one night with my good friend Katherine, her husband John, and her family to La Zona Rosa. For all of you who don't know, it is our favorite Mexican Food restaurant near our house (and we eat there ALL THE TIME! I really could eat there 3 times a week!!!) Kat must have read my mind because ever since I saw these at a store in Montgomery, I knew I had to get some for our baby if it turned out to be a boy. Introducing, the Pee-Pee Teepee!!! Such a good idea and super cute! These little teepee's are made out of terry cloth and a cute pattern fabric on the outside with little planes and clouds (haha!) When you are changing a boy, you stick this on top of his wee wee and it stops the stream of pee!!! We have given one to Jeff and Rebekah to test on their new baby Jackson. The results are not in yet...

They also gave him these socks that look like sneakers! One color for every day of the week! Too funny and too cute!



Michael is going to be ready for game day!!! My sweet 2nd cousins Joy and Nancy and my great aunt Baboo gave Michael this adorable "Bama Baby" bib. The Murphy's were so sweet to give him these cute little "Bama" booties! Roll Tide!

FINALLY! Caught you all up to this week!

I went to the Doctor on Monday (after registering all morning at Babies R Us, which was so fun!!! I picked out the stroller/car seat, or travel system as its called!) Here's a pic...

All went well at the Doctor's visit. I did the usual stuff...tinkle in a cup, blood pressure check, and the all important weight check! Even though I have been stuffing my face with Oreo's and TONS of cereal, not much weight gain this time around. I was actually a little surprised, because I really have been a bottomless pit recently! I mean, seriously, I eat 2-3 bowls of cereal just for breakfast. The cookies only last for about 3 days and the whole package is gone! Haha!!! Ok back to the Dr visit, the heartbeat sounded good...Dr Lawhon is so funny! He really likes to hear the heartbeat and said "what a great sound!" He has been fabulous during the many meetings we have had! Hopefully you will get to see a pic of him in a few months when Michael decides to join us! I scheduled the 4-D ultrasound on my way out. It is next Thursday!!!! Hopefully I will figure out how to post the video by then! I will post the pictures for sure! So check back for more!!!!

I really have to say...I have had an easy pregnancy and I am soooo blessed! But lately, I am feeling the effects of what it does to your body. My back has been hurting at night. I asked the Doc and he said "oh girl, that's just one of those joys of pregnancy". Fun! Also, I had a brief few days of fluid retention in my right hand. I mean, now I feel like I kind of know what it feels like to have arthritis (I feel for you if you have this!!!!). I couldn't open up a jar, the milk carton, even my closet door handle. Luckily, that has eased up a lot! Since I'm a lefty, I never knew how much I used my right hand!!!

Check back again soon!
Love you all! La

"As the Baby Grows" Part II

Ok, where did I leave off last post?....oh yeah, October and the New Orleans trip.

The next big event that we experienced was going to find out what the sex was!!! We went on November 24th ...here is a pic of Lee and I about to leave and head to the Dr's office:

We also had both Zan & Greg and Cynde & Mike show up at the Doctors office. We wanted them to find out after we did! I'm sure all the waiting room and nurses were wondering what the heck was going on!!! Lee and I went in first with the sweet tech Beverly (next time we go to have the 4-D I will take her pic and post it for you all to see). She measured the heartbeat, the diameter of the scull, and all kinds of other measurements, then she started to move that wand all around my belly. After a little while, she stayed put on one particular area and said, "well...." and pointed with her cursor right to the goods, then said "its a boy!" All Lee and I kept saying was "Wow" and "This is so cool!" He was moving all around and at one point he yawned for a really long time! You can see all of this on the video I am working on posting next time...(Keep in mind there are 2 sections...the break in the video is when Zan and Greg left and Cynde and Mike came in the room. The yawning part is the most amazing thing to see! Keep watching and wait for it!):

Here are some ultrasound pics:

Dad was so generous and gave Lee and I 2 tickets to the Iron Bowl, so that was our next adventure! Before the game we went to Gallette's and I has a cranberry and sprite. It was fun to go back there! I told Lee "I'm sure I am the only pregnany girl here in this nasty old bar!" During the game, it was misty the whole time and I ended up having to sit in Lee's lap most of the time because our row was super crowded. Of course the preggers ended up without a seat! But we still had such a great time and got to see lots of old friends!

We had a blast at our "Pappas Christmas" get together at Lake Martin! We played lots of pool with Will, Hunt & Tiff....

Starting to show pretty good by this point!!!!

Bathed the princess....

The lovely Isabella!

I enjoyed a glass of wine that took me ALL NIGHT to finish (it was even a 1/2 glass :)....

and watched Isabella open gifts...

After all the food at Thanskgiving and the lake, I looked like a butterball ham!!! By December 20th, at about 21 weeks along, I looked like this....

At this week, http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/ said: "Your baby will be getting much larger during the second half of your pregnancy. Your baby's crown-to-rump length at this time is 7.2 inches and she weighs approximately 10.5 ounces. Your growing baby is about the size of a large banana."

Finally, Christmas rolled around and we had THE FINAL (and Zan says "I mean it, this is the last one!") Christmas Eve party at the Pappas household! It was so fun, until I crashed and had to go lay down in the back because I was sooooo tired and couldn't hang. But up until that point, it was fun....

Of course, by Christmas night, both Rebecca and I were exhausted, as you can see in our pictures! :)....

The next big adventure was Tiffany's suprise party in Birmingham! Here is the reaction....

Here is the proud Daddy (Hunt) and Daddy-to-be (Lee)....

Of course, I couldn't hang again and made Lee take me home from the Karaoke bar before I even go to see Tiff sing on stage :(

This was one of the first times I really felt the pregnancy frustration. It is hard when everyone around you is having a great old time, drinking cocktails, and has all kinds of energy, and you are just feeling the total opposite! :)

Nursery time!!!

Nesting has begun in full force! I got on a rampage around the middle of January and the house had to be cleaned out or I couldn't stay there anymore! :) So the room we originally had as our office/day bed guest room was cleaned out....

and Lee started painting...

Mags helped (of course)....