Our baby girl is a mover... and we've known this since just about day one! At every ultrasound we've had, except for the very first one, we have seen her move. And here recently, I have finally been able to feel that movement :) I started feeling "flutters" about 2-3 weeks ago. Then on Thanksgiving morning, BOOM! She straight up kicked me! I was sitting at the breakfast table going through the Black Friday sale ads and it caught me completely off guard. I literally jumped back in my seat and I'm sure had a look of great confusion on my face, lol. Once it dawned on me that is was Calleigh kicking, I immediately called Travis over hoping it would happen again so that he could feel it. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.
Then on Saturday night it happened again! I was sitting on the couch watching a movie when she began squirming all over the place. We tried again for Travis to be able to feel her too, but every time he tried she would stop... little stinker :) She kept me up until about midnight that night moving around. Since then, I have been able to feel her move everyday. I love the little reminders she gives me that she's there... and just hope that Travis is able to feel her soon too!
Welcome! I am a thirty something from the great state of Texas. I am married to my best friend and we have the most precious baby girl in the world :) This blog was created to document our journey through infertility and continues now with our journey through parenthood!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Decisions Decisions
So it's been awhile... again :) But that's okay, because this time we have plenty of updates! Over the past couple of weeks we have been making decisions left and right! We've decided on the paint color for Calleigh's room, picked out her bedding (purple, chocolate, tan, and cream polka dots and stripes! - not too girly!), and have even started a registry "must haves" list for when we register over Christmas break. Below are pictures of the paint color and her bedding. Her room is getting painted next weekend and then the carpet will be cleaned a few days after that. I can't wait to get her furniture in place and see her room all put together!
Last week Calleigh got her first two diaper bags! Her Gigi, Travis's mom, made one of them, and my love affair with Coach prompted the second one. Aren't they both super cute???
During all this time, week 19 came and went quickly. Below is belly pic for that week. Apparently my iphone only takes blurry pictures these days! Sorry!
Yesterday was our 21 week appointment with Dr. Godat. Other than hearing Calleigh's sweet little heart beat, it was uneventful. We go back at the end of December for the Glucose test... I'm not super excited about this. While I am right on track with my weight according to Dr. Godat, I still need to be very cautious over the next month as to what I'm putting into my body. With Thanksgiving last week and Christmas around the corner, I think you all can feel my pain on how hard this is going to be! There isn't a 21 week belly picture yet, but there should be one within a day or so... so stay tuned :) Until next time...
Last week Calleigh got her first two diaper bags! Her Gigi, Travis's mom, made one of them, and my love affair with Coach prompted the second one. Aren't they both super cute???
During all this time, week 19 came and went quickly. Below is belly pic for that week. Apparently my iphone only takes blurry pictures these days! Sorry!
Yesterday was our 21 week appointment with Dr. Godat. Other than hearing Calleigh's sweet little heart beat, it was uneventful. We go back at the end of December for the Glucose test... I'm not super excited about this. While I am right on track with my weight according to Dr. Godat, I still need to be very cautious over the next month as to what I'm putting into my body. With Thanksgiving last week and Christmas around the corner, I think you all can feel my pain on how hard this is going to be! There isn't a 21 week belly picture yet, but there should be one within a day or so... so stay tuned :) Until next time...
Monday, November 7, 2011
Thank heaven for little...
It's been an exciting two days! The baby furniture came in this weekend, so yesterday we rented a truck from Home Depot and then headed to JCPenny's to pick it up. While we looked like the Beverly Hillbillies hauling it back home, it was totally worth it. It felt like Christmas morning unwrapping it :) It's exactly what we wanted, and we LOVE it! Kuddos to Home Depot for renting out trucks! All we need to do now is to paint and get the carpet cleaned, and then we will have all the bare bones of the room put together. We are hoping to have this done before Christmas.
Then today we had our followup visit with Dr. Weiss to complete the NT scan. During the ultrasound he showed us all of the baby's body parts and organs... saving the gender confirmation until last :) And it is officially confirmed... we are having a baby GIRL! Dr. Weiss was pleased with all the measurements and said that everything looked great! Such wonderful news! We are beyond thrilled and blessed! Below are the two pictures from the appointment. She's looking more and more like a baby!
With the excitement of now knowing for sure that she's a girl, comes the announcement of her name. And her name is: Calleigh Abrielle Cook. Calleigh was decided upon pretty quickly :) It's of Greek origin meaning "Beautiful"... which I think fits her perfectly! Her middle name was a little tougher to decide. We wanted her middle name to be something meaningful/significant to our journey of having her. Since she was the only embryo of seven to survive, we were thinking along the lines of "strong", "miracle from God", etc. And then we stumbled upon Abrielle... French for "Strong one of God". There couldn't have been any name more perfect! Our little miss Calleigh Abrielle :) I love saying it, and I absolutely cannot wait to see her little face!
Our seventeen week belly pic is a little blurry, but will have to do :) Maybe the next one will be a little better!
Thank you again to all of our wonderful family and friends for your prayers! And we especially thank heaven for our little girl :) While our journey has been long and is far from over, I wouldn't trade it for the world! Until next time...
Then today we had our followup visit with Dr. Weiss to complete the NT scan. During the ultrasound he showed us all of the baby's body parts and organs... saving the gender confirmation until last :) And it is officially confirmed... we are having a baby GIRL! Dr. Weiss was pleased with all the measurements and said that everything looked great! Such wonderful news! We are beyond thrilled and blessed! Below are the two pictures from the appointment. She's looking more and more like a baby!
With the excitement of now knowing for sure that she's a girl, comes the announcement of her name. And her name is: Calleigh Abrielle Cook. Calleigh was decided upon pretty quickly :) It's of Greek origin meaning "Beautiful"... which I think fits her perfectly! Her middle name was a little tougher to decide. We wanted her middle name to be something meaningful/significant to our journey of having her. Since she was the only embryo of seven to survive, we were thinking along the lines of "strong", "miracle from God", etc. And then we stumbled upon Abrielle... French for "Strong one of God". There couldn't have been any name more perfect! Our little miss Calleigh Abrielle :) I love saying it, and I absolutely cannot wait to see her little face!
Our seventeen week belly pic is a little blurry, but will have to do :) Maybe the next one will be a little better!
Thank you again to all of our wonderful family and friends for your prayers! And we especially thank heaven for our little girl :) While our journey has been long and is far from over, I wouldn't trade it for the world! Until next time...
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