Sophia

Sophia,

I can't wait to meet you my precious baby girl...I LOVE YOU more than words can express!!! Your daddy and I can't wait to hold you, play with you, experience life with you and just LOVE you! I promise to always be there for you, listen to you and guide you as best as I can. I'm so excited to find out what traits you have from both Daddy and I. I wonder if you will be outgoing and spontaneous like me or if uou will be funny and more grounded like your Dad...no matter what, you are the LOVE of our lives and we are counting down the days to hold you in our arms.

*I pray that God will always come first in your life!! Knowing our creator and why things happen is by far, the most amazing relationship you will ever have.
*I pray that you will love people and not judge and that you will be able to see past people's flaws and why they are the way they are.
*I prat that you will be positive in this crazy world we live in and not take things for granted. Soph, you have hit the lottery by being born in the country.....so many children will never even get the privilege to learn how to read or just BE kids.
*I pray that you will be strong and always stand up for what you believe in! (if you are like mommy and daddy, this gene got passed down :))
*I pray that you will enjoy reading and learning. Don't worry, I will remind your Dad that reading 1000 pages a month may not come for awhile (he tries to push this on me too, ha ha).....but you will soon find out where he got his genius mind from! You have an AMAZING father!

(I also pray that you would please love healthy foods, not whine a lot, sleep through the night, LOVE to play and watch sports just like Mommy and Daddy and want to help with cleaning the dishes...we can negotiate these terms later of course:))

XXOOXX

Week 30

''Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, thoughh it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision -- which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20)''

30 Weeks!!! Let the countdown begin.....

I'm eating everything in sight....enough said.

(Purchase of the week) My body pillow! It really helps me sleep.

This is so funny to me...its almost a perfect circle.

I'll post my belly pics that I missed on the page 'Our baby'. So, go check that out!

My friend Amanda's baby shower: She is having a girl, due at the end of  May!

So I'm blogging again, there where some problems in my family, so that's why I haven't blogged in a while.

20 week bump

20 weeks

9 year old sister Bernice pointing at my belly.

Me and Zach

She's the Length of a Banana!

140 days to go!!!

''Sophia weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. She's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel -- the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against her torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of her head to her bottom -- the ''crown to rump'' measurement. After 20 weeks, she's measured from head to toe.) She's swallowing more these days, which is a good practice for het digestive system. She's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in her bowels, and you'll see it in het first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).''

IT'S A GIRL!!!

 

Sophia Lynn

(Sophia means Wisdom in Greek, Lynn is after me and Nana Kathy)

God has blessed us with a baby girl, and we couldn't be more excited! When we got the ultrasound, we got to watch her for about 20minutes. I couldn't stop staring at her, while crying of course. I was actually so emotional that I think I cried for about an hour after we left the hospital (HOLY EMOTIONAL!!). The first  10 minutes or so of watching her, she was moving all over the place, even sucking her thub (just like Daddy predicted). Then she must of been so tired that she conked out and fell asleep. It was the most precious thing I have ever seen. She is measuring a little longer than 'normal,' 13.5 centimeters curled up. We got to see every part of her beautiful body, including her heart beating, her brain, her spine, her bum and of course all the limbs. :) We can not wait for her arrival!

18 weeks pregnant!

''Your baby weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs -- movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood  vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still staning out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning from around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. Ifyou're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.''

I'm about to go the my ultrasound to find out the sex. But I wanted to do this post before I reveal the gender.