Farewell to Some Good Friends

Good-bye O'Charley's heavenly rolls (my only craving throughout this whole thing). Good-bye cheesecake icecream. Good-bye my daily dose of Dr. Pepper. Good-bye all my true loves of carbs and sugar. I have been put on a "diet". I figured it would happen eventually. But I'm not allowed to gain anymore weight. This is going to be so hard. I simply don't have the discipline. I've been thin my whole life and have never had to worry about watching my weight. I'm one those people that could eat whatever I wanted and not gain weight. So, I guess its payback. I'm always hungry anyway, which has contributed to my weight gain, I'm sure. So everyone needs to stay clear of me even more now! I'm not pleasant when I'm hungry. And I have a feeling that will be the norm for awhile.

Will and I had one last hurrah last night. Will fixed hamburgers and hotdogs then we went and got icecream for dessert. We should have gone out for a huge Italian dinner with tiramisu cheesecake for dessert. But, we're on a budget. I will request that as my first post-partum meal. Then we had a little bit of retail therapy. We bought Baby Girl a bunch of clothes. I could spend so much time looking at baby clothes now. And, honestly, Will is no different! In fact, I think he enjoys shopping for her more than I do!

Everything else is good, though. The baby is measuring small. If she keeps it up, she'll be a 6-7 pounder. Not too surprising since I was 6lbs 13.5 oz when I was born. So, unfortunately, my weight gain isn't attributed to being all baby, probably just all belly. She's like her mama...she likes her space.

Oh, and when I got off the doctor's table and stood up, he said, "Oh! You're a lot bigger standing up!" Thanks, Buddy, as if you hadn't made me feel fantastic about myself enough as it is...

Here we are!

Little bit of an introduction: I'm 26 years old and married to a wonderful man for 2.5 years. I do court support for the county government and my husband is a flight attendant for a major Atlanta-based airline (bet you can't figure out which one!) For the first 2 years of our life, we've been blessed with the opportunity to travel all over the world together because of Will's job. Those are times that we will always treasure. And I believe we wouldn't have the relationship we have if we didn't share those experiences together. They definitely made us a stronger as a couple. Now we will soon have another little person to share those moments with because we found out on Sunday, January 6, 2008 that we are having a baby. Its such an exciting time, and I wanted to start documenting it as we come to the end.

We're at 34 weeks today! Only 6 weeks to go! That's just 42 days. I thought this would be a good time to make my appearance into the blogging world. I think I have been blessed with a pretty easy pregnancy thus far. No morning sickness, no unexpected trips to the doctor or hospital. But, I have vowed to not ever be this pregnant in the summer ever again! My poor feet can't handle the swelling.

Abigail currently weighs approximately 4 3/4 lbs (about the size of a canteloupe) and 18 inches long. I often feel like she should be twice that size!

Last night, I spent some time at my sister's hanging out with her and my almost 4 month old nephew Jacob before they leave to go to Australia for a couple weeks. Being around "Roo" (Will's new nickname for him) makes me even more excited about Abigail coming. I can't wait to meet her!!

I've had all my showers, and now we just have to prepare the house for her arrival. So much to do! But I'm blessed to have such wonderful friends to help me out. They're coming over on Saturday to help finish up her room. I'll post pictures as soon as its done!!

Here are our pictures from our maternity session with Lori Gordon from Shooting Star Photography. I had them done 4 weeks ago when I was 30 weeks along.

www.shootstarphoto.com/amanda.html