She wore an itsy bitsy, teeny weeny bikini

Will and I are going to Maui in January for our 3rd wedding annversary (Our anniversary is in February, but for some reason we go on a big trip to celebrate in January). We decided the other day to take Baby Girl with us. Of course, this gave me a great excuse to go shopping for a teeny weeny bikini. For her, not for me (**shudder**). I wandered into Gymboree last night while at the mall shopping for my stepmom's birthday. They had one swimsuit in size 3-6 months. It was a bikini, so I wasn't quite sure how Will would feel about it. He's already concerned about skirts being too short. (haha!). But for $7, I thought why not.

(Excuse the quality of the photo it was taken in my car with my camera phone)

And Will approved!! Its so cute, how could he not?

By any means necessary

Apparently I'm willing to do absolutely anything to get this girl out of me! Falling on my butt in the rain didn't work so maybe getting in accident will! I rearended a guy on my way into work this morning. Maybe I'll jump from a 12th story window next.

I had my 38 week appointment yesterday and still absolutely no progress. He even mentioned the word "overdue". Eek! I guess its a good thing I've been mentally preparing myself to go 10 days past due because that looks to be where we're headed. There's still time though...

History of the Belly

16 Weeks

19 weeks

21 weeks
23 weeks

26 weeks

30 weeks

32 weeks

36 weeks

37 weeks

It was bound to happen eventually...

As clumsy as I am, plus add the pregnancy factor, I was going to fall one day. That day was yesterday. I took a spill right outside my work building. I called my doctor just to be safe, and they had me go into labor & delivery to monitored. I felt fine, so no surprise that after being strapped to monitors for 2 hours, all came back well. The fall didn't faze Abigail one bit! But maybe, just maybe, the fall got things moving a little bit! I have my 38 week appointment this afternoon, so we shall see.

37 Weeks- What's going on down there??

Not a whole lot!! I'm closed up like a fortress! Good thing is I'm 50% thinned out. Not that any of that means anything, but I still like knowing if there's a party going on. The doctor couldn't feel her head, so he thought she was breeched, so I had to get an ultrasound. Thankfully, she's right where she needs to be.

As for the diet...at my 36 week appointment I had gained another 3.5 pounds, so I decided to forget the diet. If I'm going to gain weight, I'm going to do so by eating!! Then at my 37 week I had LOST half a pound! Haha! So I was happy the burgers and fries diet was working.

We're getting so excited to meet our little girl. Especially Will! He just got back yesterday from his last international trip for a couple of months. Madrid last week was going to be his last one, but then he decided to go to Amsterdam so he could go shopping for Abigail. He loves shopping for her, its so cute! (She's going to be the best dressed kid around!). I'm glad Will is going to be home almost every night now. That way we can enjoy these last couple weeks together...while in the same country.

The quest to get this baby has started. Last night we went out for Mexican, then came home and walked around our neighborhood. I walked more last night then I have my entire pregnancy. I even out-walked Will. I'm determined to get her out of me and I'll do whatever it takes!

35 and 35

I'm 35 weeks today with 35 days to go. We have the nursery almost finished as of Saturday. I love it! (I'll post pictures soon, we're still waiting on a crib) I find myself just sitting in the room imagining the little girl that will soon take up that space. The other day I was reading her some of her books. I could spend so much time in there.

Abigail has been incredibly active the past few days. Last night, while laying in bed, Will just kept his hand on my belly so he could feel her move. He got a huge kick out of her somersaults. Though, according to babycenter.com, her movements will soon decrease because she's running out of space. Not sure if that's true in her case since she's measuring small and I'm measuring big. She probably has plenty of space still to practice her gymnastics for awhile.

Here are her stats according to babycenter.com (again, this is on average, and she's measuring small...allegedly):

Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that she's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew melon). Because it's so snug in your womb, she isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times she kicks should remain about the same. Her kidneys are fully developed now, and her liver can process some waste products. Most of her basic physical development is now complete — she'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight.

Depending how I'm feeling tonight, I may take a belly shot. We shall see...

Next Month!!

It is now August, which means sometime next month I will be holding my little girl! Craziness! There have been times that it felt like the day would never come (especially lately). But now that I'm just 40 days until her Estimated Date of Arrival, I'm kind of freaking out a little bit. Don't get me wrong, I can't wait for the day that I get to meet my daughter. But my entire life will change! I thought it has changed a lot as it is just from being pregnant. I mean, the day you find out there is a little human being growing inside of you, and depending on you for nutrition, etc [almost] all selfishness disappears. But we can still drop everything we're doing and go out to dinner or spend the day at the movies, which we often do. And before I got pregnant, we were able to drop everything we were doing and hop on a plane and take a mini-European vacation. Next month, that will all come to a screeching halt. I won't even be able to go to the bathroom without thinking about another human being. The thought of how much one human life will depend solely on me terrifies me. God entrusted me with this little life! What an honor! But it terrifies me! What if I can't cut it?

Will and I pray for her everyday. That she will grow up to be a mighty woman of the Lord. That her confidence won't be in anyone or anything but Christ Himself. But we need prayer too. That we will be the Godly example God has called us to be. And that we will be an encouragement to her and love us the way Jesus has loved us. And that she will always know that know one, except the Lord, will love her and adore her as much as we do.

None of it seems quite real yet, but next month, it will all be reality.