My name is Nancy. What can I say? I am absolutely blessed.. I have a wonderful husband and the sweetest 15 month old boy a mommy could ask for. On July 20th, we found out we are going to be adding another member to our family. I am due March 27th, 2008 but will be having a scheduled c-section a week or two prior to my due date. We are very happy. My husband is hoping for a little girl. I am really not leaning one way or the other. I will be perfectly happy with whatever God gives us. I am just praying for a healthy baby!

10/26/07~ Well yesterday put me at the beginning of my 18th week! This pregnancy is flying by so fast. I don't remember it being like this when I was pregnant with my son.. but now I have him to keep me busy and that's probably why it's going so much faster. Yesterday morning I was talking to my mom and telling her I was getting a little worried because I hadn't felt any movement yet from the baby. She told me not to worry and that it would come soon. Well yesterday afternoon when I was laying in bed, I felt the baby roll over and about a minute later he/she did something else. I'm not sure what it was, but I felt it.. I was so relieved to finally feel some activity. I haven't felt anything since, but I have been told that is pretty normal at this point in pregnancy and that I will feel more movement more often in the coming weeks! I can't wait. My ultrasound is the 5th, about a week and a half away, and it seems to be taking so long to get there!! I hope that the baby will be cooperative and show us what he/she is. That would be nice! My son kept his legs clamped shut, so I wasn't able to find out. But after I left that day, the u/s tech called me and said that a lot of the images she took didn't save to her CD and asked me to come back in the next day... LUCKY ME.. I was able to find out the next day that he was a boy! I had a feeling from the beginning of my pregnancy with him that he was a boy.. from about 10 weeks on. But with this baby, I have absolutely NO CLUE. Well I guess I better wrap things up on here so I can get some cleaning done while my little one is napping! Have a good day, everyone!

10/29/07 (18w4d)~ ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL MY ULTRASOUND!! I can't wait. Last night I found out that the Carters Warehouse in my town is having a sale beginning next saturday (the 10th). Everything is $3.99 and under!! Can you believe that? I'm so there. Hunter needs some clothes for the winter, and I really hope we find out on the 5th what this baby's gender is so that we can get a bunch of stuff for he/she as well!! My husband is it work. I hate when he works. I just wish he could be here with Hunter and me all the time, but he can't or we wouldn't have the wonderful life we do. I'm so thankful that I met him and proud of who he is! He is in the Navy, and might have to leave on a deployment either right before or right after the baby is born. That will be hard, being that I'm 1800 miles from my family. But I am a strong person. It will be hard, no doubt in my mind about that... but I will get through it.

11/6/07 (19w5d)~ IT'S A BOY!! Well, the ultrasound yesterday went pretty well, except because of the way the baby is positioned (facing my back with his back out toward my stomach) they weren't able to get all the pictures that they need, especially the pictures of the anatomy of his heart and a profile shot. So I will be going in again in 2 or 3 weeks for another ultrasound. It's so cool to see your baby moving around. Ours was very active yesterday during the ultrasound, so the "it's a boy" picture is a little bit blurry... but that's okay. We can definitely tell it's a boy! My husband was shocked!! He really thought we were going to have a girl this time, and he really wanted a girl... But we are very happy with another boy! We have pretty much everything we need because we saved all of Hunter's stuff, and I know what it's like to take care of a little boy. I'm just so happy! I would be happy either way, but God has blessed us with another boy! It makes me wonder though, what he looks like. Is he going to look like Hunter or will he look a lot different? I don't know. I guess I'll see in March.. He is really low, and I know this not only because of seeing it on the ultrasound, but when he moves I feel it on my cervix... My mom is worried that he is so low, so I'll be talking to my doctor about it at my appointment tomorrow. Hunter was never this low. I hope it's okay that he's so low. My mom is just worried that he might try to come early if he stays low and keeps getting bigger (weighing more) because of the pressure on my cervix. I'll let you all know after I talk to my doctor!

11.21.07 (21w6d)~ Day before Thanksgiving... I can't wait. I just ate lunch but I get soooooo HUNGRY anytime I think about turkey and pumpkin pie. Yum!! Well the baby has been a lot more active lately. I have felt him a lot in the last 3 days. I usually feel him when It's quiet in the house. Maybe Hunter already scares him and that's why he doesn't move a whole lot when Hunter is awake... haha. My hubby still hasn't felt him yet, so that kind of sucks! Since my husband was in boot camp during this part of my last pregnancy, he didn't get to experience much of it. Just what I told him in letters, really. So he is so anxious to feel the baby move, so when he is moving I quietly try to get my husbands attention and as soon as he puts his hand on my belly, the baby decides he is done moving! Little stinker!! Kick your daddy nice and hard... I wish he would. Max gets so bummed when he doesn't feel it. But a lot of you ladies have given me some good tips, which I will try and hopefully my husband will be able to feel a strong movement. ah, what else did I have to say? Oh yes, I have been so snacky lately. I don't know about the rest of you, but all I want to do lately is munch. Even If I am not hungry, I still go into the kitchen and search for something to eat. I have carrots and all kinds of stuff that would be a good snack, but of course I don't want that. I want chocolate and cheetos and everything that is BAD!! haha. I'm still down 15 pounds since getting pregnant and I'm just NOT READY to gain weight yet, which my doctor says is fine. But the people at my local WIC office were getting after me at my appointment the other day because I haven't gained weight yet. Well WIC ladies, you will be proud of me because tomorrow I will probably put on about 5 pounds.. HAHAHA. Anyways, have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone. If you are traveling to be with family/friends, drive safe!

11.28.07 (22w6d)~ Well Thanksgiving went good. I don't think I gained too much weight, which is always a plus for me! hmm, what to update about? Everything is actually going pretty well. The baby is pretty active lately. I feel him move every day, but some days I feel him less than other days. I try not to worry about that though, because last time I was pregnant, my doctor told me not to worry because they have their lazy days too. lol. One of my friends is leaving in December for 4 months.. she's going to Jamaica to be with her family while her husband is deployed. So she is throwing me a baby shower this weekend since she leaves next week! I'm so excited. Baby showers are so much fun. I also have my second ultrasound on Friday. I hope that the baby is in a good position this time so they can see all 4 chambers of his heart. That would really make me feel better. I'm sure he is fine and his heart is normal, but I still worry until I hear that everything is normal and that the baby is developing correctly. I will update after my ultrasound.

12.26.07 (26w6d)~ It's been a long time since I have updated.... My ultrasound went all right. The baby is still laying in a position that made it difficult for the u/s tech to see what he needed to see. But he was able to get pictures of the 4 chambers of the heart. They just weren't the best pictures! But everything looks good. My baby shower went all right. I got a pack of diapers and wipes, lotion, blanket, a few outfits and a gift card. The girls I used to work with just sent me a card in the mail with a gift card for baby, so that was nice of them. Christmas went good for us.. My brother is in town, and my husband's family just got into town last night, so we haven't seen them yet. But it's always nice to be with family on the Holidays. I think Christmas did a number on my weight this week.. Being that I used to be on Weight Watchers, I'm still in the habit of weighing myself once a week. I've lost about 16 pounds during my pregnancy (which my doctor is ok with because I was overweight when getting pregnant). I was really hoping to not gain any weight through my pregnancy, but try to maintain where I'm at now or even lose a couple more pounds. I've had 3 doctors assure me that this is ok to do.. Anyways, I weigh myself tomorrow, and I'm really not looking forward to seeing the number on the scale. I didn't eat the way that I normally do (because there was cookies and all the good Christmas food) and I didn't go to the gym at all.. I really need to get back on that, too. But anyhow, If I did gain weight in this last week I will just work hard and eat A LOT better next week! And wow, my baby is pretty active right now. He's normally still sleeping right now. Maybe he decided to change his routine. haha. Well, my shoulders are really beginning to hurt so I think I will go lay down and rest a little bit before Hunter wakes up and wants me to play with him. I will update again soon.

01.07.08 (28w4d)~ Not much to update about except that I am now in my 3rd trimester and have only about 10 weeks to go since baby will be here a week or so early because I'm having a repeat c-section. I love being pregnant, but I'm so excited to see this little guy... Lately I've been having horrible pain in my low back... looks like my butt cheek if I point to where the pain is. It hurts to walk, or get up from a lying down position. It hurts to bend. People have said it is probably sciatica? I should look that up online, but from what I have been told it is when there is pressure on the sciatic nerve. I have an OB checkup on Thursday the 10th, so I am going to ask my doctor if there's anything I can do to help relieve the pain besides take tylenol and sleep with a pillow between my legs. He probably won't be able to offer much advice, but you never know! I've lost about 17 pounds since the day I got pregnant and my belly is finally getting big. It has definitely "popped" out but people are still commenting about how good I look... which is a nice feeling because I never got compliments about how I looked with my first pregnancy. (but I'll be the first to admit that I probably looked TERRIBLE the first time around due to how much weight I gained) Anyways, My friend treated me to a pedicure today. That was so nice to sit and soak my feet for some time while sitting in a massage chair. The chair was wonderful. It felt so good on my soar back and neck! I definitely think I'm going to have to go get a pedi twice a month just so I can sit in the chair and get a nice massage.

01.18.08 (30w1d)~ 30 weeks already??? 7 months??? this pregnancy is FLYING BY! I can't believe in 9 weeks I'm going to be meeting my little boy for the first time. I am so excited. I think Hunter is going to be a great big brother. He may be a little jealous and confused at first, but whenever I hold babies he is really good with them and with me. He doesn't really seem like he gets upset, so that is good. He comes up and lifts my shirt, rubs my belly and says "Bebe" (baby).... It's so cute! well, at my last OB appt, I was 29 weeks and my uterus was measuring 27 cm, so it's a little smaller than it should be but my doctor is not worried at this point unless it starts measuring more then 3 cm small. Brayden is very active these days... I love feeling him move. We have pretty much everything we need to get ready for his arrival, so that is a good feeling. My next OB appt is the first week of February, and I'll be scheduling a day and time for my c-section that day. I'M SO EXCITED!!! Not much longer now...

01.28.08 (31w4d)~ Today we got our first REAL snowfall of the winter. Being that I live on an island, we don't get snow here very often... so it was fun to get Hunter all bundled up and go play in it. I don't have much to report yet, cuz my appt is still a little over a week away. But I think Brayden has finally turned to the delivery postion (head down)... not that it matters cuz I'm having a c-section anyways. The reason I think he's head down is because I'm getting really uncomfortable. I can't sit up straight when I sit on the couch. I have to slouch back other wise it feels like something is in my ribs and it hurts! It's only been the last couple days, so I don't know. Anyways, I'm tired and I'm going to go to bed now, but I will update again after my appt next week. <3

My two FAVORITE maternity pictures... taken at 35 weeks pregnant.

02.25.08 (35w5d)~ So I had a doctor appt today. I forgot to update after my last appt. I was down a couple more pounds and we scheduled my c-section for Good Friday, March 21st, so at that time I'll be 39 weeks and 2 days. At my appt today, I gained 1/2 pound in the last 2 and a half weeks. I had the group B strep test done and my doctor checked my cervix for dilation. He said I'm only a fingertip, so not even 1 cm, but I am thinned out. He said the menstrual like cramps that I've been having in my lower back IS contractions, and that I'm experiencing back labor (which I heard is the most painful). But as of right now, I don't think I'll be going into actual labor before my c-section but I guess we'll see. Things can change in a short amount of time! This weekend I was able to get all the newborn/0-3 month clothes washed along with hats, socks, blankets, bedding, etc., so the baby's room is all ready and the diaper bag is packed... now just waiting for him to get here. My next appt is thursday, march 6th. update again after that!

03.02.08 (36w4d)~ So, My friend Alicia and I found out we were pregnant within a couple weeks of eachother. She was due March 11th, and I was due the 26th. So we've been going through our whole pregnancy together pretty much. Well yesterday morning her little princess arrived.. I was at the hospital less than an hour after she was born. I'm so excited and happy for my friend, and now that her baby is here, it's making everything a little more real to me! Like WOAH... I'm next! My son did wonderful though when he was at the hospital yesterday and saw me holding the baby. He didn't act jealous in any way. I'm hoping he will be the same way when his little brother gets here. Well that's all I really wanted to say right now. I will update again after my appt on Thursday.

03.06.08 (37w1d)~ had an appt today... The appt went well. My doctor checked the baby's position and he is head down, but still hasn't really "dropped" a whole lot yet. He said the baby's head is still kinda high, not that it matters cuz I'm having a c-section anyway, so there's no worries there. I weighed 202 at my appt today, so I lost 1/2 pound since my appt a week and a half ago. My doctor PRAISED me a lot during this visit about how well I'm doing with my weight. I've now lost 20 pounds since getting pregnant and he said he's so proud of me and told me I'm a model patient.. so that was kinda cool to hear! He felt the baby and said that if the baby was born today, he'd probably weigh about 7 pounds, maybe a little less.. so he's guessing at birth, the baby will weigh between 7 and 1/2 and 8 pounds. I'm so excited. I can't wait to see my little guy. It's only 15 days away now... WOW! I hope it goes quick because I'm so anxious to meet him! My next appt is in a week and it will be my pre-op, so we'll be going over a few things, then I'll go meet the L&D nurses and hopefully the anesthesiologist... I'm so excited! I just can't say it enough!!

03.14.08 (38w2d)~ EXCITED and a little nervous being that in 1 week, my little boy will be here! There's just so many mixed emotions. I kind of wish he would just get here because I'm tired of waiting, but once he's finally here, the wait will be SO worth while! This morning I have been feeling quite sick to my stomach. A mixture of nausea and feeling like I might have diarrhea. I don't think I picked up a flu bug, because I haven't really been anywhere or been around anyone except Max and Hunter... But I guess Max could have brought something home from work?? maybe. I don't know. I thought I had heard somewhere that those things can be symptoms of labor starting soon... We shall see! I had a doctor appt yesterday. It was my last one!! It was a kind of bitter-sweet. We are not sure if we are going to have anymore children or not. So it's quite possible that yesterday was the last time I get to hear a baby's heart beating inside of me on the doppler. I don't know if anyone else feels that way at their last appt, but I sure did. Oh, but we did ask the doctor if it is okay to video tape my c-section, and he said ABSOLUTELY! I doubt my husband will video tape the incision and all that, but he will be video taping when they actually pull baby out.. It bring tears to my eyes just thinking about it. I can't wait to see him.. to see what he looks like. Will he have a lot of hair, will it be dark or light, will he be a big baby like Hunter or will he be smaller? I don't know.. I'm just so happy that BIRTH DAY is almost here!!