HOliday Season

I’ve Got holiday fever… and NOO I don't mean H1N1… I have got a serious case of holiday madness. The lights the ornaments the music. I am jumping with joy. I am like a kid in a candy store or a middle aged man in the height of his mid life crisis smack dab in the middle of a new car dealership. I just want to decorate every inch of my apartment while I sing with the holiday music on full blast. As I dance around the Christmas tree singing “grandma got run over by a reindeer” My son stares at my from his swing with his head slightly tilted to the left, eyes wide open and one eyebrow raised…. I cant help but think it’s a good thing he is far too young to talk because I’m more than certain he would tell me I’ve lost my holiday marbles. There is just something about the Holidays that make me overly happy. Perhaps it’s the childhood memories of gathering together with my cousins, aunts and uncles and making mass amount of tamales. Or maybe it’s the fact that I LOVE buying presents. I love to see a persons smile when they receive something given from the heart. Honestly though, I think it’s a mixture of the bright cheerful colors, excitingly upbeat music and the pleasure I get from being able to give to others. What ever it is that makes this holiday season a good time for you I hope you find it! I wish you all good holiday spirit and a blessed holiday season!

Aries

Seriously my son is my life. I cant believe how much joy he brings to me. it is truly amazing!

Aries Derrae Garcia-Blake

^^Aries just a few hours after birth^^

Aries was born on Friday October 9th 2009. After 41 hours and 3 minutes of labor and two hours of pushing he was born at 1:03pm. He weighed 7 Lbs 12 oz and was 20 1/2 in Long. He is by far the most amazing thing to have happen to both Jacques and I. Talk about love at first sight. Every day I fall more and more in love. I had no idea I had so much love to give. I am a very loving person but this is a new type of love! He is so wonderful and has been the biggest blessing God has ever given to me. I am so excited for the future weeks as we continue to learn and grow as a family!

^^32 hours into labor with the best partner I could possibly have^^

Not so good at waiting...

So I figured out I am not very good at waiting! Up until now i have had the mind set of he will come when he is good and ready. However now with only five days left to go its hard to keep that mind set. especially when my body has been showing signs since Monday that it is almost time. And now tonight i have been having contractions starting at this morning they were probably about an hour apart then became about a half an hour apart for a good portion of the day at around 8pm the dropped to 20 minutes apart then at about 9 they dropped to 10 minutes apart and since 10 pm so for the past two hours they have been about 5 minutes apart. I don't want to get excited because i know that many woman go DAYS with contractions that close together and my hospital doesn't want you to come in until they are 3 minutes apart last for a minute and that has been going on for at least an hour... bahhh so even though I am having all these signs it could still be a few days before he comes. .... or he could come sometime in the next few hours.... how frustrating lol Now i finally get it when pregnant woman say they just cant wait and that the waiting game sucks because this whole time i found the waiting game to be very exciting but now its just annoying like to have it be so close but so far... I mean for the love of goodness sakes i just want to meet my son already lol I wish i knew for sure or not if these contractions were going to continue to get closer together or if i was going to be one of those unlucky few who have on going contractions close together but not quite close enough for days at a time... grrz But at the end of the day im not actually mad or that frustrated i know like with everything its all in Gods timing!!! : ) Over all i just feel blessed to be going through this experience!!! but being slightly selfish i really cant wait to meet my little man : )

Almost there!!

I can hardly contain myself as the days fade away and Aries due date grows closer. The anticipation of is he going to be born early or is he going to be born on or after his due date is so high. I honestly don’t care when he comes but the excitement of guessing maybe it will be this week is so extreme. I only way to describe the feeling growing in my stomach is by comparing it to that feeling you get when your at the very top of a roller coaster about to go down on the very first drop. Or the feeling one would get as they are about to jump out of a plane skydiving. That adrenaline rush you get when you do something that involves a slightly unknown ending. I am just so ecstatic to meet my son. Really words can not explain. I feel like I have been saying that so often lately… WORDS CAN NOT EXPLAIN… But how could words ever explain the amazing miracle of a pregnancy and a baby it really just is one of those gifts God gives that only emotions can explain. And what an precious gift it is!

TWO WEEKS LEFT!

Today I am 38 weeks. yesterday I had my 38 week appointment and I have to be honest I was Pretty let down. Last week I was 1 cd dilated and 60% effaced at a -2 station I thought for sure i would be at least a little bit more effaced this week.. No such luck. I am still at 1cm dilated 60% effaced and a -2 station. So basically no progress WHAT SO EVER! The one exciting thing that did happen was she i guess got a better hold of his head this time and she was like shocked as to how much hair she felt. Not a huge suprize to me because From what i hear the day I was born I had over an inch and a half of hair that the nurses put into a pony tail : )

On a good note the doctor said she really doesnt think I will go past my due date and that I shouldnt need to be induced which is a plus because induction was something i wanted to stay away from!

Just to make sure that i dont go past my due date she will be stripping my membranes(membrane sweep) next week on monday at my 39 week appointment. That way if i dont go into labor by my 40 week appointment she can do a second membrane sweep and from what she tells me most woman will go into labor after having two membrane sweeps.

I however am hoping i go into labor the weekend of the 9th which is right before my due date because the following weekend(weekend of the 17th) we are having a mini family get together that i would like to feel good enough to attend.I kind of have a strange feeling he will either be born on or i will go into labor on the 11th but who knows. not much else has really happen this week : ( I am really looking forward to my next appointment, next monday, to see if my body has made any progress!! I am going to try really hard to get a lot of walking in this week to help him drop but at the end of the day Aries is going to come when he is good and ready and... I am okay with that : )

9 1/2 months preggo! he is going to be such a monster! they say he is in the 80% for how big he is! Cant wait to meet my little peanut.... well i guess my giant peanut!!! : )

SOO EXCITED!

It is kind of a peculiar feeling to go to bed every night thinking tonight could be the night I go into labor. Then to wake up every morning with the same feeling … Today could be the day I go into labor. I would focus on my due date and start getting more excited in a week or so but in all reality only 5% of women go into labor on there due dates. Everyone else is just kind of up in the air plus or minus 14 days. I did however have an early ultrasound at 5 weeks and 7 weeks so the accuracy of my due date is supposedly correct plus or minus 3 days but just knowing that I am getting so close and literally being able to feel a difference in my body and feel things starting to change its hard not to be excited every single day. It is pretty much the only thing I think about all day long. It is close to impossible to focus on anything else besides labor and deliver and making sure everything is done the excitement of knowing its only a matter of time before I meet my soon is overwhelming in the best way possible. And now Jacques is getting over the top excited which just makes me more excited! He actually suggested that I allow the doctor to sweep my membranes on Monday. LOL he said enough is enough I am ready to meet my son!

On a side, slightly annoying, note I love my mother with all of my heart and i know she is excited for this baby to come just as much as me(almost). I know she is excited for her first grandchild and i know she is excited because its a boy and she has all girls but i am getting really kind of annoyed with the fact that she keeps calling aries her baby. Like no pretty sure you have not been pregnant for the past 9 1/2 months and pretty sure you are not going to deliver the baby. It was funny and cute at first but now she does it all the time and tells EVERYONE that I am having her baby soon. oh well i guess im just being a brat she is my mom and i know she is just excited. I just hope she doesnt get offended when im the one who takes the baby home from the hospital and not her.

FULL TERM!!!!

FIRST OF ALL I AM FULL TERM!!! So excited and thankful to God for making it to this point! Pretty excitting for someone the doctors told would never have a baby! What an exciting day. So today I was supposed to have a really quick boring ob appointment, but it turned out to be a very exciting one. First I didn’t gain any more weight this time which is good since I hit my 30lbs last week which was my goal for the whole pregnancy and I was worried I was going to gain a ton more but i seem to be at a stand still. Second he is measuring right on track again which is good because for awhile he was measuring 3 weeks ahead now he is measuring on time. and THRID... I am one centimeter dilated and 60% effaced and he is at a -2 station. My doctor was so proud of me which made me excited she was like oh you are progressing straight out of the text books. at this rate you will be 2 or 3 centimeters dilated by your due date and 100% effaced she said she thinks I will literally go into labor on my due date which I guess doesn’t happen often. so yeah ahhhhh : ) I am excited. 3 weeks left but I know they are going to fly by!!!! I am so giddy!... on a not so pleasant note... I HAVE NEVER HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM SO MANY TIMES DURING THE DAY IN MY LIFE!!! LOL : )

body changes

Ahh I cant believe I am full term on Tuesday. The time is going fast but at the same time it is starting to go really really slow! Or maybe it is just this week. I think it’s just this week. Or maybe I am just anxious? I am not sure I think I am anxious and excited and time is going slow… ahh so many feelings its so overwhelmingly exciting!
Anyway I have been looking for a picture from the beginning of my pregnancy for a long time because I lost them all and I just wanted something to remind myself of the drastic change my body has made and even though I am really embarrassed it is still something that I think is amazing. lol so here is a picture of me at 7 weeks and at 36 weeks. I know if it’s on my blog I will never lose it and that’s good because this is something I NEVER want to forget! The change my body made with my first child and it will be fun to later compare it to my second…

I can’t believe how big of a difference there is. I thought I was chubby before I got pregnant but now I will NEVER complain about weight again lol wow is all have to say I wish I would have had
a picture of myself the day I found out I was pregnant(at just 3 1/2 weeks) but I didn’t think to start taking pictures until a little bit later. I guess it wouldn’t have mattered since I lost them anyway. but man oh man lol I look in the mirror and I can see that I am pregnant but looking at these side by side I’m like in disbelief.... pregnancy is amazing!

Random Rant about sex on tv

I just heard the most insane thing in the world that I quickly have to vent about. I am watching the vampire diary's on the CW and in this one scene one of the girls whats like "i don't get why you dont just jump his bones already. It makes no sense Boy likes girl plus Girl likes boy = SEX." WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD. I could hardley believe my ears when i heard that i mean does the CW not know how many 15-18 year olds are watching that show? I am pretty sure that is the target market for that show.... Its no wonder 15 and 16 year olds think its okay to have sex. What happen to waiting until marriage or at the very very least until your older. I mean i am fully aware that I am not the perfect example given I am not married. But I will proudly say I did not have sex until I was engaged! I mean seriously why does the world teach young people its okay to have sex just because you like someone. It is supposed to be for THE ONE YOU TRULY LOVE and want to spend the rest your life with. The one you have a commitment with. ehhh the world grosses me out sometimes!

36 weeks!!!

I am 36 weeks and the time is flying again. Next week I will be 37 weeks and my son will be full term. Meaning he is fully baked and he can really come at any time. It makes me very excited. Although I would prefer to make it as close to my due date as possible. I overall(minus a few bad days) LOVE LOVE LOVE being pregnant. And I think I am going to really miss it after I give birth. I mean I WONT miss the 30 extra pounds I have gained and I WONT miss not being able to sleep well at night but I will miss feeling his every movement and just the general miracle of being pregnant. So the closer I get to 40 weeks the better. I wouldn’t even mind if he came a little after but I think my little(big) man is going to probably come around 39 1/2 weeks.So today at my doctor I did find out that he is engaged in my pelvis and he is "dropping" so basically he is in the right position and has even started to descend down a little bit. It is all so exciting. Later today Jacques and I are going to go buy the last few items for my hospital bag(like socks and lotion and other little random things) we are also going to pick up some dreft so we can wash his clothes as well as we decided that we were going to buy a new swing. My cousin gave me two hand me down ones but we are going to give it to my mother and put the other one in storage, JUST IN CASE. We decided on a new one because we do eventually want more kids and new swing will probably last longer than the hand me down. I am just thanking God he has blessed us with the ability to buy all these things for our son. I hope everyone is doing well!

Week 35 Calm & Quiet

So it has been a really quiet calm week. I am in awe that I have so little time left. Starting next week I have appointments every week. I only have 4 appointments left until Aries is here. I am just excited. My mom and everyone makes me laugh everyone is starting to guess when they think he is going to come. Every one thinks he is coming early not a lot early but a little. He is due on the 13th and everyone thinks he is coming like the 9th 10th or 11th. I am not sure what I think. I think he will come close to his due date. Maybe give or take 3 days. I honestly dont care. He can come when he is ready rather its a little early or a little late. I am just so excited to hold him in my arms for the first time! But I dont think he is going to be one of those babies that come two or more weeks early. I am pretty sure it will be at 39 weeks or after. But... We shall see. = )... ON a side note I do have to say I feel like he is starting to "Drop" He used to be right under my chest and now my belly is a little lower and even when he does go under my rib cage he doesnt quite go as high... he decent seems to be starting!!

Medical Scare

So First I think I will start by saying I am 34 weeks and 1 day and can hardly believe I have just under six weeks to go. I figured it had been a while since I did pictures so I put up two new ones. So now... what a crazy week it has been. We spent all of last week buying more stuff for our apartment and for the baby room as well as new furniture for both bedrooms as well as the living room. Last week for the first time I experienced a new symptom… swelling. For the first time in my pregnancy my feet and fingers have started to swell. If I walk around for more than 45 minutes my ankles and fingers balloon out. I know understand the term cankles!! And my fingers they look like little sausages!!! It is so sad. Previous to pregnancy I spent a good portion of my time staying fit so to be this unfit feeling is really hard.

Any way, so last week busy week and finally last Thursday things started to slow down and Jacques and I were sitting on the couch watching a movie and we both kind of realized at the same time we don’t remember the last time we felt Aries move so we started playing with my belly trying to get him to move… NOTHING. So I decided to do my kick counts which is where you pay attention to your tummy for two hours and count every movement. In a two hour span you should feel your baby move 10 times. The first time we did it we only felt 5 movements so we waited and hour and then did it again and only felt 6 movements. So we got a little concerned we decided that over the weekend we would pay attention and if his movements didn’t pick up or if they decreased more we would call the doctor on Monday. Over the weekend we had our second birthing class where we sat for 8 hours which was a great time to do kick counts through out the whole day it was pretty much the same every two hours that passed there were only between 5-7 movements so of course first thing Monday I called the doctor and moved my appointment up from next Wednesday to today. At the doctor they wanted to do a fetal non stress test which is where they hook me up to a monitor to record the baby’s heart beat for twenty minutes. Unfortunately they could not get the machine at my doctors to work so they had to send me to the hospital and there they figured it out and recorded the baby’s heart beat but refused to tell me anything and said to go back to my doctors so of course I get nervous. However thank God when I got back to my doctor she assured me that Aries is fine he is just growing faster than my belly is at this point so that mixed with the fact that I have quite a bit of amniotic fluid, and the fact that I have a short torso and the fact that he is a slightly bigger baby means he does not have much room to move around at this point. : ( I feel bad like I am squashing him but there is not much I can do. I am just so relieved that everything is okay. My doctor also said that is probably best if I take it easy the next two weeks so that I don’t end up on bed rest or have the baby a little early. I think I am okay with that though. Because I feel VERY SLEEPY! And I am not really enjoying my cankles or sausage fingers so I am ready for the swelling to go down. Any way I hope everyone is having a blessed week!

Baby & Life

So Jacques and I have spent our entire week shopping for the baby. Finishing up on things we needed, Like a Pack and Play, and getting more things he does not need, like a million more toys and clothes. It is starting to get ridiculous his closet is filled with clothes. More clothes than I have. His toy box is full. He has a crib filled with stuffed animals. I mean it’s really just crazy. However neither of us (as in Jacques and I) seem to be able to stop. It’s like we took a drug and are hooked. It’s actually quite hilarious. I mean we can’t even go into a grocery store without finding some random little thing for him. He is not even born yet and in fact won’t be for another seven weeks and already he is so spoiled. I think it is a mixture of us being very fortunate lately on the financial aspect of our life(ALL THANKS TO GOD OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!) and also we feel truly blessed by God to even be having a baby, since I was told I would never have kids. This is a very special time in our life and He is our little gift from God so its hard not to want to give him everything!
On another note everything is going well. Jacques started school back up this week and I have to say I am so very proud of him. Seeing someone you love succeed is a really great feeling! Last Saturday we had our first of two child birthing classes and it was really great we had a very funny teacher and although we both know A LOT about birth and children and we knew almost everything we were taught we did learn a few things about the details of the birthing process. The VERY detailed videos however Jacques and I both could have done without. Jacques said it made him a little nervous... I THINK THAT’S FUNNY! The class overall though gave me the extra push of confidence I needed to officially say NO to an epidural. However I am not completely ruling out an epidural if I am in labor for a crazy amount of time. I will be attempting labor WITHOUT an epidural and do not want the hospital staff to offer it (or any other drugs) unless I ask for them. And Jacques is going to be there to do his best at talking me out of it every time I want it. But like I said after the class I feel very confident I CAN DO IT WITHOUT AN EPIDURAL. I believe in myself and the strength God has given me. But who knows maybe ill be in labor for a really long time and just need that extra help, but with all the birthing position possibilities I am confident I will be just fine. Hope everyone has an amazing up coming weekend.

Aries Derrae Garcia-Blake

I can’t believe I only have 8 weeks left until I deliver. That truly blows my mind. I remember I had my 2nd ultrasound at 7 weeks and he was just a tiny little peanut that you could hardly even see! Now he will be coming soon and be big enough for me to hold and care for. As the time ticks closer I get so overwhelmed with a feeling of love its hard to really explain. I love my little peanut so very much and I have yet to actually meet him! It truly is an amazing feeling. The experience of becoming a mother is truly nothing less that a gift from God! I look around in the world and see and hear about mothers who abandon there children or do not properly care for them and I cant even fathom the idea of that. How is it you can not feel this love? How can you not want to show your child the love that he/she makes you feel? How do you not feel the love? I truly do not understand. I know this woman who is a mother of somebody very very close to me and over the years that I have known my friend I have seen how there mother has continuously treated them poorly and the effect it has had on my friend. I was raised in a different way where my mother loved me with everything she had in her so I never understood this other mother(of my friend) but now that I am about to be a mother or in essence already am one… I truly can not understand how she can go about treating her sons the way she does? It honestly makes me so sad inside. I feel as though every child she be able to know unconditional love and the fact that there are so very many mothers out there that don’t even show love to there children… well it really just breaks my heart. As a mother how do you just turn your back on your child? On a different note… I am getting very excited I have my first birthing class next weekend Even though I have seen 3 births and Have a very good idea on how I want my birth to go already I am still excited to learn anything that I might during the class! It is just so crazy how fast time is going. I know that the second September hits I’m going to blink my eyes and my son is going to be here! There is so much going on in September I Jacques starts school and he has a VERY FULL load, I am putting in extra hours before the baby comes since I am taking an extra long maternity leave… my pre registration papers are due at the hospital… I become full term and I start having doctor appointments EVERY WEEK!!! And by the weekend of the 12th I hope to have his room completed! Oh man this summer has flown by! Well as always I hope that everyone out there has the most amazing week possible! Also I decided That I am going to announce my sons name since so many people accidently found out at the baby shower. It has two meanings he is partly named after his daddy and also his name is the oldest Latin name in the history of the Latin people before the Greek stole it! oh and his last name is hyphenated because even though i am engaged when i get married i am also hyphenating my last name I WILL NOT get rid of Garcia because my father does not have any Sons and I am the oldest daughter... its a garcia thing to do. Any who his name is Aries Derrae Garcia-Blake! My little Aries! : ) Thanking God every day for this amazing blessing!

Changes

My whole pregnancy I have been very lucky. I have not had very many typical pregnancy symptoms and it has honestly been a very easy pregnancy. This weekend however I feel like everything just kind of caught up to me. I feel very sleepy and worn and I experienced my first braxton hicks contraction. It wasn't horrible but defiantly uncomfortable. I also have been a little moody. Like when I am happy I am really happy and when I am sad or frustrated I am really sad and frustrated. I Feel as though every thing makes me a little frustrated which in turn just makes me very frustrated because that is not really my personality. I am usually a rather calm laid back person. To not really have a huge amount of control over how i feel just kind of puts me in an uncomfortable place. Other than my new state of emotion ... I had my baby shower yesterday and we got more stuff than we ever imagined! The only thing we have left to buy before he comes is a swing(which we don't really have to pay for since we got two jumpers so we can return one and exchange it for the swing) and comfy clothes for me for coming home from the hospital. I feel so blessed we wont have to buy him any clothes for pretty much the first nine months of his life no diapers for the first 3 months and no wipes for the first 2. Well I suppose i should go try to get some sleep I have yet another early morning tomorrow for my 31 week OB appointment. I need my rest after all my doubles last week. I cant wait until Tuesday for my day off. I REALLY NEED IT!!!

BABY SHOWER

I am so excited for the baby shower in an hour I can hardly sit still! Sort of wish the humidity was not so bad today and my hair did not fall flat! : ( Oh well best day ever anyway!

LOVE

It has been a really crazy week for me. Between planning work events, throwing and having work parties, working 40+ hours a week and getting prepared for the baby shower this weekend I have hardly had time to breath. Although, I must admit no matter how much I keep trying to help with the baby shower stuff my family is only allowing me to be apart of a very small portion of it. I suppose with how busy I am that is probably a good thing, but I really enjoy party planning. Good thing I have a whole bunch of work parties to keep me busy. On another note I had my 3D/4D ultrasound yesterday and it was so amazing. To see all of his features in such detail and to see him really moving all around like that was just amazing. I mean there were a few times My heart just stopped because I was in such amazement. He is so handsome I truly cant wait to meet him 9 weeks and six days I cant believe it. The time is flying by so fast now. I remember when my baby shower was still 3 months away and now he will be here and in my arms in just two short months. I hold every moment so close to my heart I will never let it go. It is amazing what 40 weeks can do to a woman. Given I have only experienced 30 of those so far, but still every kick every flutter it makes me stronger it makes my heart grow. Who knew one could love so much. I mean My love for God is so strong and my love for Jacques is as well, but this is a different type of love. Like God has opened my heart to a new kind of love I cant quite explain. Its an amazing feeling. I see how God can love us all despite our mistakes and flaws because he created us. We are his children. The love for a child is an amazing love to feel! Something I don’t think even the best writer in the world could explain with words. It’s a feeling that forms and grows over the 40 weeks of pregnancy. God is amazing. He truly is. And Love is one of the most amazing feelings God blessed us with. I feel soooo blessed to be able to feel such an amazing emotion! Between God blessing me with the most amazing man for ME I have been blessed with a Son and right now the Love I have overflowing in my heart is a feeling I wouldn’t trade for anything else in the whole wide world! Well as always I hope everyone who reads this(which is close to no one I am sure) has the most amazing week they possibly could... ahhh I cant wait for my baby shower this weekend It is going to be so nice to see all my friends and family. Hope your weekend puts as big of a smile on your face as mine will!

~Always, Robin-Monique~

Time

My life seems to be flying by these days. I remember at the beginning of my pregnancy, since i found out so early(4 weeks), the time passed so slow the turtles lapped me a few times. Now... I cant quite seem to hold on to the time. It has become very apparent my son is going to grow up very fast. It seems like just yesterday I was 20 weeks and finding out I was having a boy now in less than a week I will be 30 weeks with just ten short weeks left to go. God is so amazing the miracle of a pregnancy the blessing of birth. I still cant seem to fully wrap my head around just how blessed I am. Every Moment i feel my little peanut kick is like a little burst of miracle inside my stomach. To go from being told I CAN NOT HAVE KIDS to the blessing of being just 10 weeks away from giving birth... Words just cant explain!

On another note I had my 29 week appointment and got a TON of news.
- I don't have gestational diabetes which is GREAT NEWS since my mom and grandmother have diabetes and having gestational diabetes increases your risk of having diabetes later in life and I am already at high risk so I am feeling so blessed.
- My belly is measuring two weeks ahead for two reasons that DO NOT CHANGE MY DUE DATE. One being I have A LOT of amniotic fluid but not enough to worry about(good news) and my son is measuring in the 80% for his age the radiologist and my doctor believe because i was an almost 9 pound baby and Jacques was a 9 pound baby so our baby will probably be big(they think 8 pounds) So this is good. I really did not want the due date to change. They were thinking for a little bit sept. 30th and I just feel more content with Oct. 13th, and am so very very glad that my due date is staying the same!
- My doctor, Jacques, and I decided my birth control plan of action after the baby that should last 1 1/2-3 years until we are ready for our second child.
- My doctor wants me to start doing kick counts which i HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ANYONE who is at least 28 weeks and she wants me to try to keep track of when I think he wakes up through out the day.
- Start my birth plan.
AHHH SO MUCH TO DO! It seems like it was a busy day because my day was spent thinking about all of this information! Especially the 8 pound baby thing. I am not scared but I am defiantly just praying and believing that I will be able to deliver the baby and NOT have a C-Section. It means the world to me to actually deliver the baby!
Lastly I hope everyone and anyone out there has a very blessed week and I hope I can stop thinking for a little bit and just relax with my love and my moving belly!
Peanuts awake time today: 8am, 11:05, 2:15pm, 5:00, 8:34, 11:30... <3
~Always Robin-Monique~

Officially 29 Weeks

Oh I love Tuesdays! Simply for the fact that it’s my change over date. Knowing that every Tuesday as I awake in the morning my life is slightly changing as it creeps closer to the date of my sons delivery I cant help but have a oversized smile on my face! Only eleven more weeks. Before I was pregnant eleven weeks seemed like an eternity in fact even in the beginning of my pregnancy anything more than a weeks seemed to drag on. Now, however, the time fly’s so fast the wind has trouble keeping up! Never have I been more excited for a single event in my whole entire life! Words will never explain the excitement I feel.
A lot of my friends keep asking if I am nervous or scared and for some reason I am not. Not of labor and delivery... Not of being a mom for the first time... NONE of it. Perhaps its because I pretty much raised my 3 little sisters while my parents worked hard or maybe it was because half of my life my mother did daycare and My afternoons home from school were spent helping her. It could even be that Gods plan for my life was always to be a mother. I am not sure. What I am sure of is that I am not nervous or scared and for that I feel blessed!

I was looking at ultrasounds from a few weeks ago and It made me so uncontrollably excited for my 4d ultrasound next Tuesday. Even though I know On the screen we are going to see a little Jacques and pretty much no features from me. Since the regular ultrasound already made that overly clear, but I am okay with that He can look as much like his daddy as God intended I just love seeing him I fall in love over and over again.
Lastly I would just like to say once again How IN LOVE I am my pregnancy photos It was such a blessing to be able to have them done. I believe anyone that is capable of having pregnancy photos done should. It is something I know I will treasure forever. Also IF you live where I do... Have Elizabeth Dahl do them. She truly has a gift!

~Always Robin-Monique~

11 weeks 1 Day Left

I am so excited to be 29 weeks. It feels so good to know that in just eleven weeks and one day I will be able to hold my son in my arms. I found out today that he is indeed measuring a little big about a week bigger than he should but the doctor and the radiologist don’t believe that my due date should be changed they both agree that since Jacques and I both were almost 9 pound babies that chances are he is just going to be a little big. Also I found out the other reason my stomach was reading a little big is because I have ALOT of amniotic fluid. Not enough to where they are concerned but enough to put me in the 95 percentile! As of right now None of that really matters all that matters is my Son is VERY healthy. I cant wait until next Tuesday because not only will I be 30 weeks and there is only 10 weeks left after that but I also have my 3d/4d ultrasound which I have really been looking forward to!!! : )

~Always Robin-Monique~