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This week, Baby Girl D is about the size of a butternut squash.

How far along: 22 weeks
Net weight gain/loss: up 12 lbs. (I haven’t weighed since my last dr. visit, but I know I’ve grown since then!)
Maternity clothes: Maternity pants! Still wearing most of my shirts, though.
Stretch marks: No (and let’s pray for none!!)
Belly button: innie
Sleep: Pretty good…
Baby movement: Yes! Much more frequent and I’m still loving it!
Food cravings: Munchies!
Food aversions: No…
What I miss: Not a thing
Looking forward to: The Golden Tigers playing in the state championship game this Thursday!!
Best moment this week: Baby Girl’s Daddy feeling her move!
Milestones: Baby Girl is developing tiny tooth buds underneath her gums. Her eyes are formed, but they still lack pigment and will remained closed for another month or so. Her skin is very wrinkly, but she’s about to start putting on some fat to smooth out those wrinkles. She’s also starting to settle into sleep cycles (let’s hope she’s settling into the right ones!!).

thankful

Today, I'm thankful for...
- my husband, who really is the best in the world (or so I think).
- good health
- our sweet baby girl that is growing and moving like crazy
- that my husband can feel our baby girl kicking
- our wonderful families - if only everyone was as lucky as we are!
- our Win and spending time sitting in the sun and playing ball with him
- friends who are like family
- our home
- freedom, and those fighting for it
- jobs that we enjoy
- students that are fun to be around and teach
- a 5-day weekend
- another Friday night football game
- God's grace and our blessings - I couldn't be any more blessed!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

I know it's a little early, but if we don't start enjoying it now, Christmas will come and go and it's time to put the decorations up! So, I started decorating last week...there are still a few finishing touches to make, but I'm already in the Christmas spirit!

21

This week, Baby Girl is about the length of a carrot.

(I found a new website with these pics b/c the one I've been using stops having pictures for every week.)

How far along: 21 weeks
Net weight gain/loss: up 12 lbs. (I haven’t weighed since my last dr. visit, but I know I’ve grown since then!)
Maternity clothes: Maternity pants! Still wearing most of my shirts, though.
Stretch marks: No (and let’s pray for none!!)
Belly button: innie
Sleep: Pretty good…I keep waking a little while before it’s time to get up and I can’t go back to sleep!
Baby movement: Yes! Much more frequent and I’m still loving it!
Food cravings: Munchies!
Food aversions: No…
What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach
Looking forward to: Shopping for furniture this week!
Best moment this week: The Golden Tigers won - we’re moving on to the 4th round of the playoffs! Her daddy hopes we can go all the way and tell Baby Girl she was a part of it all this year!
Milestones: Baby Girl D’s eyebrows and eyelids are fully formed and her fingernails are long enough to reach the ends of her fingers! (We can’t wait to hold those little hands!) Baby is approximately 10 ½ inches long. Her taste buds are working now and she’s gulping several ounces of amniotic fluid each day for hydration and nutrition.

School Baby Shower

Today was my school baby shower. There is another teacher that's having a baby - in December. So, even though Baby Girl Davis isn't coming until April 1st, the ladies at school asked if it was okay to have our showers together. It was such a sweet shower. We got a precious outfit to get monogrammed (whenever Baby has a name), gift certificates, and money to buy Baby Girl lots of fun things! I already have her first Bama outfit on hold at the Lily Pad (and now I have a gift certificate)!

I knew my mom would be so proud of me if I got someone to take pictures (and I guess I have to be better about documenting if I'm going to be a mom:) And Baby's Daddy couldn't miss out on all of the first shower!

This is Mrs. Young - isn't she tiny? And she only has a few more weeks to go!

(We were supposed to have visitors at our school tomorrow, so today was supposed to be a planning/cleaning day. Therefore, we all wore t-shirts and tennis shoes. Otherwise, I promise I would've looked a little cuter for a baby shower! Just felt the need to share that!)

Making Room for Baby

Since we're moving our guest room to the finished part of our basement to make way for Baby, I decided that when I swapped summer clothes for winter clothes in our closets, I would organize the basement closet and clean out the closet in what will be Baby's room. So, for the past couple of weeks, I've worked on that little project. After 1,000 trips up and down the stairs, I have finally made some progress!
(There's a reason the floor of the closet isn't in this picture, but let's just be proud of the progress I've made so far!)
Baby Girl has already received gifts - her Nana gave her a Halloween bib for next year, the Lawrence's have gotten the sweet, precious little wardrobe started, and one of my sweet students brought me some of her baby clothes that she found at her house.
Next step - painting!! I told Dusty I would leave that alone until after football season (which we hope lasts 3 more weeks!).

20

How far along: 20 weeks
Net weight gain/loss: up 12 lbs.
Maternity clothes: Nothing but maternity pants! Still wearing most of my shirts, though.
Stretch marks: No (and let’s pray for none!!) Bought the Cocoa Butter lotion for stretch marks so we can try to keep this from happening!!
Belly button: innie
Sleep: Pretty good…I keep waking a little while before it’s time to get up and I can’t go back to sleep!
Baby movement: Yes! Loving it!
Food cravings: Still apple juice, I guess (And my mom-n-law got me a case of caffeine-free Dr. Pepper – YEA!! Thanks so much!)
Food aversions: No…
What I miss: Not missing anything this week
Looking forward to: Deciding on furniture and bedding
Best moment this week: Seeing Baby Girl on the ultrasound – and hearing the doc say that everything looks wonderful!
Milestones: Baby Girl D weighs 12 ounces and measured 20 weeks, 2 days last Wednesday. She’s starting to really practice swallowing. She's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in her bowels, and we'll see it in her first soiled diaper. (You probably didn’t really want to know that, but there’s not much going on this week!)

Halfway

We are halfway to meeting Baby Girl D!

We had a dr.'s appointment Wednesday. We got to see Baby Girl again -she was just as busy as ever. The lady confirmed that she IS girl (although she was a little shy about letting us see, and her daddy is OK with that!). Her measurements are right on track; her heartbeat was 162 and she weighs 12 ounces.

20 week belly shots (per request!)

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How far along: 19 weeks
Net weight gain/loss: up about 10 lbs.
Maternity clothes: Nothing but maternity pants! Still wearing most of my shirts, though.
Stretch marks: No (and let’s pray for none!!)
Belly button: innie
Sleep: Still interrupted every couple of hours for a bathroom break, but sleeping with a regular pillow between my legs helps me not toss and turn as much.
Baby movement: Yes! Loving it!
Food cravings: Captain D’s rice
Food aversions: No…
What I miss: Going for hours between bathroom breaks!
Looking forward to: Going to the dr. for an ultrasound this week…can’t wait to see Baby Girl again
Best moment this week: The Golden Tigers won their first playoff game. Now it’s time to take on the Trojans again!
Milestones: Baby Girl D’s skin is now covered with vernix caseosa, which protects it from the amniotic fluid. (If this didn’t happen, her skin would look like she’d taken a 9 month bath when she’s born.) She’s starting to grow hair and her brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, vision, and touch. She can distinguish between bitter and sweet tastes. Some researchers think she can even hear our voices now! It’s time to get the books out and turn on the music!

Sunny Days and Shopping Dates

Win has really enjoyed the past couple of sunny days!

Doesn't he look happy to have been woken up?

Because I was desperately in need of pants to wear, we went shopping last night. We met a lovely (and slightly scary, crazy) employee at Motherhood. By the time we left, she knew my shoe size, my clothing size, my profession, and she'd made many trips to the dressing room to let me "try" something else. When we left, I knew her shoe size, her sister's shoe size, her father's profession, and more about her 5 year-old niece than I ever cared to know. Our purchases there were made just to get us out of there!! It's a good thing D is such a patient shopper, because we had to make a couple more stops to actually find pants that I could wear.

Belly Shot

Per my Dad's request, here's an updated belly shot...

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This week, Baby Girl D is about the length of a dinner fork.

This week, Baby Girl D is the size of a sweet potato (but I know she's much cuter!).

How far along: 18 weeks
Net weight gain/loss: up about 7-8 lbs.
Maternity clothes: bought a couple more of pairs of pants last night
Stretch marks: No (and let’s pray for none!!)
Belly button: innie
Sleep: Still interrupted every couple of hours for a bathroom break, but sleeping with a regular pillow between my legs helps me not toss and turn as much.
Baby movement: Yes! Last week I could only feel Baby Girl move when I was sitting very still. For the past couple of days, I can feel her when I’m moving around, too.
Food cravings: Captain D’s rice/rice with Dale’s sauce
Food aversions: No…but when I smelled the ranch dip I was so craving a few weeks ago today, it made me gag! How can that be?!
What I miss: Diet Mountain Dew! I saw someone walking through the mall with one last night, and I so wished I could have a big gulp of a cold diet MD!
Looking forward to: Baby Girl’s Daddy feeling her move!
Best moment this week: Wearing maternity pants - Goodbye, BeBand!
Milestones: Baby Girl D is about the length of a dinner fork – now that’s a comparison I can understand! She weighs almost 7 ounces and she’s busy flexing her arms and legs. Her ears have moved to their final position and her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place (Her Daddy says “whoa!!”). If a loud sound is made, Baby Girl will raise her hands to cover her ears – how cute is that?!