Bye Blogger

Well ya'll (Alabama's best known word..ya'll) I have officially made the BIG move to wordpress. I'm loving it over there. Really nice features. I'm still working on how to use them all. Please feel free to follow me from there.

www.ourroadtoparenthood.wordpress.com

What-a-Belly!

we are almost 31 weeks. its about that time again for a belly shot. here is my wife at 30 weeks. she really doesn't like me to post pictures of her belly. she says she doesn't want people to see her stretch marks. i told her you are pregnant and growing a baby in your belly. we had an ob appointment this past tuesday. everything is looking wonderful. kayden is still growing and her heartbeat was 151bpm. now days her kicks are REALLY strong. sometimes they make j jump. i can see her moving and kicking from the outside. its such an amazing thing to witness. i hope you guys enjoyed the 4d photos as much as we did. it is really nice to be able to see who we've been talking to and loving all this time. some people believe that when you get 4d ultrasounds your taking away the surprise of how the baby looks. although we see and know her features..we don't know her skin tone *being a bi-racial child*, we don't know her eye color, hair color , etc... so thats crap. reality is setting in that anywhere from between 5-9 weeks kid could actually be here!?! my wife wants to try and work up until kid gets here. my sweet j. i know the truth. she wants to work up until kid gets here but shes not gonna be able to. i'll give her 2 weeks before shes ready to go on leave.

EXPLANATION

J WORKS 7 ON 7 OFF. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS, SHE WORKS 7 DAYS STRAIGHT AND THEN SHES OFF FOR 7 DAYS STRAIGHT. SO SHE ONLY WORKS FOR 2 WEEKS OUT OF A MONTH.

so i'm guessing at about 34 or 35 weeks, j is gonna be ready to throw in the towel. i believe in my wife. i know she can do anything she sets her mind too, but her feet aren't letting her do the things she wants to do. well the things she use to be able to do. her feet swell really bad when shes standing on them for to long. she can't bend or squat. her back aches ridiculously. with all of these things ..shes not gonna make it. i'll try to talk her into switching to part-time. we shall see.

WORDPRESS

lately i have been considering switching to wordpress. they just have so many features that blogger doesn't. a major one is password protected post. i just might go ahead and make the switch when i have time.

B PROJECT

the baby's room is complete and i should be posting pictures soon. waiting on our breathable bumper to arrive.

j and i are really excited about our 2nd upcoming baby shower, thrown by friends. it will be next friday and i will be sure to post those pictures as well.

j 30 weeks pregnant. just in case your wondering, she wears the same clothing purposely to show for good comparison.

4d photos

As promised our 4d photos. I turned it into a collage. These aren't all the photos but some. Can you believe those cheeks and those lips. We know one thing for sure..She has her mom's nose. The tech kept commenting on her big chubby cheeks. This is at the top of my "Most Amazing Thing I've Ever Seen" list. The tech also said she saw some cute fuzzy curly hair. It took us a good 10 mins. to even get Kayden to move her legs away from her face. Shes a stubborn one I tell ya. Oh and shes 100% girl. No surprises ; D . I wish we could have found out her height and weight, but the tech said 4d scans don't measure size. Boooo! For $125 it should measure size. But to see her face...its priceless!

Big Squash

Baby’s energy is surging, thanks to the formation of white fat deposits beneath the skin. (Have those kicks and jabs to the ribs tipped you off yet?) Baby is also settling into sleep and waking cycles, though -- as you’ve also probably noticed -- they don’t necessarily coincide with your own. Also this month, all five senses are finally functional, and the brain and nervous system are going through major developments.

Southern Heat!

As of last night 8pm... Our damn air conditioner isn't working. Because its the weekend no one is gonna come fix it until Monday or possibly Tuesday. For those who live in the south, you know how hot it is this time of year. For those of you who've had to deal with a hot pregnant woman.. pray for me. 90 degrees in the house right now. The owner felt so bad that he brought us a window a/c unit that he is installing now... just until the air is fixed. Poor Nina she is just about to die shes so hot. I didn't intend for this to be a long post. I just wanted to say if your a/c is working right now...be grateful.

Kayden's Out of the Closet!

Last Thursday j had a ob appointment and took her glucose testing. All is clear! We didn't receive the phone call. They tell you if you get a call from the doctor's office its bad news but no call is good news. Personally i think they should call you either way just so you don't freak out. Everything with Kayden is looking great. I didn't attend this visit, but they heard the heartbeat which is 145bpm now. Wow what a drop! Dr. T says this is normal because of how far along j is. K's bpm have gone from 169 to 161 to 160 then to 145. At the time j was 27 wks. 4 days and her uterus height was measuring 28.5 cm. Speaking of my K baby. She rocks! She is responding to our voices, music, and even our touch. When i rub or spank j's belly(not hard) she wakes up kicking and punching. I can feel it now when she moves and kicks. Sometimes i put my ear to j's belly and i can hear her movements. It sounds like water swooshing around! You might not believe this but, Kayden loves Beyonce'. I'm not shitting you right now! Like i said i play all kinds of music to her because i want her to be a diverse music listener :D R&B is her favorite. It seems as though we get the biggest response from her when we play anything Beyonce and anything soul. Except ... she doesn't like male singers that much. I feel so bad for saying this because j and i aren't male hating lesbians, (MY BEST FRIEND IS A GUY)but she doesn't like it when i put on male singers. She moves away from which ever direction the music is coming from when she doesn't like it. When she does like it she moves towards the music.?!.?! I'm trying to break her of this by playing even more male music. I don't want my kid to like women because we like women. I want her preference to be whatever she likes...men or women. Is she coming out to us already?! The conclusion j and i came up with is she loves the sound of her two moms voices therefore she relates women singers to her moms. Or at least i hope thats what it is. Well next Thursday is the big 4d ultrasound. We will post tons of pics and possibly a video. 29 weeks this Sunday! Are we really this close to 30 weeks because 30 weeks is a big milestone?!?!!!???!!!???!!! Shes almost done baking!

Shower number 1

Pictures from our 1st shower thrown by family and a few friends.

This one is from my mom

The date on my mother in-law's camera was wrong.. obviously

Outfits from j's aunt from North Carolina


Long day...tired..and trying to organize

Aftermath...tons and tons of clothes, diapers, wipes, hair bows, etc...

Finally our first set of bumgenius diapers have arrived.