Baby Girl Update

We had our 18 Week Ultrasound yesterday afternoon and everything looked great! She's growing really well and looks very healthy! She is even measuring a week ahead of schedule. We could see she has chubby little legs already. Ha! 

 I just love getting to see the baby moving all around. She even had the hiccups at one point and she was very active, though I can't feel a lot of her kicks yet. I found out yesterday, I have an anterior placenta. Meaning the placenta is between her and I and it acts like a cushion for all her kicks. It's very common and as she gets a little bigger, I should be able to feel her moving around more.

This would have normally been the ultrasound we would have found out the gender of the baby, had we not cheated and found out a little early at a 15 week elective ultrasound. :-) The technician yesterday did affirm that we are in fact, having a sweet little girl though! :-) Yay!

So all is going well and the baby is doing great!! We couldn't be happier and are so excited to meet her in just a few more months! Now if we could ever come up with a name for the poor girl. ;-)

A Storybook Photography Photo Session and an Upcoming Link-Up

I'll start with this fun photo session I had a couple of weeks ago. It was actually my sister's in-law family. It was a big family and though it was cloudy and rainy during some of the session, we got some good shots I think. Especially when working with this many people. Here are some of my favorites. :-)

Lovely parents with 4 boys who are all married with children. There are 10 grandchildren and 1 on the way!

 Jeremy, the oldest of the 4 boys, and his family.

My sister's husband Jason is actually a twin. I can't remember which one is oldest, but this is Jason's family. 

Justin is the other twin and this is his family.

This is James, the youngest, and his family. They are expecting their second baby in June of next year. :-)

There are actually two sets of twins in this family. Jason and Justin are identical and their oldest brother Jeremy, had a set of fraternal twins. So cool!

This was a super fun shot of the whole family. :-)

Sweet Max resting on his Daddy's shoulder. 

Ruby, she's such a cutie.

These two cousins are BFF's!  When they saw each other they ran and gave each other a hug. So sweet. ♥

I have so many more photo sessions to share in the coming week or two. Storybook Photography has been very busy this past month and I'm loving it.

18 Week Bumpdate

How Far Along: 18 Weeks
 (You can check out my 18 week post from when I was pregnant with Jackson here.)

Size of Baby: (According to babycenter.com) 18 weeks: Your baby is about the size of a bell pepper. Your baby now weighs almost 7 ounces and is roughly 5 1/2 inches long from head to bottom.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: At my 16 17 week appt. I had gained 10 lbs total. A little more than I'd have liked to.

Maternity Clothes: Yes, all maternity pants and mostly maternity shirts.

Gender: A sweet baby GIRL. :-) We have our actual anatomy scan tomorrow at 3:30, so I'll have more pictures to share with you soon. I can't wait to see our sweet girl again. :-)

Movement: Yes, feeling movement every now and again. Still very light and very few and far between.

Food Cravings: No real cravings yet.

What I miss: Nothing really.

Sleep: Having to get up a couple times a night to use the restroom, otherwise sleeping okay.

Symptoms: No real symptoms right now other than a growing belly. :-)

Best Moment this week: Spending Thanksgiving and the long weekend with family.

What I am looking forward to: Seeing our sweet girl on the ultrasound tomorrow and all the Christmas festivities over the next few weeks. :-)

17 Week Bump Date

How Far Along: 17 Weeks as of yesterday.
 (You can check out my 17 week post from when I was pregnant with Jackson here.)

Size of Baby: (According to babycenter.com) 17 weeks: Your baby is about the size of a turnip. Your little turnip now weighs about 5 ounces and is roughly 5 inches long from head to bottom.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and found out I've gained 10 pounds so far! Yikes!

Maternity Clothes: Yes, all maternity clothes.

Gender: A sweet baby girl!! (Still working on a name.)

Movement: I've felt a few flutters here and there, but nothing regular yet. I'm hoping to feel it more often soon.

 Food Cravings: No real cravings yet.

What I miss: Being able to sleep through the night and wear my wedding rings. They are already fitting tight. :-(

Sleep: Sleeping okay, just having to get up several times a night to use the restroom.

Symptoms: Having to use the restroom often.

Best Moment this week: Hearing our baby girl's strong heartbeat at the doctor's office yesterday.

What I am looking forward to: Thanksgiving dinner this Thursday and getting to spend time with family. I'm also looking forward to our gender scan sometime in the next week or so. We already know its a girl, but I always look forward to anytime I get to see her and this will more than likely be the last time before she's born.

A New Blog Design and Some Randoms!

-  Last week I decided to give myself a little blog design update! I've been loving the colors Navy and Yellow together and thought that would make a great color combo for a blog design. So I started putting it all together and I'm so happy with the result! I hope you all like it too. :-)

 - So, there must be something up with Blogger. :-( All of my posts in the last couple of weeks have been coming out way late for some reason. I've done a little research and it seems that some other people are having the same problem. Have any of you had this problem, and if so, is there a fix for it? I can't seem to find a way to fix it. :-(

- Last weekend, I had three photo sessions and they were all so fun. I feel like the more sessions I have, the more comfortable I get with it, which is great! For the longest time, I've been pretty nervous with each and every session I shoot. The lack of confidence and the fact that I'm not the most outgoing person, have been a bit of a challenge to overcome. But these sessions went so well and I seem to feel a little more confident with each session I have.

 Here's a little sneak peek of one of my favorite photos from each session. I'll have a more detailed post of each session once I get all the editing done. :-)

The Waltman Family

The Fitzpatrick Family

The Jacobs Family

- I'm so looking forward to Thanksgiving this year! We have the first of 2 family gatherings this Saturday. Bring on the Turkey and Pumpkin Pie!! :-)

I hope you're all having a GREAT week!

Project Life 2013: Week 36

Ugh, I'm so far behind, but I'm determined to get caught up! So here is my week 36 page from the first week of September. 

I used the Gratitude Full Kit Freebie from Word Art World.

16 Week Bump Date

How Far Along: 16 Weeks
 (You can check out my 16 week post from when I was pregnant with Jackson here.)

Size of Baby: (According to babycenter.com) 16 weeks: Your baby is about the size of an avocado. Your baby now weighs 3 1/2 ounces and is about 4 1/2 inches long from head to bottom.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I go to the doctor next Monday, so I'll have a better idea then what my weight gain has been so far. At my 12 week appointment I was up 4 lbs.

Maternity Clothes: Yes, all maternity pants and some maternity shirts.

Gender: A sweet baby girl!! (You can read about how we found out here.)

Movement: I've felt a few flutters here and there, but nothing consistent yet.

Food Cravings: I had a yummy snow man sugar cookie Saturday morning from Starbucks and ever since then, I've been wanting another one.

What I miss: My wedding rings fitting. They are already pretty tight so I haven't been wearing them.

Sleep: Other than getting up multiple times to use the bathroom, pretty good.

Symptoms: Having to use the restroom often and a sensitive gag reflex.

Best Moment this week: Doing a little shopping for baby girl, getting to take a nice long nap yesterday afternoon and dinner out with friends this past Friday night.

What I am looking forward to: Feeling the baby move more, planning the nursery and deciding on a name.