I found an old Polaroid picture of my birth mom, Caroline, awhile ago and have been saving it to see if I would carry my baby girl the way she carried me towards the end of pregnancy. If anything, I hope my labor and delivery is as quick and easy as hers was (both …
Pregnancy
If you’ve ever given birth, odds are pretty good you received a handful of “packing lists” from your mom friends that include all of the essentials for your hospital stay. As a first timer, I had absolutely no clue what I would need for the hospital so I relied on my mommy friends to help …
How far along: 38 weeks…but feeling more like 200 weeks pregnant. Baby Size: A watermelon {20 inches, 7 lbs}! Weight gain: 30 lbs…according to the docs scale. Maternity clothes: So ready to be done with maternity clothes! Stretch marks: We’ll see post baby… Sleep: GREAT! I am so thankful for these restful nights. Matt told …
How far along: 37 weeks {FULL TERM} Baby Size: A watermelon {19 inches, 6.5 lbs}! Weight gain: 30 lbs, could be more. I’ll find out today at our doc appointment. Maternity clothes: Over the weekend I packed up all of my winter clothes and brought down all of my spring and summer clothes from the …
Last weekend we made a trip to Winston for the sweetest baby shower hosted by Matt’s mom and sister. Matt has a pretty large family so it was nice to have a mini family reunion to celebrate Caroline. We had family come in from Virginia, South Carolina and Atlanta! I loved the invitations my MIL …
We are officially NINE MONTHS PREGNANT! Nine, NINE months, how crazy is that? And why didn’t anyone tell me that pregnancy is actually 10 months? Regardless, we are down to the home stretch and I couldn’t be more excited for these last 4 weeks to fly by! Saturday we were out of town for our …