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  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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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 Dear Caroline, You forever changed our lives in the most incredible way possible on September 1, 2013. I can clearly remember the shock, excitement, fear and overwhelming joy your daddy and I experienced all in a matter of seconds as we read the word “pregnant” in that test strip window (and the 5 that followed). …

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How far along: 35 weeks Baby Size: A honeydew melon {18 inches, 5.25 lbs}! Weight gain: 27 lbs Maternity clothes: I can still squeeze into a few non-maternity work tops, but all of my bottoms are 100% maternity. Also starting to panic about what sort of bathing suit I’ll be able to fit into 7 …

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{maternity session sneak peek by Allison Kuhn}   How far along: 34 weeks Baby Size: A cantaloupe {17inches, 4.5 lbs}! Weight gain: 26 lbs Maternity clothes: Excited that our weekend was beautiful and warm enough to wear my new non-maternity lavender maxi dress {pictured in bump photo} for my maternity shoot. Love it? You can …

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This past Saturday 40 of our friends and family gathered together on the most gorgeous spring day to celebrate baby Caroline. I still haven’t quite come down from the high we experienced and feel so overwhelmed with love that my heart could burst! It meant the world to us to have so many people travel …

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This past week was so wonderful that is definitely deserves a highlights recap! Thursday we had our 32 week check up and Miss Caroline is looking great! Our doctor is really happy with her progress and I am really enjoying seeing her every two weeks now! Friday afternoon my family arrived in town and we …

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  Just when I think my belly can’t get any bigger…   How far along: 32 weeks! Baby Size: A head of lettuce (18 in, 3.2 lbs) Weight gain: 24.5 pounds and proud of it. Maternity clothes: Super excited about the new dress I’m planning to wear this weekend for my shower! Stretch marks: Nope, …

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  How far along: 31 weeks! Baby Size:A butternut squash (17 in, 3.1 lbs) Weight gain: 24 pounds. Maternity clothes: I just scored some maternity spring clothes {dress, shorts, tops and tanks} during Old Navy’s last sale and got 7 new pieces for $60! With only 9 {or less} weeks left, I’m trying not to …

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