Weeks 24 and 25

Week 25

Week 24

The weeks keep flying by!!!

a perfect morning

Johnny and I woke up early and watched as the sun's rays filtered through the thick green leaves on our trees laden with morning dew. Droplets of dew and remnants from the heavy rain last night hung to everything...our snapdragon's mango colored blooms, the baby apples on our apple tree, the white fence, every blade of grass, even from our tomato plant's leaves and the garden fence.

We walked out to our garden and saw that everything was good. The green beans were sprouting their way out of the earth, the buds still curled down to the soil, defying gravity as they continue their upward climb to the sun. The tiny green leaves of broccoli and lettuce colored the deep brown soil and the cucumbers were emerging out of their mounds. The squash and zucchini have yet to make their appearance.

The squirrels were busy scurrying about and the birds happily singing their morning song. Our little girl was busy too, rolling-kicking-punching--I can just imagine her in my womb--happy and warm.

Johnny made fresh French Press coffee--the steam swirled upwards from our mugs, delighting the senses, completing the morning.

23 weeks!!

Feelin' good at 23 weeks!

Johnny and I got our garden planted this weekend complete with fencing to keep all the neighborhood rabbits away. We have 9 tomato plants (slicer and cherry), sweet corn, green beans, broccoli, lettuce, squash, and zucchini. Johnny is also growing his own cascade hops for his thriving homebrewing adventures.

It has been busy around here making preparations for our little girl. We met with our doula tonight. She is from Germany and was actually a nurse midwife in Germany! But, because it would take too long to get her U.S. nursing degree, she now is a certified doula and we are hiring her to be our birthing coach in September. We are so excited!

We have decided to switch from an OB at our old practice to a nurse midwife to deliver our baby at Clark Memorial Hospital's Family Birth Place. This change has really helped us feel more at ease with our wishes for a natural birth and we now know that everyone working with us is on the same page---valuing the fact that birth is a natural event, and for the majority of births NOT a medical emergency that requires multiple interventions! Women have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years--Mom had all 4 of us naturally, and I am excited for the opportunity to have our little girl naturally and treasure every second of labor and delivery, no matter how hard it will be.

In other news, we officially joined Our Lady of Lourdes parish--a Catholic parish and school about 3 minutes from our house (we can actually walk to church!!). It is such an awesome community and we feel so welcomed there. We are actually already making plans for baptism!! There are tons of little ones being born into this parish--so we were advised to start thinking of a date because the days are already booking up!

22 weeks and Mother's Day Weekend

Our little girl is making it hard for me to sleep at night (just a precursor of what's to come) as I wake up 2-3 times per night and then have a really rough time falling back asleep---all I really want to do is roll over and fall into a deep sleep on my belly but that's not comfortable anymore.

She is so active and has no set wake/sleep cycle that I can determine yet. We finally got the crib from the couple we bought it from and Johnny put it up last weekend. It looks a little lonely without the mattress and bedding...but all of that will come in due time (my bedding is backordered for 2 months!!)

Johnny and I are getting so anxious for her arrival--time seems to be stationary--but we know once she is here, she will be as big as Ella before we can blink. So, we continue to savor every kick and every gentle punch as our little one prepares for her transition from womb to world.

21 weeks 4 days pregnant--MAY 1st

21 weeks pregnant and loving every minute of it!!! Our little girl LOVES to kick and roll around...last night during the PHISH 3D movie she was dancing up a storm.

Well, it's Derby weekend here in Louisville, KY!!! Oaks was gorgeous yesterday--sunny and high 70s. Of course today it is raining today and soaking wet--last year it rained on Derby too. Hopefully it won't stop the races! Off to a Derby part this afternoon:)