Baby Shower #1

First off, I just want to say thank you so much to my cousins, Denise, Diane and Megan for putting together a great family filled baby shower!

My first shower was in Bright, IN where my mom’s family is from. My grandma, aunts and cousin where there (minus a few). There was some delicious food and I took home some really fun decorated oneies for Sophie!

My three favorite things about this shower:

1.Four layer, different shades of Pink Cake

The cake was super cool! I don’t get too excited about cake, but this one, defiantly got the excitement going.




2.All the purple & pink decorations and the Lia Sophia Jewelry

When I said I wanted my shower girly, this is defiantly what I meant! And what a great touch for the tables, a little goodie bag with jewelry in it – now that’s girly!




3.The Team Edward onesie that my Cousin Anna made!

This was a great shower idea. Every one picked out an image that they could either color or just iron on a onesie. Then I got to pick my favorite one. There were A LOT of super cute onesie to choose from, but my heart couldn’t choose anything other than the Team Edward. (Yes, I do plan on reading Twilight to little Sophie on nights she doesn’t want to sleep – and because she is my daughter, she will love it and be team Edward too!)

Maternity Photos!

One thing that I was super excited about being pregnant was that I was going to get maternity photos. I knew the perfect photographers for the job too... my sister and father. They are both amazing photographers. I was lucky enough to have both of them in the same place so we had both of their specialties available to us!

My Dad is great with portraits, as you can see....



And my sister is the best get getting those candid shots....



I couldn't be happier with the results!
Enjoy!

31 Week Belly Shot

I know this is a week late, but here is my 31 week belly shot. From week to week, I think I look about the same. But When I look at each month I can tell a difference. This will also be the last photo I take with my cell. Between my belly and my bulky iphone, there just isnt enough room in the photo anymore.


I can defiantly say that taking weekly shots have been a good idea. Maybe I will print them out and put them in a photo album. Oh, or maybe create a flip book or something.

This past week, the uncomfortable-ness of being "large and in charge" has set it. It's hard for me to sit in one position for a long time. I can tell that little Sophie is taking up more space and its getting tight in there, when she moves, I feel it...and so do the rest of my organs.

30 Weeks!

Can you believe it? Little Sophia Marie should be with us in a near 10 weeks (or so). Yes, that may still sound like a long time, but does it really feel like its been 30 weeks already!?

Here is my 30 week belly - its starting to round out nicely. I guesstimate in the next 3-4 weeks I may start sporting an "outie" (belly button).



We had a doctor's appointment on this past week. I maybe gained a pound, but the doctor said he isn't concerned about that anymore. Her heart beat was at 160 and he again said that I have one healthy baby in my belly. All my lab work from the previous appointment came back looking great and after taking my fundal height measurement - he was able to conclude that miss Sophie was growing very well and I was measuring almost two inches more then average. So as long as I don't start losing weight - my low weight gain (average at this point is at least 10 lbs - I have gained 7lbs) is no longer a concern.

Now you may be wondering - what is a Fundal Height Measurement? Well, I'm about to tell you! Its a measurement that Doctors take at each appointment to measure fetal growth and development. They measure from your pubic bone to the top of your uterus. It's measured in centimeters. Now when your pregnant, as you know with your growing baby, your uterus must grow. What I didn't realize before that it REALLY grows. At 30 weeks preggers, the top of it should sit a few inches above your belly button! The measurement should match the gestational age (the age of your baby while still in the oven - haha) of your baby. Below is a Fundal Height Chart.

Weeks 28 and 29

Here are two belly photos! I'm a tad behind.





Maternity photos were pushed back to that last weekend in July...so you all will have to wait a little longer.

Baby Belly Over the Last 3 Months!

Now that I am 7 months pregnant, I wanted to compare my belly shots up until now. Check it out below...

26 Weeks

26 weeks preggo - and this is my last week of trimester 2. Wow! When I was taking my weekly picture, I had some company from from one of my furry friends.




Link didn't care that I was trying to take a photo of my belly, he just wanted my attention and he wanted it right then.



So he got his picture too. It didn't make him happy, but he got what he wanted.



As you can see, finally my belly photo. I don't see to much change from last week, but maybe you do.

24 Full Weeks Down - 15.5 To Go!

Yay! I made it through another week. I'm now at 25 weeks. Baby is moving around more, I think its because she is losing space. Last night while laying in bed she started kicking and Robby felt her a good 4-5 times. Then this morning while waiting for my oil change he felt her again. With any luck it will start to become a regular thing (so her aunt Katy can feel her)!

Here is my 25 week photo. Its crazy that you can now see a noticeable difference each week.

6 Months!

Wow, today I am 24 weeks pregnant. Thats 6 months on the dot. I can't believe it. It honestly just seems like yesterday that we found out we were having a baby! But I bet you almost anything that these next 3 months will be the slowest EVER!

I just can't wait to meet my daughter.

Here is my 24 week belly shot. Plus I'm sporting a new do. Thanks to my amazing hair dresser, Krystal.



For the first time in a very, very, very long time, I'm actually feeling good about the way I look and my health. Haha...sure, maybe because it's the 1st time ever it's been ok to put on extra pounds. Even though I've only gained about 9lbs, I feel lucky that I seem to only be gaining it in my belly (knock on wood) and not my face and everywhere else.

My doctor said I'm healthy and look great. I had a health screen this week at work and all my results were "fabulous" according to the nurse that did my screen. I think getting preggo has defiantly done some positive things for my health. Yay for being Preggo!!!

Baby Sophia is going to start packing on some serious weight now, about 6oz a week. Her sweet little face is almost fully formed (meaning she had eyebrows and eye lashes now - which I bet will be beautiful since both her mommy and daddy have nice long lashes). And her hearing is getting sharper. I think I will start reading to her soon. Any suggestions?

What a Preggo Eats

Soo...Every morning before I head into work, I pack my bag of food. As I realize this morning, man that's a lot of food!

To date, I have only gained 9lbs. I personally think thats pretty darn good. I might eat some junk, but I do eat healthy too.

This morning I decided to snap a pic of my "food bag".



What you will see:

Breakfast - Strawberries N Cream Oatmeal and Whole Wheat bread for Toast(by the way I HATE Whole Wheat - but it's healthy for the Baby) and a SunnyD.

Snack - A Banana

Lunch - A Lean Pocket(Ham&Cheese), Small bowl of Steak N Shake Chili, Peaches fruit cup and 3 Chips Ahoy! Cookies.

Snack - Special K Blueberry Cereal Bar

Yup - that doesn't include the bowl of cereal I will have when I get home, the handful of grapes I have while making dinner and then the ice cream I have sometime after dinner before bed.

Oh and I also drink about 3 of these a day at work...gotta love h2o!




Yummm.....foooodddd.

21 Weeks

Alright! I'm past the half way mark by a week! Woot woot!

Here are two 21 week baby belly shots.






Baby Sophie is now probably a full 1 pound! I feel her moving around multiple times a day - every day. I THINK I've felt her kick...once. Robby wakes her up almost every morning with a hard belly shake and "Wake up Baby!!"

I'm getting some energy back, it's about time. I have to go to the bathroom A LOT and I miss getting a full night sleep. I'll probably never have one again.

My next doctor appointment is next Wednesday with a new doctor from a new practice.

We started looking into to Child Care.... one word: EXPENSIVE. We found a place we like and it's $190 a week. That's a little shy of $10K a year. We would love to find a babysitter in the neighborhood, but have no idea how to find that.

I've been extra emotional - but I guess thats to be expected.

I received a well needed visit from my mom and sis this past weekend. Although the visit wasn't nearly long enough.

Well that was my 21 week update! Oh and I was just informed by Amanda that Sophie is now the size of a papaya and is getting tastier and tastier each week - Amanda, Robby and I are starting to think the only way you will ever be around our baby is if you are supervised. You can not eat our baby. :)

20 wks and 5 days

So here is my belly shot for week 20. I'll get another one for wk 21. The weeks actually go by so fast that we forget to take them every week.



This is the 1st week where I have had multiple people comment about being able to see my baby bump (is it actually a bump still? I think I'll just call it my baby belly). And these are co-workers that see me every day.

Oh! And this shirt isn't even a prego shirt! haha

On a side note: I want to congratulate my SIL aka Aunt Katy on getting engaged! Love you Katy!

Congratulations! You’re having a GIRL!

What an exciting day! That’s right folks; Robby and I are having a little girl. This morning we got to spend a lot of time watching her on the screen. She was very shy though, how cute is that?

Her heart beat was 144. She weights 8oz and is the size of a large mango (if you can picture that – I can’t haha).



Her head was right behind my belly button and she was sitting with her little ankles crossed (just like some Fleetwood’s I know) and kept covering her sweet little face with her arms.

The Tech had to push her around to get her to move her arms so we could see her face. It was funny; she kept calling her a stinker. That’s when I turned to Robby and said “yup, she’s yours!”

We got to see a close up of her profile and it seems like she may have my nose! Robby agreed that his first thought when we saw her profile was that she had my nose. I haven’t always liked my nose, but it’s going to look so cute on little Sophie!

Oh this little girl is going to be so loved…and when I say loved I really mean spoiled.

I'm loving the new blog background! If you didn't notice, I have added a second page for photos.

Belly Shot

So I have been frustrated and stressed for the last month or so because all I want is to start showing. When people find out that I'm preggo, they immediately look at my stomach. I think (like I did) that once you are preggo you start showing.

OK so after seeing a few people that don't see me everyday, have officially told me that I am showing. And today, I actually felt preggo.

Yay! So here is my preggo pictures. I have taken a few a few weeks before so you can see the progress...if there is any. *wink wink*

Scary...

Oh my, I just saw this picture and thought it was pretty darn scary....



God help us some day.

Photo Shoot (The first of many)

Please meet our little Baby Helms! His/her first photo shoot was taken Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 8:50 a.m. Defiantly takes after his/her father; moving around a lot. We had a total of 3 pictures taken all within a minute of each other, and in each shot he/she was in a different position.



I’m happy to say that Baby Helms had a strong, healthy heartbeat of 179. And had 2 arms, 2 legs and one big head (again, takes after daddy). I just hope he/she will have some of my features and traits. Can’t be all crazy daddy!

Baby Helms will have his/her 2nd photo shoot in about 10 weeks. Then we will be able to give him/her a proper name since we will find out its gender.