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Post by AwesomeMommy on Oct 26, 2006 13:30:05 GMT -5
JENNIFER!!!!! I know you have to be home by now! Come on girl, where are you? Jacque
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Oct 26, 2006 22:13:45 GMT -5
Nope Jacque ---- still at my parents house. Quentin leaves Mississippi in the morning to go to our house and then is coming up here on Saturday. So I wont be home until sometime late on Sunday evening. I promise I will post all about my trip once we get home but right now I am going to bed. I had a long day today and no nap!!! It was Trick or Treat night here tonight. Talk to you all soon!!!
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Oct 30, 2006 21:07:16 GMT -5
Well I am back home! We got in late last night and have been pretty busy today....that's why I am just now getting to post. I am actually still busy tonight but I wanted to let you all know we made it home safely!!
I had a dr appt this morning and I gained 12 pounds in the last 5 1/2 weeks and I am still measuring a few weeks ahead so I go in next week for another ultrasound to make sure everything is good with Aryanna. Then the week after that I have another appt with my normal dr since I have been seeing other drs that last 2 times.
I have been trying to get things unpacked and put away in Aryanna's room tonight from the stuff we got at the shower. I will post more about the shower later. But we mostly got clothes and blankets.
Quentin is off work today and tomorrow so I probably wont be on much so we can work on getting things done. He goes back to work on Wednesday afternoon.
Well, I am going to get off of here and get soemthing to eat. I am hungry!!!
Hope all is well with everyone!!! Talk to you all soon!!!
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Oct 31, 2006 17:25:48 GMT -5
Super busy week.... just wanted to drop in to say HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Nov 1, 2006 11:47:31 GMT -5
Jennifer: I am so glad you are home. I cannot wait to hear about your shower and see photos of all of your new goodies. --- I have been horrible with belly pics, I will be 25 weeks on Monday. I will have Kailey take one then. You need to post some to, I cannot believe that you are going to be 30 weeks on Wednesday, that is just crazy. --- What days are your upcoming appointments on? Be sure to add them to the calendar so I can keep up with them. --- I am finally gaining weight too..... at my las appointment I was up 15 pounds. I am so happy. My Dr was getting concerned. Well, I have discovered baked goods and needless to say packing on the pounds has not been an issue. . --- What has your baby's heart rate been averaging? Garrett's has been around 148, and the DR said that is a little high for a boy, I wonder if Garrett will end up being a girl after all!!! --- I have an issue and what to know if it happened to you...... MY VAGINA IS SWOLLEN AND IT HURTS!!!! I can handle throwing up, swollen ankles and feet, being tired after 5pm, gaining weight, and yes..... even the fact that I look like an ass in all maternity clothes. BUT WHY THIS! The thing is that it is normal for it to swell.... extra blood flow, but I swear it feels 10 times it's normal size. I am to scared to look at it. If it keeps growing like this it is going to start taking over my body and I am going to end up in a freak show..... they will call me Vagina Woman. Oh well, only 110 days until baby is here.... I think I can hold out until then. OK I gotta finish catching up!!! Jacque
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 1, 2006 12:27:23 GMT -5
Jacque - I am glad that I am home too!! Don’t get me wrong, I loved being home and spending time with my family BUT I missed Quentin and my house so much!!! And my dog too, although she is acting up lately. Last night while we were sleeping she got into the left over Trick or Treat candy and ate a few candy bars. I really hope they don’t make her sick because I don’t want to have to clean up after her since Quentin won’t be home tonight. --- I have been horrible with taking belly pics too. I didn’t take any while I was in Ohio. I am going to start up again tomorrow, since I will be 30 weeks tomorrow. I am sure there is going to be a big difference between tomorrow’s and the last one I took!!! After I post my reply to you, I will add my upcoming appointments to the calendar. --- Is your dr concerned that you have gained 15 pounds? Just wondering since I am further along than you and my dr seems to be concerned that I have already gained 15 pounds. I am trying to watch what I am eating now that I am home and am going to try to start walking alittle on the treadmill every night while Quentin is at work to keep the weight gain down. I was horrible about eating while I was in Ohio. I think I ate baked goods (donuts, cinnamon rolls, cookies, etc) everyday while I was there, as well as a lot of candy! It is going to be hard for me to not eat all the left over Trick or Treat candy now. Quentin went and bought 10 bags of snack size candy bars for last night and we didn’t even have 1 kid at our house!!! That is like 200 candy bars, minus what the dog ate! --- Aryanna’s heart beat has been around 150 at every appointment so far. So 148 is pretty close to hers, I have heard that the heartbeat isn’t a real telltale sign though. Maybe he is just a really active little guy!!! --- Sorry to hear that you are having issues with swelling. I can say that is one thing that I haven’t really had to deal with. I had a little bit of swelling and it was really uncomfortable, felt like a big bruise all over, but it went away after a few weeks. Hope your swelling goes away too!! If it is worse than what I had, I don’t want to imagine how painful it is! Right now, I am telling with heartburn, leg cramps, and recurring yeast infections. I can’t wait…only about 70 days left for me. --- I don’t really have any pictures from my baby shower (my mom only took 2) but I will take some pictures of some of the things I got and post them later. Maybe tonight while Quentin is at work. I am sure I am going to be bored! --- Well, I have to go get things started for “dinner” since we have to eat before Quentin leaves for work!
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 1, 2006 18:25:40 GMT -5
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Nov 2, 2006 11:04:44 GMT -5
Happy 30 weeks! I love your video, the diaper bad is just adorable. Who all came to the shower? Did you have a good turn out? You got alot of awesome little outfits. Did anyone get you any diapers? If not, start buying them now... that way you are stocked up. We already have about 1000 diapers in various sizes. If you are not getting coupons then you need to sign up on the huggies and pampers websites! --- Nope my Dr is HAPPY that I finally gained weight. I went the first 5 months with no weight gain what so ever, so when I had a big jump he was actually excited. He does not think i will gain much more, I seem to be losing as the baby gains.... plus out of the 15 I gained I think I have already lost four. Which I think he is going to be upset about.... I am eating, and for the most part I am healthy.... but he wants me to gain a total of 20 pounds... no more, no less. He says that most over weight mommies lose the last part of their pregnancy because the baby is smoohing their stomach and therefor they cannot eat as much. Makes sense, I am already starting to go though that! --- Oh, can you email me a photo of the letters? I am going to steal the idea and paint Kailey some similar letters for her room as a Christmas Gift. Jacque
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 2, 2006 11:57:39 GMT -5
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Nov 3, 2006 9:39:53 GMT -5
Jennifer: BELLY PHOTO!!!! I bet you are HUGE. Thanks for posting the letters, I am going to pick some "natural" ones up while I am at the craft store and paint them for Kailey while she is at school. I really appreciate all of the ideas, I was in need of inspiration for this project and now I have it! Any big plans for the weekend??? Jacque
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 3, 2006 11:26:52 GMT -5
Jacque - I promise I will take a belly pic today. I totally forgot yesterday!!! I don't know if I look huge but boy do I feel like I am huge!!! --- Glad I could help give you inspiration for the letters for Kailey. I know that she will love them. I cant wait to see them when you are finished painting them. --- I am going to go back and answer your questions from the last post now. --- We had a really good turn out at the shower, I guess. There were about 20-25 people there. Mostly just family but a few friends were there too. One of whom I hadn't seen for over a year! I was so happy that she came! We did get a lot of clothes. There are a ton more than just the ones I took pictures of because when I took those pictures a lot of the clothes were in the washer and dryer. I have been trying to get all the clothes put away. I have been seperating them by sizes and just keeping out the newborn and 0-3 month outfits. The rest I have been putting in boxes and marking them by size so they will be easy to find when she out grows the smaller stuff. We didn't get many diapers at the shower, only 3 packages. I want to stock up on them but I am afraid to because my sister got a lot of diapers that she can't use because they break out Amelia's bottom. I am going to get a few boxes though before she gets here. I think I need to go back and sign up for all the coupons again though because ever since we moved I haven't been getting nearly as many as before. --- Not really any big plans for the weekend. Quentin has today off so he won't be going to work until about 4 on Monday afternoon. We are just going to work on cleaning up the house and getting stuff done in the nursery. I cant wait to have everything done in there! We need to get busy though because we still have some painting that needs done in there! Other than working around the house, we are just going to go grocery shopping and go to a cconsignment store that is having a sale this weekend. If Quentin gets his travel pay I may start my Christmas shopping. I dont have any ideas on what to get people though, except for Garret and Amelia. I am sure I will get Garret a toy, movie, game or something like that and I am getting baby Amelia this little blue elephant toy that they have at WalMart and 3 outfits (already have the outfits). But I am clueless on what to get my dad, mom, grandma, both sisters, and BIL. Any ideas?!
So what are you doing this weekend?
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 3, 2006 15:29:29 GMT -5
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 6, 2006 17:28:58 GMT -5
Well we had another ultrasound this afternoon because I was measuring a few weeks ahead of my due date last week at my appointment. The doctor wanted to see if the baby was measuring big too. Which she is. Looks like we are going to have a big baby! She weighs 4 pounds, 5 ounces and is in the 69th percentile for weight gain, which the technician said means she will probably be an 8-9 pound baby. Everything still looks good, except for the fact that we are measuring bigger than we should be. According to today's ultrasound our due date would be December 29th, not January 11th.
We were hoping that we were going to be able to get a good shot of her face today since we have yet to get one, but as usually she was being shy. Everytime that the technician went to look at her face she would throw her little hands up in front of her face or turn her head. We did get one cute picture however. It only shows her nose and lips but it is adorable. We have both decided that we should have named her Aryanna Jolie because in the picture her lips are big and plump just like Angelina Jolie's! I will scan the picture tomorrow because the proud daddy decided to take the ultrasound picture with him to work tonight to show his little girl off!
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 7, 2006 12:04:37 GMT -5
Here is our most recent picture of Aryanna Brielle "Jolie." Look at the size of her lips!!! And her cute little nose!
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Nov 7, 2006 12:08:59 GMT -5
Ok, i am going to do this one post at a time. First of all.... YOUR BELLY IS HUGE!!! IT IS BEAUTIFUL!!! It even looks like you are further along then what you are. I have to read up on the rest of your post, I have not read your most recent one.... I am curious to see if they moved your due date!!!!
Jacque
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