Introducing . . .

Our sweet baby girl, Hadley Rosa, was born Saturday, October 26 at 4:17pm.  6 lbs. 14 oz. and 20 inches.  We are sooo in love and she is such a sweet baby!  More details to come . . .

Growing

(This post was started when I was 33 weeks and now I'm 39 weeks.  So, yeah, we are super close to meeting baby girl!!)  

Baby girl is growing and so is my belly!  Looking at my last post compared to these pictures, it is crazy to see how much bigger my belly looks.  I was measuring big at my last appointment, like 2 weeks ahead.  I asked the doctor if that meant we could anticipate an early arrival from baby girl.  He said no, just expect a big baby!  I guess we'll wait and see, we just want her to be healthy! 

As she has grown and is taking up more and more space, it is amazing to watch and feel her move.  I can feel her whole body moving and my stomach will get really tight or she pushes out on one side so my belly will get super lopsided.  It's wild to watch and feel but I love it!  I'm so grateful that I have felt good through this pregnancy.  Even now at 33 weeks, I still sleep well and have lots of energy (can't say the same thing at 39 weeks).  The only frustrating thing has been this super crazy cold that I got two weeks ago and am still fighting!  It stinks but is getting better, slowly getting better!  We are so excited to meet baby girl and love her like crazy already!

 

 

 

This was my first day back to teaching!

 We missed a few weeks there, we'll blame that on the busyness of a new job! 

This last picture was a couple weeks ago, hopefully I can get another before she comes.  That actually is a lot more realistic this week now that I am on maternity leave!  I will say that I love my job.  It has been so fun and has worked out very well.  I am teaching foods part-time at the high school.  The students are great and I love working with another teacher.  We plan together, take turns grocery shopping, and just have lots of fun!  It has also made the transition to having a long-term sub so much easier.  The other teacher is planning with the sub and is there to help which means I don't have to write daily sub plans, and that my friends is a huge blessing!  So now my plans are to relax, sleep, clean, relax, bake, relax, finish the nursery, and have this baby!  We'll wait and see in what order all of that gets accomplished!  :)

Sugar and Spice

        

                             

I realized I shared this on Instagram and FB but never here, my bad!  Lets chalk it up to pregnancy brain which I have found is a very real thing.  

We are thrilled to be having a girl and though we don't have a name picked out (it's tough!) Tim refers to her as sweet baby girl.  We are already in love with her!  As she grows (and she has, meaning so have I!) I feel her movements and kicks and it is so amazing!  She is not super active but there are moments where I feel her a lot and it's usually when I am laying down and trying to relax, like bedtime!  Sleep has been getting tougher and I wake up a lot tossing and turning.  Thankfully I got one of those pregnancy body pillows that prevents me from rolling over but supports my stomach and back, it is awesome and helper get much more restful sleep.  Let's just say that rested-Amy is a happy-Amy :) (those pregnancy emotional roller coasters are a real thing too!). Despite these side-effects of pregnancy, I must say that I am really enjoying this pregnancy.  Morning sickness literally vanished at the 2nd trimester, I have lots of energy, I love feeling the baby move, and she's growing!  

I have started nesting like crazy and love it!  For the first few months I was always so tired and had zero energy that I did not want to do anything.  I mean, folding the laundry would wipe me out. I kept telling Tim that hopefully the nesting phase was real and would happen.  I hoped I would want to clean, organize, and cook again!  I can happily report that our house is more organized than it has ever been since we moved in over a year ago!  Besides cleaning and organizing for fun, we have been doing a few furniture refinishing projects that I will share soon!  I just have this itch to be creative so I figure I better chase that feeling especially while I have the time and energy!

In an effort to catch up, here are a couple more belly shots.  We are not good at getting weekly photos but at least we get one every other!

                         

The 22 week pic is from when we were on an Alaskan cruise, that will be another post soon!

                          

I'm 26 weeks now so I guess it's time for another photo!