8 weeks and counting

This weekend we went to Jon's Moms house for her 50th Birthday dinner celebration. My mom decided to take it as an opportunity to make some pictures. (surprise, surprise!)

Here we are at 31.5 weeks pregnant! I am feeling GREAT and can't complain at all!

Our Family Picture! Can't wait until Carter is in it!

Yours truly... :)

On Sunday I got to see my best friend of 26 years! Her brother is getting married and Mom and I went to the tea! Here is Carly and Me. Couldn't have asked for a better BFF. Love ya, Carly!

We were really excited to have My Mom and Kemp come back with us for the night. She took me to Posh Mommy to pick out my Baby gift! (A beautiful piece of furniture! THANKS, GRANJAN AND BIG T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Here we are at Cracker Barrel for dinner!

Jon and Kemp coloring together.. Jon is going to be an amazing daddy..

As if I didn't eat enough at Cracker Barrel..Jon and my Mom FORCED me to eat an Ice Cream Sundae. ;-) I had been craving one for about 4 days, but TRY really hard to be good and not eat things like that. I have done SO good with my weight gain and don't want to ruin it at this point, BUT I gave in. And man it was worth EVERY single CALORIE!

(Don't worry Mom documented me eating it! HAHA!)

Drive Thru at Mickey D's..

OMG, so good. And worth it!

The next day we got up on went to Posh Mommy. Here is a picture of my BEAUTIFUL gift. I couldn't be happier and more excited. Thank you so much, Mom and Dad! This is something Jon and I couldn't have afforded ourselves. Carter is SO BLESSED to have you to call Grandparents.

After we got the armoire, we decided that yes, I was hungry again. HAHA. We decided on Logan's. I have had the ODDEST pregnancy craving. SWEET POTATOES. I have always HATED them, but ever since I have been pregnant, I can't get enough of them!! Well, I saw it on the menu and I was done. Sweet Potato it was for lunch!!

Mom and I

My YUM Sweet Potato!

After we ate we headed back to Birmingham to take Kemp home. That boy is the sweetest thing in this world and has the BEST manners of child I have ever known.

Last night we had dinner with Kelley and Ryder at the mall. Here we are with our Bumps:

Today we picked up Daisy from Playschool. That child CRACKS.ME.UP! She is her Mom MADE OVER. Everything she says is HILARIOUS and kinda bad. HAHA. Here we were today spending some time together...

Well, there is my life over the past few days! It has been a whirlwind, but so much fun! :) I am going home tomorrow and will be back AGAIN next weekend. I am having Maternity pictures done with Amanda Traywick next week. Check out her Website. www.amandatraywick.com

She is also doing Carters newborn pictures, which I am SO excited about!

Well, I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL WONDERFUL week!

Love and Blessings to all,

Katie

Blessed.

This week has been a very very hard week. I had a friend who was 5 weeks behind me in her pregnancy. (Which made her 25 weeks.) She was pregnant with a sweet little girl.
I found out on Friday that she had been admitted into the hospital due to preeclampsia. Her blood pressure was through the roof and they wanted to keep an eye on her. I chatted with her for a bit on Facebook and she had the BEST attitude. She knew that God was in control and He was going to take care of her and the baby.

On Monday night I got news that she was being induced because her blood pressure was high again. On Tuesday morning, I got the most heartbreaking news...

She delivered her sweet baby and yes, you guessed it, the sweet baby girl just didn't make it. I was so shocked and honestly just plain SAD. I kept thinking about me being in her position and how I don't know if I could deal with it.

I went out to try and do some Birthday shopping and the song "Homesick" by Mercy Me came on the radio. The words that really hit me and I immediately thought of my friend were "I close my eyes and I see your face; if homes where my heart is then Im out of place; Lord won't you give me strength to make it through somehow; I've never been more homesick than now." I sat in my car and sobbed thinking about them. The pain, the hurt, the confusion as to why it happened.

But, I chatted with her again on Facebook the following night. Let's just say she has the most amazing strength that I know I would NOT have.

I sat on the couch, cried and just praised God for blessing me with a normal pregnancy. Why was I so fortunate to have such a great pregnancy? I took a vow to myself and to Jon that I will NOT complain about my back hurting or little man kicking me in the middle of the night. In turn, I will consider it all a blessing. Because I know, that my friend would give ANYTHING to feel her sweet baby girl kicking again.

I had my doctors appointment and was drawn to tears as I heard his sweet little heartbeat. After this weeks events, there was nothing more I wanted to hear. Feeling him kick each time makes me realize just how blessed I am.

Please pray for my sweet friends, the McKays. They need all the prayers they can get right now...

Long time no post!

Well, I know its been a while since my last post and I PROMISE to be better once Carter is here!!!

What have we been up to?? Well, lets see..We are entering the 30th week of our pregnancy which is crazy hard to believe! Where did those last 25 weeks go?? It seriously sees like just yesterday we were announcing to our families that we were expecting. I am so anxious for the next 10 weeks to fly by. I just want to see my little man and hold him in my arms and kiss him! Feeling his sweet little kicks and flips make me smile. I know some people get annoyed with it after a while, but I love feeling him and knowing he's there and ACTIVE!

We were so fortunate to have my Mom come help us with the nursery last week. She helped me get everything organized. Let's just say that Mr. Carter has more than enough clothes! His mommy might have a bit of a shopping problem. ;-) But what can I say?! I learned from the best of them. AND, I want my little boy looking like a DOLL every day! :) Sitting in his room and seeing the crib and his clothes just make me so excited! There is NOTHING more that I've ever wanted to do than be a Mom and I am finally ALMOST there. :) He just needs to "cook" for a few more weeks!

We've had great reports from the doctors. NO stretch marks, the weight gain has been perfect, NO gestational diabetes and my blood pressure is back to normal. :)(The heartburn is pretty bad but if thats all I'm dealing with-then so be it!) I do have to have a shot called the "Rhogam" because I have a negative blood type and if Carter has negative blood type he will have to have it as well. NO big deal, just more of a pain. I'll have to have it each pregnancy. BLAH. Oh well!

I was able to get the pediatrician I wanted for Carter. I just HAPPENED to stop in there one day last week and the nurse said he was accepting ONE more patient! I filled out my paperwork there and we got in with him! I am so excited. He is a member of our Church and I've heard wonderful things about him. Truly a blessing to get him!

Jon is getting more and more excited with each passing day. He picked out some shoes and a shirt from Gymboree. SO cute to see him SO excited about everything. He is going to be the best daddy. I am SO blessed to have such an amazing support system with him. He SPOILS me rotten. I can only imagine that Mr. Carter will have him wrapped around his pinky within minutes. :) I love you, Jon. Thanks for being so so sweet and amazing. I can't wait to see you become a daddy. Not to much longer now! :)

To my little man...AH, every time I think about you I get teary eyed. To feel your kicks and flips make me so happy. I can't wait for the day that you come into our lives. It won't be toooooo much longer now. I can't wait to hear your sweet heartbeat next week. Always so funny when they get your heartbeat, you start KICKING the doppler. (Are you going to be naughty?!) I love you more than life itself already! Can't wait to meet you sweet boy! Love you always, Mommy!

Well, I guess that's all for now. Ill post more on thursday after our appointment. :)

Blessings and Peace,