21 Weeks and Anatomy Scan

Yesterday I went to the doctor and had my anatomy scan.  It was amazing to see all of Jolie's little parts.  We saw her heart, stomach, bladder, kidneys, and even tiny parts like fingers, toes, lips, and the lens of her eye! The sonographer said that everything looked perfect and that she was a cute baby.  I am sure that all the babies she sees look the same on the screen, but we were happy to hear someone else thought she was cute too!  Jolie is measuring about a pound, and I can tell that she is getting stronger.  I feel her moving more and more everyday. 

Jolie can already wave!

The sonographer agreed that she is most definitely a girl. This picture is showing her tiny hiney and legs.

Profile shots are my favorite :)

In other baby news, I have been hunting for the perfect fabric to make Jolie's bedding.  It's been more challenging than I expected to find what I want.  I have been to four fabric/craft stores, but I have found a couple prints that might work out.  I'm hoping to get sewing (with my mom, of course) very soon!

Happy 27th Birthday Cole!

Today is Cole's 27th Birthday!  We had a great time celebrating over the weekend and with a yummy dinner tonight. 

 

Here's a glimpse at some past birthdays (ones from which I could easily find pictures)...

26--While celebrating at his parents' house

25-Showing off his new hat and book

24-First birthday as a married man...in our tiny old apartment

23-Celebrating Cole's birthday while I visited him in Edmond

22-Birthday at the Park

21-I can only find a picture of his cake from this year.  There is surely a picture of him somewhere...

Rewind a few years...16-Cole's Surprise Party



Lots of fun memories and many more to come!  Crazy to think that on Cole's next birthday he will be the daddy to a 7.5 month old baby girl!! I am sure that she will already have him wrapped around her finger by that point.  Here's proof that he is a softy from his birthday celebration on Saturday night :)

Happy Birthday, Cole!  I love you!

Fun Decisions

There have been lots of things we've been thinking about as we prepare for a baby.  As soon as we found out we were having a girl, we knew we could start making more decisions. So, here are the few big decisions we've made...

NAME
Our little girl will be named Jolie Mae!  We are finally officially telling everyone our baby's name!  I say finally, because we picked the name quite a while ago--before she was even on the way.  When it was confirmed that she was a girl, we decided that Jolie was definitely the name we wanted.  Aside from just loving the name, it is also special because she gets to share it (or at least parts of it) with some special people.  My Gran, my dad's mom, is JoAnn so Jolie will get to share the "Jo" with her.  The middle name is after several people.  Cole has two great grandmothers whose middle names were Mae, and my Granny, my mom's mom, has the same middle name.  We are enjoying calling Jolie by name now!

CRIB
We actually picked out the crib pretty early in the summer.  Cole spotted a children's furniture store that was going out of business, so we decided to check out their nursery sets.  We found a crib and changing table that we really liked, and it is now assembled in Jolie's room just waiting for a baby!

NURSERY INSPIRATION
I can't say I have all of  Jolie's bedding yet, but I do have the quilt that I ordered for it!  I didn't find a nursery set that I really liked, but I found a quilt that I love.  The quilt arrived on Saturday, and I am excited now to get going on the rest of the nursery.  I hoping to find some fabric that will go with it well, and then my mom (she is a much more capable seamstress...) and I are going to make everything else we need.

I hope to update soon about Cole's football season, but I am waiting until I have some pictures.  I hope to get some from a friend soon since I have not remembered to bring my camera to a game yet!

Half Way There

I am now twenty weeks and officially half way to the due date!  Now that Cole is very busy with football and I have started subbing, time is moving much faster.  I know the last half of the pregnancy will fly by quickly with Cole's crazy schedule, the holidays, and preparing for our baby.

It is very obvious that our little girl is doing lots of growing, because I seem to be growing at least as fast!  It has been very bizarre to put on a pair of pants that I wore earlier in the week and suddenly not be able to button them.  Baby is also getting stronger, too!  I really haven't felt as much movement as I expected, but I have felt occasional soft flutters over the last few weeks.  Last night during church I felt the first real kicks!  I was very excited...and then she stopped.  They were strong enough that I felt them with my hand on the outside of my belly, and I was so hoping that she would do it again so that Cole could feel.  No such luck, but I hope to feel more soon! 

20 Week Belly

Wonderful Weekend

This has been one of the best weekends!  Cole had today off for Labor Day and to make it even better, since Mac doesn't have a game this coming Friday, he didn't have to work on Saturday or Sunday either!  It has been so nice to have him home, and I know he has enjoyed getting a little more rest than he usually would get.  On Saturday, we had a lazy day that involved Chick-fil-a for breakfast, a little shopping, and an afternoon nap.  Cole's grandparents, his brother, Ty, and our nephew, Drayton, were all in town for the weekend so we went to his parents' for dinner Saturday night.  Sunday was another restful day and Cole and I went out for a little date after church that evening since we didn't have an early morning on Monday.

Today has been great too!  This morning we went back to A Miracle to Behold for another ultrasound.  Jennifer was pretty certain last time that we're having a girl, but they allowed us to come back after two weeks to confirm it.  Of course we weren't about to pass up another chance to get a peek at the baby so we went back for another look. 

It's still a girl!  Whew...I was going to have some dresses to take back if we'd found out otherwise! 

We got some great 3D images.  I love this one!  You can see a little smile on her face!

This picture cracks me up.  I looks like she is covering her ears...we weren't being that loud!  And check out those fingers!  Looks like she is already taking after mom and dad with long fingers. 

She did seem bashful again today.  Most of the time her hands were over her face. 

We had such a good time getting to see our girl again.  It was especially fun since our parents were able to come too!  We are so excited about going back around 28 or 29 weeks.  They said at that point her features will be developed enough that we'll be able to get an idea of who she looks like! 

Now that you've seen the little one, this is what I am looking like these days...18 weeks.  I think next time, I can do without the flash.  It is casting a nice shadow behind me that makes me look a little larger! 

I hope everyone else had a wonderful Labor Day weekend and is enjoying this beautiful weather!