Finally!

First, our thoughts and prayers are with all the families who lost loved ones on Sept 11th, as well as all of those who have sacrificed since then to make sure we all sleep safe at night and play & work safe during the day. We are truly blessed to live in such a great country and I hope we can all get past our differences to see that, respect that, and protect that.

Many of you pointed out that I have been a slacker not registering before now. Slack no more, Charles and I registered at Target and a local baby store, New Baby Products (http://www.newbabyproducts.net/wishlist_lookup.php). It was overwhelming but fun.

And here I am at 26 weeks. No denying that bump now! Baby seems to be doing well. Kicking more in the mornings now than in the evenings. She has been good to me so I am not going to complain...come the 9th or 10th month, or delivery, I might sing a different tune.


Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the cooler weather!!

24 Weeks!

As many of you have pointed out, I have been delinquent in getting new posts up. I apologize. Things have been hectic here to say the least and I am glad to report nothing baby related. I am fighting off the start of a cold right now. I hate colds. And I am sad or happy (not sure which) to report that today was the first day I wore maternity pants. I am getting tired of blue jeans held open by a pony tail holder.

Enough about me. The little girl is doing well. We saw the doctor on Tuesday and she had a good heartbeat. I saw a doctor other than Dr. Garcia. Now I love Dr. Garcia - she is wonderful and a good match for my personality - but this other doctor seemed pretty good too. I actually don't think I am dreading delivery...yet.

Here is the latest tummy pic. It is actually getting bigger - and the scale proves it. But the doctors tell me because I have such a long torso, I won't look as big as others for a while. In this shot it looks like any sort of butt stuff I had has moved to my tummy.

Hope everyone had a great summer!

Love,
Charles and Melissa

Half Way!!!

We made it to 20 weeks as of today. Tomorrow marks the start of our 6 month. We found out on Monday that we are having a girl! She was quite active and gave us the #1 sign! Already a Georgia fan!!!

My plan is to avoid pink, with maybe a drop here and there. We will see how well I do. Charles will have to take her down the Barbie aisle. I hope to get up a picture of her up soon, but in the mean time, here I am at 20 weeks.

Thank you to everyone for your well wishes and checking out the blog!

First Tummy Pic!

Charles & mom have been taking stomach pictures for a while now. But if I had shared those, you might have thought or said something to the effect of what many people I see in person say..."That could be gas" or "You're not pregnant." I think that, for those of you that know me, especially recently, you know this is a bit more than eating too much or having gas. :) So this is a picture of my stomach at 18 weeks.

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer!

18 Weeks Tomorrow!

As many of you know, we are expecting our first child on December 17th! We hope to use the blog to keep many of you up to date and maybe put up a few pics of the tummy progress.

We went to the doctor last week and heard the baby's heart beat again. Always good to hear. Dr. Garcia & her nurse are fabulous and say we are doing well. And thanks to God up above they have a lab tech who does a good job with blood draws. We go for our ultrasound on July 27th and hopefully find out if it is a boy or a girl (if s/he is not too shy). Yes, we are finding out because I am too much of a planner. I know some of you prefer not to find out...more power to you, but it is either a surprise now or a surprise later, and I am thinking that I am not going to want to many surprises come labor & delivery time.

We hope you are all doing well! Happy Birthday Beth!

Newbie at blogging

Charles and I decided to set up our first ever blog. Probably because I am too lazy to run another website :). Charles is currently enjoying the NBA finals. Yes, I said NBA finals. You do what you have to do while you wait for college football to start up again. I am listening to the dogs wrestle in the hall and channel surfing. Ok. That's all for my first experience with blogging. We will see how this goes/went.
Melissa