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Wow! 30 weeks, only 10 left to go.  I hope this last part goes fast because your Dad and I are getting really anxious for you to be here!  You have been SO active lately (as always) but now that you’re bigger, you really grab my attention sometimes.  As one […]

30 weeks and some tummy videos

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Wow, time flies!  Your Dad and I have been married for 4 years today, and together for 10… A DECADE.  I guess that means we’re old!!   This anniversary was your Dad’s turn to plan it (we take turns each year).  He surprised me by planning a weekend in downtown Louisville.  […]

Our 4th Wedding Anniversary

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28 Weeks Total Weight Gain– Up 19.4 pounds now, you are growing like a weed!! Cravings– Well, with the gestational diabetes scare of this week, I am going to be much more careful about any kind of sweets (except for the brownies and lemon bars that a vendor at work brought […]

28 weeks- Belly Update

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Wooo! I passed the more in-depth 3 hour gestational diabetes test!!  What a huge relief!! I celebrated with 1.5 lemon bars for dessert at lunch today 😉 The test tastes like a suuuuuper sweet orange crush, so the actual drinking of it wasn’t too bad.  What sucked was that I couldn’t have […]

I passed!

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Hey Man! Well, as of Monday, we’ve made it to the 3rd trimester!!   That’s a big achievement.  You’re about 2 pounds and 14.5 inches long.  Of course you’re still kicking up a storm!!  It’s really cute how you respond to your Dad, any time you hear his voice you […]

3rd Trimester!

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Whoa baby, less than 100 days until your’re here! Weeeeeeeeeee!  Total Weight Gain–  I think around 16 or 17 pounds.   We go to the Dr next week, so we’ll see… Cravings– I’ve finally moved past apples, so now I’m just kind of eating different kinds of fruit several times a […]

Belly Update-26 weeks

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Today you are 24 weeks…. Viability Day!   Viability day means that in general if you were to be born today you’d have over a 50% chance of survival.   BUT don’t get any wise ideas, you had better staying cooking for the next 15-16 weeks, so you can be strong and […]

24 weeks- Viability Day

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So I entered mine and your Dad’s photos into a Baby Morpher I found online, and this is what popped out: Why you are in a duck suit, I have no idea??  With UofL and UK playing against each other in the Final Four this weekend (Basketball Armageddon, run for […]

Baby Morpher… we have a duckling?

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Well Little Man, you’re continuing to grow!  And making my belly grow!  You’ ve been moving a ton (as the video evidence I posted earlier showed).   Total Weight Gain–  12 pounds Cravings– Will bought me some caramel ice cream.  OH MY GOD it was so good.  And then he […]

Belly Update 23 weeks

Here is a video of Lucas kicking last night at 23 weeks.  Check the lower left side first for the biggest one, and then after that you can see a couple more kicks up by my belly button (slightly above and to the right of it). Tummy Video #1   (click […]

A soccer player? Video Evidence.

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My belly keeps growing and growing!!            The Beginning                                                                                                 21 Weeks Total Weight Gain–  6 pounds as of last week at the Dr’s appointment Cravings– Still no absolute ‘must have’ cravings, but I am consistently eating an apple with lemon juice squeezed on it (to stop it from browning once it’s […]

Belly Update at 21 weeks

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Hi Baby Boy!! We have finally come to an agreement on your name, well part of it anyways. Are you ready for it………..?           That’s you baby boy….Lucas.  We are undecided as to whether you will have two middle names as of now.  It will either […]

The Name Game

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To my Son, We are halfway through the pregnancy now and I’m very eager to meet you. Hopefully, when you look back at these letters, you will see how much your mother and I already loved you before you were even born. I hope, thus far, we’ve done well raising […]

New Son, New Guitar

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Hi Little Boy! This week we had your 20 week ultrasound where they take all kinds of measurements and make sure everything looks okay.  The good news is you look great!!!  The Dr said my placenta (which is nourishing you) is a little low, so if it doesn’t move in […]

Yup, still a boy!

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Hi Baby Boy! Today you are 20 weeks, half way there!!  It’s weird because the first half of this pregnancy went SO SLOW when I was sick, I couldn’t imagine making it through another week.  Now that I feel better time is passing faster, before we know it you will be […]

Half Baked

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Hi Baby Boy, First and foremost DADDY JUST FELT YOU KICK!!!   You are so strong! He keeps saying that he can’t believe he could feel you!  You are getting more powerful every day.  Today, kicking Daddy, tomorrow take over the world!!! So for my first belly pic update: The Beginning                                         […]

Belly Update

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Hey Baby Boy! I feel you moving in there!!  What a cool sensation….  The first time I felt you move was actually the night we found out you are a boy.  I woke up in the middle of the night to pee and when I came back to bed I, […]

I feel you!

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Hi Baby Boy! I wanted to give the long version of our ultrasound day, (as your Aunt Katie calls it, “The Big Day”).   I know one day when we get old and senile we might not remember all of these details…. So, your Grandmother (Gramma? Granny? Grandma?  Grammy? She hasn’t […]

Feb 14th, the elongated story….

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You’re a BOY!!  We love you already, Son   Happy Valentines Day!   And for your viewing pleasure, our ultrasound pictures from today.  Some are adorable, one is of genitals, some are of feet, and several make our baby boy look like an alien             […]

Boy oh Boy!

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An hour until we find out if you’re a boy or a girl!!  Come on baby! Show us your genitals! That reminds me of an awesomely hilarious video to NOT watch at work 😉 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqXi8WmQ_WM

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