Christmas Update..

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Christmas just wasn't the same without my family around but it was still really nice. We had lots of fun spending time with Codys family this year. Cody and I spent christmas morning at our house opening gifts and then we went to his parents to open gifts and spent most of the day there, We got so spoiled this year!!! We had to run to Sasha's to wait for Tara-lynns Call. It was so nice to talk to her and hear that she is doing so well. Christmas is our favorite time of year and its so crazy to think that this time next year we will have a little boy crawling around. We really can't wait!! Its January tomorrow and it blows my mind to think that NEXT month our baby will be here! NEXT MONTH!! It really has gone by so fast.

I was referred to an OB a month ago but they still haven't got back to me so I am still seeing my regular doctor until then. I am now seeing her every two weeks and we have an ultrasound appointment on January 8th just to make sure everything still looks good and ready.

Here are a couple Christmas pictures....You can check out more pictures under "my babysite" to the right of the blog under "fun stuff"

Have a wonderful New Years!!!


Our Favorite Present :)

Feeling alot like Santa Clause about now...

Can't wait to unwrap THIS ONE!!!

Couple pics

No time to update on anything right now just thought I'd post a couple pictures from yesterday. We were getting ready for Lindsay's wedding and took some pics of each other with the mac photo booth.




33 weeks prego!

32 weeks today!

Well I just got my weekly email telling me I am now in my 8th month. Wow thats so crazy. Only 7 more weeks to go! He's almost 4 lbs now and about 16 inches long. He's getting so big in there. Im at the point where I can honestly say I am no longer enjoying this pregnancy as much. I love it.... but I don't, and Im sure all you mothers out there no exactly what Im talking about. Im constantly changing my mind. When It comes to bed time, I've just about had it. Trying to sleep is just a nightmare. I had a good cry to cody the other afternoon when I once again was awaken by another charlie horse. I was just so frustrated and basicly felt like I couldn't do this anymore. I have to keep reminding myself of what's around the corner and how IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT WHEN HE'S FINALLY HERE! Any way here is a couple picks of me at 32 weeks.

Merry christmas!!

8 more weeks

I don't really have much to update and no new pictures to post, I'm just sitting at work and have nothing else better to do. So you will have to make due with a moment or two of my rambling.

I will be 8 months on Monday and somedays It feels like February just can't get here fast enough! As much as I love being pregnant there are definitely a few symptoms I could live without right now. The back ache, my sore feet with all this extra weight Im carrying around. Trying to sleep is horrible right now. I can't get comfortable anymore and when I finally do guess what......its time for the SEVENTH bathroom break!!! Oh and the charlie horses!!!!
Thats probably the worst thing thats happened to me thus far! They are SO PAINFUL and wake me right out of my sleep. I had a really bad one a while ago in my calve and I woke up screaming and balling my eyes out. Poor hubby was in a panic not knowing what the heck happened to me. I was limping on that leg for about 3 days. As tough as it can be somedays I wouldn't trade any of it for the world. It will be worth all the aches and pains when we finally get to hold our little boy for the first time.

He had the Hiccups for the second time yesterday. They went on for atleast 10 minutes. Can you just imagine him in there hicupping away...(not sure if thats even a word, but whatever) LoL....its so amazing thats he's a little person already and I just can't wait to meet him!

I only have 12 more days of work and then I am done for a LONG LONG time. I don't plan to go back to work because I really want to stay at home with my kids. After a year or so I plan to open a little day home in the basement to make a little extra money. I can't wait to be done work and off this horrible NIGHTS schedule. Now that it's winter I can't remember the last time I saw the sun or daytime for that matter. It starts getting dark at 4:30 now and we usually don't get up until 5 or later. We go to bed in the dark and wake up in the dark, It will be nice to be on a NORMAL schedule and not feel so tired all the time. That gives me about one month to myself before the baby comes. It will be nice to have those 4 weeks to get some last minute things done, but most of all to relax and get as much rest as I can, and of course enjoy that time with just Cody and I. It's been just the two of us for so long (7 years long) so as much as were ready for this next step, I'm definitely going to miss those times with just him and I and not a care in the world. We are so excited and so ready for this next step, but we are definitely going to take these last 8 weeks, or however long our son decides to give us, and enjoy the freedoms of un-parenthood.

Well thats all for now. I will probably post some pictures this weekend. Hope you are all enjoying the holiday season.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

30 weeks....

The countdown is on guys!! We have less than 10 weeks to go and they are going to fly by so fast with christmas and everything else going on. I really can't believe I've been pregnant for that long! I still feel awesome but I have been feeling alot more sleepy lately. I'm starting to feel a little uncomfortable and trying to get up, or change positions while I sleep is taking alot more effort these days! Oh and the bathroom breaks!! Ahh.... it's like he sits on my bladder all day and especially before bed. I'll get into bed and no more than 5 seconds go by it feels like my bladder is full again!! I repeat this process about 4 or 5 times and I'll sit there for 5 minutes and get hardly nothing.....its very frustrating.

I hardly get those hard kicks anymore because he's getting so much bigger but he still moves around like crazy. I was watching him the other day and It was like I had a rubber ball under my skin that just rolled from one side to the other. It was the neatest thing I've ever seen. I could sit there for hours watching him in there. I'm starting to get a little nervous but definitely more excited than anything. It's overwhelming to think that Once your a mother you will never not be a mother again. If that makes any sense. There's so much to think about. I can't wait to meet him and to see who he looks like and all that exciting stuff. He's going to be here in no time!

Anyway here's the baby bump at 30 weeks.

I caught a little video of him moving the other morning. It happens right at the beginning and then the rest of the video is just me trying to get him to move but I get nothing . Watch the right side of my stomach.

Moving baby

The newest member of the Beecher family....

On December 5th Chad and Jenn Beecher (Codys brother and sister in-law) welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Madison Brooke Beecher. She was 6 lbs 1 ounce and 19 inches. They had a few complications but in the end, Jenn gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby girl. Cody and I are so in love with her and she is such a good baby. She is our first niece so she is pretty special and we can't wait to spoil her. We were pretty scared to hold her at first because she is so tiny but after a couple visits with her we have become pros. It's good practice for when our baby comes thats for sure. I love the fact that our babys will be so close in age. It's going to be lots of fun.

Anyway here are a few photos of the little angel...

I love this one..

she had a big Day..

Proud daddy

Uncle Cody

Look at those baby blues..

Daddys Thoughts!

Taleah has posted most of the updates on the Blog so i thought that it would be nice to put some of my input as well. I was thinking the other day how it has been 7 years since Taleah and I have been together, and ever since we started dating we always talked about getting married, having kids, growing old together. And then it dawned on me, that all we ever wanted, all our hopes and dreams are coming true. And one of the most special ones is coming true right now, the birth of our baby boy. I am so excited and thrilled about all that has happend through this pregnancy, It truly is a blessing to be involved in something that is so special. I am so greatful that everything has gone so well, and how my beautiful wife grows with a bigger and brighter glow each day. I am her number one fan and I am so proud of her and all the trials she has gone through. She is what this boy is all about. The only thing i have been trying to do is to soak up every minute, take it all in. There is a song called "Dont Blink" By my favorite singer Kenny Chesney. It touches me in so many ways, and i think every one who listens to this song can think back to a time in their lives where they had one of those special moments, and now thinking back how it just flew by and then realize how precious life and all these miracles are and to soak up every moment. I related to this song because it is really hard for me to stop and smell the roses. There's always something else that needs doing, some commitment, some place I have to be... and theres always a reason why its important, But this song reminds me that really living your life needs to happen, because it could all be over, in a blink of an eye. Its something we all need to remember. Life goes faster than anyone thinks. So we should all love one another, get the most of our lives and enjoy the people we're here with. This song was the very first song I played for my baby boy in his mommys tummy. I hope this song means as much to you as it does to me. Always remember "Take every breath God gives you for what it's worth" "Dont Blink".

ENJOY THE VIDEO

Dont Blink...

Pictures

A front view of his face...

Side view of his face (not very clear)


Blurry pic of his legs that are criss crossed


Front view of face. His lips nose and eyes are very clear

another front view of face

Face and on the left side is his arm

Ultrasound update

Well it was confirmed that we are definitely having a boy (thank goodness). More importantly he is healthy and everything looked normal. The tech was awesome and brought Cody In right away for me. She followed us through everything and gave us alot of information which was nice. He was so active in there through out the entire ultrasound which was so amazing to see on the monitor. I dont think he liked it very much, it was like he knew exactly where she was putting the doppler because he kept kicking at it which made it bounce off my belly a couple times. It was so funny!

He weighs almost 3 lbs and she said He looks 29 weeks and four days which is exactly a week older than we thought. Which would give me a due date of February 11th. They said at the last two ultrasounds that he is exactly a week older too but Im still going to stick with my original due date of February 18 and if he comes early than GREAT. He could very well be a Valentines baby!

So about the 4D ......she warned us that it might be hard to get good footage of him because he is so much bigger....... and boy was she right. She tryed for about 20 minutes to get good footage of his face but it just wasn't happenin. There wasn't a lot of fluid around his face which made it even more difficult. We could only really see his most distinctive features like his mouth, nose, hands and eyes but thats about it. He did have his one eye open the whole time which was really neat to see. I know I said on my other post that I was told its almost exactly what he'll look like when hes born.......Well I sure hope not. LoL I can honestly say some of the footage is a little freaky lookin but like i said It just wasn't good footage, nothing like the 4D before. I didn't care if we got any at all just as long as he's a healthy boy!! Any way check out the video of our baby below!! ENJOY and watch for his eye thats open. Cody thinks he is smiling in some of it too.

29 week 4D video

Some of you may not be able to make any of it out so I'll help you out a bit...

1st part is the side of his face and you can see his eyes and his nose pretty well.
2nd part you can see just his open eye!!
3rd part is of his face (looks like hes grinning) you can see his hand wave in there too and again his right eye is wide open
4th part is of his face


Baby Beecher 29 weeks