Baby White makes first official appearance on blog...

Last Thursday I got to see Baby White!!! One of the midwives wanted to confirm position of baby and size, so they had me get an ultrasound. I didn't know I was getting it done, so Jeff wasn't with me, but it was so fun sharing the photos with him afterwards! 

Now I will share with you... 

As you can see poor Baby White's face is all smuuuuushed up in there from the looks of it! (And YES, our baby is sticking out his/her tongue at you!) I think baby is running out of room. Let me rephrase that, I KNOW baby is running out of room! But baby is in the right position and size looked right where it needed to be - estimated at about 6 lbs 3 oz as of last Thursday. We will have everyone make weight guesses (for the BABY, not for me!) along with their baby pool guesses - now you have something to go off of!

And, here is me at 36 Weeks...

(May 9, 2009)

Can't wait for everyone to meet Baby White! Delivering at a hospital near you soon... :)

Hope all is well!!

xoxo~ Kate

Baby Pool

Ok, here is your chance to guess the birth date and sex of Baby White...You can submit guesses on here or via text message/email.

The winner will receive a gift from Baby White!!

Try and get your guesses in to us before Memorial Day!

Getting closer...

Well, well, well... getting closer every day! It’s amazing how quick the time has flown by. Yet, I hear the last couple weeks feel S-L-O-W. I have now officially entered week 35, and have slowed down significantly. I am now parking in our “Expectant Mothers” spot at work every day… though I haven’t resorted to using the elevator in my building. Yet.

I've been experiencing some swelling in my ankles (not fun, or cute!) and some leg cramping. Someone actually told me today that I should eat a spoonful of mustard when I get leg cramps… I have no idea why, but hey, I‘ll try it!

We are so excited that we have quite a few friends having babies this year… Congrats to the Straujas, the Zarates, the Wyatts and the Alexanders! I am a little worried about what our kids will get into together in the years to come, but I’m sure we will have a blast!

You can see how tired I've been feeling by looking at the photo below... haha!

Baby Belly - 34 Weeks (April 26th, 2009)

Baby White currently likes:

Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Strawberries, Swedish Fish

Sitting on Mom's bladder seems to be a fun daily activity

LeBron James and Co. - Go CAVS! (Sorry Dad...)

Baby White currently dislikes:

Tony Almeida turning to the bad side on "24"

Long car rides

Heeled Shoes - flip flops are much better!

xoxo ~

Kate

Charlotte Baby Shower - 4/4/09

On April 4th, four of my nearest and dearest threw me an amazing baby shower! Alyssa, Adrienne, Hillary and Erin did such a wonderful job. Yummy brunch at Alyssa's house, my favorite cupcakes, mimosas (not for me though) and lots of fabulous friends & family! 

Hill, Lyss, me, Erin, Adrienne

The super-cute invitation!

Both my mom and Jeff's mom were able to be there, which made it great fun (it was also nice to have everyone together for a weekend one last time before Baby White's arrival!)  

Jeff's mom Bev, me, my mom Cindy...

I also had to guess everyone's baby photos! It was really cute... 

I felt so blessed and almost starting crying before I opened my gifts! Everyone was so generous, and I didn't feel worthy of all the attention. Baby White got lots of useful gifts, and I can’t wait to introduce our sweet little one to all the awesome people that surround and support us with love! Thank you to all my Charlotte gals and those who came in for elsewhere, too!

Oh, and did I mention my favorite cupcakes? They deserve their own pic. YUM...

xoxo ~

Kate

Music

I just wanted to say that the baby currently enjoys Metallica Lullaby...yes, an entire CD of Metallica songs stripped down, not to loud and quite soothing. Thanks to Grey & Hailey Kinlaw for the CD. Most hilarious gift we've received to date!

3/4 of way through!

So... we're on the home stretch. 7 months done, and about 2 to go. Baby White is growing and getting stronger (those kicks can really hurt sometimes!). Baby White took an in utero trip to Jacksonville/St. Augustine to visit Stacey and go to her bridal shower (D-day is the same day as Stacey's wedding so I surprised her for the weekend since I can't make it to the wedding!) It was great to get down there and visit Stacey and her parents... luckily the flight was super quick and not too difficult by myself. On our flight home we even had a male flight attendant that looked just like Edward Norton, my favorite actor! 

On Friday we met with one of the midwives at the doctor's office and everything is going well. Baby heartbeat was at 140, I am measuring somewhere around 29 weeks and a couple days, and baby is head down, which is the position they hope baby will stay in for the final stretch.

We are getting excited about baby showers in the next several weeks!!! We have wonderful family and friends that are amazingly supportive through this whole experience. Thanks to all!

(We are also VERY excited about recent baby news from some of our nearest and dearest... we'll let them tell you themselves, but we are ecstatic that we get to share this special time with others that will also be first-time parents.)

Baby Belly - Week 30 (March 29th, 2009) 

Baby White currently likes:

Tom Petty

Organic Yogurt

Making mom out of breath walking up stairs

Baby White currently dislikes:

Turbulance on airplanes

Mom running into bookshelves

Dad's requests to have Jay-Z playing in the car 

xoxo ~

Kate

Growing...

Everyone will be glad to know that Baby White is growing big and strong. We are pretty much right on track! (Though doc says we are measuring about 5 days early, whatever that means... today I am 27 weeks, 3 days). Baby's kicks and elbows are constantly jabbing me, but what a great reminder of the amazing little life inside of me! I'm feeling healthy and pretty good for the most part... they weren't lying about the hip and back pain, though!

Baby Belly - Week 26 (February 27th, 2009) 

Baby White currently likes:

The Avett Brothers

Ice Cream - any kind, really

Dad's voice (probably gets annoyed having to listen to mine all day long!)

Baby White currently dislikes:

Loud noises (like the Watchmen movie)

Allowing mom to roll over in the bed comfortably

Mom's worrying about the nursery