Happy 23 weeks baby girl! I am so excited that next week we will have reached viability and although all the worries wont completely disappear, it will be a sigh of relief to make it there. I am so amused with you. you kick me early in the morning now. Today was the first morning you kicked me while I was still asleep and sleeping a few minutes over the time my alarm would normally wake me. I guess you were trying to tell mommy to get up so she wouldnt get fired lol. You kick all the time when I talk to you now and you love yourself some rainbow ice cream.. yum! I get more and more excited as the days pass and I dream of what you will look like, how you will smell, your cry and your smile. I often wonder how you perceive me and imagine how you will look sleeping. I fold and unfold all of your baby clothes all the time and imagine you wearing them. One of our cousins bought you some Little Princess sleeper gowns and I think they are so classy. I imagine you in them all the time. I hope you love mommy and daddy as much as we love you. I cannot say enough how excited i am to meet you.
Love mom
ticker
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
you are my joy
Hello ladybug. Sorry I have not been on lately but its been extremely busy. We had our scare in the ER as I had a severe allergic reaction to milk or cinammon. Then the steroid they gave me took away my ability to walk. But you are still kicking and growing and we are so proud of you. Your father felt you kick for the first time on Thanksgiving day, at the family reunion church service. We know Sasha loves music now lol because you danced to all the music :) you still kick mommy a lot if I drink caffeine, I guess because its something you hardly get. You also still love to party at night, as you were up while I was doing some black friday shopping for you and your sisters. Your dad and I love you more everyday and the first time he felt you kick he looked like he had won the lottery. He talks to you often. Everyone is waiting for you baby girl and you are still receiving lots of gifts before your showers. Keep baking and growing and we will see you in march or april. We love you!!!
Monday, November 7, 2011
tidbits
well little lady, mommy has been quite busy juggling work and school and now that I have a new laptop, I will be able to write you more regularly again. Three days from now, you and I will have made it to 20 weeks. I can still hardly believe it. Just seems like yesterday, I was running out of the bathroom screaming because I saw a second line pop up before the first one even finished. And I just remember staring at the test for hours and your father telling me "yes the line is still there. It is not going anywhere..." and I still look at the test today :) Not because I think it will disappear, but because I am still amazed.
This has been quite the journey with you. You kicked me for the first time Saturday October 29, 2011, waited a few days and kicked me again the next week and from that point on you have kicked me everyday. You even waited to kick me around 230 am one morning when you heard your father's voice after he got off work. And of course when you kick me early in the morning, I dont get my daily kicks from you til almost noon lol.. I see you are a night owl already dear. Although I do not think I have grown much, I can tell small differences in my tummy. everyone around me says you are stretching me out more each day, I just dont see it. Of course I am thankful I am still wearing the same pants, shoes and bras. You only seem to put weight on mommy's tummy and I am grateful. My nose has began to spread and of course my cheeks, but that is expected.
Other than that and struggling to keep the weight ON and not lose it (just dont have a big appetite) things are great. I was blessed to have no morning sickness, no bleeding or any other things to worry me. You have been very good to me Sasha.
That is it for now.. love you and see you soon
-MOM
This has been quite the journey with you. You kicked me for the first time Saturday October 29, 2011, waited a few days and kicked me again the next week and from that point on you have kicked me everyday. You even waited to kick me around 230 am one morning when you heard your father's voice after he got off work. And of course when you kick me early in the morning, I dont get my daily kicks from you til almost noon lol.. I see you are a night owl already dear. Although I do not think I have grown much, I can tell small differences in my tummy. everyone around me says you are stretching me out more each day, I just dont see it. Of course I am thankful I am still wearing the same pants, shoes and bras. You only seem to put weight on mommy's tummy and I am grateful. My nose has began to spread and of course my cheeks, but that is expected.
Other than that and struggling to keep the weight ON and not lose it (just dont have a big appetite) things are great. I was blessed to have no morning sickness, no bleeding or any other things to worry me. You have been very good to me Sasha.
That is it for now.. love you and see you soon
-MOM
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
You fooled us all....
you're a GIRL!!!!! And we are all so excited yet tickled that you are a little trickster. I now have a strong suspicion that you are going to be an "April fool" :)
Sorry for not coming by to update sooner, my computer at home is obsolete so I am leaving you a note from work.
Sasha Yavel Shands... that is your name. We cannot wait to meet you beautiful.
Here are some pictures from your ultrasound. you smiled at daddy, mommy and your grandparents, did a headstand, sucked your thumb and even talked to the screen. My favorite part was when the ultrasound tech noted that you were nestled closely against mommy on the inside. I think you will be mommy's girl :) My heart melts thinking about it.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
happy 17 weeks and.....
2 MORE DAYS til the gender ultrasound! yep I am bouncing off the walls... Are you a boy or are you a girl? mommy and daddy are dying to know. I have restrained myself from going shopping and its been soooo hard! It has really taken a lot of self control. Just so you know, I plan to go haywire in the stores between the end of this month and next month. me and Grandma Leah are going SHOPPINGGGGGGGG...
Lately I have been dealing with lots of round ligament pain as you stretch and grow. My belly is expanding rapidly and the hole in my bellybutton is closing up tight and something appears to be protruding and tender. I think I am going to get that OUTIE I have always dreamed about.. why am I so happy you ask? because I can finally clean the funk which has been the hole in my belly. No more smelly belly button for me, if thats the case. Sweet baby, you may be sitting on mom's sciatic nerve somehow because I have had back and hip issues where I could hardly bend over. I will probably be seeing a chiropractor soon. I will definitely be investing in a maternity support belt soon.
Lately I have been dealing with lots of round ligament pain as you stretch and grow. My belly is expanding rapidly and the hole in my bellybutton is closing up tight and something appears to be protruding and tender. I think I am going to get that OUTIE I have always dreamed about.. why am I so happy you ask? because I can finally clean the funk which has been the hole in my belly. No more smelly belly button for me, if thats the case. Sweet baby, you may be sitting on mom's sciatic nerve somehow because I have had back and hip issues where I could hardly bend over. I will probably be seeing a chiropractor soon. I will definitely be investing in a maternity support belt soon.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
16 weeks and a dream....
Happy 16 weeks little one! I cannot believe how much you have grown. We are now 9 days out from the official gender ultrasound, although in my heart I think I know what you are...
10 days out, I had my 10th dream of you... in all 10 dreams you were a boy.. this dream stands out because it was so special.
I remember them pulling you out of my body and you were born... you cried and cried because you were cold and hungry and of course this was all unfamiliar. They wiped you down, put you on a scale that looked like a bassinet and bought you to me. You lay naked on my chest and immediately stopped crying when I talked to you. Like you already knew who I was, you looked up into my eyes and I realized you had big beautiful eyes like my mother. You just lay there, listening to me, never moving your gaze from my eyes. The look in your eyes was like you thought I was the most beautiful woman in the world... Like "wow this is my mom?" It was like you had been anticipating seeing me for the first time, just as much as I wanted to see you... you had heard me reading to you, and heard my voice on the outside, but you wanted to put a face with a voice. After that I dont remember you crying anymore. Shortly after you went to sleep.
I love you sweet baby... it wont be long now :)
10 days out, I had my 10th dream of you... in all 10 dreams you were a boy.. this dream stands out because it was so special.
I remember them pulling you out of my body and you were born... you cried and cried because you were cold and hungry and of course this was all unfamiliar. They wiped you down, put you on a scale that looked like a bassinet and bought you to me. You lay naked on my chest and immediately stopped crying when I talked to you. Like you already knew who I was, you looked up into my eyes and I realized you had big beautiful eyes like my mother. You just lay there, listening to me, never moving your gaze from my eyes. The look in your eyes was like you thought I was the most beautiful woman in the world... Like "wow this is my mom?" It was like you had been anticipating seeing me for the first time, just as much as I wanted to see you... you had heard me reading to you, and heard my voice on the outside, but you wanted to put a face with a voice. After that I dont remember you crying anymore. Shortly after you went to sleep.
I love you sweet baby... it wont be long now :)
Monday, October 3, 2011
PINK or BLUE????
well sweet baby, I continue to dream you are a boy and right about now, nothing much is going on... you and I and your father are just waiting and hanging around for our next doctor's appointment. We hopefully will get to see you again on thursday October 6, but if not, doc will be checking on you.
Lately my fatigue is still hanging around. i get spurts of energy, but for the most part I am still in the bed early and tired in the afternoon. Still working on my Masters and it hit me today, that after you are born, I will be four classes away from getting my Masters degree! I am praying your father and I can work things out and I am able to push through and finish during the summer of 2012. I can only pray my child.
Speaking of our next appointment, we will be 15 weeks and if you are cooperative and not shy, mommy and daddy may get a hint of whether you are a boy or a girl! The prospect of that is so exciting. I cannot believe we have come this far. the world is waiting to find out Baby Shands... with baited breath. I have been daydreaming about fixing up your nursery. Thats the project I have been waiting on forever. The fun part... I have already been researching nursery stuff and products for you. I am praying within these next few weeks you are very cooperative so I can get my project off the ground. If I went off intuition, I would go ahead and buy up all the boy stuff for the nursery, because I have not ONE inkling that you are a girl in my mind or heart or spirit and when others guess that you are, I am just unmoved by it. I stubbornly believe you are a boy, and untill I am proven wrong, you are my son (although I say this secretly). Either way we are ready for you... by the way, your grandfather Kenny said he dreamed of you again.. a fat little boy...
love mom and dad
Lately my fatigue is still hanging around. i get spurts of energy, but for the most part I am still in the bed early and tired in the afternoon. Still working on my Masters and it hit me today, that after you are born, I will be four classes away from getting my Masters degree! I am praying your father and I can work things out and I am able to push through and finish during the summer of 2012. I can only pray my child.
Speaking of our next appointment, we will be 15 weeks and if you are cooperative and not shy, mommy and daddy may get a hint of whether you are a boy or a girl! The prospect of that is so exciting. I cannot believe we have come this far. the world is waiting to find out Baby Shands... with baited breath. I have been daydreaming about fixing up your nursery. Thats the project I have been waiting on forever. The fun part... I have already been researching nursery stuff and products for you. I am praying within these next few weeks you are very cooperative so I can get my project off the ground. If I went off intuition, I would go ahead and buy up all the boy stuff for the nursery, because I have not ONE inkling that you are a girl in my mind or heart or spirit and when others guess that you are, I am just unmoved by it. I stubbornly believe you are a boy, and untill I am proven wrong, you are my son (although I say this secretly). Either way we are ready for you... by the way, your grandfather Kenny said he dreamed of you again.. a fat little boy...
love mom and dad
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