26 weeks and 2 days

Pregnancy: 26 weeks and 2 days

Weight Gain: about 25 pounds so far

Sleep: it's going much better right now but who knows how long this will last! i still wake up earlier than I'd like to feeling hungry.

Gender: she's a girl :)

Name: Julianna Hope Soto

Feeling: excited and anxious... only 96 days 'til my due date!

Health: my blood pressure has been great throughout my pregnancy, the doctor says my weight gain in right on track considering my pre-pregnancy weight, but I'm still experiencing yucky heartburn and acid reflux.

Movement: she moves alllll of the time--especially when I'm resting on my back or side and after I eat.

Belly Button: it's still in and it looks the same as it did 3 weeks ago so I'm not sure if it will stay in or come out. I am carrying Julianna very low so it might just stay in. We'll see!

Next Appointment: next week... I have to reschedule it because I double booked myself for the dentist and the OB. My doctor's office is very flexible so I'm sure I can get it rescheduled with no problem. I will be having my one hour glucose test at this appointment. I will get to drink a really nasty fruit flavored beverage, wait around for an hour, then have my blood drawn. I hope my glucose check turns out good because I will not want to experience that again!

26 weeks and 1 day/Baptism Day

Josh and I were baptised at church this morning. We are going to become members of Bailey's Grove Baptist Church. Josh's mom, step dad, grandma, sister, two of his brothers, two of his sister-in-laws, and our nieces and nephews were there to celebrate with us. It was a great experience... except for the fact that the water was sooooo cold! It hadn't been warmed up so it was probably close to 40 degrees! My legs were shaking and my lips were quivering.

Christmas/25 weeks and 6 days

Merry Christmas! 99 days until my due date!

Josh and I celebrated Christmas with my family last night and his family today. Julianna even got a few gifts from Nana and Paw Paw Graham. My favorite was the Hello Kitty socks--I can't wait to put those on her! They also gave us a gift set with different outfits, accessories, and a blanket. It's getting closer and closer to when she'll finally be here! I also got my baby bag for Christmas from Josh. It's adorable:

25 weeks and we have snow!

Today, I am 25 weeks pregnant! We had our first snow of the season yesterday. They saw there is more to come today so I guess we'll see. This is the view of the snow from Julianna's nursery window:

My baby bump is growing every week. Here is a side view and front view:

Julianna was moving around a lot this morning. Josh got to feel her again. It's such an amazing and cool experience to feel your child move. I'm so happy that he is the father of my little girl. He is going to be a great dad!

the nursery is coming together

Josh put together Julianna's crib today! It looks great! We got such a great deal on the crib at Babies R Us because it was on clearance. It had been over $400.00 but we got it for $150.00! We are going to buy a black dresser/changing table to match it this week.

We also got our first decoration hung on the wall. It's an Animals ABCs tapestry that I always had hanging in my room as a little girl. We re-vamped it to go in Julianna's room.

YAY for nursery progress!

6 months

Current photo at 6 months:Josh and I are getting ready to go to church. Then we're going to eat lunch and hopefully do a little bit of Christmas shopping for each other. We're almost done with all of our shopping! I can't wait to shop for little Julianna next Christmas!