35-36 week update!

Looks like this baby could be here any day now! : )


Mia is super low and I am 3-4cm dilated!!! There really is an end in sight to this pregnancy!

Late on the update- Dr appt on Tuesday

I had my measurement ultrasound on Tuesday along with a dr appointment afterwards. Baby Mia is measuring 6lbs 14oz as of Tuesday and all of her organs look great! My amniotic fluid level, however, was pretty low. She wants to see me every week now and if it doesn't get better, she will induce at 36-37 weeks. I am 35w2d today! yikes! As long as the baby is fine, I would LOVE to have her out before Christmas, that's for sure!

here is a picture of my belly from Friday- 35 weeks

I had my baby shower yesterday and I am so incredibly blessed! Baby Mia will be the best dressed baby ever and has everything she needs! It was a wonderful shower and was so great to be able to spend time with family and friends that I don't get to see very often.

So ready to sleep for more than an hour at a time...

Even though I know that will be hard having a newborn around. I am just so miserable- mostly during the night though.

As of my last appointment on 10/28, I have still only gained 7lbs! Yay Me!!! My doctor doesn't want me to gain more than 15lbs total, though, since I started out overweight, so here's to hoping I can make that goal!

It's really starting to sink in how soon I will be meeting little Mia. With the holidays fast approaching, it will make it go by even faster as well! Time to really start getting her room ready. Yikes!

Sorry for the boring post- not too much going on around here and that is a good thing! Just a chuggin along!

And, to leave you with my most recent belly pic- 31 weeks

Just a quick, yet exciting note!

Yes, this will be very short... I passed my 1 hour glucose test!!! I don't know why I was so nervous about it this time, but I was.

I got the call from the nurse yesterday evening that I passed, so that was a total relief!

Here's to hoping it will be smooth sailing from here on out... Less than 12 weeks left!! : )

I kinda suck at this whole blogging thing lately…

Well, I am 27 weeks today and things are going pretty smoothly. Just getting miserable and waddling already- LOL!

I am, however, getting extremely sick of all of the ignorant comments by random people that do not even know me. So, let me sum it up for you:

- NO, I am not having twins, triplets, etc.

- YES, my due date IS correct

- NO, this baby is NOT bigger than it should be

I can’t believe how quickly this pregnancy is flying by! At first it was dragging and now it is going so quickly! And, with all of the holidays coming up, it will go by even faster! I guess I better get a move on fixing up Mia’s room!

So far, Arielle is doing well with my pregnancy, but I do not think she fully understands what is going to happen in a few months. She is such a big helper, so I hope she will do well with her new sister and not have much jealousy. We just celebrated her 3rd birthday last weekend and she is getting so big! Here are a couple pictures of her in the birthday outfit.

I almost forgot! Her full name will be Mia Love Raines. If you don’t like it, please keep your comments to yourself, because we LOVE it and it will not be changing…

Here is the most recent picture I have taken of my big ol’ belly!

24 week update

I had my 24 week dr appt this morning and it went just. I had a little scare when my blood pressure was first taken - 140/80, but when the dr came in, they had me lay on my left side and she took it again and it was back to my normal 110/60. Thank goodness!

Mia's heartbeat was 147 and she is moving like a champ!

Weight gain to date- 7lbs! Doc says she would like for me to only gain 15lbs total, so I really need to focus on eating healthier and getting in a little exercising.

My next appointment is in 4 weeks and I will have my 1 hr glucose test- yuck! But, that just means I am that much closer to meeting my baby girl!

No pics today....sorry! Just wanted to update really quick!

Baby #2 has a First Name....

Well, we decided on a first name for baby #2! It was decided the day after our ultrasound, but I was waiting to announce it thinking we would also decide on a middle name, but that hasn’t happened yet : (


Her name will be Mia- pronounced with an E sound. We have had many, many, many suggestions on middle names and we just cannot agree on anything!!! As my sister told me 2 weeks ago- you still have 20 weeks! I know, but I wanna decide NOW! lol. So, if you have any more suggestions, keep them coming.

Arielle is now referring to her as Mia, and I think it is just so cute!!! We were in the shower this morning and she told me that Mia was taking a shower with us too. I love the way she thinks.

Here is a cute picture of Arielle, just because…