Baby Jones - 10 weeks to go!

Wow! I can't believe I only have ten weeks left... It feels like just yesterday I was freaking out about being pregnant! It's amazing how fast time flies - I am sure it goes faster once you have kids.

Well, I don't have any new decent ultrasound pictures, but I do have an updated picture of me and my growing belly!!! I seriously am amazed how skin stretches and grows in such a short time. I don't know how much more mine can stretch, but I am sure I will continue to be amazed. Below is a picture of me standing belly to belly with a friend of mine who is 6 weeks behind me, but I cropped it in case she doesn't want to be on my blog :)


Everything is going really well since my last post. We had our first shower on Aug. 22 and were so blessed by everyone!!! Kyle and I are getting out of our current nightmare of an apartment and renting a house in midtown this month, which means I get to set up a nursery soon! I am very excited to have a home and start nesting :)

I have been feeling great - every now and then I will get a back ache or my ribs will be sore or my feet will be swollen, but I feel like I've been pretty lucky so far. I just have to make sure I don't allow myself to eat a full-size meal now since there is no room and it wants to come back up if I stuff myself. The baby is definitely taking up my whole belly now and I can feel little jabs in my lower abdomen and little kicks on my right side under my ribs... if I do something to cause the baby to get startled, it will rotate out of my pelvis and push its back against the front of me so its head and butt are sticking straight out of my belly! I think the baby is around 3 lbs now... It's pretty amazing to feel everything and learn the baby's habits and patterns. Hopefully I will get another ultrasound picture soon!!! Let me know if there is anything else you want to know that I left out... Thanks for reading!

6 Months and Counting!

So Kyle and I have managed to keep little baby Jones off facebook, but there is just no way to keep everyone updated with pictures unless I post something online so here I am...

I am now 6 months along and due the middle of November - crazy! I thought I would post a picture of the sonogram (sorry it's an older one...) and a picture of my belly from mid-July since some of you haven't seen me in a while and have been asking for pictures.


This is a profile picture from early July - the head is the lighter part of the image and you can see the hands/fingertips are curled up by the head. They kept the bottom area darker because we want to be surprised by the sex of the baby, but you can still see the outlines of the body curled around and the one foot sticking up in the air and the other leg bent at a 90 degree angle if you look closely. It's hard to see, but this is the best I could do as far as getting a good quality picture online for you to see. Below are pictures of me taken July 19...

So funny story - I went to the car dealership the other day to get an idea of prices on vehicles since I am probably going to sell my 2-door Blazer :( and as I was going to peer into the window of a vehicle, my belly hit the door first and I bounced backwards. It really took me by surprise! I keep forgetting that I have a decent size bump now and that I can't just slip through the narrow aisles between chairs at a restaurant or other things I am used to doing... As I am trying to adjust to the physical changes, I have to keep adjusting to try to prepare myself mentally and emotionally for this new addition as well.

As I was putting together our first assembly project for the baby (a jogging stroller) I realized that the stroller was in fact for me and my baby and it's actually going to happen; I am going to be a mom. I know that sounds silly, but coming to realize that I am in fact pregnant and going to birth a baby has been an interesting journey. The first trimester I just felt like I had mono or the flu because I was nauseated and slept all day. The second trimester I felt like I had just ate too much with some bad indigestion because I had a beer gut belly and the beginning movements felt like weird gas bubbles moving around. But now, it actually looks and feels like I am pregnant!

The baby now has sleeping and wake patterns and sometimes like to stretch out to the point where I can cup its head in my hand. When I had my glucose testing, it felt like I had fireworks going off in my belly because my sugar intake was so messed up, the baby was going nuts. It's about 1lb 4oz in weight and the size of a large eggplant. I am definitely in maternity clothes at this point and am still in disbelief that my belly is going to stretch to allow the baby to reach at least 6-7 lbs. I honestly can't imagine what I am going to feel like in two months...

I will do my best to keep you updated through this blog :) Let me know if you want to know anything specific!

Expecting the Unexpected

It's a funny thing when life throws a curve ball at you. How will you respond? How will it affect your plans? What the heck are you going to do now?

One of my clients I am doing some graphic design for just got diagnosed with cancer. He is a chiropractor who started his own business, but doesn't have health insurance. What the heck is he going to do?! The treatment alone will send him into debt beyond his years. He's been super positive, he's a pretty healthy guy overall, and is going to take it head on.

My husband and I got surprised with a pregnancy earlier this year and have been successful so far keeping it off facebook (so if you're reading this, please don't post on our walls anything about being pregnant, becoming parents, having a kid, etc.). For about a month, we were freaking out because we didn't think we were ready to be parents - or rather, we weren't ready to give up our lives and freedom. We are in the process of building a home and now have the unexpected expense of having a child, plus we had to figure in an extra room to our home plan :) We've since realized that our lives were never ours to begin with and that God is in control. He has blessed us with an amazing gift (especially after learning that so many people we know have struggled with miscarriages) and we will gladly take on the challenge together. We have so much to be thankful for!

It's funny how sometimes surprises wake you up to realize that you can't control your life and no matter what you plan for, you need to plan for the unexpected. What I mean by that is not to get so caught up in your own life that you believe you're in control and things are going to go according to your plans. Something will always happen that you didn't plan for, whether on a small scale or large scale. No matter what the surprise is, good or bad, God has a purpose for your life. My husband and I are meant to be young parents to the little one we will get to know in November. It's all very exciting, but in the same way that we had to realize that our lives were not ours to live and control, we will be challenged to remember that our child is God's child and we are not in control of that life either, although we will strive to be the best parents we can be.