My baby boy is growing up so fast!

Four years ago this morning, I was preparing to go in and get checked out at my 39week appointment. I knew the previous week I was 5cm and was barely allowed to go home and wait it out after being monitored for several hours to see if I was having any regular contractions yet, so I went ahead and took my bags with me. After getting called in to the examination room at my doctor's office and being checked out she saw that I was already dilated 7cm and said alright lady you're having a baby today! Go to the hospital now and I'll be over shortly to come break your water. By 9:11pm that night I gave birth to a very healthy and active baby boy who amazes me more and more each day. Happy Birthday Jett! I can't believe he's starting school in just under 2 weeks now. Being 9 months pregnant with his little sister I get the joy of crying over all these little things today. Pretty soon that same doctor will help me bring her in to the world as well. Today is full of so many emotions. ♥

20ish days left...

Yeah pretty much. My baby girl is due in about 23 days now but I'm willing to bet she'll be here shortly before that. I'm thinking by the end of August. I hit 37 weeks this Tuesday which also happens to be my son's 4th birthday. Can't believe its already been 4 years since I was getting ready to have him. Craziness for sure! Anyways... had my last ultrasound done a little over a week ago. Finally got the pictures and video up so thought I'd share them here. :)

Profile shot of her forehead, nose, mouth, and hand up by her face. We are both wondering where she got that little round nose from though. haha

pointing to her girly parts on the left. that bit white part on the bottom is one of her legs. :)

good strong heart rate at 138bpm

32 weeks today!

So I'm 32 weeks along in my pregnancy with baby girl Bethany as of today. :) I've got 8 weeks left, give or take... Jett came 5 days early and since it's common for babies to come earlier than the previous I would expect her to be here sometime around the end of August! Time is finally starting to pick up a little. lol. I am so ready to have my own body back! Sharing your body with another person has to be the hardest thing in the world to deal with. I'm not ready to deal with a preemie or anything like that, but I am ready to be holding that cute little baby girl in my arms and enjoying every moment of my last child's firsts. I am also very excited to finally get back to my weightloss journey!! I am pretty thrilled thinking about how after my 6 weeks of healing is up the weather will be cool enough to start running again! Yay!

I am not proud to say I have put back on a lot of the weight I lost. I'm up about 55 lbs already and the baby is supposed to be gaining around 1/2 lb per week from here on out. yikes! I am very motivated to get back on track though and drop it all over again. I know I've got the know how and the support to get me back in the skin I was just finally starting to get comfortable in.

Here's a couple pictures of me that were taken sometime since the last time I posted pics. 24 weeks, 30 weeks, and Independence day.

My baby shower is happening on July 28th and one of my friends who is coming is a photographer. The shower is being held at an Arboretum so it's perfect for taking pictures at. She offered to take some maternity pictures of me while there, so yay! She's also going to do a newborn photoshoot of Bethany sometime during her 1st week of life just so she can have them for her portfolio, and then I am giving her an old wooden toddler sized rocking chair as a photo prop in exchange for her doing a family session of the 5 of us (Me, my son, boyfriend, his son, and our daughter) sometime later this year. :D

A few of you had been asking me about getting things for the baby. Anyone is more than welcome to order something off our registry if you'd like to help out. It will ship whatever items you get straight to me. We are registered at Walmart, Target, and Babies R Us. You can find me by looking up Jennifer Mercer, due date is September 4th. Of course if you just wanna pick something out yourself and mail it here I can privately message you my address. Thanks guys, we appreciate everything! <3