Vt Here We Come!

On Friday, June 29th, we started our journey North! I had been anxiously awaiting that day for weeks! I had also been mentally preparing myself for the ride because being 24/25 weeks pregnant I knew it was NOT going to be fun or easy. Knowing that I literately have to use the ladies room every 20 minutes I figured we would get there at some point next year. However, I am pleased to report I was an AWESOME traveller! We stopped about every 2.5/3 hours to let Lex out, me use the restroom, and get Jeff some coffee.

We made it to Ft. Bragg, NC in about 7 hours to visit a friend and stayed the night. Saturday morning we got up early to start the next part of our journey to New Jersey. What should've been about a 10 hour drive turned into the ride from hell. Apparently the night before, a huge storm had passed through the VA/MD/DC area and knocked out ALL the power. This storm created complete chaos. We were in stand-still traffic for hours and our gas-tank was getting dangerously low. We got off every other exit  in hopes of finding gas, however NO ONE had power....so therefore no one had gas. When we were down to 8 miles left in our tank, we finally found ONE gas station that had power. To give you a mental image....think of an 'end of the world' movie and that is what we experienced at this gas station. People were going nuts. Anyways fast forward 12.5 hours, we finally made it to Basking Ridge, NJ and had dinner with Jeff's family.

FINALLY. Sunday morning we were on our last day of traveling. VT was so close I could taste the fresh air. Thankfully, it was an easy day of traveling and we made it to my parents house just in time for dinner!

We spent the week just relaxing in VT which was much needed after our journey and Jeff being so incredibly busy at work. It was so nice to just have him hanging out, stress-free, with minimum cell phone service :) For the Fourth of July I was so happy to take Jeff to Randolph's 'annual parade.' It is quite the experience for anyone not from the area. Lets just say our idea of a 'float' is cows or trackers.

Lexi & Em on the 4th!

Matthew with the white-fluffy babies!

25.5 Weeks at the famous Randolph 4th of July parade!

It was an amazing week but it went by wayyyy to fast! :(

24 Weeks!

Sorry.....24 weeks had no real updates. Probably why we forgot to take a picture. That week was filled with getting ready for our big trip up North!

Our little Peanut!

I just realized I forgot to post baby girl's ultrasound pictures! Here is our sweet baby girl at 22 weeks!

Most beautiful little girl!

A little foot! She has all her toes!

A little hand! At first we thought she was 'flipping' us off, but she was just pointing. And yes, she has all her fingers!

Those are my favorite 3, I will spare you all from the 30+ that we have. But seeing her on the screen was the most incredible thing I have ever seen. Jeff & I were so mesmerized we couldn't stop watching. All her little movements were so sweet. We even watched her swallow! So incredible how technology has enabled us to take a sneak-peek at our little princess!  I don't know why but I didn't realize how nerve-wracking ultra-sounds can be. Before you are actually pregnant you just assume everything is going to be ok, you don't realize all the things that can go wrong. Once you are actually pregnant you realize, learn, and think about all the things that could happen. Is she going to have all her fingers and toes? Is she going to have a cleft-palate? Is a vital organ not developing properly? Thankfully our baby girl is developing beautifully. It really makes you stop and think about how life is such a blessing and I thank god every day for my life, my health, and my family's health.

Whoops

Well I neglect my poor blog for what I think is only a few weeks...and boom its already mid-August! Guess thats what happens when you hit your third trimester and all you want to do is sleep.

But here we go! Lets catch up on the past 10 weeks!

Happy Birthday tooo Me!

Holy cow I'm 26 today! I woke up to what I thought was Lexi kicking me, but really it was the baby! Best way to wake up on your birthday, being wished a happy birthday by your little baby inside of you!

My BEAUTIFUL cake that Jeffy picked out!

Presents!

Since my shower is right around the corner, almost every day for the past week I come home to a package! I get sooo excited opening all the packages, I try to wait for Jeff, but some days I can't wait haha.

This was baby's first baby shower gift! I actually let Jeff open it, and I'm glad I did because I think he was more excited then me to open it, and his reaction was adorable. I swear he loves pink and little girl things more then me!

Enclosed was our fitted crib sheet and bed skirt! Thanks Karen!!

I know a lot of people can't make my shower, and thats ok because it is a funky weekend, but I'm also thankful that those who can still make it are shipping the gifts because they know we will have limited/to no space in our car to bring everything back to Georgia! Thanks for being so thoughtful!!! :)

23 Weeks!

Happy 23 Weeks to me!

Baby is the size of a grapefruit! Holy cow, that can't seem possible!

Baby can apparently hear our voices so we try to talk to her often! She is still super active. Lexi loves to cuddle my belly and every once and awhile baby girl will kick her! I know they are going to be best friends! And thank the lord I am feeling AWESOME this week. I have almost no back pain, I'm sleeping really well (I only get up 1-2 times a night!), and my energy levels are pretty good! They always say you hit a 'honeymoon' period during your second trimester....and I thought everyone was lying, but I think its safe to say I am finally there!