Well, after a long time coming we were finally able to have some pregnancy portraits done! If you would like to check them out, please feel free! Here's the site http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/store.aspx?p=48815 Click on D Hall, then you may need to hit continue, and there we are! We even included Madie in a couple! Since she is our first baby :) Now we just have to decide which ones we want!! They really did turn out great!
Well, I went for my 33 wk appointment last Weds. Doctor says everything is looking great! Blood pressure was 110/60, weight looks good (thank goodness :) and our little girl is "ready". Ready? What does that mean, exactly! Apparently she has moved into the birthing position and I have dropped enough that our OB is saying that she is ready when the time comes. Here I am, all alone at my appointment about to fall off of the table when he says ready. All I could think of is "great! I haven't packed a single thing!" (Which will change this week, I promise!) He said that he's not changing my due date, but will be surprised if I go more then 4 weeks. Which, lucky me, happens to be the week of a full moon! Wives tells, be darn! So I guess we'll see.
But as of tomorrow, I will only have 6 weeks left...that is if the little booger sticks with my plan :) But I doubt that happens. Anyone want to place a guess? We've got a pool going!
This past Saturday we had a baby shower. It was very nice! We received such lovely warm wishes and heard such great stories from the other moms. It was very special and I don't know how to thank the hostess'! They did a wonderful job! Every thing was just beautiful!
Hope everyone is enjoying your summer so far...as for us Larry is working like crazy and I'm at home getting ready :) You know me, Miss Organized! Our best to all!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Counting down...
Yesterday we officially started out countdown to the arrival of Baby Girl Hall! As of yesterday, I am 31 weeks pregnant leaving only 9 short weeks left! Of course the doctor likes to remind me that I can go anytime 2 weeks before to 2 weeks after my original due date. Which is fine, except when I get to thinking that means I may only have 7 weeks left if she comes early or whew, 11 weeks left if she's late. Which if she takes after either side of the families she will be late :)
Currently the doctor says I'm looking great. My blood pressure is "excellent" (to quote him) and I'm progressing beautifully. We had a tiny scare earlier this week. I hadn't felt much movement on Sunday and going into Monday (compared to Saturday night) so I went to the OB on Monday to get checked out. I was placed on a fetal monitor and we could hear her heartbeat...actually very strong beat of 140-160 beats, so our concern lessened. However, we couldn't "find" her. The nurse moved the monitor around forever and finally after about 10 minutes we found her. The little booger had slipped over to my far left side. That's why I couldn't feel anything. So we stayed hooked up to the monitor for about 45 minutes all the while trying to get some movement out of her. Larry finally came over to my left side and talked to her. That's all it took was her Daddy's voice because she was up and moving then! She did a couple of big kicks and flips for us and the nurse was very pleased. Needless to say, we were very relieved.
We have finished painting her nursery and all of her furniture is up and waiting :) We are having a couple of baby showers over the next couple of months so we'll be more prepared after them. I just can't believe how time has flown by! I remember thinking "I've got plenty of time, I'm only 9 weeks" and now I've only got 9 weeks left! Amazing!
I've started on my every 2 weeks appointments (should have about 2 more) then I start my every week appointments. So more updates to come! Stick around!
Currently the doctor says I'm looking great. My blood pressure is "excellent" (to quote him) and I'm progressing beautifully. We had a tiny scare earlier this week. I hadn't felt much movement on Sunday and going into Monday (compared to Saturday night) so I went to the OB on Monday to get checked out. I was placed on a fetal monitor and we could hear her heartbeat...actually very strong beat of 140-160 beats, so our concern lessened. However, we couldn't "find" her. The nurse moved the monitor around forever and finally after about 10 minutes we found her. The little booger had slipped over to my far left side. That's why I couldn't feel anything. So we stayed hooked up to the monitor for about 45 minutes all the while trying to get some movement out of her. Larry finally came over to my left side and talked to her. That's all it took was her Daddy's voice because she was up and moving then! She did a couple of big kicks and flips for us and the nurse was very pleased. Needless to say, we were very relieved.
We have finished painting her nursery and all of her furniture is up and waiting :) We are having a couple of baby showers over the next couple of months so we'll be more prepared after them. I just can't believe how time has flown by! I remember thinking "I've got plenty of time, I'm only 9 weeks" and now I've only got 9 weeks left! Amazing!
I've started on my every 2 weeks appointments (should have about 2 more) then I start my every week appointments. So more updates to come! Stick around!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Sad day in the family...
On Monday May 19th, our family dog, Mr. Ike, received his angel wings and went on to a better place. He's been in our family for 13 yrs now and he will be missed. His health has been going down hill for the past 6 months and it's been a rough time for him. Ike was about 17 yrs old.
He hadn't been eating much lately because of an infection in his gums so my mom and Stepdad took him to the doctor and got that fixed. However, he just never really recovered and never ate enough. He was just getting so weak and tired and it was time for him to go to a better place.
Mama and Daryl just returned home from 7 days in Hawaii and we were watching Ike during that time. I'm glad we got to spend some time with him before he was gone. It was a very hard decision for my parents to make but it was for the best. No sense in prolonging poor Ike when he was in such bad shape.
I'll never forget the first time Larry came over after we got Ike. We (Larry, Mama & I) were sitting in the den and Larry reached over to me. Ike perked up and took off flying! Came about an inch from biting off Larry's nose! Taught him a lesson then and there...don't mess with my family :)
Lots of you have met Ike and will remember him as a sweet dog, which he was. Please keep my parents in your thoughts during this time. Ike was their "baby boy" and always will be.
Have fun chasing the cats in puppy heaven, Ike! Keep an eye on us until we meet again. Love you!
He hadn't been eating much lately because of an infection in his gums so my mom and Stepdad took him to the doctor and got that fixed. However, he just never really recovered and never ate enough. He was just getting so weak and tired and it was time for him to go to a better place.
Mama and Daryl just returned home from 7 days in Hawaii and we were watching Ike during that time. I'm glad we got to spend some time with him before he was gone. It was a very hard decision for my parents to make but it was for the best. No sense in prolonging poor Ike when he was in such bad shape.
I'll never forget the first time Larry came over after we got Ike. We (Larry, Mama & I) were sitting in the den and Larry reached over to me. Ike perked up and took off flying! Came about an inch from biting off Larry's nose! Taught him a lesson then and there...don't mess with my family :)
Lots of you have met Ike and will remember him as a sweet dog, which he was. Please keep my parents in your thoughts during this time. Ike was their "baby boy" and always will be.
Have fun chasing the cats in puppy heaven, Ike! Keep an eye on us until we meet again. Love you!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Just wanting to say hi!
Everything is going just fine here and we just wanted to say hi to everyone! No real updates to tell. Went to the doctor on May 1st, still having a girl :) I go on the 20th for my glucose test and begin my every 2 weeks appointments. I just can't believe that we are in the home stretch! I"m at 28 weeks now with 12 to go!
We've got some friends coming tomorrow to help paint and hopefully before our yardsale on the 24th we'll have everything together and in the baby's room. It's starting to feel real now and I'm just too excited! Larry is getting excited too. He now comes to bed and puts the remote on my belly to watch it move because she won't do much when he rests his hand on her. So he at least gets to see the activity instead of feeling it.
Gotta get, hope all is well!
We've got some friends coming tomorrow to help paint and hopefully before our yardsale on the 24th we'll have everything together and in the baby's room. It's starting to feel real now and I'm just too excited! Larry is getting excited too. He now comes to bed and puts the remote on my belly to watch it move because she won't do much when he rests his hand on her. So he at least gets to see the activity instead of feeling it.
Gotta get, hope all is well!
Friday, April 4, 2008
It's official...
Larry will be out numbered! We found out this week we are having a girl!! I kept telling people that is what it was going to be, but no one would believe me. We did the ultrasound on Tuesday and we were very thankful that Mama got to join us for it. She had never saw an ultrasound or heard a heart beat before!! It was very exciting.
Here are a couple of our little girls first pictures. Isn't she beautiful! The ultrasound tech kept saying that she was a cutie and Larry said how can she tell? She looks like a Halloween costume right now! He's too funny! Poor guy had her check several times just to be sure of the "girly parts" :) I think he knew all along, but had to see if for himself.
We are going out to register soon and get started on the room. Now that I know the gender for sure, I can get to painting (well, his dad can get to painting that is :) and I can get to decorating. I'll be calling on Valerie's help with that I'm sure. She says she is itching to do some decorating! We've bought a few things here and there but now we can get serious :) Gotta run for now, more updates soon!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
From the beginning...
Okay, since we have family here, there and everywhere anymore, I've decided to start a blog. This way I can keep everyone in the Hall family loop and give updates on our new addition as they come.
Just in case you are wondering about Baby Hall, here's the latest update on him or her. So far everything is going great. Little to no morning sickness, the headaches are finally starting to subside and Houston, we have movement :) On March 18th Larry was able to feel the first bits of movement from our little Peanut. He has pressed his ear up against my belly to hear the heartbeat and gets this amazed look over his face. He's getting excited now that there is movement. Plus, the baby loves to hear him talk. Every time I say anything, I get nothing! Larry has the magic voice :)
We are going for our big ultrasound next week to make sure everything is looking good and to see if we can find out the gender. Hopefully, because I'm tired of calling it a him/her all of the time. My guess is that it's a girl, but we've got some friends (you know who you are) that are 1000% sure its a boy. We'll have to wait and see! As I type this I'm getting "kicked" in the side, knowing my luck it's the football player coming out of him!
As some folks know already, we aren't planning on sharing the name until after the little one gets here. Sorry about that, but we wanted to keep them a surprise. We do have names picked out and I'm dying to share them, but you'll have to wait :)
Well that's about it for now. I'll post again after our appointment next week...hopefully with pictures of the "goods"!
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!
Just in case you are wondering about Baby Hall, here's the latest update on him or her. So far everything is going great. Little to no morning sickness, the headaches are finally starting to subside and Houston, we have movement :) On March 18th Larry was able to feel the first bits of movement from our little Peanut. He has pressed his ear up against my belly to hear the heartbeat and gets this amazed look over his face. He's getting excited now that there is movement. Plus, the baby loves to hear him talk. Every time I say anything, I get nothing! Larry has the magic voice :)
We are going for our big ultrasound next week to make sure everything is looking good and to see if we can find out the gender. Hopefully, because I'm tired of calling it a him/her all of the time. My guess is that it's a girl, but we've got some friends (you know who you are) that are 1000% sure its a boy. We'll have to wait and see! As I type this I'm getting "kicked" in the side, knowing my luck it's the football player coming out of him!
As some folks know already, we aren't planning on sharing the name until after the little one gets here. Sorry about that, but we wanted to keep them a surprise. We do have names picked out and I'm dying to share them, but you'll have to wait :)
Well that's about it for now. I'll post again after our appointment next week...hopefully with pictures of the "goods"!
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!
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