28 Weeks

Wearing Casey's clothes, again-- they're way more comfortable than my clothes!

28 week side shot- requested by my loving, little sister who thinks it's great fun to see and make fun of how huge I'm getting.

Ahh- THE pregnancy line!!

WOOHOO- 28 weeks down- 11 to go!! Ahhh! Sooo scary, and soooooo exciting, all at the same time!
Yesterday I had my glucose test, which went way better than I had imagined. No gestational diabetes for this girl!! WooHoo! I had the glucose test and my regularly scheduled doctor appointment (which went great- nothing new to report, except that I've gained TWENTY pounds so far!! AHHH!!! And that my cervix is staying closed, which is obviously great- so she said just keep doing what I've been doing, because it's obviously working!! WooHoo!!) both yesterday-- and at my appointment they gave me some paperwork to fill out and to bring to the admissions office in the hospital so everything would be ready to go for when Isabella feels it's her time to make her grand entrance. Well, by this time my brain is fried, I'm mentally exhausted ~ so off to the admissions office I go... I walk in and the guy working in the office is playing on his iPhone (Woohoo- our tax dollars at work!). I tell him what I need to do and he says, "Oh great, more work for me," and proceeds to hand me a stack of MoRe paperwork I have to fill out. Sorry to make you work, sir!! ;) I plop down in the chair with my pen and begin filling in the blanks... Mother's name before first marriage- got it!.. Mother's address - I know this one!... then it says 'Mother's social security number.' "What the heck do they need my mom's social for?" I ask myself as I dig out my phone to call my mom.... and then it hits me- OHHHHH YEAHHHH- I'm the mother!!!! Hahaha! OOPS!! Then the same thing happened when they wanted the 'father's' information... lol- I couldn't help but giggle at myself! I'm sure the guy thought I was completely crazy by this point!! Goodness! But please let me remind you- on an empty stomach I've just drank more glucose than I usually have in a weeks time. So I finally got the paperwork done (If all of the information is correct is a wholeeee different story!). We'll see.................

The Transformation Has Officially Begun.... Painting!!

This is Isabella's room looking in ~ the wall with the window on it will soon be yellow with her sweet valance and white wood blinds hanging... and the main "star" wall will be the wall to the right.
OH- and her new fan! Sooo much better than the last one; Casey installed it last weekend!

The soon to be "star wall!"

BuT First ~ We must eat super yummy eggs, swiss & hot sauce sandwiches on beyond delicious seeded sourdough!! Mmmmmm!!

The master painter/daddy at work.

The coolest blue color ever!!!! This color turned out SO perfect!! Can't wait to put this wall together... it's going to be so A*MAZING!! :)

More pictures soon... the first coat of yellow is on the three remaining walls- needs another coat or two, hang the curtains, blinds and decorations... then get started on the main event- the star wall!! Soooo exciting! And how cool is it to have the world's best painter as your daddy?! Isabella is such a lucky girl!! :)

The Sweetest Sound

My favorite part about my doctor appointments are getting to hear Isabella's heartbeat.  Well, that is when we don't have an ultrasound, of course.  Last night Casey and I were laying together on the couch catching up on some shows and he layed his head on my belly and started tapping his finger at a steady rate on my leg... He could hear her heartbeat, which is much faster than mine!!!  It was so sweet to see the huge grin on his face as he just layed there listening to her.  ThEn she had had enough (she hates when I have anything on my belly!) and gave poor Casey a swift punch to the face!! Hahaha- we both died laughing because we both felt it; but that didn't stop him! :)  She'll be here in less than 12 weeks- as of yesterday we were officially at the 28 week mark.  Can't wait to see her!!

27 Weeks & Paint

Isabella's hand... upside down!  It's showing it's right side up, then I upload it and it isn't?!  Sorry!! :(

This is Izzy's foot... upside down- again? 

Left- Color or three walls. Top Center- Stars for main wall.  Right- Awesome dusty blue for the main star wall.  Bottom Center- Royal purple for writing on main wall

Yesterday I had my follow up ultrasound to remeasure my cervix, and Casey got to go!  We had the same radiology tech as last time- and she was sooo amazing to show Casey everything ~ all her bones, eyes, perfect heart, everything down to her kidneys and gallbladder... It was so great to see her and to see Casey's HUGE grin!! :)  Everything is measuring right on for her due date, except her head is a week ahead.  Thanks to Casey!  She said if the dad has a large head the baby will, too.  He said, "Sorry babe!" She weighs 2.6 lbs and everything is looking perfect with her.  I go in next Tuesday (the 19th) to meet with my Ob to get the measurement results from this apt and figure out where we go from here.  27 weeks is such a huge landmark to reach- her lungs are completely developed and the survival rate in preemies is great from here on out!! We are so bless! Praise God!!

26 Weeks

We can't wait to tell Izzy about all the cool places she has gone... The Space Needle and now a Sounder's game; to name a few..... We can't wait to actually take her in person, though!

While at the Sounder's game Casey went on a food run and came back with these for Izzy! I told him it was hard not to buy everything I saw for her... he fell into the trap day ONE!

This is one of CASEY'S shirts... tight on me! Ahhh!!

Less than 3 months to go!!

It's so incredible to have Casey home. He kisses my belly and talks to Isabella all the time. He got to feel her kick the first night he was home; although he says she was giving him a high-five. His exact words were, "Wow, that's so awesome!" (Which is also what he said when he first touched my belly on the pier for homecoming.) We can't thank you all enough for all of your love and support through this extremely hard patrol. XoXo