19 Weeks

Hey everyone! Here's a more updated picture of me at 19 weeks. Everything's good so far but these are the crucial weeks from 20-27 weeks! Here we go!

Baby Announcement and the Zoo

IT'S A GIRL!!! We just found out yesterday that we're having a little girl. We're so excited for Maggie to have a little sister to play with! And I'm glad I get to keep dressing up little girls in ribbons and bows. I love it.



This is me at 16 weeks.

Maggie playing dress-up.

We went to Hogle Zoo with Chris' family a couple weeks ago and Maggie had a blast! Her favorite thing was to watch the monkeys and pretty much anything that jumped around and made noise. It was a lot of fun.

Memorial Weekend

We just spent a wonderful weekend in Star Valley with Chris' parents and Maggie had such a blast! Besides playing a lot we FINALLY got a new family picture taken and also some pictures taken by Dan's gravesite. It was wonderful putting flowers on Dan's grave - we haven't been there in a while. We decided to always have the little white teddy bear in our family pictures in remembrance of our son Dan, so we were excited to get our first "real" family picture, I guess you could say.




Maggie loved seeing the horses, playing hide-and-seek with Grandma, and exploring a big house with lots of new toys! We got some cute pictures.


Oh, and very good news! We just found out that the NBICU declared that RSV season is officially over TODAY! Yeah, FREEDOM! We are very excited, and Maggie is now free of public restrictions!

So far, so good!

Hi Everyone! I had another appointment today and everything still looks good. Yeah! I also started some exams that I've volunteered to participate in for a study on preterm labor & delivery patients. My doctor said I'm an ideal patient for the study so I hope they learn good things from it. They're studying the role of genetics and environment on women going into preterm labor.

Anyway, Maggie and I had a great weekend just over a week ago. Chris' mom and sister came down and we got the three granddaughters together (Daniel's girl, Maggie, and Holly's girl) and had such a fun time! Maggie absolutely loved having visitors, especially girls her age to play with and she was so excited! Unfortunately Maggie and I both got nasty colds the two days later that kept us out of commission for a full week with sore throats, coughing, sneezing, runny noses, and sleepless nights. Oh well, I guess a little exposure at a time will strengthen both of our immune systems so we won't get sick so easily next time!

Maggie is so much fun I can hardly stand it. She loves to put her own shoes on now and is so thrilled to walk down the sidewalk with me or Chris. She's definitely experiencing a little freedom and she loves it.

Oh! One great thing about my pregnancy is that my fingernails are growing like mad and they're beautiful! Any of you who really know me know that I've always had short stubby fingernails (because of violin playing, or just from bad biting or ripping habits). Right now they're long and beautiful and strong. It's one of my greatest joys!