Almost ready....

This has been a hard week. Knowing that Ava could be here any day is a bit stressful, but very exciting.

As of January 14...

Reporting a 1 cm dilation at this point, and Ava is weighing in at approximately 6 lbs 7 oz! I have been having some Braxton Hicks contractions, but nothing major yet. I need one more week to get my business settled at work, so I need my baby girl to hold off for a few more days. Will she come early? Only she knows!

Christmas

I have had this fear that Ava is going to come out a boy after I have everything all set up and ready. At the last sono, the sonographer assured me that she was a girl, and showed me her labia up front and close. So, I washed all her clothes, finally. However, now I am getting scared that she's a penguin. She moves so much, she going to come out like happy feet.

I am very thankful this Christmas for all that I have, a wonderful family, great friends, and a baby girl on the way. I am especially thankful for my wonderful husband, who is going to be an incredible father. I am extremely happy!

People keep asking me me if I can hardly wait for Ava's arrival. I can, actually. I am enjoying this time being pregnant. I cherish every moment of this experience, and would not want to rush it for anything.

8 Months

November 18, 2010

I have been coughing for a week, and Ava is not enjoying it at all!

On a positive note, the shower that my Aunt Charline "grantie", and my grandmother threw me was absolutely wonderful. I cried when I walked in. Charline said it was the hormones, but hormones or not, it touched me that my family cares so much about me and little Ava!

11/9/10 Sonogram

Ava

This is an early sonogram picture, but one of the best!