Nursery Theme

Though we don't have a separate nursery yet I am still making part of the room dedicated to Elijah. I am thinking of doing a jungle theme and made some wall art for the nursery. Here are a few drawings I've been working on.

I will be excited to see everything come together. I've been searching through www.pinterest.com for some cool DIY ideas. More to come soon!

Officially 3rd Trimester

Well 27 weeks down 13 to go. I am officially in the 3rd trimester, here is the excerpt from babycenter:

This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother her, so just relax and enjoy the tickle.

Everything has been going well, this pregnancy (knock on wood) has been pretty easy. Elijah started kicking a few weeks ago and now has been kicking non stop. I can actually see the movement through my skin. Deonte felt him kick as well but was a little freaked out by it lol. It is kind of weird the first time you feel it. But now I look forward to the kicking as a sign that he's still doing well and is active.
The only thing I'm not looking forward to is the Glucose Tolerance test AGAIN!. I took the one hour one and failed it, took the 3 hour one and passed it. But I guess they want me to take it again now that i'm further along as gestational diabetes is more prominent later in your pregnancy :( The nasty orange drink and needles are no joke.

Anyways on to better news, Amanda has sent out the invites for my Baby Shower!!! October 6th. I'm very excited, not only will it be fun to see everyone but Deonte and I will also be introducing our families for the first time. Here is a pic of the invitation:

We have the crib set up in the room and thanks to Deonte's family we have tons of clothes! Now we are have just been organizing the apartment to make room for more space for baby stuff. Everything is coming along, I think we are pretty prepared at least in the organization department. I was worried about trying to make do with 2 people a dog and a baby in a one bedroom apartment but I think we can make it work... for the time being.

21 Week Ultrasound

We went to the ultrasound to check the anatomy of Baby Fresh everything looks great. Here are some photos of him.

profile view

His arm

His feet 

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It's a BOY!!!

It's a Boy! we had our ultrasound  on Tuesday and the Doctor told us we are having a Boy. We are both ecstatic but I will admit I did kind of hope for a girl. It is always possible the doctor made a mistake ;).  We have picked a name... (drum roll)  

Elijah Jamaal Freshley

We were looking for strong names and Elijah means : My God is the lord 

Elijah is also the name of religious leader Elijah Muhammad.  And of course Jamaal is the middle name of Deonte. 

20 Weeks

I wanted to start a blog for our family and friends and have an outlet where I could boast and brag about our new addition.  I don't want to be one of those moms that bombard people with stories and photos and only talk about their child. So here you can take in as much as you'd like whenever you'd like. 

Madison

At this moment Deonte and I are expecting our first "human" child in December 2012.  I say human because we are already proud parents of a Papitese named Madison.  The months are quickly passing and as of right now I am at the half way point at 20 weeks.  Pregnancy thus far has been fine, aside from the heartburn, back pain and swollen feet it really hasn't been that bad. Well Deonte may have another opinion about it as I have been experiencing the occasional mood swings...

On another note, where is this magical pregnancy glow? All i can find are blemishes. I never really had an issue with acne but I'm getting pimples everywhere! Am I missing something? The only glow I've been able to find lately comes in a bottle of Jergens lotion. Well just a small price to pay I guess as I've heard everything goes back to normal after the baby is born.


I will try to keep this blog consistent and up to date as things progress. We are soo excited to meet Baby Fresh!

 -Lena