Yeah, Yeah. I'm a terrible blogger...moving on!

Ava is a little over 7 months old. Where has the time gone??

It's been wonderful staying home with her. She and I are pals :) However, back to reality...ish. Marc's next deployment is looming and I am applying to a few different jobs. I will not do more than part time (she's still #1), but I have a desire to continue the work I love! We've lined up a sitter who is anxiously awaiting my schedule once I have a job or two, and we think Ava will transition just fine (or so we hope!).

February to July have flown by, but during those months, we...

traveled to NY to meet cousin Isabella...

Traveled to Tx...

Ava learned to eat from a spoon (messy!)...

we traveled to see our next niece, Khloe, a few days after she was born...

celebrated Ava's first Easter...

celebrated my first Mother's day (with her on the outside..hehe)...

took Ava swimming for the first time...

And celebrated Marc's first father's day...

We have been busy!

Happy Valentine's Day!

IT'S A GIRL!

We found out on July 2 that the baby is a girl! The technician checked many times just to make sure and was very confident that it's a girl :)

This is a load-off honestly, because Marc and I couldn't agree on a boy's name...like numerous arguments on the topic. But a girl's name....that was easy! We figured out the girl's name back before he left. So, what's the name?

Ava Dori

I'm in love with this name....just like I will be in love with this girl :) Ava was a quick agreement for us. Our last name happens to be a 4 syllable name, so we agreed the first name should balance it out. The middle name, Dori, is a combination of our mothers' names...Dawn and Lori. The week before we found out, I told my dad that I hoped the baby was a girl, simply because the name was so perfect! God granted my desire.

June 2010

The month of June has been somewhat uneventful. Marc is still gone, which I've had just about enough of. He is welcome to come home aaaaaaaaaaaaanytime now. Seriously.

I did take a wonderful trip to Dallas to see my girls. Ya know, those college friends that will be friends for life? Yeah, those. I got to see those :) And it was great! It had been probably a year and a half since I had seen 'em. One of them just got engaged, so we definitely went wedding dress shopping which is fabulous, or was fabulous until my ankles were swollen and I was exhausted. It was still a memorable event with such great friends. They also held a small impromptu baby shower for me over brunch one morning. So Baby C has officially been showered on for the first time.

In baby news, Baby C's doing great. He/She spent all day yesterday kicking me inside over and over and over and over and....you get the idea. ALL DAY. That is seriously uncomfortable, even painful at times. He/She has calmed down since then, and I'm feeling much better. We have an ultrasound scheduled for Friday...day after tomorrow...to measure Baby C, make sure he/she's growing like he/she should be, and to stop calling it a he/she by attempting to determine gender! This is the big ultrasound! I get to spend approx. 30 minutes looking at the baby in 4D (4 because it's 3D plus movement). I will leave there with recorded 4D video, pictures, and hopefully knowing gender! I CAN'T WAIT!

We had our 2nd wedding anniversary on June 28! He called first thing in the morning, before I had even sat up in bed. It was a 56 second phone call, but it was perfect. Celebrating these events is hard, so all I had asked for was acknowledgement of the day, and that's exactly what he did. My parents and Marc's mom called me, too. Both my mom and his mom said the same thing..."I'm not going to say 'Happy Anniversary' because without him it's not happy, but I wanted to say I hope today turns out to be a good day." Speaking of events, Marc had his first father's day :) We are planning to celebrate that holiday when he returns, too.

Enjoy week 19's picture.

Expect baby pictures on the next post!

Whoosh Whoosh

People have been asking me how the baby is doing. I tell them "The baby's fine! I'm the one having trouble!" I've been sick for at least two weeks straight. Started as allergies, became a cold, sore throat took over, allergies to a cat got bad, and now...sinus infection.
I gave in and called the doctor today. They had an appointment for 40 minutes after I was talking to them. It was so nice! The doctor walked in, asked a couple questions about how I was feeling and said "Yep, it's a sinus infection"...duh.
However, this is an OB, so he let me hear the heartbeat, just to check on the baby quickly. It went "Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh" when he was able to find a heartbeat. The sucker was moving all over the place. As soon as he would find the heartbeat, it would disappear. Over and over and over. :) I told him that it wasn't news to me as I can already feel it moving. A LOT! It's not necessarily distinguishable as to what it is (kick vs roll, etc), but it's definitely not lying still. And that makes me happy :)

Onto the Second Trimester!

We have made it to the 2nd Trimester! Not that I had any worries during the 1st Trimester, but it's always there, in the back of your mind. It's nice to know that the chances of miscarriage now is very small. Here's the 13 week picture for your viewing pleasure!

I kinda look pregnant now, huh? Well, only if I hold my belly like I'm doing. Otherwise, my clothes clearly cover the bump. Mother's Day was wonderful...thanks to Marc. All the way from the other side of the world, he made sure flowers were delivered with the sweetest card ever. They're beautiful, huh?

I miss him.

Baby Baby Baby!!!

Before Marc left, we picked out a pattern for the baby's room, and I found a set of baby gear that matched. Downside...it was discontinued. There are stores still selling it, but there are others that say "out of stock." So, I bought them! See...

I LOVE THEM!! Now, all I need to do is get the furniture out of the baby's room, so I have somewhere to put all this stuff besides the livingroom.