Just Growing

Sorry there were no posts last week we were on Spring Break!! We enjoyed the mountains and traveling to Raleigh to visit friends all last week... now we're trying to get back into the swing of reality again.

Elea is growing more and more each day... I am at the point right now that I seem to always be hungry and can never get full. So the weight will definitely be up when we go to the doctor again next Monday- oh well!

We have her crib set up, her room painted, and her bookshelves up with books on them. Of course she already has a ton of books- none are quite her favorite yet. We will post some pics more each day...

She is weighing in with pounds now instead of ounces and throwing out some dangerous punches and kicks. She loves and already knows when she is being talked about- if you start talking to her, especially her Daddy, she starts moving around non-stop!

It's a Girl!!!!

Michael and I found out this morning that we're having a GIRL!!! Little Miss Elea (said like Ella) will be here in no time at all. She was very active this morning and it took us a little while to determine what she was. We actually go back in 4 weeks for another Ultrasound- a couple of the pics the doc needed were hard to see and get b/c Elea moves too much! But I'm so glad she's moving around... although her punches are getting harder.

Her name will be Elea Ruby Rakes... Elea is after my gma named Eleanorah (hints the reason why we spelled it the way we did) and Ruby is after Michael's gma. We were very close with both of them and admired them so much.

Now we're busy getting the nursery ready- her nursery is a jungle theme and the walls are light blue and green (no pink). We registered today too- it's amazing how much stuff you need for a baby- we put lots of things on the registry, b/c we had no idea!!!

Stay tuned for more info...

A lil' scare, but all is well!

We had just a little scare this week- thinking something could be going on- but God is so good and everything is fine! We thought I may be in pre-labor, Braxton pains already, or a bladder infection- so we had to go visit the doc.

After testing and a full exam come to find out the baby has just positioned itself directly on top of my bladder and my bladder is pushed very low (alongside of my cervix basically- sorry if TMI). So it's just the joys of being pregnant, but I'm carrying low and b/c of the bladder that's whats leading to the pains.

So, baby and I are just resting and taking it easy for now! Only a few more days and I can stop calling it baby!