Scheduled Pregnancy Photos! - Catching Up

Yay I have scheduled my Pregnancy photo shoot for Saturday!!! My husband is in a political club with another guy - his wife is a photographer that specializes in family / pregnancy photos!!! I can't wait.

I am a little nervous though. I'll let you guys know how it goes!

In other news. I bought a new laptop with some money we got during Xmas. I love it. My new "home office" should be set up soon so that I can work from home as much as possible when our baby girl comes. I am using a software called "go to my pc . com" so I can access my work computer from home - I love technology!!!

Since it is a family business I have the luxury of having a flexible schedule and understanding bosses - but the down side - no real maternity leave. My poor husband won't even get a full week off, and who knows how it is going to go with me. My hubby says he will try to do as much for me as possible, so I am not worried too much about it. I figure my real job will be to let him get enough sleep to be Superman for a while!

I am done with the marathon freezer meal session. My freezer is fully stocked with ready to go meals! (I strongly recommend trying the recipe first before you make quadruple batches!) I made some banana bread to freeze and it turned out extremely bland!

Also Allura's room is almost finished! I made her some decorations and put them up this weekend. I also ordered a bunch of stuff off the registry so we are very close to "being ready".

And Finally - Is there such thing as a cute Diaper Bag - anyone? I need HELP finding one!!

Let the foot swelling begin!!!

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Freezer Meals

I have seen girls posting about getting some meals ready to go in the freezer for when their little one comes.

I f you have any suggestions on meals and how to store them PLEASE let me know- this seems like a great idea!!!

Child Birth Prep Classes Done! - 100 post!!!

Wow, 100 posts!!

I have been seriously slacking in the blog world, but I have been very busy in the real one!

We just finished our Child Birth Prep Classes. They have me really excited now!! Only 2 more months to go until we meet our precious baby girl. I am feeling more prepared now for the actual birth. It seems fitting that my 100 post falls into this category!

My life has changed so much in these last 100 posts. Thank you all for reading and supporting me. I can't tell you how much it has saved me at my darkest times.

Catching Up!

Hi Everyone! Yes I am still alive and Kicking!! Wait that's the baby's job!!

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's. I was so busy this last month. We practically traveled every weekend (Home (California) for visits, Las Vegas for my sister's Bachelorette Party, and to Austin, Texas for business). Whew! It was a lot of fun but I am exhausted from it all! I have one more trip in 2 weeks to CA for my sister's Bridal Shower and then I am done traveling until the baby comes!

The funny part about flying to Texas was waddling around the airport getting stares from people. I can only imagine what they were thinking! (I hope she doesn't pop that thing out on my plane!) Rest assured people I was only 29 weeks at the time!

On Friday I will be 31 weeks pregnant. I can't believe it. It feels like the infertility journey that got me here is miles away. I still worry about my frozen embryos - will they make us another child one day? I try to focus on the blessing that is my huge belly! We are so lucky to be pregnant with one baby - part of me never thought it would happen, and here I am inching closer to meeting our daughter!

Last Night we had our first Child Birth Prep Class. It was great to visit the hospital and take a tour, it made it feel so real. Also the nurse leading the class was wonderful. I feel pretty prepared now, but there is still so much more to read up on and yet even more to do to our house to prepare for this little life coming our way!

So that is my new goal... after I come back from my sister's shower (which will be awesome!!) It is full on baby mode.

Here is a list of things I still need to do:

Buy supplies - nursing bras / tanks, bottles, breast milk storage, a pack n play, a bouncer, a nursing cover, formula, diaper genie refills (and I am sure I am missing a ton of stuff!

Decorate Nursery / Organize Nursery - I need to put everything away! It is still in boxes and all her clothes still have the tags on them!

Start her scrapbook (I know I don't need to do this but if I don't start it now then I think it might not get done before her 1st birthday! And plus I want to include our Infertility Journey in it!

Assemble the rocking chair, stroller, install car seat base (oh wait these are my Hubby's job!!)

Get a hospital bag ready.

Oh yeah and I need to pick out a Pediatrician.

Aghh! I think I can get a lot of this stuff done - wish me luck!

Our Christmas Photo

3D Ultrasound!! - Week 27 / Baby Shower

Hi all,

Wow I have been so busy this week I haven't had a chance to blog at all. So much has happened!

I had my Glucose Screening test last week - no big deal, but I did feel kind of gross after all of that sugar! (Which is wierd because I normally have a sweet tooth - but that stuff would make a 5 year old feel nauseous too!)

Also this weekend I had my California/Family Baby Shower!!! It was great! We got a TON of clothes and blankets, so much so that I am a little freaked out at all of the supplies we still need! But we have plenty of time to get those. The clothes are SO cute, I promise I will take photos and post them soon. Also my Great Aunt Glenna made her a quilt! She made one for us for my Bridal shower 4 years ago - it is so special. We also got a TON of diapers and baby wipes (I stole this idea from my friend Lindsey's Baby Shower: Have people bring in diapers or wipes and they get entered into a door prize raffle.) We are set on those for a LONG time!

I am still going to have a small shower at my house in Arizona so all of my AZ/teacher Friends can come. I think I will do that in January.

Week 27 updates:

I am feeling pretty good now that I have finally started taking Zantac for heartburn (Why did I wait so long???) Also my back is really starting to hurt! I think I might need to buy a back brace. Anyone know of a good but affordable one?? Other than that I can't complain, she is still moving really well. And measuring perfectly!

ultrasound!: Here is our beautiful baby girl. Yes we confirmed it - she is definitely a girl! I still had part of my brain nagging me that it might be a boy.

So now that it is confirmed here is her name:

ALLURA KATHERINE BARBER

My mother in law's name is Aurora, and my mom's name is Kathleen so we are doing a play on

both of their names.

This last one of her is her sucking her thumb, the arrow is pointing to her tongue!