Updates...baby-dub style

Annabelle, me, and the now nursery in our house have all been busy these days, undergoing lots and lots of changes to make way for our Annabelle's big day!  Each one of these changes are met with lots of excitement, a little anxiety, and tons of joy as we all get ready for our little girl!  Every decision, growth, update and new development are thought on, pondered over, analyzed and discussed to make sure everything is perfect for our new arrival!

From the ever expanding waistline, to my sweet girls face on the 4D screen, to the blush pink we painted her walls we are all changing, adapting and preparing for Annabelle's life outside!  And I must add, now that we are getting to the last couple of months, we are getting increasingly anxious for our girl to get here!!  Hard to believe we have to wait 7 1/2 more weeks to finally meet our AB.

My original thought was to put all 3 of our changes in one post, but based on the fact, that 1. I have to muster up the courage to actually upload the belly pics to their permanent home in the computer and 2.  I haven't done it yet, the belly pics will have to come in a second installment.

BUT!!!!  I do have something WAY more exciting to share!  Our 32 week photos of our girl, taken yesterday have really sent the wheels of excitement spinning.  We got to see our sweet Annabelle up close and personal, almost as if we should just pick her up and hold her in our arms.  Oh, how I cant wait for that day.  To finally meet my girl.  I guess a picture will have to do until them, along with her constant jabs, twirls and occasional painful kick or two, I will take what I can get to give her, her time to grow, grow, grow!  She's doing excellent in the growth department, with an estimated weight at 4.2 lbs as of week 32+1 day.  At this rate she will be bigger than any of us if she is born on her due date :)  I do think sometimes those estimations are a little on the large side, but we shall see.  Her little heart was beating strong at 144 beats per minute, we got our 3rd confirmed sighting that she is indeed a girl, and were able to see her little pouty lips an Bobby nose up close!  What a sight to behold.  Beyond miraculous.

Pause here for a tissue break....oh wait, is that just me that needs one, gotcha....moving on.   :)

CAN you believe that is in my belly?!?!  I am in constant awe!  What an amazing, amazing miracle.  Oh, yes, did I mention, she has HAIR!  My baby....HAIR?!?!  I was bald until I was 3 and go through days still where I think I am balding, but nonetheless there was confirmed hair sighting, and not just peach fuzz.  Our technician said it is little hair floating on her head, none that you can see here in these pics, but on the screen in other views I saw it with my own eyes, little hair!  I will put my official guess in that she has dark hair, everyone keeps telling me it will be light, but for some reason I am thinking otherwise :)

Quite the update from her last the last photo session, right?!?! 


Bobby and I are bubbling over with excitement and anticipation to meet our girl.  Imagine anticipation of Christmas morning times a thousand!!!  Plus side, since Christmas morning is actually on the way, it is coming way quicker than usual, almost as if its is just a little mile marker in our journey to meet our baby.  Not to diminish the importance of Christmas by any means, just all the glittery presents and material things we look forward to so much on that morning pale in comparison to the gift we have been given in our little baby.

Not to try and make this the longest post in blogger history, but I do have some other updates to share.  Our nursery is FINALLY underway.  Now with 2 pieces of furniture in place, and one on the way, it almost feels like we are starting to be parents.  Her room is turning into the sanctuary I imagined, maybe just because of the love that has gone into every ounce of the process from all our family & friends.  It is a space bathed with love!  Just as I had hoped.

Daddy-dub has been in full installation mode as each furniture piece has landed on our doorstep!  He is getting pretty good and reading and following instructions, and making all the pieces actually look like the picture! 
Here is her crib in the put-together process, and finally at the end with her bedding and tutu waiting her arrival.  How cool is it to think, that our baby will be sleeping HERE!  A thought that keeps my mind full, every day.

54 days to go, I am counting each one.  Bathing them with prayer and looking at them with excitement, anticipation and joy.  I am feeling more like a mommy more and more every day.  A transformation that is completely out of this world! 

Annabelle, your daddy and I are so excited to meet you!  Love you sweet one!