Pictures!!!

I'm a big boy now

Today was the first day Mason sat at the table with us. I think he really enjoyed it. It was a very messy meal though!

There's an app for that!

So much has happened since I blogged last. Maybe even to much to put into a post. I stopped blogging because it was to hard to did rom our iPad and our computer was to slow. But come to find out there is an app for blogger!!! Who knew!
Blogs here I come!!!

29 weeks!

Here we are 29 weeks!! 7 months and 1 week, I can't believe I will be getting to meet my sweet baby boy. I am doing well. Went to the doctor the other day and we are growing right on schedule. Still haven't gained weight, but he is still perfect! Here are some pictures! Enjoy....

27 weeks

Well here we are!! 27 weeks. Only 13 to go. I think it is so hard to believe that its so short a time till I get to meet my baby boy! The weeks have been filled with not much! Actually that is not true, I have been keeping myself busy. And my friends and family have been helping alot! Between girls night with the girls from church, dinner with different family members, to the daily stuff around the house time has gone pretty fast.

I had a doctors appointment about 2 weeks ago and it went really well. It was the appointment where I had to drink the super sweet flat orange soda and wait an hour so they could check my blood sugar. Good news I passed!! I had lost a small amount of weight again, but Mason is growing perfectly and had a really strong heartbeat!! Which is all that matters. And honestly, as long as he is right were he should be, I perfectly ok with not gaining much weight. The less I gain the less I have to loose! And considering I want to try and loose all my weight by the time Travis comes home (all you moms out there, keep all comments to yourself) it would be nice to have a head start!

Every week since Travis has been gone, I take a picture of my ever expanding belly and send it to Travis so he can see how much I have grown! Well, this is my 27 week picture. Yes, I am aware that I am wearing the same cloths as I was in my last belly picture, I did it on purpose. This way Travis can really compare pictures! Some days I feel huge, and some days I feel like I am smaller than most people at this point. What do you think?

As for Travis, I haven't gotten to talk to him much lately, but the last time I did he was doing pretty well. He sounded a bit better than he did when he first got there. He did sprain his ankle again, but said it wasn't bad. We miss him like crazy, but I have already begun the count down! It is not a real one, really, because I don't know when he is coming home for sure, but you all know me, I love to countdown! I am even counting down till Mason's due date!

Catch up

I have posted tons of pictures for you to see. They are almost all from when Travis was home! So I hope you enjoy.

As for Mason, I am 24 weeks pregnant. Which means 6 MONTHS!! Can you believe it? It seems so far along, but yet so far to go! Right now, I am really enjoying being pregnant. Even in the being when I was so sick, I really enjoy this pregnant thing. Especially now when I am feeling him move all the time. While Travis was home he got to feel Mason kick on several occasions. It is so rewarding getting to share that with Travis. And with in the last few days, I have finally noticed my stomach moving! I thought I had seen it out of the corner of my eye, but was never sure. Until one day this past weekend, Travis and I were laying in bed watching tv, when I started feeling Mason move, and looked down at my tummy just in time to see it bulge when he kicked! I know that if you are already a mom you know just how amazing this is. But I just can't describe how wonderful it is!

I love my son so much already, and I love feeling him move! I just can't wait to meet him!

Enjoy the pictures!

4th oh July

Aren't they cute!

He's so handsome, even when I am getting the evil eye

Yummy watermelon!

Can kind of see the baby bump!

Some random pictures

These are just some random pictures that were on the camera!

Dewy sleeping on the way home from getting Travis. She was so ready to be out of the car at this point! As was I!!

Baby bump at 21 weeks

Mason's room

Here is a quick look at Mason's room!!

July

I have to say I am really shocked that it is July already. June went by so fast. That I don't know where to even begin. As of right now I am 22 (almost 23) weeks pregnant! This pregnancy has flown by really quick so far, which means in the blink of an eye I will be getting to meet my little man! And hopefully this deployment will be over.

Speaking of which Travis actually home right now for his block leave before he ships out to Afghanistan. We are trying to enjoy this week as much as possible since it will be awhile before we get to see each other again.

I had to drive to Camp Lejeune this past Wednesday and pick him up and turn around and drive home the same day. It definatly made for a really long day. It was almost 16 hours round trip!! I took Dewy with me, and even she was so ready to be out of the car. Which is a big deal because she LOVES car rides!!! When he got home that night, he went into Mason's room and was really shocked at what he saw! I had done so much, with Mom's help of course! And he hadn't seen any of it. So he was really shocked! I was so happy that he loved it. Cause I absolutly love the way it turned out. Now all I need is clothes for him and we can have a baby!!!!!

I can't wait till he gets here. I dreamed about him for the first time ever, where I could actually see what he looked like. And I know I am biased, but he was the cutest kid EVER!!! I mean absolutly adorable, and I think everyone would agree. I can't wait to meet him and see what he looks like. And I can't wait for Travis to meet him! It just excites me so much!!!!!

Well, we are going to be busy busy this week so it might be awhile before you hear from me, but stay tuned for pictures!!

Almost there!

Well, with Mason's room that is. My wonderful mom has finished is bedding, made a changing pad cover, and cushions for the rocking chair! And it all looks great. I painted letters to hang his name on the wall and painted a shelf to go near the changing table so that I can keep things close by! So today I spent part of the day hanging letters and the shelf.

But the problem with this is that everytime I go in his room and do something, I feel the need to move things around. See right now there is alot of extra stuff. The car seat and stroller, a bouncy seat, and the bassinet are all just sitting in there. And it's in the way!! I want to put the car seat and stroller in the car so that they can get out of there, but then I thought it might be a little early for that! Especially since I have a trip (or 2) to Camp Lejeune coming up. The bassinet needs to go in my room, but once again I can't do that until Travis comes home and leaves again, because it is going to go on his side of the bed, and I don't think he wants to walk around it all the time while he is home!! So much stuff and no where to put it!! And yes I am aware that it is only going to get worse once Mason actually gets here! Until then I can fret!

I found the camera the other day, and I am going to take some pictures of his room soon, but I think there are a few more touches I want to put in the room first! Stay tuned............

Half way!!

Can you believe it? I know that I have a hard time believing that in the same amount of time I have been pregnant I could be meeting my little boy! Time seems to have flown by so far, and I have to admit that I wanted it to keep passing really quickly! 1 so I can meet Mason, I can't wait to get to hold him and just have him in our lives. To share him with the world! And 2 because they quicker we get him here, means the quicker Travis will be home and we will be a real family!

In the last few weeks I have begun to feel him move and kick. At first it was every now and then, but now I feel him everyday usually several times a day! It is still mostly when I lay down to watch tv or get on the computer (he doesn't seem to like the laptop to be on my tummy) that I feel him the most, but over the last few days I have begun to feel him a couple of times through out the day when I am up and doing something. It was the weirdest thing the other day, I was at Target with my mom, and I kind of had to pee but it wasn't bad. Until, I swear to you, he was bouncing on my bladder! I don't even know how to explain the sensation, but I am so sure thats what it was!

Everyone keeps asking for belly pictures, and I am sorry, I can't find the camera. I would love to show you my belly bump (as long as you don't mind it being covered there won't be any naked belly pics) because I am proud of it I will admit. But I just don't have a camera to take pictures with. And yes I know I need to find it, and I will. Before Travis gets home I am sure we will take lots of pictures when he is home!

Other than this, what I feel is a HUGE step in the pregnancy, there isn't a lot going on. I keep doing some small stuff for Mason's room, but until Travis gets home there isn't alot going on!

Well I am off to go search for the camera, maybe!

Go vote for a Hero

In the title of this post there will be a link that you must go to. Just click on it. If you remember almost a year ago a friend of ours, Daniel Greer, was killed in Afghanistan. Well another Marine that was deployed with him has entered a contest to design a race car. When he desgined it is in honor of Daniel and now we have to vote on it. If it whens Kasey Khane is going to drive it in a NASCAR race in August. All painted up and in tribute for Daniel!

Daniel gave his life and only seems fair that we honor him with this. As of right now he is in 2nd place. Which is amazing considering just yesterday he was in 14th! But we still have a lot of votes to go inorder to get in 1st and stay there! So please please take 2 secs and go vote for him. So when you click on the title of the post there is a small little magnifing glass, click on it and type in "GREER" it should bring up his car! You can vote once a day so keep going back to vote!

Were to start

Wow, it's been awhile! I can't believe I haven't been blogging as much as I thought I would. But I am back. The problem is, I don't have much new and interesting things to tell you about. I had another doctor appointment yesterday, which also happened to be my birthday! And we got a great report. My placenta has moved up to exactly where it is suppose to be. So I no longer have a partial previa or a low lying placenta! So no more concerns! Over the last 2 appointments they have also done the anatomy ultrasound. Which is where they do a very indepth look at his anatomy, such as his heart, brain, bladder, and tons of other things. And he is perfect! Mason is growing perfectly and measures exactly where he should be. So needless to say this was a prefect birthday present!

Although Travis wasn't here for my birthday, he did send some beautiful roses and amazing chocolate covered strawberries. Trust me they were delicous!! And there are no more left! But since he was gone, my wonderful family made up for it. They made a good dinner, followed by cake and ice cream. And some great presents. Clothes!! Not just any, maternity clothes! And they actually fit! I have a ton of maternity clothes, but none of the bottoms fit really well. So my mom and I went and tried on some shorts and I realized what it was like to have maternity clothes that actually fit me! And its wonderful.

Well, thats really been it for the last week or 2. I am now 19 weeks pregnant, which means almost half way there! Kind of hard to believe. Travis comes home for his block leave at the end of the month (should everything go the way we are told it will) so the next few weeks are going to be filled with getting ready for that! Of course I am so excited, and want to get Masons room done so Travis can see it before he leaves! And thanks to mom we are almost done! And I would love to show pictures, but the problem is I can't find the camera. Go figure right! I will find it (hopefully). So stay tuned!

Wrapping up May

May is almost over. Kind of hard to believe that there is a week left. Surprisingly it has gone pretty fast. Since Travis has been gone for most of it, I have found lots of things to keep me busy. The last week has been filled with baby nursery stuff! I love planning his room. I just can't get it done fast enough. Mom and I went Saturday to pick out the material for all his crib stuff. And I have to say I LOVE IT! I always wanted to do a monkey theme and we found the cutest fabric that has the colors I was thinking. It is perfect and I can't wait to show Travis.

I went to the doctor today. And I got to see Mason again. I have been blessed enough to see him everytime I go to the doctor. It started out as routine check up, then we did the down syndrome screening, and then I had to be checked for some minor problems that I had had. And now I go every 2 weeks and get to see him! Last time I went to the doctor they found that I had a low lying placenta, and had me come back today to check again. When I went today they checked my placenta again, and found that it is lower than they thought, so I actually have a partial previa. This isn't necessarly a horrible thing right now. If it doesn't get better I will have to have a c-section to deliver Mason. But my doctor is very optimistic that it will resolve itself very soon! Which was comforting knowing that she wasn't worried!

Mason is completly unaffected by all of this. He is growing prefectly. Weighing in at 6 oz and his heart rate was 157bpm. And finally decided he wanted to be moving around when they tried to get a peak at him. So much so that immediatly she said Yep he is a boy!! Although I have finally stopped losing weight, I haven't gained any. Which they doctor said that as long as Mason was growing right she didn't care.

I go back in 2 weeks. Which is my birthday! And other than my appointment I have no idea what I am going to do. Travis still won't be here, so I might just have to treat myself to something nice! We will just have to see!

It's a.......

wonderful little BOY!! Mason Travis finally corperated and allowed me a very good look! It never gets old seeing your little one moving around on the ultrasound. But the excitement of finding out the gender is so exciting. I wasn't sure how I would react, because I didn't really have an opinion one way or another and I didn't really care. I just wanted to know! But when she said that is definatly a boy I was so excited. I couldn't wait to tell Travis. So I started calling/texting him as soon as she said it! He is more excited than I think I have ever seen him which makes this even more wonderful. I can't wait to meet my little boy!

This isn't one of the best pictures that we got, but I love him with his mouth open. Some one said that he looks like he is snoring, which would be just like his daddy!

This is also my 16 week post, because thats when I found out. As you can tell everything is going very well! I go back to the regular doctor next week to do another regular ultrasound to check the placenta and normal check up stuff! So stay tuned!

Travis leaving for Cali

He is out of here, and on his way to California. Of course, I wish he didn't have to go, but I am trying to stay positive. So I keep reminding myself that the soon we get started the sooner he comes home! One day down, a bunch left to go! Please be praying for him and the rest of the guys!