39 weeks!!

Dear Reader, 


I'm waiting to greet the world! I continue to build a layer of fat to help control my body temperature after birth, but it's likely I already measure about 20 inches and weigh a bit over 7 pounds, a mini watermelon. (Boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls.) The outer layers of my skin are sloughing off as new skin forms underneath. Not too much longer till mommy and daddy will meet me!!



Alec 

38 weeks!!

Dear Reader, 


I have really plumped up. I weigh about 6.8 pounds and am over 19 1/2 inches long (like a leek). I have a firm grasp, which mommy and daddy will soon be able to test when they hold my hand for the first time! My organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.

Wondering what color my eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If I'm born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If I'm born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time I'm 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after they're born, but they usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)



Alec

37 weeks!!!

Dear Reader,


I am now considered "full term," even though mommies due date is three weeks away. If she goes into labor now, my lungs will likely be mature enough to fully adjust to life outside the womb. (Some babies need a bit more time, though.)

I weigh about 6 1/3 pounds and measure a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don't be surprised if my hair isn't the same color as mommies or daddies. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz. Mommies hoping and crossing her fingers that I have a head full of hair!

Alec

36 weeks!!!

Dear Reader,


I am still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. I now weigh almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. I'm shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covers me body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected my skin during my nine-month amniotic bath. I swallow both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of my first bowel movement.

At the end of this week, I will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely I'm in a head-down position. But if I'm not, mommies practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying he'll try to coax me into a head-down position by manipulating me from the outside of mommies belly.


Alec Grayson

35 weeks!!!

Dear Reader,


I don't have much room to maneuver now that I'm over 18 inches long and tip the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew melon). Because it's so snug in mommies womb, I'm not as likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times I kick should remain about the same. My kidneys are fully developed now, and my liver can process some waste products. Most of my basic physical development is now complete — I'll spend the next few weeks just putting on weight.


Alec Grayson

34 weeks!!!!

Dear Reader, 


I now weigh about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and am almost 18 inches long. My fat layers — which will help regulate my body temperature once I'm born — are filling me out, making me rounder. My skin is also smoother than ever. My central nervous system is maturing and my lungs are continuing to mature as well. Mommies been a little nervous about preterm labor, but she'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.


Mommy had an appointment yesterday and they cleared her for being able to have me naturally which means she doesn't have placenta previa!! My head was in the perfect place and when measured my body was measuring that of a 38w and I weighed 5.6lbs which is measuring to be 36w. Mommies uterus is also measuring big so it really could be any time that I could arrive but mommy wants to keep me in as long as possible. 


Alec Grayson

33 weeks!!!!

Dear Reader,


This week I weigh a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and have passed the 17-inch mark. I'm rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and my skeleton is hardening. The bones in my skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for me to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as my brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood. Mommies starting to get really anxious and starting to get everything together for my BIG arrival, she's been counting down the days till I 'should' be here!!!



Alec

32 weeks!!!

Dear Reader,


By now, I weigh 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and am about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in mommies uterus. She's gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to me. In fact, I'll gain a third to half of my birth weight during the next 7 weeks as I fatten up for survival outside the womb. I now have toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). My skin is becoming soft and smooth as I plump up in preparation for birth.


Alec Grayson

31 weeks!!!

Dear Reader,


This week,  I measure just over 16 inches long and weigh about 3.3 pounds (try carrying four navel oranges) and am heading into a growth spurt. I can turn my head from side to side, and my arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath my skin. I'm probably moving a lot, too, so mommy may have trouble sleeping because my  kicks and somersaults may keep her up. Take comfort: All this moving is a sign that I am active and healthy.


Also mommy has been having mild contractions and went to the hospital night before last and was hooked up to monitors for hours where they said that I looked like I was doing great and her contractions were touch and go but not so bad that it would harm me. Mommy has 9 more weeks left but at this point it really could be anytime that I make my sweet arrival!


Alec Grayson Brogdon

30 weeks yesterday!

Sorry that this didn't get posted yesterday, my mouse decided to randomly die yesterday and so I was left without  ALL day long!!!


Dear Reader


I'm about 15.7 inches long now, and I weigh almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds me, but that volume will decrease as I get bigger and takes up more room in mommies uterus. My eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after I'm born, I'll keep my eyes closed for a good part of the day. When I do open them, I'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means I'll only make out objects a few inches from my face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)


Alec 

2D/3D Ultrasound!!

29 weeks!! 19th birthday!!!

Dear Reader,


I now weigh about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and am a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. My muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and my head is growing bigger to make room for my developing brain. To meet my increasing nutritional demands, mommy will need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because my bones are soaking up lots of calcium, she needs to drink lots of milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in my hardening skeleton each day.


Alec

28 weeks!!!

Dear Reader,


By this week, I weigh two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of my head to my heels. I can blink my eyes, which now sport lashes. With my eyesight developing, I may be able to see the light that filters in through mommies womb. I'm also developing billions of neurons in my brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.


Alec Grayson

27 weeks!! 3rd Trimester!!! 91 days to go!!!!!

Dear Reader,

This week, I weigh almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and am about 14 1/2 inches long with my legs extended. I'm sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing my eyes, and perhaps even sucking my fingers. With more brain tissue developing, my brain is very active now. While my lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if I were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements mommy may be feeling to a case of my baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother me, so mommy should just relax and enjoy the tickle.



(Smart)Alec Grayson

26 weeks!!!

Dear Reader,


The network of nerves in my ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. I may now be able to hear both mommies voice and daddies as they chat with each other. I'm inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of my lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when I'm born and takes that first gulp of air. And I'm continuing to put on baby fat. I now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel. Also my testicles are beginning to descend into my tiny scrotum — a trip that will take about two to three days.


Alec

My day, so far...

Hey guys, I'm going to try to start blogging daily but with my days being pretty busy I may not get to it on some days. This morning I woke up to my little man doing backflips or at least thats what it felt like and then he stopped and started pushing out on my stomach, I guess he had to get his daily stretch in. Now I'm just sitting here watching Jake and Andrew play games like they do every week, one on my 42" and the other on the 28". So I just sit here bored usually, but right now I'm trying to decide on how I want to design my cloth diapers that I want to make. I guess I'm going to go hop to it for a little bit and maybe even take a nap. Be back to blog later, hope everyone has a great day!!!

Cloth diaper bandwagon!!

As most of you ladies know, I am going to use cloth diapers with my baby once he gets here. But lately I've started looking into sewing my own diapers and potentially selling them so that I can contribute to my little family and bring in some money to help us out with bills. I'm slowly getting everything together to see what I can do especially since money is a little tight nowadays so I'm looking at old fabrics and old clothing thats laying around to see where I can really start. Feel free to track me along my journey with creating my own cloth diaps!!

To have or not to have

Ok so I've ran into kind of a dilemma. While talking to my mother about my birth plan I stated that I only wanted my husband, Jacob, in the room while I was in labor and nobody else. Well my mother had a HUGE fit stating that she was going to be in the room with me the ENTIRE time of labor and I told her no that it was our moment not hers that she could come in the room once the baby was born. That infuriated her and she said she just wouldn't come and that once the baby was born that Jacob could call her and let her know. In one way I don't want my mother to be upset but it really is OUR moment not hers. I'm not really sure what I should do, should I stay my ground and say that I ONLY want my husband with me or should I cave into her wants and let her come back??

25 weeks!!!

Dear Reader,


Head to heels, I now measure about 13 1/2 inches. My weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but I'm beginning to exchange my long, lean look for some baby fat. As I do, MY wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and i'll start to look more and more like a newborn. i'M also growing more hair — and if my mommy and daddy could see it, they'd now be able to discern its color and texture.


Alec

24 weeks!!!

Dear Reader,


I'm growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts me at just over a pound. Since I'm almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), I cut a pretty lean figure at this point, but my body is filling out proportionally and I'll soon start to plump up. My brain is also growing quickly now, and my taste buds are continuing to develop. My lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help my air sacs inflate once I hits the outside world. My skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon. Between now and the 28th week I'll be at my most mobile time but after that I won't have much room to move around so mommy will just have to wait patiently over the next few weeks!!


Baby Alec

23 Weeks!!!!

Dear Reader,


Mommy needs to turn on the radio and sway to the music. With my sense of movement well developed by now, I can feel her dance. And now that I'm more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), mommy may be able to see me squirm underneath her clothes. Blood vessels in my lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that my increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing me for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as the dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze me when I hear them outside the womb.


Alec Grayson Brogdon

22 Weeks!!

Dear Reader,

At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, I'm starting to look like a miniature newborn. My lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and I'm even developing tiny tooth buds beneath my gums. My eyes have formed, but my irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If my mommy could see inside her womb, she'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers my body and the deep wrinkles on my skin, which I'll sport until I add a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside my belly, my pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily. My mommy is beginning to wonder what exactly is going on inside of her because there's SO much going on now. I'm constantly moving and exploring my surroundings!!


Baby Alec

21 weeks!!!!

Dear Reader, 


I now weigh about three-quarters of a pound and am approximately 10 1/2 inches long —the length of a carrot. My mommy may soon feel like I'm practicing martial arts as my initial fluttering movements turn into full-fledged kicks and nudges. My mommy may also discover a pattern to my activity as she gets to know me better. In other developments,  my eyebrows and lids are present now!!! My mommy and daddy are slowly getting closer and closer to my arrive and are becoming very anxious now!!!

More next week!!

Inside-Out Ravioli

Ok so last night I tried out this new recipe that I got off the November birth board and EVERYONE loved it!! Well all except my hubby cause he doesn't like ground beef. But I'll be more than happy to share it with you guys and even tell you a few tricks that I did to alter the recipe for my picky eaters!!!


Original Recipe:
1-2 lbs hamburger
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 Jar spaghetti sauce (I make my own)
3 oz can of tomato paste
1 box frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained (reserve liquid)
10 oz cooked shell macaroni
4 oz Velveeta, shredded
1/2 c mozarella cheese, shredded
1/2 c bread crumbs
1/4 c veggie oil
1 egg

Brown burger, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Add enough water to spinach liquid to make one cup - add to burger with tomato paste and spaghetti sauce. Simmer 10 minutes.
In a seperate bowl, mix noodles, spinach, bread crumbs, cheese, oil and egg. Spread in the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Top with meat mixture.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.



My tricks:
Brown the hamburger meat first then strain and wash it to get the extra grease off. While straining meat, cook your onions so that they are clear and mushy. Also rather than putting the spinach in with the shells and other ingredients, puree it and put in it the spaghetti sauce that you'll put in with your meat!!! It doesn't change the taste of it at ALL, it just adds the extra protein that you need!!

20 weeks!!

Dear Reader,


I weigh about 10 1/2 ounces now. I'm also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when my legs are curled up against my torso and hard to measure,measurements are taken from the top of my head to my wee little bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, I'm measured from head to toe.)

I'm swallowing more these days, which is good practice for my digestive system. I'm also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in my bowels, and you'll see it in my first soiled diaper, mommy and daddy hopes that the nurses change all my stinky diapers.


Sincerely,
Baby Alec

19 weeks!!

Dear Reader,


My sensory development is exploding! My brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that I may be able to hear your voice now, so don't be shy about reading aloud, talking to my, or singing a happy tune if the mood strikes you.

I weigh about 8 1/2 ounces and measure 6 inches, head to bottom —about the size of a large heirloom tomato. My arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of my body now. My kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on my scalp is sprouting. A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on my skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid. Wouldn't want me coming out and looking like an old man!!


Sincerely,
Alec Grayson

18 weeks!!

Ok so I'm going to play a little catch up right now since I've been MIA for a little bit and I'm going to catch up on my posts from baby Alec!!


Dear Reader,


Head to rump, I'm about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and  I weigh almost 7 ounces. I'm busy flexing my arms and legs — movements that my mommy will start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. My blood vessels are visible through my thin skin, and my ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from my head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around my nerves, a process that will continue for a year after I'm born. My genitals are noticeable now, but I hide them from mommy and daddy during ultrasounds.


Sincerely,
Alec

Yummy treat!!!

Ok so I've not been eating so well lately and have been eating a TON of candies so while snooping around on the board I'm on I ran across the recipe for these bars, now I have altered the recipe from its original form to my likings but I hope you guys enjoy it!! 


Protein bars!!!
2 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup shredded coconut (not sugared, you'll find this is the frozen section) or 1 full bag
1 cup dried cherries
1 cup dried blueberries
1 cup dried apples
1 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup cashews
1/2 milled fax seed

Throw all ingredients in a large bowl, mix together thoroughly. Then on the stove warm up a 1 1/2 bottles of honey. Once the honey is extremely liquidy pour into the bowl and mix until combined well. Grease a 9x13" pan and pour in mixture. Bake at 250 degrees for about 50-55 minutes. Let cool about 15 mins and then cute into bars. Once cooled completely wrap bars individually and store in container!!

Note: you can use brown rice syrup or sweetened condensed milk rather than honey.

Regrets and Resentment.....

Throughout my days I have a lot of time to think about things that have happened or things that are going on now. I find that I'm regretting a lot of things that has happened and even resenting some things that are happening now! I know it isn't good to regret or to resent just some of the things that have happened in the past and that are even going on now bothers me. I'm going to try to fix these issues I'm having by turning to the Bible for guidance with my problems and hopefully it will help me find the answers I need to mend whats going on. Also I am hopefully going to find some way to sit down with my husband and discuss some issues with him so that he knows how I feel and we can grow from there. 

1 John 1:9 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Matthew 6:12-13

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Happy Father's Day!!

Hope everyones had a good Father's Day, I know my hubby hasn't because they've had duty all weekend in the kitchen. Yesterday when he called he said that he stood in front of the sink all day long scrubbing and that his knees were not getting any better that they were only getting worse. So hopefully once he's back I can make it up to him and show him how proud his little family is of him, hmmmm maybe breakfast in bed one morning!! HAHA probably not till after Jr is here!!

So I go in tomorrow for routine the last routine checkup with this dr, YAY!!! Hopefully it goes well and nothing MAJOR happens. I'm 3 days away from 18 weeks and hopefully 6 away from having my recruit home for good!!

Not really much on my mind tonight other than my boobs are killing me and I really want something sweet but am afraid of the heartburn that follows!!! Can anyone tell me whether or not that means the baby will have a lot of hair or is that a myth??

Long Day

Ok so I woke up around 11 or 12 something because I didn't really sleep good last night, kept getting this funny feeling and then I also woke up sweating my booty off!! Once I got up I got ready and my mother and I went shopping!! YAHOO!!! Nothing like shopping to cheer a girl up!! We went to Bed, Bath, & Beyond and walked around for what seemed like hours, thats when I started getting light headed and had to lean against the cart, I tried hurrying my mother along but naturally that didn't happen, I swear she slowed down even more. After that we went to Target to do a little shopping for me and baby!! Haha I got my first set of maternity clothes and they're actually pretty comfy, I got a pair of capris and shorts, a bathing suit, and 2 cute tops so I think I'm a little ready for whats to come!! While we were walking around in the baby section though, it all went down hill, I got SO light headed and had the urge to puke and got really tingly feeling so I had to find somewhere to sit down immediately so I sat down on the thing they were using to display the cradles. My mom about freaked, she said I was pail and REALLY clammy feeling and said that we should call my dr but that she is as worthless as tits on a boar hog when it comes to things being wrong with me!! I must agree but enough about my dr, my mother got SO much for Baby Alec, it was SO unreal, she even got Jake and I a pack n play for him which was incredible!!  I'll try to get some pics up on here of everything she got him today. After all the shopping was done, we came home and ate supper and then my hubby called!!! I hadn't heard from him in a couple days so it was nice to hear how he was doing and also it was great to hear that he got a start date on his papers to come home!! MY HUSBAND SHOULD BE HOME BY THIS FRIDAY!!!! YAY!!! This is what we'd been waiting for since they told him he was getting discharged!!! So now I need help picking out what to wear to go get my hubby, keep in mind he hasn't seen me in almost 2 months and will be in shock to see how my belly looks now!!! So I'll get to to put together my outfit ALL week long and hopefully post a pic of it so you guys can tell me how it looks!! Well I hope everyones doing good and hopefully all the daddys out there have a great fathers day!!!

SURPRISE!!!!

Haha ok so I had planned on waiting and telling Jake(DH) what the baby was when he got home but he sounded SO depressed today because the TIs were riding them and plus cause he still doesn't have a start date so that means we don't know when he'll be home :-(. So as a little pick me upper I decided to tell him so that he'd having something good about his day! Once I told him he started crying and was SO happy!! He said that he was going to go back to the barracks and tell EVERY person that would listen that we're having a boy. So now he got an early Father's Day gift and once he's back home he can still have his cake that I made him!!

Tiny Scare!!!

Nearly a hour ago we had a little scare!! I had to go to the bathroom for the millionth time today and when I wiped I had a little bit of blood on it. As soon as I saw that I freaked out. I text my mother and asked her if it was normal and she told me not to worry but to stop for the day and put my feet up and just listen to my babies heartbeat. As soon as I got my bed cleared off I got my fetal doppler out and immediately found my baby boys heartbeat and it sounded incredible and then he started moving all around the place so I couldn't keep track of him long but as soon as I heard his heartbeat, I just relaxed and felt better. Now I'm just laying here and afraid to move but I'm starving but maybe I can talk my mom or my dad into fixing me a burger :-) oh the joys of the grandparents getting their first grandbaby!!

Convenient or BIG Hassle??

Ok so in this generation I've seen a lot of mothers saw that they're going to use cloth diapers on their babies cause its better for the baby. Is this really true or is it just people jumping into a trend for babies??

I, myself, am going to use cloth diapers after the BIG Pampers Swaddlers with Dry Max thread went around. My nephew was born May 21 of this year and one day while down at my brother and sister in laws, we were changing his diaper and he had blisters on the insides of his little legs and it was the saddest thing I've ever seen!! This was my first hand encounter with the Pampers and at that moment, I vowed that I wouldn't let that happen to my baby so I started digging around and ran across the cloth diapers, they are indeed better for your baby and you won't have all the diaper rash plus its better for the environment, no I'm not going ALL green or anything I just want something thats good for my baby that I won't regret!! Now I have opted to do cloth diapers at home but when we go out in public to use disposable that way I don't have to cart around the diaper the entire time stinking every place up. Whether other people would do this is their choice but I feel that it will be the best choice for my child.

Sorry for the little bit of a vent/lecture thing, I just had to get this off my chest!!

17 Weeks!!!

Haha you guys may think this is crazy but I do it for my hubby so that he can read them plus I'm going to print them off and put them in a scrapbook for baby boy so he  has something when he gets older!!


Dear Reader,


My skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — my lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. I weigh 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and I'm around 5 inches long from head to bottom. I can move my joints, and my sweat glands are starting to develop. My mommy is starting to feel me move more and more each week and even saw and felt me kick yesterday. Daddy doesn't know what I am yet but once he gets home she has a BIG surprise for him, hopefully he won't be too mad at mommy for hiding the fact that she knew!! If he is maybe I can get him wrapped around my little finger so he won't stay mad too long. Anyways, I'm going back to playing and stretching!! 



Baby Boy Brogdon

Everything Changes for a reason

So for the past few months I've been thinking about everything that has changed. I was set to leave for Air Force basic in August and was signed into the medical field, what I'd been wanting from the get go, but then the unexpected happened, the doctor called me and told me I was pregnant. I can honestly say that I'm 1000x happier right now than I would've been, I have the most amazing husband in the world and an amazing little boy on the way. Sure things happened a little quicker than I would've liked for it to but some things just happen for a reason, whether we want it to or not.

So I got to talk to my hubby today and he said that he'd be home as late as next Friday so the Brogdon family will be having a late Father's Day but this will definitely be one we'll remember for a lifetime. Before I got off the phone with Jake he said that he knew for 100% that the baby was a girl but boy does he have a SURPRISE waiting for him!!! HAHA!!! I just hope he's as happy about a little boy as he has been about wanting a little girl. I'm honestly starting to get nervous about everything, well everything to do with baby, I'm afraid I won't be a good mom and that I won't be able to give my husband equal attention once the babies here. Are these normal feelings?? I sure hope so!!! I have so much going on right now....and I'm completely stressed and exhausted...how am I supposed to do everything??