Lots to Catch Up On

Since the last time I posted a lot has happened. I had a beautiful baby shower, hosted my my dearest girlfriends. It was on May 12th, the same weekend as Mother's Day. All of the important women in my life were able to be there. It was a perfect weekend!  By having them there it made the moment even more special.

Here are just a few pictures from the shower.

Also, I have grown some since the showers. I am now 36 weeks and on the downhill slope. Jared and I are so excited and cannot wait to meet our little man!

28 Weeks

Wow has time flown! I am so behind in sending out this picture but here I am at 25 weeks!

I have since grown as I am now 28 weeks. My last appointment was a very special appointment. Mom and Audrey got to go to the doctor with me and experience Baby "Charlie". They got hear his heart beat and see his arms and legs but of course he would not show us his precious face. I guess we are all going to have to wait till he gets her to see his sweet face. I would like to think it's because he is shy, however he never has any problem sharing with us that he is all BOY!! I think he gets being a toot from his mom and dad honestly....Is this a sign of things to come?!


We were able to get a profile picture, and if you look close enough you can make the out his eyes, nose, lips and chin.

It's hard to believe that I am 7 months pregnant and have entered my 3rd trimester of pregnancy. I never doubted I would get to this moment, I just did not know when it would be. I go back to the doctor every two weeks until I am 35 weeks and then once a week until he makes his debut! I know we have sometime before he gets here, but I cannot wait to meet and hold my son! Just thinking about gets me all choked up. However, I have become very sentimental lately and it does not take a lot for me to cry.


There are lots of exciting things happening here in the next few months. My baby shower is May 12th and some of my dearest friends are throwing it for me. My Grammy and Diddy will be here to celebrate and it will Mother's Day weekend. It will be such a special weekend having my mom, Jared's mom, Grammy and Diddy here. Again, I am so excited about this weekend, that I could cry just thinking about how special it will be.  

Baby "Charlie" Update

Jared and I had a recent doctors appointment to check on Baby "Charlie" as he is known. This was a big appointment for us. Dr. Nilson checked how Baby Charlie was growing and let me tell you, he is growing. Baby Charlie is in the 90% percentile for growth and development. Which means he is very healthy :). He weighted in at 1.5lbs which for where we are at he should weigh in around 11oz to 1lb. So we are a little husky, maybe we will have a Micheline baby? Dr. Nilson said more than likely Little Charlie will be here round the last week of June. He stated that if little man keeps up at this pace he will not let me go till my due date of July 4th. We go back March 30th for our next appointment.

I think the coolest part of my pregnancy right now is feeling little man move. Sometimes it feels like he is playing the game dance dance revolution. He is very active and it's cool to see him move around on the ultrasound as well. I feel Charlie move after I eat, when I lay on my side, and when I am sleeping at night.

Cody deployed to Afghanistan of March 6th and I have started my count down to his return home. He made it safely over there and mom and dad are keeping me posted on how he is doing.  On Friday, mom, dad, Jared, Wyatt and I celebrated Cody's birthday. If he were in town Cody wanted to eat at RedRock Caynon Grill. So that is what we did. We had a great dinner in celebration of Cody's 24th birthday. We cannont wait to celebrate your 25th birthday next year with you here Coco!!

Tonight we had mom and dad over for Sunday dinner. Jared smoked an amazing pork butt! Cody you will have to try it when you get back! You will love it! Here are some picutres for you :)

Half Way There!!

It's hard to believe that we are half there to meeting our son! At 20 weeks I feel great. My cravings lately consist of starches (i.e. potatoes(baked or mashed) or french fries) or a big salad with lots of veggies and french dressing! I still love a big glass of chocolate milk in the morning with my breakfast.

At our last check up little man was perfect! We go back to the doctor March 2nd for our check up. At this appointment Dr. Nilson is going to be taking measurements of little the guy to make sure we are still on for a July 4th due date.

Growing

So, I am a little late in posting this picture. But none the less, here it is. I am now 16 and half weeks and 17 weeks quickly approaching. I am feeling great and enjoying every minute of my pregnancy.  Jared has been a busy guy in the nursery. He has done a phenomenal job and I cannot wait until we get to use sweet boys nursery. We have few things to add, but we have a great start.

One of the piece of furniture we get to add to the nursery is an old rocking chair that was my grandparents. This chair will be used for feeding time, book reading and bonding time with mommy and daddy. It goes perfect with the tan in his bedding. Jared and I have some brainstorming to do on a theme. We have some ideas but cannot decided which direction to go.  The next time we get to see our little guy is February 3rd. We will be 18 weeks which is hard to believe. We are almost half way there!

Baby on Board

Christmas has come and gone and what a great Christmas it was. Cody was home for several weeks and the quality time I got to spend with him was priceless. With Cody's deployment quickly approaching I could not get enough time with him. 2012 is going to be an exciting but challenging year for the family. We are ready for Cody's deployment to be over and him back on USA soil and he does not leave until the end of February.

The exciting news for the McDonald's in 2012 is the addtion of Jared & I's baby boy to our family. We are due around July 4th and could not be more excited. We have waited and wanted this moment for such a long time that it still feels very surreal. It is hard to believe that I am 15 weeks today.  I have not taken many belly pictures. I promise to take more in the coming weeks!!! But here is one.

Holiday Season

This is my favorite time of year. I love the holidays for lots of reasons! My passion for the holiday season must have started when I was really young because there has never been time when I did not LOVE the holidays. This year the holiday holds such a special meaning. This Christmas is the Christmas prior to my brothers deployement to Afghanstan and Wyatt's first Christmas with us as a member of the McDonald family. There are lots of traditions to bring him up to speed on!! Let the fun begin.

One of those traditions is family picutres for our Christmas cards. This year we has a very talented friend take our pictures. They turned out so good...so good I have no idea which one I want printed.