7 pounds 4 ounces!!!!!!!!! No we haven’t had the baby yet but the doctor told us this morning that this should be his approximate weight. They did an ultra sound and full check up and Lauren scored 8 out of 8 on all the tests and the doctor referred to her pregnancy as “the perfect pregnancy.” For those of you who need a reminder Lauren’s due date is Aug 6th but she has been having contractions since 7/17 and the doctor predicted that she would have the baby a week ago so Lauren is pretty anxious. She has been dilated to a 3 for the last week. She wakes up every morning and walks 3 miles and at night she eats anything spicy. From Wendy’s spice chicken sandwich to extra wasabi with her sushi she is trying everything.
I on the other hand, as of late, have found it very easy to engulf myself with work and not even think about the baby. I have had emotions ranging from throwing up to being so excited I can’t sleep. Mostly I just rub feet and fetch food to fulfill cravings. This is the craziest type of anticipation I have every felt. Now more than every am I grateful for the person I married and the mother she will soon be.
Now I will catch you up on all the other happenings. Over the 4th we were able to sneak away to DC to visit our good friends Burton and Janaya. They recently moved to the DC area and it was great to see them. We are excited to have them so close. This was my first time to DC and it exceeded my expectations. I loved seeing all the monuments, memorials, and museums. I was surprised by the deep reverence and respect I was able to feel for my country and its history while walking around such a busy and populated city. On my way home I tried to figure out why I have such a desire to travel to foreign lands when we have such amazing places here in the United States that I have never been to? I guess we will have to kill a lot of bugs and do both!! Anyways, since our little get away it has been nothing but work work work. The business is doing well and we are continually pleased with our decision to come out here to North Carolina. Hopefully in the next week or so we will have great news and pictures to post. Joey
I wanted to share my first purchase for Brody with you all. Go Cougars!!! -Joey
The long awaited pictures and posting is here!! To all those who will actually read this and have not given up on us yet (seeing as how the last post was about a month ago!!) I hope you like it :) So... I am sure you can guess the basis of this post by the pictures!! I am currently 26 weeks along and feeling wonderful... Other than the fact to get these pictures, I think I put on an endless amount of outfits to get a good picture of me and a good picture of my belly!! And I thought being a girl was bad enough when it came to liking pictures.... Adding pregnancy on top of it makes for a a long photo session with my photographer... Thanks for being patient babe!!! :) Everything is great though, I am doing well and feeling better than I have the whole pregnancy. The little guy is very active. I had a doctors appointment this past Friday and all is well! Brody ( what we have decided to name him) decided to show off for the nurses. They were using the little machine to listen to his heartbeat and every time that they put it on my stomach, he would kick really hard and kick it off. It was so funny and the whole doctor's office was getting a kick out of it ( no pun intended:)..hahha) good to know he is having fun in there!!! He is healthy and the doctor says I am right on track!
