Winter Blooms

My Winter Flowers. Aren't they happy?

African Violets

Mums Adam bought me. (because he loves me.)

Pansies Adam also bought me.

My Hubby flowers me well. :)

17 weeks to go!

The much anticipated (or demanded) belly shot.

There she is...

I'm hitting that 6month marker now. According to my baby book, it is likely that I'm getting bored with my pregnancy by now and that is perfectly normal.

I love being told by a book that I'm normal. That way if someone ever says, "Hey, you're weird." I can take chapter 8 and hold it up to their face..."Who's got proof that they're normal now? Huh, huh?!" Then they would feel bad and wish they had a book.

Anyways... Baby Girl is much more active now than ever before. She's learned such tricks as poke, jab, roll-over, and unfortunately for my organs... stomp. It's fun. She's doing her tricks now as I type....

She's slightly over a pound and nearly eight inches long. (about the size of a toy doll...aw.) She's gettin' plumper too, and so am I! My legs are tired more these days, naturally, and my belly is getting the ichies. Poor stretching skin... time for more lotion! So far... no stretch marks... but I'll keep you posted. (They're due any day now. eep!)

God is kind, I'm doing really well. The only real complaint I can state is a loss of depth perception mentally, not visually. Everything is off by about a half inch. So, I go to put my fork in my mouth... doy-ing! Ow! Poked my tooth again. Or I'll reach for something and miss. That is fun to watch. I always get it on the second try tho. It is caused by my brain being on drugs. (Heehee.) They're pregnancy chemicals that my body makes. They're a good thing. Mostly.

Isn't SHE lovely, isn't SHE wonderful... hum hum humm

My little thumb-sucker. Waving "Hi!"

So lady-like.

Baby Girl's Profile

Yes, we are having a GIRL! She's growing well, and all checks say she is healthy and normal. Praise God! After we found out, her daddy was sitting in the patient room staring at the ceiling, "I'm so excited that we are having a girl!" he said dreamily. (Yes, sometimes Adam says things in a dreamy voice, tho he'd rather you go on believing he doesn't.) So, clearly, the Lord thinks that the Panthers need more fans. I agree. GO PANTHERS!

Yesterday was my 20 week marker. There are more aches and pains, but just as many baby wiggles, so it's worth it. Only a few more months to go!

Fat Feet and One More Week

Yesterday was the 19th week marker. We are making progress. It's getting harder to hide The Bump and harder still to ignore my feet when they get fat and red after a day of shopping. (Gotta prop them suckers up!) This last Sunday I received the most "petting" of the Belly yet. As Eileen said, "Baby Campbell is here!"

One week from tomorrow we find out whether Wombfruit is a Panthers fan (girl) or a Steelers fan (boy)! Now is the time to place your bets...Baby's mommy votes that it's a boy and Daddy 'doesn't have a sense either way'.... so what will it be, ladies and gentlemen?

For the sake of Wee Wombfruit

So, I'm beginning to note that this being pregnant thing really isn't a short little hurrah. I've still got a ways to go. (I'm 15 weeks ya'll) I'm not complaining...hey free baby, right?... i guess it is just all still new to me. (Oh, question to the moms: When do I get to stop buying more clothes? Do you just wear the same 2 "Sunday dress" outfits and 3 pairs of sweatpants week after week? I guess I'm not used to a limited wardrobe.)

Anyways, the baby is doing well...at least I haven't heard any complaints from down there. This Sunday something fun happened. Adam and I were watching the Panthers lose (sigh) and I was (of course) petting my bubble tummy when I felt something different. To my amazement there I could feel the baby's rapid little heartbeat! I told Adam to come see if he could feel it too; the smile that spread across his face confirmed I wasn't imagining it. How cool! I checked my What To Expect When You're Expecting book and it said that if you're slender you can feel the little one earlier than would be typical. Very cool.

Did you know that some of your normal activities and foods aren't safe for you or your baby once you become pregnant? Yep, there are lots of fun dos and don'ts in this season. So, for the sake of my Wee Wombfruit (who is 3 and a half inches now! go buddy!), i shall abstain from:

Running a marathon (oh yeah, i had plans...)

Sniffing insecticides (surprise)

Pointing my toes (wha..?)

Smoking (real bummer that one)

Soaking in the hot tub (a.k.a. "the baby boiler")

Eating fish caught near a major city or industrial plant (duh)

and standing in front of the microwave while it is in operation (evil waves..those ones)

These are all according to my doctor and my books written by doctors. It's good to know that God is really the one in control and the Protector of the wee ones and he is 'fearfully and wonderfully' making my child.

Spiderpeed, Spiderpeed, does whatever a spiderpeed does...

Have you ever...dealt.. with one of these before??? Emily and Leah hadn't.

Leah was brave.


Emily was not.

In the end...Spiderpeed met his end in the vaccume,

but Leah and Emily no longer felt brave... they felt like crying.

Love you sista!

Just Fishin'

Recipe for One Fabulous Fishing Trip:

Take 2 determined fisherfolk...

Add one extra large Mountain Dew...A little patience, a sprinkling of rain...

...and by golly you'll git yerself one fine pink-bellied sunny!
(yeah, Em didn't git nothin'.)

i love you tay. -sis

New Belly picture and "Meet the Birds"

Three-month "bump." Grow, Baby, grow!
(and for you rumor starters: no, i'm not sticking it out...the belly really is poking out that much. come pet it. it's real.)
Jake (the new guy)Bargeory and her "Popi" napping

Doing one of her tricks. ew.Celebrating Bargeory's first adoption birthday. She had a cherry tomato "cake" and was scared to death of the candle.

Wombfruit Update and Wacky Pets

W ent to the baby doctor last Tuesday the 23rd. Got to hear one very rapid heartbeat! The nurse said that all the rustling around I was hearing on the monitor was the baby.... surprise!... rustling around. So Wombfruit, as we have come to call Baby, is doing quite a bit of moving about down there and having a lovely time.

Pregnancy Site: "Your fetus is now about three inches long and the size of a peach. Also developing this week: your baby's vocal chords."

Well, I'm out of the first trimester or at least feeling like it. Yeehaw. I'm 13 weeks. Energy hath returned to me and I can cook again! Adam is happy about this news too. (Today I made homemade chicken noodle soup. Care for a taste?)


Big news in Campbellstown: We have a new arrival! Not Wombfruit, thankfully...still a little too shrimpy that one. A little parakeet has joined Bargeory in her tiny barred kingdom. And she's none too thrilled about him. I found him 2 Sundays ago lying in a divot in the parking lot of our apartment. Poor thing was shivering and very weak, but he's made a full recovery. We have named him Jake Leroy Delhomme. We drew names from a jug. Adam wanted to call him El Darno. Thankfully, God is sovereign.

Another pet surprise this past week was Adam's fish Augustine Aurelius getting an internal infection that caused her to swell like she had swallowed a gumball. I'll spare you the details but not the photos. (Coming soon!)

Lord, Have Mercy

Thanks Ricki, for these glimpses of the blissful future.