15 Weeks

well well, we meet again! i hope everyone is doing as well as madison! she is nearing her four month mark and growing wonderfully. she isnt crawling around by any means but shes still managing to keep me on my toes at all times. im not sure how much she weighs but im guessing in the 12 to 14 pound range. she can also hold her head up for a long time now and smiles more and more every day. i think madison may also be turning into a real jabber jaws because shes making more noise as each day passes. yay! soon we'll be talking all day long :) enjoy the pictures for now, god bless!

9 Days +

again with the baby brain: this picture didnt show up and its one of my favorites!

9 Days

i wont say much since i know youre more interested in pictures but i will say that madison is doing very well. gone are the days of fruit sizes and well into the...bigger food comparison days. and just for good measure, she is the size of a potato chip bag right now and about as heavy as a small bag of rice. but i digress. here are the pictures:


















i hope to post more of madison with her eyes open, but for now, thats a rarity. she sleeps more than...well, i dont know. someone or something that sleeps a lot! wasn't my baby brain suppose to go away after i gave birth? it seems i still cant think properly. anyway, thank you all for your prayers and blessings, we appreciate them all!

Week 35

whoa whoa whoa! its gettin close! just five more weeks to go, but by the feel of all the dancing around inside my stomach, it feels like madison is ready to come now! today begins our weekly visits with dr. goldman until she arrives so we'll have a better idea of her birth date as the time gets closer, but for now, she is still expected on may 4. madison is also getting much bigger! she's closing in around twenty inches long and 5 1/2 pounds (so they say anyway) and you can finally tell from the bulge in my belly. and thats not the only thing getting bigger: my once delicate fingers are now the hands of an unrecognizable ogre's with sausage links for fingers! and oh boy are they sore! in fact, typing this blog is a challenge since i'm hitting three keys at a time instead of the usual one :) now i dont want you guys sponsoring me for any marathons or anything, but i have also had a lot of heartburn coupled with an achy back and what feels like a 90 year old pelvis and even older hips. but dont you guys go shedding any tears for me, i'll be just fine...

i dont have any new pictures of madison to post yet, so i will leave you with an updated picture of yours truly. have a great weekend everyone and happy easter!

Week 30

so its been a while since i posted something, big surprise. and, well, because the people have spoken (and most of them are outraged for the delay) i have a special post this week with lots of pictures!

lets start with the best: the latest ultrasound pictures of madison!

madison is weighing in at just over three pounds in these pictures and is developing beatifully! and shes not too bad looking either! hehe. since our last post, our baby has gone through quite an array of fruit size ranging from a mango, to a banana, then on to an eggplant, and now in week 30 an amazing squash! she is about 17 inches long now and it seems i can feel every bit of that. she moves around quite a bit and sometimes i wonder if she is doing gymnastics or planning an early escape. i can tell already she is going to be a hand full and i'm looking forward to every bit of it!

so what next? the nursery! there is still much work to do but the mural is complete and i'm more than happy with it!

i have yet to find a crib set that will match well with what we have so far, but i've got my eyes peeled and of course, always open to suggestions!

ok, so now on to the baby shower. thank you all so much for a beautiful party and everything you've done for us so far! i can't put into words how much appreciation i have for every one of you and feel truly blessed to have such wonderful family and friends! i only hope your giving nature doesnt end here: i am already actively seeking full time baby sitters! hehe. and for those of you who could not make it, here are some pictures to help you feel the joy of that day:

Week 19

well for those of you who dont know, and i dont know who that would be, we are having an angel like me! a girl you num nuts! i cant tell you how excited we both are! we have chosen the name Madison Taylor so the stream of name suggestions like rumplesteltskin can come to an end; weve got it under control. and im talking to you honey. we have also started to make nursery plans and thus far have an idea for a mural and chosen the wall color. its a very soft and light shade of purple called misty lilac. when we, and i mean you again david, get done painting it will be beautiful! as far as the mural, we'd like to have a castle fit for a princess on the wall behind madison's crib. sounds magical huh? i think so!

now as far as the baby herself: she is doing well and the last ultrasound didnt show anything that we should be worried about. she is developing at a normal rate, has a healthy heartbeat, and all other organs are strong. her brain however is larger than normal which forces me to assume that she must be getting all the smarts from her mother...Madison weighed 6 oz and was 6 inches long at the beginning of last week and according to my your-baby-as-fruit website, she is the size of a mango this week.

sorry the pictures arent so clear, but you get the idea: someone is really in there!





awwwwwwwww!

now usually i would leave some final fun developmental facts here about the baby, but, well...nothing is really going on. her organs are continuing to grow rapidly and i read something about a wax starting to form on her skin. snooze fest, i know. but as she gets bigger and i start to feel her kicking me, i will definitely keep you all posted! thanks for everyones support and excitement, we appreciate and love you all!

Week 14

welcome back everyone! whew, much has happened in the past four weeks so i'll jump right into the goodies:

the beginning of the second trimester is everything i expected: irritability, weight gain, increased appetite, absentmindedness...i'm just glad its david and not me! hehe. but seriously, i am still feeling fine with little to no pregnancy symptoms; just a minor headache here and there. we went to see our doctor this past friday and i'm happy to report that baby moore is still safely tucked away in my belly even though we cant tell theres any baby at all. we were able to hear the heartbeat for the first time, and luckily, as said by dr. morton, she found it quickly and easily. she also reported that baby's heart was beating at a healthy 155 beats per minute. sounds good to me! our next visit is in four weeks, and, now hold your breath, we'll know if we'll be having a sweet angel like myself or a, well, a boy like david! it seems things are happening so quickly!

i know all of you will be disappointed to see there are no new postings of the baby, so i took the liberty of posting a few pictures of our halloween weekend. the hosts of the party did an excellent job on decorating and there were plenty of interesting people to talk to. unfortunately, and surprisingly for us, mine and david's charm didn't work its usual magic on our new friends. and as you can see below, despite our continued efforts, davids new friend couldn't even bare to make eye contact with him as he awkwardly shifted his eyes while my target was literally bored to death!

i hope everyone had a fun halloween weekend! now time to start preparing for thanksgiving! i'll wrap this post up with a few more fun baby facts for us all:

• behavioral differences are developing like the rate at which their mouths move: more if she's a girl, less if he's a boy. no smart comments necessary.
• baby is the size of a lemon this week and will graduate to an orange by next week. and if my emotions continue on this roller coaster, i'll be going bananas soon. no, thats week 21...
• baby is also able to start making facial expressions like frowning and squinting
• s/he can start grasping things and may already be sucking their thumb. awwwwww!