How far along are you?
Well I am officially as of this day 28 weeks along. I can't believe I've only got about 2 months left. My doctor tells me I will probably be induced... because diabetics have big babies... so I don't actually anticipate making it all the way to my due date.
When is your due date?
Officially it March 14th, but as I said before I don't expect to get all the way to that day. I will fight tooth and nail to make sure it doesn't happen before March 1st, unless this child makes up her own mind.
Have you picked a name yet?
Yes, actually I picked a name a couple of years ago. We are going to call her Peyton Layne. I chose Peyton because I like the name and how it sounds with Fanning. And I chose Layne because it my mom's middle name. I wanted to keep part of it in the family. Had she been a boy the middle name would have been James, which is Sean's dad's first name... although he is called by his middle name Mark. Fortunately for me Sean didn't have any arguments with my name choice. Piece of cake.
Have you done the nursery?
HA! If you know me, then you most likely know I am the biggest procrastinator in the world. Actually when I thought she was going to be a boy I had it all planned out. When I was told she was a girl it kind of threw a kink in my thought process. Don't get me wrong, I am ecstatic that she's a girl, but knowing Sean's side of the family I was just sure she was going to be a boy. I mean on his dad's side of the family it is Mark and his sister, then 5 boys, and then 3 of those boys have each had a boy. I just knew we were going to follow the trend. So anyway... I did finally decide on a nursery. So here is a picture of what it looks like so far.
Isn't it great? Ok, but seriously this is what I'm hoping it will look like...
How are you feeling?
I really feel pretty good. I don't have to remind myself that I'm pregnant anymore. My growing belly and her frequent kicking are reminders enough. I am a little tired now though. It takes quite a bit more energy to do things like walking, climbing stairs, sleeping, etc. I did start shifting furniture in my classroom so that I can do less moving around and less up and down off the floor. Here are the long awaited baby bump pictures just to show you how we're growing. My grandmother did tell my father after we saw her at Thanksgiving that I look good as a pregnant woman. Otherwise I and my sisters are too thin and I look good more filled out. I am having flashes of my earliest years when I was really rolly-polly and had the chipmunk cheeks, but thanks for the compliment Mamaw.
18 weeks
At Thanksgiving... about 24 weeks
Christmas week... 28 weeks
As far as the rest of life is going. My job is slowly killing me :), not really, but man it's wearing me out. My grandmother fell and broke her arm fairly badly so we're going to Dallas over the holidays to see her and the rest of the fam. I am working diligently on the office/nursery because I have furniture coming in the middle of January and have to have a place to put it. The week of Halloween I was rear-ended and I finally got my car back from the body shop in the middle of November. That was quite an experience. More on that later I guess. Sean has been very sweet and he can't wait for Peyton to be here. I'm looking forward to my weekly doctor visits starting January 4th. Gotta love high risk pregnancies. :) I think that about covers things for now. I'll be back soon to let you know how Christmas goes. Hope you all are enjoying some time off and are excited for a fabulous Christmas and a stupendous New Year.
