And We've Got a Winner...

It always amazes me when I think about what a fertilized egg has to go through to become a fetus and then a baby. What a miracle God has created! I found out I was pregnant on January 30, 2010. I had been pregnant for 4 weeks before I knew that there was a little magic being created in my belly. This whole 9 month..really 10 month pregnancy thing is magical. It's pure magic how a single cell can turn into a little baby. I now had the responsibility of taking care of something that small, precious and mysterious. I can't believe my little girl started out smaller than the top of a pen.

We all have milestones and favorite moments in life like the first time you fall in love with your soul mate, your wedding day, and moving into your first home. One of my favorite days was on March, 5 2010. Jordan and I went to our first OB GYN appointment, and there on a black and white screen we saw the most beautiful thing...our baby. When I saw her little body and heard her little heartbeat I fell in love. Isn't it crazy to fall head over heels for someone that you've never meet before? Or to have this over protective outlook that you now have to protect this little person that you created. It sounds crazy but that's exactly how I felt.

I had a great first trimester. I rarely had morning sickness, I had tons of energy, and I'd only gained 5 pounds! YAY! Now my second trimester was a different story. I had gotten severe migraines and my morning sickness turned into 24 hour sickness. I remember one night before Jordan and I went to a Dallas Stars game, we stopped at Hooters to get some wings before the game. Later that evening, I made him take me home before the 3rd period because I was nauseous and had a migraine. We couldn't even make it home before my Hooter meal was coming up...least to say I have yet to eat buffalo wings!

My third trimester I was HUGE! My doctors were concerned that Lilly was so big that I would have to have a c-section. That of course was not on my birthing plan, but as fate would have it I would get one anyways.  I was swollen from my face to my toes. I was so HUGE that people used to tease me about having twins. Word to the wise...never tell a pregnant woman she looks big or question how many babies she's carrying. My emotions were always up and down and it would hurt my feelings how people would make those comments. One thing people did say that I hoped was true was how they didn't think I would carry my baby full term. Fortunately, on September 25, 2010 at 7:45am, 2 weeks before my due date they're comments paid off because my water broke!

9 weeks old and already so beautiful! 

            12 weeks and already a baby bump.

19 weeks old...IT'S A GIRL!!!!

5 months preggo...

31 weeks old.

37 weeks preggo. This was my last pregnancy picture I took before I had Lillian... one week later!