God is good…so good!

My little chunker!

We took Emmy to the Doctors for her first check up on Saturday. She was up from 8 lbs when we left the hospital on Sunday to 9.4 lbs. I love it! Chubby babies are the cutest…and she definitely qualifies.

Emberlynn is here!!!!!!!!

Emberynn Grace Magada - Born October 5th 2007 - 8 lbs. 5oz. - 20″ long.

Ahh the joy…

OK, so I’m coming down to the end of my pregnancy…hopefully… cause I don’t know how much longer I can take! Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t trade this for anything, but I’m definitely ready to get this child outta me and to finally meet her. I have about 4 weeks left and praying that I go sooner although I think that she’s gonna come when SHE is good and ready…not her mama. So before this little one decides to make her entrance into this world I thought I would write about my particular joys of pregnancy. Here it goes…

1) Constant peeing…yep I realize that when you’re prego you have to go to the bathroom a lot more, but never did I imagine this much. I mean getting up every 45 min. during the middle of the night seems a bit extreme to me. I guess it’s a cruel way of getting you used to getting up with your new baby, but still….

2)Weight gain…of course you expect to put on some poundage during your pregnancy, but for someone my height it’s pretty hard to handle. I think I’ve got to the point where I’ve pretty much come to a stand still. I better have or I won’t be able to walk due to back pain.

3) Fluid retention…I’ve tried really hard to watch my sodium intake to cut down on this, but nope, didn’t work.  I get extremely swollen…and this heat doesn’t help. I haven’t been able to wear my wedding rings since the 4th month and I don’t think I’ll be seeing them again for quite a while. Sometimes I look down at my fingers and realize that I now have man hands and my feet…wow….my family loves to laugh at me whenI get really bloated…nice, huh?

4) Emotional roller coaster…I never really thought I was an emotional kind of girl, but lately I don’t even know myself. One minute I will be perfectly fine and the next I’m bawling like a baby…usually over something really stupid. My husband..the amazing man that he is…tries to comfort me, but I never really have a good reason as to why I’m crying….sometimes I just don’t know. But when he’s around, he usually says something to make me laugh and then we continue laughing at what a weirdo I am.

All of this said I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. Nothing beats the joy of feeling your baby move inside you. Feeling her little foot or hand and being able to watch as she moves your belly.  Some of my favorite moments have just been sitting on the couch with my and my husbands hands on my belly and feeling her kick against us. We’re about to experience one of the greatest joys life has to offer…being parents..and we wouldn’t trade it for anything!! Emberlynn Grace….hurry it up! Mommy and Daddy wanna meet you!

Money, Money, Money

I’m writing this today because I feel extremely guilty that my wonderful husband is out busting his butt to make us money while I sit at home and think of ways to spend it. I swear that since we found out that we were pregnant all I do is buy stuff for the baby. It is becoming increasingly difficult for me to leave a store without at least one thing in my hand for her. The thing is it’s not just Ryan and myself …every time I talk to our parents they say something like, ” Wait till you see what I got for Emmy.” or if it’s my dad, “Diane, show ‘em what we got her…show ‘em what we got her.” Everyone is so excited and we feel extremely blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. We’re in the process of getting her room all ready for her and when It’s finished we’ll put some pics up. About 7 weeks to go…It’s taking forever. I just want her here already!!

Of course …

So within the last week I have almost been given not one, but two tickets. Ryan and I went downtown last week to Cosi. Not realizing that we had to pay for parking, and we never carry any cash on us, we had to make a quick stop at our bank.  But being downtown, of course there are no spots so we circle around to what says Public parking. Ryan leaves me in the car with it still running and runs to the ATM. He was gone literally no longer that 2 minutes total when this guy comes up and starts writing down our plates .Then he taps on my window and puts the ticket on the windshield.  Ryan walks out just in time to hear me yelling and screaming at the man to get a real job and go back to his country. All this to find out that it’s only a $2.00 ticket and if you don’t pay within 14 days…then you get a $50.00 fee. Lesson here…Alicia, keep your big mouth shut.

Today, I’m driving with my mother-in-law Jill when I was pulled over by state patrol. You see, my birthday was 5 days ago and I haven’t had time to get my new tags…so he sees they’re expired and pulls me over for that. Thankfully he took pity on me and my big pregnant belly and he let me go with a warning and the understanding that I would go get my tags right away, which i did. All legal now. The thing that makes me sick is that Ryan’s birthday was the beginning of June and he just got around to getting his tags last week. But do you think he ever got pulled over? No, of course no, but me…5 days late! sheesh

8 weeks to go!!

Emmy at 25 weeks

Emberlynn Grace Magada is on her way! We’re at 32 weeks and although my due date is fast approaching, I have a feeling she’s gonna take her good ole time to make her way into this world. She’s getting big though and every day I think she’s gonna kick her way outta me. Today she was moving around so much that Ryan and I got the video camera out to video my tummy…and wouldn’t ya know it, As soon as we started recording…she stops. That little girl is a stinker already…ryan says she’s just like her mama. I don’t think she has a chance with us for parents!