The Meaning of Madeline Grace

The girl's name Madeline \m(a)-deli-ne, mad(e)-line\ is pronounced MAD-a-linn. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "woman from Magdala". Magdala was a town on the Sea of Galilee, the home of Saint Mary Magdalene, whom Jesus healed and who was present at his crucifixion and the first witness to his resurrection.

The girl's name Grace \g-ra-ce\ is pronounced grayce. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "favor; blessing". A virtue name referring to God's grace.

Brian's clothes, My wedding rings, and My growing bump... Random musings.

I'm officially uncomfortable and on my way to being officially huge. Ok.. well I guess I'm not that big in comparison to say the Octomom, but I still feel huge!
I now wear Brian's T-Shirts to bed... pre-pregnancy his shirts were HUGE on me.. now they seem to be fitting pretty well. I can't wear my engagement ring anymore but luckily the band still squeezes on to my sausage link of a finger. At least people will not think I'm an unmarried prego waddling around!

On another note, sleeping really shouldn’t be this tough when I’m this tired! I can not seem to find a suitable position for most of the night.. and when I finally do it seems like the alarm clock is screaming at me immediately after. I must seem like a zombie these days! My Mantra for today: 9 more weeks, 9 more weeks, 9 more weeks...

Pregnancy Amnesia

I know that forgetfulness happens to a lot of people during pregnancy, but I really have been suffering from it! For example, this weekend we lost our satellite signal for a bit. I came home from work on Tuesday and watched the Food Network like I usually do (Good Eats!w/ Alton Brown) and then started scrapbooking so Brian got on XBOX. I then turned to him and asked "Did we ever get DirecTV back"? Obviously he just looked at me like I was crazy.

OK.. I'm finally giving in and putting up a picture of my belly! I've definitely gone through a bit of a growth spurt over the past few weeks!

I can't believe that I still have about 11 weeks to go!

Baby Shower #1

We had our first baby shower today which was generously hosted by my boss Lisa for me and Kristen who is expecting her baby in March. It was wonderful to get to celebrate with all the gals I work with since we rarely get a chance to chat at work. We got a wonderful start on our baby gear, and I'm so very thankful that I work with such a great group of people. Also my co-worker Michelle made an incredible diaper cake that exactly matches our crib set. It is going to break my heart to deconstruct it! Though, I'm planning on keeping it assembled as long as possible!

Princess Baby

We had our last ultrasound today, we were able to get some great pictures of baby Madeline. She is a little camera shy and had her arms over her face in some of the pics! She just wasn't ready for her close-up! She is weighing in at a healthy 2 pounds 6 Ounces! The Doctor said we are right on track! I also took the glucose tolerance test today. I had to drink pure glucose that tasted like really sweet kool-aid and then they drew my blood an hour after. I'm crossing my fingers that everything goes well with that!