baby bump and bedding

So this past Feb 11Th I turned 6 months in my pregnancy. Where in the world is the time going? My nephew Connor turned 1 two months ago, my niece Mya turns 1 today, my sister-in-law is having a baby in 2 months and my brother-in-law is getting married in July. And although all these things are great and Greg and I can't wait to hold our baby girl, I feel like life is flying by! Anyway people have been asking if i "look pregnant" yet so I decided to keep you up to date with my growing belly. The good news is I'm gaining just the right amount of weight that my doctor recommended and feeling great! Greg and I can feel the baby move everyday and now we can even see my belly move when she kicks. Its really a unique experience to have a human grow inside you, and being a first-time mom, a little weird. But its all fun!

We also got to see a picture of our bedding that my sister is bringing up to me this weekend, and I wanted to show you cause I'm so in love with it! My sister, Allison, has this friend who does custom orders for a very reasonable price, so I'm trying them out, and they are great! The bedding came out better than I could have expected! My sister also gave me some of their stuff for Christmas and I love that too! So if anyone knows someone who is expecting and can't find exactly what they want in the stores, you should check them out! I only know of one way to reach them and its through myspace and their name is me-sew-cute. Or you can ask me of another way and I can ask my sister. Anyway here are the pics!

The nursery

So last week Greg and I started on the nursery. Being that I have little patience, everything is painted and put up and I'm in love with it! Now the closet is starting to really fill up with everyone giving us clothes and necessities. Everyone has been so generous in their gift giving and we appreciate it more than we can express. My mom and step-dad came up this past weekend to visit for the first time and they were bearing gifts as well! I had to put a picture up of the cow footsie pajama cause its too funny and adorable! People have given Taylor some pretty adorable outfits and i wish i could put them all up, but that would take up too much room. But take a peek at how we decorated the nursery so far and some outfits.

Greg turns 30

Let me start off by saying sorry for being such a bad blogger!

Well Greg officially turned 30 on the 29Th of December, but being a December baby and all, I had to throw him a party a whole month later so people could actually attend. So I threw him a party (not a surprise) down south at his mom and dad's house on the 24th of January. Greg wanted to see and hang out with all of his old friends, and that's just what we did! It turned out pretty good! We had about 40 people attend, and although I almost forgot to put the cake out, things went well. Greg was also just happy to have a whole weekend off and be able to sleep in!

Introducing Taylor Rae Douma

Today we went to have an ultrasound to make sure everything was growing like it should, and all the pieces were there, and to find out the sex. It was one of the best appointments thus far! Well everything is growing just as it should and all the pieces are there for our little girl. And obviously its a girl! Greg and I swore it was a boy because of some old wives tales and such, but we couldn't be more wrong or more happy (along with all family and friends)! She is perfect and we can't wait to meet her. Also as you talk to Greg about it being a girl you can see his heart start to melt already! He's so great with both his nieces and nephews, but has a soft spot for little girls. This is going to be one spoiled little princess! But, he said that he's still putting her to work with him on the dairy :) I can't wait to see her in her little rubber boots that his older brother and sister-in-law bought for us! So the first picture is her profile, and the next one is her legs, private parts, and buttocks, and of course I had to buy an outfit cause it was too fun to find out! As for her name, I have liked Taylor for a girl since I was younger, and Rae is named after my daddy's middle name (although he spells it Ray, I thought and E would make it more feminine) whom I love very much! Well there you have it, and I can't wait to put pictures up of her for all to see!

getting bigger

So I'm 5 months (20 weeks) now and I'm starting to look a little bigger. It's weird to see your body changing so fast, but I guess this is what I signed up for right? Everything is going great so far and we find out if its a boy or girl in 4 days, so I'll keep you all posted! My last doctors' appt went great and the heartbeat is right in the middle at a whopping 150. Everything is going great so far, here's to hoping it keeps up that way!

2nd doctor's appt.

So today (Dec.9th) was my 2nd baby doctor's appt. It went well. I have come to learn that you get to hear the heartbeat every appointment, and this was my first time hearing it. It was just as fun as I thought it was going to be. It was fast, so assume what you wish, but I'm not going to fall for any old wives tales just yet. :) I could only hear the heartbeat for a few seconds cause he/she was moving around and kicking up a storm. The kicking is louder than the heartbeat, so it was short-lived, yet still exciting! All seems just fine so far. I also turned down the tests for down syndrome and such other disorders because I feel that there is nothing I can do about it now, and if God wants me to have a baby with such disorders, then so be it. I'm just stoked that I am able to have a baby! This is such a blessing and miracle that I'm in awe every appt and I want to share it with everyone, even though I know I'm not the first woman to be pregnant. :) Anyway only about 6 more weeks until I found out what it is!!!!

Dec. 6th trip down south

So this past weekend was my nephew's (Connor) first birthday party. It was held at my mom's house in Arcadia, which was the perfect location. Tracy did a great job of planning food and entertainment for the party. Some of my family and friends were there, and it went off without a hitch! I decided to stay the weekend and go out with some friends that sat night. I went out with Alex, Helen and Candace and had a blast there too. Then to top the whole weekend off, I wake up the next morning and Steve (my stepdad) made my sister and I some yummy breakfast! It was a great weekend with family and friends and I'm going to enjoy those becuase its going to be a lot harder to go down for a weekend with a new baby.