22 Weeks

Well, it's been a while since I've blogged.  Since my last post, we have had one doctor's visit (Tuesday, June 12th).  We didn't get an ultrasound this time but did get to hear Ella Kate's heartbeat, 156 bpm.  I've been feeling wonderful other than nagging back pain.  The doctor said it was probably from me arching my back because of more weight in my tummy or it could be a slipped disc.  She gave me muscle relaxer to help.  Hot baths also help and I sleep on a heating pad each night.  Hopefully, it will get better.  I know Hunter is tired of hearing me complain!!! At our next appointment, we will get to do a 3D ultrasound :) and a glucose test :(.  Ella Kate has been very active.  She moves around a lot during the day, but especially at night.  It's hard to believe how fast time is flying by.  She will be here before we know it.  There is still so much to do!  We will begin putting up bead board in her nursery this week and painting.  Her furniture should be here in the next few days as well.  I'm excited to get started decorating.  I've decided I really want to keep her nursery simple...her bedding is plain white with pink trim and her nursery chair will be a light, pale green.  And of course, she will have monograms everywhere!  

 Hunter and I (and Ella Kate) on our 5th anniversary after eating at the Chophouse at the Braves game.  

 Ella Kate's first Braves outfit!

 Ella Kate's first swimsuit!

 Picture frame for her room.  I love it!

 Her bedding.  It will have a big pink monogram on it, soon!

This is a pillow cover that will go in her nursery chair.  :)

How far along: 22 weeks, 4 days

Total Weight Gain/Loss: + 6 pounds

Baby Bump: Yes

Maternity Clothes: Luckily, I can still wear most of my regular clothes.  My summer wardrobe includes tshirts and nike shorts (which are stretchy) and I love a good dress.  

Stretch Marks: No

Sleep: Sleeping great!

Best Moment this Week: Celebrating our 5 year anniversary and every time Ella Kate kicks.  It's a wonderful reminder of how blessed we are!

Miss Anything: A tan, laying on my belly, and no back pain

Movement: Yes, she's an active little girl

Food Cravings: ICE CREAM and Japanese food

Anything Making You Queasy or Sick: Not really

Gender: Girl

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Frequent restroom breaks; Back pain

Belly Button (In or Out): It's officially OUT!

Wedding Rings (On or Off): On 

Mood: Happy (but a little over emotional).  I can cry at the drop of a hat these days.

Looking Forward to: Working on the nursery this week and next.  

18 Weeks

School is out for SUMMER and IT'S A GIRL!!!!  I am looking forward to decorating Ella Kate's nursery this summer and taking time to enjoy pregnancy. I can't believe I'm almost halfway through it.  A lot has happened since my last post so this one will be kind of long.  We had been anticipating finding out the gender of Baby Davis for a while.  I had a feeling all along that it was a girl.  We went to the doctor on May 15th and saw the three lines which meant we had a baby girl on the way.  Hunter's mom (Kay), my mom, and Hunter's sister (Sarah) joined us on this visit.  The ultrasound was very long as they did the full anatomy scan of the baby.  We were able to see the baby's heart beating away and the four chambers, the brain, the legs, arms, kidneys, etc.  It was so neat to see all of the little body parts.  I think all of us cried a little bit.  The heartbeat was 159 bpm and we have a DVD of this ultrasound as a keepsake.  As soon as we left I had to go buy at least one outfit for Ella Kate!  And of course I did some online shopping.  I bought her first Christmas stocking and a few ornaments for her tree.  I can't wait to buy all kinds of little girly things.


About the name:  I've always said if we had a little girl her name would be Ella Kate.  Ella- I just like the name.  Kate- is after my great-grandmother Kate Lynn and my grandmother Katherine.  We will call her by both names.


Hunter was very proud of me for gaining some weight this visit.  I'd lost 5 pounds since we found out we were pregnant and gained 4 back on this visit.  Ella Kate is a very active baby, especially around 10:00 at night.  She doesn't like for me to lay on my back.  That's when it feels like she's doing somersaults inside of me.  In the ultrasound pictures from this past visit, you can see her kicking me.  She was so cute folded in a little ball during the ultrasound.  She had her knee in her face and foot above her head the entire time. The ultrasound technician had to move her around at the end to get pictures of three body parts and she did not like that.  She covered her face as soon as she moved her!  We are looking forward to meeting our sweet girl in October.

18 Weeks, 6 days!

 Here's the three lines- It's a GIRL!!

 This is a picture of her knee and her foot over her head!

And a wonderful picture of her kicking me! 

 This is when she got mad when they were trying to move her around so she covered her face. DIVA!

 Sweet profile picture! These are my favorite!

 Her first outfit Mommy & Daddy bought her...it's for the beach next summer!

 The back of her outfit!

Cute little hat from Hunter's parents!  So sweet!

How far along: 18 weeks, 6 days

Total Weight Gain/Loss: + 4 pounds

Baby Bump: Yes

Maternity Clothes: I haven't bought any yet.  Just some summer dresses that are roomy and comfy!

Stretch Marks: No

Sleep: Sleeping great! 

Best Moment this Week: Finding out that we're having a GIRL!

Miss Anything: A tan...gonna work on this!

Movement: Yes, especially at night

Food Cravings: Pickles, Ice Cream, and Fruit

Anything Making You Queasy or Sick: Nothing as bad as before, but there are some smells that will make me queasy.  It just depends.

Gender: GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Frequent restroom breaks 

Belly Button (In or Out): In

Wedding Rings (On or Off): On 

Mood: Happy 

Looking Forward to: More shopping and starting on the nursery!

16 Weeks

 This is me at 16 weeks, 3 days!  Didn't have time to do the chalkboard before we left to eat.  Hopefully, I'll do better when school is out and I have some "free" time.

 Close up of the bump!

 My sisters and I eating for my birthday!

 Hunter's new pose I guess???

How far along: 16 weeks, 4 days

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I haven't weighed myself since my last doctor's appt. but I'm pretty sure I'm gaining a few! :)

Baby Bump: Yes

Maternity Clothes: Not yet.  I am starting to wear my Bella Band though.

Stretch Marks: No

Sleep: Sleeping great still.  I've been having some CRAZY dreams and can't seem to sleep late anymore.  

Best Moment this Week: Feeling our little one move on Wednesday (16 weeks exactly).

Miss Anything: A tan?

Movement: Yes, especially at night

Food Cravings: Cheese sticks and boiled peanuts lately

Anything Making You Queasy or Sick: Garlic, Meat

Gender: I've had a feeling all along it's a girl...but lately I've been questioning myself.  We find out next Tuesday, May 15th.  CAN'T WAIT!!!!

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Frequent restroom breaks 

Belly Button (In or Out): In

Wedding Rings (On or Off): On 

Mood: Happy 

Looking Forward to: Shopping when we find out the sex of the baby!

14 Weeks

Our chalkboard came in FINALLY!  :)

We had our last appointment on Tuesday, April 17th. We didn't get an ultrasound at this appointment (just the physical exam- FUN!), but we did get to hear the baby's heartbeat which was 151 bpm.  Hunter is hoping this means it's a boy :).  We will find out on Tuesday, May 15th if Baby Davis is a boy or girl.  I thought this was kind of neat because Hunter and I FIRST began dating on May 15, 1997....so 15 years later we get to find out the gender of our sweet little one.  This makes me a little teary eyed.  

How far along: 14 weeks, 3 days

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Loss of 5 pounds

Baby Bump: It's there, but I hide it well :)

Maternity Clothes: Nope.  My pants are actually too big.  What's wrong with me!!! :)

Stretch Marks: No.  Hoping this magic lotion I bought will keep them away.

Sleep: Sleeping great.  I've had to move my bedtime up since I became preggo.  No more late nights for me.  I also have to have a nap at least once a week.  And of course, the early morning bathroom breaks have started.

Best Moment this Week: Our doctor's appointment.  I love hearing our baby's heartbeat.

Miss Anything: Going to the bathroom a lot less?  HA!  I would say coca-cola, but I still have some.  I can't help it.

Movement: Not yet

Food Cravings: I've never been a big sweet eater, but that's one thing I've craved so far!  And Doritos!

Anything Making You Queasy or Sick: Garlic, Meat

Gender: I've had a feeling all along it's a girl...we will see.

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Frequent restroom breaks 

Belly Button (In or Out): In

Wedding Rings (On or Off): On (they're actually too big now).  

Mood: HA! Ask Hunter.  I think I'm pretty happy most of the time.

Looking Forward to: Finding out the gender at our next appointment and waiting on our furniture that we ordered yesterday to come in!

Baby on the Way...

    6 week ultrasound

 8 week ultrasound

10 week ultrasound

10 week ultrasound (Love the profile here)

This blog is something I have been planning to do for a while, but just found the time to sit and actually create it now that I'm FINALLY on Spring Break.  I found this idea on Pinterest and thought it would be a great way for friends and family to keep up with Baby Davis and also a great keepsake for our child one day.  I hope to update weekly with "bump" pictures and other news.  We will see.  Here's our story:


We found out we were expecting on Friday, February 3rd.  We had been planning Baby Davis for a little while and were so excited when we found out we had a little one on the way.  Our first doctor's appointment was on Thursday, February 23rd (6 weeks, 1 day).  The lady that did our ultrasound didn't expect to hear a heartbeat this early, but boy were we all surprised to hear it beating away at 117 bpm.  Our next appointment was on Thursday, March 8th (8 weeks, 1 day & my mom's birthday) and we invited her along to our appointment.  She was able to see the baby on the ultrasound with us and we finally saw the "shape" of the baby and his/her nubs for legs. *Funny story below!  The heartbeat at this appointment was 169 bpm.  Our last appointment was at 10 weeks on Wednesday, March 21st.  Here we continued to get good news.  All of my levels were great and we were able to see Baby Davis once more on ultrasound with some VERY long legs I might add and a heartbeat of 165 bpm.  Dr. Rogers said all looks great with Baby Davis.  :)  This is the day we broke the news on Facebook and we were and still are overwhelmed with all of the love and support from our friends and family.  We can't wait to meet our little one!


*Hunter's sister, Sarah, was in England student teaching for the month of March so we had to keep her updated through texts and phone calls mostly.  When we sent her the 8 week ultrasound picture, she called worried b/c she thought the baby only had one leg.  Bless her heart.