21 Weeks

I took an impromptu trip to North Carolina last week. I had a few days inbetween my last day at work and moving this week so I thought what the heck and hit the open road! Eight hours later I arrived in Clinton and spent last Wednesday night with my parents. On Thursday I headed to Wilmington, spent Thursday night with my friend Kim in Hampstead and then spent Friday night with Brooke in Wilmington. Brooke had a baby shower on Saturday so it was great to see some of my besties! Now I'm back in Auburn and trying to prepare for our move to Spanish Fort tomorrow. I have my 22 week doctor's appointment today, today they will test my blood sugar for gestational diabetes. Diabetes does run in my family so wish me luck. I'm trying to lay off the sweet stuff this morning! Everything is going well with Baby Grant thus far. He's just kicking away, he likes to dance like his Mom! I did buy some artwork in Wilmington for the nursery this past week. I'll post another update soon with all of my plans for his room. I have a very busy few days ahead but promise to post more pics of our new home as soon as I can!

On the Move Again...

And hopefully this will be the last time for a long while! Sorry I have not shared all of this with you all sooner but there were so many factors involved I just wanted to make sure everything panned out before I announced our news. We're moving again. The dorm project for Auburn University is nearing completion therefore, Ron's company has been taking managers off the project. Ron actually got a promotion! He was named Project Manager for a government funded project in Selma, AL. He will be building a State Correctional Training Facility, basically all the state troopers in Alabama will be sent there to train for their jobs. The project consists of six buildings. Two dorms, a cafeteria, a workout facility and two classroom buildings all in all a $15 million project so Ron has a lot of responsibility ahead. This project has a completion date of July 10th, 2010. So here is the plan: Ron will be working in Mobile, AL in White-Spunner's home office on Monday's and Friday's. He will be traveling to Selma (which is two hours away) to be on site for the project on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays. We will be making our home in Spanish Fort, AL which is a suburb of Mobile and we are closing on our new home next week! It's a very exciting time and also has been a little stressful. Ron has already started working in Mobile and actually this if the FOURTH week he's been away from home! That's right, Grant and I have been roughing it in Auburn all by ourselves! I actually had my last day of work last Friday and so far unemployment is not sitting well with me. Probably because I'm anxious about the move and I'm bored out of my mind! I've decided to hold off a while before trying to find another job. With a baby on the way I don't want to start a new career in the midst of traveling to NC for showers, settling in a new home and waiting for Grant's arrival. Ron and I have been very smart this past year in Auburn and saved our pennies like mad (living in the apartment was a huge help!) so luckily we'll be able to afford this luxury for awhile. In the meantime we are missing eachother like crazy and ready to settle down once again. I have been anxiously awaiting this move pretty much the entire time I've been in Auburn. I knew eventually we would move further south and thank goodness it's finally here. I don't think it's a secret that I was never too fond of Auburn, I just grew bored here very quickly and had a hard time making friends in this college town. Mobile brings sooo many new possibilities. It's about a 45 minute drive to the Gulf Shores and if any of you have been there you'll understand why I'm excited about this. Their beaches are gorgeous! White sand, crystal clear blue water and the friendliest people you've ever met. Ron and I also look forward to being close to our good friends, Kimmy and Nathan Cox. So this is your open invitation! If anyone would like to travel our way this summer, you are more than welcome anytime! Also, sorry about the split picture above, I promise to post new pictures soon so you can get a better idea of what our new abode looks like!

19 Weeks

Well, there it is ladies and gentlemen, "le bump." So this picture was taken this past weekend at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA. Ron's family from NC and IL and my folks came down to visit for Easter. We stayed in a villa and enjoyed having a few days together. Callaway Gardens has this awesome butterfly center where butterflies from all over the world fly around in this huge atrium. Lucky me, I had one land in my hand and stay for awhile, and after a few moments a second butterfly landed there as well! If you click on this photo you can enlarge it to get a better look at the butterflies, it was truely amazing! I thought this picture would have been a closeup of my hand and sure enough le bump was captured in all its glory. I guess that's my natural stance. whoa.
As far as the pregnancy goes... little Grant has been moving around a bit but unfortunately, I'm the only one who has felt the little booger! Ron's always a second too late. I have felt him kick once and move around a couple of other times. I'm hoping that soon the movements will become more consistent so Ron doesn't think I'm making it all up! I've just recently started having some backpain and I'm currently looking for a good prenatal yoga dvd to help ease the aches. Other than that, we are having a blast preparing for this little boy's arrival. I have picked out furniture and crib bedding which I will post at a later date. On Wednesday of this week, I'll be halfway there, 20 weeks!

It's A Boy!

Introducing, Grant Fitzgerald Yaeger! Ron and I went for our first ultrasound apointment yesterday and we are so thankful to be expecting a healthy baby boy. The babies heartbeat had slowed to 146 BPM and is sitting VERY low. With these two pieces of information in mind, I made a last minute guess, boy. I was right! Ron's jaw dropped to the floor, I think he's still on cloud nine. While there, the ultrasound technician checked around 200 body parts and checked for abnormalities before even letting us see Grant on the screen, talk about nerve racking! We are thrilled to have a baby to carry out the Yaeger name, Ron was the last. As for the name... Ron and I were in Montgomery a couple of weekends ago and went to a baby store called Storkland. While I browsed, Ron flipped through a baby name book. He came across the name Grant and read that it made great first impressions and was considered a "strong" name. He asked what I thought and I loved it, the name was born. It's awfully hard to pick a middle name for Grant. After much consideration we decided to use my maternal grandmother's maiden name, Fitzgerald. My entire life, people have told me that I'm just like her and we were extremely close, I feel very proud to have my first born carry out her name and plus I think it just sounds cool. Ha, I admit it!

17 Weeks

Ron and I traveled to Greenville, SC for a wedding this weekend. Ron's roommate from his last deployment got married last night and we enjoyed a weekend away from it all! We stayed at the Westin in downtown Greenville and had a great time exploring the city in the rain! Ron had a great time reuniting with old Marine Corps buddies, the groom John, is an aspiring politician and hopes to become President one day! Time really seems to be flying by, at one point this wedding seemed like forever away and now it has come and gone.

I'm enjoying being "noticeably" pregnant now. I had my first stranger acknowledge my pregnancy last week. I asked to use the restroom in a jewelry store and the owner said, "Of course, I know how moms-to-be are!" At this point in the pregnancy I'm dying to feel the first fetal movement. I ask the baby daily to come on already and kick me! Ron and I are sooo excited for tomorrow's ultrasound. It will be our first and we'll find out the sex of the baby! Neither one of us has strong feelings about the gender, we have no clue what to expect, but we are finally agreeing on names... to be continued!

15 Weeks!

Well Folks, I'm officially showing! I had my 14 doctor's appointment on March 5th and heard the babies heart beat again. It had slowed to 150 BPM and my doctor said I was, "blossoming. " Ha! We will officially find out the sex of the baby on Monday, March 30th at 3pm. I can't wait! 15 days to go. My parents came to visit Ron and I this weekend in Auburn and my Mom and I had the best time shopping around for baby stuff. There really is not a lot of "gender neutral" clothing out there. EVERYTHING is pink or blue, I can't imagine not finding out and planning for a surprise. The past couple of weeks have been a breeze. No real cravings or diversions to food although I did get nauseas last night after eating a lot of soy sauce. For now, we are just so excited to be expecting and we're having a great time daydreaming about when our little one arrives!

Some Ideas of Crib Bedding...

Here's some examples of the bedding I like for a boy or a girl! These pics are from the Javis Davis website. I just realized that throughout the whole blog I forgot to mention the baby's due date! It's September 1, 2009!