My Belly Bump :)

I haven't posted any belly bump photos lately so here's 4. :)

18 wks 2 dys


20 wks 5 dys


21 wks 3 dys

22 wks 2 dys


I am carrying her very high! I can feel it. My clothes fit so differently this time too. Hard to believe I am already 23 weeks today! :) She's become very active especially at night around 9-10 p.m. I hope she doesn't keep up that activity when she's born. All of the kids have felt her kicks now. :)

Emma loves to talk to Abbie in my belly and sing to her too. :) Dakota is a little more timid but he still enjoys feeling her kicks. Wyatt likes to kiss my belly. They all like to know how big she is each week. I love sharing this pregnancy with my children.

One last new symptom... heartburn! I've had it with all my babies and she is no different. The only difference in this pregnancy is the nausea that I'm still having in the 2nd trimester. Zofran works wonders for the yucky feeling though. I'm very thankful for the medicine. :)

Mismatch Day at School :)

Dakota has a mismatch day at school this week. The students could play $.25 to come to school in mismatch clothing (a fundraiser). We got our best outfit together for him. He also wore 2 different sneakers. He originally wanted to wear a sneaker and a snow boot but I told him that would be a bit hard to walk and play in all day. He had fun! I loved mismatch or clash day when I was in school. :) I would always go all out too. :)

Her name will be....

ABBIE GRACE. :)







We FINALLY decided on her name a few weeks ago (right before my 21 week ultrasound) but I haven't taken the time to post the beautiful name on here yet until tonight. I personally looked through hundreds and hundreds of names plus MANY websites with lists of names. David and I continued to narrow down our list and narrow down the list until we both decided we loved Abbie. :) I originally wanted to do an Irish name because of David's heritage but the names I liked were all a bit to different so we stuck with a more traditional name.

Abbie will have a second middle name that will be a family name but we are still deciding on that name. All of our children have family middle names... Dakota Kent (David's middle name), Emma Julieann (my name and my great-grandmother), Wyatt George (my beloved grandpa) David (David's, his dad's, and his grandpas).




Her first full name we'll be deciding at birth. We aren't going with Abigail. We each have a favorite so once we see her beautiful face I think we'll just know or if it's like with Wyatt's birth than David will know right away and it will take me oh 24 hours or so to decide. ;) The name I like is not a typical name used for Abbie but I like that about the name.

We are spelling the name with the "ie" to be like my name with the "ie." I've always liked Abbie but once we changed the spelling of it I liked it even more. I LOVE the name Grace and would have gladly used that for her first name but it wasn't David's favorite so to the middle it went. :) I've noticed that Grace seems to be a favorite among celebrities too but we didn't choose it for that reason. Grace has a special place in my heart and a great personal meaning for me. I'm so happy that I can give my little girl this beautiful middle name. :)



Her 21 weeks ultrasound went great and she was very active just kicking and moving all over the place. She is healthy and growing right on track. We really enjoyed her ultrasound and we could see her moving her arms and she even sucked her thumb. I can't wait to meet you Abbie Grace! :) I love you so much my sweet baby girl! :)