mally's birth day

8 weeks and counting...

i had my 32 week appointment yesterday. the baby is measuring at 33 1/2 weeks. jared says i better just get prepared for a big baby. i am hoping she will just come early.

the baby is in constant motion. jace was pretty calm in utero and didn't move much. not very many people ever got to feel him move and you definitely could not see him moving. this baby however is out of control sometimes and you can see almost every movement that she makes. jared says it looks like i have an alien in there trying to escape out of my skin. and we can see and feel her little hands or feet when she pokes them out.

we are definitely excited for this little girl to get her.


from our 28 week ultrasound. she was facing back and wouldn't budge so the only picture we got was of her little foot.

it's a girl, for sure!

we had our 20 week ultrasound last friday. jace accompanied me to see baby sister. jared did not. he was working. jace was pretty excited to see baby sister on the camera and listen to her heartbeat.

the doctor says she looks good and is measuring right at 20 weeks. my placenta is low (but not covering the cervix) so he wants to do another ultrasound later in the pregnancy to see if it has moved.

anyway, here she is...


and her name? mallory kate.

it is jared and jace's favorite. i liked it too but wasn't ready to decide. however, they have been calling her mallory kate for awhile and now it's just kinda stuck. and besides, i think it's really cute the way jace says it.

13 weeks

i am 13 weeks pregnant today! so far we haven't had any problems and we are hoping that it stays that way. as for being sick, with jace i didn't start feeling better until 17 weeks. i remember the last day i was sick because it was our anniversary and we spent it in the emergency room with an iv. which means only 4 more weeks of feeling yucky at the most, right?

jace has been having a hard time this past week. he keeps telling me that he is still my baby. he has had a few accidents and wants me to feed him. when i ask him what is wrong he says "i'm still your baby mommy. i need you to feed me and change me." poor kid. i think he has had a hard time with me being sick and is worried about having a baby in the house.

lexi left last night for oregon. we are going to miss her and alma. jace practiced his crying all day for when lexi left and after she drove off he gave us a really good fake cry. he loved hanging out with his aunt lexi and uncle alma.