Katie & Justin

So much for all that walking! I thought I’d wake up in pain last night, but still no contractions. And now I feel extra stupid for taking all those silly photos because all of a sudden my induction is scheduled Read More…

I’m officially 41 weeks today, even though the pregnancy app on my phone stopped counting. I wanted to see what size fruit the baby is now, like I would do for each new week, but the app apparently ended at Read More…

Well, here I am in this photo on my due date, August 29. And still pregnant! More than three weeks have passed since my doctor first made the prediction that this baby was coming early. Baby D, clearly, had other Read More…

When you’re pregnant and your due date is one day away, and you text your husband, who is at work and has probably never once forgotten to take his phone with him, and then you hear it buzzing right in Read More…

I found some of the old baby pictures of me and Justin that I had collected before our wedding. Pretty soon we will be able to compare these photos to Baby D! Mom Dad

I can scratch one chore off my to-do list:  cleaning the floors. Not because I’ve done it, though. There’s no need any more! As I recently discovered (this photo was taken five days before my due date), my belly can Read More…

If the last week and half I wrote about was all about fun, then the next week and half was all about work. Just as I wanted the baby to hold out for Hamilton and the Backstreet Boys, I’ve also Read More…

At my doctor’s appointment during week 37, when the baby is considered full-term and could potentially come any day, I had apparently made a lot of progress since the prior week when there were no signs of impending labor. I Read More…

Since I had been having high blood pressure at several appointments in a row, my doctor ended up having me come in for an extra ultrasound at 35 weeks. So we got one more inside peek at Baby D! Baby Read More…

Baby D’s nursery is finally starting to come together! I ended up going with a shiny gold, safari animal theme. I wish I had thought to take “before” pictures, but here are at least some “after” shots, although it’s not Read More…

This is a belated post, but a big thank you to my mom and sisters for throwing such an amazing baby shower last month and to all of those who came out to celebrate Baby D! I was overwhelmed by Read More…

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In July I started having some issues with high blood pressure when I would get it checked at the doctor’s office. There was one Friday afternoon appointment in particular where the doctor said she wanted to see me again on Read More…

It’s time to place your bets! Will we use the blue ribbon or the pink ribbon on the bassinet? (Luckily ours came with options!) My friends are unanimous in thinking Baby D is a boy while all the relatives we’ve Read More…

Now that I’ve reached eight months, I realized a lot of the symptoms I had during the second trimester seem to be gone. Even though they were things I thought would only get worse in the third trimester, based on Read More…

I thought summer was going to be a great time to finish off the pregnancy because I already had so many comfortable, loose and flowy dresses that would be sure to fit a growing belly. Boy, was I wrong! There Read More…

If you read about my dream in the last post, then you can probably tell I’ve been stressing about baby names. It’s such a hard decision! “It’s weird. On the one hand, it’s like the most important thing. But on Read More…

A couple of weeks ago I stopped by my parent’s house before my mom, my sister and I were going to go shopping for baby stuff to put on the registry. There I told them about a dream I recently Read More…

Luc had his first birthday back at the end of April, and yes, I did go to two stores looking for birthday hats just so I could do this photo shoot. (Doesn’t he look thrilled?! haha) Last summer, after we Read More…

I need to start bringing Justin with me to every doctor’s appointment. A few days after my ultrasound appointment, I came home to find a nice, long body pillow laying on our bed. Among the list of questions I had Read More…

We got one last sneak peek of Baby D before he or she is born! This was back on April 21 at 21 weeks. Waving hi for the camera! So big already! Too cute! The little feet!

It must be a sign you’ve been too stressed when a trip to the dentist’s office feels relaxing. That was the last thing I was expecting, especially since I had to get two cavities filled. If you know my history Read More…

When you’re pregnant and the only thing you want to wear is leggings, and then you find that SOMEBODY chewed a giant hole in the new pair you just got!! (In case you missed it, click here for the first Read More…

A couple of weeks ago I went to a week-long training program for work in Columbia, Missouri and so I was able to stay with brother Stevie and his family in Jefferson City. The timing coincided with spring break for Read More…

It’s crazy how much time I spend now thinking about food. In the beginning of the pregnancy, when I was repulsed by basically anything that was edible, I remember staring at my dinner plate one night — disgusted — and Read More…

Heading to work one morning, I checked the app on my phone that’s tracking my pregnancy (and telling me what size fruit the baby currently is) and saw that I hit the 16-week mark. An avocado! Woohoo! I thought. It seemed Read More…

This was an ultrasound video taken at 12 weeks. I was trying to send it to my parents, but they couldn’t open the file type. So then I just played it on my computer and filmed the computer screen with Read More…

Fearing that I was going to repeat the whole bathroom ordeal from my first doctor’s appointment (click here if you missed that post), my plan heading in to my second doctor’s appointment was to drink a TON of water and Read More…

When you’re pregnant and you only have two pairs of work pants left that fit you, and then you find that SOMEBODY chewed a giant hole in one of them!!

Here was our fist peek at Baby D at only nine weeks old! “A little gummy bear” — as the ultrasound tech put it. We told my family when all of us were together at my sister’s new house in Read More…

Since I was so, so late in sending out Christmas cards this year, I ended up using them as a birth announcement, too. They only went out to a handful of people, though — I was too embarrassed to send Read More…

I only had one job to do:  pee in a cup. Considering I had been running to the bathroom every two seconds, I figured this standard doctor’s office procedure would be a breeze now that I was pregnant. No need Read More…

Being at work throughout the first trimester was tough. Those days went by excruciatingly slow. I would take a deep breath and then really try to concentrate for as long as possible, only to look up at the clock and Read More…

When I found out I was pregnant, I was surprised to learn that I was already over five weeks along. Five weeks? I thought. But I’m feeling GREAT! I went to work the next few days, and still everything carried on just Read More…