Baby Emerson News

Well, I am just about to enter my 29th week, and couldn't be happier about it! Less than 80 days to go and am ready for the celebration. I know, I know it is so much easier when the baby is still inside the tummy, but, I am really done and am ready to start losing some darn weight! This pregnancy has been fairly easy, besides taking care of a toddler while being exhausted...but, after my 1st trimester, my nausea wore off, and I really have been feeling great...besides a few bumps in the road- some major heartburn, braxton hicks, headaches, and carpel tunnel in my left wrist (that is definitely something new for me this time and it stinks). I also think I am "carrying" differently then I did with Jacob. My tummy is much lower this pregnancy. I have gained 19 pounds at this point. I also needed to take the 3-hour glucose test this time (unlike my 1st pregnancy) and that was pretty awful...but thankfully, I DID pass!!!!! I am so ready to meet our Princess! I am so ready to bring her home and start our new lives as a family of 4. I do have a million +1 fears, of course. I think I am most scared of how Jacob is going to be. I get teary eyed as I write this because I know this is really going to turn his world upside down (in a good way, of course- but he won't know that for awhile)...so I have been reading so many books on how to handle this. I am of course, scared to death raising 2 babies at once as well. Huh? How do people do that? And...how has that been happening for centuries? But, how are the Rojas' going to do it?! So nervous. Some updates on Baby Emerson's world... Well, Little Girl is weighing right around 2 pounds, 13 ounces at the moment- 56th percentile thus far (though, you'd think I had an 8-pounder in there already- my tummy is huge)- doctors are guessing she may be at 7-71/2 pounds at birth (which is smaller than Jacob- but she's a girl). She is a mover and a shaker. Constantly grooving and Jacob loves to feel her move and kiss her. We just had our 28-week ultrasound (our final ultrasound)- and it was a fun one with 4-D pics. So, I included some. Emerson will be born via C-Section (just like Jacob)- her due date is Monday, November 22, 2010...unless, she decides to make her appearance earlier. If she arrives per her scheduled due date, we will probably be bringing her home ON Thanksgiving...which will make quite a Turkey Day! We are still deciding on her middle name and are having fun with it! Her Nursery- is almost complete. The room has been painted Blue ("Bippity-Boppity-Blue") and Pink ("Cinderella Pink") and the furniture has arrived just yesterday, so that has been set up in her room...it is coming together. We have found a few sweet pieces to hang on her walls, I am looking for a few more odds and ends, her bedding is on its way, and clothes must be washed...so exciting. Oh, and whataboutit?! Jacob wants Emerson's room....NOT his anymore! So we are making a few changes with his to make it exciting again. I have included a few pictures of this pregnancy. (2) posed belly shots (not liking them, but I want to make sure Little Emme has some pics too), a shot of me earlier in the pregnancy (12-weeks), a pic of Karen and I both pregnant together (because our daughters will only be 4 months apart and will be such close little cousins!!), some ultrasound pics (20-week and 28-week), a pic of Rocky and Jacob at the 20-week ultrasound, and some shots of the room. We are so excited for our Little Girl!