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Jordan wearing the "empathy belt"

6 months!!!

These are picture of Jordan wearing the empathy belt!!! It weighted 30 pounds, restricted his breathing, and pushed on his bladder. I hope you enjoy the pictures of this, as much as I did seeing it in person! Our birthing classes are going very well.

6 months has come and gone, and now I am in my 7th month of pregnancy! Hopefully the last few months go as fast as this pregnancy has.

It is so wonderful knowing the gender of our baby. I have completely fallen in love with her. Knowing the gender just makes it easier to picture yourself holding her, loving her, kissing her, and growing old with her. I especially love shopping for her!!!!! Well, I am not allowing myself to buy anything else, until after our baby shower!

Last week Jordan and I cleaned up and organized the nursery and all of Laney's stuff that we have some how accumulated :) We sure do have A LOT of things already, but we are excited to put the most precious thing in there, LANEY :) We have our crib bedding, and we plan to paint sometime before or during my Christmas Break. We really don't have a theme in the nursery, but the colors are pink and brown with leaves.

Yesterday we had my 6 month check up, and everything went well. My blood pressure is still low, weight gain still very minimal, and Laney's heart beat was in the 160's. Our doctor told us that Laney is growing well, and that my uterus is now several inches above my belly button. Laney has officially taken over my mid-section, but I don't mind. Feeling her move in the most amazing feeling in the world! I wish I could feel it 24/7. To know that God's creation is growing and developing inside me, is just amazing.

Jordan and I have began a nighttime ritual, story time with Laney. I enjoy listening to Jordan read, but most of all I am sure Laney is enjoying it. Well everything seems to be going great, but as always we would love your prayer for a healthy baby and a full term delivery.

It's a girl... Laney Brianne Bailey!!!!!!!

Well... it is a girl!  We had our third ultrasound today, and around 10:30am we found out that "it" is now a her!!! We couldn't be more excited. Jordan says he just knew the whole time and everyone agreed with him, my whole family, Jordan's whole family, and even everyone in our birthing class. 

Last week Jordan's grandmother said to me, "So Carrie... when do you find out you are having a girl? Because I know your having one, but when do you find out." Did I have it written on my head or something? We couldn't be more excited! I am still nervous, I hate to paint the room pink and have it come out a boy!! That does happen ya know!

Everything looked great. HER heart rate was 150, and she weights a whopping 1.2 POUNDS already. We spent the rest of the day driving around telling eveyone and eating lunch at Sizzler! We still haven't bought an outfit, but I think we are heading to the store in a few minutes!!!

Her name will be Laney Brianne Bailey. We really felt God chose this name for her....

Laney meaning "bright light" 

Brianne meaning "noble and strong" - Brianne was my sister's name who passed away at birth.

We hope and pray that our little one will be a bright light for Jesus. That she will shine and have a overwhelming love for God! This is a verse for our little "bright light":

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on it's stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.    Matthew 5:14-16

First Birthing Class - 11/6/08

The candy we used to tell everyone... It's a girl!!!

Face - Looking right at ya (23 wks)

Look at the arrow... It's a girl! (23wks)

Babies Feet.. how precious! (23 wks)

Babies profile of head, not a good shot. It had it's head buried in the placenta. (23 wks)

Busy Weekend

Daisy, "Mommy's girl" all tuckered out!

Roxy "Psycho dog aka daddy's girl" ready to bark at more trick or treaters!

Well it was a very busy weekend in the Bailey house! Friday morning I woke up with a yucky tummy ache, and by the end of the day my tummy was worse and I had a headache on top of it! Jordan and I stayed home for Halloween, and boring us we didn't even dress up. We did however dress the puppies up, as you saw above :). I headed to bed around 7:30, hopeful that I would feel better the next day!

Saturday we headed to little Noah's 1st birthday (Jordan's second cousin). We had a great time, and it was great to see family and catch up! Not to mention Noah was just adorable, especially when he was eating his cake :) After the party we went to dinner with Debbi, Tom, and Kaiti. We had a wonderful time, and enjoyed our Mexican food. Unfortunately , my tummy wasn't too happy after the fact. 

Sunday I headed to church by myself, as Jordan had an overtime shift that kept him working 16.5 hours! After church I headed over to Jason and Jessi's for Cailin's (my niece) baby shower. We played fun games and enjoyed Debbi's yummy cupcakes and the boys giggles!

Pregnancy wise I am feeling great, just a little under the weather. I have had a headache for about three days on and off now, and I am coming down with a head cold. Spending the whole weekend with family really gave me mixed emotions about our little one who is on the way. 

At times I want to hold my baby right now, and I feel like I can't wait any longer! However, when I see all the little cousins running around and I think about how QUICK time flies by it makes me want to really enjoy being pregnant and not wish this special time away. I know once our baby is here time will just fly by even faster, and they change so much every single month when they are newborns! 

I just can't wait to meet our little one. I just imagine what our baby looks like, and what they are doing all day long. How tired this little one is of my voice, since it can now hear me talking ALL DAY long as I am teaching children. I know our baby is familiar with Daisy and Roxy's howling as well. I am still craving fruit all the time, and this baby is sure happy to know that Satsumas are finally in season!!! I think I have had about 8 in the past two days :)

Jordan and I start our birthing classes this Thursday, and 9 days from now we have our next ultrasound! We will again, ATTEMPT to find out the gender...