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39 Weeks!

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Dear Champ,

You have made it to 39 weeks! I’m so happy for you and excited to meet you! This week, you are the size of a small watermelon, but I cannot imagine a watermelon inside me. Watermelons are round and smooth (and delicious) and you are full of movement and joy! It’s incredible to feel your little feet or your knees or sweet little bottom pressed up against me. I can’t wait for you to come out here so we can see you and hold you and smell your sweet baby smell.

Here are the official 39 week photos:

Also, I might look like the above photo, but I feel like this:


So you can come out anytime! As we know from Ecclesiastes (or the Byrds) “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” We are learning to be patient as we await your arrival because we know the Lord has picked the perfect day for your birthday.

And here is a photo of you and your Dad from this morning. You LOVE it when he talks to you, reads you stories or plays games with you and I just know you’ll be great friends (and if you’re a girl, you’ll have him wrapped around your finger).

This week has been a little different for us. No more going to work during the day and getting things done. Instead, we’ve met friends for lunch, cleaned up the house a little, organized the guestroom for your Grandma McPherson’s arrival, read some books and generally rested. It’s going to be weird for me to not go to work again in the near future, but I’m oh so excited to spend my days with you; we’ll have adventures, explore God’s creation and I am honored to be part of each day to watch you grow and learn!

Happy 39 weeks sweet baby Champ! We can’t wait to meet you!

Love,
Your Mom

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38 weeks!

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Here’s Kelly and Champ at 38 weeks! Champ seems to be having a great time in there and so far shows no signs of wanting to come out any time soon. We’ve also started flip-flopping on whether we think Champ is a boy or a girl and giving the child pep talks to encourage him or her to come visit us in the great wide world outside.

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Champ’s new trick!

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

We’re already convinced our child is above average for looks and intelligence, but lately the child has been doing some pretty incredible stuff! A few weeks ago, he or she would hook his foot under my rib and then push off and slam into my hip. It was hilarious and made me think that perhaps Champ is practicing swimming. (No, this did not hurt, but it did tickle!)

Champ has started following my hand across my belly with little kicks this week. It’s so cute! Jonathan tried it last night and had the same result!

Champ, we CAN’T WAIT TO MEET YOU! Please come out soon, but not today. Today, there’s work to be done at work.

Happy Wednesday!

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37 weeks!

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

37 weeks

We’re at 37 weeks! Champ is now offically full-term and can come at any time. We made a birth plan with our doula this week and we’re putting together bags of things we’ll take to the hospital on the big day. Now it’s just a matter of waiting–will Champ’s birthday be tomorrow, or in a month?

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36 weeks!

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

36 weeks

We’re at 36 weeks now and just 1 month from Champ’s due date! We had our last childbirth class this week, and in about an hour we’re going to a small workshop that will teach us how to properly install our new car seat. (I, Jonathan, have already installed it, but this is the sort of thing that you don’t take chances with.)

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35 weeks!

Friday, February 12th, 2010

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Here’s Kelly looking great at 35 weeks! It’s just over a month now until Champ’s due date. The baby has a car seat and a crib now and we’re learning everything we can about how to take care of him or her after the big day!

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34 weeks and flowers

Friday, February 5th, 2010
Yesterday we hit the 34 week mark! Craziness. It’s amazing to me to know that at this point in the pregnancy, were the baby to decide to make an early entrance, chances are good that things would be okay (aside from having absolutely no clean clothes to wear!). I’m feeling fairly huge and looking huge too, I’ll admit it. I’ve been asked more than once how much bigger I think I’ll get. This is an odd question to me because really, I expected to be about the size I was in November through the rest of the pregnancy so I’m just as surprised as anybody else that I’m so huge. Happily, it seems that little Champ is still enjoying his or her living quarters and I’m trying to focus on that rather than the fact that I’m so big I ran into a door more than once this week. Other than that, I’m feeling okay. I’m not going to lie, being on this emotional roller coaster isn’t that fun. I’d like to be able to wake up and know that for the whole day I’ll respond to things logically. I’m looking forward to that someday…whenever that someday happens. I’m a big fan of logic.
Hello from my office!

Hello from my office!

 As a special treat for you, I took my own photo this week. Using my camera’s self-timer and perching the poor camera on a shelf in my office. It’s terrible. BUT it does give you a glimpse of where I work and show off some lovely flowers I received from my coworkers this week as a thank you. I now know a few more things about myself: 1-I really, really love flowers. 2-my affections can be easily purchased from the local florist. 3-I trust Jonathan to take my photos for a reason.

Yay for flowers!

Yay for flowers!

And a shot of just the flowers. Well, kind of. A photo of the flowers and the cord for my printer.

We’ve got some big fun planned for this weekend and it’s been a week of really enjoyable things too. I’m hoping to post more on that later! Have a great weekend everyone!

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33 Weeks!

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Wow, sometimes it’s really hard to believe we’ve made it to the 33 week mark already! We celebrated by having a doctor’s appointment and going to our childbirth class during which we toured the hospital’s childbirth center and didn’t panic too much.

I’m happy to say that from what can be determined on the outside, baby McPherson seems to be healthy and growing. We continue to be thankful for the many, many kicks that happen throughout the day and night.  The most wonderful thing for me is watching our baby respond to Jonathan’s voice and see that Champ knows who Dad is just by hearing him! Amazing! For those of you who do not get to see us regularly, here is a photo. Only seven weeks left till our due date!

Kelly and Champ at 33 weeks

Kelly and Champ at 33 weeks

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29 weeks!

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Here’s Kelly and Champ at 29 weeks! This photo was taken just before the New Year. Champ’s really been kicking lately and sometimes we can feel his (her?) foot poking out–this morning I think I pushed on it too hard because Kelly said that I made Champ flail around a lot. Sorry Champ. Your dad loves you and can’t wait to meet you.

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28 weeks on Christmas Eve!

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Yes, one of us is a little behind with photos. Champ turned 28 weeks on Christmas Eve and we’re now at 30 weeks and counting! We took our first childbirth class at the hospital this past Thursday; it was the first of a seven-week series. It’s kind of incredible to think that Champ will be (almost) full-term at the end of the class.

(P.S. Photo also available with antlers.)

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