26 Weeks

Before going out in AC on 8/22

Sitting on the beach, getting some sun!

Myself, Mandy & Lea looking very patriotic!

Week 26 was spent saying goodbye to Florida family, cleaning out the babies room (thanks to Kelly who moved ... everything!) and spending time with college friends in Atlantic City. Despite being 26 weeks pregnant I hosted the 2nd Annual W-AC Reunion for all of my friends from Washington College. We spent a lot of time on the beach and they spent a lot of time drinking!! A little storm named Hurricane Bill came up the coast and managed to make things a little difficult for us -- flooding of ALL Beach Bars and creating quite a scene at the beach.

Regardless of Bill we all managed to have a great time and by Sunday no one was ready to go home!! I spent the next few days sleeping...realizing that my staying up until 3-4AM days were OVER for me (until November when Baby J wakes me up at all hours of the night!!)

Will post again in the next day or two...considering I am already in Week 27, just behind on blogging!!

Love,
Dada & Mama J

25 Weeks

Down in Diamond Beach, NJ for a girls/husband weekend!

My photo shoot at the beach house in Diamond Beach, NJ.

I am posting early this week so I do not disappoint any of you weekly readers and while I have internet access!! Not too much has happened since I last posted about my doctor's appointment on Thursday. I had been waiting on my FFN test results (the one that I get done every two weeks that tell me whether or not I will be having Baby J in the next two weeks.) I was supposed to get them back on Friday but when I called Friday and talked to the nurse they told me they would only call if the results were POSITIVE. So in my mind, no news is good news!!!

In the next few weeks things back in South Jersey will be in full swing ... getting our room painted and re carpeted, getting Baby J's cleaned out, the TEAM SAFARI border up, room painted and carpeted. I really have to thank my father who is going to work hard in the next two weeks to get all of this done before he goes back to Rutgers Business School. I am excited to post pictures once the rooms are complete!!

The cupcakes we had at Granny Lois's 91st Birthday BBQ tonight. I only hope that Baby J can help celebrate her 92nd Birthday with the family next summer!! She is really an extraordinary woman who is youthful enough to rock the Wii!!

Love,
Dada & Mama J

24 Weeks & Doctor's Appt!!

Very blurry, but you don't need great eyes to see that I have gotten bigger!

This was taken after a very large meal at the Borgata in Atlantic City!

It has been a busy week for J so I am at fault for not posting any sooner. I would have loved to but I have been in Brigantine where my mother refuses to get the internet and you have to pray that the only unsecured network, LINKSYS, is available. If not, then we are internet-less! I have only taken Week 24 pictures on my Blackberry so they might seem a little blurry (and I am sure J will be less than thrilled for me not using one of the two very sophisticated cameras that we have to take the pictures!)

Today we spent part of the afternoon at the OB's Office in Oradell, NJ. It was an important appointment because we began our Fetal Fibronectin (FFN) testing which we have to have done every two weeks. For those who are as clueless as me at first, it is a test that tells you if you are going to deliver in the next two weeks. My doctor is concerned about pre-term labor for a number of reasons, so we have to have this test done every two weeks just to be on the safe side!! We will not get the results of the test back until tomorrow, but Dr. Weiner does not think I have anything to worry about.

Other than the FFN test it was your typical OB appointment -- friendly greeting by every receptionist and nurse in the office...peeing in a cup... seeing how much weight I have gained since the last time (7lbs!)...meeting with the doctor, listing my symptoms and hearing him tell me how great I look despite the fact that I do not glow because the hormones have turned me into a 13yr old hormonal teen with acne!... listening to Baby J's heartbeat, which makes me melt every time I listen to it ... and scheduling the next visit and the hundreds of tests that need to happen!!

This visit we spent more time with the receptionist scheduling the next plethora of tests once we were done with the appointment -- Ultrasound, more blood work, Sugar testing, RhoGAM shot... all mind you have to be scheduled for different days but can not be done until certain tests are done or the tests come back negative!! You can see how that might seem overwhelming...but 20 minutes later we had everything scheduled and we were out the door!!

Next stop immediately following the doctor's visit -- one of NJ's finest diners so I could get what I am always craving, breakfast food!!


Love,
Dada & Mama J

23 Weeks!

23 weeks and still kickin'! Everything is going well and Mama J and I have completed a rough draft of a Babies-R-Us registry. We are kind of using it as a check list of everything we are definitely going to need. Hopefully we can finish it up sometime this week.

Love for Baby J.

I wonder how big Baby J is now!

This week, Mama J got tired of always being in the spotlight so I offered to let her take a few of me. This is her awesome photography skills at work.

Hints of a small bump.

Mostly filled with ice cream.

As long as there are smiles.

Love,
Dada & Mama J