Joseph's Two week check up

We went for Joseph's two week check up on Monday and he is doing great! He weighed 7lbs 8 oz! Considering that we left the hospital weighing 6lbs 7oz I would say that he is making up for lost time! He was 20 inches long, which is a 1/4 longer than when he was born! The doctor noted how strong he was...good head control and that he has already learned to roll to one side! So great visit and we go back in a few weeks for his six week shots =(

Joseph's Frist Christmas

We had a very merry Christmas! It was laid back and filled with love. Joseph got lots of presents from Santa, a.k.a., his wonderful grandparents, aunts and cousins! And from the look on his face I would say he enjoyed his day!

Two weeks old!

Wow, time does fly! Everyone says that, but only now do I truly understand! It is hard to believe that Joseph has been in this world for two weeks now! My cousin Caroline came and took some pics for us to document the occasion and for me to use for our announcements! Here is a sneak peek! For those of you who don't know, I had a mold of my pregnant belly made into a bowl when I was about 35 weeks along. I put Joseph in the bowl for these pics to show how he has grown! Hard to believe that all that baby fit in my belly!

One week old!

Pics from the first week

This pic was taken in the car on the way home from the hospital!

Welcome to the world baby Joseph!

Donald Joseph Powell, III was born December 10, 2010 at 1:10 pm! He weighed 7 lbs 2 oz and was 19 3/4 in long! His proud daddy got to walk him out and show him off to waiting family and friends!

38 weeks

This was taken the night we went to the hospital! We were on our way to have a baby!

36 Weeks

Count down!!! We are in the home stretch. Everything is still going well. I am only working half days. My blood pressure has been trying to creep up a little and my legs are swelling a good bit, but he is fine and I still feel fairly well despite all of that! We are set to be induced on December 20 if he isn't here on his own before then! So stay tuned...we will keep everyone posted!

32 weeks

These pictures are a little late, but better late than never right?! 32 weeks! Still rocking along...starting to "feel" the pregnancy more than I have. I am getting tired easily again and starting to feel the weight of this little bowling ball! But all in all I still feel pretty good! Just counting down the weeks!

Joseph's Room

Well after alot of hard work and painting (thank you DJ) we finally finished Joseph's room! Here is how it turned out!

I have to give DJ his proper dues for this idea...I made the cross, but it was his idea to hang it so that it looked like the helicopter it pulling it up! Pretty cute!

This is the cute chalk board door hanging that Bethany made! We will take it to the hospital and write his stats on it when he is born!

Baby Shower

On October 17 some of my best friends threw me a wonderful baby shower!! We got all kinds of goodies for Joseph! The kid has so many cute outfits! They had the wonderful idea of having people paint onzies for Joseph and they turned out so cute! Here are a few pictures from that afternoon!

28 Weeks

28 weeks! We had a good check up, blood glucose test was great, blood pressure is still great and Joseph seems to be growing rapidly! He is a very active little boy! Of course I don't really have anything to compare it too, but it seems that way! He moves all day long! The nursery is coming along. It is painted and as soon as we get everything put in I will post pictures!

24 Weeks

Well we went for our 24 week check up and everything is still fine! Joseph is doing well, his heart rate was 142 and he is still measuring further along than the calendar says he is! My blood pressure is still good and I feel great! I have however already gained the recomended 20 pounds, but I'm not swelling so my doctor was not worried. Instead she said that we will likely have a robust little boy, which was a nice way of putting it! So we carry on as we have been for now!

Joseph's Room

As most of you probably guessed, Joseph's room will be airplane themed! We don't have his room completely put together yet, but here is a sneak peek at his bedding. Pretty cute if I do say so myself!

20 Week Belly Pics

Well we made it! 20 weeks, half way! Hard to believe that we are already half way. It doesn't seem like it has been that long already. Joseph is growing everyday (as evidenced by my belly) and having routine dance parties in the womb! I am feeling good and am very thankful for that!

It's A BOY!

We went to the doctor this morning for our 19 week visit. Every thing looks great! We found out that our sweet baby is a boy, and that he weighs about 11oz! His name will be Donald Joseph Powell, III, but we will call him Joseph! As you can imagine he will have an airplane themed room and his daddy is on the ball finding cute stuff to go in it! Joseph is still measuring a little further along than the calendar says he is, but right now it is not enough of a difference to change the due date, so Christmas Eve it is for now!

On a side note DJ and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary last week. Our actual anniversary is July 28th, but since DJ had to work that day we went out to eat this past weekend for a nice dinner at Mint! It was perfect!

16 week updates

I went to the doctor for our 16 week appointment on Wednesday. Everything is fine! I was actually measuring 17 weeks even though I was only 16.5! If the baby keeps measuring bigger, they might move the due date up. The baby's heart rate was 150 and was nice and strong! So far, so good! Since we didn't have a sonogram this time you will just have to be satisfied with belly shots!

Butterbean's 12 week pics

We went for our 12 week appointment on June 15th, all was well and we got to see our sweet baby! I love that you can see his/her little foot and toes and hand covering his/her face! We learned several things at this appointment: 1) as of right now there are no signs of Down Syndrome or anything else abnormal; 2) Baby's heart rate is in the 140's and baby is 5 almost 6 cm; and 3) Baby has a bit of an attitude if provoked!
At first Baby was coorperative, on his/her back and perfectly still, allowing the doc to take good pics look at the heart beat, etc. Well then the doc needed to look from a different angle, but Baby wouldn't move. So the doctor pressed a little hader. That did not go over well with Baby, because all of a sudden he/she started kicking and pushing back with it's feet. He/she then flipped over in his/her side grabbed it's ear with one hand and covered it's face with this other! Baby said "I'm done, quit messing with me!" Thankfully he/she rolled the way the doc needed and she was able to finish the sonogram! If this is any indication of personality, we are going to have our hands full!

Beach Trip

The week before Memorial Day we went to the beach with Aunt Mae and family. It was wonderful! I went down before DJ and navigated my way through Pensacola to pick him up at the airport so that he could enjoy the beach too! I had a blast relaxing, while DJ got worn out by Swayze, Jake and Justin!

We were able to enjoy the beach and water in the evenings. Thanks to Gina we have some wonderful pictures!

Even butterbean enjoyed the beach! And as Aunt Mae put it "I think that we adapt very well to the beach!" It is strange to think that next year we will have a 5 month old when beach trip time comes around again! I can't wait!

Baby Powell

Meet Baby Powell! DJ and I learned that we were pregnant (and by we I mean me) about 4 weeks ago! We were elated! We went to my doctor on April 20 only to find out that it was too early to see anything! We had to wait 4 LONG weeks before going back on May 14, and voila...we got the first pictures of our sweet baby! We were absolutely amazed to hear the strong heart beat and see the little hands forming already! We got a good report. They baby looks great, I am about 8 weeks along and our due date is Christmas Eve! I think I can safely say that this will be the best Christmas that we have ever had!