4-D Ultra Sound

This week has been sort of A milestone week for me with the pregnancy, Or I guess that is what you would call it. It was like I realized that there is actually a little tiny miracle/blessing of God growing inside of me. I was at work looking insides someones colon ( I know not a very sentimental time to be having this realization) When she started moving just like she always does but it was like it all finally connected. That's our little girl growing inside of me!! Then at the 4-Ultrasound we got to see her sweet little face, toes, nose, ears hands, and it is so amazing to think that she is a part of Zach and I. I mean I know that we became One as our own little family on the day we were married. But that sweet little face that we were looking at on the monitor is is like the answer after the equal sign when you had two together there is no way you can separate either of us from the equation of this little Blessing. I guess to me it is like we truly became One b/c this little blessing has both of our blood running through her, and I am so grateful that God has decided to trust us with his little Miracle. I just pray that we meet his approval as earthly parents.
     Well here are a few pictures of our Beautiful little MaKenna

When we first started she had her feet and hands all up hiding her face

She would only take her little hand away from her face for seconds at a time

We will defiantly have to teach her some manners when she gets her

                                        How sweet is this! I think she Likes to sleep with her arm at her face.
                                       

Luckily we think she has Zach's nose I opposed to my honker. But it Looks like she my have my lack of upper lip

I mean how much more adorable can you get

Foot to the face there was one time she almost started sucking on her toe I have a feeling as soon as she discovers she can do that the will

Part of a grin She grinned really big at one time but I guess we didn't catch a picture of it

29 Weeks

How Far Along: 29 Weeks
Weight Gain: 14lbs
Stretch Marks: Not yet
Belly Button: Still even
Sleep: This past week I just haven't been tired so I haven't been sleeping to well. On Friday morning I was off and had been looking forward to sleeping late in my warm bed since it had been so cold. And MaKenna Decided she wanted to have a party at 0530.
Baby Movement. All the time it is so great!! Mine and Zach's favorite thing to do at night is lay on the couch and watch my belly move all around. We try to guess what she is doing in there
Food Cravings: Nothing really
Memories of the Past week: My Sister's Wedding this weekend it was beautiful and so was she. And I am so excited b/c now I have a new brother-in-law and MaKenna will have to Big cousins to show her the ropes

Looking forward to: This Friday we are having the 4-D ultrasound we are super excited about that!! Can't wait to see her it has been like 2 months since our last ultrasound. Then on Saturday we are going to look at baby furniture. And register for baby things!! I know we probably should have already started on this but this Saturday is my Zach's first free weekend probably since we have been pregnant. The hospital made us feel like horrible parents when we told them at 23 weeks we didn't have a car seat yet!

Milestones: At 29 weeks MaKenna is about 17in. tall and weighs almost 3lbs Over the next 11 weeks she will more than double or possibly triple in weight

                   A few pictures from the Wedding.

Wow am I really already in the Third Trimester

How Far Along: 28 Weeks
Weight Gain: According to the scale 13 lbs and  I weighed like 5 times on Friday b/c I didn't believe it. I have had a TREMENDOUS growth spurt Between last Sunday and Tuesday (I do mean a  day period). Every one who has seen me before Sunday and then after just looks at me with their mouth open, in disbelief. Trust me I don't believe it either and it happened so fast I didn't have time to compensate and get used to it! But All week I was extremely tired and nauseated (thought that was over in the first trimester) And had absolutely NO appetite probably due to my increased bell taking over my stomach area. B/c of the increased growth I do not see how I haven't gained any weight but will happily except that measurement as true for now.
Maternity Clothes. Defiantly.
Stretch marks: Not yet I am getting scared to look though
Belly button: still holding
Sleep: This week Sleep has been Great!!!
Baby Movement: All the time! I would love to just be able to see what she is doing in there. She love to take some appendage of hers and press it straight out to the right of my belly button and just leave it there.
Food Cravings: Nothing this week Until Friday when all I could think about was Mexican again So of course Chips and Salsa is what we had for supper
Milestones: This week Makenna should reach 2.5 lbs and be almost 16 in long. Her skill of the week is blinking.She also has REM sleep cycles now so she may dream I would love to know what that sweet little thing could possibly be dreaming about.

I hosted Bethany's lingerie Shower this Weekend

She thought it was a must to get a picture showing my Belly and Of course was sure to pull my shirt tight

   Am I the only one who notices the veins in my lower arm and hand Man you could at least get an 18 in those things possibly a 16

Murphy's Law And The Christmas Spirit

Zach warned me when we first started dating that Burton men have the worst luck! Especially when it comes to projects. Whatever project He, his dad and brother set out to do you might as well take the amount of time that it would take the average person to go it and multiply that by 3. Not b/c they aren't working hard to complete the project just b/c something WILL go wrong. Like I said Zach gave me fair warning about this and the fact that it will spill over into the whole household. I believe and still do that this just makes life more interesting and another story to tell
   It of course started on our Honeymoon.. Our plane didn't take off from Atlanta until the time in which we were originally supposed to be at our destination, Missoula, Montana. My wonderful husband who just wanted everything to be perfect for his new bride was just heartbroken by this delay, (He had wonderful Dinner reservations at our lodge that night which had to be canceled due to the fact that we didn't get there until midnight) I on the other hand am a glass half full person and believe that God put us together to help Zach see the humorous side of things, although I think that he finds more humor over my stupid observations of the situations. Either way it makes him smile. I who had never flown was very content with being at the airport watching everyone and all the planes take off.

                          Running to another Gate                        Six hours at the Airport

  The week after we got back from our honeymoon. We were on our way to Birmingham and something flew up and broke the windshield of my car. "glass half full" I very happily drove it around with a broke windshield until we got rid of the car. That same week Zach ran into someone coming home from work ( he is still riding around with a dented bumper) I could go on and on about all the funny mishaps we have had.

  Then in flight school Zach heard all about Murphy's Law and they spent hours on end planning and preparing for stuff to go wrong  The instructor pilot's would even reach up and cut there engine off in the air and they  had to safely  fly it to the ground with a "hard Landing" ( b/c pilots don't crash they just hit the ground really hard.) This Murphy's law business was second nature to Zach b/c he was used to the fact that anything that can go wrong will go Wrong.

   So this year My husband actually got into the Christmas Spirit and decided we would go get a tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving and decorate. I was super excited I am one who gets so excited in July b/c if your are lucky you will find a station playing Christmas Music or a Christmas movie. So we went to the tree farm picked out a tree and brought it home, and of course it was too big b/c  I always pick out a gigantic tree. Finally we got it in the stand with lights on it and filled it up with water and then Murphy's law... Water began to run out all over our new floor the stand had a leak in it. Glass half Full me says "Well at least we can get a stand with a watering spout now. So we went got a new stand put the tree back up and decorated it. Got home from church on Sunday and I was finishing up decorating while Zach was working on the house stuff. and I hear a big crash. The tree had fallen over again and a lot of our ornaments had broken! Well let's just say the Christmas Spirit immediately left my husband. but glass half full me says "Well at least I already have the hot glue gun plugged up." 

  Finally the Christmas Spirit returned to my Husband and we went and got and even bigger tree stand. which was tree stand number 3 and are now decorated for Christmas. Oh and Might I add our Christmas tree last year fell over twice. 

This would be before the Tree Fell