week 12

we took you on a gorgeous hike this week. you can read about it here. it was a hike we will have to do again little one, only next time when you are out so you can enjoy it more. your brothers had a blast!

it was also halloween this week. we celebrated with lots of candy and friends. you do not love chocolate as much as i do. we need to talk/work on that.

week 11

life is starting to get better, meaning i am starting to feel better. the mornings are better for me then the afternoon/evenings.

i went to V.S. this past week to get re-sized... HOLY COW! with our other pregnancies they grew slowly but with you, you made me jump 2 sizes in 2 months. oh but, that is only on one side. please distribute the wealth evenly babes!

your head makes up nearly half of your body size but don't worry they say your body will catch up in the next few weeks. don't hold your breath on that tho your daddy has a big head {it means he is really smart}.

{you are looking more like a little person, not so alien like}



i hope we get to see you again soon!

week 10

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how big do you think i am... A, B or C?

this week was a fun one baby. daddy got a gift cert in the mail for a $100 dinner. a lady at daddy's work offered to watch your 3 brothers so daddy and i had a nice dinner out with just you. let me just say, you ate well! food has not been my friend this time around but i was not going to let a meal like this pass me by.

this week you are about one and one-quarter inches long and weigh in at .18 ounce. you are growing so much little one!

{the answer is B}

the meaning

many of you have asked what the name quarante semaines means. it means 40 weeks in french. hubby speaks french so it works. we set up this blog when we first found out we were pregnant but still keeping it a secret.

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i need to say a big thank you for all of your wonderful comments, emails, phone calls and facebook messages. it seriously makes me feel so loved and i love re-reading what you wrote, so thank you. we have the best family and friends. this little one is so lucky to join such a loving group!

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and we are going to find out. i am such a planner and if the baby is on time, my boys will be out of school just 2 weeks after the baby is born. what if the baby is late? i am thinking i will want to be ready. so 20 weeks puts us at december 20th. don't you think that is a good christmas gift???

week 9

today was YOUR big day baby. we had our first appointment. i made this appointment around daddy's work schedule and the boys school schedule. it was suppose to be a time for just you, daddy and i. but the night before your oldest brother was sick and throwing up. daddy stayed home with him so it was just the 2 of us at the appointment. i think this is a sign that you will always be fighting for our attention. at the appointment i was able to see you and your heartbeat. it was so exciting and made it a lot more real!

after your appointment we went and got daddy some balloons. we had to give him a surprise since he could not come. i then went and got your brother from school for him to take the balloons into daddy's office {dad was still at home with your oldest bro. he was going to see them after lunch.}. the ladies in daddy's office were very excited and thought this was his first time finding out about you, he he.

our secret is getting out, even more people are getting excited to meet you little one!

update: daddy said the last balloon standing is a pink one. i do not want to find out what you are until may 9th, daddy feels different. what should we do?

week 8

1 day short of week 9. the first part of this week was BAD! i was not sleeping and in a lot of pain. i called a good friend, a massage therapist and she treated us so well. i left feeling like a new mommy. i decided we need to do that more often. because i was feeling so much better we went and picked 14 bags of apples and made applesauce this week. we also had our friends the sowards come back down so i could teach tiff how to make it. they brought their boat so we had a little fun on that. btw, you loved wake surfing!