Wednesday's Weekly Wonders

This week I am thankful for:

*Family!
-we had a great visit from the Haas's this past weekend and I'm again reminded what a blessing it is to have wonderful, loving and caring family!

-my Mom's safe return from her family reunion in Australia and she will be flying to San Antonio this coming Sunday to spend time with us too!
*Growing baby girl!
-Even though my growing belly can get uncomfortable at times, I am grateful that we continue to move closer and closer to seeing and holding our baby girl!
-tomorrow we enter the 9th month, week 36!!

*God's creation
-we got to visit the San Antonio Zoo this past weekend, hence a couple of great photos that J took(yay hubby!) and we were talking about how amazingly beautiful, interesting and varied God's creation is, kinda blows my mind at times.

week 35 pregnancy update

We are now at week 35!

It's crazy to think that in a couple of days(2 to be exact) we'll be entering the 9th month of pregnancy!!

Front view of week 35 pregnancy photoWhat is our baby girl up to this week?

This week she is weighing in around 5+ to 6lbs this week and is probably close to her full length of what she will be, when she is born. The brain continues to develop at a rapid pace and the lungs are pretty much fully developed and are now producing surfactant, which will help in the exchange of oxygen once she is born.

How is Mommy doing this week?
I have to admit that there are now some times during the day when I am starting to feel more uncomfortable, but overall I still feel really good! My stomach seems to have ballooned out even further and has started to drop lower.

That's all for now :)

Texas weekend

This past weekend Dad and Mom Haas came to visit, we had a great time together. On Saturday we went exploring in a little town, Boerne, located half an hour outside of San Antonio.
We toured the market and downtown area and found many interesting things to take pictures of, enjoy!

Haas family...

Some flowers...

Baby turtles...I really wanted one :)

Beads and Crafts...

More Corpus Christi pics

some new art and art in progress

Two new ones that I just started....

Wednesday's Weekly Wonders

1 Chronicles 5:20-...He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.

I want to PRAISE God for answered prayers:

1.)A great pregnancy and an active little girl, it's such a miracle to feel her move and we can't wait to see her and hold her.

Here is week 34 pregnancy photo, getting big!!!!

2.)Jason got TWO more papers accepted to another great conference, one paper was his master's thesis work, awesome! Perfect timing to get more papers accepted, as Jason will be doing his prelim exam for his PhD in September!! This conference, around the end of November 2009, will be in Hawaii! yes, this will be the second time that J gets to go to Hawaii in two years, we'll see what happens in regards to baby H and myself mayyyyyybbbbbbeeeeeeeeee joining him :) :) :)

3.)Today J gave a demonstration at his internship work and I'm so grateful that it went well and for the experience he is getting!

4.)For great doctor's reports back regarding my Pa's health!

Prayer Request:

Lastly, I would like to ask everyone to be praying for J's cousin, Grant, who has been sick for a while now. Our hearts ache for God to heal him and it's been a really rough time for him and his family, please keep them all in your prayers.

week 34, pregnancy...

COUNTDOWN:
Hopefully less than 6 wks to GO!!

J and I at the San Antonio minor league baseball game, it was HOT!

We had a lovely fourth of July weekend, including lots of relaxing, grilling, swimming, fireworks and a baseball game.

J and some of the interns(from R to L):
Jason, Allen, Luke, Brooks, Ken

J celebrating being done with the contract workSTEAKS-was delicious!What is baby H up to this week?

At week 34, her liver is nearly fully developed and has started to process small amounts of waste. She is weighing in around 5lbs-5+lbs and could be as tall as 20 inches this week. Her fingernails have reached the tip of her fingers, good thing I brought a baby nail clipper with to San Antonio.
How is Mom doing?
I am getting more and more READY for her to come, though I definitely want her to hang in there for a couple more weeks. Sometimes it feels like she is settling into a head down position, although every once in a while I think she moves out of that position and definitely favors the right side of the uterus.-see photo :)- we think that bump is her little bottom!I will have another ultrasound in two and a bit weeks to confirm her position and get another estimate on her size and weight and probably get an estimate of when her delivery will be.

We are also getting really excited for Dad and Mom Haas to come and visit this week!!!

Wednesday's Weekly Wonders

This week I am grateful and praising God for:

Jason officially being done with his contract work.
We are super excited to have a whole evening to spend together. We got some steaks on sale at the grocery store and plan to grill out and celebrate! Thanks to God for providing and helping J finish well.

J having Friday off and a long weekend to spend with him.

My biweekly check up going very well, our lil girl's heart beat is strong, around 155 bts/min. In three weeks we will have another ultrasound to determine her approximate weight and position, hopefully she will have settled head-down by then.

It's been interesting to see the differences in hospitals from IL to TX, in TX it is customary to have 3-4 ultrasounds, where I was only going to have 1-2 in IL. I'm not sure if I think it's necessary to have SO many if you are not having complications, but I guess, better safe, than sorry...?

We could use some prayers for getting some more hospital and insurance issues worked out, our IL insurance is 'different', I suppose. We've had some problems with the hospital/lab not billing our insurance correctly and it's been a bit frustrating week after week, so we hope to get that completely sorted out soon.

Happy 4th July to y'all!
I hope it is a fun, warm and festive time for all, as well as a time to celebrate and be grateful for all the wonderful blessings that each of us have in our lives!

Psalm 150:1-2, 6

Praise God in his sanctuary
praise him in his mighty heavens
Praise him for his acts of POWER
praise him for his SURPASSING GREATNESS
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord!

new art

week 33 pregnancy update, less than 7 wks to go!

We are now at week 33!
The countdown is getting more and more fun!

week 33 pregnancy photo:

What is baby H up to these days?
She is coming close to being the full length that she'll be when she arrives, around 19 or so inches and still steadily gaining weight, any where from 4.5-5lbs this week.
This week her brain is also developing at an amazing speed, increasing her head size by as much as 3/8th of an inch!!

Mommy Update:
I'm still doing well, feeling a little more tired and inflexible than before, but trying to keep up with my yoga and stretching. My amniotic fluid is at the utmost max it will get, from now on out she will get more and more cramped, which will hopefully make her want to come out :) jk


I will have my next appointment this Wednesday and will hopefully preregister at the hospital I'll be delivering at too.

Just in case you are wondering.....

Jason and I tried this Passion Fruit ice cream, it was very creamy, rich and sweet with a good passion fruit flavor, I think the only thing I would change is to have it be a bit more tangy(more of the real fruity flavor) but I would still give it an 4.5 out of 5!