Week 36 pregnancy update!

Today was my ultrasound and I have an announcement to make:

"we have a chunker"

and I mean that in the best possible way...

wk 36, almost 37 pregnancy photoAccording to our ultra sound tech she is weighing in at:
7 lbs 4 ounces at the beginning of week 37.
We got to see part of her face, she still likes to keep her hands over her forehead. She is face down in a good birthing position, but I'm not dilated or thinned out yet. We got to see her tummy and the fat layers around her middle, hee-hee. The tech also said that she had big feet (I guess there is no doubt that she is Jason and mine :) and it was fun to see her swallowing and her fuzzy hair again too!I have two minor prayer requests:

1-my diastolic bld pressure is borderline high and I had some extra lab work done to check things out, please pray that it would be nothing serious.

2-our car has been having loads of issues and we had to have a bunch of work done on it, we are trying not to sink too much more money into it, since we plan on getting rid of it shortly after we return to IL, so please pray that it'll last us till we get back with the baby(mid-end August...then it can die or can continue to live on for someone else :)

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Wednesday's Weekly Wonders

This week I am thankful for:

-For my VERY wonderful and gracious Ma and Pa. For my Mom giving up lots of her time, to come keep me company in Texas and hopefully (soon) await the arrival of baby H. It's such a blessing to have company during the day and someone to help keep me motivated to continue exercising these last couple weeks of pregnancy. I can't forget to mention that my Pa has been equally gracious to let me 'borrow' Ma for this time, as he finishes up his last stretch of work before retirement-Thank you!

-For God's provision. In these hard economic times I'm reminded again and again that God has been SO GOOD to us. I am so thankful that He has provided for graciously and abundantly. We are truly VERY blessed!!

My mom and I went to get groceries, on the way we saw a man standing by the side of the road with a sign that read: "will work for food." It really broke my heart, we got some extra groceries and tried to find him afterward, but to no avail. So I ask that you would join me, as we lift him up in prayer. I decided I'll take that bag of groceries with us on Friday when we go to the doctor and see if he is still there or if we find someone...

-For my AWESOME HUSBAND!-I am so thankful for J, this past semester has really been a crazy, busy and exhausting one with school, research, papers, teaching, contract work and proposals. He has been working insanely hard since then and has not really had much of a break since January. Even now, during the summer, he has been doing his internship and then coming home to work on contract work and now conference paper editing and submissions and soon he has to start work on his prelim preparations.

I just want to say how PROUD I am of him and how much I admire his hardworking attitude and perseverance. Please join me as we lift him up in prayer, that God will continue to guide, bless and give him wisdom for his upcoming PhD prelim exam, as well as his current internship and work on fine tuning his two conference papers.

This weeks pregnancy summary will be posted on Friday, so that I can wait 'till after my ultrasound to give a better update!

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!