22 wks at the BEACH!

Today was my 22 week mark and Don and I are spending it at the beach! Dons parents happened to be taking their camper to Flagler Beach FL, which is between St. Augustine and Daytona, and invited us to tag along. Man oh man did we decide to jump on that. Don and I haven't had a vacation since our honeymoon...and considering that I'm expecting...we thought we might need to go to get some "me and him time" before the little one comes. We've only been here one day and I've already gotten 3 pictures that I wanted to post. :)

all photos by: a.nation

Now, onto Baby Nation and what she is up to this week...
Our baby weighs a whopping pound (prob. more now cuz that's how much she weighed last week at the dr.) and measures nearly eight inches long. She is about the size of a small doll who can now perceive light and dark. She can also hear my voice, my heartbeat, my gurgling stomach, and the whoosh-whoosh of blood circulating through my body. Not to mention the fact that my belly is growing on a daily basis!!!

My Banana needs a dress!!!

Here we are at 21 weeks, and finally knowing what Baby Nation is going to be. This week baby girl is about 7 inches in length and 12 ounces in weight. If I'd like for my baby to have a taste for bananas, then eat up Alison...my amniotic fluid differes from day to day depending on what I've eaten, now that the baby is swallowing amniotic fluid each day, she will be getting a taste of what's on my menu. Her arms and legs are finally in proportion, neurons are connected between brain and muscles, and cartilage within the body is turning to bone. Yeah, grow baby, grow!!
I am excited to say that Don and I are getting ready to head out of state on a well needed VACATION!!! We are leaving this Thursday, July 23rd, and won't be back until next Thursday, July 30th. We are going to Flagler Beach, FL, which is between St. Augustine and Daytona, and we are so looking forward to this time together...alone...for it will be our LAST!

A little GIRL is in our future!!!

Well folks, here I am at 20 weeks!!! And what a difference there is in my last photo of myself and today. I've grown A LOT!!!
If any of you have not heard the news, Don and I are expecting a little GIRL!!! Oh yeah, I am totally excited. I have wanted a little girl ever since I was old enough to care about things like that. What are we going to name her? Well, as I have said in previous post...her name will be
Capri Violet Grace Nation. There is a song by Colbie Caillat called Capri, and everyone that reads my blog should totally find this song and listen to it. This song is what inspired me to name my baby girl Capri, it's such a beautiful song.
So I have a small story to tell about myself. If you don't know, Don and I lived in Clarksville, TN while I attended Austin Peay. Before Don and I got married, I lived in the dorms and had a roomed with Krista for a semester. Well, she made this elephant a few months ago (in blue and white to go with her unknow baby on the way) and posted it onto her blog. I fell in LOVE!!! (being the elephant lover that i am) She told me to pick out a color scheme that I would like and she would make me one as well. I picked out the colors; pink, green, brown, and white....really girly colors. Once we found out that we were both pregnant, whithin days apart, she asked if I would want her to wait until I knew the sex of the baby before she made it for me. Now that we know, it is really ironic that I picked out the color scheme of my nursery before I even knew I was pregnant!!!

We're having a mango!!!

So here I am at 19 weeks along!!! Even though my stomach is growing and I can now feel Baby Nation inside me, it still seems so unreal. I can not believe that Don and I are going to be parents!!!
And talk about excitement for our upcoming appointment on the 13th, that is just 8 days away. I can not wait to find out what little Baby Nation is going to be! We can finally decide on a name and stop calling it an "IT". This week baby is 6 inches long and a half pound in weight. And it is starting to hear and learn the sound of my voice along with others. What an amazing journey this baby stuff is!