Our 6 Month Update

We are excited to meet our little Raelyn Grace in just a few months!

6 months... for the last few weeks when people would ask how far I was I would answer 6 months. Sure- it was an exaggeration but it is such a huge milestone for me and it couldn't come soon enough. Well now I can officially say I am 6 months. I guess I'll probably start rounding up to 7 months since I'm practically there. ;)

The last few months have seemed to crawl by and fly by. It's been filled with anxiety, prayers, daily heartbeat checks, beautiful ultrasounds, amazing little baby kicks, and the start of a baby bump!

 

With every milestone I reach I love this little baby more and more. But I also feel the need to protect myself from an even greater heartbreak. I remember at 20 weeks I decided enough was enough and I was going to start celebrating every second of this pregnancy. Every second gave me an opportunity to experience something I had never experienced before. I remember at my 9 week ultrasound (a big milestone for us) just seeing what looked like a little turtle wiggling its limbs. I could not take my eyes of the screen. It was so amazing. Again at 14 weeks we could see the limbs, the heart, the organs, and we could see our little girl dancing around. My 21 week ultrasound BLEW MY MIND. I could not believe the detail. The tech took us through and showed us all the organs, the different parts of the brain, and the heart. We got to watch as this little monkey swung her feet up to her head and just kinda hung out like that (I maybe drank a little too much orange juice before the appointment haha).

9 weeks

21 weeks

I started feeling kicks around 15 weeks. I was sitting at work and I could feel a little twitch in my intestine. It was really weirding me out so I mentioned this to my sister. It never even crossed my mind that it could be our baby kicking. Within the next few weeks it got stronger and stronger and by 21 weeks Bradyn got to feel her for the first time. I will never forget the look of shock on his face as he got to experience that for the first time.

My sweet mother-in-law threw me my first ever baby shower. It was so amazing and so fun to celebrate our sticky bean with our family.

As my gift to our baby girl I made her a blessing dress. The fabric is the same as the temple dress my mom made for me when I got married. 

We are surrounded by such wonderful family and friends and we are so grateful for all the prayers said in our behalf. We are so excited for the upcoming months and can't wait to start this next adventure in our life!