26 Weeks

I wonder sometimes if we have a future jazz dancer in my stomach with how much this little girl moves! She is ALWAYS moving and punching and kicking. I decided to start monitoring her most active hours, in hopes that it will give me a clue of when she will sleep after being born. Good luck with that, right?!

Our 4D sonogram is this Saturday, and we are SO excited to see Gianna's beautiful little face. Our appointment is at 1:00pm, which is good because in the afternoon she is the most active between 12:30pm and 2:30pm. Then she falls asleep and is active again from 4:00-4:30. She's always moving at least a little bit all day and night, but during the afternoon I feel the strong jabs that almost throw me forward in my chair. Soon she will be bigger and not able to move so freely in her cramped quarters, so I guess I should start looking forward to feeling those jabs in my ribs. Haha!

At 26 weeks, Gianna is now:
Opening and closing her eyes
Moving her head back and forth in the womb
Growing hair on her head
Growing fat under the loose baby skin
She has all her fingernails and toe nails now
Her brain tissue and neurons are rapidly developing

The best part is that she can now hear not only me, but Daddy and anyone else that is around me a lot! I have noticed that she is responding with kicks to loud noises that don't stop.

When we went for a drive the other day in the MG it was so loud that she was kicking and protesting the whole time. It actually made me uncomfortable to be in the car because I felt like I was torturing her, and instead of enjoying the open air ride, I was worrying about her sitting in my stomach terrified! Poor baby!

Last night I took a jacuzzi bath and she was protesting at the sounds of the jet rumbling, so I ended up just turning them off and soaking in the tub the regular way. She reacted the same way to the jacuzzi the last time I took one a few weeks ago. Jebo thinks it hilarious. We are always in the bathroom at night at the same time, so he always laughs when I turn the jets off, and asks me, "Puddi's kicking?" (Puddi is our nickname for Gianna. Like- Puddy in your hand.)

I'll have to get her used to these noises because I'm sure I'll be soaking in the jacuzzi a lot more in these last few months of pregnancy, and I certainly plan on going for more drives in the MG and enjoying the spring weather!

98 days until Gianna's due date!

Bracelet & Headbands

We bought Gianna the cutest headbands from ETSY, which were delivered last week.

They are really soft and stretchy and will fit from newborn to adult. I even tried one on. They are SO adorable.

I can't wait to do one of many photo shoots of her at home in these headbands with big fluffy tutu's or really cute dresses to match the headbands! What a princess!

Here's how they look on a baby:


Here is her collection, so far:

Her new ladybug bracelet that will fit newborn to 6 years (the lady at ETSY threw in an elephant bracelet too) :

Bible reading

They say it is good to read to the baby in the womb, and if you read a book over and over it will actually be the baby's favorite book when born. I have a ladybug book I'm going to start reading to her nightly and a few other bedtime books, but for now we have just been reading the Bible to her.

Since November of 2008, when we found out we were pregnant, we started reading our daily devotional and Bible out loud every night. Gianna is always still when I read the Bible, but then goes back to her normal active self when we stop reading it. It's so cute. She's still when Gods word is being read. Who knows- maybe by the time she is able to talk, she will be able to quote scripture!

I can't think of a better book for her to be able to quote, or have memorized. The Bible is the only book that matters. =)

Giannas Rug

We found the perfect rug this weekend. Here it is:

The room color looks so different during the day when it's bright outside, verses how it looks at night when the lights are glowing. I love the contrast! Light and airy during the day, warm and cozy at night.

The cats have still been good about not being curious about her room. I haven't caught any of them trying to get in the crib yet. They do like the rug, however.

Right now we don't have a non-skid pad under it yet, so the cats like to run and slide into it across the room. Every morning the rug is pushed to the wall. Funny! They won't be able to do that once the pad is there.

Poor little kitties have all the fun taken away from them. Haha! I'm just happy then have 0% interest in the crib. Hopefully they will be the same way with the co-sleeper we put in our room.

We have less then 2 weeks until our 4D sonogram. We're SO excited to see her face.

Gianna's room

Gianna's room is almost done.

We are just waiting for her white leather glider chair to be delivered, and I'm still looking for the perfect white rug for the floor.

Exciting!!!

Crib:

I made these ladybug themed letters:

Dresser/changer:

6 month baby belly

Born with a Silver Spoon in her mouth...

My Aunt Donna decided that Gianna should be "Born with a Silver Spoon in her mouth", so she sent her one. Not just any spoon, either. A spoon from Tiffany's.

Normally, when you hear "Born with a Silver Spoon", you think of a spoiled rich kid who's had everything handed to them. Inherited wealth. Someone born into a wealthy family is said to have "been born with a silver spoon in his mouth". As an adjective, "silver-spoon" describes someone who has a prosperous background or is of a well-to-do family environment.

Our friends Morgan and Kate recently told us there is also a health benefit to children being fed with a silver spoon. Silver actually has beneficial healing and anti-disease properties.

Silver ions and silver compounds show a toxic effect on some bacteria, viruses, algae and fungi, typical for heavy metals like lead or mercury, but without the high toxicity to humans that are normally associated with these other metals.

So, the main reason these children were fed with a silver spoon, fork, etc. was for health benefits, that only the wealthy families could afford.

My Aunt Donna already has plans to buy her a silver bowl from Tiffany's to go with the spoon. She also said she will be buying her a comb and a brush in silver, although I'm not sure there are any health benefits for your hair being brushed with silver. Haha!

The card says:

Dearest Gianna,

Mangia...

With all my Love,
Aunt Donna

Thanks again for the spoon Aunt Donna. Not only will she be spoiled by everyone, but she'll be healthy also!

Painted Closet

Our painters came this weekend and painted Gianna's closet.

We removed the doors and made it a "nook" for her changing table/dresser combo. The drapes around the closet match the drapes on the windows. They are all tied back with ladybug ribbon.

I'm pleased with the results. Now we can start getting the furniture!!!

New bathroom for Gianna

Our painters came this weekend to paint Gabs old blue bedroom, light yellow like the baby's room. It looks much better. I'll post those pics when the room is done. I have to put all of the furniture currently in Gianna's room into Gab's old room so I can start decorating the nursery.

We also painted Gab's old green bathroom gray and decorated it with more feminine items since it will be a girls bathroom now. Plus- at least the walls are gray now, so if we have a boy in the future, we can work with the color on the walls still.

Here's the new bathroom:


The way it used to look:

Better, right?

5 month baby belly

Enjoy!

Scare the baby?

Yesterday Jebo and I were watching a movie at home. We have a speaker system in our family room, which makes it feel like your in a theatre when you watch movies. You feel vibrations and everything.

We happened to be watching an action packed movie yesterday that had lots of "booms" and "crashing" that our daughter didn't seem to like too much. At the really loud parts she started flopping and kicking, but then when it would quiet down she would be still. It was so cute.

Later we went to Church at McLean Bible and the worship in the beginning is really loud like a concert so she was flopping and kicking at first for that also. It didn't last long because I was singing so it calmed her down to hear my voice mixed in with the booms.

She was pretty active yesterday because she was kicking even when we were in bed watching the Oscars. Soon she will be bigger and those kicks will hurt! Great! Haha!

Baby Name

Jebo and I have said for a long time that we will name our daughter Corinthia Jolie. Recently, everyone has been telling us what they plan to call her for short. Some say "CJ", others say "Cori", and a few like "Corin". The only shortening of Corinthia we like is Corin, but we know we can't stop people from calling her whatever they want for short if that's what we name her.

With that in mind, we have decided to look at other names. Names that couldn't be butchered and shortened into names we don't like. Aside from Corinthians in the bible, we don't hold an affinity to the name. All "Corinthia" means is "Woman of Corinth." We initially liked it because Jebo proposed to me reading 1 Corinthians 13, and we also had the reading at our wedding. "Love is patient, Love is kind..."

The other night Jebo and I looked around online at little girl names, and we both really like Gianna. It means "God is gracious, or Gift from God." So far, that is our favorite, and it's short enough that hopefully people won't try to butcher it. I mean- it's only 3 syllables. I think everyone can handle pronouncing Gianna without thinking it's too long, right? My name is Angela- 3 syllables and everyone does just fine with that. So- for the record- her name will not be Gia or Anna. It will be GIANNA if that's what we 100% decide on.

Jebo likes that name the most, and he calls her that every time we talk about her. Convincing Daddy of another name could be hard, so hopefully I don't find any others I like more. =)

Baby Jebo & Baby Angela

I was looking through some old pictures, and found these really cute ones of Jebo & I as wee-little ones. Our daughter is going to be such a cute baby!

Little babies:


Us a little older- with Hair. Yey!:

It's a GIRL!

Foot:


Here you can see her "vajay jay" between her legs:


We had our 19 week Anatomy Sonogram today. They looked at her brain, feet, hands, heart, spine, face, arms, legs, stomach, bladder and genitals. Everything is perfect. She is a GIRL- just what we have been praying for. We are elated!

After the doc checked out all of her parts, she let us take a video. The whole time the doctor was checking the Anatomy, our little girl was sleeping with her hands clenched in fists over her eyes. Is it bright in the womb, sweet baby of ours? It was so cute!

Right when Daddy started to video she started moving all around. She had hiccups so it looked like she was jumping. It was so sweet to watch her. She is getting so big, and we are 1/2 way closer to meeting her. Only 19-20 weeks left before we see her face to face!

We love you little girl.

Here's a video of her hopping around. ***PAUSE THE MUSIC AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE BEFORE PLAYING THE VIDEO***


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Shot from above of her face and 2 little arms up by her face:

19 weeks!

Last night when I was sitting on the couch I felt jabs coming from my stomach that I thought were gas bubbles. They were like small little "pops". I soon realized this was our baby kicking/moving around.

Later when I got into bed and was still, I felt the jabs again around every 30 seconds. It was the coolest feeling, and it had me picturing her tiny little hands and feet exploring the womb. Finally after about 20 minutes of feeling her moving around, I said "OK Baby. It's nite-nite time now." After that she was still. She's already such a good baby!

They say right about now, she is growing the hair on her head, she is 6 inches long, and her teeth are forming under her gums. I'm going to have the doctor confirm her length at our sonogram tomorrow.

I'm at my desk right now and I have been feeling her jabs on and off since I arrived this morning. The feeling is very different then the flutters I have been feeling through the pregnancy. I love it! I can't wait until she's a bit bigger, and her daddy can feel her moving too!

Stay tuned for videos and pictures from our sonogram tomorrow.

Love,
JebAngBaby