pregnancy is my excuse

wow. i guess you can say it's been awhile since i last blogged.
almost a month ago.
oops.
pregnancy is my excuse.

so now i will attempt to update you on our lives these days.
things have been mostly good around the fusch household.
we have begun to prepare for the arrival of baby fusch.
my parents came over last weekend to help paint the nursery.
as you some of you know, one of our bedrooms acts as a closet/getting ready room for me.
(blake uses the closest that is actually in the master bedroom.)
well we decided to make the nursery the room i use as a closet so i had to switch EVERYTHING over to the "guest bedroom".
that is what my mom & i worked on most of the time.
the boys- my dad & blake- painted the empty room.
they did such a great job...you would think we hired professionals!
we moved our guest bed into the nursery since it is a fairly big room.
i am quite positive that i will be spending a lot of time there in the near future.
we have ordered our crib, glider & have purchased our stroller.
the room is slowly coming together.
i will be sure to post pictures of the nursery once it's completed.

what else....
i am going on 22 weeks.
only 18 weeks left!
i feel great- completely normal if not better.
baby fusch is kicking like crazy these days.
i feel/see her moving mostly in the mornings & at night.
blake felt her for the first time a couple nights ago.
such a special moment.

i was asked for the first time this past weekend- by a total stranger- when i was due.
i was REALLY excited - it means this baby really is growing inside me!
told her that she made my day.

baby durrett- lyla katherine- is due in less than a month now!
we are so excited to meet her finally.
i know lindsey & jeremy are too.

*buddy bear update*
as most of you know, blake & i rescued a lab/doberman back in june...his name is buddy.
after trying to find him a home for a good month & going through some pretty nasty surgeries, we grew VERY attached to him and decided to keep him.
he is doing absolutely amazing- other than last week when he licked/ate some sort of decaying matter at the park- i won't go into details!
we love this dog more than one can explain & often say there is no dog out there that will ever replace him.
he has become so comfortable with us, our lives & our family & friends.
we find ourselves making plans around buddy- going to restaurants where we can sit outside with him, taking him with us to friend's houses who have dogs, etc.
we are so excited to see him with baby fusch.
i think he is absolutely going to love her & be so protective over her- he is already so good with kids & babies.

on another note: some of you are probably wondering where my baby bump pics are...or maybe you aren't but i am feeling guilty about this so i will mention it anyway.

since i became pregnant, i feel like i have become very laidback, carefree & calm with a lot of things in my daily life including photography & blogging.
stress has been rare which is good because i just don't let things bother me now.
not to say i don't enjoy them anymore but it just doesn't seem a priority these days.
like i said, i guess that is because there is a baby on the way & i have other things on my mind.
it took me until week 17 to get started on my pictures/journaling of my pregnancy.
i still have to edit all the pictures so eventually they will be up but i can't make any promises. ;o)
at least blake & i will have them...right!?

well that is all i've got.
overall- life is great & i feel VERY blessed to say the least.

oh and i am sooooo excited for all my friends who are about to have a baby, who are due around the same time as me, or are due soon after me. you are all in my prayers. what a fun journey we get to experience together!

happy tuesday!

week 34: baby durrett

week 33: baby durrett

it's getting close!!! isn't she beautiful!

week 32: baby durrett

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!

we finally had our 18 week appointment this morning.
we had all the major testing done on our baby & momma & everything looks perfect.

as you can see, we found out that baby fusch is a precious little girl! ;o)
YIPPPPPEEEEE!!!
we are extremely excited & feel very blessed to be having a healthy baby girl as our first child.
words cannot describe the emotions we felt during this visit.
it was different than any other, of course, especially since she is getting bigger & bigger.
the doc went over the entire body, bones, heart, brain, kidneys, etc to double check that all was developing the way it should.
it was truly amazing seeing so much on this tiny baby.

up until this point, i have not really felt pregnant to be honest.
i never really had many symptoms so finding out the sex & seeing so much of the baby today was absolutely surreal.
i simply have a hard time understanding how anyone can witness what i saw today & not believe in our God & His amazing creation.
it brings tears to my eyes every time i think about our baby & that i really do have a tiny human growing inside of me-
AND i am beyond grateful for this journey that blake & i have been chosen to take together.

SOME BABY FUSCH FACTS:
she weighs about 9 ounces right now & is about the size of a sweet potato.
her heart beat was 150 bpm.
she was VERY active- doing flips & kicking my stomach although i haven't felt that yet but should any day!

below are a few pics from today's visit at the doctor.

isn't she lovely?!

week 31: baby durrett

week 30: baby durrett

i must have the cutest nephew ever.

look how adorable my nephew jett is...everything about him.

i can't get over it.

i love him OHHHH so much!

week 29: baby durrett

welcome jett

my sister delivered her first baby today.
jett elijah thurman was born on september 24, 2009 @ 1:54 pm.
he weighed in at 9 pounds 12 ounces.
measured at 21 3/4 inches long.

he was a BIG one!

mom and baby are both healthy and doing well.
they should be coming home sometime on saturday afternoon.
i will keep you posted on any news.

thank you all for your prayers & support over the last couple of days.
we couldn't have asked for a smoother delivery!

check out just a few of the pics i took today.
such a perfect, beautiful baby boy!
praise the LORD!