Letter

Dear Samantha,

Mommy love you so much already, I was looking through all the clothes your aunt and grandma already bought for you and let me tell you your going to be one fashionista little lady! I cant wait to dress you up and show you off to the world... You daddy says no more clothes but blah to him right hehe... I really hope you have a ton of hair since you have been causing mommy so much heartburn since the day we knew you were coming, plus all the little headbands and bows I have for you will be so cute with hair!

Your nursery is about half way there, grandpa painted it for you so you have nice new walls... we are working on the furniture right now. We have a comfy rocker all set up for you so we can rock you to sleep and mommy can nurse you. We all cant wait to meet you but stay in there till your good and ready to join us out here. Daddy hopes you have mommy cheeks so he can pinch them so beware, he is a sneaky one your dad.

I'm sorry if you got scared when mommy was at the hospital. But we wanted to make sure you were ok in there. You made everyone so happy to feel you moving around and your aunt and grandma were thrilled to feel you kick! Your gonna be a little tap dancer, with those strong kicks Missy I can tell.

We all love you so much and cant wait to meet you this spring!! oh and PS I hope your enjoying all the OJ you have been wanting these days!

21 Weeks and my L&D visit

Well I ended up in L&D on Sunday, but not for the baby. She is perfect,kicking like crazy...ahh I love her so much! I woke up on Sunday morning with indescribable pain in my lower back...I went to the hospital, they think it was kidney stones, I was kept over night, The pain is gone but I don't think I passed the stone but only time will tell I guess. The good part of being in L&D is I got to see Samantha again and hear her heartbeat alot since they monitor you all the time.

Here I am at 21 weeks

**How far along? 21 Weeks

**Total weight gain/loss:Up 7lbs

**How Big is Baby?: A Banana
**Maternity clothes? yup

**Stretch marks? None yet ( crosses fingers!)

**Sleep: Cant get enough! but getting more uncomfortable

**Best moment this week: Knowing everything is fine with Sami even though I was in the hospital
**Movement: like crazy!! Total tap dancer

**Food cravings: Still OJ

**Gender:My sweet baby girl!

**Labor Signs: Nope Thank God

**Belly Button in or out? out

**What I am looking forward to: getting our shower list together

**Weekly Wisdom: drink tons of water!!

**Milestones: feeling alot more movement!

Happy Chanukah!!

Well here I am at 20+ weeks, We have had a busy week! We went for our 20 week checkup and anatomy scan on Tuesday....she is still a girl! We got definite girl at both scans so go go team pink!!Everything looks great and right on track...she weighs 11 oz, I am up 7lbs so not too bad...

We are just so in love with our little girl, I never thought I would love someone so much as I do and I haven't even met her yet. She is kicking and moving like crazy it is the most amazing feeling in the world!

Girl clothes are too cute and I told Frank he needs to get a second job because everything is just adorable....

Tonight is the first night of Chaunkah, we will have dinner at my moms on Sunday for the holiday , but our menorah is up and ready to go....its great being half breeds you get the best of both worlds...

I leave you with the newest pic of Samantha! Here she is at 20 weeks!

19 Weeks!

Wow I cant believe I am 19 weeks pregnant..one more week and this little girl is half baked!! We painted the nursery this weekend and all the furniture came in... Frank and my dad built on of the pieces....3 more to go ....everything is coming together so nicely... Next week I have our anatomy scan, cant wait to see our princess again!!

**How far along? 19 Weeks
**Total weight gain/loss:Still up 5lbs
**How Big is Baby?: A Mango

**Maternity clothes? yup
**Stretch marks? None yet ( crosses fingers!)
**Sleep: Cant get enough!
**Best moment this week: Feeling our little girl kick!!

**Movement: much more now, even feeling kicks
**Food cravings: OJ, Clementines, and knishes
**Gender:My sweet baby girl!
**Labor Signs:hopefully not for another 20 weeks
**Belly Button in or out? out
**What I am looking forward to:Our anatomy scan next week
**Weekly Wisdom: don't let people get under your skin
**Milestones: she is moving like a little dancer in there!

17 weeks!

So we are 17+ weeks along on the baby train, and we couldn't be happier...our sweet baby girl is growing faster and stronger each day. I love going to the doctors to see her and hear her heartbeat...seeing her grow on the screen on the u/s makes me realize how close we are to holding her in our arms...All my life I wanted a daughter, a little girl and God gave me and Frank what we wanted, we are so blessed words cant describe it, or the feeling I have when my husband holds my belly and talks to her inside of me.

There is a quote from "Wicked" which totally describes our life right now " Because happy is what happens when all your dreams come true" I truly am enjoying every second of being pregnant, watching my belly grow, even with my ugly belly button is just amazing to know I'm carrying a person a little person in there. I never knew I could love someone so much and not even met them yet. Samantha, Mommy and Daddy love you so much already, you keep growing and getting stronger in there and we cant wait to bring in April with you here with us!!

Here I am at 17 weeks- don't mind my face I have no clue whats up with it...I guess what they say is true, girls do suck the beauty from you!

**How far along? 17 weeks 3 days

**Total weight gain/loss:Up 5lbs

**How Big is Baby?: A Onion
**Maternity clothes? yup

**Stretch marks? None yet ( crosses fingers!)

**Sleep: alittle better these days, but wanting more then what I'm getting

**Best moment this week: confirming that Samantha Grace is on the way

**Movement: just starting...cant wait for those kicks to start

**Food cravings: Still Knishes and OJ

**Gender:My sweet baby girl!

**Labor Signs:I hope not

**Belly Button in or out? out

**What I am looking forward to:THANKSGIVING

**Weekly Wisdom:get more sleep

**Milestones: the baby is forming sleeping patterns

16 weeks!

**How far along? 16 weeks!
**Total weight gain/loss:Up 4lbs
**How Big is Baby?: A Avocado

**Maternity clothes? yes, only my regualr sweats still fit
**Stretch marks? None yet ( crosses fingers!)
**Sleep: alittle better these days
**Best moment this week: starting to shop for the baby
**Movement: starting to feel what I think is the baby
**Food cravings: Knishes and OJ
**Gender: Girl....get confirmation on 11/18
**Labor Signs:I hope not
**Belly Button in or out? out
**What I am looking forward to: 11/18 find out for sure if we have a girl cookin
**Weekly Wisdom:eat, eat, eat
**Milestones: Baby can now hear us from the inside!

Big News!

So we went for a ultrasound on Saturday... Its a girl! We are over the moon, we wanted a little girl so badly! they tech said 85% but I knew girl from day one! We go back the the doctor on the 25th to confirm but man are we excited!