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February 6: Preggy Days
February 13: Love Letter
February 20: Feeding Time
February 27: Bonding Time

I guess I'm a few days late--I don't know why I thought this was a Monday meme--maybe the big M on the button that screamed MONDAY at me--Oh well, I'm just a few days off!  This week's theme is Preggy Days--Oh joy!


Lovely, eh?  The picture is small on purpose because you can see tired mama's mega-bra... :)  I did not love weeks 6-14 of my pregnancy with Kate--the nausea was hellacious...  After that, though, I felt like a glowing preggy lady! 

My husband had the brilliant idea to take pictures as my tummy grew... 

Okay, maybe it was my idea--but clearly I wasn't thinking rationally--who wants to look at an exploding belly and a mommy with teacher arms?  And who dressed me--good golly--Teal  makes me nauseous without being pregnant!

Regardless--I have several of these belly shots floating around on different disks and hard drives--who knows which month is which--but I do have them so I can show Kate someday that she actually came from me :)

We named Katie early on--Kate Alexandria--and talked to her throughout the pregnancy--she was a very active baby!  And I couldn't wait to meet her in person...

(We had tried to get pregnant for like 8 years--and when it finally happened, I tried to cherish even the really hard days...)  Because of the breast cancer that I developed after Kate was born, I will not be able to have children again--which is hard to accept, but I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to be pregnant with my little angel!

Here's me at nine months... kidding!  I think I'm into my fourth month here--I started showing early!  But who really wants to show off preggy pictures--don't we really want to show off our baby once she's born!

Those first few months were incredible!  I was incredibly glad to finally have you in my arms with those adorable chunky cheeks...  Love you Kate!

 


Comments

Jan from BetterSpines

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:32:46

Oh Nicole, what beautiful pictures! And you are a cancer survivor too! Ain't life wonderful?

 

Nicole

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:15:39

Hi Jan!

Thanks :) Yep, two time breast cancer survivor... Hallelujah!

 

Stacy

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:09:03

I love, love, LOVE your preggy pictures! You are so stinkin' CUTE! :)

We had Savannah named early on, too - that was one of the reasons we wanted to find out if it was going to be a boy or a girl...I was secretly relieved it was going to be a girl, you know, so I could have a 'little me' running around...that, and hubby had regaled me with stories of him as a child...a little 'mini him' would have been a major handful! (evil grin!!)

Awwww, I didn't know you were a cancer survivor! Makes us cherish our 'one and only' so very much, doesn't it? :)

 

chris

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:43:19

hi! you can still join even its a few days late :D

beautiful pics you got here. i didnt have much preggy pics myself and wished i had more... being preggy is tough but is an amazing journey and is worth it! :)

thanks for joining us again this week. looking forward to your next entries!

 

Lydia @ On The Verge

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:17:50

You are too damn cute! I am so happy to hear you bet the cancer.

 

Anne

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:19:08

Your photos are beautiful. Of course, Kate is adorable, but you look great too.

I had no idea you were a cancer survivor. It can imagine it makes Kate even more precious.

 

Andrea

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:09:29

Love the pics! Thanks for sharing!

 

erin

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:36:39

I think the pics are sweet. I love the belly shots!

 

The Mind of a Mom

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:39:34

The smile on your face in that last pic says it all, no not get me outta this crazy place (teasing)
I love being a mom :o)

 

frogmama

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:14:49

Aw, I love your pictures. Stacy's right--you are so cute! And I am also so so happy to hear you beat the cancer.

I have a pregnancy picture I have been wanting to post. I took it from the view of my head looking down, so it's very Humpty Dumpty-ish. But it looks like I'm not wearing clothes because my huge stomach is covering my shorts (I was just wearing them around the house, trust me!). I'm so close. But can't do it!

 

Nicole

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:07:05

:) *blush* Yep, how lucky am I?


Frogmama, you so have to post that picture! Just go for it :)

 

mrsbear

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:42:07

How cute are you? Aw. My last pregnancy I had a strange fascination with belly pics. I only have a couple myself and none of them are flattering. I love the chubby cheeks on your beautiful baby.

 

Julia

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:19:06

You are totally bold to do this...I think I deleted all pics of me pregnant! Your story has such a happy ending... and that last picture of baby sleeping is definitely what i call "milk drunk."

 

Melinda

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:45:30

love the pics, you are gorgeous!!

 

chris

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:34:50

hi, just wanted to let you know that i got an award for you... :D

http://www.mommyjourney.com/2009/02/love-ya-award.html

 

Elizabeth

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:20:14

That completely cracked me up, for some reason.

 

Robin

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:15:56

Hi Nicole,
Cute pictures and so happy you are a two time breast cancer survivor... Hallelujah and Amen! 8 years was worth the wait for your precious little Kate. Health and happiness always. Have a great weekend! :-)

 



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