About 6 weeks pregnant when we were in St. Croix New Years Day... shhh it was still a secret!! (Sighhh, hi skinny self. I didn't appreciate you like I should have!)
Normally you wait 12 weeks to announce, but after we saw the little wiggle worm at 8 weeks it was hard to keep it a secret much longer!
Valentine's Day 2014!
14 weeks was when I really started to feel like I was showing! (Now I think I was insane) but people definitely started with the comments at this point!!
We went to a great place called StorkVision in Brentwood, TN to find out the gender of our little bambino! I can't say enough nice things about them, they were fantastic! After lotssss of back and forth, Sutton Davis Simmons was set! Davis was Jacob's great grandfather's name, and his wife is still with us!
Sutton flexing his muscles when we found out he was a boy!
Aunt Michelle and Uncle Jacob came to visit, and Sutton and Lily Cate got their first picture together! This is the first of about 10 million I am sure!!!
April 7th Sutton was 1/2 way there! I get plenty of comments at this point about my size :) plentyyyy...no really, I get it! I'm showing a lot!
Chaperoning Prom at 22 weeks... what is wrong with me?! It was super fun to remind all of the teenagers as they were leaving the consequences of certain after prom activities though ;)
The last week of April makes 23 weeks!! I definitely feel large and in charge and strangers comment constantly! I can feel him move and kick on a regular basis now though, which is really fun! I'm sure in another 5-10 weeks I will look back and call myself crazy for thinking this is huge! At this point I'm getting some hip and back pain, but overall feeling good and sleeping well! Sleep is actually my #1 favorite hobby. To everyone who had the "magical 2nd trimester" where they felt so energized, I'm jealous!
May 26th- 27 weeks, the last week of the 2nd trimester! Loving that I am out of school for summer and real pants are not required for daily life! Click here for week 27 update
Every week I think I'm hugeeeee.... it's not until I look back at these that I realize I was not, in fact, huge...and now am! See above and below comparison haha
June 30th- It was really weird to me at this point that Sutton would have weighed more than I did at birth! (I was 3.5 pounds). I felt like I had sooo much longer to go, I couldn't imagine him being this early like I was!
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July 21st- It has been awesome being home all summer! I'm sort of dreading working the last 4 weeks, but I really can't complain! I've had 8 weeks to rest and take my sweet (read lazy) time getting everything ready for Sutton!! Sleep is like a unicorn at this point. I want to believe it exists, but at this point I have my doubts. Big guy is getting extremely heavy and my feet, lets and hips feel it constantly! He also continues to hang out in my ribs, which used to just be uncomfortable but now is making breathing pretty difficult. I'm definitely to the point where I feel like I'm about 35 years pregnant, instead of 35 weeks!
Jacob started a radio tour last week, so he will be gone for around 2 months and only home for about 24 hours on the weekends. He's been away basically every week for a few days since around April, but this is the longest stretch for sure! It's definitely been challenging having him gone so much, but I'm so proud of him and even more excited that he gets to live his dream. :) When I tell people this, they look at me like I'm crazy! I'd be lying if I said it's easy and I'm 100% fine with it, but I would much rather miss him and know he gets to do what he loves as a career, than have him here working a job he hates! That's what I signed on for from day 1, and that's what marriage is! It's not easy, but it's definitely worth it!
The anxiety is reallyyyy setting in about delivery at this point, so please pray that he will be here and everything will be stress free! I do not need a dramatic birth story, I'm great with a boring one! I'm dramatic enough for all of us :)
Love,
Caty and Sutton
