zoe marcia blackwell. 7 weeks.

more belly.... :)

these were taken about a month ago, at about 34 weeks...

the growing belly....

since i have yet to update in quite sometime i really am at a loss of where to start, so in order to "start fresh" i will post a plethora of belly pics i have taken over the past months.. :)
shes growing big! our last appointment was last week at 32 weeks, and Zoe was measuring at 4.3 lbs, and covering her face from the camera as if she was pretending to be camera shy!.. we'll see about that one.
we have been busy working on her room (pics and post to come soon!).. and relaxing the last few weeks sans a little baby girl.. we are getting very ansey to meet her and for the next phase in our lives..
enjoy the photos.. i know I'M HUGE ;) im reminded daily.

first prego pic, week 4 , the day after we found out :)....























yes i am eating a carrot here...

33 weeks... and growing...

new look. new feel. new life.

i came to post. i played and designed instead using up all of my evenings time. i am now sleepy. a more fulfilling post to come... i have lots to update blogging land with.
until then.. sweet dreams...i am off to sleepy land.

its a .....

in case no one knows yet... our secret didn't last.. and i haven't blogged in forever.. but we go back in today for our 25 week check up, and i thought id share that is a GIRL... before I come back to blog a BIG photo blog that i've been preparing :)

get ready.... for a baby girl BLACKWELL :)

todays the day!!!!

Today marks the glorious day we will learn the sex of our baby!! we are so excited we can barley sit still!!! :)

last night I dreamt that I gave birth to a 1.5 year old baby girl!!! Not only was she a toddler but she talked!! The first thing she said when she came out was.. “What am I going to wear mommy!” then followed with “ I don’t like pink!” hahaha... ohhh my! does this mean I’m creating a monster!? Probably.

As most of you already know there will be no post announcing the sex of the baby until AFTER the wedding. We will be officially announcing the baby’s gender at the wedding with all of the family present. (we’ve gotta have a little fun with it)…. This being said we have many friends and family members who don’t believe we can really keep a secret ;) Those of you that truly know Marc and I know that of course… people thinking we CAN’T keep a secret will make us want to keep it EVEN MORE!! We are stubborn :)

I will post again tonight with the new 18 week baby photo and any new updates from the Dr.!

And.. I will leave you now with some belly pics over the past few weeks… enjoy!

15 weeks. new york city.


16 weeks.


18 weeks.

12 weeks. 2 days.

today marks 12 weeks and 2 days, almost finished with the first trimester!


belly at 12 weeks, 2 days:
the doctor tested for down syndrome by checking the thickness of the back of the baby's neck. he said anything under 3 was good, and our little one was in between 1.1 and 1.3 :)
they took a TON of blood from mamma, to check for my bill of health, and for the rest of the down syndrome tests. the baby was moving quite a bit, which was SO fun to see! when the dr. put the camera on the baby he or she was looking straight into the camera! we let the baby chill for a min before trying to help him move to see if he would move himself, he did a little... but eventually the doctor was pushing on my belly trying to get the baby to move around! the lil one just moved his arms up and down.. almost as if he was dancing!! it was a very cool interacting moment for us :) here is our 12 week photo so you can see how much the baby has grown!! we are looking forward to our next appointment to POSSIBLY find out the sex, if not then for sure in 6 weeks.