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Monday, November 26, 2007

Baby Slaton has a Name!!

After much thought AND I was scared Dustin and I would slip up and accidentally say his name, we decided to tell our family our little boy's name. I was really wanting to hold out till Christmas, but Thanksgiving was a good time. I made a Thanksgiving card to give them that said, "We are thankful for our little boy." Then we had our most recent sonogram pictures scattered around and at the bottom it said his name,
"PRESTON LYLE SLATON"
Lyle is Dustin's middle name and Dustin's father's middle name so he wanted to pass that along to our first born son.
At first, I was scared to go ahead and tell his name because everyone seems to like to voice their opinions. I felt like if someone told me they didn't like his name I would be upset. Dustin and I had "Preston" picked out several years ago so it's a name we were set on. I figure if someone is really rude enough to say they don't like his name, then they must not be much of a friend. Dustin's family said they were going to call him Rufus until we told them the name...so that helped urge us on a little.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

He's 100%





Our last visit to the doctor on November 15th (19wks.), they did another sonogram to check out his organs and his growth. They said that he is growing just like he should and he checked out 100%. What an answer to prayer! We should never take it lightly that God is in control and is taking care of us.
It is very obvious that he has Dustin's nose and on the video we could tell that he probably has Dustin's chin and mouth, too. He's so CUTE!!!

It's a BOY, Pictures



Here are the sonogram shots from my doctor's appointment last month when we found out we have a boy. (October 25th- 16wks.- 4 Months)

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

All Kicks, No Flutters

On November the 4th we were laying in bed about to go to sleep when I felt something toward to right side of my stomach. It felt like a bubble popping or a thump from the inside. Of course I wanted to believe it was the baby's first noticeable kick, but I knew I wouldn't know for sure till I felt it more. Since then I've felt random thumps a few times a day. However, yesterday, around 4:00 while I was laying on the couch trying to relax from a long day, I felt a multiple of thumps toward the middle of my stomach that made me sit up. Woohoo!!! There was no doubt about it...it was most definitely the baby. Then for the next 3-4 minutes I would feel him kick about every 30 seconds. He must have really not liked the way I was balled up on the couch. I got so excited and called Dustin, who was on his way home from seminary. When he got home we laid there for awhile hoping that Dustin could feel him kick, too. We were kind of sad because he never felt him. However, today around 4:00 I was once again laying on the couch and started to feel him kick again. Dustin rushed over and put his hand on my tummy and BOOM!! There it was, he kicked twice. Dustin's face was so cute with this questionable, surprised smile. I was so glad that he got to experience feeling him so soon after I had my 'real' experience. People say that if feels like flutters, but this little boy doesn't flutter, he kicks.

Pregnancy Pictures

I'm having a series of pregnancy pictures made by one of my relatives here in the Sherman area...Wyatt and Theresa Spurgeon. Here is a sample of my 4 1/2 month session. As I get bigger, we'll see more of a progression than just a pooch. It was a lot of fun!!

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Stork Monitor

This past week a friend of mine that I work with let me borrow her professional baby heart rate monitor for my pregnancy. We've had so much fun using it. His heart rate has been between 144-154 bpm. For the most part, we've been finding him over toward my right hip, but last night we had quite a time finding him. I actually started worrying a little. Finally, we found him and he was sitting very low in the middle. I couldn't believe he could have moved so far. Dustin said that he's already learning how to play Hide-and-Go-Seek. My parents were here this weekend and they enjoyed hearing his heart beat. I'm ready for a little more action now. People at school have been asking if I've felt him kick yet, but I think I felt something on Sunday night. I guess we'll just have to see if what I felt was really him when he does start making himself known.

This afternoon my mom told me that the lady she sold 'my' baby bed to in like 1982 still has it and wants mom to have it back. She is so excited to paint it and get it ready for their house. I think that is so cool that our kids will be able to sleep in my old baby bed. What are the odds that someone keeps a baby bed from 1982?

Well, I'm seriously needing to get some more pictures on here, but it may take awhile. I've got way too many projects going on around the house. Plus, our house has lately been a place of sleeping and showering and that's it. Pray that things will slow down a little for us so that I can get some things done.