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Alexa as of Thursday Oct. 30th!

Alexa made her big debut on October 28th 2008 at exactly 12:04 p.m.! It was the most wonderful experience ever! She weighed in at 8 lbs. 7 ounces and a whopping 22 1/4 inches long! The nurses didn't believe how long she was at first and thought they mis-calculated! She is the best little baby and she only cries when she is really needing something! We havn't figured out her cries yet but I know we will soon! I'm feeling great and actually got to leave the hospital the following day! The labor and delivery was hardly labor (in my case..at least) and everything went perfectly!

These are the lastest pictures of baby Alexa as of October 30th at 2:15 p.m. and as you can see she already looks different! We all think she is just the cutest and sweetest thing there ever was! Stay tuned for more pictures!

We love you all!

Baby Alexa's Big Debut!

Baby Alexa Update!

Here are the latest and greatest pictures of baby Alexa as of 30 minutes ago! Yes, she is being a stubborn little one and going past her due date! Kyle and I went to a doctor's appointment this morning and nothing has changed...except I am having more contractions;although, they are very irregular! The doctor confirmed today that she is not going to be a huge baby even though she is going past her due date. He said her torso measured in at 37 weeks so that's a great indicator she won't be a giant! Our doctor still didn't want to set a date to be induced yet since nothing has really progressed but we go back Monday and we will set a date then. Even though we didn't get the news we wanted to hear we still got great 3D images of baby Alexa's face...something we've never really seen up close before! I guess she decided to let down her guard just a little bit this time!

Kyle and I both laughed when we saw her face for the first time because we both think she looks almost exactly like I did when I was a baby! She's got the chunky cheeks and the famous Bell nose! We both are getting more and more excited as the days go by and we already thinks she's the most adorable thing ever! I tried to find a good comparison of me as a baby so you all can really see what we're talking about!...

(Cassandra)

(Cassandra)

(Kyle)

Who do you think she looks like?

Still waiting...

Well I'm officially 39 weeks pregnant. We went to another doctor's appointment this morning so that they could tell us that I was still pregnant and they didn't know when I could have the baby! If I don't have her at some point this week...which my due date is Oct. 19th..then they will for sure induce labor towards the end of the following week!....still everyday that goes by feels like it's a long time to wait! Kyle and I are just soo excited! I've gotten different bits of advice on how to hurry up things on my own whether it be from walking a lot or getting a foot massage and at this point I'm willing to try pretty much anything. But everything still looks great we did get to hear her heart beat again today so that was reassuring! Stay tuned for more updates on baby Alexa. If by chance she does come here pretty soon I will try to post pics on the blog as soon as time permits...so keep checking back!

WOW !

Here I am showing off my 8 months pregnant belly! I'm still toting around that belly but somehow it looks twice as huge in the picture! In all my defense...this is a little past 8 months! Needless to say we are all very excited and anxious for baby Alexa to arrive! She could make her big appearance any day now...I'm officially 38 weeks as of today! She is still just as active...especially at night when I'm trying to settle down to go to sleep! Now that she's a lot bigger my stomach at times will look like it's having a seizure all on its own when she really gets to floppin' around in there! At least we know she's an active little one! She is very responsive to sounds and movement! The other day Kyle and some of his friends were shooting off some guns in our backyard and I was just sitting in the house and every time one would go off she would kick at me...which sometimes she aims directly for my ribs and that's hardly a good feeling! The aches and pains of pregnancy have lost their excitement and I'm ready to hold and kiss on my little girl!

Baby Shower

Okay so better late than never but here are some pictures of my wonderful pool bash baby shower back in August that my oh so sweet mother in law threw for me!

Here I am posing next to the themed rubber duck cake. As you all might already know I'm kind of a fan of rubber ducks! I was amazed at how many people came...some didn't even know me personally but they knew Kyle somehow when he was growing up! We are loved! It was a very hot day and ripping open all those presents was making me sweat....not that I'm complaining!

I absolutely love this picture! This is my sweet mooma who made the long drive all the way to Osage Beach to come to my baby shower...and she even came early to help set up for the festivities! I also need to make a shout out to the rest of my family who also made the trek to come to the baby shower and I'm so glad they did because I had a blast and it was so fun hanging out with them before and afterwards!

Here is the swollen sweaty version of me and my mooma and grandma Weekes! I was extremely flattered when I discovered that my grandma and my cousin Jenny came all the way (like a 1 1/2-2 hour drive) just to come to my baby shower! I still feel oh so loved! Not only did they drive all that way but then after the festivities were over they still drove home that night! Talk about sacrifice!