The result of too many cookies

Here's a blurry picture of me and Baby Boy Spruiell at 28 weeks and 4 days (today).

Since I'm your typical Type A personality I've been keeping close watch on all of mine and my baby's stats: blood pressure, heart rate, glucose levels, and of course....weight. My doctor is at the point where she chuckles when I bring out my stats book to record all of the numbers at each appointment.

I had a doctor's appointment today (which I now refer to as "Weigh-in Day") and was getting pretty nervous considering I've made two trips to Texas this month (airline food coupled with Tex Mex does not a pretty figure make) and I recently have acquired a craving for chocolate chip cookies. To top it all off, Mike brought home a package of Mike and Ike's candies, as well as, a chocolate marshmellow heart for me last night. What a nice man, I know. I not so politely informed him that although the gesture was sweet (no pun intended), it was before my Weigh-in Day. Then he watched me throw all logic out the door and devour all of it in a matter of minutes.

So I get to my appointment this morning and guess what??? 1.25 pounds gained in one month. YES! That's like record-setting for me. Seriously, my monthly average weight gain is usually way above that so logic would say either 1) the scale was off or 2) next month will not be very good but whatever! My "pregnancy brain" tells me that eating bad worked. So when I got back to the office I marched right across the street and bought myself a chocolate chip cookie to celebrate.

Lesson learned.

Hunter's Cousin

You asked for it....a picture of Baby Spruiell (aka Hunter's cousin) and I taken TODAY in the women's bathroom at work. :)

We are 27 weeks and 4 days along....that's right about the beginning of our 7th month and 3rd trimester.

Someone made a comment to me this morning that sorta took me aback: "So....wow...when are you due? You MUST be ready to have it NOW right?" What??? I'm really not THAT large at all. I informed him that I feel great and still have 3 months to go. It is really too early for comments such as these.

That being said, I do feel great! I have minor complaints but nothing I cannot easily remedy. All in all, I think Mike is a pretty lucky guy b/c I'm not one of those crazy, insane, pregnant women you see and hear about...........yet.

And how's the baby? He's doing well too! We haven't had a doctor's appointment in about 3 weeks but if I were to judge by kicks alone, I'd say he's a regular David Beckham. The other night we were laying in bed - I was staring at my belly moving (a regular nightime ritual of mine) while Mike was reading his blackberry (a regular nightime ritual of his) when my belly moved so much that Mike could see it out of the corner of his eye! I REALLY wish I had a little camera inside there to see what in the world the little guy is up to. I'm convinced he's playing some sort of game inside there. What's a boy game? Like cowboys and indians or something of that nature.....

Hunter Joseph is here!

Yeah, yeah...I know this is late but "better late than never" right??


The most exciting thing that happened over our holiday break was that our baby's older and very first boy cousin arrived just in time to close out 2008.


Mike's brother (Erik) and his fiance (Kate) delivered their healthy and beautiful baby boy on December 29th, 2009.

There were a lot of talks about 'does he have the Spruiell nose?' 'what about the Spruiell head?' Well, y'all can judge for yourself. All I know is he is a cutie!

This is actually a picture from this week...he's already a whopping 11 pounds!

Welcome to the world Hunter. Baby S cannot WAIT to play with you!

Where oh where have I been?

If you guessed 'on an airplane' then you are probably right. Holy moley it has been a while! I have so many updates but between the holidays and other personal travel, I haven't had much time to update the blog. I greatly apologize for that but promise that when I get the chance it will be a big update! I need to update y'all on Thanksgiving in Seattle, Christmas in Houston, my baby shower in Houston, and Rosemont Reunion 2009 ("RR09") in San Antonio...not to mention this cute little thang growing inside of me. I've had numerous requests for some good old fashioned belly pics so those are a comin' as well! If I don't get the blog updated this week then I will this weekend.

Stay tuned....

And I gained weight!

In all the right places....

This picture was taken today at 20 weeks, 5 days...that's about 5 months along.

All is going well. I feel great and the baby is kicking away. Mike has resorted to laughing at me occasionally when he sees me sitting or standing in a way that accentuates my growing belly. He has found humor in the fact that I look like I've just drank WAY too many beers over the last year. Honestly, it catches me off guard sometimes too and it makes me crack a smile. That being said, I still warn him that at some point the hormones will kick in and I'm going to start feeling self-conscious and he's going to make me cry.

His response: "I'm laughing because you are so cute!"

Does this make sense to anyone else?

I will of course remember this when HE has a growing belly. We women have great memories for these kinds of things. :)

Jerry lost weight!

Don't get too excited. It's not like he's been working out or exercising or anything. We all know better. The most exercise Jerry gets is trotting over to Mike for his hourly snuggle.

We shaved the little man!

Before:

(yawning...it was early in the am)

And After!

4 to 2

Males to Females. That's right! We are HAVING A BOY!!!!!!!!!

Sandy and I can handle it.

I mean, look how much we've done with Mike, Jerry, and Toby. Really. What's another 8lb bundle of testosterone? We SO know what we are in for.

Everything measured up perfectly in our u/s and the baby is growing right on track. Well actually, much like his dad, he is outperforming our expectations and is about 5 days bigger than his due date...making his arrival date even more convenient for Grandpa Calvin and Auntie Amy. Yep, there's a small chance this baby may come around April 15th...literally the busiest day of the year for the Martin family.

One of the many highlights of our ultrasound was the somewhat political statement our baby boy made.

So I'd like to think he was just saying "Everything is a-OK in here mommy" instead of "Make Love Not War".

I feel a bit guilty like I'm exploiting my child or something b/c years from now if he reads this blog, he might be embarrassed that I posted the next picture but....oh well....isn't it a mom's right to embarrass her children? So here you go...proof it's a boy...

And some more cute pics of our baby...

So as you can tell, the girls are going to be ALL over him when he gets older! Tyler Terjesen...you've got some competition!