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I thought it would be fun to write a letter to you before I met you. We could read it together later and laugh about how clueless I was about you! Dear Stella, It's Christmas 2011 and I honestly haven't thought at all about the holiday this year.  All I can think about is March, when I get to meet you for the first time.  Your Dad and I went to the hospital this week to check out where you would be born! I thought for sure going to the hospital would make me anxious but instead it made me incredibly excited. What a gift it is to bring someone into the world and because of you I get to experience that.  You have no idea how much you were prayed for, wanted, hoped for, for so many years. I always knew I wanted to be a mother, even back in high school when I worked in a toy store and joked about getting my tubes tied. :-) But, when I found out about YOU I couldn't have been happier.  I remember standing in the bathroom completely convinced that I had willed ...

Over the past 2 weeks Stella has been kicking (and possibly punching) all the time! I went to the doctor this week and they gave me a kick counter in case I was worried she wasn't moving enough. The nurse said "only use it if you haven't felt her in awhile".  I will never use this since she is now even waking me up at night with her movement.  I've decided to call her DJ Stella D. (D is for Diane, her middle name, the Pauly D reference is shear coincidence). I think she's DJing in there. Why else would you happen to be awake at 3AM moving around unless it was to create some crazy sick beats.

Me at 23 weeks.  There's a lot wrong with this picture.  Yep, I'm getting bigger but so is my butt, face and hair.  I got a haircut yesterday in the hopes of remedying the fro.  We'll see if it truly helps though.  I'm truly gaining all over. Thanks Stella.  Actually if you are around me on a daily basis you know this actually doesn't bother me that much because I eat a lot! I have been SOOO hungry! I think it's because I was underweight when I started my pregnancy. Ha, no way is that true. I'm really enjoying pregnancy.  Eating is fun. Different clothes are fun.  And I have a whole new respect for bigger folks.  I had no idea how just a little bit of weight can make it hard to roll over in bed at night or get up out of a chair.  Okay, let's be honest, I've gained 21 pounds since last I visited the Doctor.  6 of those pounds in the last 2 weeks! YIKES! Did I mention that I've been hungry? Stella is weighing in at 1lb 3 ounces, slig...

I haven't posted in about a year so this sucker's going to be long! Sorry for the long update.  We've been busy. 1. The rental place. We love this place, it's fabulous! We have a queen size bed and the kitchen came fully prepared to cook (minus food of course).  Here are some pictures below. It's pretty big and very open and bright.  Who knew we would only be here a month and a half.  2. The new house.  We found a PERFECT new house.  As everyone has told me, we found something that I love even more than the first house I blogged about forever ago. Pictures of the new house below. This is the front door.  Notice the rocking chairs and cute table, we get those too! The family we are buying from is moving back to California, they were transfered here a year ago! Can you imagine! I feel for them.  Anyway, they can't take all of their furniture because they will be buying a smaller place.  So they've been selling various things to us, such a...