Pregnancy Photo Essay

We intended to take photos of my pregnancy every week so we could one day show our daughter her development. I was so sick in the beginning that I couldn't be bothered to pose for photos, so I was quite far into my pregnancy before we started documenting weekly growth. Here you can see what I've looked like since November:

Chad and I visited Becca and Philip at Thanksgiving to meet Aden. We went to EPCOT that Saturday when I was 24 weeks. I felt pretty big at the time. Little did I know...

Here I am minding my own business, reading the latest issue of Martha Stewart magazine at 28 weeks (which would be the weekend before Christmas). 

This photo is 32 weeks, taken the same day as our professional photos. As you can see, a lot of my tops have started having trouble staying over my belly and I am constantly pulling them down.

I really like this shirt, it would seem. Here is 34 weeks. When I go to the doctor for checkups, Dr. Wells always measures my belly from top to bottom -- normal growth should be within an inch or so of the number of weeks I am. I have consistently been two inches larger than my weeks, so here I am measuring 36 inches. In other words, our child is a little on the large side.

This was taken on Valentine's Day (36 weeks). We attended a marriage retreat through our church and spent the night at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach. This is on the balcony of our room before we went down to breakfast Saturday morning.

And 37 weeks -- this photo was taken Sunday night. Since then she has dropped a bit lower. And according to the ultrasound this past Thursday, she was measuring 7 pounds 12 ounces.