Our New Journey: Surrogacy Part 5- 3rd Trimester update

Surrogacy is going beautifully and faster than I could have imagined...

 I may be a little sad when it is all over :( 

Pregnancy itself is well... pregnancy lol 

Other than the general discomforts from putting on 20lbs over 32 weeks, and easily fixed heartburn things are going super smoothly! It is definitely different to be pregnant when you have a 1 year old to chase, but otherwise things are pretty similar to my pregnancy with James.

I have been taking pictures in the same dress, so my IP's can see how baby girl and I are growing. I started posting some of the pictures on my last Surro update: Our New Journey: Surrogacy Part 4

23 Weeks

26 Weeks 

I Lost my toes at 27 Weeks :(

29 weeks

My intended mother came and protected me from Mike's shenanigans on April Fools ;)

It was so fun to spend the day with her just talking about our kids! The very best part was getting to see her sweet little girl! I truly can not wait for my IPs to get to meet their baby!

32 weeks 

Now we are planning for delivery! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?! 

 Seeing baby is due during the summer my intended parents are going to give me and the kids a vacation to stay near them for a few weeks. This will make it more relaxing for me and my IP's to not have to worry about them missing the delivery, and make for a fun end to this pregnancy for my family :)

This upcoming trip is also giving me something exciting to take my nesting out on...my husband is appreciating any distraction from me continuing to nest on our house lol 

Please continue to pray for my family and my IPs family as we all prepare for June :)

Went away for our anniversary, and I came back knocked up

I got your attention didn't I?

Though it is early I have decided to start sharing our new journey. 

This is definitely not step one in the process, but more of an announcement. 

I will back track later for people wondering how we got here.

On Wednesday morning we flew to Portland, 

and rented a car. 

(Mike let me pick hahahah 

He was less entertained than I was!

Well until he got to drive it up windy mountain roads) 

And drove to the Beach!

I really love the ocean, and have a deep admiration for lighthouses, so we started with Cannon Beach.

Mike prefers hiking and mountains, so it was perfect because it had a little of each of us!

The Jacqui side of the Beach, and the Mike side ;)

Then we went to seaside 

I love the little town there, and especially the candy store!

Now for the good part!

Thursday Morning I finally got to meet my 

new favorite woman in the world! 

(In future posts she will go by IM as in intended mother)

We went to the best breakfast, and walked around Portland 

getting to know each other better.

And then we went to the hospital, so ....

I could get pregnant with her baby!

Best 1st date ever ;)

I truly know that I am meant to have a baby for this family!

 I can't imagine going through this with anyone else!

I stayed in bed the rest of the day and Friday during the day to
 make sure her sweet little one could "stick"!
As a busy mom this was the best way to spend 2 days off!
Mike and I watched movies, talked, and just rested more than I have got to since James was born!

My thoughtful friend left me the sweetest gifts ever before leaving...

No really... have you had Leonidas chocolate? It is like Magic!!!

And almost too pretty to eat, but I did ;)

 Late Friday Mike and I went for a walk to see the boats (which I love), and eat our anniversary dinner!

Saturday we flew home to cuddle our babies!

4 days is still a long time even when having fun to be without our youngest!

A week later we got the word (after a blood test) that it took for sure 

and their little pumpkin is growing!

Today I am 5 weeks and 1 days pregnant. 

Let the Extreme Babysitting Begin!

Here is the link to 

Part 1

Of our surrogacy process