It's A............

GIRL!!!
YAY! Looks like ribbons and pearls are in our future! Both Jeff and I had guessed it was a Boy so we were pretty shocked to see that it was a girl. I have a video of when we found out. I wish we had gotten our faces but you can hear our reactions.

It was a fun day! I don't think I stopped smiling and was THAT mom to be that wanted to tell EVERYONE!! :)
Of course I went shopping right after our visit and had to buy her something!
I got her this little comfy sweet gown and her first book. "Good Night Charleston"

Dare I say it again, but I'm hoping I'm on the upswing of this sickness stuff. It's almost been a WEEK since I got sick and I've been off the Zofran for a little over a week! Prayers that it's OVER!!

We have had a name we have liked and talked about since even before we were married, but aren't 100% sure we are going to use it, so are holding off on telling that. Her middle name, which I contemplated actually calling her, I hear ALL the time now. It made me sad when I started hearing it so much, but Jeff says that I worry too much and not to worry about it bc it's pretty and we liked it! She would be named after my Grandma too, so that would be really special!

On to 20 Week Stats......
We shall see how much longer I actually share these, depending on how bad they get...ha!
Chest - + 1"
Waist - no change from 16 weeks
Hips - no change from 16 weeks
Weight Gain - 0lbs, this appt

Visitors and a Wedding!

Sally and Amanda(MIL and SIL) came for a visit! We had a great long weekend with them, even though they were pulling for LSU against Auburn. I almost told Amanda she could sleep in her car! ;) We did a lot of shopping, football watching, and Eating!! Boy did we eat! Sally had a list of restaurants she wanted to try and we did our best to hit some of them. Dinner at Blossoms, coconut cake and after dinner drinks(don't worry, I didn't partake in the drinks, although if I had, I would have loved a Bailey's on the rocks!) at Peninsula Grille, lunch at Glass Onion, and Brunch at Poogan's Porch! I was Stuffed! We also did a surprise early birthday celebration for Sally. Her birthday was Nov 1st, you can see her surprise when she walked in to see her birthday cake and us singing.... :) Great Visit!

Then last weekend we headed up to Greenville to celebrate the wedding of these two!! Nick Brown and Ashley Inabinet. Now Mr. and Mrs. Brown!! :)

The fall colors in Greenville were so pretty! Our Bridesmaid dresses were Eggplant and Spice, you got to pick your color, and from 4 different styles. I Loved my dress!! We had a spa day on Friday and I pampered myself with a massage, mani and pedi.

Jeff and I after the wedding, heading into the reception. (don't worry, I wore heels in the wedding and just changed into my flats for the walk to the reception)

Nicole, me, Jeff, and Jessica. You can see the "spice" dress on Jessica. It was like a pumpkin! The colors looked beautiful!

Me and the Beautiful Bride!!

Belly Pics.....Me and Baby C!! 18 1/2 weeks
We had our hair and make-up done, which was soo nice not to have to do myself

I really liked my hair. She put these braids in it and I thought they were cute! :)

A little sneak peak of something else exciting that is going on in our lives..... ;)

Love you all!!
PS- we find out the sex of Baby C, next week!! We are soo excited!! Get your predictions in.... :)

What's Your Guess??

Boy or Girl???

It's that time to take the poll?? We find out in 2 weeks!!
I can't wait to know which is growing in my belly and will be joining our family!!
I'm so anxious!
Nov is going to be a BIG month for the Coleman's!!
Stay tuned for more exciting news!! :)
Let us know what your guess is?
Hope you're having a great Monday!
ps-I spoke to soon, only off the meds 2 days and it started back. So Back ON them!! I think I have decided to embrace it and come to terms with the fact the sickness is here for the long haul. Lately it's an every other day occurrence...better than every day, I guess. :)

Baby Update

I just got back from the doctor for my 16 week appt! Things are looking great! Heartbeat was still strong, my uterus is making its way up, just under my belly button, I have finally gained back some weight, 3 lbs, and I'm happy to report I haven't gotten sick in a WEEK!! I'm still 7lbs down from the start of my pregnancy but she said she's starting my weight gain from when I started gaining! So my pre-preg weight just comes down. I'm on day 2 of weening off the Zofran and hope that it's over, and I'll be able to stay off of it this time. Say some prayers. Baby C's heartbeat today ranged from 149-152! My belly has also officially popped out!! Wow, has it! I literally woke up one day and there it was! So weird isn't it! I have attached a pic! I feel like it looks pretty big in this picture, but doesn't seem THAT big in real life, but I might be kidding myself. B/C I have been taking my measurements to see where my weight gain goes, so I can focus on getting it off after baby.

16 week Stats
3lbs gained
Hips - no change
Waist - +7 inches
Bust - +2 inches
No longer can wear my pants, buttoned at least. I wear the bella band and it works for now. Got a great pair of Maternity Sevens online and they are working great also. I'm also loving my leggings and dresses. Thankfully the boobs haven't grown too much, much to Jeff's dismay, but I'm very thankful, as that was my biggest concern.
I developed a pregnancy rash on my chest that drives me crazy and went to the dermatologist. He says it might likely be there until I have this baby! Boo! But gave me some stuff that should help with the itch in the meantime.

Also, if you're interested here is a video from our 13 week appt/screening of the ultrasound. It's kind of long, but she changes to 4D toward the end which is cool.
We got all Negative test results from our screenings which was a relief! :) (video was taking FOREVER to download and wasn't even progressing. Any Help? I'll see what I can do to post it later.)

Here is a pic of Parker for fun! It's from his B'day and we gave him his football pants and his mom and dad got him a new jersey! He thought he was soo cool!!

A Smile....

A Grandparents smile that is....
Call it emotional, sentimental, whatever you want, but lately I've been thinking about my grandparents. Maybe it's because I think about our parents being grandparents to our little one, and I pray they can experience and remember things with them like I do with my grandparents.
You see, I don't have any of my grandparents with me here on earth anymore. I have relived in my mind lately everything about them. Memories, laughs, things that just remind me of them, and mostly their smiles!! :)
I will find pictures and scan them one day but in the meantime, just use your imagination.

Grandma and Grandpa (My mom's parents)

Grandma - she was so talented. Crafty. She could knit, crotchet, needlepoint, paint, make porcelain dolls, sew, you name it she could make it. She cooked. She played the piano and organ and had an amazing voice! Her laugh was contagious and loud. She gave lots of hugs. She taught me how to cross stitch, and always had a project we could work on together. She made clothes for all our dolls. She was an amazing gardener. She use to say it was bc she talked to her plants. You had to prune and talk to them! Doesn't work for me, but she was amazing! She had the prettiest gardens and rose bushes at all their homes.
Her smile.....Big! Mostly with an open mouth bc she was smiling so hard or laughing! With Bright Blue Eyes!

Grandpa - so talented and crafty as well. He was an engineer, so if you could dream it, he could build it! He built my sister and my first play house, my brother a HUGE skate board ramp. He always was on the boat on the lake. He taught me how to ski. He worked for GE and was on the team that invented the self cleaning oven! So when you clean your oven, think of him! :) He was actually pretty quiet. But VERY organized. He used to always tell us, "Don't monkey with it." meaning not to put our grimy hands on all his stuff in his workroom! HA! He'd rarely say he loved you. When I would tell him, "I Love you" he would smile, close his eyes, and shake his head yes. I knew he loved me too! Even though, he didn't say it much.
His smile....short, mostly closed mouthed kind of smirk. With the most beautiful blue/grey sparkly eyes. His eyes smiled for him. :) He was Very handsome.

Grandmother and Granddaddy (my dad's parents)

Grandmother - active! wow! that woman could run laps around me when I was 10, no joke. She was a PE teacher. She put on my rollerblades when she was 70. She used to play hockey with us, with a pin cushion as the hockey puck. Do handstands in the lake, go ice skating with us and teach us how to twirl. She and my Granddaddy were avid tennis players. She played up until the day she couldn't stand anymore. She taught me how to ballroom dance. And was BIG on our southern manners. She also had the Longest hair! You wouldn't know it, as she always had it rolled into a very tight low bun. But when we would stay with them, she would let me brush her hair. Her hair was all grey and was almost to her bum! Yes, that long!
Her Smile....perfectly straight, always with lipstick on(sometimes on her teeth :)). Very poised, southern, and proper.

Granddaddy - he was funny! Always telling a joke or pulling a prank. He had some of the craziest things, like a remote controlled robot with a serving tray we called Cousin It, that brought everyone drinks! He was a Business Man, a Treasurer. He used to do this trick that he was pulling off his thumb and when I was little it always looked real. He taught me how to hang a spoon on my nose. How to play pool. How to shoot a gun. He always had this coin "egg" that you squeezed and it opened. Every Sunday at church I'd run to find him to get my dime for a doughnut and my quarter for my coke from the old school coke machine. Our church had one of the old school machines that served the 8oz glass coke bottles and then you recycled the bottle next to the machine. I look just like him! :)
His smile....crooked. He smiled with a mischiveous crooked smile, like he was hiding his laugh out of the corner of his mouth.

I will never forget their smiles! I was close to all my grandparents and miss them! :( But I LOVE remembering the memories!
I hope you remember smiles!

Better than a Hallelujah

If you haven't heard this Amy Grant song.....take a listen....It's GREAT stuff!!

Better Than a Hallelujah



It reminded me that even when we are complaining and ridden in sin, God just hears a Melody and thinks we are still Beautiful even in the mess we are! :) As we are his children! It makes me smile!
And maybe the very first lines start to ring a little true to me, as I know I'll be singing through tears some nights! But I smile thinking about it! God is Good!!
*also, you savvy bloggers, anyone want to tell me how I could have attached the actual video into my page? I'm still slow with this stuff. Thanks!
Thanks Morg!! I think I got it!

Let there be Light!

How often do you clean your windows? I mean really clean your windows? Windex inside and out, wash the screens and window sills inside and outside. Well, in this house it isn't all that often and it showed. I will windex the inside of the windows and clean the window sills inside, but next to never outside. I made a mention of it to J that we should do it before Fall so we don't have to look at the dirt in the sill when we open the windows up.
Well, a little nerves before a big Sat football game is all it took and that man was on a mission! YAY! My windows are sparkling! Now I open all my blinds wide open and just stare out my "barely there" looking windows, they are so clean! YAY! Now, come on Fall!! I'm ready for you!

Big win for the Tigers!! War Damn Eagle! It is great to have wins against Clemson and USC when you live in SC. :) And Alabama pulled it out against Arkansas. Maybe it put them back in their place a bit, even though they won that they are a beatable team. But the win made for a happy hubby!

We had a Kamikaze Squirrel!! We heard the trap Friday evening as we were getting ready to head out for dinner. Our friendly Trutech man came over....and we had caught a squirrel! It was in the Raccoon trap though, so he transferred him to a squirrel cage and took him to a park to be released. Crazy squirrel was acting all kamikaze style in the cage when he brought him down, it was pretty funny. Today he came back...still nothing in the other traps. He is thinking the Raccoon might have gotten scared and actually left the house, so we might be in the clear.

We had a great weekend of date night, dining with friends and football, and a brunch with friends on Sunday. I'm not complaining anymore, so let's just say, I only flushed a little money on meals but fortunately not all. :)

Happy Monday!