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Greetings Friends & Family! It's 10:04 on June 16th 2011 and in less then 14 hours I'll have a beautiful, healthy, smart and super sweet 1 year old! Oh how the time flies! I had hoped to keep blogging every month Natalie was here but I personally feel that my time was too valuable during the day to keep up with it and at night I was too tired or had something better to do! =) (--Natalie just

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Ok, Natalie arrived all of 5lbs13 oz of pure joy! I was doing good. My arms felt very shakey and it was weird to hold her. I preferred Marcos holding her for me and I looking at her. They were about to coach me on breastfeeding aka nursing when I got really weak. I remember feeling like I was literally going to go to sleep that moment. I told the nurse, "I'm going to sleep" She said, "I'm sure 

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There is so much to talk about now that Natalie has arrived. I want to first talk about the whole childbirth expereince... my experience and the funny things that happened up until she arrived. We will start at where I left off... 39 weeks! 39 Weeks! Natalie was born at 39 weeks and 3 days. I was expecting her to be atleast 7.5lbs but to my surprise she was very little. June 16, 2010 For my

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I've made it half way through 38 weeks and things are looking great. We've been very busy cleaning aka nesting and getting everything prepared for Natalie's arrival. Today I was quite nervous about my Dr. appointment because last week I was at 3 centimeters and I was afraid my dr. would be "induced happy mode" and would want me to have her today. I prayed this morning for God's timing and His

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Week 34 Child birth Classes begin! (Well, they began while we were in Florida so we started on the second class). It was fun - very informative. We learned about dilating and the stages of labor. We had an uneventful Dr. appointments. I was tested for Strep B or something and it came back Negative so no worries for when baby is born and having to take antibotics. My husband was worried I'd have

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Ok! So, I'm trying to back track and figure out the weeks I missed. The last time I blogged Easter had ended and I had just finished my 28th week. I was gearing up for MY FIRST baby Shower on April 18 and for my 32 week sonogram! Week 29 On April 10 - Marcos had his first DREAM about Natalie. =) He woke up so excited to tell me all about his first dream and how it seemed so real. This was fun,

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“Peacemakers who sow in peace RAISE a harvest of righteousness” (James 3:18) Praise God that horrible Thursday passed! I made peace and I forgave and asked for forgiveness of myself. I actually learned a lot through the whole emotional rollercoaster of Thursday. I would have loved to have opted out of that whole lesson however, God is molding me each day and without this experience I wouldn't be

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What is the meaning of this word: "ungrateful". I hadn't ever thought about this word, it's not really in my vocabulary, I've never needed this word and I've never called anyone this word so I needed to know what this meant when I was called this about 100xs yesterday over the phone where I wasn't given an explantation on why this person thought this of me. Ungrateful: adj.1.Not feeling or

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27 Weeks So we left off at 26 weeks and  I had failed my glucouse test. Well, don't worry week 27 turned out to be the charm and I passed. I should have known considering the fact that the number 27 is my favorite number. =) Marcos and I met April 27 (double decker in Oxford) and we married on May 27th and hopefully Natalie will be born on June 27th instead of the 21st. Hey, it could happen...

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Oh the Joys! Oh the joys of my sweet husband. I wanted to quote something he said that was so sweet. We were in the car heading to the Coast and some how our conversation got on the topic of wolves. Then I asked him if he had ever heard of the saying, "Crying Wolf". He said no. Well, I said let me tell you about the boy who cried wolf. I finished the story and said, "So the moral of the story is

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It is MARCH! March Madness for sure! It've gotten through week 23 w/o Marcos while he was in Brazil. My hormones seems to be back on track and no more crying spells! According to Babycenter I have entered the 6th month until week 27 and then I will begin my 3rd trimester! Marcos came back with a TON of baby stuff for Natalie. Some of the things are so special because it's from Brazil and

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After my wonderful week at the Beau Rivage celebrating our "Halfway" mark, I've been totally emotional the past 2 weeks! Week 21 - Let's Cry on Valentine's Day Date Night, February 11th! It was a great Valentine's week because my husband is so awesome and made it so special. He made reservations at a restaurant called, "Ely's" in Ridgeland. It was delicous. Maybe it was because I was hungry or

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On Tuesday during the day I noticed that Natalie's movements were stronger. I decided I'd lay down a bit and see if I can see the movement from the outside. You see, I have been feeling her move since like 14 weeks but nothing strong or noticeable to the eye or able to feel. To my surprise, I could see the movement. I was so excited, I even turned to the left of me as if M was laying next to me

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The 19th week was just pure bliss. All day long I thought about girl things. Girl accesories, girl colors, girly girl girl things! I want my nursery to fit a "Princess" because that is exactly what she is - Our Princess! We are going for something elegant and pink. I battled a while on what to do: bright, bold, funky, cool, but then the more I thought about it for me, that wasn't it. This is my

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It's a GIRL! We had our GENDER Party Thursday night and it was so incredible. Everyone showed up around 6:30PM in either their pink and blue. What's so funny is that most people called RSVPing that they'd be wearing their PINK but when they showed up they had on BLUE? LoL. When word got out that the majority were wearing PINK everyone decided at the last minute to change and wear blue b/c what

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So, yesterday morning M and I were at the DR.'s at 830AM. Got to go straight back to the sonogram room!! I informed the sono lady that we wanted to see our baby but we didn't want to know the sex. Well, that we did want to know but not until Thursday, so she needed to write it down or something. She was very excited and eager to do this! She took baby's measurements and mine (I have a low lying

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So, I woke up this morning and my Baby BuMp appeared out of nowhere. I am exactly 17 weeks and 1 day today. I decided I'd take my first real sign of a baby inside of me. =) Here they are: Frontal View Side View Relaxed view: Sucking in as much as I can view: I can look bigger view:

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Marcos and I made our first big purchase for baby! I'm a pretty active person (shopper that is) and I know this baby will be going on a lot of outings with me. I needed the "perfect" stroller that could do everything and I found it! It is the Mutsy 4Rider! In Rebel red of course. =) http://www.mutsy.com/products/4rider/option This is when I need to use the car for my stroller: This is when

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Skinnier?! Yes, I think I feel skinnier but my husband informs me it is all in my head. LoL. =) Maybe so. We went to our 16 week appointment w/ the Dr. and we heard baby shiloh's heart beat again. Marcos told the dr. he thought it sounded slower (the volume wasn't really turned up and I thnk that confused him, to me it sounded the same) and the dr. informed nope it was "perfect". Yes, my dr. uses

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Merry Christmas!! Wait?! Christmas just passed, it has been a super busy month with shopping, cleaning and cooking and day dreaming of baby. =) I hope you had a very Merry Christmas. I had Marcos, my husband, home this Christmas and I really appreciated it. Last year, I thought it would be fine for him to go see his parents in Brazil for Christmas and I'd stay here. It was a really hard thing

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So, It is early and I am AWAKE. Not sure if I wrote about the name thing but we have a girl name if Shiloh is a girl. Natalie Arianna Rodrigues Natalie Gisele Rodrigues Natalie Nicole Rodrigues Which one do you like? For a boy - this has been dificult. We knew Natalie would be the name from the beginning - we BOTH love it. But for a boy - a whole other story. Here is what we have for a boy.

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 I'm exhausted right now, mostly due to the fact that every night around 1:45am I wake to run to the potty. It's like my bladder has shrunken in size. Once i wake up, I can't go back to sleep. I lay awake until about 4AM then finally some how, I fall back to sleep and stay asleep until about 9AM. Well, this week was quite as exciting as a month ago. I went to the dr. on Thursday, December 16 @

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12 week doctors appointment this AM. Everything was great. Baby's heart beat is just a beating rapidly. Can you hear it? So, anyone who knows me, knows Marcos and I eat Mexican every Friday night with my parents. We have always done this. Literally, for 2 years now we have done this. Things have changed. I can't stand the sight of Mexican. Even having to talk about it right now is making

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I am now 11 weeks. Wow, it's super surreal. I wasn't sure what to blog about at 11 weeks until I spoke with a friend today. So, I titled this post, "You Will Never Understand". If you've never had a  miscarriage, "You Will Never Understand". You'll never understand the anxieties, the worries, the thoughts, "is this going to happen again?" I know many people now, who've lost a child aka "missed

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So, the week of Thanksgiving was a great week to really look at the life Marcos and I have started 7 years ago and give God all the Glory, Honor and Thanks. It's truley amazing to see how each year we've had trials, some small and some big but through it all we've continued to never be discouraged and to look to the One who has ALWAYS been looking after us during these times. God has never failed

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So, I have entered the 3rd month according to "What to Expect when Expecting". I am week 9 now and things couldn't be better. I continue to give God all the glory for this baby and already God has been glorified through it. I got a really encouraging letter the other day from a mom who read my blog and was uplifted with the confidence I have for the pregnancy - baby shiloh. She expressed her

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So this past week as been so amazing. Every day I wake up and think about the little heart beat I saw inside of me just a couple of days ago. It is so amazing - such a God thing. I've stopped the 3pm surprise trip to the toliet or closest plastic bag, which is great. I may feel quesy for second but I am able to breathe it through. Names names names. My goal is to have a name picked out before

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Last night I couldn't sleep at all. I woke up at 2am to go potty and couldn't go back to sleep until 5AM. Once I fell asleep I was woken up again at 6 15am because Marcos was up getting ready for work. It's only natural to feel as anxious I did after going through the things I went through this time last year. The outpouring of support - happiness  - joy - prayers for this pregnancy has been

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It's the 6th week for me and things couldn't be getting better. We are really anxious about our first appoinment next week. This week was actually the first date of our appointment but I called and moved it back one more week. I've been trying to "take it easy" however, that just isn't who I am. I'm a go go go girl! I always need to be doing something so it is so hard to just "sit" around. I've

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This week marks 5 weeks for me and all I can think about is next week. At 6 weeks and 2 days is when the worst happened for me. After praying today and looking for comfort in God's words this is what I got."Casting down imaginations, and ever high thing that exalteth itself AGAISNT the knowledge of GOD, and bringing INTO Captivity EVERY thought to the OBEDIENCE of Christ!"- Wow- So powerful when

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So, today have been cleaning and looking at baby things of course. ;) Anyways I took this fun old wives to test to see what it said. Here was my result. We shall just wait and see....60% chance of a boy40% chance of a girlCongratulations!The old wives tales indicate that you are having a boy!http://www.babygenderprediction.com/old-wives-tales/index.phtmlThen at Parent.com I went and took the

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Yesterday morning I woke feeling fantastic besides the fact that my "watermelons" were quite sore. Which is beyond odd for me because I have never had this feeling before. I had an ovulation predictor test stick and decided to pee on it. Yes, I know this is an ovulation test however since I am wasn't ovulating there shouldn't be a second line. Low and behold there was a second line, strange...a

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Marcos and I just finished taking our first couple trip to Peridido Key where we stayed at the Eden Condominiums. It was fabulous! The condo was just like the pictures and our stay was so pleasant. Riley, Paul, Liz, Leah, AJ, Jana, MarcosIn front of the marvelous waterfall...A posing picture...of course!

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With a life full of blessing and love from the Lord the enemy tries to do his best to move you away from God's love and blessings and have you question and doubt the King of Kings, who gives life and that you may live it abundently.I was ecstatic on Wednesday morning as my Marcos left to work. All week I had thought that I could have been pregnant. I was sleeping alot, I had blamed it on our

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Calameri! Good morning in Greek. Marcos and I had been talking about going to Greece ever since the two movies, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Mamma Mia came out. On Wednesday, November 11th during Marcos's lunch break, he had came home for lunch. The topic of Greece came up again and we said, lets just do it! So, that day during lunch we booked our trip to Greece. We bought the plane

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We got a puppy on Sunday, November 16. She is an AKC golden retriever. We named her Lady Sophia (Sophi) Rodrigues. Sophi was born on September 20, 2008. She is something else. I didn't realize how much work goes into maintaining a dog (puppy). She is potty trained with the kennel however, I forget to take her out and she does have accidents. I've learned that leaving the house now is a big deal.

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What a Mighty God we serve!

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