Charles Edward Brandenburg is here!!!!

We have BABY BRANDENBURG!

Meet our Charlie!

Soon I'll post a long detailed description of how amazing our lives have already changed! Love him!

Abigail

3 Weeks To Go!

I am now 37 weeks pregnant and seriously ready to give birth. I don't know how on earth I'll make it to August 6th, my due date. I shouldn't complain too much though because overall my pregnancy has been a very uneventful and easy one. I've only gained around 23-25 lbs (so far) and the all day nausea I experienced from week 7-14 was the worst I ever felt. However, my stomach is getting really big now (at least it seems big to me - people keep saying I'm not that big :o) and sleeping is pretty non-existent. I get up for bathroom breaks at least 5 times every night. My joints and muscles are really sore. Plus, I'm continuing to go to work as long as I can because I want to save my sick leave for when I really need it down the road. It's been pretty exhausting getting up at 6am and working all day. I know I'll be exhausted with a baby waking me up all night soon but it will be different... plus my body won't be so sore and my stomach will be smaller. However, I was able to make a great Part-Time plan with work. So, it looks like we'll be able to make our bills (we'll be paycheck to paycheck for a while) and my family will be able to watch Charlie during the days I'm working. I just can't wait for him to get here. The nursery is still not finished and since it's hard for me to do things now I don't know if it will ever be finished. My mom and sister have said they're ready to jump in when I need it though so I'm not too worried. I'll probably post when I am in the hospital to keep an updated record! So, you might not hear from me until then! Hope that's before August 6th. :o)

Enjoy a few pictures from my baby shower!

Abigail

What a week

Loads have happened since my last post....

All is good with Baby Charlie - I'm now 26 weeks.

Last week we had horrible tornadoes rip throughout Alabama. Over 200 people were killed and many more were injured and rendered homeless. Extremely sad. Places within minutes of where we live were destroyed. Tuscaloosa was the worst, Cullman, Pratt City, Pleasant Grove.... we watched a huge mile wide tornado travel across North Birmingham on TV.... just over Red Mountain where we live.... on the other side. Very sad days.

In all the tragic sadness, however, we all had something wonderful to celebrate: Friday was The Royal Wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. Glorious (even though I didn't wake up to see the ceremony at 5am) I watched the highlights. They are my age.... so it was like watching a part of my history grow up a little. I remember when Shelley and I used to talk about how she would marry William and I would marry Harry. We, the lovely Duchess of Primrose (me) and Lady of Lucerne would finally be royal and live in London. hahaa, our lives didn't exactly turn out that way.... I can't complain though. I love my red bearded husband more than life. And London will always be there.... even if I can't afford to ever go back. It is my second home. Good times. :o)

Then, last night (Sunday) President Obama announced that they killed Osama Bin Laden. I have mixed feelings about it all. I know that it's symbolic and important that they caught him and I guess killed him.... but it's just hard for me to jump up and down and celebrate death in general, especially right after all the death we've had around the Birmingham area from the tornadoes. It was just interesting to see pictures of Americans parading and celebrating in the streets when it was announced. But, then again, I didn't know anyone very close who was directly impacted by 9/11.... none of my family or friends died there so I can't share in the amount of grief that they all felt. I completely respect and honor their feelings.... and hope that this event can give them peace. I just don't see the point of waving the flag and screaming at the top of my lungs in celebration. But, who knows. I'm pregnant and my emotions and feelings are all screwed up these days :o)

To end on a happy note: Easter, a week ago, was beautiful. Next year we'll have a little boy to dress up and sit in a basket full of eggs and grass.... and he'll not even be old enough to roll his eyes! Love it.

Camp is coming.... you might not hear from me until June... just fyi.

Love,
Abby

It's A Boy!!!

And his name is going to be Charles Edward Brandenburg!!!
We're so excited!

Love, Love, Love,
Abigail

My new website!

I finally got my website up and running.... well, at least, a splash page with all my information if you want to hire me as a freelance illustrator! Check it out :o) www.AbigailBrandenburg.com

Big News!

It's March and I haven't posted since Christmas. Please forgive. Especially since I have big news! I'm 18 weeks pregnant (about 4.5 months). Yay! I've actually know since around week 4 or sometime around then but I kept it a secret. Yeah, I'm that girl who bought like 50 tests and didn't stop taking them until I was positive. :o) It's our first baby and we're so excited. Actually it's the first baby on both of our sides so that makes it even more exciting!

Here's Baby Brandenburg at 12 weeks. I can't wait for my 20 week checkup because we'll get to find out the gender! You know I'll be posting about that visit! Plus, after we find out if it's a girl or boy we're taking a trip to IKEA to get crib and baby stuff! Then on to registering. So much to do!

Love,
Abigail