IT'S ANOTHER GIRL!

Tavia L. Hollimon

Due November 12, 2006

Ultrasound Picture - 19 weeks 3 days 6/21/06

Tavia sucking her thumb

Another Profile Picture

The Hollimon Family

Easter Weekend - Approx. 10 weeks pregnant

Are you as shocked as us?

Well, it looks like the girls will be getting another sibling a little sooner than we expected.

God had a different plan than Terry & I and He decided to let the little soul of the baby waiting for us in Heaven to come down to earth to meet his/her family!

Although we were definitely both shocked to say the very least, we still feel completely blessed!!!

Tiara – Is she a psychic?

Before we found out: Tiara ran into the kitchen and smacked her face right into my tummy. I said, "wow, you bounced when you ran into my fat tummy". She said, "That's not a fat tummy, that's my baby brother in there!". I said, "No, there's no baby in there, that's leftover baby fat from Trinity". She was still persistant on telling me that her baby brother is in there and she said, "When he comes out we will call him Baby Chunk".

She had just finished watching Goonies and the little fat boy is named Chunk. When we told her (after we found out we were expecting) that there's a baby in momma's tummy, she said "See! I told you so"!!! We asked her how she knew, and all she could say was "I just know". So, this baby's nickname is already Baby Chunk!

Drawing by little artist Tiara Hollimon

Born to be a mommy.

This is a picture of me as a kid pretending to be pregnant!

Current picture of our family!

There's definitely room for more!!!

Your Conception Date is: (Approximately two weeks after your last menstrual period) You're in your Trimester (weeks 1-12)
Your period of greatest risk for birth defects is: (Five to ten weeks gestational age)	to
Your baby's fetal organ formation begins:
Your baby's major organs have formed:
Your risk of miscarriage decreases: (weeks 12-27)
If your baby is premature, but born after this date, she/he has a chance to survive:
Your Third Trimester begins on: (27 weeks)
Your Estimated Due Date is: (40 weeks - full term)

Tavia - 29 weeks (profile)

Tavia - 29 weeks (holding her foot)

Ultrasound at approx. 5 weeks pregnant (3/15/06)

Showing the sac - too early to show the embryo.

Trinity & Tiara...

... excited to both be big sisters now!

Tiara & Trinity showing picture of the baby!

Trinity's a little excited, can you tell?

This is how I told Terry we're expecting.

Ultrasound picture in a baby frame.

3/27 - We had a little spotting scare and had an emergency ultrasound. Everything on the ultrasound thankfully looked normal. We got to see the heartbeat and saw the little embryo too. We're still a little scared, but are constantly praying that this baby sticks around for the long run!

Ultrasound on March 27, 2006.

Placed the due date to be approx. 11/12/06.

3/30 - Doctor appointment. Everything went fine!

4/6 - Another ultrasound to make sure everything is looking good.

Here's a picture of the ultrasound on 4/6/06.

It's starting to look like a baby!!!

5/1 - Doctor appointment. Went great! I heard the heartbeat instantly when she put the doppler on my tummy. The heartbeat was normal (145-155 bpm)! My uterus measured 13" which is also normal (should be approx. how many weeks you are and I was 12 weeks). I've only gained 2 lbs so far. I need to go at this slow pace of weight gain since I didn't lose much after having Trinity!

6/2 - Doctor appointment. 4:10pm - Everything went great again. Heard the heartbeat and it was 142 bpm.

6/21 - Ultrasound to determine the gender!!! 1pm - Well, it looks like the girls get another little sister! We can't believe it. Terry's very scared for when they're all teenagers! This one is going to HATE the hand-me-downs! Her heartbeat was 143 bpm and she was in the 65th percentile. Everything measured perfectly and she has her 10 toes and 10 fingers. She was measuring about 3 days ahead of schedule, which is just fine. She was sucking her thumb during the ultrasound which was so adorable! You could see the sucking motion. She also had hiccups which was cute to see too. I still want my boy someday, but girls are such wonderful blessings too!!!

6/30 - Doctor appointment. 3:40pm. Everything again was fine. Only gained 1 pound. Yippee! Her heartbeat was 143 bpm.

7/14 - FREE ultrasound at Philips Medical! Got some pretty cool 3-D pictures. (See below) She's 23 weeks old.

8/18 - Doctor appointment at 3:10pm. Everything again was great. These doctor appointments are beginning to get very routine. Scheduled the Glucose Test.

8/22 - Took Glucose test. Everything was again great! This is the first pregnancy where the outcome was that I was NOT anemic! Yippee.

8/25 - Was a Philips Ultrasound model again but this time it was at a seminar at the Marriot downtown Seattle. Got a few pictures of Tavia, but she was again hiding her face so much that they didn't turn out very well.

8/28 - Went back to Philips to do more ultrasound modeling. She was hiding her cute little face yet again and I didn't get any pictures of her this day.

8/29 - 3rd time at Philips Ultrasound again and it was a good day. Little Tavia was wiggling all over the place. At one point she put her hand up to her face as if she was saying "don't see me"! She has that Hollimon baby face... looking very similar to her sisters. We even saw her eye move, that was crazy. These 3D and 4D ultrasound machines are amazing! We got a cool picture of her holding her foot with her hand. I can't wait to hold her!!!

9/22 - Doctor appointment at 2:30pm.

23 weeks

Looks like she's smiling.

23 weeks

Profile shot - both her arms and hands are up by her face.

23 weeks

Just a picture of her hand.