Your predictions....

So what do ya think????? Tell me when you think this kid will be born!!

We will start a pool!

Tell me your day, time, and weight predictions! Oh, how fun!

Is the time EVER gonna come?!?!

So it's sunday night.... three days before my due date. I am pretty much the fattest I can get, SO uncomfortable, and ready for this to be over!!! We have our hospital bag packed... which I didn't want to do, cause I knew it would jinx us, and the baby would come like a million days later..... but we did it. In fact... cute story with that.

About a week and a half ago, we decided to pack our hospital bag. Which we are using our diaper bag for (THANKS AUNT JAN!!). I was on the computer dealing with something... so Jeff was wandering around packing the bag, and doing stuff in the baby's rooms minding his own business. In fact, there was one time I look over and he's pushing the stroller around!! After I finish what I'm doing, He comes up to me and says, "okay! The bag is packed!" And the look on his face was priceless... just soooo proud of himself! He sets the bag on the ground and stands there waiting for his praises... I take a gander, and this is what I find....


I started laughing soooooo hard! I said, "honey, we do NOT need THAT many diapers, and a FULL thing of wipes to take to the hospital!!!" And he said... "no that's good!" and walks off!! Oh my goodness... what a cutie pie! He was just so proud of himself, and I think he really felt like a dad, getting ready for his baby! :)

Jeff has been really cute about this last little phase.... Sometimes I'll catch him in the closet looking through all the baby clothes, or making suggestions on where we should put something, or how we should do something or when he hooked up the car seat. He could do a little better at offering with the feet rubs, or back rubs... ;) but overall... he's going to be such a fetching good dad!

I just can't believe, that by this time next week... we COULD have a little baby screaming his head off in our home! Nothing makes me happier!!! It's crazy to think the time is already (hopefully) almost over! Actually, so many people have been giving me advice on things I should try to enduce labor...... Spicy foods..... My thought on this, is I already LOVE spicy foods.... so would it really make a difference if I ate spicy foods? I don't think I can get any more spicy than what I already eat! Taking walks.... Jeff and I walked around our neighborhood for about an hour tonight... so I'll keep trying that. And Jumping on the trampoline... ha ha! I went over to my parents house the other night, and had Allie jump with me. About ten minutes into jumping, I broke the tramp! I'm not kidding. It was sooo funny! The leg just like busted off!! So I guess I can't try that anymore!! :) Any more suggestions are welcome. I'm willing to try anything! OHHH, and the other day I was in Target, and this old lady came up to me and said, "WOW!! Any day now, huh??" And I said, while sighing, "yep..." And then she goes on telling me to try castor oil. By this time, I'm trying to just ignore this crazy lady.... and then she says.... "it will either make you go into labor, or you'll just poop a lot... neither bad things!" oh my gosh... wow!

July 16th, what a day.....!

So I had my 38 week check up... good news.... I am dialated between 2 & 3cm!! WOOHOOO! The Midwife couldn't believe the progress. She said that he dropped significantly, and I was 50% effaced. And I was like... ummm wait a second. And she said, is that bad?? and I said, "well seeing as I was 70% last week, I'm kinda going backwards!!!" she told me that it might be because he's so much lower now, that it's more accurate this time. So that's good I guess. We also go to have an ultrasound, cause she wanted to make sure the head was down. It was really fun to be able to do that!! We saw the head, the eyes, the spine, and the heartbeat! And yes, his head is fully down!
Yeah, I'm ready for this guy to come out!!!

Okay, now onto Baxter... For those of you who don't know who he the little guy is... he is our sweet little kitty. He has been so spoiled, we've pretty much treated him like a baby! I'm really worried about how he's going to be once the baby comes. For those of you who don't like cats, and don't understand the LOVE I have for cats, please skip this section!


So anyways... Baxter is an indoor cat. However, we are lucky enough to have a deck that is completely enclosed. So we let him go out there every once and awhile. He LOVES it. He could sit out there all day! And we don't mind, cause it's too high for him to jump down, and it's too far for him to jump up on the roof. And I leave the sliding door open a little so if he wants to come back in, he can. So last night I was making dinner for myself, and it had cooled down enough outside, so I let baxter go out on the deck. I opened the kitchen window so I could watch him. While I"m cooking, I look back several times and he's just sitting on the railing like a cute little kitty. I finish my dinner, and get it ready to take in the other room, I look outside, and baxter's not there. I step outside, and look all around, and under the grill. He's not there. So by now I'm thinking he must have came inside without me seeing. After I finished eating I went looking for him..... I just realized this is a very long story.... and I'm probably losing most of you. So LONG STORY SHORT..... I go outside and look all around shouting his name.... and after about ten minutes I look up on the roof, and there comes bax's little head popping out!! That little stinker found out a way to get up on the roof. I started freaking out! I literally ran up the stairs, grabbed a chair, and ran out on the deck. I finally got him down...... I am seriously suprised I didn't go into labor after all that!!! :) So I guess Baxter won't be allowed out on the deck anymore..... poor little kitty.

Here's a few pictures of him in his favorite spots. I think he's realizing someone important is coming. because he loves being anywhere in the baby's room. Last night I found him up with all the diapers! He loves the car seat. We haven't taken the plastic off yet... so don't worry!! He LOVES the sink. I really think it's his favorite spot in the house. So I guess this is my little blog for Baxter. So he knows we really do love him! Isn't he the cutest thing?!?!

37 Weeks.... three (or so) to go!

So yesterday I had my weekly appointment, and I am happy to report that I'm dilated to 1 cm, and 70% effaced! Woohoo!! I'm just lookin for some progress, and I got some! My midwife couldn't believe the progress I made in just one week. I'm not getting my hopes up that it will be early, infact, I'm pretty positive I'll be quite late... It's just nice to know something's goin on!

Last night while I was trying to get to sleep, I felt some really sharp pains in my stomach. It felt like the worst cramps imaginable. I couldn't even get out of bed. At first I just figured it was gas, cause it couldn't have been contractions... so I fell asleep. Then about an hour later, I woke up with the pain again! By then Jeff was home from work, so I pushed my way out of bed, and told him what was going on. It kind of went away, so I went back to bed. but as soon as I laid down, it started again! I was so frustrated, cause I didn't know what it was! I just laid there and all I could think about was if I REALLY was in labor! And then I started FREAKING out!!! I kept thinking, I can't have this baby yet, I still need to organize the baby's closet, and I need to shampoo the carpet, and pack my hospital bag, and give Baxter a bath, and wash all the baby clothes!!! I couldn't get all that out of my head! I KNEW I wasn't going into labor, but I kept thinking, I CAN'T BE EARLY, I'M NOT READY! :) Wow, I'm officially nesting! well, the pain is gone, and I still don't know what happened... but all I know is now I have some more time to clean!

Just some baby stuff...

So this is me at 28 weeks. I'm now almost 37 weeks, so I can't believe how long ago that was! At my last appointment, the midwife told me that nothing was going on... I wasn't dilated, the baby hasn't dropped, NOTHING. So hopefully this week we'll see some changes! My feet and ankles get so swollen, it's kinda disgusting! Oh, and my neighbor downstairs complains about me all the time to the office, saying that I "walk like an elephant"! She's very special, and we're trying to get her to move. I can't even imagine what she would do when we have the baby and he's crying all night, and I'm walking around at all hours! If she can't even handle me walking..... wow. :)




This is our baby's room. We absolutely love it!!! Jeff and I painted it a chocolate brown, and like a green apple green. We are very happy the way it turned out. The crib and changing table were a gift from Jeff's parents, and the bedding was a gift from my parents. I just love the bedding! We've actually hung shelves and stuff on the wall since I've taken these pictures, so I'll need to update that later....