Kendall!

Well, today was my 37 week check up (I'm not officially 37 weeks until Thursday, but you get the idea). I got to have another ultrasound! It was exciting to get to see her again! I think she was napping in there this time! You can definitely tell she's running out of room....instead of body shots, we got pictures of her face and other extremities (and, yes, she is still a SHE--thank goodness!!!). You can see her eye to the top left of the picture and then her nose and another eye on the right (no cyclops, so again....thank goodness!). Can you see her cubby cheeks!?! I think she's going to have Bryce and Blake's same chin and cheeks! Anyway, they estimated her weight at about 6lbs 4ozs right now, which is the 41st percentile, so she's just a little below average for size. No need to get her out early as she's still small, so we'll keep letting her bake! Hopefully sometime in the next three and a half weeks, we'll get to meet her!

I finished up all of my baby shopping this weekend. I finished the nursery (I have pics, I'll upload them soon) and we finally have a diaper bag! I guess we'll figure out the car seat situation next week....I need to get hers strapped in, but with my mid-sized car, it's going to be a little tight with two car seats! I've been putting off the arrangement of the seats, but I guess I should hurry and get the infant carrier in just in case! Anyway...I sterilized some bottles (just in case) as well as the pacifiers......I think my check list is finally complete! Now we just need a baby! Oh, and we found a daycare today, so yay! Now I just need to call the pediatrician and we'll be set! I'll tell ya....there's so much to do/buy for such a tiny little person!

35 Week Picture

I'm a week behind with my pictures, but here's last Thursday's 35 week belly shot. She's sticking out like a watermelon these days. I had my 36 week check up (again, a few days early) yesterday. We scheduled my 37 week ultrasound for next Monday! My doctor will check her out and see how she's doing and after it's determined she would do alright on the outside, it's up to me if we induce or just wait. It's soooo darn tempting to think I could have her earlier!!! I'm trying for a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) this time and having a smaller baby would increase my chances of this, but.....I also sort of want the surprise of going into labor on my own and all of that! I guess we'll see after the ultrasound appointment....I'm excited to know we could be meeting our daughter so soon! I'm not ready, but....I guess you never really are! I'm not terribly uncomfortable or anything like that, so, really, if she stayed in until my due date in 4 weeks, I'd probably be just fine with that. We shall see.....I feel so powerful having this decision in my hands!!!!! I'll keep you posted!

If You'd Like a Good Laugh...

A friend of mine posted about this website on her Myspace blog the other day....I just had a free moment to check it out and couldn't stop laughing! The link to the blog is: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

If you have a few moments, check it out, it's worth a little time! I love this type of humor, so I couldn't stop laughing at my desk this morning!

The Nursery!

I finally forced myself out of the house Saturday and got a mattress! It didn't come in until this afternoon, so I couldn't set it up until tonight. Having the twin bed in the room makes it feel so close to being finished! I have a lot of finishing touches, but it's pretty much ready. I have to get the bed skirt, figure some sort of organization out for the closet and find some cute things to put on the walls--Oh, and I have to get a bedside table for the lamp....then I'll be finished! I feel like this has been a never-ending project!!!!! Always something else to buy! At least when she's ready to come out of the crib, she can just go into the twin bed and I won't have to worry about taking care of all of that at that time!

Aaaaahhhhh!!!!!!

Bryce and Blake went to the motorcycle/four wheeler races Saturday night. Blake wanted to race his little four wheeler! Haha! He was sssoooo excited to go!

34 Weeks!

Here's my last week picture (I change weeks on Thursdays, so I'm now almost 35 weeks....yikes!!!). My belly looks a lot different this time than it did with Blake....This kiddo won't let me sit up straight in my desk chair at work...if I do, she kicks me in the ribs to remind me to lounge back! I wish my face weren't so dang FAT!!!!!!!

34 Weeks!

I haven't done one of these in awhile, so I figured you were all missing the vagina and cervix diagram! I had my 34 week appointment today with my doctor. I think he's pretty certain we'll be delivering this baby early!!!!!!! AAAHHHHHH!!!! He has me coming in once a week now (normally, I think this starts at 36 weeks) and I'm getting my group B Strep test next visit as well. I go in in three weeks for an ultrasound to check the baby's size (since Blake was so big, my doctor wants to check on her. I really want a VBAC--vaginal birth after cesarean-- so I think he's trying to help me with this by possibly inducing early if she's getting on the big side.) Sssooo...I could very well have this baby in 3-4 weeks instead of 6!!!!!!! I'm sssoooo not ready! Her room is chaotic, I don't have a pediatrician, I haven't had a tour of the hospital (we're delivering in a different hopsital than Blake was born in), I still have things I need to buy in order to get ready for her homecoming, my suitcase isn't packed, I have made no arrangements for Blake when we go to the hopsital, I don't have child care, I need to put the baby's carseat in my car......AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH....TOO MUCH TO DDDOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe how quickly this has all flown by! I guess it helped that we had Blake's birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years to help pass the time! I've procrastinated, though and now I'm feeling overwhelmed! The baby's room is our goal this coming weekend....I'm going to get it all cleared out, all office-related things in their new homes, mattress set purchased...at least knowing her room is completed will help me feel better! Anyway...I'll keep you all posted!