36 Weeks

Yesterday, I hit the 36 mark in my pregnancy with O'Baby. Oh, this is a very welcome milestone. We are in the home stretch. We are to weekly visits. We are that much closer to meeting our little boy and finding out who this guy is that keeps bumping around in my tummy!

The doctor's visit went well. Seems we're getting a bit more intrusive in our visits. Neat. Alas, no progress as far as his approaching arrival. I didn't have any thought that there would -- that would just be way to easy.

As far as how I'm doing, I've hit the wall. I am done. I've had some lovely back/sciatic pain, and it is kicking my butt and my self-esteem. So, we press on towards the goal and pray that we'll be ready!

O'Baby we'll check back in with you next week and see where you stand, sit, lay...oh, you know!

Yea! for the Nursery!

This Saturday we worked hard. We worked hard to have a room that someone would actually want to hang out in. Specifically, a very small someone set to arrive one month from today!

With the generous help of so many and the sweat and mobility of Joe and his mom, we got the baby's room up to snuff this afternoon --- and I LOVE IT!

It's so friendly, peaceful and not overdone (in my opinion at least!).

Here's a few pics of what we've done today...

This is right inside the door, a fun scripture and eventually O'Baby's foot or handprint.
Looking through the door along the nearest wall. The fun polka dot lamp makes me smile and the dinosaur bank was mine when I was little!
The awesome dresser and nifty swing. Eventually, we'll get a rocker or glider to go here sometime soon.
Going to make some fun tie-backs for the curtains and perhaps add some color blocks to the bottom.
Love the crib bedding! We're planning on putting O'Baby's name or initials somehow in the middle of the two pictures.
So, that's about it! I love it! It makes me happy and I hope it makes O'Baby happy too! So, anytime you're ready little dude, so are we! Love you!

O'Baby Shower!

Last weekend, I had the blessing of celebrating our upcoming little guy with our wonderful friends and family! We had a lovely shower hosted by my sister, sister-in-law and awesome cousin! (Thanks girls!)

We truly are so thankful for all the wonderful people in our lives and how they are already supporting our son, even before he's here! Here's a few fun shots from the shower!

33 weeks...

Oh dear...seems we are almost there.

I fear I am losing my belly button! There is not much more there. AGHHH!!!!!

Oh, and it is shower weekend for this almost-mama! I'm so excited! Update coming soon!

Nursery Update

We are getting closer to actually creating a room for the little dude! We got two important pieces last week and I can't wait to put them into place.

1. The dresser! It looks fab-o and think it will be oh, so much better than what Pottery Barn Kids had to offer anyhow.

2. Artwork! Grandma Holly is an amazing artist and here are a few of the friends O'Baby will get to talk with over the next few years!

These are some of the characters that went with the bedding for Land of Nod, and a few we made up along the way. The names, you ask? Just thought it would add a bit of personality to them! =)

We just need to do wee bit of touch-up paint and we'll be good to go to start putting everything in place!

(Sorry for the slightly odd photos, I had the wrong lens on for the room I had!)

30 Week Appointment

Today's appointment went well. I have been a little on edge about this one since we were going to learn if we'd be able to try for a 'normal birth' (my ideal option) or know we are headed straight for a c-section. our prayers were answered and things moved where they needed to to let us try for option one!

Boy are we excited!

We forgot to bring a dvd to the visit, so Joe tried to capture it on our point-n-shoot camera's video option (however, can't get the video to load, will try to scan photos soon!). O'Baby is a whopping 3 lbs, 15 oz. -- almost 4 lbs. His little feet are a bit over 2 inches in length. So, we're all progressing along well!

Thanks for your prayers and support! They are greatly appreciated!

This week, we will also be painting the baby's room! I'm excited to start getting that more in place and things put up.

30 weeks!

Yikes! Tomorrow is 30 weeks. It seems so fast and so slow at the same time.

This weekend, Joe and I attended our Prepared Childbirth class at the hospital where we will deliver. It was taught by a very nice nurse from the hospital. She was British and told it like it is, so that was also fun.

We learned some good info on what to look for and what actually happens during birth. We got to talk to a pediatrician and an anesthesiologist, as well as go over some relaxation things. I think the biggest thing I took away from the class was how freakin' big 1o centimeters is! OH MY GOD! There is nothing left to say on that.

I think it was also great for Joe to get a bit of a crash course in what has been going on the last few months with mom and baby and what will happen when the real business stats!

Tomorrow, with our 30-week appointment we have a sonogram to see where the placenta (ewww, icky word) is attached and see how everything is going. I'm a bit nervous, but just trusting God to take care of us and O'Baby!

Cannot believe we are like 2 months away at this point. Sounds long in one sense and soooooooo very soon in another. Prayers are always accepted and appreciated!

And no, little dude still doesn't have a name.