Baby Shower

Thanks to everyone who made it to the baby shower and showered us with awesome gifts! Here are a few shots of the day...

It's hard to believe that I'm in the single digits as far as weeks left. Only 7 1/2 weeks to go. Wow. My Mom and Dad surprised us this week and had Grace's furniture in her room at the bay! It feels so nice to have that done! And I got a chance to put things out and away from the shower on Sunday, so its coming together. However, the other nursery is another story!

Thanks again for all of our beautiful goodies!

Doctor's Visit

I went to the doctor on Tuesday! She said everything is looking good. Grace's head is still down and she's still measuring on schedule. I now weigh 148.8 for a gain of 3.6 lbs in the past 2 weeks. I can tell it too, I honestly thought it was going to be closer to 5 lbs. My feet are beginning to swell a lot.

Scott and I had our 2nd baby class this week. We learned about stages of labor and different comfort measures to try during contractions. Scott and I got so tickled at one point I had to leave the room. I dont know how he stayed in there and composed himself. Not really sure why we were so tickled to begin with, but we even had a couple tell us on the way out they wish they new our secret so they could have laughed with us.

We have high hopes of getting some things done in the Bulls Bay nursery this weekend. Maybe I'll have some pictures to post next week!

60 days to go...

31 weeks & 3 days

Progress...

We're making progress! :)
Here's a shot of the nursery before (about 2 weeks ago)...

And here is the nursery now...

Yes, its green and yes, there are stripes! The camera didn''t do so well with picking up the exact colors but I really like it! The stripes were just finished and I couldn't wait to share with someone!

I go back to the doctor Tuesday so I'll have more baby information then. Things are going well around here except I have a really bad cold and now Scott's got it too. Hope everyone else is staying healthy!

Fat Tuesday

Talk about "Fat"... just got off the scales at the doctors! Quick update: I now weigh 145.2 for a weight gain of 2.6 in the past two weeks. However everything is looking great. My belly is still measuring like I'm suppose to and my blood pressure is fine. Grace's heart rate was 145 today & she cooperated great for the nurse to get the reading. It's hard to believe I'm 29 weeks & 3 days! The doctor said that her head is down and will most likely stay that way.

I stopped by Carver Elementary, where I taught last year, on my way home today. All of my students from last year were at the symphony so I didn't get to see them, but I did get to hang out with some of my teacher friends for a little while. They can't wait to meet Grace either! Hopefully I can post a belly shot soon. XOXO

Update (2/25)... Guess I shouldn't complain about being fat. Atleast I'm not carrying 8 babies.

Bedding... updated!

80 days until my due date... holy cow!

Well, we've finally decided on bedding for the house in Zebulon. Before I couldn't show you exactly what it would look like because we had decided on the double stripe rather than the scalloped, but couldn't find the double stripe online, so we went w/ the scallop. Anyway, after talking with Pottery Barn our bedding will now look just like this:

We found it at Pottery Barn Kids & now have it on our registery there!

Update: Our new kitchen appliances as well as bath cabinets & kitchen cabinets arrived at Bulls Bay yesterday & today! Looks like its really happening!

Pictures!

Today we had a great doctors appointment! And it was awesome to see Grace again. Here's a profile picture with her lips puckered...

The ultrasound technician checked her growth & all of her measurements. She's growing accordingly and based on her measurements they are estimating that she weighs between 2 lbs. 11 oz. to 3 lbs. 1 oz. right now. Grace was sucking her finger, playing with her feet, and likes to have her hands near her face. Guess she was being a little shy in front of the camera. (Not good w/ a Mom photographer.. hehe!) The lady surprised us by switching her screen into 4D mode when we were trying to get a good look at her face but couldn't because her hand was in the way...

Then she decided to either play peep-eye with us or to just be silly...

Guess she was being silly! Yes, that's her sticking out her tongue at us! I guess the shyness went away quick. ;) The ultrasound tech even printed out one of these still shots for her to put on her "funny wall" in her office as she calls it. Then Grace finally decided to cooperate so we could see her beautiful face!

Scott & I were intrigued with the 4D of her moving and the 3D still shots that they got. It's interesting because we were just talking last night if we wanted to have this type of ultrasound done. I had brought a pamphlet home from my doctors appointment yesterday & since you have to schedule it seperately I wanted to see what his thoughts were. We decided against it. So we were excited to have these pictures today. After the technician walked out and we waited for the doctor, Scott put the pictures up beside my face and was like yep she's got your nose and he'd study the pictures a little longer and say yep, she's even got your mouth. He was too funny.

Well, that's all for now. Maybe I can get another belly shot posted soon. XOXO