Week 38

Well, here we go again!! 38 WEEKS!!! How exciting!! I had a Dr's appointment yesterday. I am still dilated at 1 cm but he said that he can tell she has dropped more. I believe him because I have felt some pressure pretty low for the last couple of days. He said everything looks good. I will have to have antibiotics given to me when I check in to the hospital. I was positive for Group Strep B. It is a bacteria that is no big deal for me but can harm the baby when she is delivered. There is nothing I did but by having the antibiotic it will protect her from getting sick.

Well, we are as ready as we are going to be for her! We got the car seat installed last week and the bags have been packed for about 2 weeks. We have the pack'n'play set up by the bed. I have all the items I need washed. Toni is bringing us Emmie's baskets for the changing table on Saturday. There are still some little things we need to do in the room but it is all decorating related. No biggy!

I forgot to post the other pictures of the wreath and name hang. They are so cute! We plan on hanging the wreath on Emerson's door at the hospital!

Week 37

3 more weeks!!! How exciting!! Not much to report...I still feel about the same. I am getting a little nervous but still excited. We have the bags packed and they are in the car! I hope to get the car seat installed this week. I plan on letting them do that at ACH. This way I know it has been installed correctly!

Gregg's work had a baby shower for us on Monday. Here are some pics from the shower.

This onesie says "I love my daddy" on the front and on the back in a heart on her bottom says "and my daddy loves me"

This onesie says "worth the wait" And it is right, she will be worth the wait!!

And I would like to do a little advertising for a co-worker of mine. Casey painted these CUTE letters for me. She made the precious wreath and adorable name plaque!! She is so creative!! Thanks again Casey for helping make Emerson's room so cute!!!

Well, I guess I have posted my limit of pictures because it won't let me add any more. So, I will add the other pics later.

1 cm

I had a dr appointment today. Some exciting news....I am 1 cm!! I know it doesn't mean much because you can be 1 cm for a while. But at least it is some progression!! And I didn't gain any weight this time!! Don't worry Emerson is fine!! The dr said she is head down and average size! I will start going weekly now until she is here!!

Week 36

4 MORE WEEKS!!!! I am so excited and ready!! Well, things are about the same. My feet and hands are swelling again, still get the leg cramp, indigestion and all that stuff. A new thing...I had contractions Monday night. I woke up around 3 am in lots of pain. We started timing them. They would go from 5 min to 7 min to 15 min to 5 min to 30 min. So, very sporadic. I called the dr the next morning and the nurse told me that it was just my body practicing, getting ready for her to come! I felt a little silly but oh well. She told me that when the contractions are 4-5 min apart for an hour or if my water brakes to come in. Another neat thing is that I can tell when she is sleeping and when she is awake, or at least today I could. She moved for like 2 hours today!! I loved it!! And then she was asleep for about 2 hours or at least I didn't feel her move again for another couple of hours! It is so amazing!! I was looking at her last 3D ultrasounds last night wondering what she will look like! I can't wait to hold her and love on her!!

Emerson's Shower

Cute and yummy cupcakes!!

Emerson's diaper cake!

Opening all the fun gifts!

Me and my niece, Mica!

Some guest!

Some more guest!

These are some of my sweet friends who hosted the shower for us!

Amber, Tabatha, Jo Ann, Jennifer, Me, Ashley, Lindsay, Jenifer, Laura, Sarah!

Jo Ann, my sister, if you couldn't tell!! Mica, my niece! Me and my mom!

Some of my friends had a shower for me this past Saturday! We got so many cute and usefully gifts for Miss Emerson! I had so much fun visiting with everyone! Thank you guys for everything! It was a beautiful shower!!

ACH Shower for Emerson

My co-works had a shower for Emerson last night! We had a blast!! The food was great and I really enjoyed visiting with everyone outside of the hospital. Thank you guys for all the cute and useful gifts!! We have so many awesome books to read to Emerson! I can't wait!! Here are some pics from the shower! Enjoy!

The cute and yummy cake!! You can't see it but it had an E on the top of it! It was so cute!

Casey, Esther and Me!! Thanks girls for hosting such a beautiful and fun shower!

Gloriane, Mandy, Emily and Leslie

Emily, Amelia, Melanie and Riley Cate, Casey's arm:), Leslie and Kathy

Casey and I are about 7 weeks apart! We took so many belly pics! I will post some more later. I am going to wait and look at some off of Casey's camera. I had too many chins in all my other pics! :)

Thanks again everyone for a wonderful shower! Emerson will be excited to meet all of you guys!! Hopefully it won't be to much longer!!

Emerson's Room

Finally, here are some pictures from Emerson's room!! I just love it but we have a few little things that we still need to do...

Like painting her wooden letters.
Here is her little reading area! We plan on covering her little chair sometime.
We still have to get the baskets and the changing pad for the changing table. My mom will make a hot pink cover for the changing pad and the basket liners are made out of her bedding material. Nana is making the liners for us.

We are getting a black cover for the chair and Nana is going to make us a blanket out of Emmie's bedding material. The blanket will be on the chair. We are going to get a little table for next to the chair. And those are some little knick knacks on the chair. We plan on hanging them also. My sister is coming over this weekend, she is my interior decorator. Hopefully we will get everything hung!
And here is her bedding!! We still need the the hot pink sheet. My mom is going to make that for her once we find material to match. There are way to many shades of pink out there! And I can't find the right one. After writing this it seems like we still have a lot to do but we really don't. I am ready for Emerson to be here so she can enjoy her room also!!

35 Weeks

Ok, so 5 more weeks!! I am ready!! Not much has changed...I am still tired and hurt. She is still moving like crazy but it feels different. I can't explain it! I love watching my belly move around. I had a dr's appointment yesterday. I thought I would start going weekly but my next appointment will be Jan 16th. Then I will start going weekly. Maybe I will be dilated by then!!

You know I heard stories about the crazy things that people say to pregnant people. What I can't stand is how I have had a few people make comments on how big I am. Ok people, I know I am getting bigger and I am suppose to be I AM HAVING A BABY!!! BUT...just some advice DON'T tell a pregnant person she is big. My self esteem isn't the highest. I don't feel very attractive so don't go on and on about how big I am! Ok, I am exaggerating a bit but my advice is either don't say anything at all or lie if you have to!!! Sorry, I will get off my soap box!!

Oh, I have to tell you that I have the sweetest and best husband!! Last night I woke up around 3am with my hips hurting. For some reason Gregg woke up shortly after. I told him I was in a lot of pain and the emotional me started crying. He just held me and ask if there was anything he could do. Then the sweet moment...
Gregg-"If I haven't told you, Thank You."
Me-"For what?"
Gregg-"For carrying our baby."
Me-"You're welcome." While crying even more!

I love you Gregg and thanks for being such a great husband!!

34 Weeks

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!! We did, especially Emmie!! I decided to take a pic of all of Emerson's gifts and I can't believe how much she got!! Check it out...

She got way more gifts than Gregg and I!! She is one loved girl!! Thank you again for all the gifts!!

So, only 6 more weeks!! I am getting ready. I think I had some braxton hicks contractions today. I don't have much more to report on the pregnancy thing. I am still pretty tired, have leg/hip cramps and a little swelling. I still feel her move which of course I LOVE!! Gregg and I just watch my belly at night. It is the greatest thing!! We painted the baseboards and bookshelf in her room. We plan on putting one more coat of the pink paint on the walls. Then we will be able to move everything in!!! I am ready to get her room done!! It will be so cute!! I will post pics once we get it finished!!

Well, I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!! And we can't forget those Hogs!!! Go Hogs BEAT Wisconsin!!!!

Oh, I forgot one more picture. I had to work at the hospital on Christmas. Luckily they allowed Gregg to help out also. We walked Santa and Mrs. Clause around to hand out stocking and take pictures with the kiddos. Well, here is a picture of Santa and Emmie. Santa said she was telling him what she wanted for Christmas!!!

Week 33

Alrighty, so I am 33 weeks now! And boy is she growing!! I had a dr's appointment yesterday. I measured right at 33 weeks which is great! He said usually you start measuring bigger but she is right on track! I quit added up the pounds I have gained. It was a little depressing. I have been having indigestion and still feeling tight. But...she is moving like crazy!! I love it!! You can see when she pushes against my belly!! It is pretty cool!!

I have a funny story for you guys. I got up about 5am to use the bathroom. Well, when I stood up I didn't realize my left leg was asleep. So, I wasn't standing for long...needless to say I fell. I said a few choice words which woke Gregg up. His response was, "Where are you?" Which I responded, "I fell." He had to get up and help me up. Well, the good thing is that I didn't pee on myself!! But, I just took off my socks and shoes and my baby toe is way swollen, bruised and has some busted blood vessels. Just call me "grace."

Well, Gregg finished painting the baby furniture and touched up on the pink paint in her bedroom. We still have to paint the baseboards and bookcase and then we can start moving everything in!!! Oh, and Nana finished the bedding. It is SOOOOOO adorable!! I just love it!! I can't wait to get everything in her room!! Hopefully soon!!

It is one of bestfriends birthday today. Happy Birthday Tabatha!! I hope you have a wonderful day!! Well, if I don't post again before Christmas...I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Christmas!!

Another cute gift for Emerson...

Isn't this the cutest thing!! One of co-workers, Roberta, gave this to us!! If you haven't figured it out, it is a Razorback mobile and it plays the fight song!! We wanted Emerson to be a Razorback fan and now I don't think she will have much of a choice!! This child already has 3 different Razorback cheerleading outfits. One for 3 mo, 9 mo and 18 mo. I think she is set!! Go Hogs Go!!!

So, I am 32 weeks now! Only 8 more to go!! Kinda crazy!! We had our childbirth class and breastfeeding class. They both went well! We learned a lot at the breastfeeding class. Hopefully we will remember all the info!! It made us think about if we want visitors or not at the hospital after she is born. We are thinking we will only have family for the first day and then maybe friends the second. Or, just have people come visit us once we get home. They talked a lot about bonding and the importance of letting the baby get comfortable. You can't really do that with lots of visitors. So, we aren't sure yet what we are going to do. They gave us a tour of the labor and delivery unit in our childbirth class. The birthing room is like a hotel room!! It is nice!! Oh, and did I tell ya that the class kinda scared me. I just want my epidural to work!!!

How I am feeling these days...I get really tired at work and try to do things that allow me to sit. My feet are really sore at the end of the day and they are starting to swell a litttle. I still feel her move around and I can tell she is getting bigger in there!! I have been letting her listen to classical music. I will post some pics sometime with the headphones on the belly. On some of the songs she really moves around!! I think it is so neat! Well, that is about it for now!

Update on Emerson's Room

Here is what I did Saturday night...FINALLY painted her room!! I am very pleased with it. I still have to paint the baseboards and bookshelf. Gregg's Nana has finished her bedding!! And we should get it this weekend. Gregg still has to paint the crib and stuff but he got it together. I really like it also, he was putting all of it together for me while I painted.

Oh, and we had our childbirth class on Saturday. It kinda scared me but it was helpful also! Gregg entertained me though. At one point I told him he was to immature for the class!! I love you honey!! It got me excited also! It is getting closer and as we get the room finished I am getting more and more ready for her to be here!

Week 31

Ok, so I had my first 2 week visit. I ended up going on Monday instead of Friday because I was having some pains and they thought I might have a bladder infection. But I am all good!! No infection. So, my next appointment will be Dec 19th. We have a childbirth class this Saturday and I know you want to know this...breastfeeding class this Wednesday. We got Emerson's crib,changing table and dresser tonight!!! Now Gregg just has to paint them black. We plan on painting her room this weekend!!! I know, I know I have said that before but I hope to get it done. We talked to Gregg's Nanna and she said that she has the bedding done!! I am SOOOOOO excited!! I can't wait to see it! So, I am really motivated to get the room done now!!

Week 30

Well, 10 more weeks to go!! The time is flying by! She is still moving a lot and you can see her moving around! She just bounces around in there!! It is cool but crazy at the same time! I still love it though!! Oh and she is squishing everything...my bladder, stomach, hitting my ribs and pelvic bone!!! I feel like I am having to pee ALL of the time! And my stomach, I am can't seem to eat as much which I guess is a good thing! But you can hear my stomach growl but I know I can't eat any more. I get so tight! But it is all good!!:)

We finally started on Emmie's room last week! But we have only primed it. We still need to paint it. Here are a few before pics! Oh, I plan on painting it light pink!!