Every Week...

Yes we are officially going to the doctor EVERY WEEK!!  I cannot believe that this pregnancy has flown by as fast as it has.  Today I am 35 weeks and 4 days pregnant.  We have 31 days left until our due date (June 11th).  I have a doctors appointment tomorrow!  We are getting so close to meeting our precious little girl.

It seems like I still have SO much to do before she arrives, but I know that I will get it all done.  We have been slowly but surely getting our bags packed for the hospital.  This is a hard one...I am sure that I will overpack just like I do every time I pack for a vacation, but I have no clue what I will need.  We still have to install our car seat in my car and get it inspected by the fire department (hoping to get this completed this weekend).  I already have most of her clothes, blankets, sheets, towels, etc washed so they are all ready for her!  Oh and the nursery...it is really coming together!  I am not going to post any more pictures of her room until it's complete, it will be more exciting at the finale!!  =)

Stay tuned for the update after our doctors appointment tomorrow!

Here are the most recent pictures taken of the bump...34 weeks and 2 days

Baby Shower at Work

Last week my office threw me and Michael a baby shower.  I was so excited because my mom was able to come up for the shower and Michael was in town (since he stopped traveling the week before).  My mom made a special trip up just for the shower and then she went back home.  Thanks mom for taking the time to make the trip up.  I cannot tell you how much it meant to me for you to be there!!  I love you very much! Michael and I got all kinds a great baby gifts...our highchair, diapers, blankets, cute monogrammed stuff (burp clothes, bibs, etc), bumbo, clothes, etc.  The baby gifts were great, but on top of that the food was wonderful!!  My favorite part...the 2 tier chocolate cake with chocolate icing!!!!  I absolutely love chocolate  cake!! =)

My mom took a couple of pictures from the shower so enjoy.

I cannot thank everyone enough for taking the time to throw us a shower and for all of our wonderful baby gifts!! 

Michael Stops Traveling!!!

This is the moment that I have been waiting for!  Michael has been traveling for the past 6 weeks and me, Morgan, and Kiki have been very lonely.  April 30th was his last day to travel.  We are now enjoying time together as a couple before Morgan decides to join us.  

I am so blessed to have Michael as my husband.  He comes home every night and cooks me dinner so that I can sit and prop my feet up (since the swelling is still awful). =)  I have to mention also that he has been a trooper through this pregnancy...recently Michael and I attended a 4 course child birth class (yes he actually went and we learned some things), but the most recent class was the breast feeding class.  Michael did not want to go.  I told him that if he was the only guy there then I would let him leave.  We get to the class and there are about 5 women walking in by themselves and I was thinking to myself that I was going to have to go to this class by myself...and all of a sudden we look over and a guy is getting out of his car and starts walking towards the building (this is the moment that Michael started praying that this guy was going to walk into a different building), yes this guy was going to the breast feeding class.  So about 35 women and 3 guys sat through a two hour breast feeding class that night.  Michael caught up on some national news on his iphone while we were in the class, but he is a multi-tasker so I still think he learned some good info so that he can help me be successful at breast feeding!  I love my husband!!  I cannot wait to see him in action as a DAD.  He is going to be a wonderful father!

Maternity Pictures

I wanted to have maternity pictures taken at some point during this pregnancy so we scheduled to have them done and they got cancelled.  I was afraid that we would not be able to reschedule so my sister took pictures for us when we were down for my baby shower.  I am really pleased with how they turned out.  She is going to do editing on them, but here are some that she took before edits...

Thanks so much Meredith for taking time out of your busy life to help capture these exciting times in our lives!!  Love you!

Nursery Progress!

Michael and I were able to work in the nursery this weekend...it is looking more like a nursery and less like a storage room.  We got all the furniture put together and I am SO pleased with it.  I am doing a photo wall above the dresser and Michael hung all the frames for me.  I am ordering pictures this week to put in those so I will update you as I get those together.  My sister painted letters for us to hang above the crib and they should be coming in the mail today or tomorrow!  I cannot wait to see them!  I have had the bedding in for weeks now, but no bed to put it in.  I was so anxious to get the bed set up.  I love the way it turned out!

I am pleased with the room so far, but there is a lot more to do.  I still have 6 to 7 weeks to get it all done...I can do it!

Here are the pictures of the progress being made:

Better Late Than Never...Update

This is a little late, but here is the update from our last doctors appointment on April 21st.

This was a very quick appointment...blood pressure was good at 110/68, weight gain is good at a total of 21 lbs so far, and babies heartbeat sounded good.  Dr. Cole said that we would do another growth ultrasound in the next few weeks to check on Morgan since she was measuring ahead at the last ultrasound.

I have been feeling good these days, but have had problems with my ankles swelling.  The doctor is not concerned about the swelling unless I have an elevated blood pressure.  I am slightly uncomfortable at this point...I think Morgan is running out of room in there because she keeps kicking me in the ribs.  But it is going to be worth every bruise in the end! =)

I cannot describe the feeling that I get every time I feel her move around.  I had people tell me that it is just the greatest thing in the whole world to feel your baby move, but you don't truly understand until you get to experience it yourself.  It is unbelievable to imagine that we, with the help of God, created this precious child.  I try to imagine what she is going to look like, what color her hair will be, what her personality will be like, etc.  We are getting so excited about meeting her soon!

First Baby Shower!

This is the moment that I have been looking forward to...our first baby shower!!  We had our shower on Saturday, April 10th in Gulfport.  My friend Emily, my sister, and my mom did a GREAT job preparing for this shower.  Everything was perfect!  We had a great turn out, the food was wonderful (especially the chocolate covered strawberries), and the decorations were adorable.  


We got so many wonderful things...clothes, hooded towels, shoes, jewelry, mores clothes, bottles, and so much more.  


I always love getting to go home and spend time with my family as well so it was nice that we were able to spend time with them before Morgan arrives.  


My sister took some great pictures this past weekend at the shower so I wanted to share...

We took the opportunity to take LOTS of pictures while we were at home with family and friends...

 

Stay tuned for the maternity pictures that my sister took for me and Michael!!  They are GOOD!