2nd to last dr. appt...

So today i went to my 2nd to last Dr. appt. HURRAY! Joel was able to come with me this time but i have to say that he was less than thrilled since he got home at about 6:30am and my appt was at 10:45am. Anyways....they did the regular stuff...NST and weight and such...i only gained 1/2 a pound this time so that's great. Looks like my total weight gain is going to end at 145 lbs or less so thats only 30 lbs on the dot! I'm so proud of myself!! :) The doc also did the first 'checking' of everything...baby is laying extremely low so she is totally engaged, and i'm dialted about 1 cm. Hopefully with some effort on my part, that number will increase in the next 2 weeks greatly, LOL. The 'checking' hurt like HELL so i'm not looking forward to doing it again next week, and baby let me know that she was displeased as well. Oh well...next appt on Monday is my last appt and then i'll go in for her birth!! Joel and I are both SOOO anxious to meet her.

This past weekend was pretty uneventful otherwise...Joel had to work every day but Saturday so i spent some time shopping with my MIL and his aunt. We got a really cute little vinyl peel off thing with a quote for Kenzie's wall that is ADORABLE! It says 'Some people dream of angels, I hold one in my arms.' So Joel and I put that up over the weekend. I love it!!

Other than that i have nothing to really say...so yeah. I hope everyone has a Happy New Year! We will be busy with a party or get together on the 31st, 1st, and 2nd so we'll see how long I last through all of those!! hehe

^^^The countdown is wrong...i'm being induced so only 16 days to go!!!! HURRAY!!!

Christmas Update and so on...

So yesterday was Christmas and we had a WONDEFUL day. Backing up, Christmas Eve started with me getting off of work at 1:00 but then i had to enter the cave of doom...AKA Walmart on Christmas Eve plus it was POURING rain...that SUCKED. But I got home around 2:30 and we went and picked up Joel's mom and then all went to her uncle's house to hang out with family. It's a tradition that we all do and we all had fun. Only problem was that pretty much everyone who smokes in the family, which is about 5 people...smoke inside there so i had to keep away from people a lot. UCK! Joel's mom stayed with us that night because she fell and hurt her leg and it just made more sense for her to stay over since she was coming over th next morning anyways.

So arrive Christmas morning...Joel and i were up at 5am because i couldn't sleep and he was too excited, LOL. Mackenzie will never have to wake US up for Christmas, LOL. So we finished cleaning up and stacked the presents under the tree. Joel's mom woke up around 8:30 and made her breakfast quiche...YUMMO! Aunt Sandy and Susie arrived around 9-9:30 and we all ate breakfast and let the puppies open their gifts. Rupert got a box stuffed with pig ears, because he LOVES to tear into boxes, and he got a super cute sweater...Lilly got a beautiful purple and pink collar and a nylabone that she ate in about 2 mins. Plus they both got a bag of pupperoni treats. After breakfast we sat down to open presents. Joel LOVED his gifts from me and i got the cutest necklace from him with an 'M' on it for our daughter. I absolutely LOVE it. We also got a toaster oven, SWEET!, and i got a sewing machine yay! Joel got an awesome suit from his aunt that fit perfectly so we were BOTH happy about that. He feels nice and i get some eye candy. hehe. We got tons of other stuff too...but yeah. Kenzie got some more books and stuffed animal, including a little bear that says prayers...too cute.

We sat around and watched movies and let lunch cook and then all ate together again. Around 5pm everyone left and Joel and I took a 2 hr. nap. Then i took another hour nap, LOL.

Today i'm going shopping with Joel's mom and aunt to hit up some deals and specials so that should be fun.
As for baby updates...my feet are becoming little sausages because they swell up sooo bad. By about 12:00 my feet are killing me every day so that sucks. Luckily i'm off of work until 1/5 or i'd die. Well i should go get ready. Hope everyone had a great Christmas!!

Another Shower and a busy weekend....

So on Friday afternoon at work i was surprised with another baby shower from my co-workers. I was thrilled!! One of the ladies in our office makes cakes and always makes birthday cakes and such for the office, but she made me an absolutely adorable cake...as seen below....





And it was fun-fetti cake....my fave!!
I got tons of cute stuff, a few outfits, some pacifiers, diapers, blankets, stuffed animals, a diaper caddy/organizer for the changing table, and some general supplies too. The topper though was the gift that i guess everyone pitched in some money on....i got my playpen/bassinet/changing table!!! I was soooooo psyched about it! I put it together first thing on Saturday morning and it is just too cool. It has a little wind up mobile too!! So after all of that stuff i think we are just about entirely prepared, if not over-prepared for baby to get here! I went out and bought a changing table pad because i had two covers, but no pad; and i also got a little laundry hamper, appropriate for baby sized things, LOL.

I was out shopping with Joel's mom for that stuff ^ so i also got a few presents for Joel for Christmas too. I'm really excited about them because what i did get for him is not what he was expecting i dont think. I ended up getting him a bluetooth for his phone but we were out shopping together and found the perfect one, so he knows about that gift :(. Oh well. Joel and I spent all day on Saturday Christmas shopping and grocery shopping so i'm glad that it's just about all done now. We caught up on grocery shopping and fully 'stocked the shelves' since i have nearly 2 weeks off at home after Christmas, and then i'll be home for a LONG time.

Today (Sunday) we went to church and then came home because Joel had to work tonight. I cleaned up a little bit to prepare for Christmas being here this year, and then we just were lazy around the house after that. It was REALLY cold here today but our living room was so nice and cozy with the sun shining in and the fireplace roaring. I think right now it's about 10 degrees outside, with a 'feels like' of -5 though so it's not quite as cozy warm anymore, LOL.

Well that's about it for our weekend update.
As for baby...nothing much new but i am on weekly appt's now so i have an appt tomorrow. People are saying that I've 'dropped' so Mackenzie is prepping for her entry!! hurray!
Merry Christmas to everyone and i hope you all have a great Christmas!!!

Merry almost Christmas!!!!

So it's almost Christmas and i'm in a great mood and feeling happy :)
Why is that you may be asking? Well i'll tell you...

This weekend we are going to do all of our Christmas shopping, because Joel and I are the worst procrastinators known to man but I am looking forward to the day out and about. It also helps that Joel got his raise approved finally and they paid him the raise in back-pay to Sept. 11th, his one yr. mark....so that's always nice and helpful. Also....baby is only 4 more weeks away max, and there is nothing better than welcoming home our new baby girl so soon!! Also...I only have a few more days of work before my big break...from 1pm on Christmas eve through January 5th...and even then i only work that week and then go on maternity leave! Also...Christmas is at our house this year which is kind of a first for us so i'm going crazy thinking about everything we need to do...in a good way.

On the bad side...Joel has to work this Friday night, which NEVER happens so that kind of sucks, plus he'll work Sunday night so we'll miss our Christmas show at church :(
At least he is off for the holidays and stuff so that's nice.

Baby update: She is ready to get out of that cramped space even more so than i am ready for her to be out i think. She kicks and wriggles all day long trying to rip out through my side, belly button and rib cage. I have a strong feeling that she is just so uncomfortably cramped that she'll start to get me ready for her appearance close to my induction date anyways. I would love it if i had some sort of dialation when i go in to be induced since that makes things easier on both of us. Nursery is all set up and ready to go...we have sterile bottles and formula in the cabinets, i'm getting my missing 'pump' accessories on Monday from the hospital, and the changing table is prepped with diapers and lotions and butt paste :) Oh Kenzie we can't wait for you to get here!!! I have plans to read to her a little bit later on tonight before bed.

Well that's our update on how we're all doing and what we're doing. God has blessed us so much this Christmas season and we are just so happy. Last year was a rough one for us because we had just moved, were flat broke, and hardly got to even decorate for Christmas. I was so stressed out last year over everything. This year we are settled in, expecting our daughter soon, and no where near as strapped. I know that money isn't everything, and i know that there are other things to be even more thankful for by all means, but living comfortably really does help things out in our marriage, general life, and my stress levels. Thank God for our blessings!!

Baby Bump and Nursery

So this is just a post to update everyone on my immense hugeness, as well as the nursery that is just about done.

First off....let's get the hard part over...what follows may scare small children so please avert their eyes... :)

Ugg...please remember that the camera adds 10 pounds, LOL. And remember Hettie...this will be you soon enough too...so no gasping!

And now for some nursery pics....all we have left to do is put together my rocker/glider chair and set it up...so this is it! Just missing a baby!!

crib! still full of random blankets though

changing table and baskets FULL of baby supplies. The bottom shelf is full of diapers behind the 'other stuff' while the middle shelf houses my cute little baskets of towels andburp cloths and bath time supplies. And of course my cool Diaper Champ beside it with which to house poopy diapers :) (aren't the curtains just too cute too?!)

and lastly her bookshelf with matching stuffed animals from grammy. You can't even see the books, LOL, but i swear they are in there.

So that's it...just some pics for everyone to look at. Hopefully soon there will be a little person in the room using all of the stuff. But not before Joel puts together my rocking chair!!!!!

YIKES! GD sux

Ok so i had a 33 wk u/s yesterday to monitor Kenzie's growth....and holy mackerel she is measuring about 2 weeks ahead of where she 'should' be. She is 5lbs 15oz. (HR 130) so now i'm thinking that the doctor won't even let me go until January 11th. I wouldn't mind getting her off of my ACHING hips a little early....but delivering at 38 weeks would kind of freak me out because of her lung development. I know that she would probably be just fine, but it still worries me. It was amazing to see our girl again though let me just say. It's hard to make things out on the u/s this far along since she is so squished up in there, but it was still really cool. We got a few pics of her too. One of her arm, one of her leg (dad's long legs), a skull head shot, and a picture that shows her hair!! LOL. When the tech was showing us her facial features and stuff we could see her moving her mouth open and closed and swallowing the fluids. It was just so cool to peer into her little world.
I don't have another Dr. appt until Monday so i'll know then what we're going to do i guess, but my gut feeling is that a normal delivery is looking less and less like a possibility. Unless my body realizes that she needs to come early and starts dialating and prepping, i'm afraid a c-section will be in my future. Well, whatever it takes to get her here safe and sound is fine with me, but i'd so love to go normally. Buuut then again i DON'T want to go normally if she is a 10 pounder! LOL

Just 5 more weeks...Just 5 more weeks

So I've been awake since 5am because apparently Mackenzie has had enough sleep, and now it's time to play games and roll around and kick and hiccup and kick some more and then roll around again. Ugg...this is getting really painful on my bladder :(
Let's see....this weekend was just full of wonderfulness and praises t God!! On Friday, when Joel got paid he got paid for all of his un-used sick time, which helped out A LOT with bills and Christmas shopping and catching up. Then i got news that my yearly raise was approved so hurray for that!! We also discovered a Buffalo Wild Wings that just opened near us so we went and had dinner there together after i got off of work.
Then Yesterday was my baby shower and we got a lot of really cute stuff! Lots of baby clothes, which granted she already had LOTS, but the more the merrier :P. We also got one of those t.v. baby monitor things so i can watch her while she sleeps, which i'm sure will help out this nervous totally paranoid mommy, LOL. We also got 2 different hand made blankets, one for me, one for Kenzie. Uhmm....bedding and curtains finally, and a few other baby accessories like bath time stuff and bottle system stuff.
Last night we went out for dinner with Jami/Ethan and their two kiddos...again to BW3's because they hadn't been yet. Their 2 yr. old was eating his chicken strips and fries with ranch dressing, i mean the boy LOVES ranch dressing apparently...and at the moment i guess none of us were watching him, but i looked over and he had dipped both of his hands into the ranch dressing and was just licking it all off of his fingers. Who needs food to dip into the ranch when you have fingers right? :)

Today we're going to church, and then we are going to Joel's aunt's house for a little family time get together and a 'family baby shower.' I'm excited all over again. Mackenzie's nursery is now totally full of diapers and clothes and picture frames and blankets and all kinds of books and stuffed animals. There is still a lot to get and do, but hopefully over my little Christmas break we can get all of that fun stuff done so we're ready for her arrival.

On Monday i have an ultrasound to check on her growth and make sure everything is going well. YAY! I'm taking a 1/2 day from work and then Joel will meet me at the hospital for that. I just can't wait to see this little girly again. I really hope that they do a 3D u/s since she is so big and all. I wouldn't think you'd be able to see much with a regular one at this point since she is taking up SO much space. But we'll see.

Well i'm going to go and do laundry....Happy weekend to all!

It's been a while!!

My My My what a long time it has been since I’ve posted anything! Lots to say…not much time to say it in since I’m at work.

Thanksgiving was fabulous….we went to my mom’s house in Seveirville, TN and hung out with them for 2 days. Had a wonderful meal and lots of fun with mom and Dave and their new shih-tzu puppy. J
Came back on Saturday and Lilly was great for Joel’s aunt, but unfortunately broke a small window pane and sliced both her nose and her paw open a little. She is doing fine now but we have to keep her arm bandaged up or else it bleeds since it is on her dew claw foot pad L Poor girl.
Today was my 33 wk doctor appt and it was wonderful!! My doctor walked in and asked if I had been scheduled yet, I was like uhmm for what? Well your induction of course! Hehe….because I have GD they induce early to avoid the baby getting too big…so I have an ‘official’ delivery date now. I will go in to be induced on 1/11 and deliver hopefully on 1/12!! I’m sooooo excited! Only 6 more weeks to go and we’ll be holding our little Mackenzie! I had my first NST test done too where they hook a monitor up to my belly for 20 mins and watch her heartbeat and I have to press a button whenever I feel her move. Kenzie passed that with flying colors so all is great with her! I have an ultrasound to be schedule sometime this week to monitor her growth and make sure that she is growing ok for her due date now. Yay we get to see her again!! I’m getting soooo excited!
This weekend is our first and biggest baby shower, one on Saturday with friends/family/church etc and then one on Sunday for just family. I’m psyched about both of them! Eek! Baby things!!!
So for now I should go because I should really work at least SOME today. I’ll write up more later….maybe….