Update

Well I had my weekly dr.'s appointment this morning, and we decided to induce next Tuesday, August 31st!!!! That means in just 6 short days Hadley Grace will be here! I. CANT. WAIT!!!!! It is so relieving to know when my last day at work will be, and know a deadline of when to have everything done! I have been super busy working on Wiggles and Giggles stuff lately, so I am looking forward to taking a little sabbatical from that, and just loving on a sweet little girl!!!
Poor Bear has been a little sad lately. I think he senses something is changing. We have brought all this new stuff into our house, and new toys he is not allowed to play with, and he has been a little down in the dumps. Poor guy. It's ok soon enough he will LOVE Hadley, especially when she starts dropping him food scraps and playing with him in the yard! :)


Hadley we can't wait to meet you!

Showered...

Hadley has been "showered" in love! I have been given a total of 5 showers! It has been such a HUGE blessing! We had two showers thrown by friends, both our workplaces threw us a shower, and Tim's mom threw a shower for family. She has gotten lots of cute things to wear, as well as LOTS of practical necessities!

Here are a few pictures of my last shower thrown by Elita, Deborah, my sis-in-law Lydia, and my sister Elissa.

Me with the hostesses (L to R): Deborah, Elita, Elissa, and Lydia

My mom, me, and two of my sisters, Elissa and Mary Lee and my sweet niece Abby

Diaper cake my sister made for Hadley!

Cute (and yummy!) cake!

Everything was so cute! I loved every minute of it!

Hurry up Hadley! We are all so ready to meet you!!!!

Almost there....

We are SO ready to meet Hadley! Her crib finally came in! It was so fun to set up and put her bedding in! I LOVE how it turned out!

I have developed a horrible pregnancy related rash, called PUPPS. It is MISERABLE. Everything they have given me doesn't help, and I am scratching myself raw. It feels like I rolled in a fire ant bed. The only thing you can do to get rid of it is to deliver. I went to the dr. this week, and he said he wanted to wait another week before inducing me because there is a chance (while very small, still a chance) that her lungs might not be completely ready for life on the outside. SOOOO...while I would love to have had Hadley this week, and be done with this rash, I do not want to risk her not being quite ready, so I will wait. We will talk to the dr. again next week and go from there. So hopefully, Hadley will be here next week!!!!

I. CANT. WAIT!

My little chunker....

34 weeks!
Well we went to the Dr. yesterday and had an ultrasound. At our last appointment Hadley was measuring about 2 weeks ahead so the Dr. wanted to do an ultrasound to see what was up. I was excited to have another chance to see Hadley because you usually don't get to have an ultrasound this late. I was secretly hoping they would tell me, "Oh man we got your due date wrong. You are actually due August 24, not September 7th." No such luck. Instead we found out we just have a little porker on our hands! She is already almost 6 pounds and I have 6 weeks left! AHHHH! That means that she could be between 9 and 9-1/2 pounds when she is born! Holy moly! The Dr. assured me that even if I stop eating, she will still gain weight, so bring on the Cheetos and Mexican food! :)

In all honesty, thinking about birthing a baby that huge kinda freaks me out, but the important thing is she is perfectly healthy and so am I, and for that I am so thankful! The ultrasound tech pointed out that she already has lots of hair! That makes me happy! I am hoping she will have a head full of hair so she can wear lots of cute bows!

Last Saturday, my sweet friends Magen, Deborah, and Stacy threw me the most beautiful baby shower! It was so fun and Hadley got lots of super cute clothes and other fun stuff! Here are a few pics from the shower:

Awesome cupcakes with little babushka dolls! They match her crib bedding perfectly! They were SO cute!
Yummy lemon cupcakes

Just some of the beautiful cupcake spread

Me with my mom and mother in law

Me with the sweet hostesses

In the nursery organizing and looking through everything again! So fun!

Hadley's first set of wheels from her Gigi and Grandpa! Love it!

Oh the Joys of Pregnancy

Being pregnant is all in all an awesome experience. Growing a human being inside of you and feeling them move is so fun! But there are a few things about being pregnant that are not so glamorous.....You know you are ready to not be pregnant anymore when...


1. You go to the bathroom so much that you actually start to dread it and wish you could just get a catheter
2. You wake up in the middle of the night and your leg is numb from sleeping on it, but its too much of an ordeal to roll to the other side so you just try to ignore it
3. You grunt and groan like an old woman every time you get up
4. You don't remember what your feet look like
5. You can't get your wedding ring off your finger
6. You look at pictures of yourself earlier in your pregnancy and think, "Gosh I was skinny." HAHA
7. You can't remember what it is like to have a flat stomach
8. You frequent Sam's often to enjoy all the free samples
9. If you sneeze or cough you sometimes wet your pants, even though you JUST went to the bathroom
10. You are hot all the time
11. You have to stand in the kitchen every morning with the freezer and refrigerator door open to try and cool down for a minute. As soon as you close the doors though, you begin to sweat.
12. The thought of taking a hot shower makes you want to die. Instead taking an ice cold shower sounds absolutely divine.
13. You came up with a genius idea to fold your clothes for the day and put them in the freezer. That way when you are all ready to go, and sweating like a dog, you can put on your ice cold frozen clothes and have a moment of pure bliss.
14. You have to go to the bathroom so much that you made a fun little game of it. You make a tally mark in your planner each time you go, and see if the next day you can beat it. (For the record I am currently at 9 and its only 2PM)
15. You waddle like an old lady
16. Your feet are so swollen that even your flip flops leave intentions on your feet when you take them off
17. You cannot sleep enough.
18. You are wishing and hoping and praying that the doctor will tell you they made a mistake on your due date and you are actually due 2 weeks earlier than planned
19. The days drag on and on and on and on and on and on and on.....
20. You started out your pregnancy being nervous to give birth and now you can't wait because it means you won't be pregnant anymore!!!!

Nursery Progress...

Here are a few pics of the nursery progress. It has come a LONG way and my sweet husband has worked SO hard!!!! We still have a good bit to do, but I thought I would post just a few pictures of it so far....

Painting the walls...

Taping the stripes

My sweet husband working hard

Dresser we are going to use as a changing table. We bought it and then I painted and distressed it. I am really pleased wit how it turned out although this isn't the best picture...

After painting the stripes and hanging the chair rail

32 weeks! It has FLOWN by!

Time is ticking away........

32 weeks! WOWSERS has it gone by fast! It is hard to believe that in just 8 short weeks (or less) I will be meeting my sweet little girl! I am so excited! I went to the dr. last week and he said I was measuring 2 weeks ahead so he wants me to have another ultrasound at the end of the month to see what is going on. I am excited because I wasn't supposed to have another ultrasound! Although by that point I will be 34 1/2 weeks so we probably won't be able to see alot since she will be so big.

My first shower is July 24th and I am so excited! My friends Magen, Stacelle, and Deborah are throwing it for me and I know that it is going to be so cute!

The nursery is 90% done. All that is left to do is hang stuff on the walls, hang curtains and cornice boards, buy and put together the crib, and then Tim's dad is building a table and a bookshelf. It is so fun to look in there and be able to envision what it will look like finished! For so long it was a torn up construction zone and I would about have a heart attack when I looked in there and think HOW IN THE WORLD IS THIS EVER GOING TO BE A NURSERY?! But my awesome husband has worked SO hard and made it look great. I will post pics as soon as I can find out camera cord to upload them to the computer......

I am feeling pretty good for 32 weeks. Starting to notice more swelling in my feet and ankles by the end of the day, and my stomach just feels really heavy like I need to hold it up haha. Sleeping is getting harder and harder. Inbetween the frequent nightly bathroom visits, it is so hard for me to get comfortable, not to mention I am SO hot at night time. Well I am hot all the time, but it seems to be worse at night when I am laying there trying to go to sleep. Oh well...this too shall pass....