36 Weeks 1 Day

Today I am 36 weeks and 1 day! I can't believe it has gone by SO fast. I know I haven't posted in FOREVER, but I have been so busy and a little tired. Wonder why? Well we had an appointment 2 weeks ago in Fort Worth. It wasn't worth our trip over there because we had to wait 2 hours and she did a 10 minute sono and then wouldn't tell or show us any of his measurements. Then, the doctor wasn't even there to see us OR look at his chart. After much frustration, all we could get out of her was that he weighed 6 lbs 11 oz! Yep, that's right, 2 weeks ago, he already weighed more then he should now. According to babycenter.com, he should almost weigh 6 lbs this week. Who knows...

Well I started my series of weekly appointments yesterday. It was the first day he checked my cervix. I will go ahead and warn you that the next little bit of info you should read at your own risk. It may be TMI for some people. He said I am dilated to 1/2 cm and 50% effaced. His head is not engaged yet. He tried stretching my cervix too. That hurt by the way.He also said that is more then most people are at 36 weeks, especially with their first baby. He doesn't necessarily think it is going to be super soon, but he also doesn't think I will make it to my due date.

I want to keep him in until at least Sunday, and then it's free game! I will probably start doing all of those old tales Sunday that say they induce labor. HAHA...who knows if any of them work. I guess we will see.

The house is pretty much completely in order now for him. I have a few small things to do and a few things left to put on the walls in his room. I will post some pics of his room once I have it done.

Here are a couple of pics of me and my belly yesterday. I will try my best to do a better job posting these last couple of weeks! Until next time...

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30 Weeks and 4 Days

I am 30 weeks and 4 days today. This has been a very busy week. We had 2 doctors appointments, Thanksgiving, lots of shopping and today there is a basketball game. Monday we went to Dr. Heflin and everything was good, not too big of a noteworthy appointment, but he said I was measuring perfectly. I'm not sure if that was perfectly from my last appointment or perfectly, measuring on schedule. On Tuesday, we had our appointment in Fort Worth. It went well. He is still continuing to get bigger and BIGGER!

Here I am in the exam room waiting on the sonographer to come in.


Here is the beautiful big screen TV we get to view our little man on:


And, here are some screen shots of his measurements:





If you notice on this screen. I was 30 Weeks and 0 Days on the date of my appointment. The GA(AUA) is the size in which he was measuring: 32 weeks and 3 days. The EDD is my actual due date of Feb. 2, 2010. The EDD(AUA) is the due date he is measuring for: Jan. 16, 2010.



Lastly, you will notice under the Growth heading, he is measuring in the 93.3% for his gestational age.



Here are the sono pics:











And finally, here are some belly shots from today:

29 Weeks and 5 Days

Whoa...I am on a fast racing train that is coming to a screeching halt soon...When I look on my pregnancy counter and see only 72 days left until my due date, I am almost speechless! I remember Memorial Day weekend sleeping on the love seat and getting this crazy idea to take a pregnancy test like it was yesterday. And now, our little Rush will be here in no time! Chris and I were walking down the hall tonight in the gym and I said, "Babe, I can't believe November is almost over. You know what that means right? December is our last full month as just a couple. Then we will be a couple that are parents to a beautiful bundle of joy!" So crazy to think of myself as a Mommy. I don't think it has quite sunk in yet. Although the due date is still 72 days away, Dede (my Mom) and Nonna (Misti) are convinced that Rush will be here either Jan. 16th or 19th. That puts us less then 60 days away until Rush's possible arrival. I am really starting to believe they are going to be pretty accurate. I am starting to get the..."Oh my gosh, you are so big, When are you due again?" "There is no way you are making it until Feb. 2nd" and the "you look like you have already dropped!" I even got the later from the doctor at the doctor's office on my LAST visit. Who knows...only God. We can't wait to see that little man, but we have LOTS to do in the meantime. We have 2 doctor's appointments this week and a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with the team planned. So, this should be a pretty busy blog week for us. So, stay tuned for pictures! We get another big sono on Tuesday! Hope you are all having a great week!

PS...we had a GREAT basketball week this week. 3 games in 5 days! All with WINS! We are off to a great start. Not another game until next Saturday.

My New Adventure

So, I have decided to embark on a new adventure. I have been inspired by a wonderful blog that I found on one of my friend's blogs...Thanks Ashley! My inspiration website is mycharmingkids.net. I highly recommend, especially those Momma's out there to check out this amazing lady's blog. I was drawn to her blog when I began reading about her amazing little boy who has struggled with SVT for the entire life...he's 1. I stay in touch so much I feel like I know the family. They live in Minnesota and "MckMama" has thousands of people who follow her blog. No, I don't necessarily want thousands of people to follow my blog, but what a way to inspire people, possibly lead them to the lord, keep them posted on great things going on around us, or even swap recipes or parenting stories! I know I am fixing to embark on the BIGGEST adventure of my life, parenthood. I can't think of a better way to keep family and friends involved then a blog. So, please stay tuned to see what I have coming up. I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I do...feel free to share the blog or ideas,

28 Weeks 1 Day

I am 28 weeks and 1 day today. I am blown away that my due date is in 12 weeks! That is so crazy. We had our shower this last weekend. We got some great things. Definately put us off to a great start. I had a wonderful time with family and friends. We started child birth classes last week. Last night was our second night. It has been quite interesting and we are learning alot to say the least. I think we have seen enough labor & delivery videos to last us a life time. As you watch those videos, it really makes you wonder if you are ready for this. I have to say I am very ready for Rush to make his appearance into this world, but not so enthused about the delivery and labor it takes to get him here. :) Rush has become more and more active by the day. Sometimes I feel like he is about to push right out of my stomach! He nearly kicked my plate off of my belly tonight at dinner. I put a slide show of pictures from the shower below and some of Rush's room. We have 3 basketball games next week: Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Our next doctor's appointment is the 23rd and 24th. I should for sure have some new sono pics after that.

Shower & Rush's Room

Make a Smilebox slideshow

26 Weeks 1 Day

I am now 26 weeks and 4 days, but these pictures were taken at 26 weeks and 1 day. Not a lot going on this week baby related. We went down to UT-San Antonio for our first scrimmage today. We are hoping to start putting together baby furniture tomorrow. I will post some pictures of that once we get it up and going. Rush is getting bigger and more active everyday. His movements are REALLY able to be seen and felt from the outside of my stomach now, which is pretty cool.

Here are some pictures from homecoming of Chris and I and my mom and I. Happy Halloween!