2 days until due day

I cannot believe that 40 weeks of pregnancy has gone by so fast. Although looking back upon the experience, while being pregnant it has seemed like an eternity, it is hard to believe that 9 months has already passed. Many times were hard, but most of the experience was a good one. Needless to say though, i will be so glad when I am not preggo anymore! 40 weeks at a time is plenty! The last 4 weeks have been for sure the hardest. When you are anticipating the arrival of something so great time seems to pass so slowly. Being on pins and needles since 36 weeks has been a feat in itself. I get so anxious about things, and thinking everyday for 28 days that your daughter could be born at any moment has been extremely hard. Pray has been my stronghold, and knowing that God does have a time and a way for her to get here is comforting but hard to accept when I selfishly want her to be here NOW! @ more days until the due date, hopefully she will be here on time!

39 weeks

Well, 39 weeks today and she still hasn't decided to make her appearance! I know that God has a plan for her arrival, and I know i will find out what it is eventually! I feel pretty good today, but thats today! My comfort level is not high, but it is well worth it for her sake:)
Adley, daddy and i are ready for you whenever you want to come!

More than ready.........

So for almost 2 weeks now i have thought Adley was coming any day. Some labor signs are deceiving. Andrew and i are both MORE THAN READY for her to get here. hopefully she will come some time very very soon! Andrew's dad said he thinks she will come sometime between the 18th and 21st, so i hope Steve is right! If she doesnt come before this thursday then i will go in for my doctors appointment. They told me last week that we could talk about induction at the next visit if she still hasnt arrived, so i guess we will be doing so! I am just hoping labor and delivery goes well and that we have a completely healthy baby girl! God is good, so no matter what im sure everything will be ok!

Doctor's Visit

So, today I am 37 weeks preggers. Adley is officially considered "full term", which is amazing! I was so excited after leaving the doctor today because of such an awesome report:

--Adley has dropped
--80% effaced
--2 centimeters dilated
--Having some (irregular) contractions
--Healthiest person he'd see all day (according to the doc)

Hopefully she will come within the next few days or so.....but who knows!

Nesting????

So, i had always thought that "nesting" during pregnancy was and old wives tale. Throughout the entire past 8+ months i have been so unmotivated to do any type of housework what so ever. As i was l laying awake in bed last night (like i do every night) i couldnt help but to make a mental list of the things i needed to get done a.s.a.p--for exapmle: get our hospital bags packed, clean out the bathroom closet, get adley's room completely done, get a head on the laundry and get rid of old clothes and shoes i didnt need. What???? I have never been this motivated to clean and organize in my entire life. I got all of the above done today, and I'm still not even tired. From what i have read....(you can trust these kind of things or not) you have a burst of energy for about 48hrs and feel like there are a hundred things you need to do. This is a sign you are close to labor (or so they say). So, we will see i guess. If i end up going into labor within the next few days, or even week I will believe the tales about nesting. Who knows, it may have been an urge for spring cleaning, but I'd like to think of it as nesting. Hopefully the "facts" are true and Adley will be here very soon!

3 weeks & 4 days left......or is there????

So, Andrew and I got to go to the doctor on thursday 4/1. The report was amazing! Sally, the offices midwife, told me she didn't think i would go over or last until my due date! This was music to my ears because i am so uncomfortable, and i have to admit i have been complaining for the last few weeks about it. Andrew i'm sure is ready for her to come too, simply because he won't have to hear me whining anymore! Sally said i was 60% effaced (which means my cervix is over halfway thinned out) and that Adley was at a pelvic station of -1 (pelvic station (-3 to +3) is how far down the baby's head is....0 being ready for birth and +3 means the head is crowning) so.....hopefully by the next appointment on 4/8 we will be even farther progressed and possibly hear that we are even closer to seeing Adley!I definitely have noticed that she has dropped, and am starting to feel a little bit of contractions every once and a while. I can't wait until the day she gets here! It has been much anticipated. I just pray everything goes well and we have a good labor experience. I know God has his hand on us throughout all of this, so i am confident and secure.

I love my Husband

I cannot believe I am so blessed to have married such an amazing man. Honestly, i am the luckiest woman on earth. Andrew is so good to me. In a time of instability in my individual life, he has stood beside me and supported me every step of the way. He always shows me what a great life I have myself and what a great life we have together. Adley is going to have the best daddy in the whole world. His love for me is so apparent, and now i am starting to see his growing love for her and it is so rewarding for me. Motherhood is going to be such a joy, especially when i have such an amazing man by my side!I love you Andrew!

hard decisions

For the past few months something has been laid on my heart. I truly feel as though God is leading my life in a new direction. The only problem is, that direction is not what makes some of the people i love the most happiest. Over the lat 2 months i have felt that I should not return to school after this semester. I kept pushing those thoughts out of my mind, but doing so has made me depressed and ultimatley a less happy person. Although i know that not going back is the right decision for me, i feel as though i cannot go through with it due to the opinion of others. I should not have to feel this way. I am so focused on dissapointing others that i, myself cannot be a happy person. Should i sacrafice what God and I want for my life? I decided today that i cannot. I can't lose anymore sleep, i can't fet sick over it anymore, i can't let it consume me anymore. I need to implement my life plan so that i may become the person God wants me to be.I just wish i had the support and approval i needed, because without this I cannot be truly happy.

Adley is now my main priority. God has shown me that I am firstly a mother now, and I am happy about that. When thinking about school i feel depressed, overwhlmed, anxious and sad. I want to be close to my daughter. I want to be able to financially support my family, sooner than later. I want to be a good wife and mother and I feel that the oly way I can do that is to stop school and start a career. I am sure that God will open doors for me, I honestly believe this is what he wants for me. Whenever i think about it I feel happy, something i haven't felt in a very long time. I feel like myself.

5 weeks and counting

I cannot believe that I am 35 weeks pregnant today! The time has flown by. Andrew and I both are starting to feel a bit anxious about becoming new parents. everyone always tells us how great we are going to be, but we honestly don't know what to expect. All we can do is look to God for guidance and try to put His will for us and Adley into play as best we can. We are so lucky to both have amazing Christian families, and friends to help us through this amazing but scary journey! Only 5 more weeks, we can't wait! No turning back now haha!

Today's Doctors Visit

So today was our 34 week check up, hard to believe! I only have one more 2 week appointment then we start going every week! Last night i couldn't get any sleep due to frequent urination and back pain, so i learned at the doctor today that i have a kidney infection. yuck! I am being put on an antibiotic so everything should be back to normal before long. Although i had an infection Adley is doing great. Her heartbeat was perfect and her growth is right on track!I love to hear her heartbeat, it makes me feel so safe and secure. Each time i hear it I thank God for the amazing miracle he has created! God is so good!

Showered in Showers

Andrew and I have been so blessed to have been given 3 fantastic baby showers. We wont have to buy anything for Adley, including diapers, for a very long time! Plus she wont have to wear the same outfit twice....ever! lol.
Shower 1: This was a shower given by my aunts.....Adley's great aunts: Mary, Trisa, Carolyn and Juju (julie)
--we recieved so many big items inculding: stroller and carseat, pack and play bassinet, bouncer, bedding, changing table. We also got a ton of diapers and wipes, clothes, blankets and hygene care items!

Shower 2: Diaper and Book Shower...given by Andrew's Mom and Sister

--Adley got so many fun books to read (or well, fo a while for us to read to her). Would you believe she didnt get duplicates of anything! How cool! We also got more diapers and wipes! Everything was decorated so cute. There were book charcters everywhere, icluding a life size clifford and curious george was hanging from the ceiling fan!

Shower 3: Church Shower....given by our wonderful church family @ Antioch Baptist Church

--My goodness did Adley get a lot, and i mean A LOT of cute little outfits! These church women know how to do it! lol. I didnt think we were ever going to get through all of the gifts, but we did eventually, and everything we recieved was so great!

We cannot believe how much God has blessed us throughout this pregnancy, and all of the wonderful support we have gotten. These showers just show how many people we have in our lives that love and care for us and will be great Godly influences in Adley's life! We love and appreciate you all

Nursery

So we finally started to get the ball rolling on Adley's nursery! It is pink and brown, and if i must say totaly awesome! Now all thats missing is our little princess:) --only 7 weeks and 2 more days until her due date! not too much longer.

Only 3 more months

I am so anxious for Adley to get here, but yet so unprepared. We have 13 weeks and 2 days (3 months and 1 day) until her estimated due date (April 29). We havent even started on her room yet........ah! We know what we want to do though. Her colors are going to be pink and brown. We are going to paint 3 of the walls pink and 1 brown. Everything at Babies R Us is so cute. We are registered there! We havent had any showers yet, but are starting to accumulate things rapidly. I can't resist seeing a cute little outfit and not getting it for her, neither can my mom lol. Andrew and I have started to get diappers whenever we go to target. We know thats what we will need the most of! My next drs appointment is on feb. 4th (next thursday), and i am way excited to hear her heartbeat again. I always worry until i do:) We are enjoying feeling her kick and dance around in my tummy. She is beginning to get very active, which i love! I have found myself constantly reading pregnancy books, and watching baby shows on TLC. wow. I keep thinking how long 3 more months is, but i can't believe how fast the first 6 have passed by. She will be here before we know it, and i cannot wait!

Prego Update:)

So, i went to the doctor today. I had to be tested for gestational diabetes. The stuff they make you drink, well lets just say it is not appetizing! You have to drink this really "syrupy" liquid that tastes like Koolaid mixed with a whole bag of sugar. On top of the grossness of it all, you have to drinl it with in 5 minutes, and if you throw it up you have to wait an hour and start all over again. Fortunatley, i got it all down in 4 minutes and did not regergitate it. lol. So, my appointment was at 10:00 am. I had to start drinking the "liquid" at exactly 9:10, and record the time i finished, which was 9:14. When you go in for your appointment they have to test your glucose and hemogloben at exactly one hour from the time you finished the drink (10:14). Although it seems complicated, i was suprised how easy it was when it was all over and done. My tests all came back well, adley's heart beating 140 beats/min, and my stomach measured 25 cm (while lying down). At 25 weeks you are supposed to measure appx. 25 cm, so we hit the nail on the head! The doc even said i was most likely the healthiest person he would encounter all day:) I always worry about Adley throughout the 3 week period b/t appointments but every time i go back she's perfect! She weighs around 1.5 lbs and is about 13 in long! wow! only 15 more weeks! we're getting so excited! My next check up is February 4th, then i start going every 2 weeks, until the last month i will start going every week! It's getting so close! I am so thankful that everything is going well. Andrew and I pray for Adley every day. He always blesses her when we say the blessing before dinner (it makes me cry). He's going to be a wonderful dad! I am so blessed!God is good, all the time!

I unwrapped these little baby converse on Christmas morning. They were one of my presents from Andrew:) I cant wait to see her wear them!