38 weeks, working on Paige's room & some baby shower pics

So, I totally should have taken pictures a few weeks ago before Paige dropped... She was a lot higher! Anyway, I figured that it has been a while since I updated the bump! Oh, so uncomfortable... Scott and I hope she will get here soon. :)

We have been working on Paige's room and we wanted to document some of the items that we were fixing up for her room. The shelves and lamp were really gross they were dark brown and looked really old and bet up. We painted them white and gave them a little "face-lift". Scott did most of the work, and let me just say... he did an awesome job. Here are some of the pics:

BABY SHOWER~My Mom, sisters in-law, and sister threw me a baby shower! It was awesome! They did such great job. We played some really fun games and there was great food and company. Oh, how fun! Only regret... I wish I would have taken more pictures!!!!! They went to so much work and I just wish I would have documented it better. Thanks SO much for everything you guys do. We really appreciate it! :) Here are some pics from the shower...

Week 32 Pics

Here's some recent pictures that Bethany, one of our friends, took for us. She is into photography, so she offered to take some pics for us. We don't get too many chances to have both of us in any pictures together. One of us is always taking the picture and the other is in the picture. And yes we know this won't change... even after we have kids ;) It is so nice to have some fun pictures to keep for our memories... Thanks Bethany!!!!!

Belly's getting pretty big...

If you can believe it, I am quite a bit bigger now... Scott and I will post some pics of the belly this week, we are @ 34 weeks (only 6 more to go!) Man, I've got to start documenting better...

These are a pair of shoes that we bought before we ever got pregnant. We thought that they were adorable! It worked out so nicely, they were pink and now we are having a girl!

Love this one!!! So cute with Scott's hands making a heart.

More Ultrasound Pics!

So... at our last Dr's appointment we had another ultrasound. Our final peek at our little girl before she is finally born! (WE ARE SOOOO EXCITED!) Anyway just wanted to share a few of our favorites~

Ok, so I would like to think that she is looking right at the camera. I know that probably isn't the case, but it's still a fun picture. I am sure her eyes are closed and it's just a shadow, but cool huh?

Here's a side profile...

Here's the heart beat... the heart is the dark image at the top and the waves at the bottom measure the heart beat.

Ok, so I totally think this one looks like she's an alien :) It's taken more at the top of her head looking down so she looks kinda funny. Cute though...


I know this is kind of a weird pic but I think it is so cute! I love that you can see the nose and lips with so much detail. It's incredible how much technology has improved. I remember looking at my sister in-laws ultrasound pictures and thinking... I don't see anything!?!?


So this one has to be my ultimate favorite!!! I just can't believe how much it looks like a real photograph. I just can't believe what a wonderful blessing we have coming into our lives! What a beautiful and incredible thing. I just can't thank the Lord enough for all of our many blessings~

I am so thankful for the amazing opportunity that Heavenly Father has given to us to be parents. I am scared but so excited for the unknown. It has been such a wonderful experience so far! Last night she was moving around quite a bit when we laid down to go to bed and Scott and I spent at least 30-45 min just feeling her move. I always thought to myself how can parents just sit there and stare at their children and be completly content with themselves, how boring. But I have definately changed my mind about that now! I get so excited when she moves around and I could honestly just sit there forever and enjoy every moment of it. It makes it even more fun when Scott is around, he talks to her and everything. It's so fun! We are just so excited for her to finally be here... only 8 1/2 more weeks!!!! Yeah! :)

30 weeks!!!

I know, I know, I am totally a slacker and have not posted in about 9 weeks... Sorry Michelle! :(
Anyway, just wanted to update everybody on what is going on with our baby~

We are offically 30 weeks! Only a few months left! Oh, it’s been a journey. Never knew how many things you deal with in pregnancy. You always hear about being tired, cravings, stretch marks and being uncomfortable… Oh, how little those things prepare you for the real thing! It has defiantly been more exciting the closer that it gets. One really fun thing that we have been experiencing this past week is that our little girl has started REALLY moving…. (you know the kind that wake you up at night). Scott and I have had a lot of fun just feeling her move! She doesn’t move a whole lot during the day mostly just in the evening around 8 and then when we lay down to go to sleep. I probably just notice it more during those times because I am actually resting and not running around like I do during the day.

We have also been taking a parenting class, and that has been very interesting. We just went to our 3rd one on Tuesday (only 2 more to go). I am a little on the nervous and paranoid side and so there are things that they talk about that I just keep thinking… I don’t want to know! Just let me be naïve and not hear about any of the scary stuff!!! You know... I am a flowers and rainbows type of girl. Unrealistic, but you can always dream right?!? They have this thing called the sympathy belly that they let one of the support persons wear during class, so they can experience a "taste" of what being pregnant is really like (right...mmm not sure how close it is to the real thing). I have been trying to convince Scott to volunteer not only for the experience, but I thought it would be a fun picture to put on the blog. Hasn't happened yet, but I will keep trying :)

We had an appointment with the Dr. last week. The Dr. said "Wow, you are really growing aren't you?!?" (DON'T I KNOW IT!!!! I feel huge.) Scott asked the Dr. about how big I am and if that means that they would induce me early... Scott and I have been worried that the baby would be bigger because he was almost a 10 pounder! I was just over 6 so a little bit of a difference there :) If I was average height we wouldn't worry, but I am a bit bigger than others at this stage. The Dr. said that I appear larger because of how short I am and I am going out so much because there is no torso for the baby... so she is going... OUT! He said there shouldn't be any additional risks because of my height. The Dr. reassured us that just because Scott was a bigger baby didn't mean that I would have problems... he said to look at my mother and how big her babies where. My mom's were all about 6-7 lbs so that made me feel better. The Dr. did say that he wanted us to go in for another ultrasound next week to check on size and to make sure that everything is going well. So, we are pretty excited to see her on the ultrasound next Thursday!!! :)

I am also getting really excited because we are having a baby shower this weekend. The ladies at my work are throwing it for us. They have invited people from work and a few friends here in Twin. So, I should have some fun pictures of the shower to post by next week! Just staying busy... Scott is almost done with this semester, yeah. He has been studying like crazy! :) Anyway, I will post more real soon...

Half-way! 21 weeks...

OK so we haven't posted any photos of my belly recently... Here's the most recent!

Ultrasound pictures!

Ok, so I figured I better make up for the fact that I have slacked on the Blog for the past month! I also need to keep my promise and post some ultrasound pictures. These are just a few of them, they took about 12... so, we posted some of our favorites!

Here's our Girl!! The 3-D ultrasound was so neat. It made it all so much more real!


Here's a good shot of her beautiful face!



These are the little feet. She was constantly crossing her ankles, so the ultrasound tech got a picture for us... It was sooo cute!



She's all girl! I know, I know... I was a little unsure if I should post the gender picture, but I figure what the hey! (Plus I know that my mom would want to see it and she hasn't gotten to see any of these ultrasound pics yet and I wanted to show her this one.) The Technician told us that it is definitely a girl... The arrow is pointing to the three little lines that indicate that it's a girl.



Here's an arm and a leg!



Here's a picture of our baby's profile, this is Scott's favorite!!! He says she looks like she is posing with her hands under her little chin for her picture to be taken. How fun it was to see our little one! It is a moment that I will never forget, one of the most wonderful experiences so far in my life!!! :)

BABY NEWS!!!

SO... We had our ultrasound Wednesday morning and the baby is doing great!

WE ARE HAVING A LITTLE GIRL!!!
We are soooo excited! It is definitely a girl. The ultrasound pictures are very definitive! We would have been excited either way. But, now that we know we can go shopping for all the fun stuff and know what we are having. Scott and I went out on Saturday night and bought three little baby girl outfits, our first purchases for a girl... they are so cute. Scott was really excited to pick out a newborn outfit; he didn't want one that she couldn't wear for a while. So, I picked out three and asked him which one we should get and he bought all three! Anyway, we are so excited for our little girl to come. We will post pictures of the ultrasounds for everyone to see.