Head's DOWN!

I can't believe we have already made it 35 weeks with this little "bun" in my oven. The last couple have seemed a little slower, I think because I am starting to feel pretty uncomfortable. Sleeping, and eating, and breathing are all getting a little harder. I know the next couple of weeks are going to fly though. Michael and I celebrated our anniversary last night because the 23rd we are celebrating his dad's 50th birthday, and we were both saying how crazy it is that Luke is going to be here so soon!!!

We had an ultrasound yesterday to check on all of Luke's measurements since I was measuring a little small, and everything looks fantastic. He is head down (thank you Jesus), weighs approximately 5 1/2 pounds, and even has a tiny bit of hair. :) I'm thinking it's brown but who knows. I can't even tell you how relieved I am that he is head down. After they said I was measuring small I was worried that he was laying sideways since that can make your fundal height measure short, but praise Jesus the first thing we saw was a big ole noggin when she placed the wand on my belly!

We are headed to celebrate Christmas with Michael's family. My family's off to Telluride to hit the slopes. My big ole belly wouldn't make it there this year. Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas celebrating the birth of our Savior Jesus!

lemonade by paula warren...

I got the neatest gift from one of Michael's best friend's moms for the shower and I have been meaning to post some pictures of it. Paula Warren is an interior decorator and has quite a knack for creatively painting things. She recently started a home design and finishing business. I'll let the chair speak for itself but she paints all sorts of things (chairs, lamps, tables, book shelves, paper towel and napkin holders, coat racks, etc). For our wedding present we got the coolest broom (and because of it I love to sweep). Her website is "currently under construction" but has the essential information to get in touch with her.

http://www.makelemonade.biz/

Lemonade.Paula@gmail.com

Playing "House"

I got the stroller that matches Luke's car seat this weekend and after wrestling with it and Michael not reading the directions we figured out how to snap the car seat in. The rest of the night I wouldn't sit still because I was too busy strolling around with my "baby." I told Michael this is what little girls dream of when they are playing "house." He laughed but he too will learn one day if a little girl is in the plan for us. :)

I had another appointment today. It seems like I'm always in that office these days. I have another one in two weeks and then we start going every week until little Lukester is here! :) She scheduled me to have one more ultrasound in the next week or so!! I wonder how big he's gotten? We will see. I am measuring a little small so the doctor said he may already be dropping! This is all becoming quite the reality.

Really we couldn't be more ready. The nursery is almost 100% complete, and boy are our hearts ready to love on this baby! I asked Michael the other night if he missed Luke when I was away from him. He kind of brushed it off, but I know he does.

Showered with Love...

I had been looking forward to Sunday for so long and now it's already come and gone. Ten wonderful women from the Woodlands (both my friend's moms and Michael's) gave the sweetest baby shower for me and Luke (well Michael too although he wasn't really invited). I was excited about all of the gear but more than that it was just so sweet how many friends of mine, my mom's, and Kellie's that came to love on us. I don't think we are going to be needing much of anything else! :)

I didn't get emotional at the shower (although my eyes do look a little red in all of the pictures), but the Lord has certainly been doing a work on my heart lately. I feel as though I could just burst with love at any minute. I have always considered myself a sensitive and emotional girl (not ready to call myself a woman just yet) but this baby making thing brings on a whole new meaning to those words. I just feel so honored that the Lord has chosen Michael and me to raise one of His precious children. I just can't wait to meet him.



Our apartment looks like we had a baby gear explosion. Now I'm in even more serious nesting mode. I'm trying to take it easy because I have been alot more physically tired but there's just so much I want to do. I will put up a picuture of the finished nursery hopefully after this weekend. For now, look at the explosion that occured.


The swing was one of my favorite presents. I can't hardly stand waiting to have little Luke sit in it. For the time being I have a stand-in. :) I want his name to be Lovey. Another sweet thing the hostesses did was ask everyone to bring a book to start Luke's library. I loved that!

We're getting ready for our little Cowboy!

Happy belated Thanksgiving. Hope everyone had a great holiday. This Thanksgiving caught me off guard a little. I have been thinking the holidays were a long way off because Luke's arrival seems forever away, but it's NOT! I just logged into the blog and it said 59 days till your due date and I think my heart skipped a beat.

We had a wonderful last Thanksgiving without Luke (although I wish he were here already). It is my grandparent's 65 anniversary on December 4th, so all 50 or so relatives on my dad's side of the family were here to celebrate. We had a great time and Saturday night was really special (when we had the anniversary celebration.)

Michael and I have been busy getting Luke's room ready. I love being in there so much I eat my cereal sitting in the rocker every morning. :) Kellie (Michael's mom) came and stenciled a verse on the wall and it looks awesome! I have always heard mother's have a nesting instinct and that it kicks in towards the end of pregnancy, this thing is serious y'all. I am washing blankets and sheets, scrubbing the bathtub. I even bought a few boxes of diapers the other day and Michael thought I was crazy. It's not too early - I told him. He's going to be here so soon.

I have a doctor's appointment Thursday (32 weeks) and although they say babies generally turn head down between 32-36 weeks I am really hoping Luke decides to turn earlier rather than later. I am pretty sure he's laying sideways right now, so at least he doesn't have to make a 180. But, it would just put my heart at ease if he were in the correct position so we don't even have to worry about what to do if he's breech.

I Love Ice Cream!

I have good news. My tests for gestational diabetes and preeclampsia both came back normal!! Yay. I have been worried but the nurse called two days ago and said everything came back negative. After being told I had a little sugar in my urine (sorry if that's gross) at my 24 week appointment I have been trying to be good about the amount of sugar I've been eating just in case. But now I can eat TCBY chocolate yogurt with reese's peanut butter cups with no regrets!! :) So thank you for your prayers!

I've been meaning to post pictures from Halloween. I got one of the expanding belly. (I'll do that when I get home). Michael's medical school has a party each year with a costume contest. Last year he and his friends went all out and were the whole "Karate Kid" crew and won the contest.
This year they one up-ed that and did American Gladiators. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, but it was pretty hilarious. And they won again!! Not only do they get bragging rights, but $400! My costume was a "Pregnant Soccer Mom." Why didn't I win?? Surprisingly most people got it without asking. Next year we'll have a little pumpkin to dress up! I am oh so ready!

We've made it 29 weeks today! Time is just flying by. Next week we're going to celebrate because 30 seems like quite a milestone. My celebration will be including ice cream for sure! Have I told you I've been craving ice cream? :) Don't worry though- I won't let this get out of control.

An oldie but a goodie...

It's been a while since I've posted. Michael told me the other day that I should post something new, but I guess I've just felt like there's nothing too exciting to post about.

Things are still going smooth as can be. Luke's kicking like crazy. This morning at church I swear he was trying to push his way out of my side. He hasn't figured out yet that punching and kicking is not going to get him out any earlier. If nothing else, he's certainly making it known that he is starting to feel cramped.

I have a regular doctors appointment on Tuesday (I really look forward to those)! They are doing some routine testing for gestational diabetes. Although not a huge issue, I have a been a little nervous about it, so if you could pray that those tests would come back negative I would greatly appreciate it!! " The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them." Psalm 34:17

Other than that, we have begun turning "Michael's study" into a nursery over the past few weeks. Part of me was sad to see the huge (and I mean huge) desk go after seeing Michael spend all those hours sitting there, but we are beginning a new chapter and I can't wait! We assembled the crib (gracias Mom and Dad) and thanks to my sweet TriDelt friends in New York, we already have the cutest cowboy bedding all set and ready. Michael seems to think the hog head that currently resides in there goes perfectly with the theme and should stay when Luke comes. I am having second thoughts.

Here is an ultrasound picture from the appointment where we found out it was a BOY. He's grown quite a bit since this but I finally got this one formatted so you could actually see it. How cute is that big yawn and the roundest little head you've ever seen?