PICTURES!!

As promised, here are some more pictures of our sweet Gracyn! Blogger has the pictures all out of order...but I don't really want to fix them right now. Some are right after she was born, on her way home from the hospital, and at home today. I'll write more about her delivery when I've got more time and I've had more sleep! It's been a rough couple of days...but we're getting through it. Prayers for a speedy recovery would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!

The End is in Sight!!!!

39 weeks and 5 days pregnant!!!

Well....it seems that no one else wanted to spend Thanksgiving in the hospital either and there aren't any openings for me to go in tonight. :( But, I have a "reservation" for tomorrow night!! I have to be there by 8pm. I'm 100% effaced and have dilated 1.5 cm. So, things are starting!! YEA!! They'll start me on a slow drip of Pitocin over night on Tuesday and hopefully she'll come Wednesday morning. (That's been my due date all along.)Of course, Gracyn could decide to come earlier, but I really doubt that because it seems she's really comfortable where she is now. I'll probably still be in the hospital for Thanksgiving, but I'm okay with that....my mom has promised to bring me a plate of all the good stuff because I'm sure the hospital version will not be what I'm used to. :) Plus my grandparents will be here by then and they're really excited to be here for the big day. It's just nice to know that I'm not going to be pregnant forever!! We'll try to get pictures up soon after she gets here...but I can't make any promises!! Stayed tuned.....

Happy News!

Just wanted to share that my little brother, Ryan, got engaged Sunday night! We are SO excited for him and Virginia! This is a picture that I used to make a book for Ava. I couldn't get my other ones to come up. Hopefully we'll have another addition to our family soon!! :)

Still Waiting.....

It seems that this little girl is really comfortable and isn't ready to meet us just yet. I was SO hoping that I would get the "ready to go" from the Dr. this morning, but it seems that I'm just not far enough along yet and there aren't any concerns to induce at this point. I have made some progress....just not enough. At least something has happened this past week!! So, I go back on Monday afternoon and hopefully things will have progressed more. Maybe she will surprise us this weekend!! I can only hope!! My doctor did assure me that I'll have her next week sometime....so I won't be pregnant forever!! I'm just so anxious to meet her, hold her and see who she looks like!! I feel like I've been waiting FOREVER!!! Here are a few pictures of Christmas at our house. The tree still needs to be put up. Drew ran in the Rock N Roll Half Marathon on Sunday morning and wasn't in the mood to put up the tree and decorate after wards. Go figure... ha! He did great though...he beat our record time by 5 minutes, finishing at 2:07! I'm SO proud of him!!

NOTHING!!!

That's right...nothing is happening! I had a doctor's appointment this morning and she checked me to see if things had started happening yet....and nothing!! I am so bummed!! I was really hoping I'd hear that I was all ready to go...because I sure feel ready! I go back in a week and if I've started progressing at all, she'll induce me because she's already weighing in the 70%. She told me that she won't let me go past my due date, so that was good to hear. So, in the meantime it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. I'm going to get the decorations up and wrap all my presents. I'm praying that she'll decide she wants to meet us soon!!

Finally Finished!

The nursery is officially finished! The letters have been hung and her rug finally came in. I just love it!! I can't wait for her to get here and love it too! These pictures were taken with the broken camera...so they're not that good. Hopefully the new one will get here sometime this week. Drew was busy all weekend getting things done for me...YEA Drew! He put the cradle together, installed the video monitor, helped me hang Gracyn's letters on the wall, got down all our Christmas decorations, and installed the car seat. It's so weird for me to look back and see a car seat back there when I'm driving! Now, all we need is for her to make her debut. We'll keep you posted!

New Camera

37 Weeks
This is why we're getting a new camera. I'm just praying that it makes it here before Gracyn does.....

7.3...OH MY!!

Well, it seems that the 5+ lb. baby that I thought I was carrying around is more like 7+ lbs!!! AND...I could still have 3 weeks to go! WHAT??!!! Although no one seems to think that I will make it that long, and I'm really praying that they're right. I used to say I wanted her to come early because I didn't want to spend Thanksgiving in the hospital, but now there are different reasons! I had a sonogram yesterday to check her position and size and boy was I shocked to hear that number, 7.3 lbs! My mom couldn't stop laughing....and I don't really think it's all that funny!! I know that sonograms aren't 100% accurate, but they give you a good idea...and I'm even more ready for her to get here now! We got some great pictures of her...and it's still a girl--(I've had some nightmares about being surprised about a boy instead!) We saw her yawn, put her hands in her mouth, and grab her feet. She kept kicking the sonographer...she is a mover and a shaker!! I can attest to that!! She's got chunky cheeks and chubby little hands. Her belly is even chubby--the sonographer pointed out her extra layer of fat! It looks like she'll be pretty long too...which I'm not surprised since both our families are tall. Her femur bone measured a week ahead because it was so long. Everything looked good and her heartbeat was 132 bpm. I didn't get to see my doctor though because she had an emergency c-section, but got to ask the nurse a lot of questions....new ones I had regarding her size! I'll go back next Wednesday and if I'm progressing and it seems that she's gotten bigger, they could induce me. I'll be 38 weeks then and they consider that full term. It's all a wait and see game. Maybe she'll come on her own before then....I can only hope!! I had some new pictures to attach, but blogger isn't cooperating this morning. Maybe I'll get to it later....