Slow and Steady Wins the Race

So I have been slacking lately, but for good reason. I've been terribly exhausted and I'm trying to close thing up at work. Good news though BBA is coming around quite nicely. At my Dr appt. this week I was 3cm dilated and 60% effaced. Now I know I could stay that way for a while, but it is also a progression from the last time I was measured! All we do now is wait :)
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Mom and Dad's visit to AZ

Well the parentals were back again, this time to help get ready for BBA. We had quite the busy weekend while they were here:

Thursday: Pedi's with mom, Dr. Appointment--They checked for dilation and effacement, I was 2 cm dilated, and my cervix was thinning. The head was still up pretty high. Let's hope for some progress this week! Shopping for golf clubs (dad bought a set in a box, he was so ashamed of himself, couldn't believed he stooped that "low" haha), went to Omaha Steaks and got our freezer all stocked up! Thanks for the discount Dad! Took mom and dad on their first visit to BevMo, probably the greatest place on earth, they now want to open one in NE. Made dinner at home.

Friday: Bummed around all morning, took mom and dad to In & Out Burger, went to the beer supply store, went to Trader Joe's so mom could get this seasoning that she likes, Bruce and Dad brewed beer, Mom and I went to Babies R Us and Walmart, went to Raul y Theresa's for dinner.

Saturday: Bruce and Dad golfed, Mom & I had my AZ baby shower, went to the Coyotes hockey game.

Sunday: Mom and dad got all packed up, we all went to the Cardinals game, left the Cardinals game early to make it to the airport so mom and dad could make their flight!

Whew! I am exhausted. And like Bruce says, he needs a vacation from the vacation.

The baby shower was great, thanks to Jamie, Karin, and Angela who helped get everything organized. We are definitely stocked up on everything now, just a couple more things to purchase and we'll be set! I can't believe he'll actually be here in such a short time!

Ding! He's done

So I've officially grown overnight. Bruce and I were looking at my stomach last night and then we looked at it again today to find a HUGE difference! My bellybutton has officially "popped." Does this mean BBA is on his way to making an appearance? Bruce sure thinks so. He thinks that it is crazy that my bellybutton would actually pop out (I told him it would). Silly boy. Unfortunatly I will NOT be posting any pictures of my bellybutton due to my sweet stretch marks that have appeared near my belly button area. My baby shower is next week so as long as BBA stays put until then I'll be a happy camper!

Locked, Loaded, and ready for BBA

The car seat is officially installed and I'm a crazy lady driving around with an empty car seat! Haha. We figured we would rather be prepared for BBA a month early (just in case!) Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Welcome November and Stretch Marks

Happy November to everyone! I woke up this morning, feeling great, I even made a breakfast casserole for Bruce and I! After breakfast I did my normal Sunday routine, read the paper and then go shower. Bruce wanted to leave the house by 11 for some errands so I had to make this shower snappy. So I head to the bathroom and get ready to hop in the shower. I always check out my belly in the mirror (partially because it's cool looking and partially because I really can't see the whole thing without looking in the mirror. ). So today I got a nice surprise with some stretch marks around my belly button! UGH!!!! Seriously? I've made it this far why do they have to come now? And I love that they magically appeared overnight because I definitely would have noticed them when I changed into my PJs last night. Well on the bright side, I guess this means BBA is growing or on the downside I'm eating too much. Haha. I'm pretty sure its the first. Welcome to motherhood.
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Happy Halloween!!

Here are some pics from Halloween this year. I was able to dress up at work on Friday, so that was fun. Bruce and I are just staying at home tonight handing out candy. BBA will be here in 6 weeks (or less, hopefully!)

My pumpkin

Bruce with his drill and pumpkin

Bruce's pumpkin me and my "bun in the oven"

updates galore!

I had quite the busy week despite Bruce being in Omaha for work. Wednesday evening I had child birth prep class and my friend Jamie was the lucky one I got to take instead of Bruce! We watched some videos, looked at some items that help break your water, a catheter, an IV bag, and a bunch of other things. It was like show and tell :) After our show and tell session, we went on the hospital tour. I wasn't too thrilled that Bruce was out of town for work this week since the hospital tour is probably one of the most important things, but we had actually been there before when our friends Nik and Melissa had their daughter Savannah. Now the key part is to see if Bruce actually remembers anything about when we visited them....that is yet to be determined. So Jamie and I trek along with our group touring the hospital. We saw where you register/check in (I've already pre-registered for delivery, so that should save us....oh 15 minutes or so). We saw the area where you go first to make sure you are actually in labor which was kind of a strange area, behind a bunch of closed doors. Oh well, hopefully I won't be spending too much time in there. From that room, we went to the labor and delivery suites. Yes suites. These rooms were HUGE! Granted, everything does take place in there and there has to be enough room for everyone, but still. They have a couch/futon thing that turns into a bed for Bruce. And they also have, 40" (I'm guessing) flat screen tvs. Pretty fancy shmancy. Everything was nice and clean and not hospital like at all. From there, we went upstairs to the nursery. The nursery isn't very large because they encourage "rooming in" so your baby will be with you the whole entire time. After the nursery we went to the post partum suites. These were exactly like the labor and delivery suites, just a bit smaller and less equipment in them. It was a good tour and we are going to try and see if our instructor can do a quick overview of one this week so Bruce can check everything out. On Thursday I had a dr. appt. I met with Dr. James. He was kind of strange and I'm glad I didn't choose him as my OB. But for all of those worrying about H1N1 out there, I DID get my vaccine at that appt. So hopefully I should be good now. I've had both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 shot. If I get sick, I will be royally pissed off! haha. On Friday, Bruce came home. It was good to see him after being gone a week. We bottle beer and then went out to eat and then watched a movie. It was a nice little date night before he had to get back to working his 12+ hour shifts. Oh and our friends Anika and John had their baby boy! Congrats to them. Now it's getting me very excited for when it is our turn! Yesterday, I was quite the busy girl. Waking up early, I made pumpkin muffins/mini loaves/regular loaves. Take your pick, I have them all! I bought a can of pumpkin, well the large can and didn't have a recipe for the bread yet, so when I found a recipe, I was able to make it 1 1/2 times! Thank goodness I can freeze them. I was also being crafty yesterday. I finished my Halloween costume. Pictures will be posted after Halloween, I want it to be a surprise. I also made a hat/coat rack for BBA, it's super cute, now I just have to get Bruce to hang it up. Now on to today. Well I slept like crap. I hate being able to only sleep on my sides. My hips are starting to ache and it is just plain hard for me to find a comfortable position. Grrrrr. So I was up early, and ran to Wal-Mart. I've decided that my "nesting" thing is kicking in because I bought more baby hangers (so I could get rid of the crappy plastic ones that the clothes come on). I bought some special laundry detergent for babies. I went with All Free and Clear. I read this is actually supposed to be better for the baby than the Dreft that everyone advertises. I figured I would give it a try. Plus then I can just use it for all of our clothes too! I also picked up some less glorious item for my hospital "to go" bag. I bought some "crappy" (and by crappy I mean not Victoria's Secret) undies since word on the street is that you'll ruin a few pairs and why would I want to ruin my nice ones that I already have?? I also picked up some nightgowns...moomoos if you will. hahaha. No they aren't that bad, but they do have a few buttons at the top so it will be easier to breast feed in the hospital, plus who wants to wear a hospital gown anyways? So I grabbed two. I'm not really attached to them so it will be ok if they get ruined for some reason. After my trip to Walmart, I came home and the nesting has really begun. I've decided to start washing all of the baby clothes/towels/etc. So I snagged everything out of the closet and dumped it on the living room floor. I am being a good mom and I read every label and sorted the clothes into piles depending on how they need to be washed. I came up with 4 piles. Lights-wash warm, Darks-wash warm, Lights-wash cold, Darks-wash cold. I also had to sit and snip off all of the price tags too. So now I'm just sitting here waiting for the laundry to get done so I can then go back and hang everything up. But this time it will be ready for BBA! Going to try and snag a quick nappy. I'm tired.....