Nothing new…

Well, here it is…another Sunday and she hasn’t come yet!  I can’t believe it!  I am now 4 days away from my due date!  Ella is letting us know that we are all on HER time schedule!  ha, ha!

We went to a few stores yesterday we were there for about an hour and a half.  In that time I had about 40 contractions!  They were coming one right after the other, but as soon as we got in the car to come home – everything STOPPED!  Ughh…That was kind of frustrating.  But it wore me out.  I came home and fell asleep!  I have had several contractions throughout the day today, but nothing consistent.  So there’s not a lot to report.  A couple of people think she will be here tomorrow…that would be great!

Oh, and to answer a question that I have gotten a lot…I am not sure what my doc will recommend if I go past my due date.  I have never done that and they are surprised that she is still hanging on!  I do have an appt. with MY doc on Thursday (my due date) if she hasn’t come by then.  I guess I will see what he says at that point!

Stay tuned for upcoming updates!

She’s Stubborn Already!! :-)

Hi everyone!

I had another ultrasound today.  Tomorrow I will be 32 weeks along – so hard to believe!  My belly is definitely expanding to accomodate this growing little girl!

So, everything looked great in the ultrasound.  Thank You, Lord.  I am always grateful for good reports!  She is now 4lbs and around 16 inches (I believe).  She has gained 1 lb, 11 oz in the last 4 weeks!  (I didn’t even gain that much in the last month!!)  Anyway, she is right on track. 

As far as the stubbornness goes, she DID NOT want her picture taken!  (That sounds just like her Daddy, even though he tried to blame the stubbornness on me!)  We saw a quick glimpse of her face at the very beginning, but not even enough for the tech to snap the photo.  She then flipped face-down (toward my back) and refused to move for the rest of the time.  We did everthing to get her to move around – poking, pushing – even a trip to the bathroom, but she wouldn’t budge!  (Of course once I left, she was moving all over the place again!)  So, no pic of her face!   These are the best we got.  (Now the tech was able to get all the images she needed, so that was fine.)

The first is of her arm going up to her head.  The second is of her nose and lips!    The arrow is pointing to them.

They do want to see me back in 4 weeks, so I will have another chance to see her before she is born! 

Just 8 more weeks till her due date!  Can’t wait to meet this sweet (yet stubborn) little girl! 

Sorry for the delay…

Well, I didn’t mean to wait so long to update, but things have been crazy around here. I will post some photos soon, but text will have to do for now!

We have been up to a lot lately…

- Alec is doing great with his cast! It is covered with signatures! ha, ha! How fun. Chris had some tools out yesterday and he took the hammer and hit it (not hard) up against his cast…such a boy! He said, “look, it doesn’t hurt!” What a mess. So he seems to be healing well and he really doesn’t complain about it. He has been a trooper. We take him back to the doc in about 10 days and I think they will take it off then, but I am not positive.

- Birthdays…Caleb & Alec both celebrated their birthdays last week! Alec turned 4 on the 27th and Caleb turned 7 on the 29th! I can’t belive how old they are getting! It has been a long time since we had a baby in the house, so we are up for a lot of changes!

We were able to take the boys to Disney for their birthdays! (kind of a yearly tradition) Anyway, we went to Disney’s Hollywood Studios…they got to ride Star Tours, Caleb rode Rockin’ Rollercoaster for the first time – and loved it, though he was a bit shaky when he got off! Both boys got to ride Tower of Terror for the first time! They both said it was “awesome” but I think Alec will have to be convinced to go on it again! ha! We also went to the Magic Kingdom and rode some favorite rides there! We (or I should say “they”) got to ride a lot of rides. I did a lot of sitting! But it was great and relaxing. Chris got me a wheel chair at the MK, I was just tightening up a lot and starting having a few contractions – so no more walking for me!

- Abundant Grace – The boys and I rode up with David to G’ville to be there for Abundant Grace’s grand opening and dedication Sunday! It was great to be able to celebrate with them! The building is beautiful! What an exciting time for the church and for my parents! They have given every last ounce of energy into this process! Hopefully they can get some rest soon!

- This last week has been consumed with preparing for and having a yard sale! Something about having a baby makes a family “need” to have a yard sale! Ha! It is humorous, though, since the last trimester isn’t exactly the prime time to do this! But, that is just how it goes! I did the sale on Friday and Saturday. We got rid of a ton of stuff and the rest is going to the Salvation Army on Wednesday, so I can’t wait to get everything out of here! The rest of my house is a disaster, but hopefully we can get things back in order this week! So grateful that the sale is over and we can finally move on to other projects!

That is about it for now. Hopefully I will be able to get some pics up soon.
Have a great week!