Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Getting ready for little sister!!!

We finally finished the nursery!!! I have to say it wasn't what I first had in mind but I love it. I wanted to do something totally different than Natalee's. Believe it or not Trey actually wanted the purple and gray color scheme. The challenge was making this room look different than Natalee's considering we were using the majority of her old furniture. Hopefully the baby will love it as much as we do :) Natalee loves to play in there. She goes into the nursery and says, "Rylee's room." She has a new found interest in all things baby. The bottles, pacifiers and baby toys have become her new favorite things. Talk about regression!!!

We found out today that I'm 3 cm dilated and 75% effaced. The doc didn't think I would make it another week but who knows...? I've had very intense contractions throughout the night (not so good for sleeping) but they ease up in the morning. I don't remember playing the waiting game like this with Natalee. Last week they estimated her to be about 8lbs. She could weigh about 8 1/2 lbs by now. I'm getting a little worried about her size. It seems like I have a huge baby by the way she stretches out in my stomach. I can hardly move when she's moving! They will look to induce on Nov. 21st if I haven't gone on my own by then. I highly doubt I will make it that far. I feel like I have a couple more days in me. My nesting instinct has kicked into full gear. I feel like I need to clean my house every day. I also decided to get up at 4:00 a.m. and start working. I feel like I will never be caught up enought to take a 3 month leave. I sit in bed and think about work so why not just get up and get stuff done? I know this sounds crazy but I have a feeling this is normal behavior for the end of pregnancy.















Friday, November 4, 2011

Loving Fall

Needless to say we've been a busy family this past month! Birthday's and Halloween have kept us on the go. We have had so much fun this fall! Natalee loved all the Halloween festivities. We've been able to spend a lot of time with Halle (Liz's daughter). Seems like she always has more fun when they're together! I think she's also starting to understand that we are going to have a baby soon.


Speaking of #2... I'm officially full term! Can't believe it! I'm so thankful to have had a relatively normal pregnancy. Minus the weekly injections I've had an easy 9 months. Last week I was 1 cm and 70% effaced. She is head down and ready to go. Who knows when she will decide to make her grand entrance. During our last ultrasound they determined her weight to be around 8lbs 4oz (give or take a little). For my sake I'm hoping this was an over estimate. We go back to the doctor Tuesday and will hopefully get a progress report.


Dad and Trey's Birthday Dinner




Loving Boo at the Zoo


Halle and Natalee = Best Friends


Haunted House with Daddy

Me and my little Tinkerbell