I can't believe it...

So here we are, in the final stretch. Wow! Less than 2 weeks left (possibly less depending on what happens at the doctor Monday!) I'm still feeling really good, just getting tired faster and this hot weather is not helping! I just need a day off of work where I'm doing nothing so I can just sleep and get ready for what's to come. I'm sure it'll be a long time before I get a chance to do that again!

I did manage to get all the baby gifts(thank you all!) sorted out and our dining room cleared out of all that stuff. It was baby stuff explosion all over the place in there. We got our travel system for the car and everything I can think of we'll be needing. I'm sure I'll be making more trips to Target for more stuff when she's here. Even with all the diapers we got!

Cate's room is done, other than organizing and putting away all those clothes we've been given and figuring out where to put what! We just got the dresser done last night so hopefully I'll get all that stuff done within the next few days. I tried my hand at painting some flowers on the wall but they just didn't work out. So J just painted over them and you can't even tell they were ever there! I found some wall stickers of butterflies and flowers and those have worked out well. So It all worked out!

So now is just the waiting game at this point. Tomorrow is our next appointment and we'll see what she has to say about everything. I'm getting both nervous and excited about all of it. It'll be a whole new adventure! Especially since we've been married so long and it's only been the two of us. Three will be a whole new thing!

Love to you all!
C

One month left!

Wow..a month left! I can't believe it. I've got so much to do!! I'm so excited, nervous and scared at the same time. I'm sure that is pretty normal. I'm feeling fine and happy. She is getting stronger and bigger so just her moving around can hurt. But it's a small price to pay! One of my friends just had her baby and she is just so happy. I hope things work out that well for us.

I had a great baby shower on the 17th! Brittney did such an awesome job and we had a really good turn out. Thanks for everyone who showed up. I felt so loved and special!

We are getting maternity pics done this weekend so I'll be sure to send them out when they are ready.

love you all!
C and baby C

Adventure!

I had an adventure today! I went to downtown Dallas to get a 4-D sonogram done at El Centro college. One of J's friends at work told us about it and that they only charged $30 for a scan because it's for teaching. Well, I bugged him for months to get the info about it and when he did I kept forgetting about it - flash forward to Monday. I emailed the director and she said that the students were in finals this week so they wouldn't be doing any scans BUT she would do one for me. Of course I was thrilled!

Let me tell you, this week has been a busy one. I've been going to product trainings for work, running around like a crazy person these last few days. Plus I had to go to a 7 am meeting this morning! After the meeting I start heading over there and it is just pouring rain until I get halfway there. I drive around downtown lost for a while then end up finding the college, only to discover I'm in the wrong frikin building. I'm already almost 30 minutes late when I get there but she is forgiving and goes ahead and does the scan for me. She squirted a ton of jelly on me and it was everywhere! She got a few good shots but Cate seems to have her head buried inside me, totally face down. We got a fairly good profile shot but after that she just buried in more. So she wasn't the most active but I did walk away with some good shots and confirmation that she is indeed, a girl!



After all that I took the pictures to J's work where he immediately started showing everyone. I'm sure everyone in that office was tired of him by the end of the day! But it's good to know that he is very excited!

Lots of love
C and baby C

A little disappointed

Well, we were supposed to go to Midland for my baby shower last weekend but we ended up staying home. It turns out that my best friend and hostess of the shower Amy's daughter (and our God Daughter) Chloe caught her the flu bug and had to go to the hospital. So the shower in Midland had to be canceled. Amy was very sad and so was I. But all that mattered was that Chloe was fine and she is! She is getting better every day but has been in quarenteen until Friday. They will also find out if it was regular flu or swine flu on that day as well. Seeing as I didn't want to get sick, we decided to stay home. I was very bummed! I was really looking forward to seeing all my friends and family but I guess that will have to wait until Cate is here and able to travel. But my mom, knowing I was sad, and my brother Robby came up on Saturday and we spent the day hanging out. It was nice of them to come and I felt alot better! Plus an extended weekend never hurt anyone either :)

As far as everything else, I'm feeling fine. Baby Cate has been kicking away! We have our next 2 week appointment on Monday. It'll probably just be the routine but I'm hoping she'll do a sonogram again. We'll see - but I doubt it. I guess you never know! We have our birthing class on the 16th too. That'll be interesting! I just hope they don't show a video. I would just rather not see it right now! Ugh!

I'm gearing up for my shower here on the 17th! I'm hoping there will be a good turnout. I'd love to see everyone!

Well, that's all I have for now. Love to you all!

C and baby C

Time is flying by!

Well, we are in the home stretch now it seems...less than 2 months! Yikes! I'm definatley feeling more pregnant lately. Which is what I was waiting for! Baby is moving around like crazy so there is no doubt about it anymore! I'm feeling more excited too, which is good! It took me a while. While I do still feel a little overwhelemed and weird, it's going away..slowly.

This weekend we finally got the room painted but it's not quite done yet. It's a very pretty purpley pink color. It looks great! And we had some really sweet friends come and help us paint, which made it go by so much faster! I think we got 2 coats done in less than 4 hrs. Pretty amazing. My next task is to do some stamping but I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet. My friend Jaime is going to come over and help me on Friday so hopefully I'll have that figured out by then! We've yet to put the bed together but that is probably a good thing since we're not completely done with the painting! I'm sure I'll have it all done by the time June rolls around. At least that is my goal! I'm on the lookout for a dresser too so I can get all those clothes organized! Whew! Alot to do!

Everything at the doctor is good. We got to meet Dr Woolridge for a whole 10 minutes (maybe) in case my doctor is not available when Cate decides to make her arrival. Next time, we'll see my regular doctor and I'm hoping she'll do a sonogram again! She said she'd do one around 35 weeks to see what position the baby is in. I hope she does! If not I'll probably have to wait another month. Boo! Hopefully that won't be the case.

This weekend we're going to Midland for one of my showers. My best friend Amy is throwing one for me! I'm super excited, I'm sure it'll be awesome! I'll post pics later! The next one will be May 17th at my friend Brittney's house in McKinney. I'm hoping for a good turnout on that one too, since most of my relatives live closer to here than Midland.

Talk to you guys later!
C and baby C

30 weeks!

So here we are at 30 weeks! I can't believe time is flying by like this. Pretty soon we'll have a baby and no sleep!! But it'll be worth it.

I'm happy to report that my 3 hour gestational diabetes test was normal! We were so happy! My doctor said that I had barely failed the 1 hour, she just wanted to make sure that everything was OK. She is so awesome. We had our routine appointment yesterday and everything is good. I love hearing that heartbeat. I have to fight back tears every time I hear it! I asked about another sonogram and she said they usually only do 2 but probably around 35 weeks they will do another one just to make sure baby is where she's supposed to be. I hope so! I want to see what she looks like now. Someone at J's work told him about a school that will do the 3D ultrasounds for cheap so I keep trying to find out where it is. I'll keep you posted.

Our next appointment will be with one of the other doctors in the practice so we can meet them and get to know them "in case" my doctor is not able to deliver our baby. There are 2 other doctors, both women. I've never met them so it'll be a good opportunity. Better than having a surprise if my doc isn't available!

I've been cleaning like crazy and on the 26th we are going to paint the baby's room! I can't wait. We decided to go with a lilac color and do a white stripe around the room. It'll be really sweet when it's done! We got a new bed for our room so our old bed is now in that room for those nights when we have a fussy baby and one of us needs sleep! It's getting exciting now! I'll post pictures once we get it all done.

Love to you all!
C and baby C

3 months to go

Well I've had a whirlwind of a week! Baby is good and I am good, well except that I will have to go take the 3 hr glucose test on Thursday. I'm not happy about that but I will take things as they come. I don't really have a choice, do I? I'm starting to go to the doctor every 2 weeks starting on the 13. I will get a chance to meet the other doctors in the practice in case my doctor isn't available when I have the baby. Yikes! Well at least I get to do that so it won't be a total surprise if that happens.

My wonderful friend Jenny has helped me come up with some ideas for the baby's room. We have a crib that has yet to be put together but at least I have an idea on what is going to go where in the room. Its amazing how much smaller a room becomes when you start adding furniture! Hopefully we will have it all ready for her when she arrives! Not like she's going to use it for a while, but still. I think all this thinking has kicked in my nesting phase. I've been more motivated to clean things and organize them, such as my closet and I actually hung things on the wall in our family room this morning! So hopefully this will help me get things in the house organized! We'll see!

Well, I hope all of you are doing well!

Love,
C and baby C