Almost there

Monday I picked up the final piece to the furniture for the baby room! With the help of my parents, we put the crib together while Drew was finishing piano lessons. This is the layout we decided on. All we need now is some wall decoration, and a baby! We have another appointment tomorrow and I really excited, it's with the last doctor at the practice that we haven't met yet!

I think I've finally started to feel those Braxton Hicks, or practice contractions that everyone has talked about. I was getting worried because I hadn't felt anything like what people were explaining. Lately though, I feel this major tightening of my uterus every once in awhile, maybe two to four times a day!

Suprise!!!

Today I had a great suprise! Drew took me to Becoming Mom and we met my parents there for a 4D ultrasound! This ended up being my present from mom and dad and it was wonderful! We spent about a half an hour looking at our baby's face and lil (or big so says the ultrasound tech) body! She said that there's not much room at all left inside my uterus! She also was able to tell us that the baby does have a lot of hair!! I was happy to hear that, atleast I haven't been having all this heartburn for nothing! Most of the ultrasound the baby's mouth was open, I think we even caught a smile once! The pics above are just some of what we took home with us, the funny looking one is the baby's fingers, giving us the rocker symbol!! Hopefully they'll follow after daddy and have a taste for music!

We also had a great night last night, a bunch of my coworkers took me out to the Cheesecake Factory (yum!!!) and we had dinner. They bought our carseat and stroller for us as well as a gift card! How great is that! I'm blessed to work with such great people!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! Can you tell...they made a card with Drew on the cover!!!

A work in progress...

What a day Drew and I had today! Compared to last February it was quite different! Last year, we were wining and dining and spending the night in a Bed & Breakfast. Wow...that was so much fun. This year though was just as fun, but for a different reason. Today we purchased our baby bedroom furniture as well as the baby bedding. We also organized gifts that we have received from the shower we had from Drew's hometown. We definitely didn't plan on all this today, but we are so glad that it all came together. Our furniture is purchased, we're just waiting for it to come in to the warehouse. We stumbled across the bedding when we were in search for furniture. After a night of thinking, we decided to go with a more 'unisex' bedding, it was just too cute, and would fit perfectly in the room. The clothes we have so far have been washed in Dreft, and the devices we've received are being charged. We even developed our birth plan and started the hospital bag!

It's just unreal to think that our little baby will be here with us next month (Lord willing)!!! It is definitely a work in progress, but I am thankful that God provides and we've been able to get what we've needed so far. It was a very different Valentines Day than last, instead of our love for each other just being focused on one another, it was also focused on this baby growing inside me as well.

Sellersburg shower

Drew and I went home this Saturday to his home town, Sellersburg, Indiana. We had our first shower hosted by Drew's aunts Robin and Kay, great aunt Mae, and cousin Maggie. It was such a great time! I was suprised just before opening gifts when both my parents showed up! My mom wasn't able to make it because she had to work, but one of her clients cancelled and they both drove down to be there! It was so amazing to have our families together. Drew and I were of course, 'showered' with all kinds of gifts. I think it hit us both that we are definitely having this baby because we'll finally have baby stuff in the house! Before now, we didn't have many baby things. We feel so blessed to have friends and family that love us and are taking care of us as we prepare for lil William or Kerrington!

Off to work!

This most recent pic is right before I'm heading off to work at Children's. Lately people have been asking me if I am still working or if I have cut back at all. Right now, Lord willing, I'm okay to still be working full time. I am so thankful that I am able to do this. That way, I can take all the time off for after the baby is here. By the way....about 7 weeks away! Holy cow! I am starting to get more excited and a little less nervous as I picture holding our lil one in my arms.

We had a doctors appointment this past Monday with Dr. Ruchhoft. Everything went well. When she was listening to the heart beat she told us that her guess was a boy because the heartbeat was at 127bpm. With that, Drew was estatic! Once she left the room he said, "Did she just tell us we're having a boy?" with a HUGE smile on his face. He's having more and more trouble as the time gets closer not knowing the sex of our baby. I just can't wait, I know that in 7 weeks (again, Lord willing, and not longer) we'll get the suprise of our lives when we get to hold him or her in our arms!!!

We also just purchased (with the help of a Christmas gift card thanks to Gigi) a video camera. We're hoping to capture the birth (not graphically) and all the fun, little moments after on it. Things are gearing up...

32 weeks!

Here's the most recent belly pic...I'm not sure how much more can fit in here, and I still have 8 weeks left!