Due Date!

Today is my due date.

Sorry folks, no baby yet.

I had a doctors appointment this morning. I am dilated one centimeter. Not anything really, but at least it's better than closed! If I don't go into labor naturally this week, I'm scheduled to be induced next Monday night, the 27th. I am hoping to avoid an induction, but the upside is if I do have to be induced, I'll have MY doctor there. That would be really awesome. So...there's a silver lining in everything right?

Wish me luck!

39 week appointment

Well, it was bad news all around today at the doctors office.

First--I have hit the 200 pound mark. I almost cried today when they moved the little weight on the scale from 150 to 200. Do you know what 200 pounds looks like on a 5'2" frame? Think about the marshmallow monster from Ghostbusters. Now picture that monster as a blonde pregnant lady. That's how I feel. The most aggravating part is, I really feel like I've done my best to keep the weight off! I'll have to occasional fast food craving (who doesn't?), but I would have to say that 80%-90% of what I eat is healthy! I eat healthier now than I did before I was preggers. How do I get rewarded? By gaining 50 pounds. Fifty. Five-Zero. Fifty! Ugh. You need to come out Kate! Mommy needs to start losing this weight!

Second--I only have 6 days left until my due date and my cervix is still closed. I'm not progressing at all. This baby is happy right where she is. I know I've mentioned this before, but I really think she's going to have her Dad's personality. She's a procrastinator. She'll wait until the very last minute, and then everything will happen at once.

It's been a disappointing day. I'm really hoping to give everyone good news with my next post. Keep me in your prayers!

One week left!

On Saturday Dustin and I had one last official date. We went and walked around a couple malls, and then went to dinner at Macaroni Grill. This is one of my favorites, but we hardly ever go there because it's expensive. Well...expensive for us. We're really frugal people. But on Saturday night we decided that price wasn't a problem and we ordered whatever we wanted. I had the chicken canneloni, and Dustin had the 16oz tuscan sirloin steak. Then for dessert we shared a piece of lemon cake. So yummy! I'm glad we got to do this. Who knows when we'll get our next chance?

Easter was pretty uneventful for us. Our church starts at 8:00am, and I just couldn't get my big pregnant bum out of bed yesterday morning. So we missed church. On Easter Sunday. Horrible. We slept in until 11:00, and relaxed all day. I even painted my toes! A big accomplishment for myself, since I can barely reach my toes! Then for dinner we had egg salad sandwiches and deviled eggs. And that's as "easter" as we got this year.

For the past couple of months, I've been going back-and-forth with the idea of taking some maternity photos. I was going to have my sister-in-law Bethany take them (she's got the super nice camera and the talent), but then everyone got so busy that I just forgot about the idea until last night. So I finally decided to go for it (even though I feel like a whale!), and Dustin and I set up a little studio in our living room. Here's what we could do with a sheet, a lamp, and our crappy point-and-shoot camera on a tripod. Oh- and photoshop! I don't really have a stretch mark-less belly.


I am now officially ONE week away from my due date.

Hopefully my next post will be introducing you to Kate!

12 days left

This morning was my 38 week check-up.

Good news: I actually did get checked this time.

Bad news: I am not close at all. Not at all. I guess she's her father's daughter! Laid back and in no hurry.

So this week I will eat lots of spicy food, take long walks, continue to drink my raspberry leaf tea and take my primrose oil, eat pineapple, do yoga, maybe get a massage, and spend some "quality" time with Dustin. Are there any other old-wives-tale remedies that I'm missing? haha.

But mostly I'm just going to relax and be patient.

I know that she will come when she's ready, and I intend to fully enjoy my last days of laziness and no responsibility.

Dustin's Baby Shower

On Friday afternoon, Dustin's work threw him a little baby shower. Everyone got us diapers! We not only received newborn diapers, we have all sizes! Needless to say, we won't need to buy any for a long time!

Dustin also won his NCAA bracket! He won $224! Cha-Ching!!

Tonight we did some major grocery shopping. I really wanted to stock up on food to try to make our first weeks with Kate easier. Thanks to the Grocery Game we saved 60% tonight. We spent $95, but saved $130!! Awesome.

And yes, I'm still pregnant. I'm 38 weeks now, and sooo ready to be done. Here's a picture of my enormous belly.

Hopefully I'll be done soon!

An update....or lack thereof.

As convinced as I was a few weeks ago that this baby was coming early, the more convinced I am now that she’s not.

I thought that the purpose of the once-a-week appointment was to check your progress, and kind of estimate when the baby will come. But at my 36 week appointment the doctor said it was unnecessary, and today at my 37 week appointment she didn’t even mention it. I am a little grateful to have avoided being poked and prodded down there, but does this mean I’m not even close at all?

Really? I feel close. I’m so uncomfortable! I’m tired all the time. I don’t sleep well at night. I walk very slowly. Or waddle, I should say. I’m sick of being hot and sweaty all the time. Poor Dustin is always bundled up in blankets, while I sit next to him, fanning myself. I hate having to pee all the time. I despise my swollen face and feet. My back and neck are achy. My hips hurt like crazy! And I know she’s dropped because sometimes when she kicks, she’ll hit her head on my pelvic bone. Ouch! These sharp sudden pains will actually cause me to gasp aloud, which I wish I wouldn’t do, because every time they cause Dustin to react like this:

“Are you okay?” “Are you contracting?” “Are we having the baby yet?”
“No.”
“Dang it!”

He’s so excited to be a daddy. He loves to feel and watch her move. This, I have to say, is my favorite part of being pregnant too. She’s really active, and it’s so amazing to watch your belly move on it’s own. I’m really going to miss that part of being pregnant when it’s all over. Dustin has already warned me that once they give her to him in the hospital, he won’t give her to anybody else. He will, of course, let everyone have their turn, but I just thought that was really sweet. He just wants his little girl to be here!

Looking back on my post two weeks ago, I predicted she would be here on April 5th. That’s Sunday. Probably not going to happen. I won’t change my bet for the sake of the game, but those that chose a later date probably have a better chance at winning. I just hope she doesn’t come late. My due date is the 20th. My brother has to be in Canada for a summer job by the 27th. Which means the latest he can come and visit is like the 23-24th -ish. If I were to be late, and he were to miss it, there’s a good chance he wouldn’t get another chance to come to Arizona until Christmastime. Horrible. So, everybody pray that she comes at least a little early okay?

Snipes!

Okay, I know that it's weird that I'm posting another preview. But this is for all that have at one time in their lives been tricked into going on a "snipe" hunt.

That means you Jennifer, Jared and Alex!

Snipes aren't real. It was just another one of our cruel jokes we used to play on you when you were little.



Love you guys!

My first snipe hunt was my first year at girls camp. All the older girls in our ward took the youngest ones out at night to find "snipes". I knew that snipes weren't real, but I played along anyway. I must have went on a hunt with my Dad earlier in life, or maybe he just told me the stories. But I remember knowing it was a joke as we were all trying to catch snipes in our pillow cases. One girl got a little too carried away, and crashed right into a barbed wire fence!