Good Bye 2010

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year. 2010 was a pretty good year for us even though  we did have a few bumps in the  road.  In FEBRUARY we found out we were pregnant, MARCH we moved into our first home, APRIL we celebrated our first wedding anniversary, MAY we learned we were having a girl and my best friend finally got married, AUGUST  we celebrated Brayden's 2nd birthday, OCTOBER we welcomed our baby girl Miss Kelbie Cheyenne, NOVEMBER we celebrated James's 27th and my 25th birthdays. I won't mention our bumps, but if you are close to our family you already know. I am excited to see what 2011 has in store for us, I am hoping all good things, and for those who keep asking there will NOT be a new baby for us in 2011, check back in maybe 2012 or 2013.

BFF

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!

B

Nnala, Kelbie, Adelyn

Nnala born 10/19/10

Kelbie born 10/11/10

Adelyn born 9/8/10

I am sure they will be friends when they get older. Until then us Mommies like 

hanging out together while the girls play.

Kelbie's 1st Christmas

Kelbie's first Christmas turned out better then I could have expected. She got a ton of gifts that will keep her busy in the months to come. She is for sure spoiled. From us and Santa she got mostly clothes since she is growing like a weed and can already wear 6 months at almost 3 months. We also got her Christmas books, a mirror for her crib, diapers and bottles. She made out very well from my family. She got clothes, toys, a giraffe that make soothing sounds and a ladybug that displays stars on the ceiling. Needless to say this Christmas was all about her but James and I did get some good things. James got this really cool wrestling encyclopedia of the WWE, pj pants, clothes, a wii game and a few other small things. I got pjs, a few movies, I Love Lucy puzzles and a few other things. Bob (Danny's Dad) got us a gift card to Olive Garden which we are really looking forward to using. It has been what seems like forever since James and I went to eat at a restaurant. Overall Christmas was very good and I look forward to the Christmas's to come with Kelbie and in a few years her little brother or sister. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Here are a few of my favorite pictures that I took of her first Christmas.

With her gifts from us and Santa

Grandpa holding her for the 1st time... This is Danny's dad

James with Brayden and Kelbie

Cousins

Taken to young

I found out on Christmas that a good friend of mine from High School passed away on  Christmas Eve. I hadn't spoken to her since my wedding, but it was still really sad news to hear. They are not sure what happened to her so they are doing and autopsy and her funeral will be sometime this  week. I am hoping to go to the funeral if my working schedule allows. It is sad to hear that someone so young was taken from us. I know she is in a better place now and not suffering. I am praying for her family as they go through this  tough time. I wanted to post a few pictures of us from back in High School having a good time. I will always remember the times we shared and they memories we made even though we didn't stay close after High  School. I will miss you Jenn.

After  we got 3rd place at a Color Guard compitition

Jenn at the hotel for a Competition our  Senior Year

Merry Christmas!

I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas and Kelbie's first. I am excited to see what all she gets from family and Santa. Here are a few pictures that we did at home to show off her many Christmas outfits. I hope everyone has an amazing  Christmas and I look forward to reading about every one's and blogging about ours. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

                Merry Christmas, Love Kelbie             

Kelbie's 1st Christmas

She loves Santa

2 Month Check Up

Kelbie had her 2 month check up on December 13. She is doing good and growing very fast. I knew she was going to continue to be big since she was a birth, but she amazes me each time we go to the doctor for her check ups.

Height: 24in 95%
Head: 16 1/4 95%
Weight: 14lbs 5oz 95%

She is starting rice cereal at her last evening feeding in hopes that it will fill her up more and maybe she will start sleeping through the night. She is growing like a weed and I can't believe it has already been 2 months. I have started packing up most of her 3 month clothing as she is wearing 3-6months for the most part. She does still have a few 3 months that she can fit into. Its a good thing she has some friends that are around the same age that are smaller then her, so that we can hand down some of her things that I have recently bought and she has outgrown. At least that way I don't feel like I am totally wasting money and cute outfits.

I am excited to post about Kelbie's 1st Christmas as I know she will be getting very spoiled by her Aunt & Uncle and her Granddaddy & Nana. James and I didn't buy her to much this year. We are saving our Spoiling for when she is older and understands Christmas.

2 Month Photos:

Good News!

Kelbie's ENT appointment went good. Everything looks good and we will do a follow up in  a year. They will do the surgery on her ear when she is about 6 and that is when she have an MRI  to check the  inner ear and everything. It sucks that we have to wait that long, but I guess it is a good thing too. She will have some hearing lose in that ear once the surgery is done. I am very happy that everything  else turn  out normal and she is a very healthy baby!

Tis The Season

So it is December 4th and I am done Christmas shopping. We went very cheap this year since I am not working, but that is okay. We will make it up next year. Kelbie made out the best from us, but it is her  first Christmas. I know she wont remember it but  I still wanted to make sure she  had a good amount of things. Most of what she got was clothes. I did get her a few practical things that she will use for more then a few months. Next year I am looking forward to being part of the  whole Black Friday thing. I think we are going  to go up to San Marcus  and do the outlet shopping. I know I might be crazy for wanting to do that, but I love all the stores up there and sometimes things are cheaper then  they would be here. I will also have a  one year old so things  might change.

Other updates in our lives...
*I tried to make amends with my in-laws that live down here and it totally backfired. I was a little upset at first, but there is nothing I can do about it and it still sucks because of Kelbie but it is there lose.
*Kelbie has a  follow up with the ENT next Thursday to go over the test that we had  done back in November. She had a hearing test to make sure she could hear out of both ears and she had an ultrasound to check on her Kidneys. I am pretty sure everything is fine, but I am still a little nervous about going to the follow up in case there is  some bad news. I also will have to ask her about doing and MRI to check the inner ear on the side that didn't develop to see if the bones are there. That will determine how much surgery will really have to be done in the future.

I think that is about all that is  going on in our lives at the moment. I don't know if I will blog again before Christmas so if not I hope everyone has a great holiday and a good New Year. Maybe I will have something cool to blog about after the holidays.

Cousin Pictures

So today we took Brayden and Kelbie to get some Christmas pictures together. Here are the ones that turned out cute. Kelbie was content sleeping almost the whole time and  Brayden really didn't want to take pictures today. We got the ones that we really wanted so that is all that matters. There is one more really cute one that I will post after Christmas of the two of them.

 Princess

 Brayden 28months and Kelbie 7weeks!

 Kisses

K passed out. She let the photographer do pretty much anything  to her.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone has an awesome  Thanksgiving. I know James and  I will be enjoy our first Thanksgiving with Miss Kelbie. We will also be watching the Aggies vs t.u. game where I hope the Aggies can pull off a win after what has been a somewhat good season for them.  I am ready to eat some turkey and be completely miserable because starting  next  week, I am on a work out  plan to drop the remaining baby weight. (Wish me luck with that, I do not like to workout) Here are  a few of Kelbie's Thanksgiving pictures.

 Smiling

This is how most of our photo shoots turn out

Practicing for Thanksgiving Prayer!

Kelbie Laughing

DWTS

I can not believe that Brany went home last night. It should have been Bristol. If she ends up winning the whole thing, I think I am going to have to stop watching the show. I really am still in shock! I want Kyle to win but I think Jennifer might. They are both good in different ways.

Kelbie's Ear Update

So ever since Kelbie was born we  have been discouraged as to if she could hear since her  right  ear didn't develop on the outside. So after being sent to the best ENT at Texas Children's she told us to get a brain steam hearing test done along with and ultrasound of her kidneys. Apparently it is  common for the kidneys not to form if the ear does not form. I had not been told that by any other doctor so I was a little worried.

Yesterday my dad and I ventured all over Houston to get the two tests done. We had to drive all the way out to Cypress for her hearing test. There are only 3 locations that  do that kind of testing (Cypress, The Med Center and The Woodlands). Texas Children's in the Med Center couldn't get us in until February and I  was not going to wait that long to find out if my daughter can hear or not. The test was actually pretty cool and it turns out she CAN hear out of both ears. We will have to do a CT Scan later to see if  the  whole right inner ear is  developed and if it is then she  will just need the reconstruction surgery in a few years. If they have to create some of the inner ear, she will still be able to hear it will just not be as  well as her left ear.  So after the hearing test we headed to Texas Children's in  the afternoon to do her ultrasound. Everything looked fine that I could see, but then again I have no clue what I am really looking at. We  should know sometime next week what the results were.

Needless to say  we are all very happy to know that she will not have a sever hearing problem. I was starting to worry that she couldn't hear at all, so the test has put me at ease about that. She was a trooper almost the whole day yesterday with everything they were doing. Thanks to everyone who has been prayer for her. The prayers seem to have been answers. This is still going to be a long process with the surgery's but we are in great hands with the ENT at Texas Children's.

Happy One Month Birthday!

One Month Pictures

These are a few that I like! She was not to happy to be getting her picture taken, kinda like her daddy!

Almost 1 month

I can't believe my little girl will be a month old next Thursday. She has changed so much since she was born. She still looks alot like James but then again so does Josh. James has some really strong genes apparently. In the past month Kelbie has learned to hold her head up all by herself. She still loses control of it sometimes but for the most part can do it. She has a good set up lungs as well. When she is not happy she makes sure that  Mommy and Daddy  know it. She has been  on many outings since she was a week old and seems to enjoy going out most of the time. We went out to dinner for the first time since she was born last night and she slept the whole time.  She has outgrown NB clothes since about 2 weeks old so she  only wears 3 months now. We have had to go shopping for clothes this past week as we did not have that many 3 months nor did we have warm  clothes for her. I think she is going to enjoy shopping  just as  much as I do although I don't think James is going to like it.

As for her ear. We met with the best ENT at Texas Children's and  even thought we were not impressed with her and what she had to tell us we will be using her for all surgery's and what not that Kelbie will have to have. We are going for her ultrasound and hearing test next Friday which is a trip in itself. Texas Children's could not get us in for a hearing test until February, which I thought was absolutely crazy so we are driving out to Cypress to get it done at a place out there and will be driving back to the Med Center that same day to  do her ultrasound. Basically the ultrasound is just to make sure  all her organs were developed correctly, which sometimes they don't when  the ear doesn't develop. One more thing for me to worry about although I think everything developed as it should internally. We are also going to a second opinion on Monday with the ENT I used to go to. Just to see if he tells us the same thing.  All I know is this is going to be  a long process and I am just going to have to be patient.

So basically the past month has gone by very fast and before I know it I will be back and work and having to leave her with a sitter. I am loving staying at home with  her even  thought sometimes I am  exhausted but I am making due. Her and I have a routine that seems to work  for us most of the time. Now if we could just get Daddy to be a little more patient and willing to try we  would be  in business. Don't get me wrong he is a great  dad and loves spending time with  her, he just hasn't figured out his way of calming her  down  yet and he still isn't completely comfortable doing alot of things that she needs. He will get there and  that is fine. He does take the overnight shift sometimes which is helpful.

We are taking our first set of family pictures tomorrow and what was supposed to be Kelbie's newborn pictures which have turn into her 1 month photos. I am very excited to see how they turn out. Plus Kelbie has some  really cute  things to wear and hopefully will be in a good mood. I will post those once we get them.

 Mommy & Kelbie @  Harvest Fest the weekend of Halloween

Grandaddy, Cousin Brayden, Nana and Kelbie

Pics of K

A few pictures of  Kelbie since we brought her home from the hospital!

 Sleeping with Daddy

1st trip to the mall

 Activity Mat for the 1st time

 Pumpkin Patch

Passed out at D & S's house!

Play Dates

So being only 3 weeks old, you wouldn't think Kelbie would have any friends yet, but she lucked out and has 2 little friends thanks to two of my friends having babies right around the sametime.  We have had a playdate with both of them and can't wait for them to get a little bit bigger so they can really have a play date.

This is her first play date with Adelyn who is 1 month and 3 days older then her.

Her second playdate was with Nnala who is 8 days younger then her.

I am almost positve that they will be very good friends as they grow up. Hopefully we can get Adelyn and Nnala to meet so they can also be friends.

2 Weeks

So Kelbie is almost 2 weeks old. I can't believe how fast the time is flying. I  still remember every detail of the day  she  was  born. We have been  adjust pretty well here at home. James was off the whole week that she was born which was great because I was still in a lot of pain. Once he went back to work it  was just me and Kelbie and she has been doing pretty well. She  sleeps alot during  the day which makes our night a little harder but  we  will get her on a schedule here in the next couple of weeks. The dogs have adjusted very well too. They were my biggest  concern with bringing her home and they have done great.

Kelbie had her 1st Pediatrician appointment the Friday after we left the hospital and everything was looking good. She had lost a little bit more weight but nothing that they were concerned about. Her doctor also gave us a recommendation for a ENT at Texas Children's for her ear. After trying to get in  touch with them for a few days we finally got her an appointment for Thursday the 28th. I am hoping for all good things when we go to this  appointment. Whatever  they tell us I will handle because in my eyes she is perfect and there is nothing we can't work out.

James is back and work and I think he is glad that  he is out of the house for a few hours  a day. He loves being with her but sometimes he gets  frustrated and needs a break. That is why I am home  with her  and up most nights. I am loving  staying at  home, but very ready to get back to work. I love her to death but  I am not the type of person who can  stay  home all the time. I know it is going to be hard to leave her the 1st day back at  work, but a very good friend of mine will be watching her so I know she is well taken care of.

All of the people I knew that were having babies in October and November have had their beautiful healthy baby  girls. Some of them were earlier then most but that  is okay. Congrats to everyone!  Kelbie sure will have a few good friends right around her age to play with.

Here are  her friends and their birthdays:

Adelyn Ruth Fallon: 9/8/10
Kelbie Cheyenne: 10/11/10
Bryce Meadow:  10/14/10 (born on  her actual due date)
Nnala: 10/19/10

(Yes Kelbie was the biggest of all the babies)

My sister-in-laws friend Rachel also had her twins on 10/21/10 Hailey and Hannah!

Well off to take care of some house things while Kelbie and James are sleeping then out to  run errands a little later once everyone is up and moving.

Here are a few pictures from over the last 2 weeks!

First Morning in the Hospital

Love @ First Sight

Going Home

Cousins

First bath at Home

Introducing...

Kelbie Cheyenne Willyard

was born October 11, 2010 at 11:24pm. She weighted 9lbs 11oz and 20.5 in. long. She is absolutely perfect and healthy. Her right ear did not fully develop right so we will be talking to the Pediatrician here at the hospital today to see what our options are.

We went into the hospital at 7:30 am to be induced. The process wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be. I was hooked up to the iv and medicine by 8. At around 1pm my doctor came into break my water in hopes of speeding things up. Needless to say it didn't. I was still 1cm dilated and my cervix was still rather hard. My doctor had another doctor come in at around 4pm to make sure all of the water in my bag was out and while he was doing just a normal exam my water completely broke. That was a good thing. Shortly after that my Doctor had them start the Epidural because it can speed up labor. It worked for me. By 7pm I had dilated to a 5 and my cervix was completely thinned out. About 20 mins later I could feel every contraction I was having and was in horrible pain and the medicine for the Epidural wasn't working, so they decided to redo the Epidural and it defiantly worked that time. By 9pm I was dilated to a 9 and everything went so fast from there. I started pushing at about 10pm and I thought she would come out pretty fast but she waited until she was ready and the doctor was there. I was then again feeling my contractions so basically I got to experience delivering such a big baby basically being able to feel a lot of what was going on.

I knew she was going to be a big baby but I was shocked when they told me how big she really was. I couldn't believe that I was able to deliver such a big baby naturally. It was a weird feeling when they pulled her body out. Kinda felt alien like. It then took almost an hour to get me cleaned up and everything. Even my Doctor said that was the biggest baby she had delivered without a C-section. Needless to say it was a very long day and James and I have not slept much, but it was a very amazing day in all. Thanks to everyone for all your thoughts and prayers that you sent our way yesterday

Monday, Monday, Monday!

Well still no real change. I am being put on the Induction list for Monday but I could very easily get bumped to a later time or day depending on the situation of other patients. I have had a healthy pregnancy and Kelbie is healthy so that means we get pushed over other people. I am okay with that but I think James was hoping she would come on her own before Monday. We will just have to see. So it looks like Monday is the day unless things change. The nurse is supposed to call me later today with the details. So keep us  in your prayers as we go into all of this hopefully on Monday!

Almost There!

38 Weeks today and it  seems that Miss Kelbie is going to stay in  as long as she can. I have decided to just hang out and wait. I was trying to get her  to come earl, but she isn't ready so I will just have to chill and wait. There was  no change at my appointment yesterday. Been the same for about 2 weeks. Since my doctor is out of town until the 11th I will be seeing  the nurse practitioner next week and she will hopefully be able to give me a better idea of  what we are going to do. It seems we will probably induce on the 11th when my doctor gets back, but we have to see how everything is next week. I will keep everyone posted on when our little one will be here.

Now Considered Full Term

Miss Kelbie I believe is going to wait until the very last minute to come out. No changes at my appointment yesterday, so all I can do is wait. I was really hoping  she would be ready before my doctor left, but I have been told that the doctors on call while she is gone are great and a lot like her. I am hoping she will hold out until my doctor gets back and induces me just because I really want my doctor to deliver her, but if she wants to come before then, I am okay with that as well. All my walking must not be helping to much, but I am going to continue to walk anyways. I know Kelbie is low and  in the right position she just wants to stay in a little longer. I guess mommy and daddy will just have to wait patently (if that is possible).

False Alarm

So yesterday I spent a few hours in hospital on the Labor and Delivery floor getting monitored. I totally thought my water had broke yesterday morning but I wasn't having any contractions.  I called my doctor and she told me to go ahead and head in just to be checked. Needless to say NO baby. My water didn't break but I am glad I went in to just be checked. I had a really nice nurse and I at least got to see how things would work when we do check in. I also learned that I will be bringing my own pillows because the ones that they give you there are not comfortable at all. So that was my adventure for yesterday.  I was a little nervous and scared when I thought it was really happening, but I knew if it was the real thing that I was ready. The Labor is the only thing that scares me about this whole thing. Well hopefully no more false alarms and she will be here soon.

36 weeks down.

PROGRESS, PROGRESS, PROGRESS! Yay! There wasn't a lot of it, but at least there was something. I am really hoping she will be here soon on her own. When my doc was measuring my stomach, she had this funny look on her face. Not like a bad look though. Then she started feeling on my stomach and her comment was... "That is all baby, there is no more room in there for anything else". I guess that is a good thing. Maybe she will get tired of being cramped and want to come out. I am hoping she will be here on her own before the 30th when my doc leaves, but if she isnt' ready then that is fine, she can cook somemore. My doctor said that if she still isn't here by 10/11 when she gets back from vacation, she will be inducing me. I know everyone says inducing is awful, but  that is what she thinks is best, becasue of Kelbie's size and her not having much room to move around. So mark your calenders, 10/11/10 will be  the day if not before. I haven't really been having any contractions, but I have been having some pain that might be contractions, so I now just have to pay close attention to my body. I guess if I can't decided if I am having contractions, if my water breaks that will be my sign that its time to call the doctor. James and I are both ready for her to be here. Me more then him probably, but I know he is excited and ready for her.

If you can tell me what a contraction feels like that would be great. I know they are different for everyone but at least a general idea will help me know what to feel for.

Post more next week, unless things change. Pray for more progress. I have a feeling she is getting herself ready to come.  Mommy intuition maybe! Only time will tell!

Crafty

So after going to the Berry Center yesterday for a craft show my mom is now inspired to make tons of cute things for Kelbie. I say my mom because I have no creative ability when it comes to making things. She is now going to have a cute bow for each Holiday that she can wear on a headband until she gets enough hair on her head to wear then alone. We also got some really cute tutu ideas to make awesome outfits. I am very excited to see all the cute things my mom is going to make for her. It also turns out to be alot cheaper then buying them already made. I am also going to venture into making flower clips to wear. We found a great website to get the flowers and headbands cheap but they look easy enough to make. That is going to be my activity for the week. I will start with one flower and see how it looks before purchasing a bunch in colors she already doesnt' have.

Kelbie isn't ready for us to meet her yet!

35 weeks and no progress yet. Measuring 36 weeks though. If Kelbie is not here in 2 weeks then my OB and I are going to discuss either waiting it out or Inducing since she will be gone for 2 weeks. I am leaning more towards getting Kelbie here but if she thinks it is best to wait then that is what I will do.

On another baby note, my friend Valarie who was due on 10/3 had her little girl last night via C-section after attempting a normal delivery. They are both doing great. Adelyn Ruth Fallon was born at 8:30 pm weighing 5lbs 14 oz. I have not met her yet, but hope that I get to here in the next couple of weeks. The pictures of her look so cute.

Post again next week unless something changes between now and my next appointment. I am going to be doing a lot of walking this weekend to see if I can speed things along the natural way.

34 Weeks

Well today marks 34 weeks. We are in the home stretch now and I couldn't be more ready. I am so over being  pregnant and just want Kelbie to be here. My doctors appointment went  pretty good today. My blood pressure was high again, so I am going  to watch my salt again this  week and  I have to check my blood pressure throughout the week and if it stays high or goes higher then it was today I have to call them and  they will probably put me on medication  for the last few weeks. I am hoping I can keep it under control myself because I really don't want to have to be on  any medication. I have done good this whole time and I would hate for this to cause an issue so close to my due date. I start weekly visits next week and  they will be able to tell each week if any progress is being made. I know that if she does not come on her own that when my OB gets back from Europe on 10-11 she will most likely induce me. They do not want me going over my due date. I guess that gives me something  to look forward to even though I was kinda hoping I would get to meet Kelbie at the end of this month, but I can wait until she is ready or until the doctor tells me she has to be ready.

We got to view our Maternity Photos today and I love them. I wish I could order them all, but unfortunately I had to limit myself. I had about 11 to start with  and have it down to 6 that I really really want. I will spend more and go all out when we do our Newborn photos here in a few weeks. She did a really good job and once she  uploads them to her blog I will post the link on here so that you guys can see a few of them.

James and I will be taking our Childbirth class on Saturday and I am interested to see what it is all about. I know James isn't really that thrilled about going, but I want to go just so I have a general idea of what  to expect and everything. We will probably not do it with our second child so I want to do it at least once. It is an all day  things, so I am sure we will both be tired after the class. I am hoping I learn a lot and don't get to freaked out by what I might see or hear during this class.  I have already register with the  hospital so we  are good to go on that. I am excited to see the hospital as I have never been into this hospital before and they have been doing a remodel the past year. I will probably feel more comfortable about everything once I go on a tour and see how everything  is set up and done there.

I have the last meeting with a Pediatrician  today, so it will be time to make a decision after talking with this one. I like the first one, but I wasn't in love with her, so hopefully this one will be a little better. If not I guess my search will continue.  I never knew that  it would be such a tough decision to make, but then again  I have never  had to to choose a doctor before.

34 Weeks with 1 BIG baby!

Playing with B!

Brayden came to play at our house for the first time without Danny and Shannon. We babysat him while they had a church meeting. It was good to have him over and let him explore our house so we know what we will eventually have to baby proof once Kelbie is moving around. I was worried about how the dogs were going to do. They are usually always in their cages or outside when we have people over just because they like to jump and lick alot. So when B got here I had them in their cages so that they could see him and he could see them without having them jump all over him and knock him over. After about45 minutes B asked if they dogs could come out so I thought I would give it a try. James wasn't home from work yet so it was just me holding B and making sure the dogs didn't scare him to bad. They did really well. A little bit of jumping, but then I sat down with B on my lap and they just licked him crazy for about 10 minutes and then went about doing their own thing. That made me much more relaxed knowing that they might  actually do well once Kelbie is here.  B had fun playing with his toys, some of our things and the dogs once James got home. Here are a few pictures of the evening.

Playing with the guitar

Hanging with Uncle James

Playing with Jersey

Playing tug-a-war mostly by himself. I was shocked

Jersey didn't knock him over, since she weighs so much!

Nerves

I just booked my last few OB appointments. It feels really weird to know that  she  is almost here. It seem like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant. I am very excited for her to be  here  and finally see what she looks like and everything. I will be going to the doctor on Thursday and hopefully we will have a better  idea of when she will be here. Only 6 or less short weeks. I am sure they will drag on for me though.

I have noticed in the past couple of days I have become nervous about labor. I have no idea what it feels like and that  somewhat scares me. I have a  somewhat high pain tolerance so I guess that is going to be a good thing. People have told me I should do the whole delivery without any drugs! I give props to the women who can do that, but I somehow think I am not going to be one of them. Yes our bodies are built for childbirth but I mean come on. For those of you who have been through it before probably know what I am talking about. I can't be the only one that is  a little freaked out about everything that happens once you are in labor.  I know Kelbie and I are in good  hands once we are at the hospital and  that they are trained for all kinds of situations, but I how will I actually know when it is time to go to the hospital versus waiting at home until my contractions are closer together. James has been through this before so that makes  me feel a little bit better, but I am almost 90% sure he will be at work when Kelbie decides she is ready to come so that leaves me by myself to make the decision on  when  it is time. I do have my OB on speed dial though so that is a good thing.

I feel like I am freaking out for nothing. I am sure everything will run smoothly, it is  just my first time jitters getting to me. Once Kelbie is here I know I will be fine. I have  been  around kids for so many years that  once she is home with us, I got it covered. Its the part before she  is here that I have never done before or been around so it is  hard to feel at least a little bit prepared. Anyways enough about my worries. I know God is taking care of her and I and that he will make sure everything goes according to plan and safely.

My next doctors appointment is on Thursday so I will hopefully know more then and will be sure to post any updates and a new picture. I feel like my pictures all look the same these days except I notice that  she is now lower then she used to be. That  has to be a good sign right?

This is how I feel.....

So being as I am almost 9 months pregnant this is how I feel... A beached whale! 

It has been so hot outside that  I never want to leave the house and when I do leave it isn't for very long. I have had time to catch up on a lot of things now that I am not working.  My days usually consist of eating, watching TV, doing crosswords, reading a book, cleaning  the house, doing laundry, playing with the dogs and making sure everything is ready for Kelbie.  I do miss having a full time job  as I am not one who likes to just sit at home, and I can not wait to be back full time in January. I have enjoyed being able to relax and pretty much  do whatever  whenever I want as that will soon change. I really can't wait for Kelbie to be here, but I know once she is my life is going to really change. I know  James is ready for her to be here. It is going to be a hard transition for him only because of the hours he works, but he has done it before so hopefully it wont be too bad. Although he does have a totally different kind of job this time that is more demanding! 

32 Weeks

So today marks 32 weeks. Hard to believe time is  going by so fast. We had  our last ultrasound appointment today. James wasn't able to make it so I brought  my mom, Shannon and Brayden. Of course Kelbie wanted nothing to do with the ultrasound today and it took forever to get all the pictures and measurements that they needed. We got to see some awesome pictures of her though. She has a full head of hair which is good for all the bows and headbands she has. We also go to see her blinking {eyelashes and all}, sucking her hand and yawning. She is weighing in at 5.5 lbs right now which puts her in the 84%. She is going to be a chunky, big baby. My OB isn't sure if she will be early, but if she keeps growing the way she is now, my OB wont let me go over my due date. I was hoping that Kelbie would be born on 10-10 but we will have to see. My OB will know better in about 3 weeks when I start going every week. She is actually going to be in Europe from the end of September until October 10th so if I want her to delivery Kelbie I will have to hold out until my due date. She might help out  the labor process a few days early depending on how everything  is going. I am just glad that everything with me and Kelbie is going good and she  very well could be here in 5 to 6 weeks. I can not wait to meet her and  James I think is ready too.  Here are two 3D sonogram pictures of Kelbie and one of me this week.

We  have our maternity photo shoot next Saturday and I am very excited I can't wait to see how the  pictures turn  out. I will post some on here once we get our proofs.  James is still working  a bunch so that he can take off when Kelbie gets here and I am pretty much done working except for filling in  on Sundays up until October 1st unless Kelbie comes early. Hope everyone has a good rest of the week and weekend.

32 weeks

Kelbie Yawning!

Sucking on her hand.