2nd 36 week Ultrasound

We had another ultrasound this morning at 8:30am with Dr. Visintine. Everything went well. All the baby's organs looked good and healthy. There wasn't alot to see since Shea has practically no room left to move in my belly. The camera couldn't really get any good shots of him since he looked just like one big mass. We tried to see his face but his head is too engaged into my cervix and he had his face smashed up against my placenta. So we didn't get any pictures or video but he will be here soon anyway so it really doesn't matter. I just had a talk with Shea and told him that mommy only has about two week or less left in her for this pregnancy crap and that he needs to start sending on the labor signals. I think him and I are probably feeling crappy together now so I don't think he minded the lecture. His movement has gone down dramatically since the beginning of this week. Basically, he can only roll his big butt from side to side and stick out his feet.

So yeah labor better start soon, I'm not kidding. I'm losing my mind. I want to rejoin the community of non-pregnant people! Mom and I went to a few stores today and picked up a few things. Pretty much every woman I passed was like "whoa when are you due?" and followed it up by "yeah I thought so, you look like you are ready to go" and then they stare like I'm an alien or something. So now I hate all public places because people just stare at my belly like I have some kind of illness or something. And a drug addict woman in the IHOP bathroom touched my belly without asking and that's so not cool ever. Geeeeezzzz someone pray for me please!

36 Week Ultrasound

Going into the ultrasound today I told my mom that the baby would weigh 6lbs. 13 oz. on the dot. I told her to keep that in mind because we were about to find out how much he weighes now. So we go in and the ultrasound starts. The baby looks great. HE IS NO LONGER BREECH!!! Thank god. He is perfectly head down and locked into position. He has a very chubby face. And then came the weight........................doc says 6lbs. 13oz! I dunno how I know these things since I have predicted everything so accurately throughout my pregnancy with Shea but it blows my mind every time still. So I am now predicting he will be born on May 15th. Thats my prediction and I'm sticking to it.

Oh and I almost forgot...I'm 1/2 cm dialated and 60% effaced! This means my cervix has thinned out 60 percent. I have a more detailed ultrasound on Friday with Dr. Visintine which I will get recorded and pictures from. YAY!

We are getting close to that time people! VERY VERY CLOSE!

Baby Shower Gifts!

I have been working non-stop trying to get the baby's room put together and building all the big baby stuff. Everything is still not finished, especially the baby's room (it looks sort of plain right now). But for the most part, I was able to get pictures of most of the stuff. So here is a peek at what we have set up so far...

Here is the Graco play yard. I love this thing but what a pain in the butt to assemble! I built this this morning. It really is nice and the colors are so clean looking!

A picture of the baby swing. This is so cute, I would have picked it out myself. I see Shea spending alot of time in it...

Shea's aunt Angie felt that the baby should have expensive Nike shoes so I made sure to take a picture of them up close. Our baby will be stylin' that's for sure...

So here is some pictures of Shea's room. It's sort of small so it was hard to get a picture of the room as a whole (which is disappointing since its really cute). I tried to lay most of the gifts out to get pictures of everything.

All these clothes are just 1/3 of what we actually have. These are just from the first load I washed.

I still need to pick up some art for the walls, curtains, and I'm moving the lamp, but hopefully you can tell how nice the cherry furniture is. I know we have a queen size bed in there, that's for me mainly when Jay has to work and I need to sleep with the baby alone...

Here is the bouncer, the Snugglenest, and the Ocean Adventure Gym. I didn't assemble the gym because the cats will make it all hairy and nasty before the baby arrrives.

Shea's dresser with our new froggy humidifier, diaper depot, and baby's first football...

The baby crib with the new bedding and my Thomas Kinkade artwork above it. I think I should adjust the painting....

I tried to get a picture of the whole room but I broke the bed as this picture snapped (haha)...

Here is the inside of the crib, I put the bobby, bobby cover, sling, nightlight, switch plate, stuffed animal, diaper stacker, hooded towel set, and pillow in there to try to showcase everything...

And the Shea's bathroom. We just picked up the whale tub, I love it...

Baby Shower Pictures!

Here is a bunch of pictures from the baby shower. Alot of pictures I didn't post because I was in them and I am pretty embarrassed about how swollen my face and body look. So I hope no one thinks I chose specific pictures by what gifts I was opening, it was just sort of random.

Before everyone showed up, I took a picture of Jay goofing around...


Here is a picture of the cherry chip cake Angie's friend made, soooo cute....

Mom took a picture of me by all the gifts....

I love this, Debbie and Angie made me a diaper cake!

Christina, her baby Alice, and my mom...Alice is such a sweetie!

Angie was able to hold Alice. I love this picture...

Our table. Mom, Candice and her brother Josh, Christina and Alice, and me all working coloring baby onesies...

Matt, another Josh, Jay, Jake, and Jordan all playing hacky-sack...

Jake, Matt, Josh, Jay, and Jordan (who you can't see) at their table coloring baby onesies...

Opening the baby swing...

Soft and Fuzzy Pooh collection nightlight and switch cover...

I love this blanket, it matched perfectly with the Pooh bedding we recieved...

Haha Jay's face is classic...

And of course we got some Mets and Giants stuff for the baby....

I know I mentioned this in my last post but I have to say it again. Thank you Debbie and Angela for making the baby shower so nice for me. You guys put alot of effort into making it special and I really appreciate it. We had lots of good food, drinks, and party decorations, as well as gifts. It was a happy day for me. And thank you to everyone who came to the shower. We invited sooo many people and barely anyone showed up, but for the people who did come, you guys are awesome and really good friends to me and Jay. Especially all you guys who came and participated, I love you guys! I know alot of women couldn't make it because they had to work or were going out of town, we missed you being there. And really, thank you to everyone who couldn't make it but still came by to drop their gifts off and say hi or the people who met with Jay after the shower at PT's.

~Post Baby Shower~

Sorry everyone, I know it's been a few days since the baby shower and I haven't updated yet. I have been so exhausted and sore. Jay and I ran errands Sunday morning and then went to the shower Sunday afternoon. Then we had friends over at the apartment that night, then the next morning we were up early shopping for baby stuff and finally a doctors appointment. The doctor's appointment went good, I now start my weekly doctor's visits and next Tuesday I have an ultrasound, some lab work, and they will check me to see if I'm dialating. Totally awesome news!

So we have lots of pictures of the baby shower and I want to take even more pictures of the gifts when I assemble them today or tomorrow. I also want to talk about the baby shower in detail, but not until I have some pictures uploaded. So I will be busy today putting things together and then I'll post something tonight or tomorrow. But I want to give a special thank you to Jay's mom and sister, Debbie and Angie because they are so great and they put so much effort into making the baby shower special for Jay and I. I want to also thank everyone who showed up to the shower and to everyone who couldn't show up but still showed us support. And all the gifts were fantastic. I love you all.

BABY SHOWER

The baby shower is tomorrow! We are so excited! I've been waiting for this day for 8 months and its finally here! YIPPPEEEEEE!

~34 Weeks~

I almost don't even want to show these pictures but I guess I will since I've been doing the photo thing my whole pregnancy, so here goes...

34 Weeks + 1 Day

I have lots of stretch marks now, but I hear they fade quite a bit after a while so that's good news. I figured I would get them eventually since my mom had them. And I needed to grow pretty large since I'm carrying the next big NFL star so I can live with them knowing that. =)

For comparison here is some pictures from earlier months up until now...

6 weeks...

12 weeks...

20 weeks...

24 weeks...

26 weeks...

29 weeks...

32 weeks...

and 34 weeks...