Sorry!

Changing table...Thanks for the help Jess...quite the adventure

Possible outfits for Madison's homecoming

Pretty sure I'm gonna pop!

I know, I know...it's been a long time since my last post. Things have been a little hectic around here. We've been doing a lot to make sure the house is ready when baby finally arrives...which, I found out today could be anytime from this week to next month!

I had a doctor appointment this morning. I'll spare you the gory details and put it in less graphic terms: Everything looks really good and though I'm not dialated yet, everything else is ready to go in terms of baby's position and the position of my reproductive system in general:)

Then the doctor sent me to the birth center so I could be hooked up to the monitors and tested for fetal movement. Baby hasn't been moving as much lately...the doc said it was probably just tight quarters but she wanted to make sure...anyways, off we go to the birth center. They strapped me all in to the heart rate and movement monitors and told me I needed to hang out for about 20 minutes while they monitored everything.

About 20 minutes later, the nurse came in and said, "are you feeling these contractions that you're having?" I had been feeling some cramps in my belly and my lower back but they were different/stronger than the Braxton Hicks I had been having and I wasn't quite aware of what actual contractions felt like (I guess it's a good thing I now know what they feel like!). She stayed in the room with me and examined me while I had a couple contractions...she said they were definetly real thing and that I should continue to monitor them for regularity/duration/intensity whenever I feel one. Based on what she was seeing today, Baby could come any day now or she could hold out for another month...guess we just patiently wait!

I still feel great and other than the occasional crampiness...which I guess I can start calling contractions, I don't feel any different than before...just really anxious! Mama and Papa can't wait to meet this little one! It's so sweet because I can tell Shane is getting so excited/anxious to meet her...he is always asking how she's doing, rubbing my belly, giving her raspberries...cute stuff like that!

I am so excited to hold her and see what she looks like and touch all her little fingers and toes, but I think one of the things I am most excited about is seeing her papa hold her for the first time...I try to imagine what that will be like and I just can't even picture how special it will be for me to see.

Anyways, I will try to keep up on this a little better, things have just been a little crazy with work/life in general...I have a feeling they will only get crazier in the next few weeks:)