New Baby Thoughts...

Love

This little life inside me amazes me! She is about to change my life forever. Everything is going to change. Will I really be that tired?... Will I be able to keep up with my house, hubby,work, and dogs? I have to get into a whole new routine. It is exciting and scary at the same time. My "normal" will be gone. I am planning on breastfeeding and I know that it is going to take up a lot of my time in the first few months of her life. I want the best for her and hope that I will be able to adjust to my new life as a mom as smoothly as I can. My good friends tell me the truth.... that it isn't as easy as we picture in our heads. It is harder than that.I know that Bella will be SO worth all the sleepless nights. I feel blessed to have a loving and devoted husband. I know that he will be right there with me every new step we take as parents.My mom is also going to be a great support. She is waiting on the edge of her seat to be a Grandma. I know she will be there for whatever we may need. I am starting to remind myself now even before she is here... to enjoy every moment with her. To be present and enjoy being a mom. If my to do list dosen't get done... its ok. I can't wait to look into her eyes and stroke her little head. Smell her sweet baby smell. We have waited for this little girl for a long time and I plan to enjoy every moment of this journey into motherhood. She is going to make us a "Family". I think that is my new favorite word. So many memories to come as a Family.

I am 38 weeks pregnant now. 1 cm dialated as of Wednesday. She could come at anytime. I am waiting for the painful contractions to start or my water breaking. I guess we just know when it is time.I am still getting the Braxton Hicks contractions. My body sure does like to practice! Junior wants her to come on a weekend. That would be better for work. ha,ha. We will see about that. My sis, and mom think she will come on the 2nd. I am really not sure. Her head is down and she is in position. I thought I would have more of an intuition. I can wait as long as she wants. I will have her for the rest of my life.Wow, isn't that amazing! So if she wants to wait the whole two weeks thats ok with me. I love you Bella!

Her Room is Ready!

Bella's sweet little room is ready! I had a lot of fun decorating Bella's "Pink" Room as Carly calls it. I love pink and I had a pink room growing up, I even had pink carpet! ha,ha! So of course i would pick pink for our daughter. I love how it turned out and it actually looks better in person.It was hard to take pictures since the room is so small.

I am still having Braxton Hicks contrations. I go to the Dr. on Tuesday. So we will see if my body has made any progress. Junior and I went for a walk last night and I noticed that I am starting to get that pregnancy waddle!! ha,ha!! I guess her head really has dropped and now its making me walk funny. =)

 

When you walk in the door a Bb is for Bella print.

The valance is not that shiney in person.

 It is satin so the flash makes it look really shiney.

The beautiful dollhouse bookcase Andy made.

My Aunty Mandy made the pink bear in the chair!!

We put her name above the crib.

With butterflys of course!

False Labor!!

We went to the movies on Sunday and I started getting contractions! They were coming every 15 minutes. I was worried since I was only a little over 35 weeks. I called the Dr. at 9:00pm to let him know I was contracting. He said to come in if I got 6 within an hour. He said they would not stop the labor if she decided to come. I was up all night with contractions!! They would get consistent about every 6 minutes for 1/2 an hour and then they would slow down to every 10 minutes. The Dr. told us to come in the next morning. They checked to see if I was dilating. Nope.... no dilation after ALL those contractions! Then they put me on a monitor to check the contractions. I got them every 5 minutes for about a 1/2 and hour then they jumped to 6 and 7 minutes. They told us to go have lunch and walk around the hospital for a few hours. Then come back to get checked. If I was dilating they would admit me!! Scary! So we walked every floor of the hospital a few times. Got in my exercise for the day! =) We went back to get checked but still no dilation! So they sent us home with Tylenol 3 with codeine. They told me to take 2 and take a nap to see if they would stop. I took a great nap but woke up contracting. I was up half the night again but they didn't get into a consistent pattern. They had me come back in on Tuesday to check on me. I have not dilated but her head has come down and my cervix has softened. So they told me I may have her in a few days or it could be weeks. I am still getting mild contractions but they said it was ok it won't hurt they baby it will just be uncomfortable for me. Bella gave us some stress for the past 3 days! But we feel better now that we know she is ok and it is just false labor. They said I will know when the real labor starts and to come in when they are consistently 5 minutes apart. We can't wait to see Bellla! I will let you know when the REAL labor starts! =)

Wow 2010!

2010 is here! I am excited and nervous. This is the year my daughter will be born! I am 34 weeks pregnant. Only 6 more weeks to go. Some people seem to think she will make her arrival the end of this month rather than February. Junior and I are getting a little nervous! Our daughter could be here in about a month. We can't wait to meet her! Junior put together the pack n play and the bouncy seat yesterday. Our house is slowly getting taken over by lots of pastel baby things. Seeing everything set up is making her impending arrival a lot more real!
I have a Dr. appt on Tuesday, we go to a Breastfeeding class on Wednesday night and a child preperation class on Saturday. This will be a busy baby week. Junior is on board for all the classes. Maybe he thinks he will get to see boobies at the breastfeeding class! ha,ha. Hopefully he isn't the only husband going. I told him that all the Husbands go!
My Sister flys back to London today. I am really going to miss her! We had a great visit over the holidays. She is coming back after Bella is born. So maybe the end of February or March! Love you Sis! Thanks for everything!