37 weeks and a wedding

Just a quick stop in to say hi and show a couple of pictures from a wedding Joe & I went to this past Saturday for my friend Vanessa. It was in the upper 90's and very humid, take a look at my lovely Flintstone feet!!!!
and now lastly, why I won't be taking any more pictures next to any skinny people for the rest of this pregnancy, me & the bride:

That's all for now =)

xoxo,

Jaime

Painting is done...3 weeks left!!!!!!

Joe & I were hard at work last weekend and early this week and finally painted (and finished) the wall that will be behind baby Jack's crib & dresser. We love how it came out, what do you think?:

Now we just need the new crib to arrive and we'll be all set to go =)

I had a Dr.'s appointment this past Wednesday and all is well. My swelling in my feet has increased a lot but the Dr.'s aren't concerned because they said my blood pressure is great! They checked me and I've made no progress so apparently baby Jack isn't too eager to come out just yet which is a good thing for now =) His head is way down there though so he's just hanging out. My next appointment is next Friday so we'll see what they say then.

Oh and 2 other pieces of good news....tomorrow (Saturday 6/7) I will be officially full term since the Dr.'s consider 37 weeks as full term (YAY!!!) and also hmmm...what was the other piece of good news....Oh yeah, I only gained 1lb this appointment...YAY for me!!!

Ok, more next week =)

xoxo,

Jaime

36 weeks & New Crib

WOW...36 weeks down and only 4 more to go!!! There has been a few things going on lately that I figured I would update everyone on. On Friday 5/23 I found out that the maker of our crib might be recalling a bunch of cribs and in the meantime they have had them all pulled from Babies R US' show room and also online and there is a no sale on them right now. They keep saying it is for a "quality reassurance" but now a week later and still no word I just wasn't comfortable keeping this crib. I was so upset because (as you remember from our Quest for the Crib) this was my favorite crib and I just couldn't see keeping it and worrying that Baby Jack would one day be the one who found what was wrong and got hurt in it. Babies R Us was great with all of it and they let us return the crib and order a new one from a different brand. We went on Saturday and took care of this and now we just have to wait for the new one to come in.

Now with the old crib out of the way we finally got a chance to paint (maybe everything does happen for a reason). Joe & I painted yesterday and now we just have final touches to finish up during the week and we are so excited. We haven't really revealed what our plans for painting were so come back for updates and pictures when it's all done =)

As for Dr.'s appointments, last week started my weekly ones. I went on Wednesday 5/28 and was lucky enough to have my first internal done (sense the sarcasm?!). It really wasn't as bad as people have said it was though. Anyway, here's the news, I'm not dilated at all, which is good because it's a little too early for me for that, she said I am starting to thin out a little though so with that and the fact that baby has started to drop or has dropped already the Dr. says that she is estimating that Jack will be about a week early, but as she said it was just her estimation. Joe was so excited to hear this because he would like him to be born on 6/23 since it's a Monday and he figures we'll start the week off right... think he's excited much?!?! The Dr. also said that she thought last week he was about 5 1/2 - 6lbs and she also says she doesn't think he will be that big of a baby and doesn't see me having a 10lb'er, which is great for me! She says she thinks he'll be about 7 to 7 1/2 lbs, which sounds good to me =)

Ok, that's all for now I think. Next appointment is this Wednesday so I will update again after that one.

Here is a picture I took last week in the bathroom here at work. I know a bit strange but I figured why not =) :

xoxo,

Jaime

33 week pictures...

Here are a few pictures from almost 2 weeks ago. I finally realized why people think I am going any day now when I looked at these myself! Try not to be too scared!!!

How much time do we have left?!?!

As of today I am 34weeks and 4 days. I can't believe it! Still have 5weeks left but hopefully they will go by fast. Joe is getting more and more excited every day and it's so fun to see because as everyone who knows Joe knows, he doesn't show all that much emotion all the time. He is so excited that his little boy is so close to being here now that he just says all the time "how many more weeks are left?" and then he always guesses at least 1 or 2 weeks less than what we actually have. Wishful thinking on his part I guess.

Yesterday was my last Dr.'s appointment where I went every 2 weeks. From now on they want to see me every week which is so exciting because it means we're very close! Baby Jack is still in the head down position and his heart rate was 140 yesterday. When they put the gel on me he moved around and kicked which made the Dr. laugh. I guess he didn't like that it was a little cold this time. He definitely let's me know when he doesn't like something, I wonder where he gets that from!

Let's see...what else is new...I don't think there is too much else going on. Oh, here us a link to my Baby shower pictures from Po - Baby Shower Pictures.

til next time =)

xoxo,
Jaime

Great Weekend!!!!!

So it all started with my Dr.'s appt. on Friday. I went in for my 31week appt. (yep, can you believe we are there already?!?!?!) and the Dr. said everything is looking great. Baby Jack's head is down and he's just hanging out in there getting bigger & bigger. My pregnancy brain finally allowed me to remember some questions I wanted to ask & I was able to get some answers which was great. I also let them know that I am definitely NOT against c-sections (actually would rather that!) but so far I will not be having one of them unless Jack decides when the time comes that he would rather stay in there. I guess we'll wait & see what his plans are. I gained another 5lbs =( but that only puts me at a total of 22lbs so far which everyone else says is good so I will have to take their word for it. Hopefully I will not gain a ridiculous amount more in the next 8 or 9 weeks, fingers crossed! The Dr. also said that I now start going to see them every 2 weeks! I'm so excited because it means we are that much closer to meeting Jack!!! =)

Well, Saturday was the best because it was my SHOWER!! Thank you sooooo much to everyone for coming and making it such a special and great day! Jack is now outfitted with the cutest clothes until he's at least 3 I think!! He also got a ton of other great stuff. I can't wait until he's here to put him in all of it, play with it, and have him enjoy it all! I really had a great time seeing everyone and being able to chat with you all. I just wish the day hadn't gone by so fast. Jack is so lucky (and so am I) to have you all in his life!!

Yesterday (Sunday) was fun too! My mom was here from FL so we hung out for a little bit before she had to go back to the airport and head back down south for some warmer weather. While here though we were able to go have some NY pizza which she hasn't had in about 2 years so that was good too =) Then we went to dinner with family last night and I ate until I thought they were going to have to roll me out of the restaurant. What can I say, Jack made me do it!!! Now I know why I gained 5lbs in 3 weeks!!!

Well I guess that's long enough for now. I will post some pictures (or a link to pictures) from the shower as soon as I get them uploaded and get them from other people. Thank you all again!!!!

xoxo,
Jaime

Officially 7 months!!!

Can you believe it? Where has the time gone? As of tomorrow (Saturday) I will be officially 7 months, 28 weeks and have only 12 weeks left to go =) I am so excited and really can't wait to meet our little man. Joe has already begun talking to him and told him about the March Madness scores and making sure he "knows" what is going on out here in the sports world, lol, did we expect any less?

Well today was my 28 week appointment and I had my Rhogam shot which really wasn't as bad as I had made it out to be in my head and actually just pinched a tiny bit but didn't really hurt. Jack's heartbeat was measuring at about 149-150 and the Dr. said she thinks that he is head down and just hanging out with his butt up on my right side, lol. I knew it! I kept telling Joe that Jack was mooning everyone...seriously, can he get any more like Joe before he's even born?!?!

As for me the Dr. said I have a nice belly (YAY!!) and I have only gained 2lbs in the last 3 weeks which I was so happy & proud of because I swore it was more, especially since my taste buds have decided they like Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies again! I now go back to the Dr. in 3 weeks and then after that I will start going every 2 weeks...I can't believe we are at that point already! So scary all of this and yet so exciting at the same time!!!!!!

No new belly pics yet but hopefully I will have some by the end of the weekend and will post then =)

til next time...
xoxo,
Jaime