The Belly Post

14 weeks 5 days - not many people could tell

18 weeks 5 days - a little more obvious

22 weeks 1 day - t-shirt is getting a little to small

26 weeks 3 days - getting on out there

30 weeks 1 day - looks like I'm stealing a basketball

34 weeks 6 days - forgot to take an actual belly shot...this was just for fun.  the shirt says redneck rivera on it :)

39 weeks 4 days - today, the day before I'm being induced! 

The Nursery!!

I can't believe I didn't show y'all photos of the nursery!!  We kept the bed in there for now since family will be coming to visit for a few weeks after the birth.  Once thats out and we get everything where its going to stay, I'll post some more.

This in on the far wall of the room, on the side of the house

Bliss painted this!  Its on the back wall that you face when you walk in the room

Bliss built this too.  Its on the wall to the right when you walk in

And Bliss refinished this.  Its on the wall to the left of the door

This is in our room for the baby to sleep in for now.  Bliss' dad built it for him  :)

The baby

So the baby.

My last weekly post, which wasn't even weekly, was about 9 weeks ago.  I went to the doctors a few days after that post.  I don't remember anything special about that appointment so it must have gone well :)  Besides the stuff mentioned in my previous post (iron supplements and antibiotics), my appointments have been very uneventful.

That next week I went to a breast feeding class the that hospital offered.  It offered some good information but from everything that I gather, its kind of a learn on the job type of thing.  They did give me a book that I have since read which will be good to reference when the time gets here.

Somewhere in there I feel and busted my ass.  It was raining out and when I stepped on to our porch, my feet went out from under me and then I was on the ground.  I was in SO much pain.  The baby was still moving around so I didn't go to the hospital.  The next morning when I work up though, good lord.  I couldn't walk.  It was ridiculous.  Ashley took me to the doctor to get checked out.  I was fine, but pulled some mussels.  The doc told me to take it easy for a few days.  Also part of the fun was that he did an internal exam to make sure everything was still intact up there.  HOLY SHIT that hurt.  Not only was I already in pain, but everything was where its supposed to be...nice and high. 

At my 36 week appointment, they tested me for group b strep.  I have it.  Its not that big of a deal, just antibiotics when I give birth.  Me and my antibiotics...its gotta be messing with my body!  Also at that appointment I asked the doctor if he could tell about how big the baby is.  He said that its hard to tell cause each person is different so what the measurement is for a person that is 5 ft means something different then that same measurement for a person that is 5 ft 10.  So he thought we should do another ultrasound would be good.

So on week 37, I got to see my baby again :)  Bliss and Jamie came with me.  Jamie had never seen an ultrasound before so I invited her along.  The baby was much more squished this time so it wasn't as cool as my 20 week one, but you could still tell some parts.  It was funny watching them while the tech was taking the measurements and moving around fast.  They would smile, then look confused, then tilt their heads, then smile again.  Too funny watching them try to figure out what they were seeing.  Well, she told me that the baby was about 8 lbs 7 oz, give or take a pound. WHAT?! It was measuring at 39/40 weeks and I was only 37.  Not cool baby j.  AND the baby will gain another 1/2-1 lb per week.  The doctor said it might be best to do an induction since the baby was so big already.  The way he was talking, I thought he was thinking the next week, but nope.  I got scheduled for Sept 1st.  A whole 3 days before my due date.  That means that the baby will weigh between 8 lb 7 oz if she measured it big and it only gained half a pound a week, or 11 lb 7 oz if she measured him small and it gained 1 pound per week.  God I hope its closer to the 8 lb 7 oz.

So I'm going in Tuesday night to start the cervix softener (cause still nothing has happened in there) then they will start the pitocin on Wednesday morning.  I'll have a baby by Wednesday night :)

Some other tidbits of info:
I have gained right at 40 lbs.
I waddle everywhere
My feet are swollen and I only wear flip flops
My nose is starting to get wide
I can't sleep more than 1.5 hrs without waking up to roll over/go pee.
I have so many stretch marks on my belly it looks like someone painted flames on it

Even with all the crappy things listed above, I have loved being pregnant.  I love feeling my baby move around inside me.  I love messing with the parts it pushes up against me making weird bumps on my belly.  I'm really going to miss it.  But I can't wait to have my baby in my arms :)

Here are a few photos that Jamie took for us the other day

hes so gangsta...makes me laugh :)

All the toys

We have the nursery finished!!  I underestimated how amazing my husband is and really expected to be doing a lot of the work or pestering him about doing it.  I was quickly proven wrong.  He did so much and made it look so great!  He painted the room and the mural, he built the shelf, repainted the dresser and put now hardware on it AND put the crib together.  He also has put together the swing, pack and play, stroller, highchair...the list goes on.  I love the way it all turned out :)

my milking chair

the fabric for the swing and carseat

We have had so many cardboard boxes, we could open a moving company!  Every week we put a load out with the trash.  Its crazy!


The weekend of my Georgia shower, Mom, Vicki and I went to the day care need my work and signed baby Jourdan up for that.  We got to visit the infant room and all the babies were so cute :)  One of the teachers there said that she didn't want my baby unless it was girl because there was only one other girl in the room!  Poor thing, being surrounded by boys all the time!  They were waiving the enrollment fee and were only charging $25 to hold the spot till I go back to work...that and my discount and they are open till 7:00 when most are open till 6 - you can't beat it!  Not that I want to go back to work...ever...but I'm very happy with the daycare and I hope that helps me cope!

So it seems that we have everything that we'll need.  If there is something that we need, I'm sure someone will be quick to tell us :)  Just waiting on the baby now!!

Seriously?!

I can't believe that I haven't posted anything since 30 weeks!!  I'm 38 weeks now and about to pop.  Lots has happened in the past 8 weeks.  Since its been so long, I'm going to split this up in to a few posts.  Don't want you getting board :)

Let me see what I can remember...

I'll start with my showers!

Over the 4th of July we went down to Louisiana for the long weekend and my first baby shower.  Bliss' cousin and aunt, Erin and Stephanie, hosted it for me.  It was great!  Everyone was so generous!!  Its a good thing we took the truck down because there would be no way for us to get everything back with out it.

Vicki and Me with all the yummy food!

my super cute cake

gifts gifts and more gifts!!

We ate some sea food like always but it was little bittersweet with the oil spill.  The prices for all the seafood had gone up and the place that we went to, didn't have any oysters on the menu.  One thing kinda cool, Bliss' uncle Robert used to work on the oil rigs as a cook but since all drilling was suspended, he's been working with the clean up crews.  I'm not sure if he still is or not, but for awhile, he was working on the vessel that had the fancy thing Kevin Costner came up with.

Also, we made our last trip to the casino before the baby gets here.  I don't think people will look to kindly on my taking an infant in :)  We went on the 4th so we watched fireworks from the top deck of the parking garage.  Since we were right on the coast, we could see a few different cities doing their shows.  There were tons of people on the beach with bonfires and setting off their own fire works.  It was really cool.

I had another shower in Macon thrown by my friends here - Jamie, Jen, Ashley & Rebecca.  My mom and Bliss' mom both came up for it, also my friend Julie that lives in FL.  Such long tips but it was great to have them here!  We had a great time at that one too.  Again, I got a ton of stuff.  My friends love me!  This time it was at our house so I didn't have to carry everything home.  And yes, I wore the same dress to both showers.

isn't he so cute? :)

lots of belly!!

The day after, Vicki took us out shopping for the some of the stuff that we still needed.  That as well as an order to Target.com and we had almost everything.  That was also Bliss' birthday so he got some gifts too :)

I think I'll end it here for now.  More coming soon!!