Baby Avery....

Thursday we will be checking into the hospital at 5am to have our baby girl!!!!
What a relief to have a set day. This past weekend was a rough one for me. emotionally and physically. I am ready to meet our little princess and not be pregnant anymore :)
Be praying for us on thursday!!!!!!! :)

Pregnancy thoughts

with this pregnancy coming to an end "soon" i thought i would jot down my experience;

• first, this pregnancy was a total surprise! shock! but welcomed with open arms, once the shock wore off! :)
• we found out we were preggs on February 27 (Melissa's bday) at about 3am, i was in ATR training and had a 4:30am simulator session that day so we had to get up early to take the test! 
• we told my parents when we came to visit for sissy and i's bdays. i bought 2 bibs that had the words grandma and grandpa on them and put them in gift bags and had mom and dad open them. :)
• that same weekend, chris and i made a t-shirt for parker (our niece) that had winnie the pooh sitting by a pumpkin and said "i'm getting a cousin for halloween" and put it on her to tell his parents!!
• i consider myself extremely lucky to have not gotten sick these whole 9 months!
• i first felt her move at 16 weeks 1 day (May 14), although it just felt like flutters. it took me a little while to realize it was her!
• chris first felt her kick June 25, at 22 weeks 1 day... i think it scared him a bit!!! :-)
• i was convinced she was a boy until our 19 week ultrasound... oops
• flying wasn't any different being pregnant but Avery would always kick on takeoff and descending to land! i'm still not sure if that was because she liked it or not...
• i didn't feel really pregnant till about 36 weeks, then i started getting uncomfortable
• i imagine she will be awake between 9pm and 11pm, because she sure was while in my tummy. like clockwork everynight!
• i never had any real cravings, definitely nothing weird, just once did i really "crave" fries from Braums. ice cream was always welcome of course!
• as i'm writing this, at 39 weeks, i've gained 31 lbs. my goal was 30, so i think i did pretty good. thanks, in part, to isagenix! (doctors recommend 25-35 lbs for a normal pregnancy)
• at this point, i'm up 3 times a night to visit the bathroom.... i won't miss that part!
• i walked almost every day throughout this pregnancy (2-3miles) up until recently... i've just started getting shin splints, OUCH! think it might be my shoes, they've taken a beating
• She is fearfully and wonderfully made! God had a plan before we did.... thats for sure!
• overall i've had a very easy, smooth pregnancy. i wonder if the next time around i'll be so lucky?

i'm sure there is more but this is all i could come up with for now!
8 days to go... 15 at the most (doc says she doesn't like going past 41 weeks). we can't wait to meet her!!!

bag is packed.....

Well... its getting close to that time, the 28th is just around the corner. We are waiting (as patiently as possible) for her to make her entrance into this world!!! I am feeling more uncomfortable by the day, it hurts to laugh, to sneeze and trying to get up from a sitting position! She is still a very active baby (especially from 9-11pm), and gets the hiccups daily! I know I'll miss her movements after she is here but for now they are starting to hurt! In the meantime.... I've packed her hospital bag;

We installed her carseat in the 4runner!

And thanks to my parents I have a fabulous glider just waiting to be rocked in! (well, I may be using it a little bit already!)

12 days to go.... possibly!
Don't forget you can still vote in the poll, its just for fun!

Poll

Just for fun i decided to make a poll about when avery will make her debut into this world, its to the right of these posts. i didn't want to make it too big so it only goes up to a week either way! Feel free to leave a comment as to why you picked your vote!! either way we are very ready to meet baby Avery!

p.s. HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomorrow PAPA! we love you and miss you!

Maternity pics

Our pics are up on beatyphotography!! Check them out.
big thank you to Jon and Emily, we had such a fun time hanging out and the pics turned out fabulous! love em!

not sure if this link will work but you can check out the rest of the pics here...
Pics

less than 3 weeks till her due date! :-P
doc appointment today went well, but she says that Avery is not quite ready yet....

Its October?

I can't believe its October already, someone pinch me. Time has just flown by! We went to the doctor yesterday for our 36 week appt. We had our last ultrasound to see what Avery weighs. She is on the small side, no big surprise there. They estimated her weight at 5lbs 5oz, doc says she thinks she'll be a 7lb baby at delivery day. Now we play the waiting game.... She needs to stay in there another week or so, I still need to find a pediatrician!! :) 27 days to Dday!

Our baby girl @ 36 weeks!! Thats her little wrist next to her mouth!
She had the hiccups during the u/s and we got to see it!