8 more sleeps untill our due date!

Everyone please pray for me that I do not have this baby tomorrow on APRIL FOOLS!! I know this little boy is a bugger, and I have a feeling he is gonna try to make his appearance tomorrow so lets all cross our fingers that I can keep him in at least untill the 2nd!!!

I had a doctors appointment on Tuesday and everything went well. My blood pressure was normal again 120/80 and babies heartrate was 131bpm. Everything is looking well and baby is NOT posterior!! whoo hooo!!!! He is laying on his side, so hopefully sometime soon he will flip onto his belly and if he doesn't he'll most likely turn when I go into labor!

We have officially no names for baby. Its so weird, its like now that its getting time to have this baby in our arms rather than in my belly its a lot more difficult to pick a name. We have a few in mind.. but nothing is really sticking out. I am hoping that when our little guy does make his appearance he looks like "some" name out there but we may need your help!

Well only 8 more sleeps untill my due date and hopefully I have this baby by then. If he doesn't come by that time I'm sure I'll end up getting enduced because he is a BIG boy!!! (or so Dr.H thinks!)

We will talk to you soon.. hope you all have a great weekend! I will be 39 weeks pregnant tomorrow, so maybe i'll post some more pictures for you this weekend!

Oh and I forgot to mention, if you want to be contacted when the baby does arrive please email me at my hotmail account with your phone number and I'll make sure someone calls you!

Please keep praying for a healthy baby and easy delivery.. we need all your prayers!!!

Melanie & Baby
xoxoxoxoxoxo

Two pictures combined, to give you an idea as to how big our baby really is! How Exciting!!!

Baby is getting BIG, only 14 days left!

38 weeks

16 days left!

Hey guys, I had another doctors appointment on Monday and it went well! Baby is getting big and is very healthy (as far as we know anyways). I think he is laying posterior now, so I've been staying on my hands and knees a bit because we really don't want to have a c-section! Baby can turn 15 times from here untill I give birth, so lets all pray he flips over!

My pressure was 130/70 which is good, and babies heart rate was 128bmp. Dr. H had more of a hard time finding it this time, and I think thats why the baby is laying posterior. I also feel a lot of kicks around my belly button, and usually that is a sign of a posterior baby.

Dr. H mentioned that if my back pain doesn't go away by next week he might have to induce me. He mentioned that the reason i'm having these sharp pains is because of the way baby is laying in there BUT...so far (knock on wood) since baby has dropped I haven't been feeling the pain in my lower back that I was feeling before. yee haw! Hopefully everything remains the same and I have no pain and then no inducing!!

Well thats about all the info I have! I don't think I gained any weight this week either, so that is a bonus. I was gaining about 3lbs every two weeks up untill now!

Well Sharron has arrived so I have to go! But I will post some new belly pictures later!

Keep on prayin for baby and me! We need all the prayers we can get!

Melanie & Baby
xoxox

Happy Daddy!!

Oh my gosh, 20 days left!!!

Only 20 days I can't believe it! We have everything ready, all we need now is the baby!

I've been getting very anxious lately. Not sleeping everynight and having no appetite is starting to get to me now, and I'm not sure how easy these next 3 weeks are going to be. I hope that I do not go overdue, not sure If i'll be able to handle it. When delivery time comes I have a feeling I'm going to be exhausted from the lack of sleep I've been getting lately! Everyone tells me that no matter how tired you are that baby will come out! So i'm not worrying about it, I'm just going to try to sleep and stop re-arranging everything in the bedroom... and wait!

We have a couple names picked out! Some of you know that we have Cole and Cody, but there is another one that we are keeping as a suprise! We are going to wait untill we see our little boy before we pick a name... but I have a feeling we are going to go with the "suprise". Jeff is still hung up on "Anden". I'm keeping it in mind, and maybe if our little guy comes out looking like an Anden well then we'll have to compromise! Who knows what will happen! We could name him Bob... if he looks like it! :)

All I do lately is sit and watch TV. This is how my day goes..

10am - Regis & Kelly
11am - shower or clean
12pm - The View (when the heck is Elizabeth supost to have her baby anyways)
1pm - Eat Lunch
2pm - Days of our Lives
3pm - Cry my eyes out everyday watching the baby story. Its a daily ritual now...
4pm - 10 years younger on TLC
5pm - wait for supper and watch Opera
6pm - Dr. Phil
7pm - Entertainment Tonight
7:30pm- watch wahtever is on...
8pm - whatever we can find.. get the "snacks" ready for 9.
9pm - whatever is on depending on the night.. (Americas Next Top Model, The OC, American Idol, Summerland, etc. etc. etc.)
10pm - BED!

and thats it people... boring or what! I just can't wait for my little boy to get here. I know he'll keep me busy, and once he's out I can start working on getting my body back!!

Anyways I'll keep you posted! I have a doctors appointment on Monday, I'll let you all know what happends!

Melanie & Baby
xoxoxoxxo

OH! PS! - the nursary is done and I posted the pictures below! I'm going to add a picture of our new hot daddy too, he got a haircut to be sexy for when he meets our little boy! LOL he's so funny!

The change table and drawers are full! Now we just need a baby a dress!

We are keeping the waterbottle in an easy-accesable place just incase the kitties try to get in. We found Tiffany in the crib yesterday. She snuck into the room when we were doing the finishing touches. Shes a bad kitty!

Our little boys room is finished!

36 weeks

Holy stretchmarks! :)

Holy Cow ... 28 days left!

Is time every flying by! I haven't been able to post lately so this one wil be really long because I have lots of new news for all of you!

We found out at our last doctors appointment that our baby is bound to be a "BIG" baby. Dr. Harebottle figures he is going to be 8-9lbs, but closer to 9lbs! If he keeps growing I'm going to be SO uncomfortable though because I can hardly get comfy now as is and I have 4 weeks left still! Standing sucks, laying sucks, sitting really sucks.... its just getting really uncomfortable already, I don't know how I'm going to stand the next 28 days.

I had my baby shower last saturday! It was VERY exciting. I got a lot of really nice gifts and we had a great time... the cake was some yummie! Here is a mini-list of what I got:
Little outfits, pictureframes, photoalbums, knitted goods, a walker, pop and hop seat for baby, potty, play pen, blankets, baby wash and such, leather harley davidson jacket (yes you read that right), 2 diaper bags, baby monitor, movement monitor, toys, rattles, teethers, soothers, etc. etc. etc. WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF! :)

Well I think the end is near people... I have a feeling I might go early to deliver this baby. I've been having lots of signs that its almost time, but it is true that you can have these for up to a month before the baby comes. Talk about being nashious.. I wanna barf 24/7, and my heartburn is getting WAYYY worse. We'll see! I've been getting prepared for the big day! Today I went to Walmart and bought a new pair of pjays and slippers, a tooth brush and all the other jazz that goes with staying at the hospital. Its fun stuff! I packed our babies bag tonight.. its finalized and I'm NOT opening it again untill I'm at the hospital. LOL I keep opening it to make sure everything is in there that I need. There is 3 sleepers, 3 diaper shirts, and diapers and all the odds and ends that go with it. They say that you only need one sleeper, but you know how weird I am. I'm bringing 3 so I can choose which one looks best on our little baby before we leave ..... I'm in love with him already....

Anyways thats about it for tonight. I'm watching the OC and its good... I LOVE it...
and thats your "hint" for the night! :)

Talk to you all later!

Melanie & Baby
xoxox

34 weeks Illustration.. Our baby is getting BIG!

My belly at 34 weeks, those stretch markes are quite visible now! :) Its all worth it people!

Almost Ready!

Mentally and physically I am so ready for this little man to make his entrance! I'm getting so tired of being pregnant. At one time in my life I used to think it was such a sin when women said that about their pregnancies, now I have to TOTALLY agree. Don't get me wrong, I cannot wait for this baby... but i'm ready to be unpregnant right now! Sleeping sucks, walking sucks, breathing sucks, and peeing REALLY sucks. Everything sucks.... but when that baby moves around in my belly it makes all the suckieness go away. Its a pretty amzing thing having this little guy growing inside of me. He is with me 24 hours a day and I still do not know what he looks like or anything about him for that matter...

Anyways :) I'm having my baby shower on Saturday from 1:00pm - 4:00pm and I am very excited! Its going to be a lot of fun to have everyone together for a little party and some games and good food! Not to mention I'm SO excited to see what I get from the shower as well... I don't have very much now, so it all will be a HUGE help for us!

Well just though I'd check in. I have another doctors appointment on Friday, so this weekend is sure to be a busy weekend for me! :)

Oh and PS, last appointment our doctor has informed us that we are probably having a BIG baby!!!! 8-9lbs or so. I guess bigger is better though because smaller babies are so fragile and since this is my first child it will be nice to have a big one to learn everything with!

Talk to you all soon! Hope to see you at my shower!!

Melanie & Baby
xoxoxoxoxoxo