Welcome To Our Blog!

We are pleased to announce our first baby will be brought into this world around October 28, 2011! This is my first attempt at making a blog, so please bear with me through the process. This seemed like the perfect place to document it all, so here goes nothing!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Excuse Me? Did You Just Say I Could Have A Baby in 3 Weeks??!!

Yes, that is right. I had my 35 (almost 36) weeks appt today, and although we had discussed at a previous appt when I would have a C-section if I had to have one, it became very real today when she actually scheduled it!! So, big update for everyone, if she does not turn I will be having a scheduled C-section on October 20 or 21. She will let me know next week which date was available.

Do not get me wrong, we are super excited to finally meet this little one, but I am not going to lie that I have been a little shocked this afternoon! We obviously knew the big day was coming, but to have a scheduled day that we could meet her is a different story. So, I am pretty sure Aaron and I are going to be a little frantic over the next 3 weeks really finishing things up in preparation for our big arrival!

I also got a few pictures back from my maternity photos. I will attach them below along with a very cute ultrasound picture of baby's face from today's appt:





Friday, September 23, 2011

September Has Been Very Busy!!

Hello!! I realize it has been awhile since I have updated the blog, so I figured I better get to it. We have lots to share! I'll start with some pictures:

The "S" Week, from good friend from highschool and college Laura Kauffmann (who is getting married in Louisville tomorrow by the way!) Very upset I am not able to travel to make the wedding though. We cannot wait for baby girl to play on the mat though!

The "F" Week, from Jean Homiston (Aaron's Aunt) and JeAnne (Jean's daughter-in-law).  The card from her is very creative! For example, she wrote "every little girl needs a Friendly Frog to get her through days and nights....she will need a Flannel receiving blanket to help keep her warm on cool, chilly days in Denver." We loved it all! Thanks!

The "N" Week from one of Aaron's aunts, Vicki Davis. She got us the stroller blanket to keep baby girl warm while on walks, as well as other times. The stroller was a birthday present to Aaron from his parents. We are very appreciative of both these gifts!! We cannot wait for many walks to come!

This is a picture of my feet as we burned moxi sticks next to my little toes. It is an old tradition to help the baby turn into birthing position. We have only done it once since on Tuesday we found out she is still breech. We shall see if it works!

Picture from my baby shower last weekend with my two awesome hosts, Emily Crowley and Katie Naughton. It was an amazing shower, I could not have asked for a better time. Thanks again Ladies!!

Fist bump!! 9/21 Ultrasound
We have had some great weekly presents as you can see! Once again, we are so grateful and appreciative to everyone who is participating. There has been a lot of thought into these gifts!!

So, to sum up what has been going on this month: We started birthing class at the beginning of the month, once a week on Tuesday evenings. It has been a good experience to this point, especially for Aaron. I had a pretty good idea of the birthing process from nursing school, but the class has provided us with lots of good tips and tricks. We have two more classes coming up, one this Saturday and another one right at the beginning of October. Last week I had five days off of work, which was a nice treat. I had a haircut, maternity pictures, a prenatal massage, and my baby shower over those five days. It was a very relaxing five days of pampering for sure! I am looking forward to getting the maternity pictures back and I will post some once I do!

We have had a couple dr appts this month, and everything is looking just great. As I mentioned, baby is still breech but we are hoping she will turn. If she does not turn, I will have a scheduled c-section. We will definitely keep everyone updated. I have gotten pretty big (for me anyways) all of a sudden, and with that I am getting uncomfortable and not much sleep but it's all for a good cause!! We also just chose a pediatrician this past week, yet another thing checked off our list!

Other than that, we are just doing last minute stuff around the house in preparation for our little one. We have both just been working and getting excited for her to arrive. Work is getting challenging for me, I am just so slow now, but it has been fun at the same time. All the patients want to talk about my bump! And my co-workers have been incredibly helpful!  Okay, I'll try to be better about updating. Thanks for reading!!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Lovely Little Lapine

The letter L was this week, to finish spelling out 'Girl.' So now we have been showered with gifts for Baby Girl, and we are on to Sanford to round it out! Good friend from highschool Sarah Howard sent us some very cute items from Pottery Barn Kids for our little lapine. For those of you who do not know (and admittedly I did not know) the name "Lapine" comes from the French word for rabbit, lapin, and can also be used to describe rabbit society. So I am very impressed with her creativity. Here is a picture of the gifts:


Hooded "lapine" towel and plaque to hang in the nursery
This last weekend we finished out our "babymoons" in Aspen, and Kota got to come along this time too! We had a great time checking out the town and especially visiting the well known Maroon Bells. It was absolutely gorgeous. My good friend Erin Linehan happened to be in Aspen for the weekend too, so we went to a bbq at her friend's place on Saturday night. It was especially memorable because I decided to try and walk right into the hot tub (obviously not an above the ground hot tub) while I was walking Kota. I got pulled down and almost started rolling like a little oompa loompa, but luckily all turned out okay and I walked away with only a couple bruises! Anyhow, Aaron was a little less than impressed with the "snobbish" attitude of the people in Aspen in general, but it didn't stop us from having a good time. Our lodge was really cute and the people were very nice there. Here are pictures from the trip:

Top of Independence Pass



Aspen Trees
 
Kota and I checking out the view (well I was anyways)
 
Downtown Aspen


Outside the lodge, 31 weeks

Ah, Kota


Maroon Bells Park



Maroon Bells in the background
Everything else is going great. Baby is kicking and moving around as I write! Our appointment last week was good. She is still in frank breech position (basically butt down in pike position). She still has time to turn and I am hoping she figures it out by the next appointment! As you can see, I am basically all baby. I have gained 16 lbs as of last week, and am still measuring on the small side. I am very grateful for this, especially because baby's growth is right on target. That's all I got for now!