Happy Mother's Day!

My Father-in-Law Gary gave me my first ever Mother's Day present! A beautiful hanging basket! How sweet! Thanks Gary!

32 weeks

Better late than never!!

Nursery

Here are some pictures of the nursery so far. We still have some stuff to put up on the walls, like Hailey's name and a shelf. Jeff is going to make a little bench seat for the window, which is going to be really cute.. It's really coming together! More pics to come soon...and we haven't forgotten about the belly pic, we are just a little behind! It will be up tomorrow.


Hailey's crib and changing table.

Jungle Luv

Grandma and Grandpa McCoy bought Hailey the Jungle Luv bedding set. It is so adorable! It has cute, whimsical elephants, hippos, giraffes and zebras on it. We put the bedding on her crib tonight but I don't have a picture yet, so I used the one from the Babies R Us website. I will post nursery pics soon, we have a couple more things to get done before it's finished.

Braxton Hicks...ouch!

On Tuesday morning at 1am I woke up to awful pain in my stomach. It felt like bad cramps and even worse cramps came in waves for the next hour. I assumed it was Braxton Hicks, but it still worried me, so Jeff got the baby books and started reading everything he could about Braxton Hicks. After about an hour and half they went away and I was able to go back to bed. It really made me realize though that: 1.) Labor is going to be VERY painful, because the Braxton Hicks hurt bad enough!!! and 2.) Hailey is going to be here before we know it! We have less than 8 weeks until her due date!

We have our birthing class coming up on May 17-18, and I am excited to learn about everything! I'm hoping we have an energetic and interesting teacher who will make the information understandable. Jeff is going to be coming off a graveyard shift so he is going to need lots of help staying awake, poor guy.

Dr. appt

We had our 32 week appt today, and they did an ultrasound to check on the fluid in Hailey's kidneys. It was really cool to see how big Hailey is now and to see how much more developed she is from the last time we saw her. Hailey was pretty active during the ultrasound and at one point she had one of her arms across her face and her feet crossed at the ankles, just relaxing. It was really cute. She also opened her eyes a couple times and was smacking her lips. We found out that she weighs 4 lbs 7 oz currently, which is right where she should be.

So regarding the fluid in her kidneys, it is about the same. Which, because she is bigger now, is not of too much concern. But the doctor said they are going to continue to monitor it and after Hailey is born, she will get an ultrasound to check on the kidneys again and possibly be on medication to clear it up.

On the ultrasound they also found that I have more amniotic fluid than I should have...which is something they are going to monitor as well. The doctor said this would explain why I'm a bit larger than I should be. So, that's about as much as we know. We have another appt. on May 23rd.

Here are 2 of the ultrasound pics, I know it's kind of hard to tell what is what, but the first one is a picture of her face, and you can actually see her eyes, nose and mouth in the middle if you look hard enough. The 2nd picture is a profile picture, and you can see her pouty little lips...she is going to take after her mommy!!

Baby shower

I had my baby shower this past weekend and it was soooo much fun! It was so great to see everyone. Candice, Amity and my Mom did such an amazing job planning the shower. Hailey received such wonderful gifts, people were way too generous. I think we are pretty much set now except for some small things. We can't wait for her to get here!

Pack n' Play

Grandpa Mac bought Hailey a really cool Pack n' Play. It vibrates, has a cute mobile, plays songs, and even has a changing station on it! It's really nice and it will be very convenient and great for taking on short trips. Thanks Grandpa Mac!!!

31 weeks

Crib and changing table