We Are Really Having A Baby!!

Yesterday at work I was surprised by my co-workers with my 4th shower!! Yes, I know, it is ridiculous...John and I are so blessed to have so many great friends and families supporting us as the arrival of Baby W gets closer. So we officially have EVERYTHING you could possibly need to be ready for this baby and anything else we need I am going trek out to Babiesrus with Leslie to get. We still don't have the crib and changing table but Leslie is giving us one of her sets at the end of August. Last night we started to put things together, the swing, bouncy seat, car seat, etc. It would be awesome if we could find a house before this baby comes, fingers crossed!! Libbie was VERY distraught while John was putting all this gear together...maybe her last family had a baby and that is why they had to get rid of her? She seems to know something is coming.

Not a great picture with my camera phone but here is John putting together the swing

Monday night we went to the hospital for our tour...John said I looked like a caged animal. I guess it's that the tour made the whole thing so real...and I had heard such great things about Sentara Leigh and the rooms were so spartan, to say the least...John thinks that I thought I was going to be checking into the Sanderling or something...I guess he is right...either way, on thing is for certain...there is DEFINITELY a baby coming...and soon!!

Totally Blog-Worthy

What is this picture you might ask....it is the newest idea for a Halloween costume! This is a Kate Gosselin wig!!! Hysterical and definitely a good idea. They could have made the highlights streakier though, don't you think?

Happy Anniversary!

Happy 3rd Anniversary John!! Love you!

What Am I Having?

So up until now I think most evidence was pointing towards me having a boy. I seem to be carrying low and with the kidney thing, that predominantly occurs in baby boys. There is, however, an old wives tale that if the baby's heart rate is below 140 it is a boy and if it is above 140 it is a girl. At my first 4 ultrasounds it was dead on 140...stubborn baby! But yesterday it was at 159! So, there is a small chance it could still be a girl, you just never know.

I have set up a poll, top left of the screen to see what all of yall think I am having. I know you are bashful on posting comments but all you have to do is click what you think I am having, you don't have to login or anything. So...What do you think I'm having? Boy? Girl? Or what Cecil is telling everyone, a Golden Retriever Puppy? Happy voting!!

Guess That Body Part

Here are the beautiful pictures the ultrasound tech gave me yesterday after my appointment...now, I think I am pretty good at reading ultrasounds, but can you see anything in these pictures?

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So the question is...What are these pictures of? Feel free to leave a comment :)

Quick Baby Update

Today I went back to the specialist for yet another follow up ultrasound. The baby's kidneys are still dilated...booo...but everything else looks great. So they will make an appointment for me with the pediatric urologist before the baby is born. The doctor thinks that I will still be able to deliver at Sentara Leigh, which is good, and that the baby won't need emergency surgery or anything like that. He said it is actually really great that they found this out because otherwise the baby could get a UTI or something and the pediatrician might not know that is why the baby is sick. So anyway, I will update you on what the pediatric urologist says. I am still hopeful that this condition with reverse itself by the time the baby is born.

Other baby news...the baby is HUGE!! They took these measurements and found that the baby is already 4 lbs 10 oz!! That is a LARGE baby for 32 weeks! Usually they are a little over 3 lbs at this point...I asked the ultrasound tech (VERY nice I might add, loving these EVMS ultrasound techs!) if this meant I would give birth to a large baby and she said yes...So now I am nervous for a whole other reason...I am NOT trying to deliver a 10 lb baby...ugghhh...Although Emily tells me that larger babies sleep better and through the night earlier, so maybe I will have that working for me?

Keep me and the baby in your prayers!

Twilight vs. True Blood

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So one random night in November John and I were shopping out at MacArthur for Christmas presents and the like. We decided while we were out there we should go to the movies and since we frequent the theater often one of the only things we hadn't seen was Twilight. I was shocked when John said we could go. The movie, at best, is a little silly but convinced me to read the book so when I was at target and saw the paperback version I picked it up. Needless to say I finished the 4th book within 2 weeks of that and was totally hooked. I even convinced John to take me back to the movies and see it again, this time it wasn't nearly as silly as before. I am sad there are only 4 books I would have loved to have kept reading on...Edward is such a hottie and a romantic. It is definitely not a challenging read but it was fun to lose yourself in a book.



Flash forward to about a month ago, John and I were looking for something to rent at blockbuster and the man in the store recommended the HBO True Blood series...I was skeptical at first because I had tried to watch one at my parents house once (since they had HBO and we didn't) and had to turn it off because it thought it was so dumb...I guess that was just the pilot because now both of us are totally hooked. It is an odd show but keeps you guessing what will happen next.

I am not sure what it is about vampire series that I like so much, I used to LOVE buffy the vampire slayer, but I sure do find them entertaining. What do yall think? Any other followers out there?