Will I be pregnant forever?!

Well, I did make some progress from last weeks Dr's. appointment; I am 1 cm dilated, my Dr. did give me some reassurance in telling me that he's seen women not dilated at all and go into labor in a matter of hours and there are others who stay dilated for a while. So we discussed the possibility of going past my due date and we decided to go ahead and schedule my induction at the hospital if I have not gone into labor on my own by Sat. August 7th, but I am praying that my body will do what it needs to do and we will not have to go that route, but if we do we will check into the hospital at 7pm on Saturday and he said that the baby will most likely be born sometime on Sunday. I had also lost a pound since my last appt and he said from his experience he has seen a trend with women losing weight right before they are going to go into labor, so fingers crossed!! I am just happy that I can see a light at the end of the tunnel now and we will DEFINITELY have a baby by next Sunday, hopefully sooner!!
My next appointment is Wednesday and I will have an ultrasound done at that time to make sure she is still happy in there, but I am assuming she is, since she is not wanting to come out and play! :)

Almost one week to go

There's one week and one day until my due date and still no sign of our little one wanting to join us! At my appointment on Thursday the Dr. told me I was STILL not dilated and just to be patient.... easier said than done, these last couple weeks have went at a snails pace! I know that she is just not ready to come out quite yet and I will know when she is. I am still working my three twelve hour shifts and it's getting to be very exhausting, I am always pretty pooped at the end of the day and ready to kick my feet up. Josh has been excellent to take care of me by cooking and serving me dinner and rubbing my feet and back! My next appointment is Wednesday, so I will update then!
On a sad note, Josh's grandfather gained his angel wings this past Thursday and joined our Lord in Heaven, please pray for his family during this difficult time, I know it has been hard on all of them, he was such a wonderful person.

The Waiting Game....

Now that everything is finished and she is officially full term and could come at anytime, I am more ready than ever. The waiting is killing me, I try not to think about it, but I think me wondering if everyday that passes will be "the day" I am making her stay in there longer! I am going to work until she comes or I physically can't anymore, and I think that is the best thing for me at this point, when I'm working I am so busy I don't have time to think about things and I think all the up and down and moving around might be helping! I had a check up yesterday and everything looked good. He did not check to see if I was dilated because I told him that if I had still not made any progress that I would be disappointed and just didn't want to know. Last week I was not dilated at all. So my next appointment is Thursday and he will check my progress then. I had my last hair appointment before the delivery so I had a little chat with the baby telling her that she can definitely make her debut now :)
I will keep you all posted with any news! I will leave you with a picture of Toby trying on baby's sunglasses

31 Days!!!

D-day is a month away, so hard to believe! I am more ready than ever to meet her, not that this journey has not been amazing, but I am so thrilled to become a mother and hold her in my arms! The past week or so I've become more uncomfortable with the heartburn and being tired from not sleeping at night, not to mention it being in the high 90's here everyday, that has not helped. I had an appt yesterday and everything looked great, right on track. I have gained a total of 19 lbs so far and hopefully I will be right at 24 or 25 lbs at the end, which I will be happy with, all for a great cause right!?! Josh and I played around taking some pictures with baby blocks the other day, here is what we came up with: (also I ordered some cute little pacifiers with her name on them)

Travel System

Yayy! We finally got our travel system yesterday at Babies R Us! We came straight home and put it together, I love it. I just had to put Toby in the stroller and take him for a little ride around the living room, he on the other hand is not so fond of it! We really just have a couple more small things to buy before she gets here, but we've got a couple more weeks. Now I will have to motivate Josh to install the car seat base in my car!

Baby Shower

My baby shower was last Saturday and I could not asked for a better shower, it was amazing!!! We got so much great stuff, and I just got done putting everything away (well kind of!) on Tuesday. I had such a great time with all my friends and family. Josh's mom and everyone who pitched in and helped did such a wonderful job....THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! I got all her clothes washed on Monday and that was a chore, she has lots and lots of clothes (I guess she already takes after her mommy! :)
I had a drs appt yest and my blood pressure was a little elevated, he wasn't too concerned but wants to see me back in a week and a half instead of 2 weeks just to be safe! These next 7 weeks (give or take a couple of weeks) will hopefully fly by... so excited to meet her! Here are some pictures from the shower and the nursery

30 weeks

Time is going by so fast! Josh and I had our childbirth preparation classes over the weekend, and we learned quite a bit, but I am still a little nervous about the labor and delivery. I had a Dr's appt on Monday and everything looked excellent, my blood pressure and weight gain is good, and the baby is already head down! Now I will start going to see my doctor every 2 weeks, until I am 36 weeks, then it will be every week! I am so excited about our baby shower coming up and can't wait to see everyone! Here is a 30 week belly pic