Final Countdown

I am officially in my last 7 days of being pregnant!!! My doctor is having me go to the hospital next Tuesday night to start thinning out my cervix, and then 12 hours later on Wednesday morning, we will begin inducing. I am beyond thrilled and terrified all at the same time, but I am keeping faith that I will make it through just fine. I think the anticipation is scaring me more than anything.

Matt is on Cloud 9 right now. He has been so ready to meet our son and has been great at making sure that I am comfortable. I cannot wait to see Matt hold Mason for the first time and to bring Mason home from the hospital. I can say right now that life just doesn't get much better than this!

The Final Countdown

I have been really terrible about updating this blog and adding pictures. We had our 37 week appointment today, complete with ultrasound, and everything is looking really good! Mason is progressing beautifully, so for now there really isn't much to share until he is actually born!

Anticipation...

I hate waiting. I know that I have been REALLY bad about keeping up with this blog, but all that I have really had to share are my thoughts during waiting, which have been rather boring. The further along I am, the worse my physical pain gets, to the point where I cannot seem to find any kind of relief, and possibly won't until I actually deliver.

As far as I know, Mason is doing very well. He is becoming more active with each day that passes, and Daddy feels him move in my belly when he comes to bed every night. I complain about my ailments, but this is such a cool feeling. In fact, he is moving around as we speak.

I finally got the majority of the nursery put together, thanks to Greg and Kassi Kennedy. Greg put together the crib that my mom bought for us, and they also purchased a cute dresser on Craig's List. I still have a few more decorative elements that I want to incorporate into the space; but other than that, it is really coming together and looking cute for being a bedroom in a duplex.

My next doctor's visit will be August 9, when I will actually have a glucose test. Dr. Johnson said that he will do a few more ultrasounds before November, so we will have that to look forward to as well. This has been a fun and interesting experience so far, but I am eager to hold my baby in my arms and marvel at how amazing he is.

It's a boy!!!

It has been a few weeks since I have posted anything, but I wanted to wait until I had something of substance to say. We had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday and found out that we are having a boy!!! I cannot even begin to express how overjoyed I am! The baby is developing beautifully. All of his organs are developing well, his cranium is a good size, and the heart rate is strong. I also gave a urine sample, and I was negative for sugars and proteins, so everything looks great.

We were going to name him Cailan Anthony Davis, but Matt is afraid of him growing up to be a jerk, so now we are loving the name Gabriel and are interested in finding a strong name to go with it. I like Mason and Landon, but I have yet to suggest either one to Matt. We'll see what happens.

So we finally got moved to Conway today. I got stuck helping Matt move mattresses, boxes, a desk, and book cases, so I am not a happy camper. Just happy to have the move over and done with.

Sunrise, sunset

It has been almost a week since I have posted anything, but we got a lot accomplished in the very beginning of the week and then I have been biding my time just waiting for my days off from work this weekend.

Like I said, the very beginning of the week was a huge success. We went to Conway on Monday to look for a place to live, and fell in love with the first one that we looked at and put a deposit on it that day. We will be living in a cozy little 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom duplex with a washer and dryer for $475 a month. The neighborhood is in a great part of town, and the neighbors moving into the unit next to ours are another married couple, and the husband will be a professor at Central Baptist College. We definitely hit the jackpot with this one. Moving day will be June 15.

On Tuesday, we went to see my new obstetrician (former gynecologist of mine), and got our first ultrasound. He said that the baby is doing great and has plenty of amniotic fluid, so all of that sounds good to me. I had a bacterial infection for over a month that my former obstetrician was constantly misdiagnosing, but Dr. Johnson was able to tell me exactly what it was and wrote me a prescription that made me feel completely better by the next day. Matt really likes Dr. Johnson a lot too, so that will make these next few months a lot easier for us. Oh yeah, we will be living only 2 minutes away from the hospital, so I consider that pretty lucky.

Our next ultrasound is scheduled for June 14, which is the day before we move. We are both very anxious and excited for the ultrasound (mainly because we will find out the sex then) and our move, but are just trying to get by in the meantime.

I will be posting my ultrasound picture soon and perhaps some pregnancy pictures.

And so it goes...

I felt the baby move today! I swear that it was doing summer salts in my belly. My sister-in-law, Allison, replaces my "it" with "she" because she is convinced that we are having a girl. We think we're having a boy, but only time will tell.

We are still trying to find a suitable place to live in Conway. Matt and I both have Monday off of work, so we are going to head that way in hopes of finally being able to put down a deposit on something. I hope to not have to move again for awhile, but that all depends on what we find.

I have been feeling extremely lethargic for the last few days, so I realize the urgency of getting all of the boxes packed just as soon and quickly as possible. I honestly thought that I was supposed to have a lot of energy during my second trimester, but I suppose that isn't going to happen to me.

I am almost done knitting the scarf that I started a few days ago. Matt was sweet by purchasing more yarn for me once I am done. I am not too crazy about the colors he chose, but the thought was nice.

I have officially switched to an obstetrician in Conway and will be seeing him for the first time on Tuesday, so I will possibly post more after that appointment.

Boxes, boxes everywhere

I am spending my second day off trying to pack up the many things in our little apartment. Matt owns a TON of books, and to boot we also have CDs, movies, decorations, etc. that need to find a temporary home in a box so that we aren't making a billion trips between the current apartment and the moving truck.

However, I am taking it easy with the packing so that I am not doing any heavy lifting with this little munchkin growing in my uterus. I am placing the boxes where I want them to be when I am done filling them, and just taking everything to the box rather than lifting after the box is full. I am trying to keep things to where I do just about all of the packing and Matt does the loading since I won't be able to help. I don't want him to feel like he is having to do all of the hard work. After all, moving is a chore.

I had a lovely evening last night with Greg and Kassi Kennedy and their 3-year-old daughter, Anya. Kassi and I have been the best of friends since 4th grade, so it is wonderful to have her so close in Conway. We went to Lilly's Dim Sum Then Some for dinner, and it was everything I hoped it would be, and more.

Kassi taught herself how to knit when she was pregnant with Anya, and gave me a "teach yourself" knitting instructional set and 3 keens of yarn so that I can start knitting for the baby and even go to her yarn nights at the library in Conway. I have already taught myself a few stitches and have developed a rhythm, so I think I will be able to make some nice things.