38 Weeks - Still pregnant and potty training

Emily is due in exactly 11 days.  I really hope she wants to come early as I am so over being pregnant!  Why oh why do I have to be 9 months pregnant during the hottest summer ever on record??  We literally had the hottest day EVER on record this past Saturday in Houston - 109 degrees!  And we have set the record this summer for most days over 100 degrees - I think it is over 30 days now.  Needless to say - I am feeling pretty miserable these days and I don't leave the house unless it is absolutely necessary, and I really try not to go anywhere past noon.  I think I can hang in there for about 2 more weeks, but that induction is starting to sound better and better!

I am going to the doctor tomorrow and we will make a plan of action if Emily does not come on her own before next Thursday.  I also will ask if he can do an ultrasound and make sure she is still in a good position.  I know she is head down, but she keeps pushing against some nerves in my left leg (upper thigh area where my leg meets my torso) and it hurts so bad I can hardly walk when it's happening, and she usually stays there for quite awhile.  It is pretty uncomfortable for me, and I start to worry if she is in a bad position.  My doctor told me that it is probably just her shoulder pushing against my leg, but I want to take a look just to make sure everything is ok in there.

Andrew stayed with my mom for a few nights last week and my mom decided that she was going to start potty training him.  We have worked on it a little bit over the past few weeks at home, but my mom went in full force.  He wore pull-ups and was going in the potty all weekend.  My mom used M&Ms as a motivation tool: he gets 2 M&Ms every time he goes pee-pee in the potty.  He did such a great job, so I continued the training when he came home.  He is doing really well and the M&M trick seems to be working great!  It is kind of stressful potty training a 2 year old while I am 9 months pregnant as it involves a lot of bending over and sitting on the floor/edge of the bathtub, etc., but it will be so nice to have Andrew potty trained once Emily is born.  And just think of the $$ we will save on diapers! 

Emily's Nursery

It's finished!  It came down to the last minute, but we did it!  Andrew spent the weekend with Grandma CC and Grandpa Rick in Tiki, so Brent and I had some quite time to finish Emily's nursery.  We are very happy with the final result! 

 

 

 

37 Weeks and Counting

I am 37 weeks pregnant today, which means that I am officially full-term.  Yay!  I originally thought that this baby would come a little early, but I am starting to have my doubts.  Maybe it was just wishful thinking.  Although I have so many people tell me how fast my pregnancy seems to have gone by, I could not disagree more.  I feel like I have been pregnant forever!  Thinking back, I took an at-home pregnancy test on Christmas Day 2010, and now there are Christmas decorations for 2011 showing up in Hobby Lobby stores nationwide! 

I am going to the doctor weekly now, and I am starting to dilate (about 1.5 cm) and efface (50%).  My doctor said that we could schedule an induction at 39 weeks if I want to, but I am not sure if I want to yet.  I was induced with Andrew and everything went great, but I kind of just want to wait it out and see if things happen naturally.  Hopefully I won't have to make that decision, but if this baby doesn't come by her due date, I will probably end up scheduling an induction for the day after her due date, which would be Sept. 9th.  That way we won't run the risk of going into labor on 9/11.  But let's all keep our fingers crossed for her to come a little early!!

I am feeling a lot less stressed these days.  I spent the last couple of weeks running around and getting most of the things we need for the baby.  The nursery is 90% complete, and we are planning on finishing it this weekend.  I have a photographer on stand-by to schedule a newborn photo shoot right after she is born.  My hospital bag is packed and ready to go.  I have even started filling out some pages in the baby book!  We are all ready to meet our sweet Emily!

37 Weeks

Baby Sprinkle

My best friends and my sister threw me a little Baby "Sprinkle" this weekend.  It was so much fun to get together with my family and all my girl friends and celebrate little Emily!  The girls did such a great job decorating with lots of pink girly stuff, made some delicious food and Emily got so many cute new outfits!  I have the best friends and family in the world!  Here are some pictures from the party:

Delicious candy bar with Sugarbaby's cupcakes.  My favorite!

Watching the slide show of my baby pictures and pictures of the girls in our family.

The beautiful painting that will hang in Emily's nursery.  Thank you, MK!

Just one of the adorable outfits for Emily.  Girl's clothes are so much more fun than boy's.

A beautiful tea set from Aunt Rachel

 

My Mommy Friends

Katy is due just 3 weeks after me!

My beautiful sprinkle hostesses!

Christen, move back to Houston!

Posing for my pregnancy portrait

Mary Kathryn is the best!