Dr. appointment #12, baby shower

There has been talk about a big snow storm coming our way that could dump a lot of snow on us. We had our appointment scheduled for Wed 10th, but that's when the storm is suppose to hit. So this morning at 10 my Dr's office called and asked if we could change our days and if would could just seen the nurse. They wanted us to be there in 30 min. and I still hadn't showered, so we rushed to get ready and as usual we were late, but I blame it one Cameron, because I was waiting on him.

We got there and waited for a few min. before the took us back. The did the usual and everything was good. As we waited for the nurse to come in Cameron and I chatted about dreams. Dreams are so weird and I wish I knew what they mean. Anyway, when the nurse came in she asked how he has been doing and the usual questions. She then measured me and I was still measuring at 38 weeks and said that I am all baby :) she then found his heart beat which was really good! She then checked me... still not dilated, but I am effaced about 50% , so we are making progress. I told her that I been having a lot of cramps and Braxton Hicks contractions, and the way I was describing them made her a little excited, but of course we still don't know when he'll be here. He'll come when he wants...I just hope not too late.

It's so crazy to think that he'll be here any day now. I can't believe he is due in a week! Cameron and I are trying to plan our final date night before Ashton comes, so hopefully he can hold off a little so we can have our date night and pick up our final things for Ashton. Not much has changed since last time I'm just really sleepy, so I get a lot of cat naps :)

Saturday the ladies in my ward throw us a baby shower. It was fun to have had so many of the ladies show up to support us. It was a lot of fun and I was happy to have met more ward members. The food was great, the games were fun, and the ladies were a blast to be with. We got just about everything we have needed for Ashton. Thanks for everyone who came :) I forgot my camera and I am waiting on a few pictures to be sent to us, but here is one of all the great things we got!

I have to throw this picture in...we were watching the Super Bowl with a friend and I guess Twitch got worn out with all the excitement that she just crashed in whatever position she was put in. I thought it was way too cute not to post!

Dr. appointment #11, 2 more weeks

We had our Dr appointment today, which I was kind of nervous about because today was the day they checked me. The usual was done, then we waited for the Dr. When she came in, she measured me and found our little guys heart beat. He is still head done and doing very well. She then checked me...nothing. I was a little disappointed that I have not progressed at all. I thought with all the Braxton Hicks contractions I have been having and the discomfort I have been having, that I would have made some progress, but nope. Oh well...I guess it's a good thing the didn't start checking me until 38 weeks, because I would have been going home every week disappointed. So I just have to stay positive. I am a little okay that I haven't had any progress, because our friend who will be watching our dog will be out of town next week, so I don't want to go into labor while she is gone...she may not like it either :) I guess we will see what next week brings us...hopefully something good. I am so ready to have Ashton here :)

Cameron parents got us a rocker that arrived earlier this week. I was very excited to see it and put it together. It actually helps my back out a little, so it may do me better than Ashton. Not a whole lot had changed from last week with pregnancy. I still get nausea everyday, but some days are better than others. I am for sure getting fatter, but the week. Earlier in the pregnancy Cameron noticed my butt getting bigger... it is so true. My butt and thighs have gotten bigger. I was always told that I never had a butt...I always new I did, just not a big enough one to fit into my pants, no my butt actually fits into pants that it could never fit in before. I fee like that's where half my weight has gone. Twitch still loves to lay on my belly. It's like she knows something is in there and it comforts her to be close. I still get a lot of Braxton Hicks Contraction...they are still getting more and more uncomfortable, lasting longer and getting stronger the where they almost start to hurt. I am so excited that my mom is coming out to spend a week with us. She'll be here the week after he is due, so If he is a little late that's okay. I want my mom to be here for his birth even though I don't want to be a week late. I am such a mama's girl! 2 more weeks until Ashton is due...hopefully he will come soon! I am seriously ready for out little guy to get here!!!
Here's us at 38 weeks...almost done :)

update, Dr. appointment #10

Since Cameron and I have been married we have been sleeping in a crappy bed, that I swear gets worse and worse every night we slept on it. We have also never owned a dresser...yeah I know crazy, but it's true. The only time we had dressers was at our first place that was furnished. Once we moved from there we got tubs and lived out of them until now. I don't know how I manage to go that long without a dresser, but I'm happy that we didn't have to move a dresser around all those times we've moved since we have been out here. So I guess it a plus that we didn't have one until now.

With the holiday last week, there was some good deals going on, so as Cameron was out working he checked a store that has the mattress that he has been eying since we've moved into our apartment. They were having sales on just about everything, so Cameron picked out a few things that he like and asked the sales lady if she could hold it for a while. Well, I guess a while in Cameron's head is just 2-3 days. Cam decided to take me on and see with my credit if it would be easier to get. Sure enough it help...surprise to me! Cam had a dresser for Ashton picked out, but we needed one bad and I didn't like the style of the dresser he picked out. So after hunting around, we found a dresser for us that will one day be for Ashton (until we get a bedroom set for us). I am so excited about our purchase, we have been needing these things desperately. So we now have a king sized bed and a dresser that has enough room for some of Ashton's things. Twitch really likes the bigger bed...she loves to sprawl out in the middle and she doesn't even get in our way. She still snuggles a lot, but it is so nice to have more room to move around and not to feel Cameron has been amazing. Cameron loves the bed, he has been getting some really good sleep in, cause now instead of his movement keeping me up, he now snores a lot which keeps me up.
Here are a few pictures...not the best pictures, but they are great buys!!!
Last Friday, Cameron and I had the chance to check out the hospital where we will be delivering. From the out side it just looks like a normal, hospital, but inside they are doing some remodeling, so the maternity area was very nice. It was fun to see the rooms where we will deliver and recover. It got me really excited going on the tour for our little guy to get here. It was fun to watch Cameron. I'm never sure how he's enjoying certain things, especially with baby things. He can be hard to read sometimes. Once we went past the nursery with babies in them Cameron just starred with a smile on his face. As we all waked away Cameron walked back to see the baby one last time. He had a huge smile on his face...I could tell he was excited. We both really like the hospital and everything look really new, plus I get a massage after the birth so I guess it can't get any better :) When we were driving home Cameron and I were talking about the tour. We both agreed that once we saw the nursery with babies, it got us both really excited that our little guy will be coming soon. The other day it hit Cameron again that he is going to be a dad. I can finally tell that he is getting excited to have his little boy here.

Today, we had our 10th Dr. appointment. Only a few more than we will have our little guy here. Once we got back to our room they did the usual...only gained one pound yay! When the Dr. came in we talked a little about how our little one has been doing. He then measured me and felt how Ashton was positioned....head down wahoo! He then said we will have a 7-8 ponder. I was not excited to hear an 8 ponder baby, but he will be anywhere between 7-8. I shouldn't be too worried though. Cameron weighed 6.5 and I was 7 something. So I think Ashton will be between our weight. Cameron weighed the most in his family so hopefully our boy won't be too big. I don't feel or really even look like I have an 8 ponder in me, but i guess we will see... hopefully soon :) We heard the heartbeat still going good and strong. We discussed more about Ashton and how he is doing, and about labor. They still didn't check me...dang it! Oh well, next week for sure :) I'm a little nervous, but I am getting very excited to have Ashton here. I had some blood work done for my thyroid so we discussed that, for a bit. Once again my thyroid Dr. didn't fax over the info. Once again my thyroid points went up, so they have to change my dosage for the 3rd time. I am so sick of it, but I just want Ashton to be healthy so I will do what I have to, to stay healthy. They said they will change my dosage once we deliver... a lot of Dr.'s think my thyroid issues are because I am pregnant....I am hoping the same! I don't want to take pills forever.

The last little bit of the pregnancy has been very uncomfortable. Nights are the worse, I usually get headaches every night, I pee at least 2-3 times before I fall a sleep, and I wake up about 4 hours later to pee more. I have been getting nauseous again, and I don't have much of an appetite anymore. I still get Braxton Hicks Contraction that are getting stronger and lasting longer, and I sometimes get the cramp feeling in my back, it really gets me excited to have some false labor pains. My back has been better, but on Saturday since we got our bed and dresser I did something to my back. I couldn't even bend far to get things. I missed out on church again only made it to sacrament...at least I tried right? Well, my back is much better now. I cleaned on Tuesday, and Cameron was really concerned about me. So, he finished cleaning the bathroom, and told me to sit on the couch. He put my feet up for me and started massaging my legs. He finally let me take a shower and told me to rest for an hour before I vacuumed. What a loving guy right....ha, not so much. You know you are gaining weight when you sit on your husbands lap and he says "I can tell you are gaining weight, I can feel it as you sit on my lap" good thing I am pregnant and that is my excuse for it :) I am getting very excited for Aston. I can't believe we are 37 weeks, and we are going to get checked next week. Hopefully I am making progress!

Dr appointment #9...36 weeks!!!

We had our 9th Dr appointment today. I did my usual thing, then waited for the Dr. This appointment went really fast. Since it was right before lunch we didn't have to wait long. The Dr came in and measured me and then found our little guys heart beat. He has been so active today, it took her a few times to get a really good sounding heart beat. Everything was good and she has no concerns. She mentioned checking me this time, but didn't and said they would start when I am 38 weeks. I was hoping for sooner...and maybe they will next week, I guess we'll wait and see. We have our next appointment next Thursday. Holy cow...I can't believe how fast the days are going. Our little guy will be here before we know it.

Things are going pretty good for me as far as the pregnancy goes. I haven't had any really bad back pains since Monday. As long as I am resting and don't put pressure on my back I usually do okay for the most part. Ashton is a mover....seriously non-stop! I think our dog like my belly and to feel Ashton move. When we sleep Twitch will sleep on my side of the bed and curl up next/on top of my belly. She will even sleep with her body on my legs and her head resting on my belly. Ashton will move and kick her, but she just lays there. It's pretty cute! It make me wonder what she'll do when Ashton gets here. Things would be great if he would just limit his kicks to my ribs and his punches to my hips. I am very sick of peeing so much, and I know it gets worse. I just want to start to save on toilet paper...yeah, I pee way too much! There are a few things that are getting harder to do, but I can't still do them. I seem to be tired more these days, but I enjoy sleeping so I can't complain. I wasn't going to post this picture because the white shirt makes me look really fat, but here I am at 36 weeks. If I get a better one this week I'll post that on instead. I am defiantly getting huge!

(not the best picture)

35 weeks

I know most of you are probably sick of me blogging about the pregnancy, but that is the only exciting thing in our life right now.

Today I am 35 weeks, I can't believe it. It is going by so fast... Cameron and I still have so much to do. I thought it would take forever to get this far, but both Cam and I agree that it has gone by really fast.I feel like we can't get much done for Ashton because of the appartments we are in. We are wanting to move out because the people above our bedroom are way too loud and even after complaining 6 times nothing has been done...the guy and his family who lives above us works for the complex too, so we find it really inconsiderate. We also live in a one bedroom apartment and don't have much room for our little guy. We would move out now, but we are in a year lease, but we are hoping that either someone who will be working for Cameron will take over our lease, or we can use the people above us as a reason to get out of our lease. I just hope something happens soon, because I can't rest with them above us, and i defiantly won't be able to once Ashton get here and neither will he get any rest.

Anyway, I have loved being pregnant, but I am now in pain. It is getting very annoying. My back is still causing me pain, I can't even sit through church, walk through a store, or sit/stand too long without being in pain. The back pain has been the worse part of the pregnancy for me...only 5 more weeks yay!!! I have also been getting a lot of Braxton Hicks contraction. Yesterday, I had them for what seemed like all day off and on. It actually gets me excited, because I know the pregnancy is coming to an end and Ashton will be here soon. I have just had them so much, that I don't know what my body is telling, so I figure I should just rest.

Other things going on, is that Ashton is a mover... not stop! I love it though, even if he does wake me up at night. I love to know he is still fine and loving life in there :) My belly button has yet pop out, it's still and inny... for now. I haven't been getting any heartburn or any other issues with that. Things have been going pretty good! If I didn't have this back pain I think I would be fine with no problems. Oh well...I would rather have the pain than not have Ashton coming! I am so excited....I get to be a mom! We have our next appointment a week from today, then our one week appointments. Yay, we are almost done!!!

Stroller/car seat, Dr appointment #8

This past Tuesday morning our car seat and stroller arrived. Thanks to Cameron's family, they all pitched in and got us a nice Chicco stroller and car seat. We love the traveling system...thanks everyone who pitched in, we love you all! It was a fun surprise to see at our door step when I took our dog out that morning. I was So excited that we got it, that once I got (kinda) got ready for the day, I decided I wanted to put it together. Cameron is still working hard at getting his company up and going, so I decided to do it by myself. Cameron only helped with one thing that I didn't ask him to do...he just thought I couldn't do it and wanted to show me what kind of man he is haha ;) He helped with one other thing that he couldn't even do without getting a tool...it should have been easy though. I didn't time myself, but I know it took so time to do. I was just happy that I did it! Once I finished Cameron even walked the stroller around the house. It was kind of funny to see him pushing it, I guess he is getting just as excited as I am to have our little guy here. We love it and can't wait to use it. We are so grateful to have the family we do. Thanks again. We still have many other things to get, but I am happy that we can cross this off our list. Here is a picture of it when I finished.

We had our 8Th Dr. appointment yesterday. We had at 4:10...I hate the late one's. We got there a few minutes late and it took a few minutes before they took us back. When we got taken back, I got weighed and my blood pressure done, I was happy to see that my weight is finally slowing down. I haven't gained any weight in over a week. I started gaining a lot when I hit 6-7 months and it just kept getting up there. I had only gain 8-10 pounds when I was just over 5 months. To see now that I am 8 months and that I have slowed down makes me feel better and for the fact that when I weighed myself before I left I was 2 pounds more than I was at the Dr's. My weight is fine though... I just peeked when I was 6-7 months, I'm not over 30 pounds yet.

Cameron and I had to wait a little while for the Dr. but we had fun in the room. We were laughing at the dumbest thing...Cameron can be the funnest guy :) The Dr could even hear us laughing, but that's okay! We met with the other Dr. who delivers too. He was just as nice or even nicer than the other one. He came in and acted like we have been going to him the whole time we have been pregnant. He was so much fun and we laughed a lot with him. He told us about the "no fly zone" when I am in labor. The Dr said for Cameron to stand 6in away from my arm stretched out, so that when I do need to grab him I won't be able to reach...so it's known as the "no fly zone." I got a good laugh at that. He went through my chart making sure he had everything down and found that I have Strep B...lucky me I had a feeling I had it and I'm sure you all wanted to know that..oh well. So I get to be treated with that when I do into labor. Anyway, I got measured and then he found Ashton's heat beat. I love that it doesn't take the Dr's long to find it. He liked the way it sounded and he said he has no worries about my belly size. So I guess things are going pretty good then. We discussed a few other things and once again we got to laughing. It was a good appointment and we are very excited that we found some good Dr's since I haven't had any luck since we have been out east. Cameron even opened up more with this one, but he likes them both... I think we have some great Dr's and I am not worried at all! We have one more 2 weeks appointment on the 27Th, then we go to our one weeks appointments. Wow, I can't believe how close we are getting. I'm very excited though and my mom will be coming out too so, it makes things even better to have my mom here after Ashton is born.
Thanks for the comments on the last post. It makes me feel good that I have such good friends to say such nice things. Thanks everyone :)

Christmas, New Years, pregnancy

Christmas hasn't been the same since I have lived on the east coast. I have been out here for 3 and spent one with my family in Utah, but it just isn't the same. I was happy that I spent it with Cameron this year, instead of leaving him like I did last year. We didn't even have a Christmas tree, so it didn't really feel like it to me (i didn't get back until a week before that's why). We are trying to start our own traditions which has been turning out to be fun. Once we have Christmas with Ashton here I think things will be better and more fun. Christmas eve we spent doing some last minute shopping...not a good idea with a pregnant wife 8 months along. Good thing we found this parking space just for us.It says, "Please reserve this space for mothers to be and parents with infants"

That was the first time I have ever seen a sign like that. I'm sure they are around everywhere, but I seeing it, we decided to take full advantage of it.

Christmas morning we woke up and made breakfast, and opened our presents. Since we live far away most of our gifts were money...but I'm not complaining. I got Cameron the Mario bro. wii and that is how we spend a lot of our nights...it's way too addicting! Cameron is getting me a video camera, he hasn't gotten it yet, but we will have it for when Ashton gets here. It wasn't that bad of a day. We pretty much relaxed and got hooked on the wii. We both seemed to enjoy the day.

New Years eve we spent with some friends from our ward.They all probably think I didn't have much fun bu I really did. They now know that I don't like playing games that involve drawing, acting or describing... I get embarrassed too easily and half the time I don't know what the word means, so I save myself the embarrassment. I actually had a lot of fun watching everyone and it was fun to get to know more of the people in our ward. I REALLY did have fun :) Here a a few pictures that I took, not the greatest, but it was a fun night.

This pregnancy is really starting to kick my trash. I do okay for the most part, but when it comes to sitting down for long periods of time, standing too long and walking too long, it just kills me. I have always had a bad back, but now that I am carrying extra weight my back hates it. I can't even go shopping without it starting to hurt me, chairs at church and even our couch doesn't make it feel any better. Laying down does sometimes, but I can't lay in the same position for a long time cause then, my hip and legs hurt or my back starts hurting again. I think sometimes that Cameron thinks I am faking it, but I think he is slowing understanding I feel and he will even give me a massage if I am in need of one. I have been very lucky that I haven't had to work, I don't know how I could do, but I admire all the women out there that work while being pregnant. I have wanted to work, but Cameron won't let me...so I won't complain. Don't get me wrong, I have loved being pregnant, I love to feel him move, it never gets old to me. It can be fun at times when I feel him have the hiccups, so far they haven't kept me up at nights. When he does start moving and i just want to rest all I have to do is have Cameron put his hand on my belly and 9 times out of 10 he will calm down. Cameron thinks he has the magic touch, but we will see when Ashton gets here. I think time needs to speed up so Ashton can be here. I like to ask if Cameron is excited for Ashton to be here, and without any thought he says yes. It makes me feel so good that he is ready to be a dad...he is really going to make a great dad. Here is another picture, I took off the last one cause it looked really weird to me.

I am 33 weeks and 4 days. I have to take the picture because Cameron always comes too close and I am not a picture person, so the further away the better. That's why this picture look crappy. I just have to say I love my ward, they all have been so nice and helpful especially with the compliments they give me. I got told the other day that someone thought I was still in my second trimester and today a lady that is investigating the church who I have met a couple of times had no idea that I am pregnant and couldn't believe I am 8 months. I love to hear people say that, it makes me feel like I am small, but you can obviously see that I am pregnant and am getting huge. I have another appointment this week so I will post on that and if anything exciting goes on this week.