Justing waitin'

Well I'm closer to my due date! I was suppose to have a sonogram before my Dr. appt. this morning, but both ladies that perform the sonograms were out sick. So it is rescheduled for Wed. I was ready to see how big the baby was from the sono though, because that was going to tell the Dr. whether he wanted to go ahead and induce or not. I've gained 2 lbs in the last week and baby's heartbeat sounds great. GUESS WHAT?? I have made it to 3 cm dilation!! All by myself!! No medicine!! Okay, maybe I'm kinda going overboard, but with both Caleb and Carleigh I never went passed 2 cm until I was induced! So it's sorta a big deal for me! I'm only 25% effaced though, so there is still work to be done! I went walking tonight to maybe help speed up the process. Braxton Hicks or actual contractions?? Don't know, but they are way more intense, so I know it shouldn't be too much longer! Still irregular though. If I make it to my Monday Dr. appt. then I will set up a time and day to be induced! I'm very much ready now, bags are packed, camera and ipod charged, kids valentines all ready for their parties, house is clean, laundry done, etc. Just waiting now....

Christmas pics, Caleb's Party, & Prego Update

Okay.... FINALLY an update!! I know some of you were wondering where I have been! I've been cleaning and sleeping. Back and forth. I don't know whether I'm in the "nesting stage," or the very fatigued stage! They both come and go! Just think with my lack of blogging I'm getting you use to how often I will be blogging when the baby comes!! Maybe I should teach Beau how to get on and update this thing!! First I'm going to start with a couple of Christmas photos that I said I would put on here a while ago.

Christmas Eve with the Ellis Family

Christmas morning-Caleb's scooter from Santa

Carleigh's "Scary" Baby from Santa-I can now report she's playing with it now!!Putting together the legos Caleb got from sister!Christmas at Mimi & Pappy's house!!The ornament Caleb picked out for Pappy!Mimi & Carleigh at Aunt Robin's- Robin had fun with this picture!

Caleb had his 6th birthday party on the 17th. He had requested for a surprise party. So I had him come in like 5 minutes after everyone else had arrived. He loved it! He wanted to have people jump out and yell surprise! Of course he told me after the kids had their invites. So it was fun talking to the parents a week before the party, the "surprise" plan. We had just a few boys from his class come to the house for his Mario party. I made a Mario so we could pin the hat on the Mario. It was simple, we had cake, presents, and then silly string! It would have been nice if someone told me that the boys would love silly string, but it would be gone in like 5 minutes! I was planning for it to take up 30 minutes. God blessed us with a gorgeous day to be outside for that silly string, so I threw out some balls and they went nuts playing soccer and then tag!! The kids seemed to all have fun!!! Here are a couple of pics from that day!

Believe it or not, Caleb was actually surprised!!The boys were pumped for picture time!My little Mario!!

The silly string that lasted maybe 5 minutes!

So I now have 3 1/2 weeks to go!! It's the big countdown!! At my 34 week appt. (6 weeks left) I had a sonogram, baby looked great, we still don't know the sex!! (Starting to drive me crazy, now that I'm trying to get things prepared) I know the surprise will be so worth it though!! They were also able to see about how much the baby was weighing that day. The baby was 5 1/2 pounds! Doctor Wilson said that day that he will probably want to induce me at 38 or 39 weeks because if not, I might have a 10 pounder!! I thought Caleb was big at 9lbs. 2oz.!!! I think it would be great if he induces at 39 weeks, that would be on Valentine's Day!! Of course, any day will do! Just a healthy baby is what I'm wanting!! My most recent doctor's appt was on Monday, (going weekly now), I gained 3 more pounds and am measuring 1 cm larger. I'm actually shocked that this is the first time for me to measure big with this one. I always measured larger with Caleb and Carleigh. Since I am now he has already set up for a sonogram at 38 weeks so we can see the size of the baby. I can't wait to see how much the baby is weighing when 4 weeks prior was 5 1/2 pounds! Just makes me think of having the sonogram the day before Caleb was born and the sono said he was 8lbs 10oz. and he came out bigger!! Here's a pic of me at 36 weeks, even though Beau says I already look bigger.