Belly Pictures...

Just got the belly pictures in the mail today. Thought I would share a few of them... There were over 70 of them and I thought that they were all really good so it was hard just to pick a few to put up!

"Snowy" Day

Last night the forecast was calling for 1-4" on snow so the whole state of TN starts getting scared and cancels all of the schools around here. We wake up this morning and there was not a speck of snow on the ground. I made it to work just fine and then around 9am it hit us!!! Man those flurries were intense, thank goodness they closed the schools!!!

After snowing ALL day this is what we got. Barely a dusting!! Now this is the first snow Shirley and Riley have seen all year so they were pretty excited. They act like little kids. They want to spend all day outside. I spent a little time out with them when I got home from the clinic this afternoon but I was too tired to do to much. And besides... the snowballs that I was making were pretty pathetic!

Riley found a chunk of ice out of one of their water bowls so she was pretty content just hanging out by herself gnawing on ice! She loves the cold.

This is when I was balling up the golf ball size snow balls from the porch snow and throwing them to them.

Shirley begs by the back door to go outside and then just sits there by herself shivering, waiting for someone to come out and play in the snow with her. How pathetic! I only let her sit there for a couple of minutes then I have to call her in. I think she would stay out all day just like that if I let her...

Anyway. Since nothing sticks to the roads here, they are still pretty wet and we are supposed to be getting some record lows on cold here. It's going to be like -3 with the wind chill in the morning so understandably there will be ice on the roads. Schools are already closed for tomorrow too. SO, I only had to work a 1/2 day today and I don't have to work at all tomorrow. The next time I go to work will be 8 weeks from Monday!! I will have a whole extra day to prepare for the baby and to rest up!

38 Week Doctor's Appointment

So, I went to the doctor yesterday and everything is still pretty much the same. Kennedy is still in the breech position and our doctor does not feel that she is going to do any flipping any time soon. Tom was not able to make it to the appointment this time because he had to go to work but he really didn't miss much. They have been pretty much the same for a while now. I got to hear the heart beat which is normal and he measured my belly which is normal and he checked for dilation and I am 1cm dilated and nearly all the way thinned.

We have a scheduled version for Monday, January 11 at 8am. The doctor's will give me an epidural and they are thinking that they will be able to start the version around 9am. If she flips which Dr. Lotshaw doesn't see why she won't then they will start the induction process. He also feels that since I am already dilating and my cervix is very thin that the induction should go smoothly. If they are not able to flip her then I will go right from the version into get a c-section. There are risks involved with the version although minimal if they should occur I will need to have a very time sensitive c-section so through the version and through my labor I will have a c-section room on hold for me that no one else will be able to use. A little scary, but at least I know that the doctors are taking precautions and making sure that I am given the best care possible.

So, with this coming up so soon... just 5 days away... we are getting a little crazy over here. I really can't stop thinking about how my life is going to be turned upside down in such a short amount of time. It has been almost 2 years since we began trying for her and I can't believe we are finally going to meet her! There is such a whirlwind of emotions that I can't even begin to explain and I know that Tom is feeling the same way; I can see it in his eyes when he looks at me or when he is feeling my belly.

Mom and Dad are going to be here on Sunday morning in order to be here for Kennedy's birth and we are so excited that they will be able to make it. That is the good thing about this being scheduled. It will also be so nice to have them here to help us transition for the 1-2 weeks that they will be staying with us!

Tom also has some good news! Last night when he was at work they finally offered him the position. He is officially a Research Assistant II for BioVu Lab at Vanderbilt working with their DNA bank! YEAH!!! Although, he is already having to take a week off next week. It's a good thing that he has already been working there for several months as a temporary employee so they knew this was coming.

My Birthday Weekend

I turned 31 on January 1st!!! We had a pretty good weekend. It's been nice because I even took Thursday off to recover from my basketball tournament that I had last week. Thursday I had my belly pictures taken which I think I already wrote about and then we just hung out and Tom cooked a roast and carrots and potatoes for dinner and it was Yum, Yum, Yummy! We then went out and watched the TN vs. Virginia Tech game with some friends from Murfreesboro. I almost made it til 10:00pm before I got too tired! When we got home we stayed up for a little bit to try to make it to midnight to bring in the new year but at about 11:30 I called it quits. I was still somewhat awake at midnight when we heard all the fireworks around the neighborhood and we wished each other Happy New Year. How exciting are we.


Friday was my birthday. I actually had a great night's sleep on Thursday night and Tom let me sleep in until about 9:30 on Friday. We layed around the house and was lazy most of the day. We watched a great movie, My Sister's Keeper, and then got ready to go out to dinner. Tom took me to Maggiano's, an Italian restaurant and we had a great meal and a great time hanging out together. It was a last night out before baby and I am glad that we did it!

Here I am at home, showing off my big ole belly. The print I guess hides it a little but that is probably a good thing. I am definitely mastering the pregnant waddle now and I am trying not to arch my back much but it is hard holding up a 35 lb belly. That's right, at my visit on Wednesday I am a pound and a half from gaining 35lbs! YIKES! My next doctor's appointment is Tuesday afternoon so I will probably update then unless I happen to get my 38 week picture up tomorrow.