girls night out

So today marks the official 2 weeks exactly till my c section is booked!! Crazy to think that in 14 days I'll be holding my little new born!!!! Tonight Rebekka took me out for dinner. It's something that we've done for every one of our kids (her 2 and my 1), that we'll have a night out together just before the baby comes! It was great to get out! here's some pics....I was 37 weeks yesterday....

2 weeks and counting

I CAN NOT believe that in 2 weeks I'll be holding my baby......(hopefully not sooner!)
Here's the scoop. Last wed night I started having contractions at 7:30 in the evening....5 minutes apart....they were'nt really painful...just annoying....that continued on till 11 when I went to bed. I didn't get much sleep for the next few hours cause of just being so uncomfortable with these contractions coming every 5 minutes.....meanwhile Kenny's fast asleep in dreamland beside me ( I want him to experiance pregnancy just for 1 day...or shoudl I say 1 night!!! So he can feel what we go through, not sleeping through the night for months on end!!!!) Anyways...at about 3 am (thurs morning now) The contractions start really hurting....I can still breathe through them, and walk around, but the pain is radiating all over my lower back....so I dodn't know what to think, cause I've been having braxton hicks since like 15 weeks (and alot of them)...but they've never really hurt...and I never went into natural labour with Ruby, so I have no idea what in the world it's supossed to feel like!!! So at 3:30 I toss on a hoddie, tell kenny I'm going to the hospital, and head out they door. I didn't know what else to do! When I got there the nurses felt all bad that I had driven myself...they were really sweet. The maternity ward was hopping...there were NO open beds....they weren't even sure where to put me for observation. one of the mothers did end up moving out of the triage room, so they set me up on the monitors there. Sure enough I was having contractions alright. It was kinda bizarre though....I'd have a braxton hicks one (just a small little blip on the print out), then I'd have a bigger one (looked more like a hill!). So the nurse said to just be sure to go into my doctors office in the morning (which I had a appointment anyway), and get him to assess me. So I get home and it's 5 am....and I've probably only slept a total of 40 min all night....can you say brutal. Needless to say thursday was an aweful day....I couldn't keep my eyes open....and I ended up putting on video's for Ruby most of the day....yuck. So anyways...I go to my doctors in the morning, and he checks me out (gotta love a good 'ol internal exam) and he says that there's nothing going on internally.....*pwewf* (that was supossed to be a sigh or relief:P). My cervix is shut tight.....and nothing happening in that department.....yet. So he says that I very well could go into labour in the next 2 weeks....WHAT?!?!?!?! Or I could just have contractions for the next 2 weeks. I'll take option B please! I have gotten myself so psyched up for a c section, than now trying to wrap my brain arounf the fact that I could have a natural delivery just plain freaks me out!!! I know that sould wierd....rather having a c section...but for months now, that's what I've prepared myself for....and it's the only thing I know! I know what to expect, I know how the recovery is....The actual labour and delivery thing...I DON'T KNOW ANY OF IT!!!!!! So we'll see what ends up happening. I'm still having contractions....they haven't stoped yet....today was by far the lightest day of them though. Yesterday was brutal. I was getting them every 10 minutes.....we went down to the states to get all the last minute baby stuff, and I'm walking throughTarget, and babies R us, when I'd have to just get down on the ground and kneel till the contraction would pass! They were REALLY hurting....So i don't know what that was about....maybe it was just cause I was out and about all day....but today they're been alot less frequent.....I've probably only had about 10-15 all day....which is alot better than the last couple days. My next appointment is thursday morning....so I'll get the doc to check me out again....I want to make sure that there no dialation going on!!!! seriously...I can't believe that our new baby will be here so soon! I think Ruby's anticipatiing it too in her own little way. We've decided to call the baby Roxy (some of you may know that), so Ruby's been going around bringing me toys, or she'll find a pair of shoes that don't fit her anymore, and she'll give it to me and say "Rocky's" (thats how she says Roxy! SO CUTE!). It's hilarious! Or she found a pack of infact soothers, and she holds them up and says "Rocky's!" It's all day long she'll be pointing out things that are "Rocky's"....It's pricless....That reminds me I should get that on video! My pre baby pampering started last week as well....hallelujah! Got my hair done last friday....this friday I'm going in for a facial, and some waxing....then the week after a pedi. I love being able to justify all these treatments in the name of pregnancy! so fun!
Well, thats the latest.....gotta go to bed!

32 days left....whatever that makes me...33 weeks? 34?? I've lost track :P

baby's 'a comin'

so as you can see from the baby counter below, I only have 32 days left till this baby makes her grand entrance to the world! UNBELIEVABLE!!! I had an ultrasound this week to check the location of my placenta, and the size of the baby. Well, the placenta has moved up, so if I do go into labour before the 11th (the day of my c section), and everything is progressing normally, I could try for a natural birth. Also the baby is looking really good. I've been a bit worried, cause I'm measuring really small (my belly), like a few weeks behind where I should be...and whenever my doc has checked the measurments of this babe on his mini ultrasound, her abdoman has been measuring behind too.....now I shouldn't worry, cause both of these situations were exactlly how it was with Ruby...I was small, she was small...and she came out just fine...only 6 pounds 2 ounces full term...but totally healthy. So this baby jsut seems to be tracking along just like her big sis. Well, at the ultra sound the technician said that this baby was aprox 5 pounds 1 ounce at this point!! Wich is waaaaay bigger than ruby was at 34 weeks! We're talking I could have an 8 pound baby on my hands by the time the 11th rolls around!! And here I've been buying preemie clothes for this one, thinking she's be just like Rubes (who only fit preemie stuff for the first month and a bit!). So I guess we'll just wait and see how she comes out! EXCITING! this'll be a fun month.....pedicures, facials, hair done, prego pics...oh yeah baby...it's all about the pampering these next 30 days :) can't wait!
On a different note, Kenny finished his first house this week! YAY! I'm so proud of him! He's started on his 2nd, and has a foundation lined up right after this...then hopefully will be able to take 2 weeks off when the baby gets here. Thats the plan at least! We're praying that the timing of it all with work out.
so here's a pic of the house...built by none other than the fabulous mr. Ken Rahn!