36 weeks

Okay, so I am not so good at keeping up this blog, but I am 9 months pregnant and completely exhausted, so that is my excuse!!!!! Well, things have been going pretty well. I had 3 showers this month, all in a row. So the first three Saturday's in March were busy but really fun!!!!! I got to have one for people from church, one with my mom and best friends, and people from work! We were able to get a ton of cute little girl outfits and a few necessities!!!!! Also my co-workers who weren't able to come to my shower threw a little party at work. We had a pot luck lunch and they gave me a gift certificate for Babies 'R Us which we were able to use to get the swing we registered for. We still have a few things we would like to pick up before Kaelyn is born, but we are set with all of the big items that are needed. We are truly blessed with all of the wonderful friends and family that we have!!!!
I had my 36th week check today. I was really excited to see if I had made any progress, but of course I haven't even dilated a little tiny bit!!!! My Dr said he thinks that I will be around for at least two more appts-which are on a weekly basis now. I asked about how much he thinks she weighs and he said about 7-7 1/2 pounds. He thinks she will make it to 8 pounds. She is head down, so everything is moving in the right direction. I am in charge of a friends bridal shower this weekend, so after that is done I will be up for trying to get this baby to come!!!!! I am really uncomfortable and just wish she would come, but I know the longer she is in there the healthier she will be. So we will have to wait and see what happens!!!!

I'm a slacker...

Hello everyone! I am sorry I am such a slacker and haven't updated this in a while. Things have been busy so any time I have a spare moment I like to sit on the couch and do nothing. Just ask Joe, he will tell you!!!!
Well, things have been going pretty well lately. We haven't done too much else since we painted and put the furniture together. For those of you who don't know, we have picked a name. It is going to be Kaelyn Marie Reinwand. We just finished our child birth classes which we took for two Saturday mornings. We watched a lot of videos, which Joe turned his head away from most of the time, and learned about the different stages of labor, breathing techniques, and pain options. I actually really enjoyed the breathing part! I have been using it a lot at work when I get stressed out and it helps to make my heart burn go away too!!!! I have been feeling pretty well. The only main thing is I've been getting heart burn more frequently and I have been eating a lot of Tums!!!! I am starting to get more uncomfortable sitting and laying down and can't breathe as well some days. I saw a diagram of how your stomach, intestines, and bladder get squished out of the way of your uterus. It is amazing how the human body works!!!! I have to say that women are amazing for doing this more than once!!!!!! I am starting to get nervous and thinking about all of the "what ifs". And realizing that I am actually going to have to deliver this baby. Crazy!!!!
I had another Dr appt yesterday and everything looks good. I asked about when the soonest they would induce me will be and she said 41 1/2 weeks. I am due April 17th, and my brother is getting married 5 weeks and 2 days after that in Texas. So I am hoping that I will go on time or early so I won't have a 3 week old at the wedding. So everyone cross your fingers and anything else you can so I can make it to the wedding!!!!!! I know that everything will work out how it is supposed to, but I am still a little anxious about it. I just want her to be healthy!!!!!
One fun thing that happened last week was that Kaelyn got the hiccups for the first time!! It was so weird!!!!!! And she has gotten them almost everyday since then. I feel so bad for her, cause I hate the hiccups!!! But it is amazing to feel!!!!
Other than that I have some baby showers coming up, so we are hoping to get the things we need. I can't believe that we only have 7 weeks left!!!!!!

Holy crap.....I mean crib!

Well, we put the crib and dresser together this past weekend. Putting it together was the easy part!! We had Ethan, Kim, Kelsey and Bryson there to help, and it actually went together nice and smoothly. While we were putting it together both Kim and I commented that we thought there was metal on the dresser, but then I didn't really think much about it.
So after that was all done, we all took a trip to Babies 'R Us to see about getting a really good deal on my breast pump. We had a couple of coupons and Kim's 10% discount that we were hoping to use. So we were able to get 35% off which saved us $87!!!! (Thanks Kim, you are the best :)) As Kim was doing that I was off to the bathroom with Kelsey and when we were done I decided to go look at the cribs. It turned out that the crib and dresser that we had just put together were not the one's that we thought we had ordered. After looking at my receipt, the crib and dresser that we ordered and payed for were the one's that got ordered, but they were different than we thought. So the guy who helped us ordered the wrong one's. Any way, to make a long story short, we are keeping the one's we got, because there is no way a sane person would take it all apart, get a friend to bring it down 4 flights of stairs, rent a truck to bring it all back in, reorder the right crib, wait for that to come in, rent another truck to pick the correct one up in, get a friend to bring it up another 4 flights of stairs, and put it all together again!!!!! The bright side is that the one's we did end up with were on clearance and we were able to get some money back. So at least we have it all done and nowwe can just work on getting the last little bit to decorate the nursery!!! Yeah!!!! And it looks soooooooooo cute!!!!

Good news!!!

I had another doctors appt on Tuesday. This one also included another blood draw. I did my testing for gestational diabetes. You have to go in and drink this super sugary drink within 5 minutes and then wait 1 hour before you have your blood drawn. I got 85 and the average is between 40-139. So that was good to hear!!! They also checked my hemoglobin and said that was fine too! So I don't have to worry about checking my sugar levels or doing insulin shots which I am really greatful for! Yeah!!!!
Other than that things are going well! I am still feeling well and loving being pregnant. It is amazing to feel the little kicks and punches everyday and know that I am going to finally be a mom! Hopefully we will get the crib and dresser set up this weekend to get it out of the way. I think we have something planned every weekend in February and March so she will be here before we know it!!! I can't wait to see her and hold her!!!! It will be amazing!!!

28 weeks

I can't believe that I only have less than 12 weeks to go! It's amazing how fast time has gone. It seems like just yesterday I was only 12 weeks pregnant and not even thinking about when she will actually be here. So in the next 11 weeks we are going to have our birthing class, 3 baby showers--one of which my mom will be flying in for--a child care class, putting the nursery together, and a very busy semester for Joe which won't be done until May after the baby is born. We are definitely feeling the stress of it all and hoping that we won't lose our minds!!!!! But we will just take it one day at a time and know that it will all come together. We are definitely looking forward to the day we get to meet our little girl and hold for the first time. That moment will make all of this worth it!!!

Starting the nursery

Friday night we spent 3 hours setting up, painting, and cleaning up for the nursery!! It was hard work, but we had fun and are glad that it's done! We haven't set up the furniture yet, but here are some pics of the paint. The crib and dresser are still in boxes in the middle of the room so you will have to use your imagination a little bit!!!!

Baby Fun!!

Here are some pictures from all of the fun we have been having!! (This is especially for you Kim!!) We also picked up our crib and dresser today, but I won't post pictures until we are done painting!