Another lesson in patience.

0 days remaining. 40 weeks, 1 days passed. I've been staring at the ticker on my phone for so many days now, that it almost seems unreal to see those numbers! Finally the big due day is here! I'm disappointed that K2 isn't here already, but I guess that we'll have to wait just a bit longer.

We had our 40-week appointment Tuesday along with a non-stress and amniotic fluid testing test. Everything came back perfect, but sadly no movement from last week :( The bad news is that this just means that we'll have to wait a bit longer, but now we know that he'll be sure be here next week around Wednesday. My doctor wants to induce me starting on Tuesday, then by Wednesday he should be here! NOT excited to have the folley producedure done, but the way she described the process, it didn't seem like that big of a deal. I'm disappointed that it doesn't look like things are going to happen completely naturally, but I think I'm okay with it- regardless of what happens.

We'll go back tomorrow to check again with the same set of tests to see if anything has changed, but if not, I'll go in on Tuesday to get things started. Until then, it's lots and lots of walking!!!

Short and sweet...

It's March 8th. One day before Koa's "official" due date! I can't sleep! I've been awake since 2:30 now. Sigh. Feel full of energy right now and if Koa (Dad!!!) wasn't sleeping, I'd be busy finding something to clean!

Keep it short, Emily, short. My mom is here now, ate out for every meal today (! I can hear the treadmill laughing already....), and am excited but anxious for our 40-week(!) doctor's appointment this afternoon.

Will post baby update this afternoon!

9 Months picture

Koa's Room!

Crib with supplies and bedding from Koa's Mom:

Closet with clothes, stroller and bulk diapers/wipes:

Cozy chair, with crochet blanky, toys, and book shelf:

4 days and counting!

"Any day now. Any day now." Sigh. It seems likes we've been waiting forever! We had our 39 week appointment on the 1st and sadly, we had not made any progress from last week in terms of dilation. We also had an ultrasound to make sure that everything was looking good and to estimate his weight, which is always fun and reassuring. 4 chambers of his little heart? Check. Bladder? Check. Boy parts? Check and Check!!! Their weight estimate was 7lbs, 10 ounces! Big little boy!

Our next appointment is this Tuesday the 8th, one day before his official due date. We are trusting in the Lord's perfect timing and have been praying for that for as long as we can remember, but it is getting hard to be patient! My prayer for our next appointment is for our doctor to tell us that everything is moving along perfectly and there is no reason to schedule an induction or any reason to even consider having a c-section. We'll also have a test for my amniotic fluid and a non-stress test for the baby that day, so it will be an appointment full of firsts.

My mom is coming on Monday afternoon and am looking forward to that. We'll probably end up spending a lot of time on the couch since there is not much I can do now...maybe we'll go shopping a bit or head to the park a few times with the pups.

Hmm...what else. Little guy has been kicking a lot today and while we went for a walk this afternoon, I was having what felt like cramping, but I wasn't sure if meant anything or not. Doing okay now. I had the same feelings last week and thought they meant that things were moving along but noooooo...must be patient!

Baby cooking madness

Chicken broccoli bake assemby line plus a shot of the freezer. Peanut satay on the right with space for the rest!

Granny square blanket for the pups

My first granny square blanket

Valentines day dinner

Courtesy of a gift certificate from mg2...

37 Week Appointment Update

The little man isn't quite ready to make his debut yet (no dilation), but his head is in the right spot and ready to go. His heartbeat was 137, which was a relief to hear after the last appointment two weeks ago when they had a little trouble finding it (!). Also, much to our surprise, we were able to take a little peak at him with the in-office ultrasound and found out that he has HAIR! I'm so excited- it looked little it was a decent length too- not just peach fuzz :) We'll go back again next week and we'll see what the latest update is then.

In other news, Koa and I both have colds right now. Yuck. I've had forever, but I'm hoping that I'm on the upswing now. Trying to take it easy when there is so much to do is killing me! Koa's just came on last night, but he doesn't have to work again until Tuesday, so I'm hoping if he rests all weekend, he'll be able to get rid of it! So annoying! As long as both colds are gone before the baby comes!

Once I'm feeling better, I need to finish up the baby laundry so that I can finish up K2's room! Pictures coming soon!

37 Weeks!

Woot! I can't believe it. I'm actually 36weeks, 6 days, but close enough, right? I've been at home the last two days and it has been fabulous! It's been wonderful to spend so much time with Koa and last night, we went out to dinner in Seattle, courtesy of a gift card from my ahmm...FORMER employer. The food was okay, but not excellent. We had a good time though :)

We (well, Koa) setup the crib over the weekend and now I just need to get the bedding washed so that I can put the sheets on. I only have a few more things to do- laundry, cooking and cleaning, but overall I feel pretty prepared...should the little bugger decide to arrive today.

I have my doctor's appointment today, so I'm looking forward to finding out more details about his pending arrival- approximate weight, if he's in the right spot, etc. Very exciting!

This Friday, Kathi is taking me shopping to prep the hospital bag, buy his coming home outfit, and to get some post-preggers clothes for me.

I feel really lazy just sitting here on the internet when there is so much to do! Off to take a shower and get some of the laundry going!!! Need to finish up the thank you cards for my church baby shower too! It's so strange to be the one at home while Koa is at work.

Dear Little Man...

I am writing you today nearly 8 months pregnant with you. I am on my last week of work this week and am getting so excited to meet you that I can barely concentrate on anything but you. I must admit, your kicks have gone from cute to painful and the lack of restful sleep that I get at night can be really frustrating. We are soooooo excited to meet you and can't believe that there are only a few short weeks left of my pregnancy with you, K2. I want to know what you look like so badly! I'm hoping that you are a mini version of Koa, complete with the curly hair, but of course, we'll think you're cute no matter what.

Your room is almost ready for you, but we are still waiting on your crib to arrive so please don't come just yet :) Your dad installed and put together your "transportation" last weekend and I've got all of your clothes hung up, diapers purchased, and almost everything I can think of ready for you. All we're missing is you!

I love you so much already even though I haven't met you yet! I can't wait to know you and hold you :) Thinking of your arrival brings me to tears and I can't believe that I will finally get to be a mom after all of this time. Just thinking that you have no idea how much you're loved already is overwhelming to me.

So hurry up and come already, but just not too early :)

34 Weeks!

I'm so disappointed in myself that I haven't been keeping up with this blog over the course of my pregnancy!!! I'm hoping that I'll have time to blog at least once a week now that I'm in the home stretch and only have 6 weeks to go and 3 weeks left (well, 13 days...but who's counting?!) of work. So many updates to write about, but they idea to post an update just occurred to me and it's already 6:15, so I need to get ready for work! More later!

This picture is from 33 weeks at my work baby shower: