Pictures!

Here are some pictures. This is my 4th attempt today to post these, so I hope they work. This is Ethan coming home from the hospital and then having some daddy time. We love him so incredibly much! Praise God for the gift of our baby.

He's here!

Hello! I am writing from the hospital. I unexpectantly went into labor on Friday and ended up having my baby boy early!!!! He is doing so well and is SO precious. Of course I am a little biased. He was a whopping 9 lbs 5 oz. 21 inches long and eats like a champ. The c-section went extremely well and i'm walking around already. My husband has been SO wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are just so proud and excited to finally meet our son, Ethan Michael. Here is one picture i'm stealing from a friend until we get home and get settled. Praise God!!!!!!!!!!

anxiously awaiting

Well yesterday was my last day teaching for this year. It was a bittersweet day as I was excited about the decision to stay home from work as long as I can and I cannot wait for our baby boy to arrive...as well as I was sad that I was leaving my class because I had such a good class this year. Not only was it my last day, but it was Valentine's Day and an early release. I had 2 moms come in and do activities with the kids the whole morning and then they surprised me with some gifts and whatnot. It was real sweet.
Something else that is sweet about yesterday was my wonderful husband stopped by my school during the day and brought me a gift and said hello. Him stopping by was a huge surprise in itself and then he got me the willow tree figurine that is a man and woman holding a baby. Of course I started crying because it was just so sweet and perfect! We also went out to eat and started a movie last night but ended up in bed by 8:30! ha ha. Both of our goals is to get as much sleep as we can until Monday!!! What a great day, thanks for everything sweetie!

So anyhow, today I am doing stuff around the house to get ready for Monday as well as going to a pre-op appointment. We'll be posting pictures of our baby boy soon!!!!!!!!! Bye for now!

and the scheduled c-section is....

on Monday February 19th. What I thought was a Dr. appointment to discuss and schedule my c-section was really them handing me a sheet of paper to let me know when it is and the fact that I have 2 Dr. appointments on Thursday and one on Friday to discuss pre-op and all that fun stuff. So please be thinking of and praying for me Monday morning. I have to be at the hospital at 5:30 a.m. and the surgery is scheduled to start at 7:15 a.m. My husband and I were kind of bummed because we thought it would be at the end of this week like we were originally told, but it will be Monday. I guess there is a reason and he'll be here soon enough, we just need to be patient. Who knows, I could go into labor before then. But I would rather have a scheduled c-section than an emergency one. So that is the news. I am going to take off Thursday and Friday and go to my appointments and then do girly stuff like get my hair cut, get a pedicure, my eyebrows waxed and then do productive stuff like laundry and all that before our baby comes. How exciting!
p.s We finally got our camera connected, so here are some pictures of the baby's room.

Baby update

Well the time is fast approaching. After our ultrasound today and Dr. appointment we found out that our baby is approximately 9 lbs 5 oz. and is most likely not going to fit through my birth canal. Our Dr. highly recommended a C-section. So I go back Monday for one last check up and we will schedule my C-section then. I don't really care how I have the baby, I just want him to be healthy and this looks like the best way. With a large baby due to gestational diabetes there is a huge risk with his head and shoulders trying to fit through the birth canal. They would potentially have to break his collar bone and whatnot during a vaginal birth. My Dr. even feels so strongly about this that he said he was sure that if I went into labor that I would end up needing an emergency c-section. So that is that. I will know on Monday when our little boy will be coming into this world. Yay!

Waiting on my baby...and crying over spilled muffins

Waiting on your baby to come is like watching a pot of water and waiting for it to boil. (I guess... I mean I don't watch my pots of water when i'm trying to get them to boil, but hang with me.)
It is especially hard when you've been told by your doctors that you will be induced or he'll probably come early. I've been hanging onto every movement and waiting to see if I feel a difference like i'm in labor. We are so anxious for him to arrive. I am trying to be patient and really take in these last moments before he comes. But it is hard.

On a different note, I stopped by Target on the way home today to get some groceries and I decided to get my husband a valentine gift which is a new playstation memory card (still a kid at heart). WELL, I pulled in and he came out to help carry the groceries and picks up a bag and lo' and behold the 1 bag he decides to peek in has it in there. So he found out his gift and I was very emotional about it because that is what I do best now. I started crying because I wanted it to be a surprise and I envisioned him opening his gift on Valentine's Day morning and being so surprised. Well as I was giving him a hard time about it when we got inside, he then knocks over a container of chocolate chip muffins that I decided to treat myself to and all 4 huge muffins fell out on our carpet. I started bawling even more. HA HA. It is funny now to think back on it. I wasn't mad at him for looking in the bag and I knew he didn't mean to spill out my muffins, but it was as if the world had ended. I cried and then my moment was over. It is so funny how our bodies work. This has been a wonderful pregnancy. Yes, there has been medical ups and downs but I have loved being pregnant and couldn't have asked for a better experience. My one "downfall" has been the crying. I cry at the drop of a hat. Then like 2 seconds later I am laughing about being so emotional. My husband is so good because he can get me to laugh at myself and move on.
Anyhow, i'm so tired that I would love to go to bed right now but it is 7:49. I'm at least going to wait until 8:00, ha ha. I'll write and post when I can, but don't be surprised if the baby comes soon and I can't get around to it. Love all my readers. (If anyone reads!)

More Snow

Well today it snowed and of course every county in the state was closed down. So we didn't have school today. I didn't mind a bit. I cleaned and organized the nursery all morning. I had my last shower yesterday and it was a school wide shower with the staff. I loved it! As soon as I get pictures I will post them. We pretty much have everything ready and we're waiting for him to decide to come. I went to the Dr. this week and I was 1 cm. dialated and 70% effaced. He had moved down some as well. So that is very exciting. My husband is getting really anxious and cannot wait for him to come! I am cherishing these last moments of being pregnant. Who knows if I will ever have this feeling again. Our bodies are amazing and I just don't know how you can deny that a magnificent creator designed us! Praise God!