Showered with Love

I'm behind on updating the website.  There is so much to share.  I will start with the shower that Shane's family threw for us.  We were so blessed to see so many friends and family that we don't get to see that often.  We had a great time!  Thanks to Janet, Annette, Linda and Laura for all of their hard work in hosting the shower for us.  We love you guys and truly appreciate all you did to make the shower so wonderful.  Here are some of the snapshots from the shower:

Here is the adorable gift table.  How cute was the tree!!!  It was all decked out in baby stuff. 

Here is a shot of the excited Mawmaw & Pawpaw!

This is a picture of one of the sweetest gifts Hannah Claire has received.  Her Uncle Tyler got her her first Bible.  It even has her name on it.  He picked it out himself.  How thoughtful.  We love you Tyler and are so proud of you.

Here is the yummy part of the day.  How pretty was this cake!  It tasted as good as it looked too.  

To everyone at the shower we thank you so much for your love and kindness.  We don't get to see you guys much but we treasure the times we do.  

What a Day!

We had such big plans for Saturday.  I had my list ready so I could check off items that got done.  It has seemed lately that I can never finish any one task.  Something always comes up.  Shane had a flat tire on Friday night.  He was able to fix it with Fix-A-Flat but he wanted to take it in Saturday morning to get checked out.  One of his friends picked him up and they went for a jog.  After that they picked up Sean's wife and little girl.  I was planning to meet them at Chick-fil-A for a little breakfast and then begin our day of errands.  This was the plan.  

On my way to meet everyone at Chick-fil-A I got rear-ended.  Ironically the lady that hit me was on her way to a baby shower.  There was a policeman parked right down the road.  We thought he would just come right over.  We were wrong.  He drove off.  We had to call and he was sent back to us.  He thought we were just meeting on the side of a busy road?  Not real sure why we would do that but okay.  I gave Shane a call to let them know I would be delayed.  He of course being his sweet self said they were on their way to the scene.  Me being me said okay but get me a biscuit.  A pregnant woman has to eat!  They came on without the biscuit.  Once we filled out the paperwork and stuff we left and headed for breaskfast, finally!!!  I'm starving by this point and just want to eat.  

On the way I called my doctor's office to see if there was anything I should be watching for.  We were able to finish breakfast when the on-call nurse called back.  They wanted me to come in for a check just to make sure the baby was fine.  She said and I quote, "it won't take long, I will let them know you are on your way".   So we left from there, picked up Shane's car (that is still being serviced & tires checked), left my car and headed to the hospital.  We walk right in and the nurse takes us straight back.  Okay this is going to go smoothly, we are thinking.  Wrong again!  They hooked me up to the fetal monitor and told me to lay down and relax.  We would monitor HC for an hour and make sure things were fine.  We were thinking an hour?  That long?  Well, two hours later they finally came in and said things were fine but we need to check the placenta.  So off to ultrasound we go.  We did get to see our little, I mean big girl again.  She weighed 6lbs. 8ozs. now.  Now I know why I wanted that biscuit so badly.  Everything looked fine in the ultrasound so back to or room to wait for the doctor to okay our leave.  

We have now been there for 3 hours.  We finally got to leave.  Time for lunch!  You know the women in this family have to eat.  After that we came home and did a few things around the house since none of our errands got taken care of and we were exhausted.  We are so thankful that both of us are okay.  Here is a picture of the back of my car.    

Let the Fun Begin

We started our weekly appointments this morning. HC is doing great. She is weighing in at 5lbs and 15ozs. Our doctor said if she goes to her due date she will be around a 9lb baby! That's right, a 9lb baby. Her head is also measuring at 39 weeks. We will be at 35 weeks on Friday. Our little girl is going to be a genious with a noggin that big! At least that is what I'm telling myself so I will not think so much about the delivery. She has been very active the last few days. I guess she is running out of room in there. We get to watch her move around everyday. What a blessing!

On a bright note, the crib is suppose to be here by next week!!! We also got into daycare last week!!! Two answered prayers. We are still waiting on the dresser but we will take what we can get. We will keep you guys posted.

Baby Shower

We are so blessed!  My mom, aunt, friend JC and her mom Barbara threw us a baby shower last weekend.  We got to see so many friends and family.  It was great.  Not to mention the food was awesome!  As you can see they went all out.  Here is a picture of the gift table.  Notice the diaper cake in the middle.  My Aunt Lorie made it herself.  She is so crafty.  Also notice the tricycle.  Nana (my mom) got this for Hannah Claire.  You can't tell from the picture but it is an Alabama trike!  She will be so cute riding this around our tailgate during the 2009 football season.  I can just see Shane and Pappy (my step-dad) chasing her around, in her Bama cheerleading outfit (which we already have, not that that really surprises anyone).  

Here is a picture of Lorie, me and my Mom.  They are the best!!!  We love you guys so much and thank you for a wonderful shower.

My friend JC planned the games for the shower.  She brought yarn and everyone had to cut off how much they thought would wrap around my belly.  Sadly, most people cut off way more than was necessary.  My sweet cousin Lacey won.  She beat Lorie out but it was super close.  Good job ladies.  Thanks JC & Barbara for the shower.  It was awesome and we love you guys.

Here is a shot of all the wonderful gifts we received.  We are so blessed and want to thank everyone who helped make this such a special day for us.  We love you all!  

Our Final Birthing Class

We have spent the last four Monday nights at a birthing class at the hospital.  We learned a lot, sometimes more than I wanted to know.  I mean really, I'm not going to see a lot of stuff that happens the day she gets here so there is no need to see it all now on a video.  We did get to take a tour of the hospital and now we know where to go when the big event comes.  One of the highlights of the entire class was the final event.  The daddies got to put on the sympathy belly.  Now they call it that, but each dad only had it on for a few minutes.  I see a problem here but it was still very funny.  Here are a few of the pictures.  Enjoy!

It finally happened

To say that I have not been hormonal throughout the pregnancy is an understatement. I normally cry on every episode of Extreme Home Makeover, but since I have been pregnant not one tear. That all changed last week. Nothing terrible happened. In fact, we got to hear the heartbeat again and Hannah Claire is doing great! Praise God! I think maybe a combination of the third trimester and the time changing resulted in my craziness for a few days. I cried some all week but it all culminated on Thursday. As I said, nothing terrible happened but it had been one of those weeks where nothing had gone according to plan. On Thursday I got confirmation that our furniture for the nursery (which should have been here two weeks ago) is back ordered and will not be here for another 4-6 weeks. Yes that is correct. We are due in less than 9 weeks, just in case you had not thought about that. The poor lady at the store had to deal with my hysterical crying, then the lady that answered at the phone at the corporate office of the furniture company (I found their number online), then the lady at the local sales reps office. In my defense I was not ugly and did preface that I was hormonal to each lady. They were all very nice but I still have no furniture. They really couldn't do anything about that though. Then the poor UPS guy shows up and rings my doorbell. I am walking through the house so I have to go to the door with my tear-stained face. I felt it necessary to explain to him what I had just found out (I'm not real sure why but I did). He told me stories about his little girl for about 5 minutes to try and cheer me up. He did in fact cheer me up, not only because of his stories, but he also delivered our car seat. The first thing that went smoothly all week long. (Sometimes you have to love mass-production.) I think Shane was concerned about my mental stability but by Friday we were laughing at the drama of Thursday. Hopefully there will be no more mental breakdowns. Well, I'm sure there will be but maybe they will not be very frequent.

Take Two

After a Dr. Pepper, no hot steamy shower, and lots of sugar this morning our precious little girl cooperated. Here are a few of the pictures. If I can get the video to load I will post it later.

Here I am drinking some amniotic fluid:

Look at my little feet:

I was trying to suck my thumb, but since I can't get it in there I will just lick my arm:

I will be good at giving kisses:

Now I'm just annoyed:

Time for some rest (that is not a mustache):