Merry Christmas

I have been a terrible blogger ever since our sweet baby was born. I have a long list of posts to write, but since we have a major lap baby, I don't get a ton of time to work on them. We did want to wish you a Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Ellie Grace

Ellie Grace is here! She was born Wednesday, November 14 at 3:33. She weighed 8 lbs. and 15 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. We are extremely blessed and so in love! I'll be back this week with all the details.

Baby Update

Well, it's Monday, November 12 and we still have no baby. When we went to the doctor last Thursday, the ultrasound looked good and Ellie Grace is healthy and apparently happy where she is. She weighed 8 lbs. 7 oz., so not quite enough for Dr. Gordon to want to do a c-section yet. He checked me again and I'm still only 1 cm., so we came back home hoping she would want to come this past weekend, but no luck. We go back tomorrow for another ultrasound and check, and more than likely, I'll stay and go to the hospital. Dr. Gordon comes on call Wednesday morning and will induce, which is not what I wanted at all, but since she's not wanting to come on her own, he wants to give her a little help :).

We can't wait to see this little one, and hope to be back soon with pictures!

D Day

Well, today is our due date and Miss Ellie Grace has decided that she is not ready to make her grand entrance yet! I have had a few random contractions this past week, but nothing other than that really. I went to the doctor Monday, and once again he couldn't even really check me because my cervix is still extremely posterior (sorry for all the personal info!). She has dropped and is in the right position, but for some reason my cervix is not moving to where it needs to be. Dr. Gordon says the only thing he can think of is that there is a good possibility that she is pretty big and there's just not room for my cervix to get around her. So, tomorrow I go back to the doctor and they are going to do an ultrasound to see how big she it right now. If she is bigger than between 8 and 9 pounds, there is a good possibility that he will go ahead and schedule a c-section to prevent a complicated labor that could turn into an emergency c-section. Hopefully, I'll have some good baby news to report back tomorrow!

38 Weeks, Getting Ready, and a Contest

How in the world are we only a week and a half away from my due date?? I feel like I have so much to do before baby girl gets here! Luckily, my mom has been super helpful these past few weeks and this weekend we got a lot accomplished. {We'll be bringing Ellie Grace home to her house since ours is still under contract}. Here are some pictures of things we did:

We got the changing table set up (the lovies are just hanging out on top for now)

Our car seat came and we're getting it installed this week

We got the stroller put together

The bassinet is all ready...this is the bassinet my sister and I slept in as babies

I had my weekly appointment this past Wednesday and had my first check. Ellie Grace is definitely in the right position and I was 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced, so I guess she could come any time now. Here's my 38 week picture {looking large as usual}:

Since we're super close to our due date, I'm going to copy my sweet sister and throw a little contest for all 3 people who read this blog. Leave a comment telling me when you think Ellie Grace will make her debut (include the time) and I'll send a Starbucks gift card to the winner. :)

37 Weeks

This post is a little late, but life has been a little hectic lately! I know I say this a lot, but I cannot believe how quickly time is flying by! It's crazy to think that we will be meeting Ellie Grace in just a few weeks. I went to the doctor this past Wednesday (I go every week now) and everything looked good. He will start checking me at my next appointment, so we will see how things go Wednesday. Here's a picture of this week's belly...just excuse the fact that I look like I have no make-up and that I haven't slept in weeks!

I've started to feel more uncomfortable this week, mainly from just being so big and constantly out of breath! Luckily, my kids at school are sweet and help me out a lot. I'm still planning on trying to work until she gets here, but we'll see what the doctor says Wednesday.

To add to the craziness, we were told last week that the loan office is backed up on their paper work, so we won't close on our house until Nov. 16, which is after Ellie Grace is due. We were very disappointed that we won't be bringing her home to our house, but luckily she won't remember it :). We have lots of people on standby to help us move, so hopefully moving in with a newborn will go as smoothly as it can. 

36 Weeks and A Shower at School

Yesterday, my sweet kindergarten team threw a shower at school for Ellie Grace. Everything was so cute and we got some really sweet things.

 Super cute decorations

Loved the cake...so cute and yummy!

Front view of my enormous belly!

My sweet kindergarten grade group (minus Kim and Jenny)

Me and Mom

36 weeks side shot

We had a doctor's appointment Wednesday and everything looked good. We talked about when I would be induced if she decides not come on time, even though I'm hoping she decides to come on her own! My blood pressure is still really good, even though my feet are super swollen and I actually lost 2 pounds this week!
Tomorrow, mom and I are going to take back some things we got duplicates of and get some of the things we still need. Then, we'll just be waiting to get in our house and waiting for her to get here!