Week 37

Congratulations — your baby is full term! This means that if your baby arrives now, his lungs should be fully mature and ready to adjust to life outside the womb. Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel. Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don't be surprised if your baby's hair isn't the same color as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz. It may be harder than ever to get comfortable enough to sleep well at night. If you can, take it easy through the day.

I'm ready....that's all I have to say! I'm nauseas, tired...extremely tired, and basically miserable....you know, pregnant! About 2 1/2 weeks left!

Doctor Appointment at 36 weeks

I had my doctor's appointment today and I go back in one week on September the 4th. He said the ultrasound results from 2 weeks ago look great....the baby scored an 8 out of 8 on it (whatever that means), so everything looks wonderful! That is good to hear since I am still getting chills and pretty much living nauseas! This baby also gets the hiccups more than Paul or Preston ever did!

As for the scheduled date of delivery, my doctor is definitely going to be out of town giving seminars on Wednesday, September 17, so we have two choices, of which neither is set in stone: 1) we can do it on another day or 2) we can schedule it for that day and let another doctor deliver the baby. There is a third possible option and that is scheduling the delivery for the 17th in the evening and he can come back and deliver the baby himself. We won't know if that is truly a choice until next week, so like I said, everything is still up in the air! And, he said, it may not matter much if I go into labor before that day anyway! I really don't know what I want to do.....it would be nice to have him on dad's bday, but it almost seems like too much trouble, which makes me just want to schedule another day. (It would be the week of the 15th through the 19th) I guess in the end it doesn't really matter much, as long as the baby comes out on time and healthy! I'm open to hearing people's opinions, so let me know what you think!!!

On another note, the boys were supposed to go to Charmaine's house today while I went to my appointment, but both boys started with runny noses last night and a lot of congestion. Preston seems to have it worse and has been running fever and even threw up at 4:30 am. this morning. Needless to say, they didn't go there because I don't want to get her kids sick. Luckily, Paul was able to meet me at the doctor's office to take the kids while I had my appointment. It was the first one where he checks to see if I am dilating and we thought that little Paul is a bit too old to be in there for that! (too many unnecessary questions!) Anyway, Paul took them to Home Depot and then to Wendy's, but while they were at Home Depot they each got an apron and a wooden bird house to make with daddy! Well, little Paul talked about it the entire ride home and he has not stopped yet! He wants daddy to come home now to put the bird house together!!! I thought it was cute!

Happy Birthday Preston!

I know we already celebrated Preston's birthday, but we had to do something on his actual birthday too! He got to go outside and ride his new bike and then we all had a piece of cake and ice cream. Preston blew out his candles and then ate all of his cake and ice cream this time! We saved one little gift to give him tonight, a little sponge paint set, so that he could open something on his birthday. Happy 2nd Birthday Preston! We love you!

Preston's 2nd Birthday Party!

We celebrated Preston's 2nd birthday yesterday with a tractor/dump truck/ construction theme! He had a lot of fun once he warmed up to everyone! He didn't eat as much cake and ice cream as he usually does, but once he kept saying over and over "it's mud" we realized that because of the dump truck and the chocolate cake/icing, he thought it really was mud! Mommy put some icing on his face and he really didn't like that too much; I was given quite a mean look! He enjoyed playing with the dump truck on top the cake though and we managed to get a few smiling pictures of him doing it! Thank you Mimi for giving him his own car sofa so that him and Paul won't fight over Paul's anymore and thank you Paw Paw and Maw Maw for his little bike so he can follow Paul on his own bike now....he loved them both! He also loved his little tractor that we gave him and all the toys that he got. Thank you for all his wonderful presents!!!!

Thank you Mimi and Nanny for cleaning up after the party for me. I really do appreciate it....it made things a lot easier for me!

After all this, we got to relax and we went to eat at Outback for Preston's Bday. We did skip the dessert and everything though since of course we had already eaten that! The boys both ate like they hadn't eaten in days! We did once again swear to never take Preston out to eat again, but we still had a great time....Happy Birthday Preston!!!

Week 36

Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. He's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered his body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected his skin during his nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, which will form the contents of his first bowel movement. At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term.

I am still feeling about the same, except that I feel larger by the hour! I guess it's just me getting bigger and bigger until Peyton decides to arrive! There is about 3 weeks left now, unless we wait until the Friday to take him out....we'll just have to wait and see. I'll know about 2 weeks before the due date! It's getting closer and I just try to keep focusing on that:) We can't wait to meet our little Peyton!

Paw Paw and Maw Maw visit

Thank you for bringing over dinner and dessert yesterday Paw Paw and Maw Maw! It was very yummy! As usual the boys loved seeing you both! I have heard all day about how Paw Paw left his hat and we have to give it back to him!!! I was also told quite a few times today that Paw Paw gave them money!!! I'm glad I got an updated picture of both of you with the boys....here it is!

When we put the sheets on Peyton's crib, little Paul asked me and Paul to take a picture of him! It was so adorable, but I waited to post it until I could get one of Preston too! I think he was sleeping at the time. Anyway, here are our sweet little boys with Peyton's crib!

Week 35

Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that he's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds. Because it's so snug in your womb, he isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times he kicks should remain about the same. His kidneys are fully developed now, and his liver can process some waste products. Most of his basic physical development is now complete — he'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight.


35 weeks along and I am now getting anxious! I guess it's mostly because I am still not feeling well at all. I think today I am actually sick, not just pregnancy sick, but it's so hard to tell. All I know is that I did throw up already today and my hormones are all over the place. Despite all this, I am trying to savor the feeling of being pregnant since it's the last time! I guess I'm not doing so well at that though....I'm just not a good pregnant person!!! Ahhh, only about 4 weeks left!!!