37 weeks

What can I say except in 20 days or less we will meet our sweet little Brayden! The past few weeks have been an emotional roller coaster. My stomach has been on the fritz with some sorta bug for the past 2 weeks and it comes and goes when it likes. My blood pressure starts out low in the morning and shoots up in the afternoon to late evening which gave us a scare and the doctor cut me to only working 5 hour days! All in all things with Brayden have been good his heart rate is in the 130s and he is now up to 6 pounds! Brad and I are now just counting down the days until we get to meet our sweet little boy!! We head back to the doctor on Wednesday and hopefully we will have made some progress and we will be sure to keep you updated! :)

Our Maternity Shoot

Well about 2 weeks ago Brad and I had the pleasure of doing a maternity shoot with a wonderful photographer Beth Ann Lugar! We had so much fun with all of the things that we could do and it was so nice to just relax and have some fun. She came out to our house where we did shots in Brayden's nursery and outside..she made it so comfortable and easy!! Thank you again Beth Ann for these wonderful pictures and we can't wait for Brayden to get here so you can meet him!! :)

34 Weeks

WOW!! What a last couple of couple of weeks! Things have been so crazy with Brayden and doctors appointments I can barely keep up. I cannot believe that we only have 38 more days until lil man gets here. So let me just give you a small update of what things have been like the past 2 weeks. I was seen at the doctor back on April 30th for a normal ultrasound and check up and we noticed that the ultrasound tech was paying close attention to Brayden's heart, but at the time didn't think anything of it until they wanted me to do a stress test. I started freaking out of course because I had no clue what was going on...finally after 30 minutes the doctor came in and told us that she noticed he had a small arrhythmia of his heart. Naturally I go straight for the worst, but after two doctors appointments later and a trip to a peds cardiologist..I feel much better! He reassured us that this is something common that sometimes does show up weather it be in early or late pregnancy. He told us more than likely it could go away before he is born or after. Brad and I felt so much better after hearing those words..he just put our minds at ease that it was nothing to worrying about!! So now we are back to our regular OBGYN appointments, but twice a week until further notice. We are also happy to report that his weight is now up to 4lbs 6oz and he has exellent bloodflow and a healthy heartrate!

Although, Brad and I have been completely overwhelmed the past couple of weeks, we have also felt blessed with our wonderful family and friends with their warm thoughts and prayers! We don't know how we would have gotten through these past few weeks without them! We head back to the doctor tomorrow and we hope to keep reporting only good news. Thank you again for all your wonderful thoughts and prayers!! :)

32 Weeks

I am a little late with posting this, but so much has been going on. Brad and I went back to the doctor last Friday for my 32 week check up. We got to see lil man and that made everything so much better! We learned that he is head down, weighs about 3lbs and some odd ounces, his blood flow was good..which made us very excited!! We didn't get to see our doctor, so going over the birth plan was a bust. But we did learn from the doctor that my abdomen is not as big as they would like it to be...eekk! So until further notice I am heading to the doctor every week..so they can monitor my fluid and my placenta. She also told me that it had nothing to do with my weight gain that was fine as far as eating or not eating enough, so Brad has been constantly watching me.

On some other notes...sleep has definitely become more of a challenge. I still have not really had any odd cravings...except I love cereal in the mornings..can't get enough of it! We having rushing to get things done around the house since Brad starts his 24 hour shifts on May 1st, so there will something else to get use to before Brayden gets here. Well that is all for now..I will be sure to post this weekend after we head back to the doctor. :)

Nursery Update

Well we finally have a finished nursery! We still have a few things to add to it, but for the most part the big items are out of the way. We plan on hanging a P Buckley Moss print in there..but we are waiting closer to the due date before we order it. And of course his nursery would not be complete without some fire fighter items. We are really happy with the way it turned out, now we are just waiting on our little man to get here!! :)

30 Weeks

Well we are offically in the home stretch!! Only 67 more days, and the only reason I have began the countdown is because I am just so excited to meet Lil One!! We had our check up last Tuesday, his heartrate was in the 140s and sounded so wonderful! My BP was good and she said I was measuring perfectly. Still no strange cravings or heartburn. Sleeping has been an issue for everyone in the family..Me, Brad and the dog! My body pillow seems to be in everyones way, but Brad says it is worth it if I am able to get some sleep..some nights it is helpful and some not so much. We need head back to the doctor next week...and hopefully we can over the birth plan to some degree!! Until then, thanks for reading and we will have new updates soon! :)

Celebrating 4 Years of Marriage!!

WOW!! I cannot believe that Brad and I have been married 4 years today! Time has surely flown by us. We actually get to spend the day together since we have the day off so..we will be running errands and getting things ready in Brayden's nursery! But I thought in honor of the day I would post a few of my favorite photos!! Enjoy! :)