37 Weeks!
Just a matter of time before there's another man in my life! Everything is going great and we're SO ready...and anxious,,,and EXCITED! My biggest concern at this point is making it to the hospital in time to get the IV dripping into my general spinal region. I'm not trying to feel an.ty more pain than I have to. I appreciate the beauty and benefits of drug-free labor, but I also appreciate the advances in medical science...and being as pain-free as possible...and drugs.
Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!
New picture of the baby at 37 weeks. I had an unexpected sonogram last week. My doc couldn't feel where his head was, so she ordered a quickie for me. I was SO excited to see him again...and to see that he was still a he...and to see that his head was positioned where they wanted it to be. This picture isn't as clear as the others, because he's more squashed up in there, but hopefully y'all can see him: he's facing the camera, his forehead is on the right and his eyes are those two dark slits in the middle--his cheeks and chin are in the middle of the image just before the brightest white part of the image. We have a DVD of the sonogram too. Maybe that's why it's so easy for me to make-out where his face is. i can't wait to see him in person!
New pictures of
me at 37 weeks. The family and close-enough friends got the actual real images of me. For y'all (and for my need to not be a little too exposed on the Internet) I applied a special effect to the images before posting them. Obviously I love to share bits and pieces of myself with the world, but naked baby belly...I'm not so comfy with. Still, you get to see how this baby is shaping me up. :) I'm actually planning to frame all 3 of these images in a 3-part frame. I think they look pretty cool.
New pictures of the finished nursery. It turned out just like I wanted it to. I only need to get black-out blinds for the window and there's one more piece de resistance to go on the wall over the bookcase and room will be all set. My mom will be organizing the closet space. Billy and I go into the nursery very frequently and just look at it, pretend like we're tucking a baby into the crib and turn on the mobile just to listen and watch it for a second. We're having fun being silly and "playing" parents. I hope it's as much fun as we're expecting it to be.
Pictures from our baby shower (additional pics coming soon). The shower was SO MUCh FUN! I missed some people who couldn't make it, but we had a great time with the friends and family who did come. My brilliant sister flew in from D.C. and was an excellent host. Her best friend from high school also flew in from IN and was an excellent co-host. My mom and aunts came down from Memphis (missed y'all Paula, Lisa and Amber). Summer Breeze was there holdin' it down for our other college homies who couldn't make the trip to Austin (missed y'all Browngirl, Blen, Tonya and Rhonda). It was fun. I felt very loved. As many of you know, I love/collect frog things, so the theme for the shower was our own version of Little Frog Prince. And OMG, I just discovered a whole line of frog bathroom decorations for kids at World Market. I'm fighting the urge to buy everything now, mainly because my kid won't be able to really enjoy the decor for a couple more years, so a kid themed bathroom wouldn't make much sense now.
Quel!!! Love the belly!!! I was too vain for belly shots when I was pregnant. . . wish I hadn't been now. Looks like the shower was way fun, and I already suggested to Adriane that if that education gig doesn't work out. .. she could become a party planner!!
Posted by: Lisa | January 27, 2008 at 06:22 PM
Everything (you, the nursery, babyshower pics) look amazing. The frog prince theme for the shower was so creative! This is the best part...the anticipating and being anxious to meet the lil fella. It will be all worth it and you'll be holding him in no time and wondering what your whole life was about until he entered it.
Posted by: Mwabi | January 27, 2008 at 06:54 PM
Quel that room is awesome!!! I can't wait til he gets here! (Giggle)
Posted by: Paula | January 29, 2008 at 02:58 PM
okay, too tickled at the blurred out images.
great looking room! i couldn't make out the baby so well. :( but that's okay, i'll see the real one in a few weeks!
Posted by: summer | January 29, 2008 at 05:38 PM
Looks like everything came together nicely. I keep stopping by expecting to see that you had the baby already. lol. Good luck with everything!
What did you try for stretchmarks after you tried Vaseline? and did it work?
Posted by: Young Miss | January 30, 2008 at 01:18 PM
I loved the favor and baby homeboy's name is Zachary? How beautiful!!!!
Posted by: bunny | February 02, 2008 at 02:32 PM