Happy 4th Everybody!

I caved on the fireworks display. I was out there for a little bit, but was getting eaten alive by bugs. I can barely see my feet, let alone reach down to scratch at a bug bite! I have made a lot of progress on my thank you cards for baby showers I have had. Tomorrow I will mail out the ones I finished today. Whew.... what a relief! I also started washing Audrey's clothes and towels and blankets. Now (or by tomorrow) everything will be washed and ready to go! This little girl has so many outfits! I'm not even sure she will be able to wear them all! We have been so blessed.
I took a friends advice and changed the arrival date on our baby registry to display 07/03/08 so that we could get the coupon earlier to finish buying Audrey's items at a discount rate. Mainly the travel system. (Why don't they just give the coupon to you before the arrival date?) We actually got 95% of the items we registered for. That's pretty good! I can't complain.
The date is getting closer until we get to meet little Audrey! I can wait, but at the same time I can't. I know...makes no sense! I am not uncomfortable at this stage (except swollen feet/ankles) and I feel really fortunate. So many of my pregnant friends/co-workers are really having a difficult time of it. I'm thankful it isn't so bad!
I have to take a moment to brag on my husband and father-in-law. They spent the majority of the day replacing my fuel pump in my car. 2 weeks ago at Wal-Mart we got stranded (almost) and my hubby thought we had water in the gas tank. No big deal he said, we made it tot the gas station, put 91 octane and figured we would be fine. Not so much. After having it looked at by a great mechanic, we discovered that it was in desperate need of a new fuel pump. We plan on trading my car in at the end of the year for a more family friendly sedan, so we chose the cheapest option of fixing the car ourselves. Apparently the fuel pump has been struggling for a while b/c it now runs like a dream! It has so much more get up and go then before! So a huge shout out to my husband and father- in -law. Oh, my brother-in-law too b/c he loaned us his jack and two stands. Wouldn't have been able to fix the car without those!
I hope everyone had a great 4th of July!!

Blessings Galore!!!!

Sorry for the lack of updates. The husband and I (mainly the husband) have been busy getting the new office and nursery ready. Since the old office is being converted to the nursery, my computer accessibility at home was limited and work is keeping my busy enough. Thank goodness for a lunch break!

Anyway, back to the point of my post. We have been so blessed by family and friends in preparing for Audrey's entrance into this world. I have had 3 showers so far. 1 from my wonderful church family, 1 from my work and 1 from several close friends. I'll post pictures soon. Actually, I have pictures form the work shower, but will have to post pictures from the others later. All of the showers were so wonderful and again I am amazed at how generous everyone has been. Not just in the gift giving either, but in the time that people have taken to prepare for the showers and then come to the showers. I know everyone is so busy, myself included, so it meant so much to see familiar faces at each of the showers. Thank you will never be able to express how I blessed I feel.

Please enjoy some pictures from my work shower last week!

Great Cake! Totally responsible for raising my blood sugar levels, but worth it!

More food, better, low sugar/carb choices!

The Loot!

I'll post pictures from my other shower soon!

3 lbs. & 9 oz.

That's right! The sonogram today revealed that little Audrey weighs 3 1/2 lbs give or take a couple of oz. (That would probably explain why I am having some pressure in my lower abdomen.) She is also head down and seems to be quite comfortable. We had to hook me up to the heart monitor since I am past 30 weeks, but she was sleeping so the nurse said: No problem, I'll just wake her up real quick! Most moms would have probably questioned as to how she was going to wake her up, but not me. I just said "Sure...go ahead"! So she comes back in with a mini cattle prod looking thing (first clue!) and stuck it to my arm and said this won't hurt, it's just a vibration. Didn't hurt me so she put it to my stomach and turned it on! I wish I could have recorded Audrey's reaction to the vibration. She jumped so high and then proceeded to kick me 10-12 times. I had never laughed so hard in my life! I think my husband and I were the only ones who thought it was funny. I know Audrey wasn't a fan! She takes after me and likes to sleep until SHE is ready to wake up.
Anyway, during the sonogram the doctor re-checked everything and all looks good. As long as I stick to my diet and exercise plan we should have about an 8 lb little baby. I really do love sonogram days!

Nothing Much

I have been a blog slacker! I have been incredibly busy, I just haven't taken the time to blog about it. We are in for a busy month of June. I have a few baby showers and the childbirth classes so pretty much every weekend in June has something going on.
The countdown is on for us. Next week I very well could have a date for Miss Audrey's birthday. We are so excited and can't wait to meet her!

I have another level 2 sono tomorrow to see how much she weighs now. A level 2 sono takes forever! Seriously, they are about 45-60 minutes! They check all body parts to get the weight within 2-3 ounces! I asked how accurate the weight was last time we were there and she said she always gets the weight within 3 ounces either way. Pretty good in my opinion.
I can't wait to see her on the screen! I just love sono days!

She is moving around alot now and I love that too! She doesn't cause me any discomfort, which I hear is rare with some women. I love seeing her move too! It's so weird to watch an elbow or a knee go sliding across. Last night I pushed her knee or elbow out of the way and she rolled over as if to see what had caused HER to be moved and then she pushed back! It was so sweet! I could have pushed on her all night long just to see her reaction to being moved.

Well anyway, that's all I've got for now. I'll try and be better about blogging in the future!
Later!

Right on Target

I had a level 2 sonogram last week (thanks to the gestational diabetes) and baby Audrey is right on target weighing in at 2lbs. 11oz. My blood sugars have been on a normal level 98% of the time. The only time it gets high is when I go out to eat, but I have started ordering salads and that has helped a lot with keeping my blood sugars at a normal level. It also gives me freedom to have a normal social life which I really like! That's all I really have to report. I'll have another level 2 sono in a few weeks to keep track of her weight. I hope everyone has a great Memorial Day!

Registration Nightmare!

Good Grief! That's all I can say about the baby registry process. I guess I got spoiled when I registered for my wedding because of my last name. Nobody had my maiden name in the state of Texas. All the people who wanted to buy us something from our registry just typed in my maiden name and VOILA!, our registry came up. Not the same with my very common and well used married name. We are registered at Pottery Barn Kids and Babies R Us. Now on Pottery Barn, we come right up. Not the case with Babies R Us. We are on page 3 or something like that. Sometimes it varies and we come up on the first page or so. A friend of mine who lives in Nebraska said she found us on page 4. She said she almost gave up because there were so many Jessica J's in the city of Dallas that it wasn't funny. So to my out of state friends, here is the registry #: 48738423. This will pull the registry right up. I have to admit that I am glad that the registry is done. There was so much stuff that the "book" said that every newborn needs. I just don't see how a newborn can need all of Babies R Us suggestions. Maybe I am wrong. We'll see. So basically Pottery Barn is for bedding stuff and the room colors/decorating and Babies R Us is for just about everything else. I LOVE Pottery Barn bedding. I have to admit that I really wanted custom bedding, but now that I have the bedding in (came last week) I love it so much more then the custom bedding. Very similar colors and can be used during toddler years. This was important to me because I didn't want something that screamed NEW BABY and then have to look for something else in a couple of years. The custom bedding would have lasted through toddler years, but I was not spending $700+ on baby bedding. I just can't do it! This is not a cut to all who have done custom bedding. I have some friends who got custom bedding for much cheaper. I just couldn't find what I liked for a smaller price tag until Pottery Barn Kids!
The crib and dresser came in last weekend so we picked that up. I love it! It has a couple of issues with the drawers, but my husband is fixing it for us. He good at stuff like that! I feel like this blog is very random. My mind just can't focus on much of anything anymore. Oh well! Have a great week everyone!

Oh the places you have been!

Well since I have no idea what future travels Audrey will have once she is here, I can tell you where she has already been.
Before I knew I was pregnant I went to New York with some of my girlfriends. We had a wonderful time and saw so many things. I was very glad I got to go in the early-early stage before I became sick. New York wouldn't have been nearly as fun had I been sick. I was also glad I had a lot of my energy still because we walked everywhere! I think I have some pictures somewhere so I'll look at hopefully post some later. Since New York I have taken Audrey all over Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and most recently Florida! St. Augustine to be exact. My husband and I decided to go on a short "baby-moon" before everything goes crazy with a new baby. I had been to St. Augustine 10 years before with one of my best friends Sara. Actually we only spent a day there and mainly stayed in Jacksonville, but I digress. So we left for 4 great days. St. Augustine is a great little town for older people, couples with young children and people who want a relaxing atmosphere. I do not suggest bringing teenagers b/c they will most likely get bored. We stayed right off the ocean and ate at some great restaurants. I'm actually all seafood-ed out! For those of you who don't know, St. Augustine is the oldest town for the US. I'm not a huge history buff, but even I had fun with all the older sights to see. Again, pictures will come later. They are still on the camera! All in all the trip was great. My favorite part though was the walks on the beach. I love the beach. I think I could sit for hours and just watch the ocean and walk all up and down the beach. It was a great mini-vacation before Audrey's arrival. Now we are pretty much Texas bound for awhile and I am okay with that.

I'll post pictures soon!