39 Weeks!!!

Well as you can see, miss Hannah is going to be one healthy baby. I am grateful that there are only 3 days left until the induction!! I am really not sure if I can make it much longer. I have had such a wonderful pregnancy but will be glad to hold that sweet girl in my arms. I was telling Shawn today how amazing it is that you can love someone so much even though you haven't even met them. I would do anything for this sweet baby!! I am so excited for the new adventures she will bring in Shawn's and my life.

I have been working hard on the nursery and I think it is almost finished. The only things we have left are to fill the picture frames. I am really looking forward to the newborn session we have set up. It is going to be the same lady that did the maternity pictures I posted...she is amazing. We have to get the pictures done if the first few weeks. She says they are still really bendy at that stage so you can put them in lots of different positions. I thought that was really funny. I can't wait to post some of the pictures from that session!!! I just love going into her room now that it is all finished. It just feels so relaxing and inviting. I am sure the relaxing part might fade a little when there is a crying baby in there, but either way it is a happy place to be. I think being in there makes me feel close to her and helps make everything a reality. Sometimes I still don't think it is really going to happen. But that will all be over on Wednesday. I know everyone will be waiting for pictures and I will try to post them as soon as possible once we get home.

One Week and Counting!!

Well I can officially say that we will have a baby girl one week from today!! The induction is set and we could not be more excited!! I have frantically started making lists of things I cannot forget to take to the hospital, things I need to do at home, people Shawn needs to call or text once the baby comes, and my list of lists goes on and on ha ha. We have the camcorder and camera batteries charging and all the bags together so that we don't rush out and forget anything, I am pretty sure Shawn thinks I have gone insane. When I ask him about something or pack something else he just roles his eyes. I know she may just stay in their until we force her out on Wednesday but I am ready just in case she decides to come on her own time line.

This week has been pretty tough at school. I did not know your back and feet could ache so much and that one could run on such little sleep. Although I am pretty sure the sleep thing is going to get much worse. But I think it will be a lot more exciting to wake up and see my baby than to get up and go to the bathroom every 2 hours. On Tuesday I woke up around 4:30 and by 5:00 I just decided my time would be better spent doing laundry rather than laying there trying to fall back to sleep when I knew very well it wasn't going to happen. I was hoping to get a few good nights of sleep before the baby but I just don't think that is in the cards. Speaking of bedtime, I think I will head the way and hope that I can actually fall asleep at a decent hour...I just have to work on relaxing and clearing my head of things to add to my lists ha ha :)

The Count Down Begins!!

36 Weeks

Shawn messing around with the camera, but I thought the shot was kind of good :)
37 Weeks
(one of my little boys held up a ball to my tummy the other day and said they looked the same, not to mention we are learning about 3-D objects and several of my students said that my tummy was a sphere ha ha)

Well we are at 18 days and counting. Although my mom keeps telling me Hannah cannot come early due to scheduling plane flights and time off my body is saying something completely different. I am pretty sure that if it was up to my back, ankles and feet Hannah would be arriving as soon as possible. I am very grateful for Spring Break arriving. This will allow me to rest and keep my feet up much more than being at school with 21 first graders.

Today I went and purchased the last few things I needed for mine and Hannah's hospital bags. Now everything is packed and ready to go!! I am not sure if this is wishful thinking or just my OCD kicking in ha ha, but I know I am ready for anything :)

Not much else is happening in the Ellis household. Shawn has actually been working OB Anesthesia this month, he says it is exciting to see all the babies and know that we are expecting. He has been giving me the run down on what to expect when I get my epidural, which has been kind of nice. I think it helps to calm my nerves just a bit, although I must admit that I am still a little nervous. It is hard going into something and not knowing exactly what to expect, especially being the planner that I am. But, I know everything is going to turn out great and in the end I get to bring home our beautiful little girl!!!