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!!!

Maternity Pictures!!

Shawn and I got our maternity pictures taken about a week ago. Our photographer was amazing. She is so artistic and really captured some sweet moments. She is also doing our baby pictures which I can barely wait for. I know she is going to do an amazing job. Here are a few pictures she posted on her blog. I can't wait to get the CD so I can post some of my favorites.

Photos Taken by: Angel Porch Photography

Hannah's Nursery!!!

I love the shelf and can't wait to put pictures of her up there!!

I just threw some stuff on the shelves to see what it would look like. They will have to be bare for awhile until we get our newborn pics!!!

I love the quilt stand and it fits perfect right there!

I can't wait to paint the rectangle above her bed and hang the Hannah sign in it. Right now the Hannah sign is sitting on one of the red shelves awaiting its placement. We just couldn't get it all done today!

Oh my goodness!! I just love our baby girl's room!! I can't stop going in there and looking at it. My mom came out this weekend to help me organize and put the finishing touches on everything. She is more OCD than I am when it comes to organizing and putting things away so I knew she was the one for the job. She was such a great help, after working all morning and into the afternoon today I can finally say that everything is in its place. I am most excited about Hannah's closet and how organized it is. I found the perfect shelves with cute brown linen drawers to put all her little odds and ends in. We even bought a shoe organizer and her little shoes fit perfectly in each little cubby hole. LOVE IT!! I know I am a dork but I love organizing. We also worked hard on the decor in the room. We almost have everything hung. We found the perfect deep red shelves at Hobby Lobby to put above her dresser and we hung the picture that matches her bedding. I must say everything looks amazing. Now the shelves are just waiting for a few pictures of her and some little knick-knacks here and there. I have also decided to paint a light brown rectangle above her crib and hang the Hannah name sign we got yesterday in it (there is a picture of the sign in the blog from the Oklahoma Shower). I can finally say I feel as prepared as I can for her arrival. I just love, love, love her room!!!

Shoe storage for now...if she takes after me she will need way more room than this!!

Her tutu and Going Home Outfit!! The drawers are FILLED with bows, ribbons, hats and headbands. Our daughter will be ALL girl!!! :)

Dresses, Dresses and More Dresses!!

AHHH!!! Organization!!!

Oklahoma Shower!

This weekend we had our Oklahoma shower. It was so much fun, I got to spend time with lots of good friends and Hannah got lots of stuff for her nursery. Lauren, Heather and Tara threw the shower and they did an awesome job. They decorated the fire place with a clothes line of Hannah's clothes and had lots of yummy food. Tara came up with the cutest idea to have people write messages on her diapers, that way when we are changing the diaper in the middle of the night we have something to smile about!! I can't wait to read them all, I decided not to look right now so that they are a surprise later. Lauren came up with two games, one was a celebrity baby to mom matching game, I did not do well, I guess I am not really in the know. We also measured how big around my belly was and I am proud to say that I am 38 inches and growing, Miss Hannah is definitely making her presence known!! I don't want to know how many inches I have left to go YIKES!! I was really excited because my mom was already flying in this weekend for our last mother-daughter time without the baby so she was able to meet lots of the people I have met and talk about here in Oklahoma. She always likes to have a face to match with the name. Shawn's mom was also able to drive up from Texas. It was a really fun day of family, friends and baby talk...Thanks girls!!

Lauren, Heather, Me and Tara...Amazing Hostesses!!

Measuring the belly!! 38 inches and counting!!

Cutest sign ever to match our bedding!! Thanks again Lauren!!

The cute decor!!

Mom, Me and Jennifer.

Diapers & Wipes Shower!!

Some of the resident wives threw me and 2 other ladies and joint diapers and wipes shower this weekend. We had lots of fun and I will tell you that Hannah is now good on the diaper front for quite awhile :) I am really not sure where we are going to put all the diapers and wipes that we got. I think I am going to have to convince Shawn to go to Target with me later today so that we can pick out some shelves for the garage. We are so greatful to everyone for helping us get our collection started. The part that really scares me is that they said the large amount of diapers we got really won't last long at all...YIKES!!

The 2 ladies that threw the shower did a wonderful job. The decorated everything with pink and blue. I am having a girl but the other 2 ladies are having boys. It was cute to see all the pink and blue mixed together. They made little signs with our last names and placed them in different corners of the room for the gifts. My favorite part were the pink and blue cupcakes, yum!! It was a lot of fun to have a couples shower, I liked having Shawn be there to share in the fun!!

e, Susan, Tabitha, Adriana and Laurie!!

Brad and Laurie, Andrew and Tabitha, Shawn and Me!