I think I may have Abs by time I'm done with this!!

Well contractions have come back today.... some strong... some not. They are very similar to the ones that I had last Friday, but they weren't this hard all day! So maybe now that we have scheduled to be induced she will decide to come??

After my Dr's appt today we learned that I'm still barely progressing. I've thinned another 10% and dialated another 1/2 cm.... whoopee!! They did do another ultrasound showing that the baby has plenty of amniotic fluid, so that's not something to be worried about. The ultrasound also showed the baby measuring 8 pounds 8 oz! (Give or take a half lb) We headed back up to the birthing center to be monitored once again... this time there were babies in the nursery!!!! What fun to see.

I spent just under an hour hooked up to the monitor.... baby was well... contractions were consistent :0) Boy that's just annoying! The nurse kept coming in saying how ya doing?? Looks like your having a lot of contractions! We had the same nurse both times we have been in now, what a great lady!! Definitely shocked at the amt of contractions and the lack of progression :0(

So we go in Sunday night for them to start the inducing process by giving me an oral something that is suppose to get my cervix moving. Then Monday morning at 6 they will start the IV and the inducing begins. Right on Lindsay's birthday!! Happy Birthday here's a niece!!

Once again, after the Dr's we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's for a quick lunch! MMmmmm!! I had been craving bolonga and cheese! And that's what I got! Along with a big scoop of Mackinaw Island Fudge! Figured it was a good time to splurge since this was going to be my last lunch visit for awhile!

Are We There Yet???

What an exciting couple of days it has been for us!! Thursday night I had contractions start, leaving us with no sleep :0) By Friday morning I said that we were going to head into Zeeland and figure out what's going on! All of our bags were packed so we were good to go. I was having contractions every 5 mins, but still feeling pretty good! (Unfortunately too good!!)

We went to the Dr's first to find out that I'm only dialated to 1, which is what I was two weeks prior... so no progress was made there... but I had thinned down to 50%. So he sent me over to the hospital to hook me up to all the monitors for a few hours to see if any progress is made! I was totally not in the mood to hear him say that he will probably send me home. After being up all night and totally uncomfortable... ya no.

After we got situated in the room we noticed that I was getting contractions 2-3 mins apart! At that point we were like holy smokes we aren't going to be going home and we're gonna have a baby!! Wrong! Dr comes in a few hrs later.... rechecks me... no progress. He sends us home with the good news that this could last for days! Yikes!

So this is day 3 and the contractions slowed down by Friday night, thank goodness! Talk about wearing on you. I don't think Matt and I have ever been thru that kind of mental exhaustion! By Friday night we were both in tears and mentally and physically exhausted.

Now that the contractions are farther apart they come with a bit more umph than before. Hopefully it means that it is making things progress! When I'm up and around the contractions come more frequently, so the Dr says to lay low so I don't use up all my energy on this false labor.

My parents came down last night with some delicious ribs!! That was a nice distraction and good food! Mom made a bunch of hair accessories for baby Molly too... she is going to be looking good!! So thanks for dinner guys!!

Well here's an update over the last month!

November started with my mom and sisters throwing a great baby shower! What fun, good food, and great gifts! Good company too!!

Mom made a yummy pumpkin cake!

Here are some of the gifts.... this was before everyone was there even!

Mid November the girls at work gave me another baby shower! A Fiesta Party!! Wow what a fun Idea!! I walk in and all these girls are sitting around the table with mustaches stuck under there nose!! Too funny! They stuck one on me and we started taking pictures!



After a few pics they sent me outside to take out a Chili Pinata filled with all sorts of baby stuff!

Then we had a whole buffet of Mexican food to chow on! And we are eaters!!!

A lot of people from Metro all went in on all my gifts so we hit the jackpot!!! We have gotten so much stuff from all of our family and friends!! It really makes us greatful for everyone we know and everyone's generosity!!


Thanksgiving weekend we headed over to the Trestle Stop in Hamilton for our pre-Christmas Tree cutting breakfast!! We met the family there then headed over to Leber Farms!



Boy was this interesting... by time I'm off the hayride my husband is off nowhere to be seen!! Finally I see him and Brian running between trees.... boys will be boys right? So I start picking my trees out (which none of them were good enough for Matt!).

(36 Weeks... Thank you Pat for letting me borrow your jacket!)

Finally, Matt picks one out!

We also finished up with the baby's room. We put up stuff on the walls, clothes washed and put away! Crib is all set and waiting!!

Thank you Lisa and Claire for all the clothes you are letting us borrow!!!

These are some fun thingys I bought off of craigslist.com for a few bucks!! Cute eh!?!? The crib isn't ready in this pic and the valance isn't up, so this isn't current. But you get the jist!

Here are pics of our Christmas tree all put up! You can't see a lot of it because I'm standing in front of it!! :0) These are um.... 37 Week Pics. I'm losing track!



I have updated the Belly Pic blog. So scroll down to see the latest pics!

Also thank you to everyone that has been keeping us in your prayers these past couple of days!! We appreciate all the calls too!! It definitely helps knowing you have a ton of people that will help you in any way they can! Thanks!