34 weeks and counting

Time continues to fly by. The past month Ryan and I have been spending a lot of time doing yard work...preparing for the time when we might not have as much time doing those small things around the house. We completely cleaned out all of our flower beds and re-mulched them and we were even able to start our very first garden...with the help of Ryan O., Sarah, and my parents on a rainy Friday night. We...meaning Ryan has been working very hard on perfecting the pool. We started this year with what looked like a pond and finally this weekend I believe that it is near perfect.

This weekend we spent a relaxing Friday night together. Then Saturday we woke-up bright and early to get started on another morning of yard work. Then last evening we went to our friends daughter's 2nd birthday, which my most up to date profile picture was taken.

42 days until the big day or so we hope. Our last Dr. appointment was this past Thursday. Things seem to be perfect. I am measuring perfect and the babies HR was in the 150's...which was up from last time which was 130's. We are still waiting to be surprised about the sex of the baby...but by the way it kicks I think I might have the next Adam Vinatieri in my belly :) Our next appointment is June 15th...then at that point we will start going every week.

We are both to the point were we are getting a little nervous. If I have any kind of painful impression on my face Ryan jumps and asked "Are you ok!" I'm more nervous about having everything prepared and the actual process of having a baby. The room is completely ready but besides that things are still up in the air. I have tried to get our pantry stocked up so grocery trips won't be a huge deal right after the baby...but you can never expect the unexpected.

This week will continue be a busy work week for me. I have been trying to get ahead on everything that I possible can so by days are jam packed full. Ryan is going to begin preparing the house for a siding and paint upgrade that my dad has agreed to help out with in a couple of weekends. Look for an update hopefully sooner than later.

Phillies Opening Night...

Ryan and I were glad to break out our Phillie jersey's this year after last year's excited World Series Championship. However, it looks like mine will only be fitting me a few more weeks :) It was a disappointing night due to the loss but there is a hundred and sixty some games left. Some of which we will be able to enjoy with our little Philly Phanatic in its very own Philadelphia Phillies attire. All we need for the little Philly is a baseball cap and its very own original Philly Phanatic stuffed animal :)

The night ended on a strange note...with snow. Ryan had to take Isis out in the middle of the night, because she is crazy and refused to go outside when we went to bed because it was raining. When he returned to bed he said, "Katherine wake-up, we have 3 inches of snow on the ground." Of course he claims I called him a liar and rolled over and went back to sleep. Well come to find out there really was 3 inches of snow when I woke up plus more on its way. The picture of our yard doesn't do it justice but you can tell the amount of rain/snow we have gotten by how full our pool is.

25 weeks and counting...

So I might not be to good at this blog thing. Sorry I haven't been keeping up-to-date with it. Until this week we both have been extremely busy. Census has been high at the hospital and Ryan has had multiple baseball games during the week. I will try to stay up on it better in the future and I promise I will have pictures to come. I went to add them to the computer and our battery was dead so check back in a couple of days!

The Shockey household has been on hold the past few days. I have stayed home with the stomach flu, which has practically driven me crazy. I am feeling much better today and got out of the house for awhile and worked on some laundry...yes even some baby laundry.

Since this is my first time I want to make sure that we have everything ready and in its spot before the baby comes home. So today I decided to take some tags of the plain white onsies I got for a bargin and put them in the wash. Now they are resting in their home in the second drawer of the babies chest of drawers. I might be a little crazy when it comes to being prepared :)

Last Friday we went to the doctor for our 24 week routine check-up. Everything is looking great. My belly is measuring 23.5cm (supposed to be close to the week of pregnancy you are in) so we are good there. Baby Shock's heartrate was in the 150's so as the old wive's tale goes it is still a girl :) My next appointment will be 4/27 which will be at 28 weeks. At this appointment I will have another ultrasound to check size and placement and labs!!

Baby Shock

Ryan and I are having a baby! It is the craziest thing but one of the coolest. We have had the joy of the last 21 weeks to see a baby develop. We went to our first OB appointment 12/8/2008 and found out that we would be proud parents of a baby born on July, 11, 2009. Our next appointment we were able to hear the heart beat and then we finally reached the fourth visit on 3/2/2009 where we were able to see it. We both agreed it is the most ADORABLE baby every created. We might be a little bias. It had the right number of long bones, all 4 chambers of the heart with two valves, 2 kidneys, its spinal cord was intact and closed, and its brain was great. Everything was perfect. My belly has grown slightly but most days I could still pass for a slightly chubby lady...I think that it all depends on the clothes. I am going to have another ultrasound at 28 weeks because due to a low lying placenta. My OB was not to concerned because the majority of times it grows with the uterus and gets out of the way if not I might have to have a c-section. We will just have to wait and find out.

The Longest Weekend Ever

This weekend was full of excitement. Ryan finally finished up his master classes on Thursday evening so we had decided we would have a weekend just for us...and of course baby Shock. Saturday morning we woke-up bright and early to head to Ikea in Canton, MI to go shopping for the babies room. We had the crib already picked out but we needed to look around for the chest-of-drawers and some bedside tables. We arrived at Ikea and started shopping finding everything we wanted so we head to the warehouse. Out of the 4 large items that we had picked out only 1 was available. Since we were unable to get the crib at Ikea we went down the road to Target. We shopped around a little and found the perfect crib, and come to find out they did not have it in stock. So to say the least we were SLIGHTLY frustrated having diven 2.5 hours and arriving back in Angola with only a few draw organizers, hangers, and chest-of-drawers. After a few calls to local Target stores we located the crib we wished for. This morning we woke-up what we thought was bright and early (8:30 due to the time change) and headed off to Ft. Wayne. We went into the store and after many anxious thoughts it arrived in the customer service area were we purchased it. Finally we had a beautiful crib, for our precious baby. We made the trip home and assembled the crib and placed the bedding on it and boy does it look great. It was worth all the hassle because we have the best nursery ever now!

Baby Shock has been quiet the past few days. When the baby does awake though it becomes VERY roudy and likes to kick, hit, and head bang into my pelvis.

This week is Ryan's spring break. He is looking forward to some much needed R&R but of course already has huge plans with what he is going to do with his time. However, I think that the rain might put a damper on his outside activities.