*40 wEeKs HaS aRrIvEd*

today is 40 weeks, according to what they told me from the very beginning...apparently my due date might have changed from Sept 30th to Oct 2nd, but I'm still considering it today.  I had to come home early from work because my back was hurting so bad. :(  I couldn't sit in my chair all day.

I had an ultrasound Tuesday and Walker looks to be about 8 lb 3 oz.  It would be great it he could just hang out around that weight until he decides to venture out.  I go back Tuesday for another ultrasound and we'll see how big he is.  As long as everything stays okay, she'll let me go until the 11th of October.  I want him to come this weekend or next week sometime, I hope you're listening Jesus, because I know what I want is at the top of your priorities.  My blood pressure is good, as usual, :), and amniotic fluid is measuring good.  So he's doing great in there, but we are ready for him to come OUT!!!

Here are a couple pictures of me, one from 38 weeks and one from 39 weeks....but I think I have grown a bunch in a week.  I don't know why the pictures keep turning sideways, it's not saved like that on my computer????  Oh well, like I said before, I give up trying to understand this thing......

Here is one more, from this week.  My mom is still making me take pics of myself, so here we go........

Well, I go back to the doc Tuesday morning if I haven't had him before then, so I'll post after that.  Anytime after today would be great for him to come, just because I want him to have an October birthday.  But if he wanted to start making his way at like 9 this evening so that he could come out sometime tomorrow, that would be perfect too.  Come on my little angel, it's time for you to come out and change our lives!! :)

*anyday now*

Approximately 39 weeks and 1 day I have been pregnant. 10 months is a realllllllly long time, even tho it has flown by.  Little Walker man is still happy as can be in there and has given us no clues that he is ready to bust out.  I am going back to my doc on Tuesday for my 40 week checkup and to have an ultrasound done so she can see how big he's getting.  She said as long as he's not too big and my blood pressure is good and there aren't any other problems, she will let me go a week and a few days past my due date.  My due date isn't until next Thursday, so that means he could wait to be born until the weekend of Oct 9th!!  I hope he doesn't hang out that long in there, but we know that God has a schedule and we definitely want to go by His watch.  Although I don't know how Jeff will make it if we have to wait two more weeks to meet our little lovebug!!  Daddy is READY!! haha, so is Momma, but I have a little more patience than Jeffrey....no...make that ALOT more patience....

I still feel fabulous aside from the occasional tired spells I get in the middle of the day.  Really it's scary how good I've felt.  I am still picking weeds and I would be mowing if Jeffrey wasn't such a dictator, he ALWAYS says no.  For a while he was letting me mow the backyard (where the neighbors couldn't see) just so he didn't have to argue with me, but now he just immediately says NO when I ask, and I can tell by the look on his face that he's not budging.  Grrr.  I am still walking every morning, and I really think that has been the key to my success.  I feel great, but I will NOT be sad when I am not pregs anymore, to say the least.

Soooooo that's about it.  I tried to take some photos of myself this morning, but it was a very unsuccessful photo shoot.  So I will post a couple more of the maternity photos that I love :)

Waiting for Walker...

Ok, I am giving up on figuring out this blogspot stuff....my posts don't post completely and comments randomly disappear...whatever...

It is almost time to meet little Walker!!  A week and a half until he is due on this earth and we are so excited we can't see straight.  God created this perfect little human just for Jeff and I and it blows our minds that he is going to be here so soon.  Praise Jesus for this whole experience!!  I have complained a couple times, I admit, but I have had a wonderful pregnancy and am still feeling alright at 38.5 weeks.  I admit that I am ready to not have to share my body anymore, but I am not going to wish him out any earlier than God has planned.  But boy will we be thrilled to see him!! :)

As of my last appointment, my cervix was still posterior, which I don't use technical terms, so basically she just said it's still way back.  Fine with me, hang out as long as you would like little angel!!  If he wants to stay in there past his due date, I won't have to go back to work before the end of the year so that would be cool.

2 weeks ago, Josh, Jeff's cousin, and his wife, Anna, took some maternity pictures for us at their house and what a blessing they are to us!!  The pictures are amazing, Josh did a fantastic job taking them, and Anna did a wonderful job posing us. :)  I will try and post one or two on here, but I'm sure the website will delete them without telling me, so we'll see....thanks again, Josh and Anna, for being such wonderful family and doing such a huge favor to us out of the kindness of your hearts. :)

Anyways, when I have any other new news, I'll be back to update!!  Prayers for the future of our little family would be greatly appreciated!! :)



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ok the post below is about three times as long as it shows up on here......i dont know where the rest of it disappears to when I click post!!  when i go to edit it, all of it is still there, so i'm not sure why it's not posting correctly...i'm having technical difficulties, be back later

**37 weeks!!**

I cannot believe I am full term tomorrow.  These past 37 weeks have flown by like nobody's business....I feel like it was two weeks ago that I saw positive on the test and yesterday that we sent flowers to our mommies saying 'It's a Boy'!!!  Wow, time flies when you're having fun ballooning into a porpoise and rolling out of bed in the middle of the night to hobble to the restroom 4 times in 7 hours....man, I will be so sad when all that crap is over. not.

Walker, as well as Mommy, is read to have his OWN space and OWN eating schedule and use the bathroom...the poor little guy has been holding it for 9 months, so I can imagine he's about to pop!!  Here is an ugly picture of me about to go work out....i am big obviously, because I'm wearing black to try and camoflauge my glamorous bod, but it still doesn't help....

I had my 2nd 'checkup' where the doctor checks to see if you're dialated on Tuesday afternoon.  Still none.  Walker is snug as a bug in a rug in there, which is fine with me.  If I had to choose, I would like him to come at the end of the first week of October.  But I figured I'd leave that one up to the Big Guy upstairs, i trust His schedule.

So since I have no other exciting news to report, I figured I'd post some pictures from recently that I took on my new camera that my amazing husband bought for me!!  Here is our adorable niece Julia at her 2nd bday party jumping on the little mini trampoline that Aunt Jenn and Uncle Chad gave her and Uncle Jake.

She has some mad jumpin skillz.


And here is a picture of my handsome Jeffrey, love you so much baby daddy!!  It's been amazing just the two of us, but how much fun are we gonna have just the three of us?!?!

I couldn't pick out one picture, he's just too cute!!  Mike and Katie are in the background of the first one at the Shinedown concert where Braden was passed out the ENTIRE TIME in Katie's lap....you can see his little feets and one arm and you can tell that his position does NOT look too comfortable...but apparently he was okay with it b/c that kid didn't budge...

Okay, enough showing off all my cute family and friends...I'll post again when something changes...I need to start packing my bag for the hospital.  Apparently I need to be sure and take my kitchen sink with me b/c I might need it while I'm there for 2 days (hopefully)