Baby Shower=lots of pictures!

Yesterday my mother-in-law hosted a baby shower for me at our house and it was wonderful! It was so good to be able to share this special day with so many friends and family members. Thank you to my mother-in-law for putting so much time into this event...it definitely showed! Thank you to my mom and nanny for making the drive to share this day. Thank you to my step-mom and sister for taking the trip also! Thank you to all my family members and friends for taking time out of their day to come and share it with me. It was truly way more than I could have asked for! I shared many hugs and laughter that day and I will always look back on it !

My mom

Danica (brother-in-law's girlfriend) and my friend :), Teresa (mother-in-law), Sheree, Lisann, and Sara (family friends)

Reeka and Dylan (neighbors and friends)

April and Jane (friends...since Waco!)

Stacia (step-mom) and Alexis (sister)

The Baker Crew! Abbie, Amanda, and Brandy (and baby Brody)

Nanny and Missy (my aunt)

Dez (great friend, her husband is a UPSer!)

Today we had a lot of work to do! We had plenty of unpackaging and putting together to do. Here is a before of Cody putting together Hudson's swing.

And the finished product!

I wish we would have taken some before pictures of Hudson's bedroom. You literally could not see the floor! We had all the gifts spread out and ready for organizing. It took all day! Here are the items all tucked away in their places.

Nursery is coming together!

The nursery is now looking more and more like an actual nursery! All of the furniture came in last week and we went and picked it up on New Year's Eve with the help of Cody's friend, Richard, and his truck. Cody spent that day putting together furniture and arranging it. We also got some decorations hung on the wall. I got all of the clothes and things people have given us so far organized and put away. Thanks to all of our friends/family who have babies and have been so nice to pass things down to us. It looks great and I am so excited!!! I know that Hudson is going to love his bedroom and it will be a great place for him to sleep and play in the many days to come.

By far the most comfortable rocker you will ever sit in! We found this at a hunting/country furniture and accessories store in Athens, TX.

The walls and molding look so great now with everything in place! That's Cody's old rocking horse in the background that he had as a little boy.

Crib and bedding...no mattress yet so blanket doesn't lay just right yet. Pug dog from Cody's brother and his girlfriend :)

Dresser with his outfit ready to go!

Shelves and decorations we found at Hobby Lobby.

Tins on the wall we found at McKinney trade days. Cody's mom found these wooden toys at the church where she works and then his uncle fixed them up and stained them for us.

Good day to blog!

It's way too cold to want to go anywhere that I have to go outside for. I am hanging out on the couch by a warm fire off from work. So... I thought today would be the perfect day to blog! Then I started thinking about the pictures I want to add and I ran into problems! I can't get the scanner to work to upload the picture from today's sonogram. The photographer for the belly picture is at work. So...I will write now and you can expect pictures later tonight when Cody gets home to help! (Cody came home now we have pictures!)

32 weeks, 3 days

Sonogram news. Everything looks great! This is a good thing :) I was a little bit nervous going into this sonogram. To remind everyone my doctor requested this sonogram because my uterus didn't measure as much as she wanted it to at my last visit. Good news is no worries! The sonogrammer said sometimes the uterus can measure differently from the outside depending on how the baby is laying. So Hudson measured just right for 32 weeks. She measured his head, belly, femur, etc. Also, she checked the levels of the amniotic fluid and those are right where they should be as well. So we have a healthy uterus and a healthy baby weighing in at 4 pounds and 1 ounce today.

Sweet profile picture. No hands covering his face today!

Shopping news. We found the outfit that Hudson will wear home from the hospital! May seem silly to some I know but we have been on a real hunt looking. I will post the pictures later tonight with the rest :) We also got the baby crib and bassinet as Christmas gifts. The bassinet was delivered and we will be picking up the crib this week. Once all the furniture is put together I will let you have a peek in the nursery. I'm not going to promise a date on that as we haven't seen yet how much work it will be to put everything together!

I try to picture what he will look like sleeping in there every time I walk by.

With accessories to match!

Appointments and important dates. Our last night of childbirth class is tonight (assuming the roads are safe to drive on...they say we are going to get some snow again!) I am also taking an infant care class next Wednesday at the hospital. This class is supposed to go over infant CPR, feeding, swaddling, etc. My next appointment with my OB will be next Thursday, January 7th. And then what I'm looking forward to most...Baby Shower on January 9th!!! I can't wait to see everyone :)

I forgot to leave you with my weekly student story from the last week before the holidays. So here it is for some laughter! (Think it's my favorite so far)

I was walking some students out for dismissal when I overheard this conversation going on behind me.

Child 1: Is Mrs. Johns having a baby?
Child2: Yes, but not right now. See the baby is growing inside of her.
Child 1: Yeah, do you know how people have babies? (I got a little nervous here!)
Child 2: I know!
Child 1: See a person has eggs in their body (right so far) And then those eggs inside her tummy hatch and a baby comes out!

LOL! So maybe we are reptiles after all?

Ultrasound pictures

Today was our 3d/4d ultrasound! It was very neat to be able to see him this way. As with the last ultrasound he was not the most cooperative little boy. He had his hands covering his face most of the time. He even managed to cover his face with his feet! We tried pushing and moving all around but he just wanted to kick me and not move his hands. He is going to be a soccer player! Here are a few of the pictures from today. We were able to get a few good ones! I think he has Cody's nose :0)

Full body shot...his arm and legs both crossed.

Pucker up!

Mouth open!

Sweet boy!

He's grabbing his foot here. He may have big feet like me!

That's his foot beside his nose!

30 week update

I had my 30 week check up this past Thursday. Just a normal visit where they weigh me, measure me, and listen to the heartbeat. They also went over my glucose results from my last appointment. No gestational diabetes! So that's a good thing and another check mark off the list :) She did notice that my iron is a little bit low so I am going to start taking some iron supplements in addition to my prenatal vitamin. She felt around and Hudson is already head down. Yeah!! So no scheduled c-section as long as he stays that way. When she measured my uterus today it hadn't grown quite as much as she wanted it to so she has requested a sonogram. So these next few weeks will keep us busy.

Monday December 21st- 3d/4d ultrasound ( I have been waiting!!!)
Tuesday December 29th- sonogram with OB and last night of childbirth class!
Thursday January 7th- 32 week check up

Be on the lookout Monday or Tuesday for pics from the ultrasound :)

30 weeks

Well we are officially 3/4 of the way there! (As of yesterday) Only ten weeks until Hudson will say hello to the world. He has been very active lately! As he has gotten bigger I have been able to feel him much more. His movements are getting a little harder too. Sometimes they will catch me off guard! Cody has been able to feel him moving several times now. He too was surprised at how hard he kicks or punches sometimes.

I am starting to feel a little more of the third trimester "symptoms" now days. I love spicy food and here lately I have to make sure there are tums around before I decide to eat the spicy food. Also, Hudson is starting to take over so much room that I notice I am breathing heavier at times. Just walking from my car to my classroom makes me feel out of shape! Last, sleeping at night has become a little more difficult. I have always been a back sleeper so I have had to change that habit plus I wake up a few times to him having play time in the middle of the night. My assistant principal at school told me this is God's way of preparing me for all the sleepless nights to come! It sounds a little like complaining but I definitely don't mean for it to be! I am glad that I am having a "normal" pregnancy with all these things changing in my body. I would be worried if I wasn't feeling these things!

Cody and I attended our first childbirth class last week. This class made things seem a lot more real. Talking about the whole cycle of labor made the due date seem closer! We have met some fun couples too so it is good to have other people to talk to who are going through the same things. Session two will be this Tuesday. We are going to get to go up to a room and take a look at all the equipment we will be hooked up to. Something interesting we did learn is that most first time moms deliver on their due date or later, uncommon to be early. Also, you have a much longer labor with your first child so it may not be the rush to the hospital that I have envisioned. I have started thinking about the things to pack in my bag but I haven't gotten there yet. Anyone have anything they really recommend making sure I have?

I will tell you I have loved being a teacher and being pregnant. This quote comes from a 3rd grader that was on my cheerleading squad last year. "Mrs. Johns are you having a baby?" I told her, "I sure am! Did you just think I was getting fat?" Her only response was "Yes" with wide eyes open. You have to love their honesty.

A belly pic to end with...

The Countdown Begins!

Those were the words of my doctor today. This is because after today's visit I will start having appointments every other week. Next appointment date is December 17th. I also have a 3D/4D sonogram appointment on December 21st. Can't wait for that one! It's been 9 weeks since we have seen the little man and by then it will have been longer! In addition to these dates we start childbirth classes next week. It is becoming busier!

The visit today was a lot more than the last visit but not too much news about Hudson. He's not quite big enough for them to feel specific body parts yet. I got to hear his heartbeat again which is always great to hear. They also measured my uterus and everything is measuring just where it should be. The extra things I had today were the gestational diabetes test and the RhoGam shot. For the gestational diabetes test I had to drink a glucose drink and then they drew my blood. The drink wasn't bad at all! It tasted most like a thawed freezer pop. (fruit punch flavor) The shot was in my bottom (gave my arm a break!) and is just a preventative measure in case my blood and Hudson's mix and he is a different Rh type than I am.

Hudson must know I am talking about him because he is moving around as I write. That or he likes the cookie dough ice cream I just ate :) (No worries I only got a pint and there is still half left!)