End of Week 35

This is my tummy at the end of Week 35 of the pregnancy. She's definitely growing!!!!

These pictures were taken on May 31st, 2008. 

Pregnancy Update

We are about to enter our 39th week of pregnancy, as of this weekend. We had our 2nd ultrasound on Monday, we're still having a baby girl and she's growing really well! Praise the Lord! They estimated her weight to be around 7lb 4oz +/- 1lb 1oz. I can't imagine she's anywhere close to 8lb but we'll see when she get's here. I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and she said that the baby has started to drop and that I'm starting to "soften". These are good signs that things are progressing as they should be. Our doctor said that first-time pregnancies often come as early as 39 1/2 weeks. So... she said any time after June 24th the baby could arrive. My due date is July 1st so we'll see when she get's here. My mom is coming to visit for 2 weeks on June 29th and I know she's hoping to see me pregnant.
As far as getting "stuff" ready for the baby we're doing pretty good. We've had so many people help and provide us with some great baby gear. We have the crib, dresser, co-sleeper (bassinet), car seat and stroller. The car seat and stroller were given to us by some friends here in Florida. Their son is 9 months old and has grown out of his seat and has moved into a bigger one, so they've allowed us to borrow the car seat for our baby. This is a huge blessing! Plus, a stroller comes with that. Double bonus!!! Seth is working hard on getting things assembled and organized around our house so that we can feel "ready" for when Baby Hardley gets here. Pretty sure Seth is "nesting".
I'm doing well. Feeling more tired than I have for quite a while. Waking up every 2hours to use the bathroom and my lower abdominal muscles are starting to feel sore since the baby is dropping. But the pregnancy has been really easy up to this last month so I'm really not complaining. My tummy is bigger than ever and we'll post some pictures soon.
That's about it for now. Until next time...

The finished product...

Here's the crib with the cute Classic Pooh Bear bedding. Pretty Cute!!!!!!

We have more to do on the whole nursery but this is a HUGE step in the right direction. Thank you Barb and Aaron!

Building a Crib

Thanks to Seth's parents, we were able to buy a beautiful crib this weekend. Since we both had Monday off, we had some time to put the crib together. Now we have a place to lay our beautiful baby to be. The crib took about an hour or so to put together. I read the directions and Seth screwed everything together. He's going to make a great daddy soon :) 

Surfin' Seth

Seth and I went to New Smyrna Beach on the eastern side of Florida to hang with friends who had rented a condo for the Memorial Day weekend. Seth had his second opportunity to try surfing. He was able to get standing on the board a few times but by the time he was up, the wave had already broke. Needless to say he got beat around quite a bit by the waves but gained some confidence in his surfing abilities. You go honey! 

More Baby Shower

Here's more from the baby shower. Can you guess the theme? 

Baby Shower

Our friends from church put on a baby shower for Seth and I. They did a "couples" shower since most of our friends here are married. We had so much fun! The shower was held at Gracie's Backporch Cafe in Tavares. Very cute cafe and they serve good food! We played 3 games: 1) We had to figure out what candy bar was melted in the diaper -- this was so gross and hilarious all at the same time 2) Baby pictionary -- Girls vs. Boys -- of course the girls won! 3) Seth got to chug water from a bottle. He didn't win but it was sure fun watching him try. 

Enjoy the pictures!