Almost Time!

I am now 36 weeks today. I have been very busy and trying to leave time to relax. My hours are lowered to 25 hours a week because of summer schedules and I cannot really work by myself! I think it is for the best though. Joe and I are both on a one week vacation right now and we are trying to get everything done that we possibly can. I got the room painted and my hospital bag ready to go.
We had a doctor appointment today and everything is normal. I am measuring right where I should be, blood pressure good, weight gain good, and heartbeat good. I have gained 32 pounds so far. She is definitely moving enough. She still has the hick ups everyday and she is kicking my ribs all day long. Not complaining though. I think I will miss this when she gets here but we are so anxious to see her and meet her.
We got the crib. It was a long process to find the right crib. Everyone should know how picky I am. Feel bad for Joe. He was very patient though. We got it from Babies R Us. First time we got it, it was in stock and took it right home. We got it out and there was a scratch, a chunk of the corner missing, and a huge crack in the back board. So, we ordered a new one and got it today. All is good and all is put together! Yaaaaeee!!!!

This is our baby girls crib!

6/5/09

7/1/09

Oh - we got our pictures done last week so if anyone wants to see them they can go to

http://www.snaptotsphotos.com/ then go to captured moments then in the box type in lewis !

They will be posted until Monday the 6th.

June update!

I wrote a couple weeks ago but I forgot to post it. That was a waist of time. I have done a lot in the last couple weeks.

I had my two baby showers. They were great. We were gifted some awesome items and it was so fun putting everything away. I am in the process of writing my thank you cards. It is taking a long time I have at least 60 notes to write. During the shower for Joe's family Joe had a diaper party for all the guys. We are stocked up for diapers and wipes for a while. We found a place in our tiny house to store them all. I was worried about that but we did it. Now I just have to get ready to wash her clothes. I have one more shower that my boss is planning. That is next weekend.

We had to get the babies room walls fixed. There were a couple holes that were in them. We are fortunate enough to have a friend that helped us. He has been coming over for the last couple weeks and patching them for us. Now they are done and it is ready to paint. I am starting to paint today. I got permission from the doctor so I will probably do most of it. I don't want it to get messed up and I would be afraid for Joe to try to paint it. He will be doing other things around the house that I can't do anyways. So I am excited to get the room done and post pics.

We got both of the gardens put in the flower garden around the house and Joe's vegetable garden. Joe did all of this. It looks nice around the house and I wanted it done before the baby came. I knew if it did not get done now it never would. Joe also got our air conditioner in. We have only used it a couple times but I am so glad we got it.

We had a doctor appointment which is every two weeks now. It was just a regular OB check. Everything is great. We had to get another ultrasound though. We were not expecting it. They wanted to check one last time if the placenta was in the right spot. Which it was. It was good to see that everything was good and we got to get more pics of our baby girl. We have another appointment on the 10th. I am just dealing with the kicks in the ribs at this point. My ribs hurt so bad but I just keep telling myself that I am happy she is active and I know she is ok.

I feel like I have so much to do but my hours will be lowering at work soon so I will have a lot oftime on my hands. I am for sure in the nesting mode so I will have to tell myself to sit down every once in a while.

June 5

May 18

Mom's shower cake

Cathy's shower cake

Test Results

Last week I got my blood results back and my sugar was normal. I did have low iron so I have to take extra iron everyday. It is not that bad though. I am at 10.4 and the normal is 12 to 14. Because we are going to the woman's practice I have more than one doctor. This has not been a problem until now. One doctor is concerned and another doctor says it is no big deal. The doc that is concerned is not too worried but wants me to take the iron pills. I just think it is a little weird that they are so different in opinions. I guess I'd rather take them and be safe than not. Everything else is completely normal and we are both healthy. My weight is good and I am measuring right where I should be. At the time I was 291/2 weeks and I measured at 30. I am suppose to measure at the same amount of weeks I am at.

Her head is down and she has her butt sticking out next to my belly button. She will move from side to side. Almost every time Joe rubs my belly she pushes her butt out more. It's really funny. She has been getting the hick ups once a day. I don;t think she likes having them because every time she gets them she starts to wiggle around.

I am really excited for my shower this weekend and I can't wait to see everyone. Here are some pics!

April 24th

May18th

Asia is still being protective!

Picture update

I am sorry I have not gotten any pictures posted. We got a new laptop so we could have get rid of our computer and make a little more room. So I had to get all my pictures over to my laptop and it took me a little bit.

I drank my "orange drink" and it was actually ok. It just tasted like flat orange pop. I have not heard from the doctor so I am assuming everything was fine. I go back for a checkup on the 15th.

These pictures are from Easter.

Saturday before Easter

Easter Sunday

Monday after Easter.

I am bigger now (a month later ) so I will get new pics off my camera

Update at 27 weeks

Tomorrow I will be 27 weeks. I cannot believe that I am already this far along. On April 17th we had an appointment and the baby and I are both healthy. I have been very blessed during this pregnancy. Also, on this day we found out that I had gained 10 pounds in 4 weeks. This can be something to be concerned about if I continued to gain this much. I am really only SUPPOSE TO gain 1 pound a week. I had to go back a week later, which was April 24th, to just see a nurse to check my weight. When I went in I had not gained anymore weight which was good so their was nothing to worry about. Just a little growth spurt.

Now this Friday I have to drink my "ORANGE DRINK" and get my blood drawn. This is to check glucose. I am a little nervous on what the drink with taste like. I will make it through ok. I will let you all know how that goes. I will probably find out the results at my next appointment which is May 15th.

This last weekend she had the hick ups for the first time. It was the cutest thing ever. Of coarse I cried. Don't ask me why. I cry at everything these days. She is still kicking everyday all day. I had a child at work sitting on my lap and he said "Hey, your belly is bumpin in there!" He was very worried.

I will try to get pictures posted soon!

On Friday afternoon we got another ultrasound. During this one she was not as active as the other one but during it she yawned. It was the cutest thing ever. The doc replayed it three times for us. Here are some pics for everyone to see.

March 13th

March 16th. She wanted to say hi to everyone!

March 19th

April 5th

.

These are the girl parts!

April 3rd.

Daddy Joe's belly!

Asia never leaves me alone since I've been pregnant!

Hope you all enjoy the pics!

BOY or GIRL

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry I have not given an update. I know everyone is waiting or has already found out by someone. OK I had my appointment on the 16th and we found out it is a GIRL!!!!! We were so excited to finally know that we went and looked at baby items for the registry that next weekend. We will probably register soon since I have to have so many showers. At the ultrasound the doctor made a comment about how much she moved. We were in there for a half an hour and she did not stop moving. One minute she was doing a hand stand the next minute she was sitting on her feet. She moved into so many different positions the doctor gave us about 10 pictures. I will try to post some of them this weekend. Everything is healthy and growing well.
I am still feeling good. It's getting harder everyday to do the simplest chores. I either will get out of breath or I physically can't do something and have to wait for Joe to do it. I have to go shopping for a outfit to wear for Easter and that will be a trip and a half. All and all though I am enjoying being pregnant and for the most part I really don't mind random people rubbing my belly. What I enjoy the most is feeling her move she moves so much. She will sometimes keep me up at night. If I set something on my belly she will kick it off.
Along with the pics of the baby I will post my belly (which has grown quite a lot) and I got a request for Joe's growing belly:)

Oh, you are probably all wondering about a name. We have no clue!