34 Weeks

Only six more weeks (or less!) to go! I am starting to get nervous! My next doctor's appt is Jan. 13th. I will be exactly 36 weeks. It's crazy to think that after that appointment Madden could pretty much come at any time! Although we have actually gotten a lot accomplished the last couple of weeks, I feel like we still have TONS to do before he gets here. His room is painted, all the furniture is in place, and the bedding should be here anyday. We picked up his rocking chair a couple of days ago and I love it! This was a present from Matt's parents...

Madden's coming home outfit from Lauren and Josh

I had already bought this gown knowing I wanted to get it monogrammed for him to wear home from the hospital. Lauren had no idea I had even picked it out much less bought it. She bought it and had it monogrammed for Madden's Christmas present. Great minds think alike! Thankfully mine was not monogrammed yet so I can take it back. Thanks Lauren and Josh!

Christmas 2011

Our tree

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! We started off at my Granny's Christmas Eve for lunch. Here are a few pics...

Me, Lauren, and Erica

Granny and Mom

Me and Dad

Sweet Sam Henry

Christmas Eve we stayed at my parent's house....

Lauren and Josh gave Madden his coming home outfit! Love it!

Mom and Dad gave Lauren and I a subscription to People magazine! Great gift!

As you can see, it was the perfect gift for us!

Mom and Dad

Rob got a new watch

Before church on Christmas morning

After church we went to have Christmas breakfast at my Nonnies.....

Lauren and I with Nonnie

Nonnie opening her watch from Lauren and me

Love these Christmas trees at Nonnies!

After Nonnies, we headed over to Matt's parents to have Christmas with them.....

Matt, Chad, and Elijah having a BB gun competition

Patiently waiting to have a turn

Easton finally got a turn!

Emmett Jack with his stack of presents

Poor Easton was sick on Christmas : (

It's hard to believe this was our last Christmas just Matt and I. Next year it will all revolve around Madden and we can't wait!

33 Weeks

Symptoms I am now experiencing: hot flashes (quite frequently I find myself burning up!), more intense Braxton Hicks contractions, even more frequent trips to the bathroom, and just being flat out uncomfortable especially at night. This little guy is still very very active. I feel like now that he is pretty crowded in there I feel every move he makes. Those little elbows and knees can be pretty uncomfortable at times!

We have finally made a ton of progress getting things ready for this baby. His carseat and stroller came in!

Daddy putting the stroller together



32 Weeks

32 Weeks

We went to the doctor last week and everything looked great. They will start checking his weight and position when I am 36 weeks. We are officially going to appointments every two weeks now! I feel like we are finally getting things accomplished as far as baby preparation goes. Madden's carseat came in today! We now have his dresser for his room (present from Uncle Josh and Aunt Lauren!..Thank you!). Also his  bedding and rocker should be in anytime now. We are finally painting his room this week! Love that things are finally coming together!

31 Weeks & A Baby Shower

31 weeks..9 wks or less to go!

We have our next dr. appointment tomorrow. I am anxious to see how much he has grown in the past 3 weeks. We will be having our appointments every two weeks from now on!

Sunday we had our first baby shower at my church. It was so much fun! We got a lot of precious things for Madden. It definitely made reality set in seeing all the diapers and oufits that he will be wearing. We are so close to meeting this baby!

Mom (Janie), Me, and Lauren at the shower

Pam (Mimi) and Beth

The grandmothers!

Precious gown Erica gave me

Erica

One of my favorite gifts! Love this frame!

Handwritten by our pastor's wife...beautiful!

Loved seeing his name on things!

More cute monogrammed gifts

Sign for the nursery

My Nonnie

Showing Matt all the gifts

Proud parents-to-be!

I want to say a big thank you to everyone for all of the wonderful gifts! Can't wait to put them to use!

30 Weeks

Madden and his mother are getting big! I am starting to feel very pregnant, especially at night. It is becoming very hard to get comfortable. I am constantly switching sides when sleeping. Madden loves to get his exercise in at night which doesn't help with the sleeping. However, he loves to get his exercise in during the day too. I don't think an hour goes by that he hasn't kicked or rolled around many times. I'm afraid we may have a very active little boy on our hands. This week I have also been getting the dizzy feeling a lot throughout the day. Braxton Hicks contractions haven't been as bad this past week. Those things freak me out. My doctor told me if I had 5 or 6 in an hour that I needed to call and let her know. On many occasions I will have up to four in an hour! It always makes me nervous. So thankfully they have happened less since about 29 weeks. I think that's about it as far as symptoms goes for this week.

This weekend I will be having my first baby shower at my church! I can't wait! It's definitely going to make things so real and probably send me into a little panic mode considering we are getting SO close to having him. I still have TONS to do. Thankfully I will be out for Christmas break in two weeks, so I am hoping to get lots accomplished.