December showers bring January babies

First let me start off with my 34 week baby bump picture (taken 2 weeks ago)!

The belly is getting pretty big and now I can't believe the due date is exactly 1 month away as today marks 36 weeks!

The baby shower was on December 5th and it was a wonderful time!! I was so happy to see my friends and family who could make it to the party and I couldn't believe all the great gifts I got for Sophie. It was just so perfect! She now has plenty of pretty pink clothes and blankets and all sorts of things to play with. Plus, I got lots of useful items and things for mommy to use too. I can't wait for her to get here so we can start using everything! My sister-in-law made a diaper cake which turned out to be the neatest thing. What a great idea for a baby shower! For anyone who needs a great idea...check out this picture...it's adorable:

Also, I have the nursery looking better and better now. All the goodies are in their place and ready to be used. Here are a couple updated photos:

I have my 36 week doctor appointment tomorrow and then I start going weekly to check in and see how things are progressing. So, hopefully I'll have more updates soon. I guess this is all for now!

Nursery (in progress...)

I wanted to post some pictures of Sophia's nursery that is still a work in progress. The crib, changing table, glider, and bookshelf are ready although we are still deciding on the right places for everything. The pictures I made to match the bedding are framed and are sitting on the bookshelf waiting to be hung...we just haven't gotten around to it. There is still plenty to add to the room. It's getting there though! A pretty pink room for a pretty little girl! :)

33 1/2 week appointment update!

So we went in for another ultrasound yesterday as our little girl had been measuring big the last 2 appointments. Everything looked great though! Fluid levels are good and she is weighing 5 lbs 4 oz! They said that was only a teeny bit bigger than average and that she is really only measuring about a week ahead not the two that the doctor had been measuring on my big ol' belly. Hopefully she won't have any big growth spurts, though :) It's starting to look a little cramped in there already! Good news is that she is head down now, which I think I've known for a little bit since that's where I can feel most of her hiccuping :) Let's just hope she stays that way and she's preparing to arrive sooner than later! The OB said by now most babies stay where they are at, so fingers are crossed.

I am posting some of the ultrasound pictures here, although they didn't turn out as good as the last ones we had. I think the ultrasound tech was bored with cute baby pictures so she decided to be humorous and print out lots of weird ones with with her mouth open and tongue sticking out. I also think it looks like she has big puffy angelina jolie baby lips...we're not sure where that's coming from :) With every view of her, though, we just get more and more excited to meet her.