Happy Birthday Auntie Cheryl!!!

Well, I guess it's time! The hospital called at 6:00 am and asked if we were ready to have a baby today. So we are in the process of getting everyone packed up and out the door to be there by 7:30 am. I can't even explain the emotions that are running through us right now. Here are the last of the belly pics to keep you all satified until we have baby pics, hopefully later today or tomorrow! Thanks for all the well wishes! We love you all!

On the way to the hospital

Last but not least, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTIE CHERYL!!! She says this is the best present.

Eggs, Appointments, Shower and Growing Belly Pictures

For Easter, Heath and I stayed home and decorated some awesome Easter eggs. You've got to love SpongeBob!! I had to mention it because they turned out so great, that and I love posting pictures of my super handsome husband.

Last week we went to our doctor's appointment and for once it unfortunately didn't go as we had planned. We had gotten so used to our uneventful appointments that this one caused us a little shock and forced us to wake up and realize that this little guy is coming sooner rather than later. My blood pressure was high (120/98), it's been 120/80 every single appointment and I'm measuring bigger than I should be at this point. Dr. Rogers told us that we needed to immediately go to the hospital and get admitted for monitoring and she scheduled us for an ultrasound on Monday to check and see what little dude was up to in there. So after 2 hours of monitoring at the hospital, the on-call doctor decided that we need to go in for monitoring twice weekly until Baby Hilton decides to grace us with his presence. Heath and I thought that this seemed a little extreme and overly cautious but we'd better be safe than sorry when it comes to the well being of our new addition.

So, we woke up this morning and headed for monitoring at the hospital. We got out of the elevator and were very excited to see that our doctor was on-call. We were really hoping that everything would be fine and she would decide that we didn't need to go get admitted for monitoring twice a week. The first blood pressure reading was a tad high, but the second two were on the normal/low end. My urine came back completely negative for protein (this is a good thing), the little guy was having a good number of movements and my temperature was normal. So, Dr. Rogers has decided to cancel all further monitoring appointments as long as all goes well at our weekly visits. YEA!! It seems as though I need to rest a little before getting my pressure taken, they tend to rush us into our appointments after climbing two sets of stairs. The doctors now says, once we get to the office if my pressure is high she just wants to have me rest for a few minutes and then try again. Sounds good to us!!!

Next we went across the street for our ultrasound appointment. We found out that I'm measuring “large for dates” due to the fact that I have more amniotic fluid than “normal”. We were told that they like to see a measurement of 8-18 for the fluid and we are measuring 20. According the technician, this is nothing to worry about, they would be worried if there wasn't enough. She then measured a bunch of different areas on the little guy and he is measuring right on target for his May 17th due date. The only area that seemed to be measuring differently were his legs, they measured at 41 weeks, we're at 37 weeks. Heath asked, “What's going on with his legs?”, her response was, “They're really long!”. He's going to be tall just like his Daddy!!! She had a hard time trying to see his face, he's head down and facing my back, and whenever we would just get close enough to catch a peek he'd put his feet in front of his face, stubborn!! Wonder where that came from???

It's his face I promise.

So, long story short, everything is great!!! More news Wednesday, we have our regular check-up that morning, hopefully we'll find out if we are dilating or progressing at all.

We also had an amazing baby shower on Saturday! My awesome friends Heather Canessa and Cami Petrie put it together and we had so much fun. My mother-in-law, Terri (she stayed and made us dinner that night as well, yummy, yummy fried chicken), my new sister-in-law, Debbye, and her daughter Maddie, all my friends and most of my co-workers were able to make it. We had an awesome lasagna lunch prepared by the Canessas, had cupcakes from Trophy, and even played some games. We got a ton of fun things from everyone and I'm pretty sure everyone had a great time. It was the best day, Heather and Cami really did a great job, they are the best friends a girl could have!!! I can't thank everyone that made it to the shower enough. It meant so much to me, especially since my Mom and sister are so far away and were unable to make it. I hope you enjoy these pictures from the shower. Heath came along and was our own personal paparazzi. How did he do?

Lastly, here are some belly pics, enjoy, I certainly don't enjoy having them taken!!!

Week 36 Day 1

Week 37 Day 3

Week 38 Day 1

WA Alarm showered the baby....with presents!!!

We had a great baby shower on Friday, April 3rd. Heath's work has three employees expecting babies in the coming weeks and they got together and threw a party for all of us. We had a great lunch catered, tons of decorations, and we even had a cake!!! We got a bunch of presents as you can see below.











We were also given a couple of gift cards from various co-workers. The one from Target has already been used, we were able to get the baby's bathtub, some hooded bath towels, washcloths and a super cool pair of shoes. The company also gave us some of their rewards points from one of their suppliers and with these we were able to order our jumperoo, high chair, and Heath picked out a sunshade with the points remaining. What an amazing party! We can't thank Washington Alarm and Heath's co-workers enough for their generosity!!

We have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday, it should be routine and pretty uneventful. Until next time here are a couple more wonderful belly pics.

Week 34 Day 1

Week 35 Day 1

A BLOG of Epic Proportions

I know, it's been a long time since our last entry. Things have been pretty busy and we just haven't been able to force ourselves to come up with something witty and entertaining. But enough is enough, we are throwing down the gauntlet and officially sitting down to force ourselves to be captivating and AWE-inspiring! We know that there are people out there are wondering what we've been up to . . . and now that pondering has taken over my mind, I have no idea what in the world we HAVE been up to. So as this list comes together; believe me, I also have no clue what's coming next.

Brace thyself and keep your *gasp*s in check.

We had our glucose tolerance test the end of February (yes, we know it's the end March). We failed the first time and had to schedule the dreaded 3 hour test. I was really upset but Heath and Cheryl helped me through. I decided to try to not worry about it too much because Heath and I had a great trip planned. The conclusion to follow after the suspense has properly percolated.

At the beginning of March, we decided to go away for the weekend as a late Christmas present and a final get away before our bundle of joy arrives in the world. So we packed ourselves up and to our surprise Mr. Malcolm (recently back from witness relocation ) decided to join us on our adventure. So up, up and away we went to the mountains for a weekend in Leavenworth, Washington. For those of you who don't know about Leavenworth, it's one of my favorite places that Heath has ever taken me. It's this little Bavarian village on the other side of the mountain pass, filled with strange / fantastic shops and all kinds of fun things to do ( like say Ya Sure Ya Betcha or even eat Bratwurst . . . YUM! ). All of the buildings in the quaint town are required to be Bavarian style; it makes me feel like I've traveled to another country, even though it's only a couple hours away. Best yet, no Custom's line to stand in, BONUS! Even with the awesomeness that is Leavenworth, the hotel was rather shady and we felt as though we were "On the LAMB". I say to that BAAA and Humbug even.

You can check out our little Bavarian Village here: http://www.leavenworth.org/

We made it back from Leavenworth and the very next day, we had the 3 hour glucose test. It felt a lot longer than 3 hours and leave it to me to end up with the guy that has been taking people's blood for 2 years and still sucks at it. Thankfully Heath was there by my side the whole time to keep me company and support me CRAYOLA style.

We had barely left the hospital and the doctor's office called us with the results. We passed!!! Now the only thing I had to worry about was the fact that my whole right arm was one huge bruise. After enduring almost two weeks of bruising and offers that "Love Shouldn't Hurt", thankfully the evidence finally faded. My veins weren't very helpful and neither was my friend at the hospital; apparently 2 years isn't close to enough training for him.

That weekend my Mom came to visit. We were hoping for a nice weekend. Mother Nature had other ideas and Mom got treated to what snow is like in Washington. It was pretty crazy, but I think we all had a great time. We didn't really do anything; I'm kind of boring these days. We went to dinner and Mom got to meet my good friend Heather. Then we went on a shopping spree at the crazy baby store (Babies R Us). Mom felt like she needed to help us get ready for baby. There were still some major items that we needed to feel comfortable in bringing him home. Mom to the rescue!!! She got us our travel system, and a Diaper Champ, a bottle set and sterilizer, some clothes, and a super cool book shelf . There are a bunch of other things she got us as well, I just can't remember everything right now. We definitely feel a little more prepared and are very grateful that she was able to come out and visit and help us out.

We met with a pediatrician and have decided she will be the one we take our little guy to. She was really nice and answered all of our questions exactly the way we hoped. Thanks a million to Cheryl who coached me on the way to the doctor's office on what questions I needed to ask. I really would be lost without her. Best. Sister. Ever!

We had a doctor's appointment this morning ( Thursday ), another uneventful appointment taken care of. I think sooner rather that later my routine appointments are going to start becoming less easy and comfortable. The days are flying by and we can't wait to meet our little guy. He is on strict orders to stay in there until May 17th!! His Auntie Cheryl, Uncle Jeremy and cousin Isaiah will be here then and we know we'll need all their knowledge to make it through the first few days.

So, that's what we've been up too! Please enjoy our belly picture and hopefully it won't be so long until we see you next time. Special thanks to my Honeydew, Heath, for editing and adding some spice to this post. XOXOXO

Week 30 Day 1

Week 30 Day 7

Week 32 Day 1

Week 32 Day 7