The Waiting Game

Well, we're officially well into the waiting stages for Baby Wilkie's arrival. My doctor's office has begun to speak to us about inducing, which I've really had my mind set against doing my whole pregnancy. But, over the last few days and weeks, I've been praying about it a lot. And I've realized that ultimately I want what is best for this baby and what is the Lord's will. And if that means that I need to be induced, then so be it. I'll go on Friday for another non-stress test (where they monitor the baby's heart rate for 15 mins or so to see if he/she is getting proper nourishment and has a good amount of amniotic fluid). I had one yesterday and Baby Wilkie was doing great. We'll have another discussion about inducing with the doc on Friday. For the mean time, I've been praying that I'll go into labor this week in order to avoid the discussion altogether.

On a lighter note, yesterday Bradley and I were at the mechanics picking up one of our cars. (Since we have 3 vehicles and none are any newer than 8 years old...we see the mechanic often). Needless to say, he was suprised to see me without the baby (as all people have been lately). He told us a funny story about inducing labor and told us that we should try it. Someone he knew popped his wife on the head with a wooden spoon, which in turn caused her water to break right then. We laughed and laughed. It's really funny how many crazy things people will tell you to do to try to induce labor. (But you never know...if you see me in the next few days with a red and swollen forehead...you'll know why). :)

Please continue to pray for us and Baby Wilkie. It's amazing how quickly 9 months can breeze by and how slowly just a few days (the days after your due date) creep by. But, like I said before, we know that the Lord is in control and our desire is for His perfect timing to be in effect for our lives and the arrival of our child.

We'll keep you posted...

Ready for baby

Well, unfortunately my next blog entry does not include pics of Baby Wilkie. But, I am so excited about the finished product of the nursery that I had to share.

37 weeks...Full Term!!

Well, we're officially full term! YES! The doc told us this week that if the baby is born now, there should be no cause for concern. Lungs and other organs should be fully developed. I never realized what a relief hearing that would really be! This week Bradley and I have worked diligently on getting the nursery together. All linens and clothes are washed. There is a sheet on the crib mattress. The diaper bag is mostly packed and what is not packed is sitting on the dresser right next to it ready to be thrown into the bag! Unfortunately, I think that it's going to be a long waiting game now. I have not yet had the desire to "Spring Clean" the entire house. There is still dirt behind my stove and the refrigerater still has yet to be wiped spotless. Ha ha ha...I doubt though that I'll have that "nesting" instinct. I'm not really one to have everything spotless, although I did think a couple of days ago about dusting the ceiling fan in our room...but only because the baby will be sleeping right under it for a few weeks/months.

Please continue to pray for us. Bradley is starting to get really busy at work and has a few more weeks of planning and organizing to do before he can feel comfortable taking time off. Please pray that the labor and delivery will go smoothly for me. And finally and most importantly, please pray that our little boy or girl will be born healthy with no complications. We are SO incredibly blessed that the Lord has entrusted us to be parents.

What a difference!

I really shouldn't admit this...but this is the same shirt worn at 19 weeks and 34 weeks pregnant! Ha ha ha...

As the days and weeks to my due date are winding down...Bradley and I are getting more and more excited to meet precious Baby Wilkie. The nursery is getting closer and closer to getting finished and we've even started thinking about packing a bag soon. Early on in the pregnancy we thought that these days would never come, but thankfully time has flown by and we are less than 40 days (ish) from meeting our little one. Our friends and family have been so supportive and it means so much to us to receive all of the calls and emails inquiring about how we're doing. What a special and joyous time this has been. We'll be sure to keep posting updates as they come! Thanks for all of your prayers and support.

Working on the nursery!

Over the last few weeks, Bradley and I have finally begun working on setting up the nursery. We have pulled up the old carpet and put down new carpet (thanks Papa), painted the base boards and put them back on and put together all of the furniture. It's still not a finished product, so I'll post more pics once I get it all set up. :)

Old carpet has been pulled up and the new padding and carpet is ready to be installed.

Bradley is putting the base boards back on after I sanded them down and painted them. I felt so accomplished that I actually did some "work" on the room. Yes, I used sand paper! He he he!!(We painted the walls the color that we wanted when we moved into our house last year and I'm just keeping that color and accenting it with greens and cream colors for the baby.)

Bradley is putting together my glider.

And here am I enjoying the glider! Thankfully he put this together first, so when he was putting together the crib I had a place to sit other than the floor (it is getting more and more difficult to get off of the floor lately).

I love the crib.

And finally we put together the stoller (which is a total travel system with a baby carrier and everything). I just can't wait to put my precious little child in this room!

15 weeks to go...

Well, I'm at the point now where I've decided to count down instead of continuing to count up. Our baby is definitely moving around tons now and I've begun to notice patterns of his/her movements. Most noticebly...it moves a lot in the mornings and after I eat. I think it's going to take after it's dad...ha ha ha...

Baby Names

While I was in Fort Worth Jake told me that he thought that our baby was going to be a boy. So, I asked him if it was a boy, then what should we name him? He suggested "Megatron" (which is some kind of super-hero something or other). Stiffling a laugh, I asked what other name he'd suggest. He said "Optimus Prime" (who is a Transformer). Well, at this point I was totally cracking up. I told him that I didn't think that those names would be ideal for a little boy since they were super heros. I asked him to suggest a little boy name. He said "Charlie" and I said that we already had a Charlie in our family (his little brother). So he suggested another super hero..."Bumble Bee" (another Transformer). Oh well...I may not have any new baby names but I sure did get a good laugh out of it!

19 weeks and counting...

Well, I've had many requests for a preggo pic...so here it is. I'm around 19 1/2 weeks (just about halfway through the pregnancy). It really seems as though the baby/belly grows every single day! I'm continuously amazed that there is a sweet little life growing inside of me. I know that I've shared this verse before but the Lord is continually taking me back to it...

"Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward". What a blessing our little baby has already been to us. We just can't wait to meet you in March!