Maddy update and a great suprise!

Hey there! I just wanted to give everyone an update on how Madelyn and I are doing. Now that I am officially full term, she could come any day now! I am very excited about that but at the same time, I do not have everything ready for her that I would like. We haven't been able to get to our house because of the snow and ice that has been on our road, so that has slowed down progress on the nursery! Jeremy hopes to go up there today and work on it. Also, our heat and water still are not working. It has warmed up somewhat, so hopefully that can be fixed soon. I know that God will bring everything together. I just don't need to worry so much...!

Well, last night Jeremy and I were going to a basketball game. We had originally planned to watch the VA Tech vs UVA woman's game. I work right across from the campus of Tech so the plan was he would just pick me up after work, we would get dinner and go watch the game. One of the girls that I work with is the coach of the dance team at Radford University. She told me that Radford was playing VMI and it was a men's game. We thought that game may be more exciting and so we decided to go there instead. Radford is also closer to our house. So, we got to the game and as soon as we go there, I had to go to the bathroom really bad. Found the bathroom, came out and I started having really bad back pains. I then got really nausious and started feeling very hot! My first thought was, "oh great, I'm gonna have this baby at a basketball game!!" I was not very happy...! Jeremy decided it would probably be best to go home and so we did! When I got in the car, I started feeling better and the rest of the night I was fine. I guess we just had a false alarm! I do however believe that she will be here sooner than Feb. 10th!

Now for the suprise! This morning when I got to work, the girls gave me a present and a cake! I was very shocked! They are so wonderful to do that for me! The thing that I was the most excited about was the diaper bag. As most of you know, I am a huge Vera Bradley fan. The thing that I have been wanting more than anything since I found out I was pregnant was the Vera Diaper bag to match my purse! Well....they got it for me! I was so thrilled!! I could not thank them enough. Here is my new diaper bag!Sorry for the long post, but I had alot to cover today...lol. I will keep everyone updated on Madelyn and let you know as soon as I can when she is born! Please keep us in your prayers!

Progress...

Slowly but surely we are making progress with the nursery. We have had a few minor setbacks, but everything is starting to come together. I bought the crib set from Target back in October and have since then been looking for the perfect crib. I had a few choices and today I finally decided on one! I really loved the way the crib set was pictured with a white crib so I just had to have one! Here is the one that I decided to go with!












I found it online at Wal-Mart for a very good price and they do free shipping if you have it sent to the store! It should arrive it just a couple of weeks. I can't wait to put it all together with the crib set. Tonight we are going to try and finish sanding and painting the walls. We had to putty the walls quite a bit because they weren't in very good shape. Hopefully we can finish that up so tomorrow we can start laying the floor. We decided to go with hardwood. I think that will be a nice touch!

I mentioned earlier we had a few minor setbacks. Well, the weather has been extremely cold here and has caused our pipes to freeze and we think they may have busted! Please pray that we can get all of that taken care of before Madelyn gets here. I really don't want her to come home to such a crazy house...lol!

As far as baby Maddy goes, I had my 36 week check up on Wednesday and everything looks great! The doctor said that my cervix is softening. I'm not really sure what that means, but I would assume that I am nearing the end! I also had my test done for Strep B. Pray that it comes back negative because that could cause potential problems during the delivery! I cannot wait until she gets here. I'm getting very anxious!

I will post more later on. Hopefully I can give you a sneak preview of the nursery!

The Baby Bowl

This past weekend I had my first baby shower given by my mother in law! She did such a great job with everything! The theme was centered around all the football bowl games that have been happening recently. Now I know that football is for boys, but you have to understand that my family loves football! So we decided that the shower would be a "baby bowl". It was very fun and we received alot of nice things! Here are just a few pictures from the party that I wanted to share with everyone.

My grandmother is throwing me a shower this weekend! I will post pictures as soon as I can!

P.S. Here is the 35 weeks belly!

What's in a name?

I was reading Kathlyn's blog and thought this was really fun to do! You should try it and see what you come up with.

WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's & father's middle names)Ann Wayne

NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad )Barney Alfred

STAR WARS NAME: (the first 2 letters of your last name, first 4 letters of your first name)Faalli

DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color, fav animal)Purple Turtle

SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you live)Alena Max Meadows

SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning)The Pink Soda

FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)Aley

GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie):Half Baked Peanut Butter

ROCK STAR NAME: (current pet's name, current street name)Turken Grouse Ridge

That was really funny! I'm interested to see everyone's names

For your entertainment!

I know, second post in one day! I just had to share this with everyone. I'm sure many of you may have already heard of it, but it's called elfyourself.com. I made one with my mom, dad, kevin, jeremy and I as the elves! Take a look!

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/JRLkL7b3gYEzd5hL


I thought it was pretty funny! You should make one too!

Entering the home stretch!

This morning I went to see my doctor and the appointment went very well! I have only gained 2 pounds since my last appointmet 2 weeks ago. I guess I did better than I thought over Thanksgiving! Christmas is coming though, so hopefully, I can be disciplined enough to not eat alot.

I also got my results back from my glucose test and I passed! My doctor told me that anything below 140 is normal and mine was 132! She actually told me that some people say anything below 130 is normal, so I'm glad she didn't go with those numbers or I would have to take another test!

Besides all that, the baby is measuring normal and everything is going very well with my pregnancy! I really thank God that he has allowed me to have such an easy pregnancy. Sometimes, I may think that my little back aches are the most aweful thing in the world at the time, but I truly have gotten by so easy! I'm just amazed all the time that God has allowed me to carry this life inside of me and give her the best possible home that we can!

Here are some updated pictures that I took last night of myself! I'm definetly getting bigger!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving has come and gone, but it was such a wonderful weekend! Jeremy and I hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year and we were so glad that we did. Everything turned out so nice and my first attempt at a turkey went very well! Jeremy and I also decorated the house some for Christmas! I love our tree that we have. We went with a red and gold theme (if you can't tell...haha). I absolutely love the holidays and I'm so glad that they are here!

Here are some pictures from the weekend!


This picture doesn't do my turkey justice, but it
did turn out very good! We just had some
trouble transfering it to the platter!



Jeremy and I in our kitcken. I just had to bring
out my apron! It doesn't quite fit like it used to
though!



I also made a pumpkin pie this year. I guess it
was a success also!



This is my "secret" recipe. Chocolate Banana Pudding!



This is our living room all decorated for Christmas!




I made these stockings last night! Very cheap craft!


Our very first Christmas Tree! We
had so much fun decorating it together!
Can't wait to put presents underneath!