39 week belly

well here it is...my 39 week belly. this could be the last belly shot but i will try and take one final photo before brady arrives. i have been feeling good just a little tired and heavy. i can definitely tell brady is positioning himself because there is a lot more heaviness at the bottom of my belly. he is still moving around a lot and if the calculations are right he probably weighs around 8.6 lbs right now.

we got some good news at our last dr. visit. i am being induced on monday september 1st.!!!! that is very exciting news for me because i am DONE with being pregnant. luckily i have had a pretty easy pregnancy and have no stretch marks but at this point i am mentally done and ready to meet our little baby boy. we told our doc that we wanted to make sure that he delivered brady. we also told him that scott works an hour away at night so we were a little nervous that i would go into labor while he was at work. of course we were a little nervous but i mainly didn't want to go past my due date.

i ended up starting my maternity leave this week so it works out perfectly. i will be off for one week before brady gets here. just enough time to do all my last minute things and spend some quality time with my hubby. we realize that things are going to be very different around here so catching a movie, going out to dinner, sleeping in....yes we are doing it all now :)

i do get a little anxiety about it all as it nears. both about the labor and also about becoming a mommy. it is all so overwhelming but we can do it and have a great support group to help.

if i don't get another chance for a belly shot than the next photos will be of brady ryan currier :-)

38 week belly pics

well it is actually 2 days shy of 38 weeks but close enough in my book. please disregard the hair because my mom and i spent the day doing brady's room. scott had done a lot of the furniture stuff but then we purchased another dresser for all brady's clothes. my mom and i put everything away and took everything out of boxes. now we really feel that much more ready for brady's arrival. i still need to pack our hospital bag and get a few odds and ends....besides that, brady is welcome any day!!

i am thinking that he will come this next weekend only because scott is working all weekend and my mom, brother and sister-in-law are all going away camping so nobody will be around. no worries because scott can be home within 45 minutes....actually probably 30 minutes knowing him.

we have our next appointment this tuesday. not sure if we will hear anything new but i will be sure to let everyone know if we do.

37 week 3d ultrasound :-)

today scott and i had an ultrasound to check on brady....mainly to see his size and position. well EVERYTHING looks perfect!! his heart and brain developed fine and yes...he is still a boy. they took measurments to see how big he is and he is measuring at 7.3 lbs. we couldn't believe it!! she mentioned that i am measuring about 4 days earlier than my due date. if he stays in my belly until 40 weeks he could weigh 8.5-9 lbs.

things are going great for us. i am still feeling good and trying to prepare for his arrival. i did a lot of laundry in the sweet smelling dreft detergent. the only problem is we don't have enough space for all his cute outfits and blankets. guess we will be investing in another dresser.

so here are the photos from our ultrasound....i knew that i loved brady already but after seeing his chubby little cheeks it made my heart melt...scott's too. we are sooo looking forward to holding him for the first time...it is the only thing i can think about. i am not nervous just so anxious to see him.

look at those cheeks and lips. his eyes are closed here

here his eyes are open and that thing in front of his face is his foot!! he is actually in a very good position for delivery. it's so fun because when he moves i know which part of him i feel. scott and i are trying to figure out who he look like...i think he has scott's nose and possibly my lips...but after thinking about it i think they look like my daddy's (more in the first photo)

36 weeks pregnant

hi all...i am now 36 weeks pregnant so i thought it was about time to post a new belly photo. my belly grows every day and i can feel brady rolling around in there all the time. we are very excited because we have an ultrsound scheduled for monday morning :-) we are hoping that our dr.'s office will give us a 3d one like they did last time. we haven't seen our little boy since i was around 20 weeks so i am sure he has changed a lot! we are very excited for his arrival and can't wait to meet him. the room is coming along and i finally bought my first big container of dreft (baby detergent) now i can wash all his newborn clothes, sheets and blankets. the next big step is to pack my hospital bag...yup i have been putting that one off for a while. once that is done i will feel very prepared for brady's debut.

it's funny because bella and sully always try to get in the photos when we do belly shots...you can see bella's little head in one of these photos.

the beginning of brady's nursery

scott and i are so very excited because we finally bought brady's crib and one dresser/changing table combo for his room. everyone always asks if we are ready and the first thing i think of is NO WAY!!! the room was still a spare bedroom. so within a week my amazing husband completely transformed the spare bedroom into brady's adorable nursery. it is definitely not finished yet but getting close. we went to le baby yesterday and picked out his crib and dresser. scott actually picked it out and it looks great! he also did a ton last night and it looks soooo cute. we went with a puppy theme and it is called "handsome puppy". we don't have anything on the walls yet and we probably won't do any painting because we are hoping to move into a new place. thanks to my hubby, our bedroom is set up with brady's cradle (the one that my brother and i used as a baby). i am officially 36 weeks pregnant and feel great that scott has done all of this to get ready for his arrival.

thank you so much mommy and daddy for buying the beautiful crib. it is perfect and i know brady will love it!!!

brady's new crib






brady's dresser/changing table

the vanity that scott bought me for my 30th birthday...it matches everything perfectly

also the glider chair that we got on craigslist

on a seperate note...this is the ice cream cupcake that gina and billie jo made at my shower. it was the top of the cupcake tower. i had to take a photo of it because it looked so perfect...and tasted soooo delicious.