35 weeks- we could be having a baby this month!

Madeline is 35 weeks this week. We are less than one month away from her official due date- January 1st! My doctor told me she would induce in late December if we wanted, assuming all was heathy with Maddie. Maybe Madeline will share her daddy's birthday- 12/28!

At 35 weeks Madeline is probably over 18 inches long and a little over 5 lbs. I definitely have taken a quick turn to uncomfortable-ville the last week. I feel VERY big. My feet are starting to swell majorly, I have periods where I can't breathe, and I've got baby body parts poking me all over the place! I'm also having Braxton Hicks contractions throughout the day. I guess I'm just paying my dues, right?

Here is a little video of Madeline's room so far. We wanted to test our Flip video camera that we bought. The room is getting close to being done- just need some curtains hung and a few more items on the wall! For some reason, the video gets pretty pixily/ blurry at the end- I'm not sure why. Fellow bloggers- any tips?

We lost Stella the other night and were looking for her around the house. We found her in the baby's room sleeping in front of the crib. It was very sweet. I think she's getting excited for the new family member!

So thankful!

Happy Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for all of the blessings in my life- my wonderful husband, our loving families and friends and, of course!, our soon to be daughter!

I hope that everyone gets to spend today with the ones that they love.

As promised, here are some photos from my baby shower on Sunday. This one was thrown by Laura and Robin and was a lot of fun! I invited a few girls from work, some hockey wives, and neighborhood friends.

Laura's decorations- she makes these custom banners!

My work buddies- we spend a lot of time together!

Jackie & Harper- Madeline's soon to be neighborhood buddy.

Laura and I!

Wonderful hosts! Thank you for a wonderful afternoon!

Weekend of showers!

This weekend, Chris and I had two showers! It was very busy but A LOT OF FUN! After this weekend, we are all set for baby! Now we wait...

On Saturday night, our best friends Kyle and Danielle threw a couples shower for us, our family and all of our friends from college. On Sunday, Laura and Robin threw me a shower for my work, hockey & neighborhood friends. So fun!

On Saturday, we had chik fil a nuggets, cheesy potatoes, fruit & yummy cake. I thought I had a picture of the cake- it was beautiful- but we must have gotten it with someone else's camera.

Here are some pictures from Saturday night.

Pretty decorations!

The guys

Theta girls!

Ally & I

Kyle & Danielle- our bffs and wonderful hosts!

Thank you to our friends for such a wonderful night! Chris and I really loved getting to spend time with everyone and appreciated the beautiful gifts they got for Madeline.

Laura has all of the pics from Sunday so once I get those I'll post them!

33 weeks!

Little miss Madeline is 33 weeks along! This week she is about 4 lbs and over 17 inches long. I think you can really tell below how much we've both grown!

We've checked off finding a pediatrician and pre-registering at the hospital. We also washed all of our newborn gowns and sleepers this weekend. Next up: packing the hospital bag!

This weekend, our friends Kyle and Danielle scored free tickets to the UK-Vandy game. We sat on the 50th yard line in the lower level- check out some of the pictures Chris captured!

Quarterback sack!

Going in for a rushing TD- check out the ball carrier nearly upside down!

Hartline calling the play for the offense.

Thanks to Danielle and Kyle for sharing the tickets with us!

Surprise Shower!

Today at work, my team surprised me with a baby shower. I was very surprised! I walked to lunch with Josh, Stephanie and Kim and when we came back I walked into a conference room full of my co-workers!

I am very surprised here!

We had yummy cake, sodas and lots of presents for baby Madeline. She got some cute clothes, books, a bunny, a BundleMe for her carseat and a Babies R Us Gift card! THANK YOU to all of my co-workers (who I also count as friends!) for the wonderful surprise!

I know the shower took a lot of coordination from my good friend Kathryn- she's such a great planner that I had no idea this was all taking place behind my back the last few weeks! Thank you, Kathryn!

P.S. Thanks Erica for the great pictures! I am so glad you brought your camera!!

A sweet occasion

Hello!!

Today I had my first baby shower- it was wonderful! Mercedes hosted the shower- themed "A Sweet Occasion." She did a good job playing up the theme- there were vases of candy, mini cupcakes, cookies, etc. Thanks to my mom and sister for planning such a great afternoon.

I was overwhelmed by how many people showed up and the beautiful gifts they gave to Chris, Madeline and I. We are so blessed! THANK YOU to everyone! Madeline got her stroller, jumper, all of her bedding, bath tub, diaper genie, cute clothes, diapers, and so much more!! When I came home, Chris and I had to load everything into the crib to keep Stella from grabbing it. With every trip from the car and up the stairs, Stella sprinted with us. She was so excited to see all of the new goodies.

Mom and Dad were pushing this stroller around the house tonight. They kept telling me that soon this would be coming on our nightly walks with us. I'm ready to meet my sister!

31 weeks!

Baby Madeline is 31 weeks! She is measuring over 16 inches and should weigh about 3.3 lbs. She is getting ready to enter a big growth spurt. Bring on the stretch mark cream, I guess!

She is most active at night time when I'm starting to wind down. This doesn't bode well for life outside the womb- I think we have a real night owl on our hands!

Tomorrow I go for my bi-weekly check-up- hopefully everything will check out great. This week I also need to get pre-registered at the hospital and Chris and I are going to the Oldham Co. Pediatrics open house to see if we want want one of the doctors to be our pediatrician. The office comes highly recommended from some friends so I'm sure we'll like it.

This weekend my cousin Tyler got married- it was a beautiful wedding at St. Bertrand's Catholic Church downtown. The reception was at the Ali Center afterwards.

My "baby" sister and I- she's got about 5 inches on me!

Notice our hands on our hips. When my sister met Miss Kentucky and Miss Kentucky Teen they taught her that this is a slimming pose. I've been doing it everywhere these days! :)

Off to get prepared for the Trick-or-Treaters. Happy Halloween!