What is happening?

So school starts Monday. I thought about this day for a long time, but can't believe it is here. I can't believe I start back to school and I am about to have a baby! WOW, things are crazy and wonderful all at the same time. I have never had this feeling of going back to school being no big deal. I guess that is because I won't be there long, haha! We have found someone to keep the baby come January. I am sooooo excited. This lady is such an answered prayer and amazing! She lives a few houses down from Kelly and right behind my school. What more could I ask for? I feel better about my baby going there than someone coming to my house. She will be almost like a grandmother to this child and for leaving the most important thing to me with someone... that is amazing and what else could I ask for???

I walked to the pool today. I had to get another pool day in mainly just to sit and relax, not because I needed sun. It was nice and the water felt good. There again, 2 people stopped and ask me if I needed a ride. I just say "no thank you. I feel good!". However, I was ask by 3 people, "have you not had that baby yet?" Dumb question. "Yes, I had it but still have this big belly and I am sitting outside." I know what they mean, but still think it is funny.

My parents came in today. They are here for the births of the babies! Kelly is having Ella on Tuesday with a C-section. Me, still waiting. They will be going back and forth and it will be a busy time I am sure, but still lots of fun ahead of us!!!

What kind of animal will I see seems to be the big question on my walks or when I go to the pool. I always see gators, but not today. It was a snake sticking it's head up out of the pond. UGH! I am over these animals, but especially snakes. Florida is having a huge problem with snakes, especially pythons. If they are in the road, you can guarantee, I will stop traffic to drive over it several, several times!!

So that is the latest with what is happening here. I get to go eat at one of my favorite places in South Tampa tomorrow morning. I can't wait! Pictures should come soon because I am trying to take more and more as the days go by. Maybe the next posting will be me going to the hospital. I think I am dreaming though, this baby is all snuggled and going no where right now.

I checked out!

Jeremy and I had a great time in Orlando on Tuesday and Wednesday. I pooled it up while he worked on Wednesday. The cutest part was when this little 7 year old girl went running by and noticed the "bare belly" and stopped and literally did a double take. I laughed and so did her mom. That is bc it is a big belly!!

So here are all the reasons i have officially checked out...

1. I have developed carpel tunnels in my left hand, ugh!

2. I have 30 skeeter bites on ONE calf alone from walking at night. Normally this would be slightly annoying but being that I have no patience, it is majorly annoying!!!!

3. I dreamed I had a wooden doll last night instead of a real baby.

4. I had all day to shop at the best mall in Orlando and went thru it in an hour and a half. Now, granted.... stores are in transition so they are blah anyways, but I NEVER get tired of malls!! Something is wrong.

5. It is just about time!!!! I look like I am hurting in this picture. Not quite, but I feel the baby just keeps dropping!!!

Jeremy got in our new video camera and small digital camera. He is so excited!!! We do need the video camera to capture all of baby wilson's exciting events and we needed something smaller than my papparazi big one for days that we needed something smaller. We are ready!!!

Last but not least, Kelly and Kevin kept Chloe while we were in Orlando and she has this little gift made for me. I love the diapees and wipees basket that can travel from room to room. It also had tons of things in it that will be very useful for the hospital. I loved it!!!!!

Latest update... these seem to be more often now!

This is what I was told to eat before I came in. Like I needed to be told to have a chocolate doughnut or Dr. Pepper. However, this was from Dunkin Doughnuts and it would have been MUCH better from Krispy Kreme. It did the job though! It got the baby moving! So here is my latest update... The doctor's visit went good. The baby passed the non-stress test, but we still have to do them at each appointment to make sure he/she is moving okay and as long as he/she is growing. I go back in a week and will know lots more at that point.

Some food for thought:

- I have realized that everyone in the neighborhood has recognized the "pregnant girl" that walks. I always pass these random people that say "you haven't had that baby yet?". I get it more and more now. I even walk to the pool. It only takes me 10 minutes, but twice, I have had people stop to see if I needed a ride. I guess they think I am hurting, but it is really funny how people have watched this belly grow that really don't even know me.

- I am enjoying my pregnancy right now and feeling great. That means baby wilson is definitely cozy in his/her womb! Everyone has their opinion of when Baby Wilson should come according to their birthday, event, etc... Believe me, if Baby Wilson could come on anyone's schedule, it would be mine, but I guess it will be up to him/her and God as to when this little angel appears. That is the beauty of it all I guess.

- My belly shots are getting few and far between. I may have one more bare belly shot to remember how this belly has DROPPED! Then after that, you won't see much of me, just actual Baby Wilson. I will be out of the picture for awhile. I do have a photographer coming into the house the first week the baby is born. I booked her back in February because these pictures were very important to me. She is going to be here all day so that is one last thing I have to worry about doing and I am sure her pics will be better than mine. I will post the link to her website as soon as I get them done. You will probably see some of my Chloe with the baby b/c I can't imagine otherwise!!!

- So those are the updates. I am soooo looking forward to one last night in Orlando this week and then one night to get together with neighborhood friends. I am enjoying every minute of the last part of summer. Where did it all go???

A little bit of this and that...

NEW pictures of Baby Wilson. Look at that nose and those lips! That nose made Jeremy and I start dying laughing and she assured us, it really isn't that big! haha!

The picture below shows that Baby Wilson has his/her hand right next to his face.
This is just an updated blog. What is going on in our lives at the moment. Besides the fact that I just keep doing random things, I am totally ready. I would like to enjoy some time with friends this week, but we will see : ) Let me start with one of the best things, I slept like a rock the last 2 nights. I haven't slept or felt that good in I don't know when. During the day, I really forget I am preggo and just go, go, go. However, does that mean that Baby Wilson is all cozy and not going anywhere? If so, let me have the sleepless nights back!!! We have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I will see if there is anything else that is really new at the moment. I am still getting kicked and elbowed all over the place. I am really going to miss that baby moving in my tummy, but yet, I can't wait to meet him/her.

Two things that really don't have to do with the pregnancy. I am SO OVER the heat and humidity of summer. This is why summer is not my most favorite season. I am also over the mosquitoes, so with that being said.... I can't wait for football season and for fall! YAY, ROLL TIDE. Baby Wilson has plenty of Roll Tide outfits that he/she is ready to wear.

I may take a trip with Jeremy to Orlando one night this week. I need to get one more in before the baby gets here and before school starts. School does start next Monday, but I kind of forget about that considering I won't be there that long. A couple of belly pictures we took this morning before heading to church! More info to come soon...

37 weeks, here we go!

Today was an exciting day as we went to the doctor. We got to see the baby again! Everything looks great! It looks much more like a baby now than it did at 20 weeks. The baby is measuring 5 lbs 11 ounces with a small abdomen. The doc said she wants to check this next week, but she isn't worried about it. We go back on Monday to see what is happening, but right now..... we are just waiting. I am going to take pictures this weekend. I haven't taken any that I liked lately and I need a few more to finish out this pregnancy. The doctor kept calling Baby Wilson a "she" then said, she had no idea. Last week, they called it a "he" so they love to play the game with us. It is pretty fun!!!

WOW!!!!!!! Check out that stomach! That makes Baby Wilson look much bigger than 5lbs11oz
Here is another picture of Baby Wilson growing and growing.... 37 weeks.

I have one more week of my "summer" left and then back to school for a few days or at least until Baby Wilson comes. I have officially done everything that I think I can come up with. House is ready and Chloe is ready. Chloe got groomed, very short I might add, but it will grow. She needed it short to grow back thick. She has to be ready to be in the pictures with Baby Wilson when the photographer comes. I am sure she is going to "love" that!!! More pictures and postings to come this weekend.

Daytimes are a breeze... night times, an enemy

This picture... 36 weeks still. New pictures of almost 37 weeks coming soon.

My days are still going great! Sometimes I forget I am pregnant and just keep on going. By night time, my body is reminded of being pregnant. Not much sleep is taking place, so I will just mark "sleep" off my to do list for several months now, haha! I do fall asleep really good at about 4:30 in the morning. Then I sleep until 8:00. As I tell my kids at school.... "you take what you get and don't cry a bit!" Doctor's appointment on FRIDAY!!!!

The doctor said...

Let me start with the BEST part.... After the doctor's appointment, we went to the mall and to eat dinner at one of my favorites... Cheesecake Factory. I started having heartburn and so we had to get our dessert to go. Here I am... enjoying every minute of it! Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake. YUMMY!!! My poor little orphan Chloe, sure would like a bite!

Let's go to the doctor!!! 36 weeks preggo and notice, new wreath on the door, LOL!

So we went for our appointment today at the doctor. It ended up being a long, but fun one. The doctor that I saw is the one that "got us pregnant" so to speak. We love him and would love for him to deliver the baby. Who knows! He feeds into Jeremy's jokes and it gets quite funny. First off, I had my exam and I failed the "paper drape" test. Apparently those things are all so different and I put it on wrong. I felt like a big idiot, but we just laughed about it. After my exam, he told me that my cervix is closed and baby is breached. Guess my idea of going in to have the baby tomorrow is out!!! Since I hardly slept last night and it was painful and weird, he wanted to monitor the baby for about 45 minutes. Jeremy and I sat and listened to the baby's heartbeat which was exciting. Dr. Minton did have to vibrate my stomach to wake it up, but after the monitoring he said this little baby is healthy, the heart rate kept going up and down and up and down, which is exactly what they want to see. He also determined I am having contractions, but my cervix isn't responding. It really wasn't a bad appointment at all, but I haven't really worried about it either. Maybe I should be worried??? I tell Jeremy "we will just wing it. It will all work out", LOL! I love the nurses and doctors so it is always fun anyways. We go back next week and get to have a sonogram. The doc wants to see if Baby Wilson has turned. This is exciting because we get to see Baby Wilson again, but have to beg, beg, beg not to tell us the gender. I can't wait!!!

I captured this picture on our way home. Meteorologist Jamie Wilson says the sky looks iffy. However, it did NOT have a tornado feeling so I knew I was okay, but it was crazy how divided it looked to me. All I could think of was... I AM GLAD I AM NOT IN AN AIRPLANE!