THE NURSERY IS COMPLETE!!

Ok so it's been a while since I've last updated my blog. Today is December 4th and I can't believe I'm 35 weeks along already!!! The past month has been exciting and there have been lots of changes! For one, we finally have the nursery complete.. With the exception of some artwork and a few other details which we are waiting to find out if it's an Abby or an Owen for everything is pretty much set as far as the baby's room goes. I was fortunate enough to have Grammy come stay with us for a week while she was visiting for the baby shower to help me decorate and wash all those cute baby clothes!! I think we did a great job! My bag is packed for the hospital and the car seat is installed, I feel like we're forgetting something... Oh that's right A BABY!!!

CUPCAKE MADNESS!

November 8th was our baby shower!! I had such a great time... My sisters and mom really outdid themselves and threw me a cupcake themed party! It was adorable!! As you can see they made me wear a shirt that said "baby wants a cupcake" I was a good sport about it LOL. They even had individual Cup Cakes on every table in all different flavors and colors! I was especially touched by the scrapbook all of my guests decorated for me while at the shower. Baby Haynes is one lucky little ducky! We received such beautiful baby gifts and we can wait to put them to use! Grammy came to visit for the week and as a surprise birthday gift for her I took her to the city to see the Rockettes! We had a great time, I hadn't seen them since I was a little girl so it was great to share this experience together! I look forward to many more fun adventures to come! We also attended our first baby class and took a tour of the maternity section of the hospital. Luckily everything was just renovated so it should be a comfortable stay I even get my own room!!

24 Weeks- Apple Picking

Today we went apple picking. We went with my grandma, mom, sister and niece 4 generations! We had alot of fun, I am making my first apple pie tonight. I can't wait to dig in!! Notice picture #1.... we just couldn't resist.....

23 Weeks

Yesterday Dave and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary! There is no better way to celebrate than in anticipation of this amazing life we've created together! The baby is getting bigger everyday and is now the size of a papaya (according to babycenter.com) his/her kicks are getting stronger everyday...... so is my appetite!!!

20 week checkup-

We are half way to the finish line! It's been an exciting 20 weeks so far and we hope the next 20 will go as smoothly and as quickly as the first. everything on the sonogram looked great the Dr. pointed out to us all of the parts of the baby and even saw into the heart. At one point the baby moved his/her hand across the screen and you could see every little detail in those tiny fingers. The pictures above show the baby laying on it's belly the Dr. asked if we wanted to find out the gender, we declined but even if we wanted to the baby was not cooperating and seemed quite comfortable in his/her position.

18 week photo!

Last night Dave, my sisters, and my nephews Gavin and Shane went to a hot air balloon festival. They had much more than that though, we went to the carnival, a monster truck show, motorcycle show, dog show, wrestling show, arts and crafts show, and caught part of a pink floyd tribute band! Needless to say we are all pooped this morning but we sure had alot of fun.

We have a kicker!!

So I was laying on the couch the other night (watching soccer with Dave no less) when I felt some strange rumblings in my tummy! I thought could it be? So I quickly consulted my all powerful and all knowing trusty sister Melissa (Oz was not available). Since she recently had two kids of her own recently I thought for sure she would know what I was feeling. After a few minutes of intense questioning we came to the conclusion it was in fact the baby!! I grabbed Dave and he was even able to feel it!! The look on his face was priceless, he was so happy... Looks like baby Haynes is taking after his/her Daddy!! ....... we both went to bed smiling that night.