Baby Showers and Update

We have gotten so lucky with everything that we have recieved at all of our baby showers so far. We have THE best family and friends. It's amazing how much stuff our baby has already...I think she has more clothes than I do! The first shower we had was the Olson family shower thrown by my cousin's Keisha and Shannon, and it was a ton of fun! I can't believe how many girls we have on this side of the family. Jeila's house was so FULL! We had amazing food, a funny game, and wonderful gifts. Our families are all getting older so we only see eachother on major holidays or weddings so it was great to be able to catch up with everyone! Our second shower was thrown by my sisters and it involved friends of our family. This shower was SO much fun! We spent most of the night reminicing about old times. This is the group where no matter how much time passes from the last time you see eachother, you just pick up like old times and talk forever about anything! Again we got too many gifts and already this baby is so spoiled.

Sara, Zoe, Megan, Me, Afsonai, April, and Jeila.

The next shower I had was with highschool friends. Like the last shower, we all just talked about how much fun we had together in school. Cheer, teachers, school dances, Kelli breaking her legs :), just everything! The next week we had the Campbell shower and that was a lot of fun! We ate great food and visited with everyone. Once again we got a ton of cute things and she is going to have SO many clothes! Next on the list is the ward shower and the Butler shower. I can't imagine what else we will get at these showers but hey, I can't get enough of the baby gear. It's all so darling! Thank you for everyone who was able to make it to the showers! I can't thank you enough for all of the sweet gifts and advice given for our baby girl! We love you!

Update: I will be 38 weeks this Saturday. 2 weeks to go and I haven't dialated, not even a little. I am about 75% thinned so hopefully something will happen soon. I used to only get the braxton hicks contractions at night, but I've been getting them more and more during the day so that's a good thing! I go in again on Tuesday so keep your fingers crossed! I am really excited for our baby to get here and I'm excited to see what our labor story will be! After I think of how ready I am for her to be here I can't help but think how much I am going to miss her being in my belly! I love feeling her move around every day and get the hiccups. Even though it kills when she kicks me in the ribs and won't move away, I am going to miss it! Being pregnant has been such an amazing experience! I hope every woman who wants to be a mother will be able to experience being pregnant because it is truly indescribable. What an amazing blessing it is as a woman to carry a child. And even though I've been very nervous all of these months to know what a responsibility it is to be a parent, I am excited and I feel ready to be a mom! It's weird to think that Zac and I are going to parents! We still feel like kids ourselves! But I can't wait for Zac to be a dad and I couldn't have asked for a better companion to start a family with. He is so cute with her already when he rubs my belly like I'm Buddha, talks to her, and sometimes he'll even bust out a song for her! It's pretty funny! Anyway, her room is all ready and I think we have everything we need so these next two weeks, or maybe sooner :), will just be a waiting game!

Baby cribs and hiccups

Well crib hunting has been quite a headache for us. I found the one that I wanted at Babies-R-Us and of course it was on back order. A few weeks had gone by and no call from the store and I was getting so frustrated! I finally started to give up and not worry since for the first couple of months she'd be in the bassinett that we got from my mom and sisters, which is PERFECT by the way! But I still want to get the nursery set up and looking cute! Especially because we got SO many cute things from showers! (which is a post in the making) Anyway, I don't know how we got so lucky, but Zac's Aunt Erin and Uncle Skip mentioned that they still had their crib and all of the pieces. So...we went to look at it and we loved it! It is exactly what we want in a crib and we even like it better than the one we were looking at. They let us take it and we were so excited to put it all together! There were a few of the nicknacks missing so we made our way to Home Depot and of course they had what we needed! So we went home and got started.

My hubby is the greatest! He was more excited than I was!

Me! I tried to help but didn't do so much after I tried to screw something in and stripped it...oopsy :)

Our adorable bedding I can't wait to set up! Thanks mom!

Finishing pieces...

TaDa!

Now all we need is the mattress and we are set! As for the hiccups part. Our sweet baby girl has been getting the hiccups very frequently lately! A few days ago I kept feeling her move, more like a flinch, every 5-10 seconds or so. It felt like a pulse and it was making me nervous because I had no idea what it could be! Then my smart friend Kelli suggested the hiccups! I think it's SO cute!! She gets them twice a day. Once in the morning and once at night. Who knew babies still in the belly could get the hiccups? I love it! I also had my doctors appointment today and I had to do the Strep B, whatever it's called, test today. Now begins the once a week appointments until the big day! They also checked to see if I was dialated at all. The results....a big fat ZERO! No dialtaioin. Maybe next time!

Salt Lake County Champs!

Zac's basketball team took first place in the Salt Lake County basketball league this year! They all played really well and it was a lot of fun to watch them play over the past couple of weeks. They had only lost one game, so for the finals they played the team that was currently in first place. They beat them pretty bad...by 16 points

Congrats guys on a great win!

The winners trophy

The team in their new champion shirts:
Robbie, Scotty, Kelv, Tyler, Lance, Jake and Zac

2 posts in one day, I'm on a roll!

Last Friday we had our tour of the hospital and let me just say I LOVE where we are going to deliver!! It is such a nice place! My favorite part of the whole thing is a couch in the rooms that pull out into a bed for Zac, the babie's first bath is done in the room right in front of you! (I don't know if they do that everywhere else but I'm excited), you don't have to share a room, AND their staff/security is amazing. They know everyone who is coming and going. I knew the hospital would be great, but going on that 20 minute tour really reassured me that everything will go smoothly (cross your fingers) and that we will be helped throughout our whole experience. I'm still really nervous about the huge needle used for the epidural but I'll probably be welcoming it when the time comes! I'm 33 weeks and 3 days today. With a month and a half left some people tell me it goes by slow, but I know it will be here in no time! Here are some pictures of our baby kicking my belly. I think she's ready to come out already!
Laying on my right side

Her poking a little bit

Is that an arm or a foot???

And that is why the inside of my stomach is so tender on that spot!