Update

I had a wonderful birthday yesterday that was full of surprises. I knew that I wasn't going to get to go to church so I slept in and right before Bryan left he handed me my birthday card which I honestly didn't think that he had even gotten yet. He brought home lunch after church and then my parents came over for a short visit. Bryan left to go run errands in the afternoon and then went back to church. When he came back he immediately told me we were leaving for a surprise and that I had to close my eyes until we got there. I protested slightly because I was still frustrated that I couldn't go to church but I could go on this trip. Anyway, he took me to dinner where we met a bunch of friends to celebrate. We had a good time and then when I got home I had a present! He bought me a BEAUTIFUL necklace for my birthday and for having Taylor. Since we weren't supposed to do presents this year he said that he just combined a couple so it wouldn't be soooo bad. I guess I'll have to forgive him! ;)

I went back to the doctor this morning and she was absolutely amazed at how much better I was doing after 5 days of bed rest. My blood pressure was back to normal and I lost 4 pounds of swelling. You can actually tell that my feet have bones and ligaments in them now. Kinda makes me wish I had taken a before picture just to see the difference a few days would make. I am still not dilated at all so she said that Taylor probably won't be making his appearance this week either.

However, since I had made such an improvement I asked her if I could go back to work. She was still hesitant so we agreed on working from home as long as I keep my feet up. That's good with me, I just don't want to waste any more of my vacation time unless I absolutely have to.

Thanks for all your prayers and keep them coming!

Birthday ... hopefully BIRTH day!

Today is my birthday and the day that I have been praying for since March. I really want Taylor to be born today because I think that would be the best birthday gift ever. Also, it would ensure that we are out of the hospital in time for Thanksgiving and that some of my family from out of the area would be able to see him before next year.

I am currently 39 weeks and 3 days so we are completely full term. Especially since I'm certain that my due date has been wrong all along. When I was at the doctor on Tuesday I was measuring at 40 weeks already so I'm convinced that now he's just hanging out in there because he has no idea how good he will have it out here in the real world!

I've been trying my best to coax him out for days now but today is crunch time!! Say lots of prayers and keep your fingers crossed!

Bed Rest

I had my weekly check-up on Tuesday afternoon. My blood pressure was up pretty high so they ran some extra lab work and put me on bed rest. I talked to them yesterday and they said that my most of my lab work came back normal so now they are just waiting on one more result. I have instructions to go to Labor & Delivery if my blood pressure rises above 150 or 95, I have headaches that aren't relived by Tylenol, or I start having problems with my vision. I have another appointment on Monday morning so until then I'm just sitting at home with my feet up trying to rest and not stress myself out.

Belly Pics!

These are a few of my favorite pictures from our session a few weeks ago. I can't wait until Taylor gets here so that we can have some pictures made of him too. Let me know what you think!

And last but not least, my VERY VERY FAVORITE!!

Catching up ...

Here are the pictures of the finished nursery. Now the ONLY thing that we are missing is our little bundle of joy. I am getting so anxious to finally meet him and see for myself that he is 100% healthy. I also can't wait to see who he looks like and who he acts like. According to my due date, we are less than a month away from meeting him! I am expecting him to be here early so we'll see who's right.

Also, he FINALLY has a name. It took us a long time agree on anything because Bryan likes to be a little silly and likes to push my buttons. I knew that he would eventually give in and let me have the name that I wanted but I honestly didn't expect him to cave until delivery. All it took was a lot of ladies from church giving him a hard time and 3 rounds of voting before we came to this conclusion.

Taylor Cole

This name means a lot to me personally and I feel like names with meaning are the best. Taylor is my grandmother's maiden name. My great-grandmother was a wonderful and spunky woman whom I miss dearly. She passed away when I was 12 but I still think about her all of the time. After talking to my grandma about his name she told me that she kinda always wished she had named my dad Taylor instead of Terry. I feel a little bad for him that she never liked his name but that means that this has even more special meaning. Cole is the maiden name of my very best friend who also happens to be the person that set Bryan and I up on our first date. We told her when we got married that we owed her everything so we promised to name our firstborn after her. It also happens that her dad was the person who officiated our wedding so the entire Cole family means a lot to both Bryan and I. I couldn't think of a more perfect name for someone who already means so much to so many people.

I will post some of my belly pics when I get them, we had a great time and Teresa was wonderful as always!!