3 weeks...

We visited the doctor today and had a great appointment. Overall, Nathan is doing well and is enjoying his little home. We are still about 1cm dialated, but my blood pressure, weight, and belly measurements are all on target.

I'm incuding some pictures of the nursery. It's not complete because we are waiting on the dresser/changing table and the rocking chair. Both are made of cherry wood. The chair will have light beige cushions. Once it all comes together, it will be great!! As we get it completed, we'll include more pictures.















The big open space on the wall is for the

changer when it comes in. We will also

have 4 small animal paintings above it.

Bookshelf, pictures, and of course another painting! The rocking chair will be to the left of the window in the only corner that you can't really see in these pictures.

Here's a picture of me and Jeremy from my birthday dinner at MoMo, a local Mediterranean restaurant. It was a great evening with good friends!















This is my favorite cake (white on white) of all time. Cheryl P. makes it for me every year!

4 more weeks.... we think!

Jess & Jeremy on Easter Sunday

We are getting very close to our due date - May 13th! We went to the doctor on Friday and she confirmed that Nathan is head down and that we have begun to progress! We are 1cm dialated (you have to get to 10 before the baby can be born) and my cervix is 50% effaced (meaning that the cervix has started to soften and thin out; a step that's necessary for delivery). This doesn't necessarily mean we will go early or anytime soon, but it does mean that my body is gearing up for labor and for the delivery of our sweet little boy.

While we were at the doctor's office, we got to have a mini-ultrasound... it was so strange seeing him as a little human. Right now, his head is down, his back and butt are on my left side and his hands and feet are on the right side; basically he's all curled up into a ball. He's been moving regularly, loves to press his whole body out against my belly (which is not very comfortable), and dig his feet into my rib cage. Overall, we are doing very well and are very ready for him to come out and meet the world!

Here are some pictures from Easter Sunday. The weather was beautiful and the trees are in full bloom, so we decided to have some fun! Enjoy!

Jess by the Rhododendran

Jess in the Backyard

6 weeks to go!

Time seems to be flying! We are currently at 34 weeks, so that gives us about 6 weeks to go! We have taken 3 of our 4 childbirth classes and in them we've been practicing breathing techniques, watching actual births (scary), learning more about pain medications, and other great information. In our last class, we'll be talking about infant care and other things we should know! We also took an infant and child CPR and first aid class. It was really neat and we got to have our own "infant/child" to practice on. Overall, the classes have been really good.

The girls in my community group (Christi Branson, Cat VanHook, Tatiana Meintrup, Shannon Day, and Heather Murray) threw me a shower at our church, The Journey! The theme was Nursery Rhymes and Books, and almost everyone brough a book for little Nathan! I'll have pictures in the next update.

Here's my belly at 34 weeks! The doctor says I'm right on target, which means my belly from top to bottom measures 34 inches. Hopefully that means he's going to be an average size baby... we'd like to avoid one that is too big! Yikes!

The nursery is almost finished. We've added pictures to the walls, hung the curtains, and are waiting on the rest of our furniture to come in! When it's finished I'll add pictures for everyone to see!