37 Weeks... What does that mean??

FULL TERM!!!! Yes, that means this little guy could come at any time and thrive!!

How far along?: 37 weeks!!!
Total weight gain: 16 pounds... We'll see tomorrow, might be closer to the 20lb mark!
How big is baby?: Being that everyone tells me I am little, I will guess around 6lbs-ish
Maternity clothes?: Of course!! And larges!!
Stretch marks?: Thankfully no!! Hope it stays that way!
Sleep?: Nope... none. Ok, small many naps between restroom breaks!
Best moment this week?: Hitting full TERM!!!
Movement?: Tons!!! He is definitely out of room!
Food cravings?: Everything!!!
Labor signs?: BH's every so often!!
Belly button in or out?: In, think it is going to stay that way! :)
What I miss: Sleep, not being pregnant! But I do love feeling this little guy!
What I'm looking forward to: The arrival of our little Cole & my last day of work is Thursday!
Milestone: Making it to full term!!!

I'm full term! WoW!!! I cannot believe it.. Feel like this day would never come!!

It's just a waiting game now... Doctors appointment tomorrow!!

Not a flattering picture.. But needed to show an update!! :)

Ill be back, hopefully tomorrow, after the doctors appointment to update me and add more pictures!!

Start guessing now on when Mr. Cole will make his debut and how big??

36 weeks!

Wow.. Just about a month left.. If Mr. Cole decides to stay put that long!! I'm not sure I am convinced he will wait until July 20th or beyond.. But if he is anything like me, I am sure he is out to prove me wrong!! We shall see!!

I know I keep saying I will have pictures of the nursery, and I promise I will!! We just ordered a few extra things this past weekend.. So I am waiting until they get here and its completely done before I post pictures.. Plus, I have been soo indecisive on how I want to paint his letters that I am putting above his bed.. I have painted them about three times now!! But I think I finally got it tonight!!! Keep your fingers crossed I like how they turned out!!

So I have not done one of these in a while.. Have fun reading!!

How far along?: 36 weeks
Total weight gain: 14 lbs!!! Yes, I know, thats not a lot!!! I promise I eat!!
How much does baby weigh?: Roughly 5 lbs
Maternity clothes?: Definitely and large sized clothes! Yes, the bathing suit you see me in, is from Target and its a large.. Not a maternity!! :)
Stretch marks?: Thanking God every day that I do not have any yet.. Keeping myself lathered up... Praying I don't get any before he gets here!
Sleep?: Whats that?? I take small naps through the night before getting up and using the restroom.. But I guess its natures way of getting me ready for when he arrives!
Best moment this week?: Finding out that I am actually starting to dilate!!
Movement?: Soo much!! I love watching my belly move!
Food cravings?: Sweeeeeets!
Labor signs?: Some brax and hicks.. 1 cm dialted.. We'll see next week!
Belly button in or out?: Still in, and sometimes flat..
What I miss: Not having to pee all the time!!
What I'm looking forward to: Mr. Cole arriving!!
Milestone: Under a month until this little guy gets here!!

Unfortunately I have been lacking in the picture taking area!! I keep forgetting my camera, and the one time I had it, I didn't have the memory card in it.. Again, I will promise to do better!!

Hope everyone is having a great week!! :)

Progressing already??

First off.... Let me take a second and wish all the daddies and daddies to be out there a

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

Now.. back to the main topic.. Progressing already?? What could I mean?? Well, I went to the doctor's on Thursday for a check up.. I happened to mention to him how I had been feeling this last week.. Back aches, mild, annoying cramping and so forth.. Well, Mr. Doctor Man did not like the sound of that.. I also proceeded to to tell him that my mom had had all three of her children 4 to 6 weeks early.. He didn't not seem too concerned with that, but decided he was going to check me just to be safe...

Well, what do you know, I am already dilated 1 cm.. Yea, yea.. I know, you can be dilated 1 cm for a while.. But he seemed really surprised!! He immediately jumped on me in a panic saying, "What are you doing?? Are you doing too much?? What are we going to do about this???" I said to him, "that really does not mean much, right? I can be dilated for a while, correct??" His response.. "Yes, you can.. but you can also go into labor tomorrow!! So you need to be careful!!" Pretty sure he would have put me on bed rest had I not mentioned that I am done with work in 2 weeks.. Soo.. I am trying to take it easy... Easier said than done for me!

So, maybe this little guy will come early?? Hahah.. My luck.. NO!! Ideally, (I may regret saying this.. ) I want him to stay in there as long as possible and come out when he is ready.. But it would be nice for him to maybe come a little early.. :) So we'll see!!

Start taking bets now.. When do you think he'll come??? How big do you think he'll be??

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!! Yay for only 9 more days or "work!" :)

Its been a busy week!

Last week was fun week!! Hubs and his class had their “track night.” In English terms, the each member in the flight finds out what type of plane they will learn next. There is the T-38 track, which is the Fighter Route, and then there is the T-1 track, which is the Heavies Route. If you read the long post before, Hubs will be learning the T-1 plane next. He is over the moon to be onto this training. Not sure if it is because he is learning something new, or because it means he is half way done with Pilot training and getting closer to flying with our unit back home! Don’t know, but I am glad he is finally seeming a little more relaxed!!

So, with track night came TRACK PARTY!! Ohh my, let me tell you, it was a crazy evening!!! Just picture over 50 people in and around a small house, a moon walk, dunk tank and eventually a lot of rain!! We were there for what seemed like forever!! Maybe it was just me because I was the sober paparazzi person!! Ohh.. and has anyone else been informed of the “bros icing bros” thing?? If you have not heard of it, please check out the website: brosicingbros.com Basically, this has taken over the world and the guys here! So it was a big thing the whole weekend! But of course, Hubs had to take part in “icing” his buddies.. They definitely got a few laughs out of it. But I know they will be looking for revenge soon!

On Saturday, my lovely friends here threw me a baby shower!! We had soo much fun!! I feel soo blessed to have such amazing friends here! It really helps make things easier, especially being so far away from family and friends!! We got a lot of cute things, and some essentials and a swing!! We played a few games and ate! It really was an overall blast!! I cannot wait until Little Cole is here and surrounded by all this love! Below are a few pictures from the shower:

How Cute is this?? My friends are soo creative!

Playing the "Can you guess how big the belly is?"

The "dirty" diaper game.. This was a melted baby ruth.. But it doesn't look like that!

All the girls at the party!

After the shower, Hubs and I rushed off to another flight function.. His class sponsors were throwing a cook out for the class. It was fun, but that is where all the chaos started. Basically, by the end of the night, I thought I was in labor! Shortly after the shower, I started not feeling that great, stomach was bothering me, back pain, tightening stomach… I tried to baring through the pain and chalk it up to an infant being in my ribs, or sitting on a nerve.. But by late evening I could hardly stand it. We ended up leaving the party early and going home to relax. What was weird was that it was a constant pain.. Nothing that I could try to time and monitor. Eventually I was able to get comfortable and fell asleep. Woke up fine the next day! Thank goodness.. As much as I cannot wait for this little guy to get here, he needs to stay in there for just a few more weeks!

I promise to have pictures of the nursery soon!! Its definitely still a work in progress!!

So here is a 35 week belly shot.. Am I really as little as everyone thinks I am?? Almost daily, I get the question, "How much longer??" And when I respond, I get funny looks and "OMG!! You're soo little!!" Uhh.. I feel huge!!

Hope everyone is having a great week!!

Birthday Shout OUT!! :)

Happy 30th Birthday
to my
LOVELY Sister-in-law!!!

Thank you for being such an amazing big sister to me, officially for the last 4 years, but for much longer than that!! I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Enjoy celebrating in VEGAS!!! Love you! :)

I know.. I know.. Slacker!!

I know, I haven’t updated in a little while.. I promise it is because I have been busy!! Ok, maybe a tad lazy too.. Just seems like by the time I get home, get a few things done around the house and get dinner made, I am absolutely warn out and ready to go to bed. But that is a good sign, right? Means we are nearing the end??

I cannot believe it.. ONLY 6.5 more weeks to go… I hope! :) Yay!!! Maybe he will come early, but not too early?? We’ll see!!! I am trying to get myself motivated and kick start that “nesting” stage.. We’ll see if it happens this weekend!

So, what’s been going on over the last week?? We’ll, Hubs is finally T-6 COMPLETE!!! Yay!! For those of you who do not understand this.. It means a few things.. 1. He is half way through Pilot Training… 2. He gets to move on and learn a new plane, one more focused of what he will be flying.. 3. He no longer has to wear the helmet and G-suit (picture Top Gun style..)!! 4. Maybe he won’t be as grumpy, exhausted? We can only hope! J See.. Hubs has never had the dream of being a fighter pilot.. So the whole time he has been in T-6 training, he has had to wear the helmet and G-Suit and “pull gs” while flying.. While it has been fun for him.. He is ready for the laid back, more room, wear sunglasses, two person cockpits. I.E.. More of the “commercial” type planes.. I don’t know, maybe he is just a different breed since he never had that dream of being a fighter pilot.. But he is really excited about the next phase!!

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!! We sure did!! Hubs and I made a trip up to Dallas for the long weekend. It was a blast!! We got to see some of Hubs’s family, including his Grandfather. One of Hubs’s best friends from college is in Pilot training at Sheppard AFB and he and a friend met us in Dallas for the weekend. That was great for Hubs’s to catch up with him and have someone to talk planes with all weekend! His cousin works at a country club, so we spent Saturday morning there playing golf.. errm.. I mean they played golf, and I played caddy! :) After golf, we decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and go to the pool. Only problem… We forgot to pack bathing suits!! So we had a fun trip to Target and bought new ones!! Good excuse, right?? The rest of the weekend was relaxing and enjoying family! Everyone is really excited about Baby Cole! I cannot wait to bring him back up there this fall to meet everyone!

The new suit!! Didn't want to be "that" pregnant girl and have people think I shouldn't be wearing certain suits.. :) Plus this can be my "mom" bathing suit! :)

Yesterday I had a checkup at the Doctors.. Best part about this? Hubs finally got to come to the appointment!! No.. he is not a bad husband and skipping appointments.. All through T-6 training, he was always flying or in class during the appointments. So he had a good excuse.. But we got to see Baby Cole! Ohh I wish I had a camera to capture Hubs’s face during it.. He was absolutely amazed.. He had seen the pictures, but never the real life ultrasound. It was great!! He is about 4lbs right now.. He is definitely a long baby.. Doctor says he is looking good!! We cannot wait to meet this little guy!

Anyways.. Enough of my rambling on.. Here are a few pictures from the last week!!

33 week pose!! Getting bigger and bigger!

My loving husband and me!! Some things just make me look huge!!! OMG!

My goal for this weekend is to completely get the nursery done.. So if I do.. I'll have pictures soon!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!