The Nursery!

Here is baby's half of the room!!! She now has a changing table, a crib and an armoire! What a lucky lady! And as of last night we have decided our cute, beloved Lancey cannot go into the nursery. While I was reading in the rocking chair, she decided she would jump into the crib. She looked completely confused and shocked to be in such a place so I dont think she would do it again but we arent taking any chances of a cat "cuddling" with a baby so Lancey has to sleep outside of our room and baby's room. Luckily we have a door we can shut. She is not happy about it...there was quite a bit of meowing and scratching on the door last night. oh well. We will be with her the rest of the day.

Happy Thanksgiving and 38 weeks!!!

Whew! Here I am at 38 weeks!!! The big due date is 2 weeks away. We cannot believe how fast the time has gone by. I went to the Dr. today on a break during the shopping adventure and she said everything is still looking good and to just keep doing what I am doing so that was nice to hear. Baby is still head down and has a healthy heartbeat and so does mom.

We had a very nice Thanksgiving at my parents house yesterday full of playing some Wii, eating, playing some Pop 5 (basically a sped up Cranium) and catching up with family.

Today we saw Chris' mom, sister and niece and spent the time shopping, eating pizza and playing rock band. It was a busy but fun and prodcutive day. Tomorrow I will be shopping a little more (we are trying to get most of our shopping done this week if you cant tell!) while Chris is working and hang out with some friends. Sunday we have another Thanksgiving at mom and dads with my mom's side. Should be very fun! This picture you see below is how the week 37 maternity photo shoot turned out. We really like them and love my dad took the time to mat and frame it. The picture I took of it doesnt do his framing justice, but you wouldnt have been able to see our pictures very clearly had I got his whole fram job in.

35 and 36 week pictures!

Here is our daughter's first dresser given to us by the Meyers side!! Isn't it great?? We can fit so much of her cute things in there.

Here I am at 36 weeks in our room at the Andersen House.

And here is my belly with love in baby's nursery at 35 weeks.

This has been a wonderful weekend! It began with a very relaxing prenatal massage on Friday. Chris and I watched Finding Nemo afterwards because Chris had never seen it...he said that it is definitely a movie he liked and wouldnt mind watching over and over again if that is what baby wanted to do. I love it as well. Saturday we awoke to another dusting of snow which was very pretty! We spent our day kind of just relaxing together. Chris put the Winnie the Pooh swing together while I did a LOT of prescrapbooking. We watched House and Friends while doing these fun little activities. In the evening we went to Kiddie Kandids at Babies R Us and finally got our maternity pictures taken. We just took home one 8 X 10 collage picture. It has four of our fav pictures on it with a little quote in the middle. We love it! I will try to take a picture of that and the swing and post it a little later. Right now I better get ready for the Vikings game. We are off to a friends house to watch with them. Oh we also went to see Quantum of Solace last night with Brian and Ashley. It was very very fun! We bought some storage totes and the mattress for the crib at Babies R Us too and Chris made friends with a lil girl who was getting her picture taken. I am sure our daughter will be just as fond of her daddy when she arrive. Doctor said everything is looking good and we should have a healthy delivery of our baby!

A Quick Update!

So I know I know its been a while since I have posted...I am going to write a real qucik update before I go to Caribou and this weekend I will post some pictures! I say this weekend because for once in like 4 weekends we dont have anything planned!!! SO I will have lots of time to get the nursery even more set up, clean our room get some scrapbooks prepared for our lil arrival and catch up on this blog.



Hmmmm....so what has happened since the last posting on Nov. 6th. Well as of tomorrow I will be 37 weeks pregnant which means only 3 more weeks give or take. We finished our childbirth classes which were wonderfun and we went on a date to Broders Pasta Bar the evening our class ended. We celebrated Dylans Baptism.

I have been getting scheduled at Caribou 2 times a week which isnt awful but Id rather be doing other things. My last day working there will be December 5th. My last day at school as of now is Dec. 11th (due date). I will probably keep going though until I start laboring or until Doctor says to stop. I would rather have time off with baby than without. I only get 12 weeks and it is unpaid!!!

Okay onto more fun things...we stayed at the Andersen House in Wabasha last Friday night which was very fun but also stressful when it came to paying with gift certificates. It is an extremely cute bed and breakfast and we were happy to get the GC's as an anniversary gift but the employees at the Andersen house ruined our stay. Chris has more to say on his blog about this. We stopped at at very cool toy museum/shop and visited Chris' family on the way home on Saturday. We also stopped at my parents house for dinner on Saturday night. Both things cheered us up after our what should have been a fun getaway.

Sunday was spent watching the Vikes and doing baby laundry!!! She has soooo many cute things! We also have some art work up in baby's room.

Okay well I better go...My shift starts in 20 minutes at the Bou! I will write more this weekend! We have our 37 week appt Friday and I am also finally getting a prenatal massage!!! And we made appts for a free maternity photography session on Saturday night! FUN! FUN!!

Have a great day!

Walk/Run for the Apples

Okay so the Run For the Apples which happens every mid October is quite possibly my favorite fun run! One of my best friends Mikey and I have run it together we think the last 4 years...however this year we had to adjust since I have this cute little miracle growing inside me. As active as I have been able to be, I just don't have the ability to run in me right now, much less run 5 miles. So Mikey's friend and I walked about 3 of the 5 while Mikey ran it. It was a great day for it...very sunny! So we enjoyed our time at the orchard walking or running, ate the treats of an apple, cookie and cider after the run/walk, went into the great gift store and bought some apples and apple ciderdoodles (similar to a snickerdoodle but better!) and cider and then made our way home. I think I probably napped afterwards and then made some apple crisp! YUMMY!! Can't wait to run it again next year!

Halloween 2008

So....Lancey was a ladybug for Halloween...don't think she enjoyed it too much but I also don't think she hated it. The material was quite soft and she still lays on it, but she wants nothing to do with the hat!

For Halloween this year, Chuck came over and we carved pumpkins, handed out candy to sadly only 5 kids, played some rock band and then when our other friend Michele arrived we watched the original Halloween. Luckily I didn't get too scared and go into labor! We did have a Dr.'s appt as well and everything is still looking great! The Doc thought baby was still head down and will continue to grow a little bit but won't move quite as much since she is running out of space in my tummy. I however, have felt her almost more now than the rest of my pregnancy. It feels like she is pushing out, must be stretching that little body!

Hmmmm...I wonder who did this cool pumpkin?? Oh yes, my husband who is obsessed with Obama!!! In case you weren't sure...it is the sign that is on Obama shirts, advertisements, bumper stickers, etc. I think he did a great job!

On a side note....November 4th was a fantastic day for us...we are so excited for Obama and America! We celebrated with Papa John's pizza, Coors Light and an Odouls for me! Plenty of my kids at school were excited too and knew their parents were going to go vote...when asked if they knew what they were voting for some said, the president. Some knew Obama's name and when one girl heard Obama, she said, "oh, he is the guy everyone wants to win!" I thought that was cute!!

And here is mine...of course a happy one...not scary at all!

Here we are beginning to carve...yes I am wearing antlers. They weren't on very long though because they freaked Lancey out! Almost more than that ladybug costume! I guess I will just wear them during the holidays as Caribou instead!

Lutsen Sea Villas 2008

We had an extremely fun annual trip up north with the family this fall! Even with an infant and a very pregnant lady and a dad with a boot holding his ankles in place we loved our time spent together. We were able to go frisbee golfing two times and we also walked around Grand Marais.

Plenty of games were played, magazines and books were read and of course we had lots to eat!!

And of course...bonding with our newest family member...Dylan!

The weather was much cooler this year than usual and a little rainy...in fact I think my parents ran into some snow at Gooseberry Falls on their way home! October 27th and they saw snow...thats Minnsnowta for ya!

Baby Showers!

Below I have posted pictures from the three different baby showers baby, Chris and I have had. This baby is so loved and spoiled already! We have really received some wonderful, thoughtful items! We can't thank everyone enough. Baby Meyers is one lucky lady! Thank you, thank you, thank you! We are feeling more and more ready for this new chapter in our lives everyday, which is good since we are almost just a month away from the lil ones entrance into the world. We had our third and last ultrasound October 20th and she was already head down...
We have one more birth class to go (this Saturday), which we have really truly been enjoying. We are taking them through a friend who is in love with pregnancy and childbirth, even after having three of her own she can genuinely say this! She is helping us to have a very confident labor and delivery and constantly reminding us that everything that is happening or is going to happen in December is natural, normal and my body will know what to do! So here is to hoping she is right!

Okay so onto the pictures:

Lorissa, Katie and I have been friends since about 7th grade and Katie and I are now pregnant together!! YAY!!! SO Lorissa and her family decided it would be fun to throw a double friends baby shower for us. And that is exactly what it was...FUN FUN FUN!! We even got to wear mommy to be sashes and tiaras! The picture below is of my niece Naomi and cousins baby who I think is about 7 months old. This was taken at the wonderful shower thrown by the Meyers side. We had it in Red Wing at Chris' grandma's house. More games were played and plenty of wonderful gifts were recieved!

This is gift below we just may bring baby home in...she is of course going to be coming home in the same stocking I came home in, but we think this is a pretty cute, cuddly warm looking sleeper! And its mom's favorite color!

The picture below is of my cousin Kim and her new son who was born in June, our grandma and my uncle. This was the first time grandma met this great grandson since they live in Colorado. They just happened to come the same weekend as the shower so baby Eoin got to meet a lot of his family members who live in MN, and his cousin Dylan who is only a few weeks younger. What a fun weekend!

And this picture is in my parents backyard...preggo with two of the hostesses with the mostess! Mom and Lisa. They put on a great shower with the help of family and friends. We had delicious pasta and salad (of course I wanted pasta), played games and opened many fabulous gifts!

More Recent Baby Bump Pics

So I have been a little behind on the blogging...perhaps it because we have just been so busy!!! As you can see behind me the crib is up!! Didnt Chris do a GREAT job of painting it white! We love it! Above is me at 34 weeks after a very fun double baby shower with another friend of mine who is also pregnant.

Here I am at 33 weeks on our annual family trip to the Lutsen Sea Villas in northern Minnesota.

Here I am at week 32 after my first baby shower at my parents house.

And here is the week 31 picture.

I am definitely feeling more pregnant and looking that way as well! I am pretty tired when I get home after working 9 hours with kindergarteners and I'm still working at the Bou once a week, so once a week I have a 14 hour day! YIKES! The kids at school continue to occassionally touch the bump and say, "Ms. Amy, I like your baby!" Many ask if it will be a boy or girl and when will she come. One asked if it will hurt when the baby comes...I simply said, well yes it probably will. One informed me that her mom had to have her stomach cut to get the baby out. I said, yes sometimes that happens. They also ask if they will get to meet her and I say I hope I can bring her in to visit in January or February. The plan for now is to return to work after my maternity leave is up which hopefully is after 12 weeks, but it may just be 6, I still have to figure that out. Our doctor said since our pregnancy is going so well and I am healthy that I should put my last day as the due date. So, on December 11th when I am at work waiting for baby to let me know she is ready to come out and the kids ask "when is the baby coming?", I can say, well maybe today! I can't wait for their reactions then! I am sure it will be entertaining! It is ironic that my due date is the last day of after school activities! My supervisors are very happy about that!