Shower Fun

Shane and I had a wonderful time at the shower. Thank you to everyone who helped, it was a very special night for us. We were so happy to see so many of our friends and family. Like Shane said, it was reminiscent of all of the wedding parties from three years ago. I posted a few pics below. There are many, many more, so I'll upload to Snapfish and then email that link to everyone.

We spent the rest of the weekend unpacking presents, organizing the nursery, washing baby clothes and as shown below, testing all of the new gadgets out on Daisy. By the way, Daisy had oral surgery yesterday. Poor thing had four teeth removed! She is resting comfortably at home, but isn't quite herself yet.

We have another doctor's appointment tomorrow, so I'll keep you posted on the visit.

Thank you again for such a wonderful weekend!

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Floating

I finally was able to realize a floating fantasy. I floated at the River on Sunday with the help of some water noodles. It was fantastic! It actually felt like I was unpregnant while floating--all of the weight of the baby had been lifted off of my back and shoulders. For anyone who is pregnant, I highly recommend swimming and floating :) The River weekend also was spent getting the baby's room ready. Christopher put together the crib after several attempts. Thank you to Lori and Randy for loaning us so many wonderful baby things so we can setup a second nursery.

We had an appointment last Thursday and got another glowing report. Everything is on schedule: baby size, my weight, my blood pressure, etc. We are very lucky to have such a healthy pregnancy.

Baby's First Concert

Saturday night was the baby's first concert. Of course, it had to be Tim McGraw! Mary-Kathryn drove up from S.C. and Jennifer came over from Chapel Hill. We had a nice girl's weekend. The Floydster baby kicked the entire time. Needless to say, I was exhausted the next day and ended up taking a two hour nap. There are pictures posted below from the show.

Last Thursday I had my appointment with the new doctor at the new practice. They were absolutely wonderful! I'm so glad we made the decision to change practices. For the first time I had an actual sit down conversation with a doctor and we talked for about 15 minutes about all kinds of things from the baby, to Manteo, to Daisy and Dallas--it was great! Dr. Holton even made sure we called Shane so he could hear the baby's heartbeat. I feel a million times better since that appointment. All is well and everything is on schedule and we are both very healthy.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers today. It was my first pre-mother's day. I had lots of nice well wishes from people, cards, texts and emails. Thank you for all of the greetings! Christopher and I drove to Wilmington to see my mother. She just arrived in the Tar Heel state yesterday. We are all so excited that she is here.
I had a doctor's appointment on Thursday. The appointment itself went well, but after some deliberation, Shane and I decided to change practices. The practice had seven rotating doctors and I still haven't seen all of them, including my regular doctor. I felt like a sprocket going through the assembly line! I have switched to a smaller practice with just two doctors and Shane and I are thrilled about the personal attention I'll be getting, but especially knowing who will be delivering our baby.
Today's Mother's Day pic is posted below.

29 week update

Not much is new this week. Everything seems to be just fine--I'm feeling great. I have another doctor's appointment on Thursday and my next yoga sessions begin Thursday as well. The Floydster baby's newest trick is stretching. He loves to stretch as much as possible. This has started to be a little uncomfortable for me. Sometimes the baby bump takes on very weird shapes as he moves around and tries to get comfortable. I posted a new picture below of me and the bump at 29 weeks. I'll keep you updated after my appointment.

Latest Appointment

I had my 26 week checkup on Thursday. Shane was able to go with me and he heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time. Again, the Floydster baby was moving around so much it took the doctor a few tries to get a steady heartbeat reading. Everything went well and I received another excellent health report. We did find out there will not be any more ultrasounds, so what you see posted is what we'll have.
We did get to register this weekend which was a lot of fun. It was actually much easier than the wedding registry. We just went for the basic necessities and a few fun items, but kept it simple. Shane also spent quite a bit of time working on the nursery again. I'm not going to post any pictures while we are working on it--just the finished product. He did paint, finish the cradle and finished the dresser/changing table.
Posted below is a pic of the baby bump next to the tracing log we've been keeping. I'm officially at 27 weeks--only 90 days to go! Three months from today is the due date....

Happy Easter

Happy Easter Everyone!

We hope everyone had a great holiday. New picture posted below.