36 weeks!

Well Cecil and I went to my 36th week appt yesterday. He doesnt usually go to my weekly appts with me but on Monday morning I woke him up about 4:30 am with some pretty intense contractions, I just waited it out because I already had a docs appt at 9:00, so he went with me incase it turned out to be something. Well by the time we got to docs office, they had died down a bit and were not as intense. She still wanted to check things out and when she did my exam, she told me his head is WAY WAY down. (she didnt have to tell me, I have been feeling it all week!) And my cervix is soft and I was dilated at 2.5! Also just by looking at my you can tell I dropped or should I say baby dropped. She said by how fast things are moving, I was dilated at 1 last week and had been for a few weeks before that, she wouldnt be surprised if I had him this week....WHAT? I mean I knew I had to do this, I know I cant keep him in forever, and I really want to meet him...but I was prepared for a few more weeks to get used to the idea! But she said with his size (she guesses him around 7.5 lbs right now and the fact I got the steroid shot for his lungs already, that he will be prefect.) In her words, "Bring him on." So we will see when he wants to make his self known....

In other pregnancy news...I have gained 25 lbs, yes I have been putting it on lately. Its proably because my 2 cravings are donuts and cereal...why cant I crave fruit or veggies?

I am offically waking up every 1-2 hours through-out the night, I guess its just practice for newborn schedule........

Well I got my first Mothers Day gift ever. I had flowers delievered and the card read "Happy First Mothers Day! Love Quinn" My husband and mother in law are great, I was no expecting anything. And usually I find things out because I am the one that does the banking so I see what Cecils spends money on and where, my his mom ordered them, so I had no clue. It was very sweet, I got a little teary eyed!

Well Quinns room is DONE! Now we are just waiting on him. It turned out pretty good for being an office a few months ago, its not even a real bedroom but his bedroom will be upstairs and master is down stairs on opposite ends of the house, and thats just to far away from me for right now. So eventually his bedroom will be upstairs, but for now its our "office."

I will update in a few days......but I just wanted everyone to keep him and I in your thoughts and prayers....I know your prayers have got us through so much to this point, just please ask to keep both of us safe and healthy through labor and delivery. Its such a beautiful thing but I am a nervous wreck.......

xoxo-Kari

34 Weeks!

Well I am 34.5 weeks today! I cant believe he will be here in 5-6 weeks. (found out today she will not let me go past my due date because he is pretty large already) Went to the doctor today, everything seems great.....his heartrate was 140 and he was happily kicking her as she felt my belly. She is guessing him to be about 6-6.5 pounds right now. My contractions have slowed way down. Since I havent updated in awhile, we had a really nervous weekend 2 weekends ago, I ended up staying in L & D for the night. I was having some bleeding and conractions. I got woke up at one point in the middle of the night with her telling me my conractions were 3 mins apart, they got them slowed way down, and I have just been having them off and on since. I got the steroid shot for his lungs, just incase he decides to come early. I was also dilated at 1cm, but have stayed the same since. I was told today, labor will not be stopped from here on out. I am hoping to get a few more weeks out of him though and I think I will. I am up about 18 pounds and feel like I will gain 18 more in the next few weeks, I seriously cannot get unhungry...its bad. Cecil just laughs...I think I had about 6 full meals on Saturday.

We had our baby shower this past weekend. I say "we" because we had a coed shower and I am so glad we did, it was so much fun. My sister did an awesome job with it. I wanted more a celebration of our little miracle and to thank everyone who has supported us in our journey. It turned out better then expected, we had about 100 people come through and I couldnt believe the generosity (not sure if that is spelled right!) of people, we got everything we need for this guy and then some! Everything is washed and put away, and ready for him. Just have to get the car seat inspected and finish packing hospital bags......I cant believe I am at this point. I mean I have been pregnant since Sept 11th of last year, seems like it would have time to sink in, but its getting more and more unreal to me the closer we get, I think because I didnt know if I would ever be here, I didnt know if I would ever feel baby kicks in my belly, I didnt know if I would ever see our baby on an ultrasound, I didnt know if my husband would ever beable to rub my belly...I honestly can not Thank God enough because I have got to experience all of those things, he is making my dreams of being a Mom come true, I never doubted him but sometimes questioned his plan for me. Now I know, it was all in preperation for my little boy, this is my boy, this is the baby I was supposed to feel kick and to see on an ultrasound.......this is the little boy God promised me and told me was coming, I just had to be patience. The greater the fight, the greater the victory...that is our story in a sentence.....the fight sometimes was almost more then ethier of us could take.......but the victory has been more then I every thought possible. Thank You God for our miracle...he is our greatest victory!

30 weeks!

SO there are my 30 week baby bellies...Im up about 12-13 pounds. This week I feel like I cant get enought to eat, so Im surely putting on pounds. I dont really have many cravings, but I love me some cereal, I eat a few bowls a day. And its so bad but if I eat another Reese Cup Easter Egg....Thankfully Easter is this Sunday, so all the Easter candy will be going away. I have started seeing the doctor every 2 weeks now. Everything is going really, really well right now. I cant believe in under 10 weeks we will meet out little guy!

His nursery is coming together, not quite done yet. These sock monkeys were fine when I was little. And his first Notre Dame Football. We still need to get the mattress. The dresser was in my nursery when I was born.

So we have started training our 4 dogs. They have been our babies for the past 4 years and we are trying to make this as smooth as transition as possible for everyone. We have set up many of Quinns things just so they are used to them by the time he is here. I also have been training them with a baby sounds CD, I randomly play in through out the day, it makes crying sounds, and just normal baby sounds.....We also are using a baby doll to train them, as you can see from the picture below our bulldog Irish already loves "the baby", not sure if he will be as keen on a real baby that crys and moves, but its a start!

Coming up is our baby shower, which I am really excited about. I am meeting with a peditrician tomorrow, hopefully I like him and its as easy as that to pick one. Other then that, not much is going on. I am offically in the nesting stage working on stuff around the house and getting everything orgainzed. I am loving the weather, Finally! This winter felt like it took 2 years, proably because I was so sick...but Im glad both sickness and winter are over. I am also taking a newborn basics class in April, I literally have almost no experience with newborns, which scared me a bit. I am really hoping that motherly instints kick in like everyone is telling me they will. I know I love him so much and will do anything to make him happy and keep him safe, so I think thats a good start, and hopefully I learn a lot from the class. Cecil and I also took an infant CPR and first aid class, I am gald we did, we learned a lot. We also did our hospital tour, and it seemed very nice (not much to compare it to), we went past the nursery and there were 3 brand new newborn baby boys in there, they were so cute, made me cant wait to meet our little one! Well at least not for 7 more weeks, when he is considered full term, but anytime after that is fine with me! Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers, to have a safe and healthy next weeks and delievery.

xoxo-Kari

Update.......

Just wanted to do a small update.....Im a little over 26 weeks! Feeling pretty good, hes quite an active little guy. The first 3 pictures are of Quinns room so far, I am not doing a theme room, I am just doing modern chocolate and white. So far the room is painted, new floor is in, curtain up and changing table and crib put together. I still have not decided on a mattress......I still need a rocker/glider and dresser. Nothing is on the wall yet, except his name. The 4th is my baby bump picture! I am up about 4 pounds pre pregnancy weight. Quinns is weighing in at almost 2 lbs, which is right on track. Both of us are doing great. Please keep the thoughts and prayers coming that everything keeps going smoothly. God has blessed us so much and I thank him everyday for him! Next week is 27 weeks which is the start of the 3rd trimester, which I cant believe. And then at 28 weeks we are having a 3/D ultrasound done and I have a 28 week appt. Thats all going on for now. I will update after next ultrasound!

xoxo-Kari

Week 23

So I am offically 23 weeks today! Very Excited......I finally am back to my pre-pregnancy weight, so anything from now on will offically be "baby weight." We picked out a name for our little guy, its Quinn Cecil Kenworthy. Quinn is doing great, I feel him move everyday now, some days a lot more then others, but I love every little movement. I have been off my zofran pump for a month now and the morning sickness is offically GONE! I am no longer in my regular jeans as I am gaining quite a baby bump. Next on the baby agenda is starting on his room, the picture above is the start. We already put new wood floors in and I am actually keeping the walls this chocolate color....I will post photo updates of how its going. The only things we have so far are the crib, mattress, and changing table, which are all still in boxes. Maybe with all the snow this weekend, we will get those put together. March 12th we are doing a 3/D ultra-sound where you can watch him move around and get to see facial shots, I am very excited about it. Thats really all going on right now....finally enjoying being pregnant! Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers so far, please keep us both is your prayers for us to both stay safe and healthy for the remainder of the pregnancy in early June. Thanks so much!
xoxo-Kari

Its a BOY!!!!!!!

So we had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday. And there was no denying....ITS A BOY! We were beyond thrilled. And he is healthy which is even more of a blessing. We got to watch him for a good 40 mins as the tech took measurements and looked at all of his organs and parts. At one point he put his little feet up and we could see the outline of his feet and all 10 little toes. So Cute! And he kept facing forward and looking right at the little machine. I love him so much already. He was measuring right on time, and our due date is still June 4th. He weighs right at a pound. He is breech right now, but my doctor said that is fine and he has plenty of time to move around. I cant thank God enough for him!

The House

So these are the pics of the house. It is not 100% done, as you can tell from the pictures. But it is done enough now to where we can live in it and do the rest. If you look back on my blog you can look at pictures of how the house looked when we bought it in June. It has came a long way and with the major help of my dad and a few other people we did all the work ourselves, which means a lot to us. Once the downstairs is finished, we do have a loft, 2 bedrooms and a full bath upstairs we havent touched, and that will be next. YEAH!!

The Stairs, which are still being worked on, but look great so far. They were covered with cat pee carpet, and they have great old charm.

babys room so far, right off living room. Will be in there while they are little

Living Room

Living Room

Living Room from front Entry

Living room looking in from dining room

Dining Room

Dining Room, with pheonix at the bottom, sorry!

Our laundry/mud room. Which is Huge and I love. Sorry catching up on laundry that you see piled up there.

other side of kitchen, obiously a small cabinet needs to go in besides dishwasher

OUr kitchen, small but works for us. The house is 110 years old, so we worked with what we got. The trim still needs done in here and the kick plate under the cabinets. but its getting there. To the right is a pantry as well.

Our Kitchen, which still needs the most work. We have 1 cabinet to stain and the back splash to do.

Our Master Shower, that is huge and we love!

Our New Master. This used to be one huge family room. The brown wall behind the bed we put up and added a huge walk in closet and master bath behind it.