Due Date!!!

Well it is finally here and there it goes........  I don't expect anything to happen today :(  At my appointment yesterday I was only 1 cm dilated, and not looking like I was going to go any time soon.  The doc did say that Jamison was nicely dropped down.  With the amount of pressure he was putting on my bladder, I was not surprised.  She did strip my membranes, which wasn't a pleasant experience.  It supposedly helps start up labor but nothing happened for me.  I now have another appointment set for Oct 28th.  I guess I will see if I get that far.

Now it is just a wait it out game for Scott and I.  I will have to start putting negative numbers on my count down!  But I guess if Jamie is still happy with where he is, I won't complain.... yet :)

Two Days Left

Two days left..... where did the time go?  Scott and I got the car seat installed yesterday.  It was much simpler than I thought it was going to be.  I remember struggling to get my niece's car seats put in properly, but this was much easier thanks to the LATCH system!  

People seem surprised to still see me at work, but if I just stayed home all day I think that I would go crazy with waiting.  I need to do something to keep my mind off all the pain that I will be experiencing in just a few days.  I would not be surprised if I go past Thursday though.  I will need to put numbers back up on my count down!  

Four Days Away

So possibly sometime this week Scott and I will become parents.  We have brought up the baby swing and all the bouncy chairs (we have three for some reason).  Jamie's closet has been actually cleaned out so he has room for all his baby stuff.  The next big thing is to try and figure out how to install the car seat.  Should be an interesting time.

We went on what is probably our last "date" for awhile.  We went to dinner and a movie.  We saw Eagle Eye, which was much better than what some people told us.  Overall it was a good night and I didn't get too much heartburn from the mexican food I ate.

Now we are on to trying to figure out how to install a door sealer on our front door so Jamison will be as snug as a bug in a rug this winter!

One Week Away

So the due date is a week from today!  Can you say nerve wracking and exciting all at the same time ----ewracitking???  Something like that?  All I know is that time is flying!  I believe that Jamison has dropped down some and according to my mom I have gotten bigger.  If dropping means feeling like you have to pee every second, then yes he has definitely dropped. People at work are coming up to me asking if I am still pregnant.  They all seem to think that I am very cute while pregnant.  I guess that is better than being ugly, or whatever the opposite of cute would be for a pregnant lady.  I don't know if I can say I feel cute.  More like a waddling penguin, but if penguins are cute, then so must I be.  

We have finally received our changing table pad, which was the last thing needed for the nursery.  I was trying to find someplace that had pad covers to fit the strange sized pad we had to special order, but my sister brought up a good point.  She said that she never used a cover cause leaks and eruptions happen (especially with a boy) and the cover will just get stained and dirty. Makes sense to me, so that is one less thing that I need to buy!

One day almost down and who knows how many more to come......

11 Days to Lift Off

Almost to single digits and I can't believe it!!!  Those first few months of being pregnant seemed to go so slowly, at least it did while worshiping the porcelain goddess.  Now the days seem to be flying by way too quickly!  Right now as I type Jamison doesn't like the feel of the keyboard against my belly and keeps kicking at it.  Very hard to type while the keyboard gets moved around on me!  Little stinker!  

Scott and I took a tour of Sparrow hospital's labor and delivery area.  Didn't realize that you got moved around so much.  One room for beginning labor, one room for pushing the kid out, and another to recoup from all that had been going on for hours (or days).  The rooms all look very nice.  Looking at the little bassinet that they put the baby in while he stays in your room was a little daunting.  Just think, in a few days, a small human being that I created will be sleeping (or crying) in that little plastic crib on wheels.  Seems very overwhelming when you stop and think about it.  

We also made another trip to Babies-r-us.  They need those carts where toddlers can ride on them, but for adults.  My feet hurt by the time I got done looking at everything for the hundredth time.  We bought a humidifier and a drink bottle tether.  The sales people said I was crazy when I asked about where the bottle tethers were kept.  Supposedly they don't carry them.  Well I now own one bought at Babies-r-us, so they wrong!!!! 

Now I am going to try and get enough energy to walk around town so I can enjoy this great day outside.  

13 Days and Counting

Had another baby doc appointment today.  Everything looks good.  Doc Maney estimates Jamison's size to be 6 1/2 pounds right now.  We aren't expecting a big baby by any means, so that is a good estimate!!!  He has been very, very active today.  He keeps turning around and around and around.  You can see he's little bum push out on one side and then push out on the other side of my belly.  He also gets the hiccups alot!  It is a very strange feeling to have something inside you having hiccups!  

So all is well at the Schueller household.  Got to go feed the baby, which means supper time for me!

15 Days and Counting

It's hard to believe that in fifteen days, Jamison Joseph is due - October 23, 2008. Both Scott and I believe that I will go later and, for some reason, October 29th sticks in our minds.

Everything is ready for the little man and we're both scared and excited.

Maybe we should catch people up on all that has happened in th

e 9 months that got us to where we are today.

Scott and I decided that we wanted to start a family around our first anniversary.  After being told by some people that getting pregnant takes much longer than one would expect, we started trying at the beginning of the year.  Low and Behold we got pregnant in January!!  Sometimes things happen much faster!  We were excited and very surprised!  I didn't believe the first pregnancy test was positive so I made Scott go out and buy one that clearly said pregnant/ not pregnant.  After that one clearly said "Pregnant" we started planning for the next nine months and years to come!

The first few weeks of pregnancy were pretty smooth sailing but at the beginning of March both Scott and I started to enjoy the "morning sickness"of pregnancy.  Unfortunately it wasn't just in the morning!  My body really hated Mondays and I was sick at least 3 times each Monday.  Go figure.  Scott decided that he needed to take the sympathy pains to heart and came down with a very bad attack of his Crohns disease.  He ended up having surgery on April 2 and was in the hospital for over a week.  It was a hard time for both of us.  

We celebrated our first anniversary, which happened to fall on a Monday, with me being still sick and Scott getting better.  The garage sale season was soon upon us and we started to stock up on baby things.  We still didn't know if Jamie was goi

ng to be a girl or a boy so we had to try and find neutral things.  We have quite a few green and yellow outfits!!

As our first ultrasound appointment was on the horizon we talked about wether we thought the future Schueller was going to be a boy or a girl.  Both of us were very certain that we were going to be having a girl, but as the ultrasound technician showed us the monitor there was no doubt that the baby was a BOY!!!!!!  We were shocked and I had to have her show me twice before I believed it.  

My first baby bump photo!

We had already decided on names for whether we were going to be having a boy or a girl and now we knew that baby "Jamison Joseph" was going to be brought into this world sometime in late October or early November!!!

Most of the rest of the months seemed to fly by very quickly.  We picked out a bedding set and settled on paint colors.  Jamie's room soon took shape and it has turned out very very nice!  

We had a few worries set before us when the doctors decided that I was growing large enough quick enough.  Normally one likes to be told that you are tiny, but I guess that doesn't apply to growing baby bellies!!!  Another ultrasound was scheduled for September to measure baby size and age.  Everything turned out to be fine and he is in the 45th percentile of babies!!!!  Neither Scott nor I are larger people, so I don't expect to have a huge baby anyway.  

Now it is just a waiting game.  The room is ready, the car seat is ready, the future babysitters are ready, now Scott and I just have to get ready!!!  It is very exciting and scary all at the same time!!!!