here we go!

our appointment today went great! i am one centimeter dialated, which i know can last a long time, but i am very excited to be starting the labor process anyway. she said that her head is down low and that her heartbeat is good. they are going to hook me up to a monitor next week to check on her movement since it has slowed down so much but it is just a precautionary measure and i am sure that everything is just fine. soooooo....we also decided that unless she decides to make her debut earlier we are going to induce on May 17th! we are so excited that there is a definite end in site i can't even tell you!

so, i had an unexpected trip to the doctor's office today because i had not felt kate move for a couple of days. they asked me to come in for a sonogram to make sure that everything is okay. and it is. she scored perfectly on all tests and they said that her movement might have decreased so significantly because she has gained an entire pound since this time last week. so she is now estimated to weigh 6 pounds. i am really hoping that it doesn't increase that much every week because that would put her at 9 pounds on my due date! yikes! lol anyhow, no worries and i will still be seeing the doctor at our scheduled appointment tomorrow since she was not the one that i saw today. but since the sonographer told me today that she hasn't dropped at all i am not expecting anything to really be any different.

...love this girl...

we had a sonogram at our appointment today which was super exciting! miss kate is estimated to be 5 pound 1 ounce right now with about 2 more pounds to go according to the doctor. to our surprise she is cooperating and in the HEAD DOWN position! so change of plans...we now have no set date of arrival. guess we are working on kate's schedule now haha! she has a precious little chubby face and we were told by this sonographer as well, without even asking, that she has a pretty good amount of hair and that it seems to stick out kind of far? so exciting!

won't be long now!

...pettiskirts & feather hats...

whoah baby!

oh no!

this is a little outfit for kate that grandma libby dropped by today. for those who don't remember, and if you went to elemetary school me i am sure you can't forget, my mom used to put an insane amount of HUGE bows in me and Chelsea's hair everyday. i thought that this onesie was so fitting and so cute! she found it at Dimples & Dandelions....the store that i think might be the best and worst thing that has ever happened to us! haha!

...workin' on my tan...

and yes, i am wearing a bathing suit! bought a bikini that (hopefully) i will only be able to wear for the next 3 weeks and 5 days but what can i say? a girl needs a tan in the summertime!?

Doctor's Appointment

Our doctor's appointment today went great! She thinks that Kate is still breech and that "thing" that has been sticking out on the left side since she started growing....yep, that's her little head. We will know for sure on the 19th when they will check with a sonogram for position and weight estimation. It definitely seems like that is the way that it is going so we are sticking with May 11th due date! 4 weeks and 6 days....we can't wait!!!!

I was at my mom's house today looking at some pictures and came across this newborn picture of me. It was the first time that I thought I could really see some of me in Kate because usually I see a lot of Brett when I see the 3D pictures of her. What do ya think? Brett thinks that she has my nose :)

Just a few of the sonogram pictures from the beginning of March. I am pretty sure according to the size of my belly that she has doubled in size since then! And as of last week she

is still measuring ahead of schedule...woohoo!