Last Day!

Today is our last full day at home without baby Kate! We cannot BELIEVE that the time has finally come for her to be here! So our next post will be all about her arrival and I am sure will include a billion pictures of her courtesy of her mommy & daddy and her aunt Chelsea who will be in the delivery room to witness her birth and with a camera to capture all of her first moments!

Be back in a couple of days!

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!

...my daughter is pretty much a celebrity...
yep...you heard it right. kate is going to be on TV! well, not really but i am taping a segment this morning with some other pregnant women that are due soon for Good Morning America. long story but i just found out yesterday. they said that we will be doing a "belly casting" party and that i should wear yoga pants and a sports bra....on national TV!!! so i immediate set down the box of oatmeal cream pies that i was eating for lunch and went out to get the most flattering yoga pants i could find! haha! anyhow, i don't know when it will air but i know that it is not today.

...work in progress...

almost done! and no, that is not my wine...point the finger at Grandma Libby!

...maternity pictures...

...30 week baby bump...

...our little breech baby...

so, 30 week appointment was today. our little kate is still in the breech position and dr. farrow said that we would probably make a decision about delivery at 34 weeks. if she hasn't flipped around by then, we are going to schedule a c-section on may 11, 2011, which i am totally okay with and actually kind of excited about! she is still measuring ahead of schedule and seemingly in perfect health! i can't believe that if she is born on 5.11.11 that it is only 8 weeks and some change until we meet our little bundle of joy!

haPpY biRtHdaY, laNdRy!!!

my best friend, peyton, gave birth to a precious baby girl named

Landry Paige

yesterday

March 9, 2011

born at 1:17 a.m.

weight 7.1 lbs

20 inches long

we are SO excited for the Eoff family!

congratulations!

"Hello, my name is Kate Hatley Philips and I am 30 weeks old. I like to keep my hands in front of my face at all times and I have been in a full on breech position for about 12 weeks. Sometime I like to smile at the camera but most of the time I like to be left alone. My mom doesn't approve because she is obsessed with 3D sonograms and can't get enough of my precious little face. I am predicted to weigh around 7 pounds at birth and to both of my parents surprise, even at 30 weeks, I have a TON of hair! Imagine that...don't know where that came from? Anyways, I like to move around 24 hours day and cannot wait to come out and play. See you very soon!"

...hand over face...

...precious little angel face...

...another face shot...

...action shot...

...stayed still for a second...


...my beautiful toesies...

...and where did those long fingers come from?...

...high kick...

(they have said that if I stay in this position much longer that

I will want my feet up by my head for weeks even after birth!)

...my mommy & daddy's favorite, my smile...

...baby brett & baby jen...

...more 3D photos from february...

also, a "shout out" to my friend, Cindy, who just delivered a beautiful baby girl on Valentine's Day - congratultions!!!!

and one to Peyton who is having Landry Paige any day now! I am SO excited!!

...it's the little things...

this made me so happy!