It's a GIRL!

Ainsley Joan was born on Sunday at 1:28am. She was 8 lbs and 20 1/4 inches. Everyone is doing great. I'll post more details on her birth story when we get home. 

Dr's Appointment

It's official, we are scheduled for Monday!  So excited to have a date and actually be able to prepare and get everything ready for the boys and not have it need to be a mad dash out the door.  Not exactly the best week with 3 baseball games for the boys and a dentist appointment but we'll work with what we're given!  Gavin keeps asking when the baby's going to hatch which cracks me up.  We'll try to update the blog once the baby is here.  Gavin is on team boy and Wyatt is on team girl so we'll see who is right :).

Due Date

So today is my due date and still no baby L.  I never in a million years thought I would still be pregnant by now until at my last appointment they told me I had to just keep waiting.  I knew I would never go into labor on my own at least not before my due date so I was very disappointed.  I have my next doctor’s appointment on Friday and I’m very anxious about how it will all go.  I have a lot of concerns and have not been very happy with my doctor’s office lately.  They weren’t able to get me in any sooner which was frustrating.  It’s been incredibly difficult to get any sort of appointment lately which is just ridiculous for someone approaching and past their due date and I’m being forced to see a brand new doctor that I’ve never met before who knows nothing about my background.  I’m very nervous that this will turn out like Gavin’s birth which is what I’ve been trying to avoid and why I’ve been induced early in the past.  Send prayers that I go into labor on my own in the next few days but honestly I have little faith that this will happen and am anticipating the worst.  Here’s the latest belly pic.  I’m huge and getting tired of hearing all the comments from everyone on my appearance.  Note to all non-pregnant folks out there if you feel the need to make a comment to someone who is obviously very pregnant just say they look great and instead of reassuring their fears give them hope that the best outcome will happen. 

Memorial Day weekend

We had such a great memorial day weekend.  It made me wish every week had a 3 day weekend!  Saturday my parents picked up the boys and kept them overnight.  They spent the day at my grandparent’s house and roasted hot dogs and made s’mores and went fishing.  Wyatt caught 9 fish and Gavin caught 12.  He said it was the best day of his life lol.  It was also nice for Ryan and I have to have some downtime before this new baby gets here.  We were able to go out to eat and see a movie and then got some cleaning done around the house before the boys came home on Sunday.  It was a nice little break that we don’t get to do very often. 

Sunday was pretty rainy so we lounged around the house but Monday was gorgeous.  Wyatt has been wanting to swim forever so we got out the pool and the boys had fun splashing around in the pool that morning and then we headed to a new park that afternoon which was so cool.  The boys had a great time and we’ll definitely be going back.  We were all sad to see the weekend end but had a bunch of worn out boys.  Wyatt even slept until 7:20 on Tuesday beating both his brothers which I don’t think has ever happened.

38 weeks

I had my doctor’s appointment on Friday and not much new to report.  I was still 2 cm and 50% effaced so no progress in that area which I was a little bummed about.  We had our ultrasound and it was a little hard for her to get measurements but from what she was able to get the baby averaged around 7lbs. 7ozs.  so right now we are just playing the waiting game.  My next appointment is on Thursday of next week so I’m hoping we’ll be able to schedule something then if we haven’t had the baby yet which I don’t have high hopes for.  I guess we’ll see.  The baby was super squished in there but we did manage to get a little bit of a 4d image of the face that I posted below and she said she thought she saw some hair :).  

Last day of Kindergarten

Friday was Gavin’s last day of kindergarten.  I just can’t believe how fast this year went and how quickly he is growing up.  We just loved his teacher and he had a really great class of kids.  Gavin was excited for all the fun activities leading up to the last day but I could tell that he didn’t really want school to end.  He was being a little emotional last night and breaking down in tears over the littlest things.  At first I just thought he was tired but then at the end of the night when we were going to bed he said mom I don’t want school to be over so I think he was just a little sad to know that he was done.  We’ve signed him up for a few weeks of camp this summer so I’m hoping maybe some of the kids from his class or school will be in camp with him and I’m sure this summer will fly by and before we know it we’ll have a first grader on our hands.

37 weeks

I hit 37 weeks on Wednesday and as you can tell the belly has grown quite a bit.  I had my doctor’s appointment today and everything looks good.  I was 2 cm and 50% effaced so making some progress in the right direction.  We have an ultrasound scheduled for next Friday so it will be interesting to see how the baby is measuring.  I’m definitely carrying this baby more like Gavin and Wyatt vs. Lincoln so I’m curious to see if that means it will be a bigger baby or not.  The baby has been super active and other than a few bad days here and there I've been feeling pretty good lately.  The weather has been pretty nice so I've been able to go for several short walks a day and I think that is making a huge difference.  Not that I’m anticipating this baby coming anytime soon but I’d like to get through next week which is Gavin’s last week of school and then this baby can come at any time J.