35 wks on Mothers Day!

Hello to all,

I Just wanted to give you an update on how things are going on this end before we have this baby. This will probably be my last posting until the baby arrives because there is so much to do to prepare for this exciting arrival. I have been doing really good since I hit my 35th week, but the contractions are more consistent and the pain is worse because of the incision from the surgery. The incision is healing up really good, but when my tummy grows or is having a contraction it makes the incision feel like it is trying to open. So that becomes very painful. The rash that I had all over my body finally went away after the doc put me on steroid creme and steroid meds to take. That was a living nightmare too, but I made it through. I'm just so happy to be on the downslope now on all of this. I feel like I'm gaining weight daily. The baby is still trying to play football in my tummy with very little room for him/her. Emilee loves seeing my tummy move and likes to feel it when it goes on. When we ask Issy where is Baby she comes to me and pulls my shirt up and says Baby and gets really excited. It is the cutest thing to watch. We are still trying to figure out a name for a girl, but we have one for a boy which will be "Joshua Paul". Emilee has her ideas too. So we've been having fun listening to her for a new name everyday. Emilee would like to name the baby "Julianna Joy", but we aren't stuck on that just yet. So if anyone has any ideas, please let us know. We want the first name to rhyme with the middle name being either faith, hope, love or joy. So let me know if anything crosses your mind. This friday I will be at 37wks with only 2wks to go.(ya-hoo!!!!) There are times when I don't think I'm gonna make it to the scheduled c-section day on June 5th because of the hard contractions I've been having, but it's nice to see that light at the end of the tunnel once the contraction goes away. I've made it this far so I know I can keep going unless God has another plan for us. We are hoping to have our deck down and the girl's swingset up before the baby arrives. Plus we are hoping to cement where the deck was at so that we can put our new patio furniture out there and be able to enjoy after the baby arrives. So we have some big projects going on outside that will keep us busy till the arrival. I have my bag packed and baby bassinet ready to go. We are still in need of getting a new stroller and car seat before the baby comes, but we have old backups just in case. Well, I guess that is it for now. I can't thank you all enough for the prayers that got us through all of this. God is so incredibly awesome and we are so blessed to have each of you in our lives! God bless you for blessing us during this time. I'm hoping to update this blog again once I'm home from the hospital with some pic's. Those of you with facebook will receive pic's a whole lot sooner.=0)