Christmas Time!!

Sadly Christmas is over...... We had a great few days and spent some well needed time with family. Santa was VERY good to both of us and Kinsey as well. Today we took all of our Christmas decorations down and I must admit I was a bit sad. This is our last year with just the two of us. It is, however, extremely exciting to know that next year we will be sitting out cookies and milk and helping Kinsey unwrap a ton of gifts that Santa brought her through the "chimney."

I woke up at 1245 last night with contractions and was awake until 400. Today I have been having contractions off and on and feel like her positioning has really changed. Josh and I walked around the mall for about 3 hours trying to get things moving along. I just keep hoping that today is the day and have been let down for the past couple days. Tomorrow we have a doctors appointment at 830 and will officially be 39 weeks. I just pray that I am more dilated and have proof that we are, in fact, moving in the right direction. I am working Wed and Thurs and with any luck that will be my last days of work for awhile!!

Josh tells me everyday how excited he is to meet his little princess. It is so hard to believe how much she has changed our lives.....and shes not even here yet. Kinsey: We love you sooo much already and cant wait to meet you. Love: mommy and daddy!

Family, Friends, Christmas!!

That is exactly what has filled our last week. We have gotten to spend a little extra time with family and friends because we both had all weekend off. It was really nice to relax and not worry about too much. We did do quite a bit of last minute Christmas stuff. All of the stockings are filled and the Peters house is ready for Santa to arrive. On Christmas Eve (today), my side of the family will come over and open gifts. I am cooking a bunch of finger foods for us to snack on and we are expecting a relaxing evening. A glass of wine sure does sound good!!! Then Christmas morning we will go over to Joshs familys house bright and early. We do breakfast over there and open gifts!! Then it is back home and to bed for me as I have to work Christmas night....boo. Its really starting to snow today which will make for a white Christmas!!! Yay!!! Although that could make for a busy work weekend for me depending on how bad it gets. Oh well.......I can make it through 7 more days of work!!!!

This weekend we attended a 'tacky sweater party' hosted by our friends, the Kunkels. It was so nice to get out and spend some time with our friends. We really do have the best friends ever. The boys played Rock Band most of the time and spipped on some eggnog. My girlfriends Kara and Nichole and I chatted the night away as I jealously watched them endulging in redbull and vodkas. Next time around they will be the pregnant ones and I will be enticing them with my glasses of reisling :) Overall it was a really fun time!!

We had a Doctors appointment yesterday. Sadly, I am not dilated anymore. That shot down my hopes for a delivery any day :( I just want to meet her so badly that each day I wake up hoping that it will be today!! Lil miss Kinsey is more active than ever. Her and Josh have a little, quite uncomfortable for mommy game. When Kin sticks out her foot on one side or the other Josh pokes at it. Then she gets fiesty and kicks him back. This goes on until I tell them that this is slightly annoying.....cute but annoying. We will go back next Wednesday for our 39 week appointment and then the following week for the 40th. Dr Whiddon said that if I come in that day and still have not delivered he will try and get me on the schedule for Thurs (8th) for an induction!!! So what that means to me is at the most I have to wait 2 weeks from today to meet her!!!! That is so exciting, yet a long way away too!!

We are wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

2 weeks 4 days

This week we had a doctors appointment and it was the first time he checked me. I am a little less than one centimeter dilated and her head is in a down position. It is official! I am ready to have this little girl. Other than some nausea and my growing waistline, this pregnancy has been relatively complication free. That is until a few days ago. My belly is starting to really get in the way. I find it hard to bend over, turn over, really move at all. Things are just starting to get uncomfortable. I guess its a good thing we have just over 2 weeks left. I know that once she is here I will probably look back and miss that feeling of her in my tummy. The doctor said that with as big as she is it is virtually impossible for her to turn now. So it looks like shes in position!!! Now we just wait for the big day!! We will go back next Wednesday for another check. Maybe a little progress will have been made........I can only hope:)
Josh has been keeping busy with work as usual. He had the final for his class on Monday so he is officially done for the semester. He also got a small promotion at work with the hope of another, bigger promotion coming soon. He is really excited and I am so proud of him.
Work is going well for me. The countdown is on!! 9 days of work left....unless she makes an early arrival.
We have some last minute Christmas shopping to do this weekend along with picking up a few things still left on the list of necesities for Kinsey. Other than that, we will be going to a Christmas party with some friends on Sat night. We are trying to enjoy these last minute outings as we expect to be pretty much housebound for awhile after the baby's arrival.
When I actually take a moment away from all the planning for Kinseys birth I realize how truely blessed I am. I have the most amazing husband in the world and I just cant wait to see how in love with her he will be once Kinsey gets here. I am so excited to see how our family changes and absolutely cannot wait to go from just the two of us to a family of three!!

The picture is of the adorable little bows my friend Nichole made for Kinsey. I just love them and cant wait to have her newborn pictures taken with nothing but a bow on!!! Thanks again Nichole!!

25 days till D Day

Almost there. I can't believe it's so close. I can see Kinsey now laying in her crib with a little pink outfit on and a ridiculous bow Kelli insisted she wear. She'll be beautiful, just like her mother. If anyone out there has an instruction manual for this bundle of joy please let me know. I'm unsure if reality has fully sunk in. Sure all the things Kinsey could need and want fill her room, including the love of two soon to be proud parents, but she's not here yet. I'm not sure it will all seem real until I see her face, hear her cry and reach out to put her hand in mine. I think about these things every day as Kellis due date draws near. The anticipation is killing me. As I stand in her room and look at all the things we've given her I just think...... I hope she likes pink.

And then there's my wife. I see other women struggle with their pregnancies complaining of back aches and uncomfortableness at the same stage Kelli is, yet I hear little from her. Yes, she may ask for back rubs, help putting on her work boots, has the occasional demand for mashed potatoes with white gravy at midnight, and uses pregnancy as an excuse for the dishes not being done, but she handles it gracefully (aside from the mashed potatoes,...it gets pretty ugly). Each morning she wakes and lets me know "26 days left babe!" . Thats how I knew there was 25 left today. I didn't even have to look at a calender, I have my wife. I can only hope that my daughter takes as many qualities from her mother as she can. Hears to you babe. I can't wait for the miracle of life that you've blessed me with. I hope she can do dishes too.

Kinseys Nursery

These pictures are a little old as we have added many things to her nursery. This gives you an idea of what her room will end up like.

First Blog

Well we are new to this. I will be doing the posts as Josh isnt much into the blog thing. We wanted a way to keep our friends and family updated on the status of our new family. Currently I am 36 weeks and 3 days with my due date being Jan 7th. As most everyone knows we are expecting a baby girl and are naming her Kinsey Peyton.

Because we are almost to D day we have pretty much everything ready for Kinseys arrival. Her nursery is almost complete and I think we have everything needed to take care of her. I am sure we will discover all of those little things that we missed and will have to make a mad dash for last minute.

I am writing this first post from work as it is a long, not too busy night. Therefore I will have to add pictures when I can edit this from home. I hope to utilize this blog as a way to keep everyone updated with pictures and posts as to how our new family is developing. Although I am new to this parenting thing so I may have a harder time keeping up with it than I anticipate.