Reasons Why Baby Kriby Can't be Late...

Dear baby Kriby,

It would be very convenient if you could arrive sometime this weekend (even though it's already Saturday night). Here's why:

• Your mama is feeling LARGE.


• It's much more convenient for everyone for you to arrive on the weekend. Except for the doctors of course.


• The May birthstone is prettier than June (even though you're a boy).


• Your grandpa Kriby is going to Egypt in 4 days and we want him here when you arrive. And we don't want to wait until he gets back a week later!


• Again-your mama is LARGE.

Thank you for cooperating!

However-I love these relaxing weekends....

39 week appointment

I finally grew a centimeter-yay! I'm sure that doesn't mean much to the baby though. He'll come out when he's ready!

I just got back from my 39 week doctor's appointment and things look great. I'm 2 cm dilated and his head is very low. Dr. says he's about 8 pounds! Hopefully he won't grow too much more.

She can't pinpoint when he's coming out, but told me to hang in there because things are going smoothly. We're hoping to have him on time or early, because Tommy's Dad is going to Egypt for work on June 4th-one day after the due date! We really want him to be in town for this and I don't want to have to wait another week until he comes back. Oh well-again-he'll come out when he and God are ready!

Another Weekend...

It's now the end of Memorial Day 2009 and no baby yet! Believe me though, I'm not taking it for granted. We had another wonderful weekend and God has blessed me so much with the people in my life.

Tommy and I spent Friday and Saturday at our place in Sarasota watching basketball and laying by the pool. Saturday night we went up to Seminole and had dinner with my family. I love staying at home. Sunday we went to church and spent time with more family-parents, grandparents, and sisters-the whole crew! It was so nice to see everyone since we know things might get a little hectic over the next couple of weeks. Before we came back last night we had dinner with Amanda.

Today we slept in, made a big breakfast, and then went to the Ringling Museum. We'd never been before and it was absolutely beautiful. Again-taking advantage of the free time we have for now!

The baby has been pretty active-moving around a lot and a few contractions, but nothing too strong. Again, this weekend was so nice and I am so blessed for what God has put and will be bringing into our life soon.

Happy Memorial Day!!

2 weeks to go!

So yesterday marked exactly 2 weeks from the due date. However, I've come to realize, as I'm sure all of you mom's know, that the due date doesn't mean anything.

We went to our 38 week appointment this morning. I'm at the same measurements as I've been for the past 2 weeks- 1 cm dilated and 70% effased. The baby is moving nicely, great heart rate, and feels pretty low, so again-who knows what to expect!

My contractions go on and off. Some days they last for an hour or 2 at regular intervals, but never get stronger. Other days, I'll only have a couple throughout the day. Hopefully I'll know when the real thing is happening!

Otherwise, I think we're as ready as we can be. The house is all set, nursery done, and car seat installed. The question is are we ready mentally? We're trying to be. I think it's finally sinking in that we're going to be PARENTS. Crazy. I can't wait to see Tommy as a Daddy! More updates to come...

Real Contractions?

So today I started counting down in days instead of weeks- 20 to go!! Scary. Crazy. Exciting.

My fabulous husband surprised me yesterday with a pre-natal hour long massage scheduled for tomorrow. I'm very excited about that since lately it's become very difficult to stand up, sit down, bend over, use the restroom...
Yes, all of the above!

We had our 37 week doctors appointment yesterday morning. The baby is still doing great- moving around nicely and in the proper position. I'm still 1 cm dilated. I've had contractions off and on for the past couple of weeks but yesterday they started getting closer together. Late in the afternoon, some of them even started to be about 5 minutes apart and pretty strong. As the evening went on, they slowed down, sped up again around 9-10 pm, then stopped througout the night. I've only had a few today so I'm guessing they were more "practice" then the real thing. Pretty crazy though. We're keeping on our toes!

Mother's Day Photo Shoot

In my post yesterday, I forgot to talk about the highlight of my Mother's Day. We went to Selby Botanical Gardens in the morning to take maternity pictures with our friend Kerri who also happens to be a very talented up and coming photographer. She shared the pics with us today so I'm uploading a few. More to come!

Happy Mother's Day!

I really love today. Techincally, I guess I'm not a mom yet, but I already feel like this is such a special day. Thank you to so many people who wished me a Happy Mother's Day-it means so much.

We had our moms over yesterday for Mother's Day dinner. I always realize this but especially this weekend that I am so incredibly lucky to have family like we do. Our mothers our completely selfless, loving, beautiful, and everything else you'd expect a mother to be. I pray that I can be at least half as wonderful as a mom as my own.

Tommy and I were talking last night after dinner and I was just sitting there saying that "I'm going to be someone's mother soon." That's crazy. Exciting but so crazy.

Anyway, not much to update/write. I'm having contractions on and off but they're still kind of weak and don't have much of a pattern yet. I hope all of the mother's reading this had a fantastic day!

Less than a month to go

This is my first blogging attempt. We'll see how it goes...

Today marks exactly 4 weeks until the due date of our baby boy. Craziness. I can't believe it's gone by this quickly. Are we really creating a family?!

Yesterday, Tom and I went to the doctor to start our once a week appointments until the due date. We have 2 doctors, 2 midwives, and a nurse and we met with the nurse yesterday. Now we've met everyone in the practice (Lakewood Ranch Women's Clinic) and one of them will be on call when we deliver.

The nurse reported that I'm measuring great and the baby weighs about 6 lbs. She thinks he'll get up to about 7 upon delivery. That sounds good to me-no bigger please! During the exam, I measured 1 cm dilated and 70% ephased. Tommy gave the nurse a nervous look and asked, "does that mean he'll come early?" The nurse explained that every woman is different and I could remain those measurements for a couple weeks or grow quickly- she never can tell.

So we'll see! Feel free to guess the arrival date-late or early? It was so exciting to hear her say that she could feel his head. I'm feeling pretty good. He's moving around A LOT and I think I'm getting used to the Braxton Hicks (practice) contractions that are going on inside. Nothing regular yet...