Big Baby!!!

So I had my last check up at the doctor today before the baby is born. I also had one last sonogram.

Last monday when I went to the doctor after I had left, the doctor called me back and told me she had a feeling that we needed to check and see how much the baby weighed. She said she was afraid that my fluid is fine and the baby is really big. So she scheduled me to have a sonogram today.

When I went in for my sonogram the lady doing it said, "oh your poor stomach!" she said she hadn't ever felt anyones stomach as hard as mine and she has been doing this a long time. I figured that it was due to all my extra amniotic fluid.(little did i know it was because of a big baby instead) Then she saw the baby and took measurements for the doctor on weight and also my fluid. I asked if she could tell me anything or if I had to wait on my Dr. to tell me. and she said i had to wait for my doctor to tell me. All she would say was He is a big boy! then i was worried about it.

When i met with my doctor and she read the results of the sonogram her eyes got really big! which of course scared me! and she said well, you are going to have a big baby! he is approx. 9 lbs and 3 oz. She said that there is a chance he is one pound more or one pound less. But we think he is a pound more then that if anything. She told me that my amniotic fluid is back to normal levels so it is all baby in there!

Since this is my first baby she thinks there is a high risk for some complications because my body isn't ready for something this big. She said that if I have a natural birth there is a large posibility that his head will come out and then his shoulders will not. She said that when that happens they try to make as much room as they can for the shoulders and then they will break his arms to get him out. I can't bear the thought of even the posibility of him having his arms broken! You never know if this will happen until you are actually delivering the baby. So there is a posibility there will be no problems or there is a posibility there will be a big problem.

The other option is to just have a c-section. which there are risk with a c-section as well. She wants me to call her first thing in the morning and tell her my decision.

Ben and I have been praying and trying to weigh all the odds of our decision we have to make and listening to the spirt to know what to do.

We have decided that the best option is to do a c-section. It will be the safest option for the baby. I am putting his needs first before my needs and wants.

Please pray for everything to go well! We need love and support from family and friends!

JOB

I got a job for 3 yrs secured with CORE. school starts next week and maybe my kid will be born as well. bye everyone.

Happy 50th!

Happy 50th Anniversary!!!

This is my memaw and papaws 50th anniversary. It is amazing that people can be so in love! I am grateful to call them my grandparents. We did a suprise party for them at catfish village. They just wanted to have the family there. I got a short break form my bedrest and was put up in 2 chairs. All the family donated money to go together to treat them to a vacation trip with just the 2 of them! i think they are going to go somewhere in october. Kenneth also made a picture scrap book for them. Everyone gathered pictures of their families and it was all put together to create and amazing book of memories. My mom also put together a letter book. Everyone in the family wrote a letter to memaw and papaw with either stories from the past involving them, things they learned from them or just anything that came to their minds to write. And they are all put together by families in a notebook for them to keep and to hand down form generation to generation so everyone will know what type of people my grandparents are!

Memaws suprised face!!! love it!

they are looking at the cake and scrap book

Happy 50th cake! they were really good looking back in the day and still are!

Baby Shower in Gilmer

This was my baby shower in Gilmer! It was on Saturday July 17th 1-3 pm at my home. It was a really good turn out. With all those who came and stayed and came and left we had about 35 people. We got a lot of great gifts for the baby at the shower as well as from people who are continuing to give us stuff at church.

My shower was hosted by my mom, jennifer, Alicia, Memaw, brandy and Lyndi. I am grateful for all of their hard work and dedication in putting my shower together and making it turn out great! Thanks for all your time and money and support. I know it was a big deal.

My mom did a great job with the cute decorations, sandwiches, baby book, baby bed, mints, and organizing everyone together to do their part in hostesing.

Lyndi made some amazing invitations and did a great job writting down all the people and gifts for me.

Jennifer got some yummy cupcakes, cucumber water, and she is creating an advice book for me from those who attended.

Memaw made a great fruit tray, sandwiches, and cracker tray.

Brandy made some yummy baby blue punch, and also did a big job helping me open gifts, and serve punch.

Alicia did a wonderful job preparing and organzing the activities for the shower. She had a guess the baby food game, paint a onesie, and got letters of advice from those who attended.

and everyone did a great job setting up and cleaning up before and after the party!

(my sash says mother to be)

Here are a lot of the gifts

This is the only picture of me opening a gift! by this time my ankles were huge and swollen. and my back was hurting from sitting up so long with constant contractions! the love of being a mom!

Brie and Bonnie Lester Venables baby

Jennifer and jessica on the floor

Playing a guess the baby food game. I won!!!

Painting onesies!

Me and Kelsey talking to Noreen

I so love this onesie! Donkey in Training!

my dads sister Marijane

All the gifts being put in the baby room

Baby crib that mom and dad baught for us!

These are some of the onesies that were painted

Bonnie Pilcher, Bonnie Lester Venable and Marie Lester

Bye Nea!!!

Me and Ben went to visit Kristy the night before she left for Utah. :( Ben wanted to do a toast to her and her future so we baught some welches non alcoholic sparkling wine. Kristy didn't know what it was and she was scared to drink it! ha! she tried to not let us give her any because she thought it was real alcohol. funny nea! ;)

Ben giving his toast!

me getting ready to drink!

Kristy is scared!

toasting with our glasses- dad, ben, me, mom, and nea

Ben is downing it!

looks like the baby has a drinking problem...

Me hugging nea bye.....

Nea is telling my belly bye. the next time she sees me i wont have one! yay!

Bye ben!

Baby painting

This is my first picture that i painted for the babies room. I painted it to match my bedding we were going to get but we ended up not purchasing the bedding because it was too expensive. But the bedding we got still has the yellow, blues, and green in it.

(this was my first painting to do in about 5 years)

Jungle Babies

Games and Swanners

We got together at my house on saturday after graduation to play some games of Farkle!

These next few pictures i thought were funny! while we were playing games dad was trying to sleep on the couch.

Then he slid to the floor.....

And finally he ended up lying on the floor! haha! he must have been tired. (this is what used to happen during family prayer too. except he started out kneeling then he ended up on his belly)

We went out to eat swanners the day after my graduation. Mom was there but not in any pictures because she was the camera lady! :) Yummy!

This was before we played games at the house.