The Day My Water Broke 08.22.2010

Yup it looks like any other day... because it was.. I was two weeks away from my due date so I thought I was in the clear.. but turns out in these very pictures I was sitting in a pool of amniotic fluid in my underwear and pants. It was enough to be noticeable.. but of course why would the pregnant lady know that she was sitting in a pool of amniotic fluid.. I am mean I was so big.. I probably thought I was sweating.. it was a hot day.. LOL. The better question to ask why didn't anyone tell the poor very pregnant woman that she either wet herself of her water broke?? This is the very day my water broke and I went into the hospital..... little did I know in these pictures that I would be having Everly the very next day.

Livermore Baby Shower 07.10.2010

Okay so I am super late getting these pictures up from my baby shower in Livermore but I am now just finding time... babies keep you busy. I had such a wonderful baby shower in Livermore.. it was with all my close friends. My amazing friends Lindsay (with the help of the Taylor Girls), Citlali and Erica threw me the a wonderful baby shower. I think the theme was no theme.. just a pink explosion and it was indeed. Thank you everyone for attending and showering me and Everly with gifts and lots of love.

37 Weeks 08.14.2010

37 weeks... It is crazy to me that my stomach has grown this big... how is this possible??? The sad thing is that when this picture was taken I still have another 21 more days to go.. maybe even more if Everly is stubborn. I am all for the miracle of life but I really want my body back.. and I am not just talking about my old size I am talking about EVERYTHING!! Needless to say I am ready, very ready to have this baby!

"D" Day 08.10.2010

When is "D" day.. that is the burning question that I am constantly thinking about; the crazy thing to me is that nobody really knows.. well except Everly. She can arrive anytime now until almost 2 weeks after my due date... seriously for the next 5 weeks my life is on hold because any moment I could go into labor and my life will drastically be forever different. I can't even make plans anymore.. my replies have been the following "I will be there unless I am having a baby..." WTF.. LOL. Seriously with all this technology they can't give me my real "D" date so I can plan my life accordingly? Instead I have to wait for the next 5 weeks wondering will my water break.. if it does will I be at work... will I remember my hospital bag... what will labor feel like... will I know if I am in labor... okay stupid questions maybe but 5 weeks is a long time to ponder all these things.. it is too much time. Everyday I wake up I wonder will this be the day I become a mom... every night I go to bed I think will this be the night my water breaks... um talk about anxiety building up inside of me. Needless to say I have been thinking about this a lot lately.. kind of hard not to when your stomach is so massive you can't even see your feet.. LOL. I am so ready to be done with pregnancy.. I know it will all be worth it in the end when I get to hold my daughter for the first time.. but seriously this whole 9 months of hell needs to be renegotiated... can't we compromise and do 5 months instead.. who can I take this matter up with? I feel like us women are totally getting fucked on the whole deal. Or at least let us have alcohol or eat raw fish or drink as much caffeine as I want.. or not get so massive. So I am a little bitter.. I know but I think I have been bitter this whole pregnancy so this shouldn't be too much of a surprised. Will I miss being pregnant? HELL NO!!! LOL. I know some women LOVE being pregnant but I am not one of them.. I know I will miss Everly's movements but I think I will enjoy her more on the outside than in the inside.. of course that will probably be true after all those sleepless nights:) So I guess "D" day will remain a mystery until it happens.

Santa Rosa Baby Shower 07.18.2010

So I have been so behind in posting my blogs that I still haven't posted all my wonderful baby showers yet. Of course since we are in the process of moving and fixing up our house most of all my pictures are on my home computer and that computer is packed up in a box somewhere in my garage... so with that said.. I only have pictures that my dear friend Heather took for me from my Santa Rosa Baby Shower. I thought I will post those now and then as soon as I have my home computer I will have to post my other wonderful Baby Shower pictures.

My lovely sisters Rosalind, Lynnea, Heather and Priscilla did such a wonderful job on my Baby Shower.. it was so perfect and beautiful. Thank you ladies!!!! I love you girls!

08.06.2010 36 Weeks Picture Hiking With Erik

36 weeks: how do I feel; well since I went to the doctors and they total me that I am already 1cm and baby's head is down.. I am feeling a little nervous. I have a flood of emotions going through me... anxious because I want to meet my daughter, nervous because I have no idea what to expect, uncomfortable because of obvious reasons.. I am getting large and in charge. So I have a little less than 1 month to go.. will I go on my due date, will I be late, or will I go early? I have this feeling that I will be going early but how many soon to be mother's say that and then they end of going over there due date? Wishful thinking maybe?? I think so but I am hoping that I am so right. I am so ready to be done with pregnancy but I am not sure if I am so ready to be a mother... I am hoping that motherly instinct that everyone tells me about "kicking in" really does kick in... otherwise I am so fucked! Here are a few pictures from my hike.

Everly 3D 08.02.2010

Okay so the whole 3D thing is kind of freaky until it is your own baby.. so I know what your thinking... that is totally cool because I thought the same thing. In fact the whole reason why Erik and I decided to do it was because we just really wanted to see her... (side note we have Kaiser and they seem to be real cheap asses on everything so we have yet to really see her... I don't even count the only time we "saw" Everly at Kaiser on the ultrasound because the T.V. screen was from 1958 and it was 20 feet away from us and our ultrasound tech guy had no personality)... so since we felt cheated out of our experience we decided to do the ultrasound 3D. During the ultrasound of course Everly was on her own agenda and had her head down towards my back.. when we finally got to see her she was super serious and had one eye closed and the other one opened at the same time... LOL... totally our daughter. The 3D ultrasound tech lady told me to talk to baby... I was like um..... okay what do I say.. so I said something.. as soon as I spoke I could see her instantly smile on the screen.. she already loves my loud annoying voice.. so I have to say that moment was worth the expensive overly priced ultrasound. Here are a few pictures from the ultrasound....