39 Weeks!

We are sooooo close to meeting our little guy!!  Just wanted to give a little update on how things are going.  We have been going to weekly appointments since the end of February.  For the last 2 weeks, our midwife has said I am dilated to 1 cm and am 50% effaced.  We have our next appt this Friday (3/23), so I'm really hoping I have progressed a little further.  She did say, however, that he made a big move last week.  He has been head down since 28 weeks (good boy!), but he has flipped into position and is now in the position he needs to be for delivery.  We are pretty much taking one day at a time and waiting for him to decide when the time is right!  It's been a little frustrating, since I tend to overanalyze every little thing I am feeling.  It's so hard to know if what I am feeling is the start of something or if it is just more "practice contractions".  So far, nothing has picked up enough to be concerned about, so we'll just continue going day to day and waiting. :)

All our bags are packed, we're ready to go....  :)

If there's anything new to report on Friday after our appt, I'll update again.  Either way, keep waiting for your phone calls!!  He will be here soon!!

BP's Room

I know I just posted a few hours ago, but I can't help adding another one.  Garret and I just finished decorating the baby's room with our wall stickers.  It turned out so much cuter than I would have ever imagined.  I thought it would look super random with stickers just put up haphazardly, but it looks like everything has it's place and fits so well!  I also wasn't sure how the stickers would look on the wall since it's a textured wall, but it totally looks like the pictures are actually painted on the wall.  It's hard to show the extreme cuteness with separate pictures, but it'll give you an idea.  I'll start at the door and work my way around the room.

Outside of the door to his room

Wall next to the door with Sammy's tank

Wall opposite of door.  Get it?  He's dreaming about food!  Also, there will eventually be a different frame on that wall with one of our maternity pictures with BP's name spelled out in letter blocks.  Couldn't ruin the surprise this close to his arrival. ;)

Wall opposite Sammy's tank.  There is our rocking chair on the right side, and his closet is to the left.

Wall opposite the crib.  Door is to the left.  Better shot of the dresser in the next pic.

I am so in love with his room!  It was so much fun putting it together. :)

I've been a slacker...



Wow, so I just realized how much of a slacker I've been on my blog lately.  We've been quite busy getting things ready for BP's arrival that I've forgotten to update this in awhile.  Here is my latest picture from almost a week ago.

37 Weeks

This picture marks another wonderful milestone.  BP is full term now!!!  Therefore, he can be born at anytime, not be considered pre-term, and have no problems functioning just as well as a 40 week baby.  We have been so excited for this and are getting so ready for him to come!

Since my last post, I have had 2 baby showers.  My high school and college friend Katie had one for me in Eau Claire the middle of February.  It was so great to see the people that came as we don't get to Eau Claire as often as we would like.  Unfortunately, Garret's mom was sick with the flu, so she wasn't able to come, but she made some awesome things for BP's room.  Garret and I are very lucky as both our mom's are very talented with sewing projects! The picture of my mom's project will be later.

Wall hanging..sooo cute!!

Crib bumpers

Diaper Holder

I had my other shower last weekend with my aunts and cousins on my Dad's side.  We hadn't seen them in awhile, so it was fun to get together before we add another little one to the Springer family.  I finally got to see the project my mom had been working on for awhile.  It turned out so adorable!  I think it will be perfect for a playmat and for tummy time.  As you can see, Jackson tried to sneak in the picture too.  It's made with a bunch of different flannel fabric swatches.  The ears are even floppy on it!

Puppy blanket/playmat.  It's huge!



Well, I suppose I should get going.  Garret's and my project for the day today is to put the finishing touches on BP's room by getting his wall stickers up.  I'll will post again after it's done with pictures!  Have a great rest of the weekend.  The weather is beautiful!!

32 weeks

31 Week picture

Sorry it's been so long since my last post.  Even though I'm only working part time now, it seems like we are so busy all the time.  Which also makes these weeks feel like they are seriously FLYING BY!  I can't believe we are 8 weeks away from our due date.  I started freaking out last week once our weekly countdown got into the single digits.  I realized that I'm not going to be pregnant forever and we are going to be bringing home our little guy before we know it. :)

On January 7, I had my first baby shower.  It was hosted by my wonderful godmother Janet, my godsister Jenna, and a close family friend Jackie.  Shawna was a part of it too, but unfortunately, she got really sick and was unable to make it to town that weekend. :(  I had a great time, though, and it was really fun.  Thank you to everyone that made it.  Everybody that attended got to decorate onesies and bibs for BP and they turned out so cute!

We are slowly, but surely getting BP's room ready for his arrival.  We still have a lot of work to do, but my to-do list is little by little getting checked off.  It is also being added to at around the same rate, however.  Oh well, things will get done when they get done. :)  I love telling Garret what I got done on my days off when he gets home because it makes me feel like I am actually accomplishing things!

Well, time to finish watching the Bachelor (one of my guilty pleasures!).  Have a great week everybody.  We have our 32 week appt on Thursday.  So far, our midwife thinks he has been head down since 28 weeks.  Let's hope he stays that way and makes an easy entrance into the world.  Pretty sure he's going to be a very active little dude if his frequent squirms and wiggles are any indication. :)

27 Weeks

Today has definitely been a busy day!  My parents got us our crib for Christmas, so today my parents and brother came over to help put it together.  Of course, since our house was super messy, I was up early and did some super cleaning for about and hour and a half before they came over.  Then we spent a good portion of the day putting the crib together.  It wasn't a super tough job once we figured out what all the pieces were since none of them were labeled! :)  Here is what the finished product looks like!  I even had to go and get a new crib sheet to put on it.  The cute little basket on the shelf is from my friend Dana. :)

Also, since we're still renting our place, we can't paint and it's highly frowned upon to put lots of things on the wall.  I found these really cute wall stickers on Amazon, though.  They are removable and reusable, so we can transfer them to his new room once we eventually get into our own house.  They are supposed to be coming in the mail tomorrow, and I can't wait to start decorating his room with them!

These are all the stickers we get!

This picture shows how big they are.  The biggest one is 22" x 19"!

Just a short post today.  Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!  This is my last week at the pharmacy.  (I put in my 2 weeks at the beginning of last week, for those that don't know.)  I can't wait to have some extra free time to get things done around here and get ready for BP to make his big arrival in 3 months!  His due date is actually 3 months from today!!  Amazing how fast that first 6 months went by....

Good night.  Have a fantastic and safe New Year's everyone! :)

26 Weeks

Merry Christmas!!

Our first official family picture. ;)

There's not a whole lot to update at this point.  Time is definitely flying by.  I'm not officially to the 3rd trimester until January 2, but I've hit the 6 month mark.  I can't believe how these weeks are flying by now.  At the beginning of the pregnancy, time was dragging along.  There seemed to always be something we were waiting for.  Waiting for our first appt, waiting to hear the heartbeat, waiting for the ultrasound, waiting to feel his first kicks.  Now, we are definitely in countdown mode.  I've been feeling our little guy move since 18 weeks, and by now, I'm definitely feeling him kick and punch.  Garret has been able to feel him move quite a bit too.  He actually got a big kick in the face the other day.  I read that if Garret puts his ear to my belly, there's a chance he might be able to hear BP's heartbeat.  He was trying that theory out last weekend, and instead of hearing his heartbeat, he just got a kick to the face instead.  It was pretty funny, and Garret loved it!  I've even been able to see my belly move a few times when he gives a big kick.  It's also pretty cool being able to feel where he's curled up based on which side of my stomach is really hard at the time.

Last weekend we went to Eau Claire to visit Garret's family for Christmas.  While we were there, we went to the fabric store to pick out fabric for his room.  Garret's mom is going to be making some bedding and accessories for his room.  Below are the 2 patterned fabrics we picked out.  They will be accented by light tan and light green.  I can't wait to see the final products. :)

                                                           

My parents are getting us our crib for Christmas, so my dad will be coming over the day after to help set it up.  I can't wait to start getting his room put together.  I've definitely been getting that nesting itch, and I can't wait to start on my (very quickly growing) to-do list!  Things will calm down a little after the holidays.  Here is a picture of the crib we are getting.  I will post a picture of our actual crib after it gets set up in a few days.

I guess I had more to update than I thought. :)  Hope everybody has a wonderful Christmas and New Year's!  Love you all!

Love,
Amy, Garret, Jackson, and BP :)

23 Weeks

22 Week photo

Oops, guess it's been a little while since my last post.  It seems like all I do lately is work, work, work! :(  Garret and I had a fun Thanksgiving.  We went to the cities and spent the day with his family at Kristine and John's new house (which is beautiful, by the way!).  But then it was back to work for both of us Friday morning and all weekend long.

Some big things have been happening since my last post.  I last posted after our ultrasound, which seems like sooo long ago already.  Since then BP (which Garret and I are calling him since it's easier to say all the time than Baby Prince) has definitely increased his wardrobe.  I'll post a few pictures of my favorites below. Also, I can definitely tell he's getting bigger each week, because his kicks and flips get more noticeable as time goes on.  I started feeling the first movements at about 17 1/2 weeks.  I felt him from the outside at 20 weeks.  I still am only able to feel him from the outside, though, when I'm laying on my back and press on my stomach a little bit.  I can feel him kick back at me.  Garret had been telling me how it was so cool that I could feel him moving around and he couldn't wait to get his chance!  He had spent a few nights with me pressing his hand into my belly so he could try and feel for himself.  Finally, about a week or so ago, he felt BP kick back!  He was so excited.  It was such an awesome feeling for both of us to share.  I could feel him from the inside at the same time Garret felt him from the outside.  We can finally interact with our little one a bit!:)

At the beginning of the pregnancy, it felt like we were always waiting for something.  Waiting for the next doctor appt, waiting to hear his heartbeat, waiting for the ultrasound, waiting to feel his first movements.  Now that we are past all that, time is really starting to fly by!  These next 4 months will be gone before we know it.

Since time is ticking by, we have started talking about things more as we make some fun decisions.  We have decided to decorate his room in a puppies theme (thank you Dana for the suggestion). :)  And since, we've been getting this questions non-stop......Yes, we have been thinking about names, and No, we aren't telling anybody!  Right now, we have 2 front runners that we both love, one more than the other.  That is going to be Garret's and my little secret until D-Day, though.  Reason #1: If we start calling him by a certain name, people will get used to that.  If, for some reason, the name just doesn't fit him when he's born, it will be a bigger hassle if people already assumed that was his name.  That's another reason we aren't getting any decorations or anything with a name on it before he is born.  Reason #2 (and more importantly): People make too many comments.  It doesn't matter whether it's a good comment or a bad comment, people always associate names with other people, places, things, etc.  I don't care or need to know what anybody thinks about the names we have picked out.  We love them and any comments from others could ruin them for us.  Reason #3: Garret and I want something that share between just the 2 of us until the little guy comes.

Whew, I guess this is what happens when I wait 4 weeks in between posts!  Hope everybody had a relaxing Thanksgiving.  Good night!

He has matching shorts for these shoes

My favorite purchase! This is also 1 of 3 puffy vests BP owns already....

The "classy" outfit Garret wants to bring him home from the hospital in. :)