37.5 Weeks

We had another doctor’s appointment today. No breaking news… Julie continues to dilate and is now at a “good” two, and the baby is fully engaged. Our doctor said that that we are at a good point to have this baby, but at the same time Julie can easily go full-term and beyond. We just have to wait and see!

The Nursery

As promised here are some pictures of the nursery. It’s still not completely done, but is close. We have to get a couple more things including a little bookshelf. Also, we took down the blue wood letters that spell out the little guy’s name which hang on the corner wall with the stripes (to the left-hand side of the crib).

Also included below is a picture of Suzie curled up on our bag that’s going to hospital. Apparently she wants to make sure we don’t forget to pack her.

Almost 37 Weeks

Today we had a dr.’s appointment and everything continues to look good. Julie has dilated more and is now between a one and a two. The doctor thinks that Julie has begun having some minor contractions (not Braxton Hicks which she continues to have). When we were getting ready to leave the doctor’s office she told us she’d either see us next week at our appointment or in Labor in Delivery before then – yikes!!

We have an opportunity to have another 3D ultrasound this week, however we’re going to pass. Since the little guy will be here soon enough, we’ll wait until the big day to see his cute little face. And the doctor said with how far along Julie is and how low his head is, it would be hard to get a good face shot.

Although the nursery is not completely done we will post some pics of it this weekend.

GO COUGS!

Almost 36 Weeks

Today we had our almost 36 week appointment (we see the dr. weekly now) and things continue to look good! The big news of the appointment is that Julie is dilated one centimeter which was kind of crazy news as this surprised both us and the doctor a bit. This doesn't necessary mean that labor is on the near horizon. We could be at this phase for awhile. The dr. did say that being dilated does indicate that if Julie has to be induced, it will be an easy process since the body is preparing for birth. The baby is also head down and engaged and has been in this position since about 32/33 weeks.

It's really starting to set in that Baby Hunter's arrival is in the near future and we are so excited!

35 Weeks

We had our last bi-weekly doctor’s appointment this past week – starting next week we will be going every week. The doctor said that everything looks good! The baby is measuring on track and she guessed that he’s around six pounds right now. She also said he’ll probably be somewhere around eight pounds when he’s born (hopefully he doesn’t take after his mom – she was a whopping 9 lbs five ounces).

After our last appointment when we found out the baby is in the head down, ready to come out position we were reading some materials that said babies usually don’t get in this position until 36 weeks, therefore we asked the doctor if this was ok and she said it’s fine as every baby/pregnancy is different. As long as Julie doesn’t start having contractions we’re all good. However, the doctor did reassure us that if the baby were to come tomorrow, he’d be o.k.

We did a tour of the Swedish birthing center a couple of weekends ago and also had our childbirth preparation class and they were both really helpful. Getting both of these under our belt made us both feel much more prepared and educated on the whole process.

The nursery is still a work in progress but is getting there. We are in the process of getting everything organized and put away and will post pictures in the next couple of weeks.

Here’s some pics of Julie at 35 weeks.

Suzie's chair

Christmas 2007

Here are some pictures from Christmas. The dogs of course had a lot of fun opening their presents. We first put their wrapped gifts under the tree and realized that they weren't going to last long under there so we then moved them to their stockings. After Clyde spent an hour staring up at his stocking we felt bad so we let them go ahead and open them.

The dogs opening their presents

The dogs enjoying their presents

The dogs thanking Ian for their gifts

Our Christmas picture

The beautiful (Charlie Brown) Christmas tree

33 Week Appointment

Today we had our 33 week appointment and everything looks good! The baby continues to move a lot and is getting the hiccups about twice a day. He’s a night owl and is most active at night – after dinner and while Julie is in bed. Julie’s having quite a few Braxton Hicks contractions so the dr. checked today to make sure these aren’t the real deal (which we were confident they weren’t), and the good news is that they aren’t. She did say the baby’s head is really low which is causing Julie quite a bit of pain but it’s good that he’s in the right position.

This weekend we have our childbirth preparation class at Swedish and also have a tour of the birthing suites scheduled to familiarize us with the process of what to do and where to go when Julie goes into labor. And next week we have a meet and great with the baby’s pediatrician!

In other good news, the nursery furniture arrived and is all set up (and we love it), which was perfect timing cause Julie had a place to put all the amazing goodies she received at the shower last weekend. Now we have some major decorating to do. Once it’s decorated, we’ll post picks.