Its almost time!!!

Miss Grays room!! Where she will lay her sweet

little head :)

The changing table and closet and another shot of her crib

I LOVE this collection of paintings made for me and Gray by Miss Jenny!

The wall above her crib!

Just a TINY part of Grays book collection and the amazing hippos my mom (Grammy) knit!

Diaper bag (that I LOVE!) and the boppy packed

and ready to go!

The side wall of her room

One of my favorite gifts, a fun bright pull toy from some great family friends

Can you believe that this was almost TWO weeks ago!!!!

This Tuesday (May 11th) Ill be 40 weeks! I'm guessing that we'll make it till Tuesday, so Ill update with a 40 week pic (and I promise it won't be two weeks late)

The doctor has decided that we are going to give nature as long as we can to let Gray come on her own so we aren't inducing until the 17th (Monday, 6 days after my due date)

We just keep praying that she will come into the world on her own and when she's ready!

We can't wait for her to join our little family, and can't wait to hug and kiss her sweet face!

We will keep you posted

Its way been TOO long!

WOW! It has been too long since I have blogged last. I am now 37 weeks (well as of tomorrow 4-20) I have had three of the BEST showers ever, we got the garden all planted, (well, minus a few plants) and we had our pictures taken by a dear friend so we could remember this special time!

Here are a few of my favorite from our shoot with Taylor

Check out her site at http://www.tayloredphotography.com/

My 36 week picture!

Garden Planting!

We planted onions (green and white), garlic, lettuce, broccoli, carrots, and my weird plants (see pics below)

We also still have strawberries, squash, zucchini, tomatoes and cantaloupe that we planned on planting this weekend, but TOTALLY got rained out, Yuck!

Joey planting the garlic.....

Carrots and lettuce....

Making perfect rows....

My weird plants... Joey said I am no longer allowed to go help shop for plants, he said I am like having a kid because I get excited over silly things like these funny plants. Hey, I cant help that I'm a sucker for cute signs.....

Peanut plant, and spaghetti squash (not pictured, the "Homerly tomato" basically a tomato plant that grows ugly wrinkly tomatoes!

The nursery is ALMOST done, I cant wait to post pics later this week!!

Be watching!!!

March and April showers bring May babies!

So much has been going on in the last week! Ive had two showers, Jen was in town, Joey and I planted our garden, and we have made even more progress on the nursery! Here are some pics from the showers and my 34 week belly pic! Ill be posting garden pics soon, we are already having some growth pop up, its crazy how fast it happens. Hope you all had a blessed Easter!

Last Tuesday (March 30th) marked my 34th week!

Shower #1!

The weekend of March 27th Jen was in town! She, her mom wonderful Susie, and a great family friend Mary hosted my first baby shower! It was so nice spending time with such wonderful women, and they showered us with amazing gifts!

My best Jen

Shower #2!

This weekend, April 3rd, The Wrights, The soon-to-be Edmunds, The Scotts and the Carmans, hosted our couples shower! It was so much fun, and I loved Joey getting to be a part of the whole baby shower experience! We received the most wonderful gift and couldn't ask for more!

Beautiful hostesses and most wonderful friends!

My parents, Grammy and Oompah

Two of our best friends, Jenny and Tanner, gave us an amazing gift! Jenny made a basket of all the things that she has found over the last year for Hadlee that she just couldn't live without! Each item had a note that explained why she loved it...there was everything from sippy cups, to blankets, to washcloths, and the perfect onesies..I loved it!! The cutest part, Tanner put in a bottle of Crown for Joey with a note that said "for late nights"~It was really sweet of them!

Smile!

Jeni Spates-Scott was in charge of all the desserts, she made the cutest cupcakes and these amazing bird cookies! She took a couple and strung them on a beautiful flowering branch and the girls had it as a center piece, it looked like the tree in Grays room! I LOVED IT!!!

And then there were birds!

I finished folding all the birds at my parents last weekend thanks to a little help from Joey and my mom. I then took them home added a little glitz, just a tad, and got to hanging. It was a trial and error thing, I'd string a few, hang them, then decide where the next few needed to go and what sizes I needed. It didn't take as long as I thought, and I think end the end turned out great! I love how when the air comes on they ever so slightly spin around, I can't wait for Gray to enjoy them too! Bedding is going to be here tomorrow, Yippy!!!

Adding a little glitter (don't know if you can see it in the pic, I just dotted the center of the flowers) Martha Stewart glitter is the best!! I have a huge kit with like 25 different colors!

Love it!

Close up of the birds. There are two styles, traditional cranes, and an "urban" bird

Spinning around, making shadows, so pretty!

(the walls look REALLY yellow in this pic, they are really green!)

The nursery! I couldn't be happier with how my vision came to life with the tree and the birds!

A HUGE thanks to my wonderful husband who helped make it happen

(with patience, might I add :) )

Still need a few things for this wall to make it complete!

I'll be 34 weeks on Tuesday! I can't believe only 6 weeks left, it will be here before I know it!

The tree is up!!

Before the "lovely" weather that we got this weekend hit, Joey and I enjoyed the sunshine and spent some time outside preparing the tree for its final resting place in Grays nursery...I guess I should say that I watched and Joey did all the hard stuff, but I was there for moral support! Thursday night after a little trimming, and Joey binding the tree tight enough to fit through the window, (yes...I said window, there was no way to get it through the hall with the turns and close quarters) it was finally in the room! It still required a little "hair-cut" but the hard work was done. I had come up with this crazy idea, and wasn't sure how it would turn out, but, if I do say so myself, I think it's pretty awesome!

*For all the moms out there as crazy as I am, don't worry the thing is VERY secure and is not coming off the wall, trust me I asked a hundred times! (The bolts were huge!)

All the decor still isn't up, but thought I would give you a sneak peek at the tree, and the birds that I am slowly but surely getting folded, (getting help from mom tonight) They are going to hang from the tree like a mobile, not a ton, but I'm making a lot just in case! The fabric for windows and closet doors is on it's way, thats my next big project!

Cant wait to show you the final result!!!

Enjoy

~m.

The nursery so far...

I just LOVE the tree!

Fiona has already staked her claim on the chair!

The birds are being made...they will be hung soon!

32 weeks! I'll be 33 on Tuesday, it's going by so fast!

32 weeks!

Over the last 32 weeks we have been receiving weekly e-mails from a great website updating us on Grays current size/weight.
http://www.babycenter.com/
However, week after week we find it rather amusing the items that they chose to compare the size of your baby to....who even knows the average size of a spaghetti squash?? Gray has been compared to rare items such as a rutabaga, kumquat, and our all time favorite...a medium shrimp! (Joey kept joking "is that a 24-36 count or 36-48?")This week we have a new "strange," Gray is being compared to a jicama, a what you ask??? Well, I didn't know either. Luckily wikipedia came to my rescue and explained that a jicama was a Mexican yam or turnip...
I find it funny that this website can not seem to find anything more common to compare her size to. I'm sure that being pregnant, I find this more strange than the average person, but hey has your kid ever been compared to a Chinese cabbage? :)
This my friends is the current size of my daughter!
Cant wait to see what she'll be next week!! Ill post belly pics later :)
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Our first baby shower!!! Got the invite yesterday and it got me all excited, not only for the shower but that Jen is coming back for it! I cant wait to see her!
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Things are finally getting hung on the walls (not the tree yet, that's this weekend!) and its starting to come together. Please note, it is still a HUGE work in progress, you'll just have to keep watching to see how it all comes together!

30 weeks!

Baby Gray at 30 weeks...and growing