Happy Girl

4 Weeks

Lakely's first day at the pool!

3 Weeks Old

One happy baby and one really tired Mommy.

The Story of Princess Lakely

Where to begin...Well, Wednesday June 24th I had my 39 week appt. I had an ultrasound that showed the baby was 9+ lbs. My doctor decided that a c-section would be best for me considering her size but we would have to wait until Friday 26th or Tuesday 30th because the hospital was "booked" and this wasn't considered an emergency case since I wasn't past my due date (June 30th). I went home that night, had a normal evening and went to bed. At 12:06 am my water broke while I was sleeping and the fun began! We rushed to the hospital that was about 35 minutes away and got checked-in as the contractions were getting pretty crazy. My doctor was not on-call so I had another doc from within the practice. I had never met her before, but I really liked her. The scary part was that she did not have my chart from the office. She had me repeat everything from my visit earlier and that's the info she worked with. (STRESSFUL). I entered the O.R. at 3:06 am and by 3:09 am she was out and screaming! It was a pleasant experience; certainly glad to be home now though! All is well; I love being a mom!

Maternity Pics @ 37 Weeks

Doc Update

So, we went to the doctor today for the 38 week appt and were disappointed to find that NOTHING has changed! I'm still sitting at 1cm and she hasn't dropped at all. HOWEVER, the doc did measure me and seems to think that this is a "good-sized" baby and has ordered an ultrasound for the 24th. There are now several options: If the baby is at 9lbs. she is going to do a c-section the 25th. If the baby is "normal" weight and there still isn't any additional dilation, the c-section will be set for the 30th. The baby is still so high that even if she were to induce today, nothing would happen. She thinks it has to do with my body type; maybe the long torso, who knows. If she weighs less than 9lbs and my dilation HAS increased, she's going to let me continue on and see what happens; but promised that she wouldn't let me go longer than 1 week past the due date...SO MANY SCENARIOS! I do like having some idea of what is going on; nervous about the surgery though.

37 Weeks

My profile shot by the lovely girls at work. Whoa! Off to my 38 Week appt tomorrow afternoon. We're VERY anxious to see what she has to say! Maybe another ultrasound too?!

Charleston Shower 36 1/2 weeks

This was during a day of shopping with the Moms in town. We had a little lunch at Red Lobster, and then off to the outlet mall! I swear people were staring at me...probably thought my water was going to break at any moment.



This is from my Charleston shower that Miss Lauren threw for me :) (THANK YOU)! Tony came home toward the end of it after a great day of golf in Myrtle Beach. Man it must be hard being an expecting Dad. (Just kidding babe ;)

36 Week Appt.

I went to the doc last Friday and found out that I'm dilating! Woo Hoo! I'm only at 1/2 a centimeter, but certainly making progress. I typically go every Friday, but this coming week it'll be Wednesday due to the doc being on-call. We are all taking bets on when she'll arrive, so hopefully Wednesday we'll find out even more! I got my strep test back too and it was negative. Another thing I don't have to worry about. That makes me smile :)

Weekly Doc Visits Begin!

I went to the doctor today for my weekly check up. Blood pressure was good, she didn't have any complaints about my weight(what?!), and she didn't seem too concerned when she "checked" me. HOWEVER, she usually is very firm and short with her words when she says that there isn't anything going on down there, and today she was much more relaxed with her explanation. She said that there really isn't TOO much going on...what the heck does that mean?! I guess since she knows I'll be back next Friday, there isn't anything to get excited about. Very interesting indeed I tell ya.

Lakely's Room!!

31 Weeks; I think she likes it :)

34 1/2 Weeks

I am a BIG girl...

31 Weeks

I am HUGE! And to top it off, strangers keep asking us if it's TWINS!! NO, JUST ONE BABY PEOPLE!!





This is the last ultrasound pic of Miss Lakely! It was bitter sweet; now I know we have to wait to see her again once she gets here.

Lakely's Atlanta Shower

I love food :)


Me and Mom


Her first piece of jewelry


Me and Kacy



Everyone feeling Lakely bouncing around!


The GiRlS


SO MANY FUN PRESENTS!! Thank you everybody!


I had such a wonderful time last weekend at my first baby shower! Lucy, Tasha and Kacy hosted it for my family and friends at Mil's house. It was so great to be able to visit with everyone and not feel rushed to go all over town in order to say hello!

I PASSED!!

I got the results Monday for my SECOND glucose test and I passed with flying colors! I'm so glad that's over! The lab tech confirmed that the dessert at bedtime the night before definitely could have contributed to me failing the first one! I've learned my lesson fo sho! These pics are of me at 29 weeks








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~Betsy and Mike's Wedding~

The lovebirds married on April 4th at Brookstone Country Club. The weather was fabulous and there definitely some fun times had by all! Here are some pictures of the festivities:

Crap!

I went for my one hour glucose test last Thursday and was anxiously awaiting the results on Friday.....the baby nurse called and I FAILED! UGH! Now I have to go in the morning and venture through the same torture of drinking that nasty drink again! Apparently I'll be hanging out with the nurses for 3 HOURS while they draw more blood over an extended period of time. This stinks, wish me luck :(

Busy, Busy

This past weekend I attended a girlfriend's baby shower here in the neighborhood. Then that evening, attended at bachlorette bash/lingerie shower at another friend's house. I tried my best to hang with the crowd, but ended up hitting the hay around midnight. I think I'm still paying the price because I am EXHAUSTED! It's not even 8:00 pm and I think I'm going to shower and call it a night here very soon! We have Betsy's wedding coming up this weekend and we couldn't be more excited!!! YAY for weddings!!