"Wedding Pictures"

I was in a wedding on Saturday for my friend Tricia, who I have known since grade school. I mentioned yesterday in my blog that we would have to wait until the photographer at the wedding posted the pictures for everyone to see my big belly. Well my sister decided to remind me that Paul did take pictures and I would love to share what came from this "Master of Photography" and we will all see why I wasn't going to post the pictures. The last two are probably the better of the bunch but that is because I was standing right in front of him. I don't even think the drinking had started yet....

That would be me, walking down the aisle, but you can't really tell since it's blurry. :o)

You would thing we knew the guy in the blue shirt and khaki pants, but we don't. That would be the "Master in Photography" trying to take a picture of Tricia but all we got was the veil.

I don't even know how to explain this one.

One of the "better ones"

Me at the end of the wedding!

This is not supposed to be a blog bashing Paul's photography skills, but just to prove that he really didn't take pictures of the wedding. This is all I have. November 15th isn't too far away too see the beautiful day that it was! Paul isn't a bad picture taker...just not very on top of things once the drinking starts. Notice...there are NONE from the reception! :o) I will find some good pictures that Paul has taken for a later post in November....26 more posts to go! :o)

On a good note though, Paul did make me dinner last night and it was yummy! Exactly one month until the arrival of Rylee Rose Thomson.

National Blog Posting Month

So I guess November is National Blog Posting Month and you have to blog once a day for 30 days. I am not too far behind so I thought I would give it a try. I will have to think of something to write about for the next 28 days but I am sure I can try.
I could post pictures from my baby shower but I am waiting on my sister to download them to shutterfly....
I could post pictures of Rylee's Room but it's only 80% done.......
I could post pictures from the wedding that I stood up in on Saturday but I left taking the pictures to Paul so I think there is about a total of ONE picture. (Word of advice...don't give the drunk guy the camera!!) So we will have to wait till the ones from the photographers website to be available on Nov. 15th.
So there are many things to look forward to....just none ready yet!
So for now, this is my boring blog for Monday, November 3, 2008. I will try to have a more exciting week of posting with a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and parent/teacher conferences all week...who could ask for a more exciting week!?

Rylee's Birthday will be....

DECEMBER 4th!

I am such a planner that ever since I heard I had to have a c-section, I have been asking my doctor (who is a male) when we can schedule the date because I wanted the earliest appointment on that date. I heard that you couldn't eat for 12 hours before hand so I wanted to make sure that I was in right away so I didn't have to sit around all day wanting food. So every time I went to the doctor I would ask him, "When can I schedule my c-section?" He then replies "Oh, there is no hurry, Banner Baywood is never busy." So off I would go and then try again the next time and leave with the same response. So finally, I got to schedule the day I wanted on Wednesday. I said the earliest appointment on December 4 please. You know what the lady calls me back with? 12:30 in the afternoon!!! Are you kidding me?!? Seriously, men should listen to pregnant women and schedule their c-sections when they want! Just because they don't care when they slice you open...sometimes the hungry pregnant lady does! First complaint of my awesome doctor so far so I guess I should be happy. Here is what my doctor looks like....NO JOKE!!

So December 4th at 12:30 in the afternoon will be the arrival of Rylee Rose Thomson.

Baby Shower at School

The wonderful ladies that I work with threw me a Surprise Baby Shower on Friday after school. It was so wonderful and I received many adorable presents. They all chipped in for the cutest pack n' play and then got some precious outfits. Just a couple pictures to share.

The adorable pack n' play next to me

Just one of the many cute outfits for Rylee Rose

Upcoming Events-So excited!-

Wednesday the 22nd: Next doctors appointment. We get to finally schedule the C-Section! Hoping for December 4th and no bed rest!! (My sister thinks I look like a big puffy marshmellow since my feet and fingers have doubled in size!) I think I have doubled too since it took 32 weeks to gain 10 pounds and now I am 33 weeks and I have gained 20!! One week and I gained 10 pounds!! What's up with that? I have a wedding in 2 weeks and have to still fit into my bridesmaid dress that I just got! I am more hungry now than I have been for the past 32 weeks and now I can't eat....go figure!!

Saturday the 25th: Carpet coming for the nursery!! We can finally get started putting together Rylee's room!!

Sunday the 26th: the next Baby Shower....so excited!!! Pictures to come....

Biggest Blog EVER!?!?

Well here goes the biggest blog so far....

I was going to seperate it in to two blogs but I decided that everyone has waited long enough for the first part of the blog so I rolled in all in to ONE BIG BLOG!!! Hopefully we don't expect this much blogging from me in the future!!

Part 1: Baby Girl Thomson has a name!!

The final name that we have decided on is...

Rylee Rose Thomson

After 7 long months of back and forth and lots of baby book names, we have decided on Rylee Rose Thomson and Paul swears he is not changing it again. So I am posting it and it is sticking!

Part 2: 3D/4D Ultrasound Pictures!!

We went to Peek of You yesterday which is an ultrasound place that specializes in 3D/4D ultrasounds. It was a great experience and the ultrasound technician was AWESOME. I would highly recommend this place to anyone! She confirmed it was still a girl and answered all my questions (unlike the crabby lady at my regular office!) I asked her about all 10 fingers and all 10 toes and she was set and finding them all!! We didn't but we know one hand is good!! Here are some of the cute pictures that I chose from the 67 that she took!

In this picture, you can see her big pouty lips that the ultrasound technician loved so much!!

Rylee Rose...not so happy. She is probably thinking "There goes my mom and her obsession with seeing my toes and fingers again! :o)

Hand by the face picture....she is not going to like to be swaddled!!

"There, are you happy mom?!? Are we done yet?" -Rylee

"Well too bad if we aren't!! I am!" -Rylee (tongue sticking out)

Who would have thunk?!?

So this is the best picture I could find to explain what exactly I was doing in order to get the sharp pain on the right side of my stomach to go away. There was only one crazy person...ME and I was laying on a comfy bed.

My pain in my stomach had been for about 3 days when I finally didn't know what to do anymore. I thought maybe it was the baby's foot or hand pushing on my skin. I had watched an episode of Baby Story one day when the baby boy on the show was born without four of its fingers. The doctor on the show said that it was probably due to the fact that it was pressed up against the mother and didn't have time to develop. Ever since then, let me tell you that my baby has had no peace and quiet! I will push and jiggle my stomach every now and then just so I know she is moving about!! (Is there such a thing as "Shaken Baby Syndrome" inside the womb? Hmmm....)

Anyway, these pushes and jiggles were not helping and the pain kept on coming so I thought if I layed "upside down" then maybe she would float a different way. Well Paul thought it was the funniest thing he ever saw and my sister informed me 2 days afterwards that there is no gravity inside the stomach. I never knew! Lesson Learned: NO MORE "BABY STORY" FOR ME!

Something to look forward to: My 3D/4D ultrasound on Sunday! I will post the pics as soon as I get home! Let's still hope she is a girl in there. We still don't have a girl name and I don't have another 7 months to negotiate a boy name with my picky husband! I bet Baby Girl Thomson is hoping that I see all 10 fingers and all 10 toes on Sunday so she can sleep peacefully for the next 2 months!

Baby Thomson Kicking

Baby Girl Thomson starting kicking last night. I can't decide if it was because I haven't been eating anything so she was hungry or it was because I was watching Tori Spelling go through her C-section with Baby Stella and it was her was of telling me, "Hey...this is about to happen to you!" Either way...she was kicking away for only a bit and Paul got to feel it too! What a great feeling!!