The Bowens: September 2011

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Well, the countdown is starting to get pretty serious now! 24 Days until little Miss Baylee's due date! We will be 37 Weeks along this Saturday. So, technically, she could be ready to come anytime! I am okay with her waiting another week or two, because my Dr. is going to be on vacation next week. Seth is guessing that Baylee will make her big debut on either October 8th or October 18th. October 28th may be more realistic, but I would be okay with the 18th!! Although, October 8th would also be cool because my birthday is May 8th and my dad's is July 8th! (And my parents' anniversary is August 8th!!)

We had our first weekly appointment this morning and everything still looked great!! Baylee's heartbeat is perfect and I am at 1 cm! Woo-hoo! Even though I've probably still got 2 or 3 more weeks before the big day, hearing 1 cm made us realize that we really are nearing the end. The suitcases got moved to the trunk of my car when we got home from the appointment....just in case! :)

So, other than waiting on Baylee to arrive...what have the Bowens been doing lately? Well...Seth has started his latest DIY project. A few months ago he bought a couple of brown end tables off of craigs list. He was wanting to stain them black and make a baseball design on the top out of bottlecaps. Well, he has spent many hours stripping the tables, sanding, cleaning, re-staining, designing... It has been a much more in-depth project than we realized it would be...and I don't think he will ever do it again, but I also think the tables are gonna be pretty cool when he gets them finished. He has made himself a makeshift work table on our back porch to do the work since we don't have a garage.

My lastest creation is not quite so in-depth. This past Saturday for breakfast we had rainbow pancakes! (Thank you Pinterest for the idea!) As if pancakes were not already fun to eat, RAINBOW pancakes are TOTALLY fun to eat! :) What kid wouldn't love those?!

Other than that, we are just patiently waiting on our little pumpkin to arrive. (or "puntkin" as Myles says) And please ignore how dreadfully tired I look in this picture...I was in need of a nap when we took it. :)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Closing in on the Finish Line

I don't have any exciting pictures for today's blog entry. Booo. I know. I do have some pictures of our nursery...but they are on a different computer. So, maybe I can post those this weekend.

For now, I just wanted to give a quick update. Baylee and I had a doctor's appointment yesterday. Everything is still going just exactly how it should be! Baylee's heartbeat was perfect. My size and blood pressure all looked good. Baylee has been in the head down position for my last three appointments, so that is very good! Hopefully she will stay that way. As Dr. R was inspecting the size of my belly, she said, "I don't think you're going to have a BIG baby. And I don't think you're going to have a tiny baby. She's going to be just perfectly normal!" I am totally good with "perfectly normal" !!!

I will be 35 Weeks on Saturday, so we are pretty much in the home stretch. We have the nursery ready, the hospital bags packed, the car seat is installed...I even have some meals stored in the freezer for when we come home. So, I guess we are as ready as we can be!!

I promise...pictures will come soon!!