Six Weeks and Counting

Here is a little baby update. I had my doctor's appointment on Monday and everything is looking good and healthy. When the doctor measured my uterus, it was measuring a week smaller. She said this means that we could possibly be having a smaller baby . . . no complaints here :)! It truly is hard to believe that in just 6 short weeks we are going to be parents. This is a little scary at times but we have been praying that God will continue to prepare us to be the best parents we can be. We know that God had this planned from the beginning and we are thankful that we will have a new addition to our family. We truly our excited to meet our little bundle of joy! The baby's room is making slow progress but we are waiting til I am done with work and Matthew is done with school to get everything organized! Here are a couple of pictures of the crib, bedding, and dresser (all these pictures are dedicated to my cousin Kelli who has been wanting to see more pictures!). We will have to update this when the whole room is put together! Like I said, we are making slow progress! Hope all is well with everyone!

Thanksgiving in Seattle

Last week we were able to travel back to Seattle to visit Melissa's family and friends. The first day that we were there I had my first baby shower given by my mom's friends and my sister. It was a lot of fun to take some time to focus on having the baby since our lives have been focused on work and school since we found out I was pregnant. It made me realize how close we are to having this baby. How exciting!

The rest of the week was spent seeing lots of friends, spending a lot of time with family. We had a great Thanksgiving Day hanging out with my family, some family friends, and our friends Luke and Sabrina and Alyssa. We had a great dinner and spent the day playing games and talking with everyone. On Friday my family celebrated "Christmas" where we exchanged a few gifts and had our traditional candlelight dinner. This was very nice for Matthew and I since we will be unable to celebrate Christmas with either of our families this year since I will be unable to travel. So we had Thanksgiving and Christmas all in two days! We had a great trip and we realized that this was our final trip with just the two of us. The next time we travel anywhere we will have our new little baby! We hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Crazy Accident

This past Thursday I (Melissa) was driving home from work and was stopped on the freeway in traffic. I heard tires screeching and I knew that I was going to be hit. So I was rearended in the middle of the freeway. My first thought was hoping that the baby was o.k. so I was pretty shaken up. I called Matthew and he came home from school early so he could take me to the hospital to make sure that everything was o.k. We got to urgent care and after a hour and a half of waiting there and seeing the doctor, we were sent over to labor and delivery. They wanted to monitor the baby and make sure that he was doing alright and that I wouldn't go into preterm labor due to the stress of the accident. I was hooked up to a machine that watched the baby for 4 hours. Thank the Lord everything was perfectly fine and that there was no damage done to the baby. I am a little bit sore in my neck and back but for the most part the car took the biggest hit. We came home at 1:30 a.m. and went right to bed. We are so thankful that God protected that baby and myself. God is so good! We are now in Seattle to spend Thanksgiving with my family, so a little break will be nice after all the craziness!

Eight Weeks to Go!

Well, this is getting crazy to think that only 8 more weeks (technically 8 1/2 weeks) and we will have a baby! I am starting to get nervous, but I try not to think about it a lot otherwise I will get too worked up about the whole labor and delivery. On the positive side, I have had two doctor's appointments in the last week (an extra one because we will be gone the week of Thanksgiving). So far everything is looking like it is on schedule and everything seems to be healthy. I do have a little bit of anemia, but the doctor said that is pretty normal for pregnant women. All I have to do is take an iron pill at night, nothing major. The babies heartbeat is strong and he is definitely going to be a soccer player like his dad because he kicks me a lot throughout the day. At least Matthew can look forward to coaching his son in soccer :)! We currently have the dresser and crib up in the babies room, so it is starting to feel more real. Continue to pray for health and strength of our little boy! I will try to send a picture sometime soon (especially for my cousin Kelli :) )!!