New Buzz Cut!

Someone got a new summer haircut!

Last summer we buzzed Shelby practically to the skin. A neighbor proceeded to tell me how horrible it was to do that to a dog- she could get sunburned! I think that she was fine but it seemed that she was a little embarrassed to go into public. So, this year we kept it a little longer. She is so much cooler, and I am much happier with less fur balls roaming inside the house. I think that she looks really cute!

Sick, Sick, Sick!

I don't want for you to lose your lunch, but I want to look back at this blog to remember details of this pregnancy. That includes these...

My feet have taken on a new shape. Bill and I lovingly refer to them as my swollen sausages! I don't know if you can fully appreciate how disgusting they are after a full day on my feet from this picture but take my word for it! Last week, a student even felt the need to tell me how swollen they were. I'm crossing my fingers that they return to normal immediately after Avery is born!

Dr. Appointment

On Tuesday I had one of my regular appointments with my OB. We found out a few new things-

1. I am still measuring way behind when they measure the fundal height (with the tape measure on my abdomen).
2. We found out her weight at the time of the ultrasound. She was weighing in at 4 pounds 12 ounces from their measurements.
3. We must have misheard the ultrasound specialist when she told us her percentile for weight. We had heard 12% (only 2 percentage points away from a growth restricted baby). She is actually around 23% which is still pretty small but not near as close. This made us feel much better. We are just going to have a little one on our hands!
4. They did some other tests during the ultrasound that she scored perfectly on.
5. I have already started dilating. She may be coming sooner than later!

After we found out the news about the dilation, everything started feeling a lot more real. We started thinking of all the last minute things that needed to be done. We now have got the car seat base in the car, a bag packed for the most part, and all the newborn necessities washed!

I wasn't feeling so hot Tuesday night. I even made a 2 am phone call to Ash to ask some questions! It turned out to be nothing but got me thinking about how soon her arrival could come. Although I can't wait to see Avery, I want her to cook a little longer to get some more meat on her bones! Hopefully she will hold off a few more weeks until school is over and she weighs a little more. We will see!

Here is the latest ultrasound picture.

Avery Update

Every time that I've gone to my doctor's appointment throughout this pregnancy they have measured me with a tape measure. I have always measured two weeks behind which falls within the normal range. I have never worried about it because it seems like a very inaccurate way to measure the baby's growth. Two weeks ago I brought this up to my doctor. She was not worried at all about her growth because although I have measured behind, she has always made the progress that she needed. I was asking her lots of questions about it, and she offered an ultrasound to ease my mind. She said that it was not something to be worried about but that she would send me so they can get an idea of the weight, etc. Of course, I jumped at the chance to have another ultrasound. For some reason, I have always thought that I would have a decent sized baby since I was relatively big myself as a baby. We went for our ultrasound last Friday, and she is measuring small. This really surprised me. She is measuring a little smaller than 34 weeks and I was at 35 weeks and 3 days at the appointment. The Ultrasound Specialist did not seem concerned right now but said that she wanted us to come back in two and a half weeks to make sure that she has gotten bigger. If she has not then they may go ahead and induce me so that she can get bigger outside of the womb. The doctor said that we may just have a small baby. Other than her size, everything else looks good. We are praying for a miraculous growth spurt in the next couple of weeks. We go to my OB tomorrow, and I'm interested to see what she has to say about it. I will write an update as soon as I hear more info. In the meantime, please pray that she keeps growing and gets back on track.

Showers!

I have been extremely bad at blogging lately...it has been almost a month but I am determined to be better at it! Lots has happened over the last month including some wonderful showers! Ashley, her mom Janet, Stephanie, and Sabra- Kyle's mom threw me an amazing shower a few weeks ago. They were all wonderful hostesses, and Avery definitely got spoiled! The shower was at Ash's house which was really special since Luke was still really young at the time. I don't know if I would have been able to take that on so soon! There were so many small little details that made it so special from the blocks and decorations to the amazing food and cake! It was so great to see friends and family come together to celebrate Avery! Here are some pictures from the shower.

The fireplace with all of the cute decorations and gifts

The most delicious cake from none other than RJ Goodies (it was marble cake which is my new favorite!)

All the hostesses and me

Mmm! The yummy food

Last weekend, we also had a shower thrown by Billy's aunt and uncle, Kelly and Eddie. It was a family shower where we had the most delicious barbeque. We even had personalized barbecue and hot sauce bottles. They were so cute! Although it had been rainy all day, it cleared out just in time for dinner, and we were able to enjoy their awesome outside patio. Unfortunately, I didn't take very many pictures because my camera ran out of batteries. My sister took several so I will post them as soon as I get them.

I feel so blessed to have such great friends and family support us during this special time!