37 weeks, 5 days...

I feel like we are at a stand still. I went to the doctor yesterday for my weekly check up and it was pretty uneventful. I had gained 2 pounds, ugh, but my urine and blood pressure were both good. Upon examination, Dr. Crum informed me that my cervix had thinned some but that I had not starting dilating. I am incredibly torn because I would love for baby Zoey to come on and make her appearance, but at the same time, I want to be moved before she comes. I am hoping that we will be moving by next week if we can get a closing date. I am very ready to move and so is Nathan. I think even Toby is getting excited...well as excited as a dog can get, but we keep telling him that he is going to have a yard at his new house and his tail wags, haha.

I decided a few days ago that I have reached the "miserable" stage of pregnancy that all women warn you about. I am so tired that I can't even remember how I slept last night. It varies from night to night as to whether I get up 8 times to pee or 2 times. Then I have a problem with falling back to sleep once I pee and make it back to bed. Then I have the problem of the old noodle wanting to run constantly. I am not one to over think things, but pregnancy changes a person I suppose. That's all I do is think about things, worry myself to death. I'm hoping that this is another one of those crazy hormonal things that will go away once Zoey arrives along with the incredible urge to cry if anyone even looks like they might be mad at me. I cry over everything. I am seriously a basket case right now. I do now see the light at the end of the tunnel since I am only a little over 2 weeks from my due date which is super exciting, I am ready to meet my baby girl! Nathan and I went to the hospital Monday to check out the labor and delivery rooms. My aunt is a nurse and still has friends there so we got a nice tour and had everything explained to us, which was really nice. We got to see a room that I will be laboring, the area where cesarean sections are performed, the nursery (with no babies at all in it), and the post-partum rooms where you stay after you have your little one. I also had a lot of questions answered about topics from breast feeding (which I plan on doing) and Nathan's number one question, "where do I need to bring her when she tells me it's time" haha, he's so cute.

Hopefully everyone had a happy hump day! Mine was loud and tiring...we are undergoing construction at my office and it was VERY loud today! Other than that, my day was pretty good. I am beginning to feel old though because it is now 7:35 p.m. and I am debating on taking a shower and going to bed. What's sad is that my parents are currently at the expo center watching Journey (in for a late night I'm sure) and I am at home debating on bed. Ohh well, I have Nathan and Toby here with me along with the random movements of Zoey to keep me company when I hit the hay in a few. I hope everyone has a great Thursday tomorrow!

Packing up all our worldly belongings....

Today has been dedicated to sleeping and packing. I slept until about 1 after getting up at least half a dozen or more times last night to relieve my bladder. After waking I decided that things needed to get packed. Mom and I have been working on it along with Nathan and the living room, Zoey's room and most of our room is pretty well packed up. Hopefully we can get a closing date a this coming week and be able to move ASAP because I am not liking living in a war zone...see below.

Yeah, this is what our apartment is looking like right now. As much as I really want to meet baby Zoey...I really hope she holds off until we can get moved in to the new house. I did get a bag packed for her in the process although I still haven't packed mine and Nathan's bag. Maybe tomorrow that will be accomplished. We are definitely at the end of the pregnancy and I mentioned to Nathan that this would be one of our last weekends alone before Zoey arrives. One of the last times that we would have to sleep in for a LONG time. Sounds ominous, but very exciting to me : )

A Day to Remember

I wanted to write a post dedicated to those who have and are serving our country. 8 years ago today our country was scared and confused about what the future held. Many things, good and bad have taken place since that time which have taken over the true meaning of what today should mean to people. We should use this day to remember those who have lived and died for this great country we live in and not dwell on past mistakes. I would love to think that my little girl will be growing up in a country where hate is not more prevalent than love, but as of right now this is not a reality. Whether you are democrat or republican, you should support your country and your president. Stand behind your president and even if you don't agree with everything he is doing. I won't go on any more about this, but I just wanted to say, thank a soldier or a veteran for your life, they are currently fighting or have fought to protect it.

37 weeks and a neglectful blogger.

Wow, I have not written an entry in entirely too long and I am hoping that now that the time is drawing nearer for little Zoey's arrival, I will do better with keeping up. I am now 37 weeks and ready to meet her! There are a lot of things going on in our life right now and we are very excited about all of them. Baby Zoey could come any day, we are in the process of buying a new home (hopefully closing next week) and Nathan started a new job a few weeks ago which places him closer to home which is going fairly well. All exciting things, but it seems like things are all happening at once! Hopefully we can get fairly settled in our new home before Zoey arrives that way we can enjoy time with her and not worry about the house.

We have been so blessed by family and friends to get all the things that we need for Zoey at two wonderful showers. I was also very excited because my cousin Courtney flew in from Michigan to attend the Carter family shower, which was a great time, I just don't feel like we got to visit very much. Hopefully she can come back after Zoey comes so we can spend more time together. Here is a pic of the 3 oldest Carter great grandchildren. We are all stair steps, Courtney is 25, I'm 24 and Whitney is 23. Yes, I know our names are Courtney, Whitney and Brittany...the scary thing is that the rest of the girls in the family are Annie and Bethany, all rhyming names. Alana is the youngest and she broke free from a name ending in eeeee : )

Here is a pic of all the girl Carter cousins

I hope that Zoey understands once she is born how much she is already loved without anyone even knowing her. Another thing that our family is famous for is wonderful food. I had to share a picture of the adorable cupcakes that my Aunt Saundra brought from Richmond for the Carter shower. I was going to post a pic of the beautiful cake from my friend shower, but I can't find it in the mass of pictures I have accumulated.Like I said, hopefully I will do better about doing posts. I am going to really try now that there is lots to talk about! This is a wonderful time in our life and I want to share with everyone the journey we are going through : )