Just a note

Not much new going on just wanted to update everyone on Avery's growth. She is weighing in at aprox. 5lbs and 9 ounces and is doing great. Mom is doing good to my blood pressure, blood sugar and everything is right on track. We will keep you posted!

The Home Stretch

It seems hard to believe that we are coming up on the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new lifelong journey. As the calendar ticks down to 3 weeks and items are checked off the list Shawn and I keep catching each others glance and smiling, she's almost here. We have an induction date of May 17th set which would see us welcoming Avery to the world on May 18th, that would put her at about 38 weeks gestation. My plan involves large amounts of walking and pineapple starting the week before! Because I still would prefer to labor without the use of an epidural going into it naturally would be better than artificially through the induction process.  One way or another though we will have our little girl and that thought can get me through anything.

As most mothers and women know one of the strongest nesting urges you can have revolves around the nursery. Having books on the shelves, clean sheets in the crib and little clothes folded in the drawers make you feel a little more at peace. Shawn and I have been truly blessed to have  Avery's grandparents want to be involved in preparing for her arrival. We were gifted a beautiful dresser, bookcase, and chandelier for her nursery that really made my vision for her room come together. Shawn's father Tim and Stepmom Lisa brought over the bookcase and dresser after a productive trip to Canton trade days, a large flea market type event. The bookcase was a beautiful pine and was built like a dollhouse, perfect for a little girl!

Tim knew Avery needed this when he saw it

Mom knew she was saving this chandelier for something, WHAT LUCK!!

Lisa's great find

 After a great idea from Tim to paint the bookcase  multiple colors I had a plan....but I needed more hands. Enter the mom of all grandmoms, with a quick call my mom was on a flight armed with painting clothes and a lot of love. We worked together for days turning Shawn and mine garage sale find chair into a chic rocker, painting the bookshelf, putting up curtains and decaling the wall. All in all we worked like turks turning a beige room into the nursery that was stuck in my head. I would have been lost trying to take all of my odds and ends and big ideas and putting them into action, not to mention I don't think it would have gotten done before Avery got here!

Crib sheet set arrives!

It was a labor of love and the crib turned out great

A gentle reminder for Avery :)

White paint a little sanding and that chair turned out perfect! Oh and check out the shelf hanging skills Avery's daddy has going on :)

Yellow, Pink and Blue. A beautiful piece Avery can enjoy for years!

Love etsy.com! Are your arms sore to mom? LOL

The bookcase is to the left when you enter  so I couldn't get it in the pictures :(

It turned out perfect!

Till next time ! all my love

The incredible shrinking baby

Yesterday Avery and I had our weekly checkup and we got some great news! Apparently Avery had some early growth spurts but her weight gain has since slowed down. Most likely it is due to the diet that is managing my diabetes much better than where I was during 2nd trimester before the diagnosis. She hasn't put on really any weight since last week and a quick measurement of her thigh (which we couldn't get to last week) shows that she is actually measuring now about a week behind! Quite a change from our initial worries that Avery would need to come early due to growing to large to quick! I asked where this new find put us and she said with a nice petite little baby, what a relief! She doesn't expect Avery to top out much over high 6 low 7lbs at the most! We finished up by checking resistance on the umbilical cord (measures nutrient and oxygen flow from me to her) and measuring the amniotic fluid, all of which were great.

So knowing what we know now Dr. Herr said we can plan on inducing closer to term at 38 weeks, unless fluid levels or the umbilical cord start showing problems.  Great News!! Shawn and I now get to choose whether we want to go in on May 18th or May 20th to be induced (of course Avery could always choose her own date lol). We will keep everyone posted on which date we choose...most likely Wednesday the 18th.

Till next week, All our love