Cali Shower, Swollen Feet and a Hospital Visit

This past weekend, Alan and I made it out to Cali for our Baby Shower with friends and family. We had a great time celebrating with everyone. Thanks to all of you who could come out to support us and a HUGE thanks to my mom, sisters (and in laws) Sarah, Leah, Megan and Lindsay for all your hard work and effort in getting it all ready for me, it wouldn't have been such a fun time without all of you! (And hopefully Mom has caught up on her sleep now) :) Here are just a couple of pictures:

Cupcakes! Yum!
Us
Alan and his girls, Jessi and Brianna

Natalie, Me, SusieSome of the guys

My mom always asks me occasionally if my feet and legs are swelling, and I keep saying I haven't noticed anything. Well, of course, while we are in CA my feet and legs swell up and my mom points it out to me and since then every single day my feet and ankles have been huge by the end of the day! Bring on the 12 hours Clinicals! Oh the joys of the 9th month...

Yesterday I woke up with alot of pains in my tummy, it didn't feel like contractions, but they continued all day until Alan and I decided I should probably get checked out, to hospital we went! I though I had ate something bad and my tummy was upset, but I wanted to be sure baby was okay. After getting the monitors put on, apparently I was having some contractions, just little ones, and some cramping. So after getting some meds to relax my tummy, I was on my way home. This little guy is going to make a surprise appearance, I just know it! Nothing goes as planned especially if he has a personality like his daddy :)

Baby Chad

We had another ultrasound this morning to see how Chad is growing, currently he weighs 5lbs 4oz so he is working his way up to the top! Our Ultrasound tech was really nice, she stayed on Chad's face for awhile and we could see him moving his mouth open and close and his nose and eyes, it was incredible. In fact, we loved it! She got alot of pictures of his face and profile for us. Here are a couple:

ProfileI love this picture, look at those lips and nose and squished chubby cheeks!
There is nothing like getting pictures of our little boy! We cant wait to meet him!

Thankful

Just wanted to take some time out of our busy lives to list some things I'm thankful for this week and every week:

FINALS OVER-I finished mine this morning and Alan finishes his tonight. We are so excited for our break (even if its only two weeks!) Now to wait for grades to be posted....

DECORATING-Now that finals are over, I plan on focusing my break on getting Chad's room set up since I know once Block 3 starts I will be swamped again!

FAMILY-Our niece Brianna got baptized this last Saturday and we were so glad to be a part of it. Hearing everyone's testimony and being there to support each other is what families are all about.

BABY CHAD-There is nothing in this world better than feeling our son in my tummy and sharing those kicks with Alan. I'm worried I will miss him moving around in there once he's here! (But I will also be glad he is here safe and heathly too!)

HUSBAND-It is SO encouraging to have a husband that supports me in every decision I make and uplifts me even when I think I've failed at something. He always makes me focus on the brighter side of things.

and that's it!

Uncle and Jessi

This is what happens when Dan and Sarah are out of town and Uncle and Jessi are playing all day waiting for Aunt Alice to finish work at the office to go home!

Both of them are passed out!

Update

Just an update, Abby FINALLY did birth, 7 pups at my parents house in Cali. Our original plan was she would have the puppies here and Leah would take care of them, but Abby decided it wasn't time so she got to come along to Cali, which meant driving her and 7 pups back to AZ after the weekend. We came home Friday night from the mall with my parents and she had already had 2 pups so Alan and I stayed up till 3am helping her with the rest! Saturday we had a wedding. Our friends Danita and Joe got married and it was a beautiful wedding. They got married in Redondo Beach overlooking the ocean. Danita looked gorgeous. It was nice to see all our friends from home and high school. Sunday we drove home from a nice relaxing weekend with my parents (minus Abby's excitement) to wake up to my last test Monday morning. Just the final to go and Block 2 is over! Cant wait!

Picture Tag!

It's a "PICTURE TAG" and this is how it goes. Go to your pictures and go to the 5th folder. Then open up the 5th picture and post it. Then tag 5 people when you are done. Have fun!

I was tagged by Lindsay! Here is my picture: Its Brianna and Cole...WOW! They have grown!

Waiting Game

So I don't know if I've mentioned that Abby (Our Lab) is pregnant again. I know your thinking "Seriously?" but this time was PURE accident, we were so careful at not letting them together and one morning Alan left for a church activity and had them separated and I woke up to them together, so apparently that's all it took, go figure. :) So I've now managed to talk Alan into fixing Abby after this litter so we don't have this "accident" again. She is now 58 days, last litter came on day 59 so we are waiting for her to pop anytime. Not only that, but this weekend we are headed to Cali for a good friends wedding and put my poor sister Leah (who is not really a huge fan of animals) in charge. Thanks Leah :) We love you! I'll post pictures when she finally has them, I bet we have over 8 this time! She is HUGE! Anyone want a puppy?