So I cannot believe only 2 weeks until my due date! Maybe I will get lucky and have him early. I went to the Doctor on Monday and not too much has changed, my cervix has started to soften. She said that this next week we should really be able to see a difference, so I go back this Monday!! I will keep you posted!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
36 Weeks.... Getting Bigger.........
Now, 37 Weeks!!! WOW REALLY BIG........
First, yes I know I am wearing the same shirt in 2 of these pictures, but what do you expect, it is getting warm and I do not want to buy any more clothes and I LOVE THIS SHIRT!! LOL
So I will try not to bore you too much. Work has been crazy, we have been going through Open Enrollment and me being in the Benefit's Department has kept me right in the middle of it all, but good news, it ended yesterday!!
So I had a doctor's appointment last Tuesday, March 30h. Everything looked good, she said just a small amount of dilation, but nothing to really "count yet" she expects that to be around 38 weeks. Well little did she know, that Thursday, I would end up in Labor and Delivery. Yes oh Yes, I had a trail run Thursday. At work I noticed something was going on and I was not sure about it, so I started timing them and they were around 5-6 minutes apart, so I called the doctor and they had me come in and then sent me to Labor and Delivery where sure enough I was starting labor. They would like you to be officially 37 weeks before you deliver (and showing no signs of dilation) so they wanted to see if they could be stopped, so they gave me something and they stopped, so that is good, I think Will was trying to play an April's foul joke on his mommy!! LOL........They said if it happens again, they will not stop them.
So it was an exciting week. Crazy. It did make me realize that I still need to do a few things, so that is what I am doing today, making my call list and email list and making sure everything is ready for Will. I cannot wait to meet him!!
Well tomorrow is Easter and it is going to be a very busy day for us as I am sure it is for you as well. We have church and lunch with my family and then dinner with Chad's family. Needless to say I will be tired tomorrow night.
I will not miss a post next week, I go back to the doctor Monday!! I hope that you each have a wonderful Easter!!!
I am getting bigger, or I should say Will is getting bigger!This past week has been busy. Last Friday was my work shower. It was so amazing. Deborah and Suzanne here at work put it all together and they did a fabulous job!! It was perfect. There are so many people who I work with that did so much for me and Will. I am so very thankful to work with such great people! I have posted pictures on the previous post!!
So this week, I had a place removed from my face. It was something pregnancy related and it was not getting any smaller. So it is removed; however, you can see a small black place on my face. It will be gone soon hopefully!!!
The other big thing going on this week.... Chad and I bought a new car for him, he needed a daddy car instead of the jeep. So he is leaving today to go pick up the car in Jacksonville, FL. A friend of his is going with him, thanks Joseph! We bought an Infinite M35, it is so pretty and I am very excited for Chad as he has been wanting a new car for a while, it just took a while to find one!!
So this weekend, I am going to do some house work and get some more things ready for Baby Will's arrival. I am also doing the Big Springs 1 mile fun run (or I should say walk) in the morning! See you there Tara and Sara!
I hope everyone has a great weekend! I go back to the doctor Wednesday for an ultrasound!
Not my best picture. I actually felt pregnant for the first time yesterday and I guess it went into the night, because I woke up at 2:45 this morning and could not go back to sleep, it was horrible. I just laid there until 4:00 when I decided to get up and go play on the computer..... sad I know, so needless to say I am so ready for bed time!!
Well this weekend is going to be very busy! Tomorrow my mom and I are meeting one of my oldest and dearest friends Wendy and her mom Betty for lunch. I am so excited. We have not seen each other in about 4 years so it will be so nice to catch up with them! Then tomorrow, one of my close friends is having a baby shower. She is adopting twin boys! I am so excited for her! Then on Sunday is my baby tea!!! YEA!! I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am for Sunday!! I cannot wait to see everyone and see what all Will gets. 9 of my closest friends are hosting and I am so thankful for each and everyone of them and so blessed to have them all in my life. I love you all! Thank you!
So this weekend is going to be a very busy one if you can tell! Next Friday is my work baby shower and it is going to be big too from what I hear!! Suzanne and Deborah who I work with are doing a great job putting it together, they will not tell me all the details but I know it is going to be great!! Thanks girls, it means a lot to me!
Well I guess that it is for now. I hope you all have a great weekend. I will try to post some pictures of the Tea early next week so stay tuned!
Andrea
Not too much bigger, but I am feeling bigger. I am starting to get uncomfortable at night for some reason. I have what I would say is heartburn and the only way I am comfortable is if I go lay in the bed with my body pillow! Other than that I feel great! 
So this weekend was pretty productive. I found the letters that I am going to paint for his room. I went all over town Saturday morning to find them. My dad and Chad painted his room Saturday and put his crib together! It looks so good. I will take pictures and post them soon!! I am so excited about it all coming together! Yesterday was one of my best friends little boys (Hudson's) Baby Dedication. It was really sweet. Then we all went to eat lunch after, it was a lot of fun. Last night of course was the SuperBowl so I watched for the commericals and I say they were not too good...
Well I hope this week is better than last week at work, we have been so busy. That I the third trimester tiredness has hit. By 5:00 every afternoon it is all I can do to keep my eyes open!
Have a great week! I go back to the doctor a week from today!
So here I am at 27 WEEKS!! WOW only 13 weeks to go!! I am so ready to meet this little one. He had the hiccups for the first time that I noticed on Wednesday night. It was so funny and so amazing!! I am still feeling pretty good! I have gotten more tired quicker in the evenings this week but other than that still doing great!
Well at 25 weeks I still feel great. I am still in the 2nd Trimester Honeymoon!!! No complaints!! I will say that I am (knock on wood) having an easy pregnancy!! I hope the next 15 weeks are this good!!! I am sure they will get harder!!
I will say this, my favorite thing in life is feeling him move. In the past week it is amazing how much more active he is and it is the most amazing thing in the world!!!! It lights up my heart so much and you can see it on my face each time he moves. I will remember this for as long as I live!! Last night during the came I think he was practing his kicks, I think we have a little punter in their!! LOL. He moved so much, I think with me being nervous he must have known!
Well for New Years we were in the Smokey Mountains. That is where we have been the last 13 years in a row with my family to celebrate the New Year. We left on the 27th and game back on the 3rd! It was a great trip; however, it was one of the coldest trips I can remember!! We had a great time and I cannot wait to go back next year and take the baby for the first time!! He will love it!!!! I hope we can always keep this tradition up!!
Well I know many of you know that we have named the baby, but I was waiting to post it because his father was giving me a hard time. Chad and I came up with a boy name a few years ago so as soon as we were told that we were having a boy I started calling the baby by his name. Well Chad likes to pick on me so he would never confirm the name, until Christmas Eve... he gave me a confirmation FINALLY, so now we all call the baby his name....William Lawrence Carpenter (we will call him Will). This is a family name. My little brother and my grandfather are William and Chad and his father both have Lawrence as a middle name so we both love this name and calling him Will is great! I just love his name!!!
Christmas was great!! We had Christmas Eve at my parents house and that is always fun. It went really smooth this year and we were on time with the dinner and all (I help my mom cook everything and we usual get behind). Christmas morning Chad family (which included his moms mom and Tom, Brandy (his sister), Sheldon, Maddie, Bella) and my family (which inlcuded my mother and father and brother) and even Tom's children Amanda and Chris all came to our house for breakfast! It was a lot of fun cooking together!!! Then for the rest of the day Chad and I played Wii..... It was so nice and relaxing. We even ate a frozen pizza for dinner. It is funny how our Christmas is so laid back, but next year with Will it will be so different. I cannot wait!!!
Well I think that is all for now. I hope that everyone had a great week. It has been crazy with coming back to work and then the snow. I was hoping for a snow day today but oh well, at least it is Friday. I hope everyone has been safe and will bundle up for the weekend as it is going to be a cold one!!
Not too bad I must say!!! He is a growing that is for sure!!
I hope that everyone has had a great week! It has been a very busy one. Just to report, I loved It's A Wonderful Life, I cannot believe that I just saw it for my first time, I have been missing out. I told Chad that I wanted to buy that one!
My sister in law Brandy had her baby Wednesday morning at 7:38. She weighted 7.5 pounds and is very cute. They did put her in the NICU to monitor her breathing but everything is good and both mom and Bella should go home tomorrow. Please say a prayer that they both get to go home tomorrow!
I found out yesterday that my nieces are coming into town this evening! I am so super excited. I did not think I would get to see them for Christmas but now we will get to. We are having Christmas at my grandmothers tomorrow so I am glad that they will be here for that.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. I will update Monday after my doctor's appointment!
So this past weekend was so busy! Chad and I had dinner out Friday night and it was a late night for us, but a lot of fun! Then Saturday I got up early and finsihed all my shopping!!! Thank goodness, I was so ready to be done. Saturday night we went to eat Mexican with our friends Joseph and Meredith and watched Ingram win the Heisman! That was so great and he did a great job with his speech, he even had me crying. Then yesterday we had Chad's Christmas Party at the MacWayne Center! I had never been and it was a lot of fun. We were there for a few hours and still did not see and do everything. We will have to go back!!
Well for this week, it is going to be a busy one, but that is how December goes. Tonight I have the EWJC Christmas Party which is always a lot of fun. Tomorrow night we are going to see It's a Wonderful Life at the Alabama Theater with Joseph and Meredith and I am so excited as I have never seen this movie! I will let you all now how I like it! Then Wednesday Chad's sister is having her baby and I am taking off a half day of work to go see her and then go home and clean house to get ready for Bonko at my house Thursday night!! WOW, I am just tired saying all that!!
Since I am behind in posting, I wanted to let everyone know that one of my very close friends had their baby boy this past Tuesday (December 8th) Alyson and DJ brough Cohen Garrett into the world. He is a beautiful baby and he looks just like his big sister Jayden! I cannot wait for our boys to grow up together! Love you both!!
Well I hope that you all have a great week!!!
Andrea
So we all went to the LSU game. Lots of us tailgated and Chad went to the game with some work buddies. They took a client to the game so I got to go with my Dad! We had the best time and that was the best game I have gone too (probably because we won!!). Well it was so much fun and Alabama pulled it through, we were a little scared during the first half! Here is a picture of me and my dad after the game!! Of course the big smiles are because we won and had so much fun!! I am so glad that me and my dad got to do this together!
Part 2 - This week and 17 Weeks!
So this has been a busy week! I had a doctor's appointment Monday and it went really good. The baby's heartbeat was 150 and I got great news! She is letting me come back on November 23rd to find out the sex. I am so excited as this is Chad's 30th Birthday and I think this will make his birthday that much more special!
We were off Wednesday for Veterans Day and me and mom spent the day together shopping. We went to Babys R Us and let me tell you, I have never realized how much baby stuff there is and how much you have to think about, wow there is a lot!! So after we find out the sex it is time to shop shop shop!!! SO fun!!
So today I am 17 weeks, weeks are really coming fast now. Here is a belly picture from today! And yes, it appears I wear black shirts almost every Friday so next week I will have to be different!!
I think I am getting bigger!!
So tomorrow Chad is going to Mississippi for the Alabama game. He is lucky and gets to sit in a box as he is being the client that is entertained! So I will be home tomorrow doing things around the house, maybe more shopping!! Tomorrow night is on of my best friend's 30th birthday! Happy Birthday Brandi, I hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow! I will be going to her party tomorrow night so that should be fun!!
I hope you all have a great weekend!
