take in the view

she is :)

{at my parents house, bathing, watching the dogs bath in the pool/swim}

hazel kathleen

welcome to the world sweet baby.... we are so in love with this bundle of joy!

full term

went to the doc yesterday :) got a great report! i am currently 1 cm dilated and am progressing along well. the dr couldn't speak for sure, as they never can, but didn't think i was going to make it to my due date. so Hazel cold be making her appearance any day now! i am trying to pretend i didn't hear those words though...i just keep trying to think long term, even past my due date. i just work better that way, instead of getting disappointed/super anxious if she is late.

i will say this whole 3rd trimester thing is not my cup of tea. i wish i could say i was one of those women who just loved loved loved being pregnant. but alas, i. do. not. now don't get me wrong i love everything that comes with being pregnant..ie.. a baby. but that's about it.

my life right now...

-clothes just don't' fit. few, very few do.

-i've been asked at least 3 times if i'm going to go into labor and someone is going to have to call an ambulance for me.

-i don't walk... i waddle

-every time i put my shoes on i have acid reflux

-i still love when she moves around

-my most favorite thing is when clay talks to her

Hazel we are so ready to meet you :)

bradly and hazel

during our thanksgiving celebration my sweet mother in law had a friend come over and take some pictures for christmas cards. i hadn't realized just how fun it would be to have these pictures when i realized it was bradly and hazel's first photo shoot. i'm anticipating many more to follow after seeing some of these results :)

they are going to be such good buddies

bradly's parents, just presh

hazel's mama and daddy

kiki, pops, and the whole gang....can't wait to meet you girls!

belly touching

it really has not bothered me. in a weird way i kinda love it. its part of what being pregnant is all about, at least as far as getting to share in it with others. today though has been the strangest to date as far as belly touching goes....

so i guess there needs to be some explination before i launch into my story. first of all i work in home health with kids of low income families with speech problems...IE.. i work in some pretty rough and tough neighborhoods. not having an office to be in most of the day i make efforts to find clean bathrooms, good places for gas and lets be honest the occasional snack here and there.

so now after much time working in this area i guess you could say i am a regular to this particular gas station. i hadn't really realized it but i'll explain more in just a bit....

i walked into my usual gas station today to grab some gas and use the restroom (and with being this far along in pregnancy its true i have stopped a couple of times there in one day.) when one of the three of the gentleman yelled over the counter, "hey, so when are you going to pop?"

me, after a moment of realizing i'm the only one in there that could "pop," was caught a little off guard and stumbled to respond, "oh, um jan 20..."

"ah, you owe me a dollar!!!" says the gentleman to the other guys there. apparently they had all been making bets on when i was going to "pop," and the guy who asked guessed january while the others had there money on december. after which he proceeded to step down and touch my belly, thanking my belly for hanging in there till then and winning him a dollar.

not a clue of how to respond, i said,"uh, your welcome, glad we could help..."

sure i like the touching of my belly, so i have to say that truly it wasn't awkward as it could sound it was more funny, and maybe a little weird.

hazel's nursery

so we are still very much in the process of setting up our baby girl's nursery. but in the meantime i thought i would share the potential of what we are putting together.

after a couple of trips to lowes to get the right color grey we painted her room. {but i can't find it on the valspar website, its called mountain top} i think it looks wonderful

the jenny lind crib is my favorite. it just is so classic, not too bulky and i think can go either way as far as for boys or girls. {i'm hoping to use this one a few times :)}

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minus the wheels this is much of what she looks like. clay and i put her together a few weeks ago. don't worry that we put it together in the living room, only to find out it doesn't fit through a single doorway in the house. so now clay and i are pros at taking apart and putting together jenny lind cribs :)

land of nod

i am just realizing this but much of the colors in this image are what her nursery will look like! her bedding is from land of nod. which if you have not been too you must check out, there are so many neat things. its crate and barrel's children section. i have become obsessed with it.

everyday life now in the 3rd trimester

-all i want is lucky charms and/or cheese. not together ever but i can not get enough of either food group

-if i start crying i can not pull it together to stop.

-if i sit too long my back starts to kill me. {which is what i do all day in therapy with my kids} the only remedy i have found is laying down on our wood floors stretching.

-i can not reach my toes

-hazel has hiccups every night. for at lest 15 min. i love every second of it.

-this sounds crazy but every time i get emotional, mad, sad, happy, or angry {which is daily} our puppy sophie does not leave my side.

-sleeping has been terrible. i can only sleep on my left side with out all of my limbs falling asleep. i surround myself with 6 different pillows and have hit clay every night for the last 2 weeks. i promise its not purposeful.

-i asked my dad to make me a shelf that works as a sofa table behind our couch. it is much easier to reach behind me to put a drink down than it is to reach forward to the coffee table. thanks daddy!

-i'm terrified to go into labor. i'm clearly weeks away from that but in the meantime i have become addicted to baby story/bringing baby home...i have convinced myself that if i see enough deliveries of all kinds whatever happens to me won't be that crazy.

-clay is super sweet and sensitive to me. i don't think i could handle being around me through all of my ups and downs.

baby bump at 28 weeks

i know i am going to kick my self when our sweet baby girl gets here and i have hardly taken any baby bump pics. i know i need to step it up. so here is hoping i am better at documenting this last trimester. {and also so my dear friend lizzie doesn't take my head off for not sharing pictures more, love you sweet liz!} b/c yes i am in my last trimester. eeek!

me at 18 weeks

me with wet hair at 28 weeks!

on another pregnancy note..i failed that glucose test last week so i am having to go in this week for the 3 hour test and drinking double the amount of sugar. i'm a little nervous seeing as last time when i was drinking the stuff i gagged most of the way through it. so if you think about it please pray for me {and hazel} that we make it through the test and pass it

proof

trying to bring back life to this blog as basically since i have been pregnant i have been pretty MIA. so here is some proof that we are here and kicking and enjoying the freedom we have before our sweet bundle of joy comes to welcome us.

check out that ranger shirt wes has on...i think the hand looks farely creepy...but rangers and the world series is pretty great. esp for my dear hubby who has been a long standing fan with little reward.

i think he is pretty cute

petitnest

as many of you know i had/have an obsession with saved by the bell. my freshman year of college i spent many an afternoon doing online saved by the bell trivia. yes i admit it. maybe it was a little much....but it was so great. specifically kelly. i mean what girl growing up didn't want to be her? so yes i did. you can imagine my excitement when i realized there was life to tiffani thiessen after sbtb...

she and the great minds at hgtv have created a line for babies called Petitnest and i must say its darling! the bedding, the furniture, its all so beautifully done! please go and check her and all her talent out!

blog love

found this blog and now i can't get enough....

mila's

enjoy!

baby hippos

i don't know if i would have said this before i was pregnant, but i don't think i would have seen all of these adorable hippos on etsy had i not been pregnant. hippos are so big and clumsy looking, much like i am hoping this baby to look like :) baby wooten may be in need of a few of these things in her nusery

teething toy

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burp cloth

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btw

we had the whole fam over to find out the gender of our baby. i had intended it to be just a surprise factor for me (totally selfishly) but as it turns out it was a really special moment to get to share it with everyone :)

the cake says baby wooten. funny aside... i know i'm not the only one who has thought of this...the lady who did the sonogram was totally familiar with what we were doing. despite this when i tried to explain to the bakery what we were trying to do and that i didn't want to know what the cake was--you would have thought i was speaking a different language. i was just thankful we had the doctor write on two envelopes in case they got it wrong...

so in conclusion...

ITS A GIRL!!!!

we are still a little up in the air about girl names...i am about 90 % set on one...just can't commit yet

my sister is a graphic designer and just started a blog. she played with a few of the names we are thinking about that you can check out here

--still don't have Internet at home...this is almost month number 2...hopefully at&t will get their act together quickly...

baby bump

alright here its is...the baby bump pic! i was actually around 18 weeks here. i don't know how to pose for this so my sweet hubby took quite a few :/

i am currently 20 weeks, and am aiming to be better about picture taking/blogposting it...

on another note i went to a little maternity store that was recommended to me by a friend, and i have a couple of reactions... WHAT! first of all, the options that were all there were all so terrible. i am talking pentecostal here. course i am totally over exaggerating, but my thoughts are i already have a huge belly can i at least look cute with it? or as normal as possible? then those prices?! holy moly...

so i went to one of my more random stops at the mall. JC Pennys. i was getting a little anxious here, we are leaving for chicago this week and with a little cooler weather i needed something to fit over this belly. um wow! first of all they were having a huge sale which was perfect! i got two pairs of jeans and a pair of black cropped pants for $55. i was so happy i could have jumped up and clicked my heels together :)

ah friday

finally. this week could not have moved any slower, i was running around town like a chicken with its head cut off. although the craziness of this week is all worth it now as all the things on my to do list for work are completed.

now all i have planned for this weekend is relaxing and packing. that's right packing. b/c my sweet hubby has surprised me with a wonderful little vacation for our anniversary. in a couple of days we will be walking the streets here...

puerto rico!!!!!!!!!

arguably my favorite place on earth. rich with history, beaches, beauty, culture and lets be honest, my family. there is so much to puerto rico i don't even know where to begin, but if you haven't been there, it needs to be a must for your next tropical destination.

it is going to be the best 5 days. i am thrilled beyond words!

then we get back to reality. where by looking at this cartoon you may gather what we will be returning to. two days after we come back, we will be packing up the rest of our stuff to move it to our new little house!

{now just to clarify here, my husband is NO wimp. he is all p90x muscles and then some, promise.} this is just how i feel, large and not super helpful. i know tough, i have to miss out lifting anything heavy or large...i somehow will manage.

we are excited though, it makes it feel a little more real when we can actually see the room the baby will be sleeping in! not to worry i fully intend to capture all of these happenings moment by moment :) hope your weekend is great!