38 weeks!

2 weeks to go! I had a Dr.'s appointment today and my blood pressure was good the first time they took it. It was up a little on friday when they checked it, so I was instructed to stay down all weekend. I was really pretty good and relaxed alot this weekend. Devry was absolutely amazing! He cooked and cleaned and organized and did schoolwork plus work. I am so lucky to have such a helpful and wonderful husband. I have another appointment on Friday to check my blood pressure, then another to see the Doctor on Monday. The Doctor checked me today, and Payton's head is down and staying down, but my cervix is too far behind his head to tell what I am dilated to. He said he could have checked, but it would have been really painful for me, and at this point its not that important. They will check again on monday.
The hot weather is really difficult for me now. I am so warm alll the time, and can't seem to cool off. My feet and hands are constantly swollen, and I am retaining alot of water. I am swollen in my face, legs and arms too. A combination of the heat and the blood pressure problem is not so much fun because it is causing the bad swelling. I can't wait to have him and see the swelling go away.
I am having pretty regular contractions off and on, that are starting to get uncomfortable. I will wake up with strong ones almost every morning, then they will space out when I get up and start doing stuff. Hopefully they are doing something and not just causing me to be uncomfortable!
Well here are my 38 week pictures. I was VERY hesitant to post them, since I feel like a big blown up balloon, but I figured I will want them later.

Devry took a picture of my swollen feet....so nice of him, haha.

Puppies!!

I Was at work Wednesday night and got a text from Devry telling me Daisy was acting funny. I asked him how, and when he told me she wouldn't chase her tennis ball, it was obvious something was up. She LIVES for playing fetch with a tennis ball, and I have never seen her not interested in doing it. She started finding toys and things and taking them into the shed, then began whining. Then around 9:30 I got another text to tell me she had the first puppy, a girl! Work was slow and so I volunteered to be sent home. I got home around 10:30, and she had just had the second one...another girl! Over the next 4 hours she had 5 more.... 4 boys in a row and a girl. Grand total: 7 puppies, 3 girls and 4 boys. She was such a trooper! She took such good care of all the puppies, and just wanted us to sit and pet her.
Here they are today (30ish hours old). Daisy is an amazing mom! We were a little worried that we would be overwhelmed taking care of puppies and close to having a new baby...but we havn't had to do a thing! We have to MAKE her get up to go potty, and she rushes right back the second one of them peeps. I tried to get a picture of just the puppies, but as soon as someone walks in the room with them she rushes over to them.

They are so cute!! (or at least they will be....right now they kinda look like little white rats.)

She's such a great dog!

This one is the runnaway. He always finds his way away from the rest, and then starts crying. See..he's trying to escape again.

And the proud dad! Dash has been really good too. He wasn't quite sure what was going on, but has been so good with Daisy and the puppies. He pretty much stays out of the way. Daisy is really good with him being around too.

Last night a bunch of family came over to see the puppies, including 5 kids. I was at work, but Devry took them all in to see the puppies. We were a little worried Daisy would be overprotective, but she was great! She let everyone pet them, and even pick them up. I can't wait till they open their eyes and start being able to walk so we can take them outside to run and play with our nieces and nephews!


I have to say that it really is not fair that daisy is pregnant for 2 months and has 7 puppies...in only 5-6 hours of labor.....and Im going on month #9 for 1 baby, and who knows how long I will have to labor!

Just Waiting..

Well I am 37 weeks now (and 3 days). He really could come anytime at this point. I had a doctors appointment yesterday with a few unexpected problems. First, the nurse came in to check my blood pressure.....140/90. Not so good, especially considering it was 120/60 my entire pregnancy. To someone else this may not be a huge deal, but I know all the things that go along with elevated blood pressure in pregnancy including not enough blood flow to the baby, and potentially seizures. So I expressed concern to her, and she kind of brushed me off like it wasn't a big deal, which I wasn't too impressed with. Then the doctor came in and he immediately said "you're blood pressure is up, lets recheck it and get labs done." I was glad he was concerned. The same nurse came in and rechecked it, and seemed a little flustered. Finally she told me that it was one of her first days and she is just getting used to how things are. This time though it was 145/100.....even worse! Of course at that point Im telling Devry all the things he has to go home and get if they send me right up to the hospital to be induced (which they would do if payton didn't look so good, or if my labs came back bad). No wonder my blood pressure keeps going up, i'm stressing myself out!
The doctor comes back in and says "you know the deal...labs and an NST." ( I think the doctors like that they don't have to explain everything they are doing because its all familiar to me....an NST is a nonstress test. They put the baby on the heartrate monitor and look to make sure his heartrate is good.) Then he measures my belly.....and Im measuring 2 1/2 weeks ahead! Yet another thing to add to the growing list of problems. He told me he wanted to do an ultrasound to check his size. First I go down and get hooked up for the NST. That was kind of funny because the nurse I had seen the whole time came in with another nurse. Apparantly the new nurse didn't know how to do this. The more experienced nurse asked me if I knew how the monitors worked. I simply said yes...then she was like "oh so you must have had them hooked up before", I was like "no, I'm a labor and delivery nurse." Then the new nurse looks at me and says "you must really think I'm an idiot then." I assured her that I didnt, and was glad they were double checking things with my blood pressure being up. I think it made her even more nervous, because when it came time for her to draw labs, she looks at my arms (and I don't have great veins for drawing blood), and says "I'm not even going to try, I'll go get someone else." Well... The NST was fine. On to the biophysical profile (ultrasound). The tech first made sure he was still a boy (that was nice of her :) ), then went and measured various parts of his body (femer, abdomen, head, etc). From this she could tell me how big he is. He was measuring right about 7lbs, which is not near as big as the doctor feared. 7lbs at 37.2 weeks is in the 64th percentile. The tech said that if I go to my due date he will probably be around 8lbs....still to big in my mind. Hopefully Payton will be nice to his mommy and come a little early before he hits the 8lbs mark. The ultrasound also tests the bloodflow from the placenta to the baby, and his movements. He "passed with flying colors" as the doctor put it. I went back into another room (this is room change number 5)...and I hear the doctor ask a nurse to come in and recheck my blood pressure. This time it was a different nurse....probably my favorite one that works there. She comes in and says "I hate the blood pressure cuff in this room, I'm going to get a better one." She comes back and checks with a different cuff...120/64. Just fine. The doctor comes in, and tells me my labs are all great. Im thinking at this point, did I just get a million VERY expensive tests done because the blood pressure cuff she used isn't good?!?! Well the doctor told me he wants me to come back in every 3-4 days to have my blood pressure checked, and to check the baby. He also told me to check it on my own at work whenever I get a chance to sit down for a few minutes. He gave me permission to finish my last few shifts of work as long as my blood pressure stays ok, but while I am at home I am supposed to restrict my activity (basically sit on my but with my feet up and watch movies and read books). So here I am...sitting on my butt blogging when there are dishes, vacumming, organizing, and a million other things I wish I could be doing. One thing I know, when I go into the office on friday for a blood pressure check I am asking the nurse who took it last to do it so I know its accurate. Devry got out of class to come to my appointment with me and told his teacher it would be a quick appointment (which it was supposed to be)....then an hour and a half he makes it back to class. Luckily his teacher is very understanding. I;m glad that although we hit a few complications, Payton is still looking perfectly healthy and I'm still feeling fine. Hopefully everything keeps going ok, and he comes without any more problems.
I am finished his nursery and made a bunch of blankets and burp clothes that I will post pictures of.

Here are some fun burp clothes I made....I have a ton made in the same patterns, so these are some samples of the 20 I probably made.

His crib and name.....nothing has changed really, I am just really happy with it!

His changing table. I found the CUTEST basketts to go in it. They have brown and blue polka dots. I have the same baskets above his closet too, and in a nightstand (see the next picture)

Here is the nightstand. I found it at target for 19$! I was so excited! The lamp is already on it, and his monitor will go there too. The baskets I found fit perfectly too.
This is a flannel blanket I made and crocheted. I love the little trains on it! The back is just plain blue, I forgot to take pictures of the back.

And this is the minke blanket I made. It is sooo soft!!

I am working on 2 more blankets, which I will post pictures of when I am done.

Guess the date!

So I am starting a poll for people to guess Paytons birthdate, time, weight and length. Here is the website!
http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyHymas

Let us know what your guess is!

What a Great weekend!

This weekend was so much fun! My wonderful sister in law Rachelle hosted a baby shower for me on Saturday. Two of my best friends, Candice and Lindsey, came up from Utah with their husbands for it. They came on Friday night and stayed till after the shower on saturday. We had so much fun on friday night playing games, and talking around a Bon fire. On saturday we went out to the middle of nowhere and shot clay pigeons. That was fun! Lindsey is only 2 weeks behind me in her pregnancy, so I bet the two of us looked pretty funny all pregnant and shooting guns!

Saturday Afternoon we went to the baby shower. Rachelle did such a fantastic job! I am so lucky to have such a great sister in law who is so thoughtful and kind. Being so far away from where I grew up is sometimes really hard, but it is so much easier because Devry's family is close, and treat me so wonderful!

She made delicious cheescake squares and chocolate covered strawberries, plus veggies and dip. Devry's mom made punch and brownies. It all looked and tasted amazing!

The games we played were alot of fun. This picture is the diaper game, where each diaper had a different chocolate bar crushed up and melted in it, and the goal is to identify each one. It was really funny to watch people smelling and tasting them to figure it out. The other game we played was one I hadn't played before. I had a list of attributes or characteristics (eyes, hair, smile, humor, brains, etc) and had to say whether I wanted Payton to have mine or Devrys. Then everyone filled out the same list trying to guess which ones I picked. It was fun to think about and see what other people chose.

After games came the presents! I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family that spoiled me! This picture is of the diaper cake Candice and Lindsey gave me. It was so adorable, and such a great idea.

Here is a picture of all the great gifts I recieved. I got lots of cute clothes, bath things, diapers, wipes, toys, lotions, beauty supplies for me, and so much more. The absolutely gorgeous quilt is hand made by my mother in law. It is stunning, and I am amazed by her talent! My friend Laura made Payton's name to put on the wall with scrapbooking paper and cute decorations. It looks so good, and a million times better then simply painting it (which is what I was planning on because of my lack of creativity). There is a picture of it below hung up on the wall! I am so thankful to everyone who came, and for all the thoughtful gifts.

And here are some pictures of his room so far. I still have some things I want to put on the walls, and I need baskets for the changing table, but it is getting closer to being ready for him!

I have less then 5 weeks to go, and I am finally starting to feel ready! I have pretty much everything I need, and want! My house is back together, and his room is finally set up. I cant wait for the next 5 weeks to go by so I can meet my little boy!

less than 6 weeks to go!!

I am getting pretty bad about not blogging enough! Our house is FINALLY done! All the new floors are in. We are just working on getting it all put back together, so pictures are soon to come!!

Devry is busy with school, work, yardwork, housework, and so many other things! He is such a hard worker and never complains. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband!

Here is our garden, which I am so excited about! I can't take any credit for it, since Devry does everything. I am excited to have fresh vegetables this summer and fall!

And of course, Belly pictures. I am now 34 weeks along, so less than 6 to go! I have still been feeling pretty good. The hot weather has made it a little more uncomfortable, so all the rain we have been getting has been a blessing for me! The past few shifts at work have been a bit harder. By the end of the shift I am tired, sore, and my ankles get pretty swollen after being on my feet for 12 hours. The not so fun parts of pregnancy are starting to kick in. Oh well, it will all be worth it!

I had an appointment today, and everything is great with Payton. His heartrate is great, and I am measuring right on. I officially have an induction date! If I do not go into labor before August 3rd, then that will be his birthday! I was also VERY excited to find out that the weekend of my due date, one of my 2 favorite doctors will be working, and then on my induction date, my other favorite one will be. Working with the doctors makes me a little picky about who I want, and I am thrilled with either one of them. Hopefully If i go into labor before that one of them will be on call then.

Other news......we are thinking daisy is going to have puppies. We knew it was a possibility, but lately she has definately been getting bigger and eating a ton more! It is exciting, except the timing is HORRIBLE. She will most likely have them around the middle of July...so that will mean a brand new baby and puppies. Luckily the weather is nice so they will be outside or in our mud room. Hopefully we will be able to sell them easily and make some extra money! Anyone want a purebred golden retriever?!?!

2 months to go!

As of yesterday...my due date is 2 months away! Part of me thinks that seems really soon, yet I still feel like I have a long way to go. Everyone keeps asking me if I am ready for him to come....and the answer is definately NO! We are still trying to finish up the house. The carpet is in the family room, nursery and hallway, and we are working on the laminant now. We have been playing musical rooms, moving furniture from one room to the next to try to get everything done. (Right now our mattress is on the floor in the family room while we lay laminant in our bedroom) I can't wait to be done and have my house back! As soon as the carpet was in the nursery I set up the crib! It looks so good...I will post pictures soon I promise. We have pretty much decided on Payton Clark Hymas for his name. Of course we will have to see him, but Devry has been calling him that for the past few weeks and we both love it, and it seems to fit.

Life is simply crazy right now with both of us working and going to school, plus all the projects we are trying to get done. I am so lucky to have had an easy pregnancy so far. I was only nauseous for about 6 weeks, and it really wasn't that bad. I havn't had any complications or problems, and I feel great! My back is starting to hurt, but its nothing unbearable. I thought it would be hard to do my 12 hour shifts, but it hasn't been a problem at all! It has been pretty great....I can't say I LOVE being pregnant...but its definately alot better then it could be. Hopefully the next 8-9 weeks will go as smooth and as quick as the past 31!