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Happy New Year from the Bakers! 

33 Week Check-Up

33 weeks

Heartbeat: 160

+??? lbs 

Going into this appointment, we knew the baby had been hanging out in there completely sideways. So when Dr. Watson asked if we had any questions or concerns, I brought up the possibility of a C-section if the baby never turns. She said we wouldn't necessarily have to have a C-section. At 37 weeks, she would do an ultrasound to determine the position of the baby, placenta, cord, and all that good stuff. If everything looked fine, she would admit me to the hospital, hook me up to monitors, give me medication to relax my uterus, and physically turn the baby into a head down position. Then she would go ahead and induce me to avoid the risk of the baby moving back into a sideways position. 

All of that to say... the entire time she was telling me this, I just kept thinking 37 WEEKS??? That's only 3.5 weeks away and our baby only has 4 outfits! We're nowhere near ready for this!

Then she had me lie down so she could measure me. The first words out of her mouth were, "Well, there's the head right there. This baby is head down!"

Hallelujah!

Of course, the baby could move again but as for now it's in the correct position. 

I'm a little late updating this post, so now I'm technically 34, almost 35 weeks. We go back to the doctor on January 8th. Time is really flying by! There are days when I can't wait to meet this baby, and then there are days when I just want Olivia to be an only child a little longer. I hope that doesn't sound too terrible. I think every mom has those thoughts. I just know our world is about to change. Right now, we have a great routine going... Livy is sleeping all night, it's so easy to load her up and go anywhere, and she is terrific in public. We're about to enter back into the land of long nights, crying, diaper bags, pacifiers, spit up, poopy diapers, and finding private places to breastfeed in public (and I mean super private!)

But I'm so excited for it all! Olivia is going to be such a great help to me and I can't wait to love on another baby. Bring it on, February!

31 Week Check-Up

31 weeks

Heartbeat: 146

+4 lbs 

The plan was for me to go in at 30 weeks for a check-up, and then I'd go in every 2 weeks. But since that was Thanksgiving and my doctor was out of town, we had to push it back until December 6th.

I only gained 4lbs this month which is MUCH better than the 10 I gained last month! Ha!

We also found out the baby is completely sideways. She said I'm not measuring what I should be, but it's simply because the baby is not head down. She wasn't concerned about it and said there was still plenty of time for the baby to make his/her way downward. 

Also, the heart rate is continually dropping... It was 146 this time. All my friends who have had boys think I'm having a boy now. I gotta admit, it's fun to think about! Guess we'll see in about 7 weeks!

Baby Talk

We had already put Livy in bed tonight, when she came walking in our room...

"Well, I'm sorry I'm out of bed, but I need to talk to you about something."

"What do you want to talk about?"

"We need to talk about babies."

"Ok..."

"I'm here to talk about Babywary (February)."

"What about it?"

"Well, I'm so much 'xcited to watch the baby come out of your belly. It'll just take 5 minutes."

I realize its just an excuse to get out of bed but she's hilarious. 

Early Bird

This morning, Livy woke up bright and early and came bouncing in my room.

"Mom, is it time to go find Cherry yet?"

The excitement that this little elf brings every morning is almost equal to Santa. She can't wait to get up every morning to go see what Cherry is doing. 

So we got up, found Cherry, got some chocolate milk, and then I went to the office to work on Christmas cards. I noticed she had been extremely quiet for a while, so I went to check on her... I couldn't find her. Finally, I checked her room and found her curled up in her bed asleep. She had put herself back to bed! 

I finished up my work on the computer and decided to go soak in the bathtub for a while. I could barely get to the tub fast enough, I was so excited to take advantage of the peace and quiet! 

As soon as I reached for the knob to turn on the warm water, I heard...

"MOM?? You gotta go poop???"

Sigh. "No, baby, I was just gonna take a bath."

My nice relaxing soak in the tub turned into a quick shower. But I wouldn't have it any other way. Afterall, who wouldn't trade a little "me time" for this pretty thing???

Don't Be Mad

Let me start out by saying I LOVE looking at Christmas lights. I would keep them up all year if it wasn't frowned upon...

But I HATE dealing with them. 

Nothing can get your blood pressure up like some Christmas lights! Drew hates them even more than I do, so when they quit working, it's all up to me to fix them. If it was his decision he would trash them all! So after I had put all of our decorations up, I came home one night to half the lights burned out around the front door and half the lights burned out on the garland above the fireplace. It would be a lot simpler if it was an entire strand that wasn't working... Then I could just throw them out and put up new ones. But it can never be simple, so of course, its just half of the strand that didn't want to work. 

Long story short, I had been working and working on these stupid lights when I finally just let out a growl. Something like, "Grrrrrr! These lights are driving me craaaazy!!!!" Livy (who was right beside me) said,

"Mama, there's no reason to be mad. It's just a beautiful day, and Jesus doesn't like us to me mad. So don't be mad, OK?"

Well, what could I say to that?? She made a very good point. I finally got all the lights working again and all was well in the world. 

Super Livy

One day, I was in the kitchen doing a little cleaning when I heard a loud bang from the living room followed by instant crying. I walked in the living room to see Livy sitting in the middle if the floor, crying. I could tell it wasn't anything serious, so I just asked her what happened. This was her response (between sobs)...

"I was just trying to be Super Livy... But... It just didn't work out right..."

Which translates into: She tried to jump off the top of her slide, but fell down instead. Only my child would give an explanation like that. She always makes me laugh! 

Working for Panties

This morning, Livy woke up around 5:30 and came into our room crying saying,

"I'm so sorry I tee-teed in my panties. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to. It's all my fault!" 

I told her to go to the potty while I changed her sheets. But when I went into her room, her sheets were dry! Thankfully she had just barely tee-teed a tad bit in her panties, but nothing major! So I went to console her... I could still hear her crying down the hall. When I walked in the bathroom, Drew was in the tub, and Olivia was on the potty still crying,

"It's all my fault!"

We were both trying to reassure her that it wasn't that bad. She finally calmed down and went back to her bed. About 6:15, when Drew was leaving for work, she hollered,

"Daddy! Where are you going?"

He went in her room to tell her bye then came back in our room to fill me in on their conversation. It went a little something like this...

"Baby, I'm going to work."

(Tears rolling down her face) "But I don't want you to go to work!"

"I have to go to work so I can buy you clothes and so Mommy can stay home with you."

"So you can buy me some new panties?"

"Uhh, yea..."

"Ok, Daddy, go to work and bring me home some new panties."

Haha! Drew asked me if she was really gonna be expecting him to bring home new panties. I told him not to worry about it, but I guess we'll see this evening! She might really be expecting panties!

Gone Huntin'

For a while, every time Drew brought up the subject of going hunting, Livy would shake her finger at him and frantically say,

"No, no, no, Daddy! We do NOT shoot deer! Them are nice!"

Drew and I got a kick out of it every time. She was so adamant about being nice to the deer. Then I guess she heard him talk about it enough, she started coming around to the idea. Let's face it... it's a way of life in the south. So recently she has been talking non-stop about going deer huntin'.

This morning after breakfast, they got dressed in their dark colored clothes (so they can hide from the deer, according to Livy), and they went deer huntin' in the backyard. Livy was so excited... She found lots of deer traps (tracks)!

Pumpkin Carving

I'm sorry these posts have been so jumbled and out of order, but as soon as I post something, I remember something else I left out. So they're just all over the place. Oh well!

 

Before Halloween, Livy and her daddy carved a pumpkin and I captured it all on camera. *Warning: there are a lot of pictures!

 



 Livy's photography...

 

 More of Livy's photography...

 

 And this too... she captures it all!

 

This and That

Last week, I got my hair chopped off... and I love it! My hair had gotten pretty long and I wasn't unhappy with it, I just needed a change. And maybe something a little easier to fix when I have two kiddos! A mommy-do, if you will.

 

We've been loving some Monopoly lately. Livy always starts out playing with us but eventually moves on to something else, so that's when the game gets serious. Sort of. Drew has this ability to win at every single thing he does. It's really not fair, but he's lucky I'm not that competitive, so it all works out. He always wins Monopoly because he always gets Boardwalk and Park Place. Lucky dog.

 

Last weekend, Pappy and Annie were taking the girls down to Shreveport to Gators and Friends to see all the animals. So Drew and I decided to go do some Christmas shopping while Livy was away. I had a blast spending the day with him. When we were dating, we used to go shopping together all the time! But we haven't done that in a long time, so it was nice. Between having a new shopping partner and never having much money to spend, we don't get to actually do too much shopping.

 

Drew had a few Visa gift cards that he had gotten through work that we've been saving to use for Christmas presents only. But somehow our Christmas shopping trip turned into a nursery shopping trip. I think we got Livy 3 Christmas presents, and spent the rest on the nursery decorations... and deer corn. Oh well! It was still a very fun day with my very hott husband!

Update on the Baby's Room

I've slowly been working on the baby's room. It took me a while to get started. I had my eye on that fabric in Hobby Lobby for a long time, so I bought it a while back. At the time I was super excited about it and couldn't wait to get started on it. Then I let it sit there, and I started to doubt myself. Was this really what I wanted my baby's room to look like? But it was too late, I had already spent the money on that fabric, so there was no turning back.

 

I eventually drug my sewing machine out and started working on it. I did the bumper first. *Disclaimer: Honestly, I had no idea what I was doing. So it's definitely not perfect, but as long as you don't look too closely, it'll work. I made the crib skirt next, and finally some pillows. I gotta say, I just guessed how much fabric I was going to need when I bought it, and it turned out to be just what I needed! 

I made some pillow cases for some old Pier1 pillows that I don't use anymore.

The initials (CEB) will go in the frame above the crib. When I bought them, Hobby Lobby didn't have a B in the store, so I'm waiting for it to be delivered... any day now!

I've still got quite a bit to do, but I absolutely love the way it's turning out. I'm so glad I didn't change my mind! I will admit though, it's looking a little more on the boyish side to me, but I figured it'll be a lot easier to "girl it up" if we need to, than the other way around. Oh, I can't wait to meet who we're bringing home!

MHS Homecoming & 10 Year Reunion

October 18th was Homecoming at MHS, and the next night was Drew's 10 year reunion. Really? 10 years? That's a little hard to believe!

 

We went to the game with Livy, and Drew got to catch up with some old friends he hasn't seen in a long time. The Panthers lost, of course, but it was still a fun game.

 



Livy took this picture of us... she's getting to be quite the photographer!

Livy spent the majority of the time with Taegan and Trevor, who were sitting right behind us. Guess Mom and Dad just aren't that cool anymore.

 

Reunion time! I love this man.

 

Drew and the guys

Even the babies had fun with the photo booth!

The Flower Girl

In the end of October, Livy and I drove up to Little Rock for a day of shopping with Aunt Lori. We met Elizabeth at David's Bridal so we could order Olivia's flower girl dress for Elizabeth's wedding. She's going to make the most beautiful little flower girl. I can't wait to see her coming down the aisle. We're so honored that Elizabeth asked Livy to be a part of her big day!

This is just the dress they put on her to get the right size... she loved twirling around in front of the mirrors!

 

This is THE dress (just a few sizes too big). She doesn't get the concept of what a flower girl does quite yet, but she sure loves the idea of looking like a princess. The wedding is going to be gorgeous!

 

Livy, and the beautiful bride, Elizabeth!

 

 

We spent the rest of the day shopping and hanging out with Aunt Lori.