Month 9

Weeks 35-38 of pregnancy never made it on the blog. I went into crazy nesting mode and took 3 classes at the hospital, plus we had our big Easter musical on Good Friday and 3 Easter Sunday services, AND my Kindergarten kids choir's musical the week after. Your Daddy was so incredibly helpful and patient through it all. We were both so anxious to meet you!! Here are the highlights of our last month together...

Week 35:
Nursery prep!

35 weeks pregnant - it seemed like I went to the bathroom every 5 minutes.

{Free} hand-me-down lamp upcycled to use in your nursery. Painted it yellow and added a ruffle. Not bad for my first attempt at something like this.

Made this yellow cover for your changing pad from the leftover bedding fabric. One month into parenting and I'm so glad to have that little white washable cover on top of the yellow. I'm constantly washing those things and it protects the pretty decorative cover.

Week 36:

This was the week of Easter. Mommy had a solo in the Good Friday musical and all 3 services on Sunday. We started the first of 3 classes at the hospital and at our doctor's appointment this week found out that you are breech, which means that I would likely need a c-section.

36 weeks pregnant - you were wiggling around like crazy

Highlights from our Easter weekend. We took Sully to the lakes for a walk - one last round of spoiling. He was in heaven!

Week 37:

This week was the children's choir's musical. As usual, I was beyond blessed by the precious Kindergarteners that I was given the opportunity to teach this year. They did a wonderful job in their musical and you and Mommy made it through only mildly exhausted. Dr. C confirmed this week that you were still breech and we could either schedule a "version" (procedure where they attempt to turn the baby) or we would need to schedule a c-section at 39 weeks. Mommy & Daddy prayed about what to do and ultimately decided that the c-section was the best decision in our case. Let the countdown begin!

All of Praise Kids during the musical

My Kindergarteners! Yes, this was the "best" picture with the most people looking and not goofing off. haha!!!

37 weeks!! 

Week 38:

Final preparations, relaxing (ha!) and one last {fancy} date night as a family of 2! Also, the new Women's & Children's wing opened at the hospital this week! We went to the grand opening and got to tour the entire thing. What an awesome experience - and a beautiful hospital!! 

C-Section recovery area. This ended up being the exact beds that Blair and I spent our first few hours in after surgery. What a special experience to see this ahead of time.

Made the hospital's Facebook page from the tour!

The OR that is only for c-sections. It honestly kind of freaked me out to see this, but in hindsight, I'm so glad that I did. Had this wing actually been open, we never could've seen it ahead of time and taken pictures. It gave me a sense of peace as to what was coming. Kind of!

Movie date night the week you were born. I felt like everyone was gawking at my size!

The nursery, mostly. We have some finishing touches to take care of, but you get the idea.

38 weeks and my last pregnant picture!

Week 39:

Our c-section was scheduled for the morning that we were 39 weeks. But you had other plans...