It's taken me awhile to get the pics up from my baby showers. I had great intentions of getting them both up this week, but the crazy weather threw a monkey wrench in some of my plans. During Wednesday night's thunderstorm/hail/tornado my best friend's house had extensive damage. A 25 foot cinder block wall in their basement completely collapsed and a river of water flooded their basement. As of right now, the house has been declared structurally unsafe and there's a question of whether the damage is covered by insurance. I wish I had a picture to post of the damage, but I didn't take any on my camera. Her college age daughter's apartment was in the basement and was flooded. Pretty much everything in there is lost. I did go and get most of her clothes and was able to wash them and save everything except one white coat, but most of her shoes aren't salvageable. Please pray that insurance will cover this. It's really just kind of been a surreal week and I haven't had time to think about or get nervous about the upcoming birth.

We're all set to go in Sunday night at 8 and get induced, so I want to get these last posts up before then. Here are the pics from the shower at my church. I was overwhelmed with all the lovely things for baby Quinn. My church has really been so supportive of me. Even though I totally questioned my faith as a bitter infertile, everyone just continued to support me. We are extremely blessed.

At the end, everyone laid their hands on me and prayed for the birth, the baby and our family. What a blessing.

Sorry for the picture overload, but the nursery is finally done! The only thing left to do is get two canvas pics of Quinn to hang over the changing table once she's here.

Just a few of the small details. Chris put this bird that matches the wall decal up here to look like it's sitting on the curtian rod. I think it turned out cute.

The shoe collection keeps growing. I can't stop myself.

I made it to 37 weeks. I'm so relieved. There were so many times when I thought this day would never come. And most days I still worry that something is going to go wrong, that this is not really going to happen. I definitely look pregnant instead of fat these days. People are asking me if I'm ready, giving me advice on what to do to make labor start, and I even got one "are there twins in there".


I've had a few pregnancy announcements lately and they still bother me. It makes me upset that it's not my bloggy friends who are trying so hard. I really really really want it to be yall. I keep wondering why me and not others? And why these stupid fertiles. At my church baby shower, when I was saying thank you, and I said that I appreciated how they supported me even though I'm a bitter infertile, a friend of mine said she was still a bitter infertile too. And she has 2 kids, 8 and 5. So I guess that right there tells me that these feelings will never completely fade. I hope that some day when a regular fertile person tells me they're pregnant I won't immediately be upset.


I'll probably do several post this week because I need to do both showers and the nursery is completely finished, I just need to take pictures. It turned out gorgeous! I could not be happier with it. And we have almost everything done. Car sears are installed, bag is semi packed, we cleaned out the garage so I can put the baby in on the passenger side. All that little stuff that you put off until the last minute.


Here's my 37 week update:

I’m 37 weeks!!


Baby’s Size: Baby Beavers is as long as a stalk of swiss chard.


Weight Gain/Loss: up 16 lbs. This is 1 lb more than the total I wanted to gain, but I'm still pretty happy with how well I've done.


Maternity Clothes: My new capri pants, layered tank tops and cardigans.


Symptoms: Heartburn, very uncomfortable, tired, stuffy nose.


Foods I’m Loving: Not a lot. Lots of things give me heartburn and I can't eat much of anything at one time. I'm craving Sonic pellet ice, water, and the weirdest thing – smelling clean things.


Foods I’m Hating: Nothing's really turning me off, I just don't want much of anything.


Sleep: Not really sleeping. Tossing and turning and can't get comfortable.


Gender: It’s a GIRL!!!


What I Miss: At this point, the list is long. I'm just over being pregnant.


What I’m Looking Forward To: Her birthday. Any day now would be fine.


Milestones: Made it to full term. Emotions: I'm very emotional, crying over nothing and kinda grumpy. And a little nervous about the birth itself. As long as I can have the epi I'll be fine, but I'm worried about going into labor while still on the blood thinner.


And here's another front view. I realize this is the same shirt I had on in my last update. Oh well. At least it's a cute shirt. :-)

I’m 35 weeks!!