38 weeks-the final countdown is on!

Well, here is the belly at 38 weeks. Joel said it looks like i am going to explode-thanks honey!

A weekend off.....

Well the weekend is finally here-thank goodness! And here I am up at 7am wide awake....what to do...both Joel and I have the whole weekend off-this is rare! To my surprise Joel just crawled out of bed too and said he is hitting the links before anyone else gets out there, he always thinks he plays terrible his first few rounds back at it so I'm sure he wants to warm up before actually golfing with other people! So I plan on catching up on some DVR and sitting on the couch-yes my idea of fun these days includes doing a lot of nothing, just trying to enjoy our last few weeks of sleep and being lazy. Every time we do something we say "this could be the last time we do this before the baby comes" it is weird that her arrival may be just around the corner-I think we have most everything ready for her, I have been hoping she will grace us with her arrival maybe a week or so early, here's to hoping!

Next weekend we have a baby shower for a couple of good friends of ours Mike and Lisa who are expecting a little girl in May, we are so exited to see everyone...yes I said "we" it is a couples shower with the boys! It should be a great day, we are grilling and hanging out-hopefully the weather is nice and we can sit on the deck and the boys can play yard games! I'm sure we will have pics to post of that fun day so stay tuned!

And we want to say CONGRATS to Jim and Chan on the arrival of their son Jude! He looks so sweet, we cannot wait to visit with them when they are back this summer-and who knows maybe our litle girl and Jude will hit it off on their first play date and we can start planning their wedding! :)

Lil Babe Speral 36 week update

We had our 36 week checkup on Wednesday and things are moving along. We got confirmation that this little girl is definitely head down now and should stay that way and we have started to make some "progress"! Such a relief! She is just as active as always and keeps me up at night with her hiccups and kicks to the ribs! She must be running out of room in there cause every movement hurts-but I still love it! I'm glad that spring is near and sandal season is back cause these tootsies are swollen and regular shoes are a killer! So Lynn, Kara and I got pedis the other day to make sure our toes were good and pretty!

We feel like we are ready for her arrival, the swing, pack and play and bouncy seats are set up and waiting for her to use-it's just a waiting game now! I'm trying not to get my hopes up that she will come and meet us all a little early but it is hard not to be anxious and excited to meet her!

We plan on enjoying our last few free weekends at home doing a whole lot of nothing! Catching up on DVR, movies and being lazy-something we know in a few short weeks we will not have!

Joel has been busy with work and cleaning up after the flood, he works this weekend and unfortunately has to work on Easter, so I will head to church with his family and then enjoy some yummy brunch with the Speral's afterwards-hopefully Joel will be done working by then and can come and enjoy some egg bake and bunny pancakes! We will miss my family this Easter and hope that they have a wonderful day as well!

35 weeks-wow!

35 weeks, only 5 more to go! we are so ready for the arrival of this little peanut!

Here is a pic of the every expanding belly at 35 weeks!

The last baby shower

On Saturday my good friends from Brainerd threw Baby Girl Speral her very last baby shower! It was a WONDERFUL day!!! We have become pro's at bridal and baby showers but the girls really out did themselves this time! We had the most delish food, tons of cupcakes and Brownies and of course the mimosas..and mock mimosas for the pregnant ladies! It was just the most prefect day-the girls went in together and gave us a basket FULL of goodies that we are sure to get use out of and our swing! It was delivered today and of course I had to set it up immediately! We are so excited for her to use it-soon! Thank you girls so much-you are wonderful friends and I feel so lucky to have you in my life. I wish we got to see each other more-this summer I will have to make many trips back for play dates! Thank you to everyone!!!! We are so blessed and lucky!

Yep-she is spoiled!

My sister in law Kara and niece Olivia threw a wonderful family baby shower for us this past weekend. Joel even came to celebrate! It was such a great day filled with family and of course the happy cake-no party would be complete without the happy cake! Baby girl Speral is so blessed to have so many great aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and second cousins that love her so much already! I can't wait for her to be here so she can meet everyone in person, only 6 more weeks now!

Here are a few pictures from the shower!

32 weeks and Baby Shower

On Wednesday we had our 32 week Dr. appointment. Everything is looking good and right on track, gained a few more pounds and got to hear the babies heartbeat. We were excited to hear that she most likely has flipped from breech to head down! yay! We go every two weeks now so I'm sure I will have plenty of updates to come!

We also had our first birthing class this week-something I was sure was going to freak Joel out and that I was totally prepared for. HAHA I was totally wrong-although I'm sure Joel is completely terrified I was the one sweating and thinking I was going to faint watching the birthing videos! I can't even tell you how many times I turned to Joel and said "I don't think I can do this" his response "it's a little late for that now don't you think?!" It was a crash course on labor and delivery-I'm sure at the time I'm in labor I will appreciate knowing that stuff but for now I'm scared out of my mind!

Today my good friends Darla and Emily threw baby girl Speral a "fun girls" baby shower! It was so nice to see all the girls from college again and talk all about babies and old times! It was a prefect day with wonderful friends and family-thank you so much everyone! I'm thinking we already need to punt an "addition" onto the babies room-wow she has a lot of stuff! We are also going to have dinner with some good friends tonight-The Netlands, Mike and Lisa, Corey and Laura and Andrew. I'm sure the boys will be sitting at one end of the table watching sports and drinking beers and the girls will be at the other end talking and laughing! We are so excited that Mike and Lisa will be moving to Fargo soon and we will get to spend more time with them and their little girl who is due at the end of May!