Wow - it has been a while since I have posted... I really should update but not really sure what to talk about. I am officially done with school for now and that is wonderful!! Although now I have some other crazy ideas going around in my head about what I want to do... hopefully someday I will be able to make up my mind! :) Just maybe when I am 9 months pregnant is not the best time...

Matt started his new job and really loves it!! Some nights I wish that he didn't love it so much so that I could get a little more sleep - he loves to talk about it which makes me really happy that he is so much happier now.

Baby is doing well. We had another fun trip to L & D on Saturday night only to be sent home... Hopefully next time we will get to stay - but for now we are just waiting... Due date is only 16 days away!!! At my last appointment she said would guess that he will be about 8 pounds if he makes it to 40 weeks. I am happy with that - hopefully she is close to right!!! Matt keeps teasing that he is going to be 12 pounds or something so I had to prove him wrong...

Well - better get started on some laundry... Bye for now!

New Blessings...

In the last couple of months, I have been stressing about two really big things in our life. The first was Matt's job. Many of you have heard me talk about how unhappy he was and we have really been praying for a new job. Anyway - he starts at Commerce Bank on Sept 22!!! He is so excited and we are SO thankful. It is a good job with good benefits and opportunities for advancement and he will be doing what he loves...

The second stress was my school. When we decided to have a baby I did a lot of thinking about school and decided that I knew that I could handle it - School would only be 2 nights a week and I could do that. Once I set my mind to something - I will get it done and that was the attitude that I had. And then we get closer to having this baby... All of a sudden it occurred to me that I do not want to be away from my baby all day at work and then have to be at school for the whole evening. Even if it is only 2 nights a week - 2 nights is too much. So I cried and stressed and prayed and didn't know what to do. I have talked to many moms asking what they would do and still could not feel at peace about an answer. And I prayed daily that He would show me what to do. Then I was driving to work one day and heard this song...

One Life to Love by 33 Miles
He never thought he cared so much about the minute hand
Until he started praying for, a second chance
If he could only do it all again
He'd trade the long nights that he spent behind his desk
For all he missed
He tells his wife, "I wish that this moment in this room was not me dying, but just spending a little time with you."

You only get just one time around
You only get one shot at this
One chance, to find out
The one thing that you don't wanna miss
One day when it's all said and done
I hope you see that it was enough, this
One ride, one try, one life... To love....

She never thought she cared so much about those little hands
That held on tight the day she left
Til she was scared to death
Sitting all alone on a hotel bed, the end of the road
The sun had set on her big plans
To feel young again
She picks up the phone, dials the number, hears that little voice
That's haunted every single mile, since she made that choice

I started crying and knew that I had my answer. And I have had complete peace about it from that point on. It is amazing how God can use something as small as a song to give us the answer that we are so desperately waiting for. And it works out perfectly- School is broken into subsessions and the first ends the first week of October. I was able to drop everything after that point without losing anything. And I don't know when or if I will ever go back. I will cross that bridge at some other time. At this point in my life - it is my number one job to raise my children in the best way that I know possible. It is my job to let them know how much their mom loves and cares for them and would do anything in the world for them. And that is all that I am going to worry about. Everything else will just have to wait.

A Trip to Labor and Delivery

Sunday afternoon we made a trip to the hospital. I started having contractions as church was getting over at about 12:30 and by 5:30 they had not stopped and were still happening about every 10 minutes. Doesn't seem like much to worry about unless you are only 29 weeks... So - I called the on call doctor and he said he recommends that you come in to the hospital if you are having 6-8 an hour. Matt decided we should go ahead and go in since they were not seeming to stop no matter what I did. I honestly thought I would get there and they would think I was crazy (maybe these weren't really contractions - how are you supposed to know when you have never had them before?) and send me home. We checked in and they hooked me up to the monitors. For the first 30 minutes - no contractions and I was thinking I was right about them thinking that I was crazy. But then, the next time the nurse came in to check she had seen 4 or 5 contractions on the monitor that I hadn't even felt. And they were closer than 10 minutes. She gave me a pitcher of water to drink and told me she would check on me again in a little while. This time I felt the contractions as well as her seeing them on the monitor. They decided to give me a shot of terbutaline to make them stop. They monitored me for an hour and the contractions had stopped so they let me go home. They didn't really know what made them start - I was not dehydrated and had not done anything to cause them.



I had a Dr. appointment yesterday morning and she didn't seem too concerned. She told me to lay on my left side for 2 hours and drink lots of water and then come in if they still didn't stop. So - today I was back at work and had 4 contractions in about 25 minutes. I went home to lay down and they stopped after that. So now I am at a hard decision - do I keep going to work and come home everytime I have contractions? Or do I stay home and rest and hope that I don't have any? I don't want to overreact but I also don't want to do anything to hurt my baby... and I can't really afford to not go to work... too much going through my mind and I am sorry for rambling!



On a happier note - I have 4D ultrasound pictures! I am posting a few of my favorites...

Pictures!

So I promised I would post room pictures - and here they are! My computer died last week and so I just got a new one and it has the nifty little sim card reader!!! It is a wonderful thing - but I guess now I have no excuse for not posting pictures... I really do like the way that his room turned out! I will post some more later now that the dresser is fixed.

Two weeks into the semester and life is every bit as crazy as I thought it might be... wondering now how I am going to do this and be a mom? But I am trying not to stress about that now! Please pray for me if you think about it - I am definitely facing some major life decisions.

Things are still going well other than the fact that on top of my crazy schedule I now cannot sleep! Anyway - I guess it is just my body preparing me or something...

Well - should get going... We are leaving for Branson with our church group tomorrow and I still need to pack! I will update more when I get back...

Getting things ready...

Tonight will be my first class at Graceland. I am excited and kind of scared of what I am getting myself into... I have always been one that believes that I can handle anything that comes my way - even though the people around me may be telling me that I am crazy! :) Somehow I didn't realize that between the classes I am finishing up at the community college and my Graceland classes I will be taking 22 hours this semester! All of that on top of working full time and having a baby in November. Now I am starting to realize that I really may be crazy if I think that I can do this but we will see how it goes... classes this week should hopefully give me some glimpse into what the semester will be like - and maybe some class dropping will happen from there...

Since I didn't know how much extra time I would have in the next few months - Mom came up last week and we worked on the baby room. Although the decor would not have been my choice (Matt got to decide since it is a boy), it did turn out really cute. Even though when I tell anyone who has known me for any amount of time that the room is done in a "Cowboy" theme - they look at me like I must have turned into a different person... The Kylie that they knew would never have done a room in Cowboy. That said - I will post pictures soon I promise! It is almost done - just waiting on a couple of things I ordered for the walls and a few parts for the dresser that were damaged in the box.

Okay - one last thing and I should start getting ready for school... Matt has been telling me this whole time that this baby is going to be big. And I have to admit that I have been a little scared considering Matt is 6'4" and he weighed well over 9 pounds when he was born and I weighed almost 9... I went to my 25 week appointment and I am already measuring 27 weeks! My midwife said she didn't think I would be suprised by that! And I wasn't considering the people that have asked me if I was having twins or already are asking if I am having this baby soon! People are just amazing sometimes... Anyway - I am going to make sure that we consider doing this early if he keeps up these measurements...

Bye for now!

It's A Boy!!!

Profile - can't wait to see him!
Feet up in the air
Arm next to his face - he kept doing this...

So... here are pictures for those who have been asking. We are very excited about having a boy and can't wait for him to get here! He measured right on schedule and everything looked good. I don't know when I have ever seen Matt smile so much... He is going to be a very proud daddy!

Hello Everyone~

I have decided to join the blogging world. As I am sure most of you know, Matt and I are expecting our first baby in November. I am looking forward to being able to share the journey with all of our family and friends! Hopefully (if I can keep up with it :) this should be a good way to let everyone know what is going on in our life with all of the fun changes! I will do my best to keep you informed...

Thanks for visiting!