ONE WEEK LEFT!!

So, just got back from the Dr's office...I am still not dialated but still softening. We talked about inducing and when Brad and I would like to see our baby. Well, it looks like if baby doesn't make it's debut by it's due date then we are going in on MONDAY (LABOR DAY...go figure, being in labor on labor day :p) Sept 7th at 7:30 pm so baby should be born sometime on Sept 8th. Brad asked if we could wait one more day and get induced on the 8th that way baby's birthday could be 9-9-09...but then we would be home by friday and he would have to worry about work and all that. So needless to say I am very excited that next week I get to hold our baby...and our lives change forever.

Amanda is coming to visit for a week maybe, Les & Karen will be here probably Monday morning, Stefanie and Delilah will be here on Saturday...OH BOY!!! Its going to be so much fun!!
Nothing left to do but wait, so the week is going to go by slowly for me and not slow enough for Brad...seeing as he has to get all prepared to be out of the office for a few days.

Brad and I are going out on our "last date" before we are parents either tonight or tomorrow. We still need a little romance even though my belly is huge and I am very uncomfortable!! But it will all be worth it when baby comes out and Brad says "Its a ..."

Baby Delilah Jean Toews

Welcome to the world little darling!! I just wanted everyone to see Stefanie & Josh's beautiful baby girl! "She is growing so fast" by Stefanie yesterday.

Karen (Grandma) pointed out that our kids may be the same age-off by a month or so but they might be in different school grades because of the state age requirements to start Kindergarden. That will be fun though because then we can celebrate Delilah's graduation one year and then the next our baby's. SO it might turn out to be a good thing that they are born when they are...unless baby decides to come out before the 1st of September.

Brad thinks Delilah has Stefanie's nose and ears :)...and Josh's eyes and mouth

2 weeks left...maybe

Well I just had my doctors appointment and she said that I am thinning (uterus is softening) but not dialated...which is still normal. I guess that just means that Baby Poe won't be coming early this week.

Brad and I are super excited. Brad and I have been getting the house ready...cleaning the carpets, mowing the lawn, getting Red brushed, trimmed, and bathed. I made some lasagna and chili to put in the freezer to help us when we come home and don't feel like cooking.

We are more than ready to meet our little one. Stefanie has been sending pictures of our neice Delilah...and we are ready to send some of ours back :)

3 weeks til the due date

OH boy are we ready to meet baby POE!!! Stefanie had her baby girl, Delilah Jean, on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 8:53 pm. 8 lbs 2 oz 20 3/4". Brad went up to visit her in Spokane this last weekend...I had to stay home because I am too pregnant to fly. Our timing on being pregnant at the same time wasn't the best because I couldn't be there when Stef had her baby...but she will be here shortly with Delilah to meet the new addition to our family!!

We now have to start preparing to go to the hospital...packing bags, making sure Red is taken care of while we are at the hospital. I have had a few Braxton Hicks contractions, that I know of anyway, and next week the doctor is going to measure me t see how far along we are :) in dialation/effacing. The house is mostly ready for baby to come home! I think I want to meet baby more and more with each passing day. I have had a great pregnancy and like being pregnant but I am ready to meet our baby.

When Brad came home from Spokane he said he is all the more ready to meet our baby!! He is ready to rock and roll (changing diapers and cuddling)...when we shall see when baby wants to make its debut to the world!

The 3rd baby shower

The last baby shower with my family in Payette in July. This was the Baby cake that Aunt Debbie made...it was so adorable. It was sooo good to see my family since it had been December since I had seen most of them.

We talked, chatted, gossiped...the whole 9 yards. Aunt Lori gave me the "Take the drugs" advice...which I might have to take her up on it. Then Amanda had all of the ladies draw pictures of the NEW Poe Family. They all felt like they were back in 1st grade...GOOD JOB Amanda! The drawing were very good, only a few remembered RED.

Baby got some more cute clothes and a very cool quilt from Great Grandma Patterson, a travel swing from Great Grandma Cudaback. We are super excited to use them all! Speaking of the swing, RED wants to figure out what is making that sound! He has been busy clawing it, trying to figure it out (which we then have to tell him NO, that is for Baby) and then he stares at it with a cocked head...its SOOO FUNNY! We are turning it on every day so that Red can get used to the sounds it makes and not want to claw it...for when baby is actually inside it trying to sleep :)

The 2nd baby shower

This baby shower was in Moscow in June. I had to put up the one with Aunt Snefanie measuring me because she couldn't cheat and put it around herself :) I had a great time visiting with all my friends and seeing them again...it had only been since March but I sure do miss them! They rubbed the baby belly and we had a great time guessing what physical characteristics baby was going to have from each of us...I think the best was 7 out of 20 (they had to guess what I thought baby would get).

We loaded up on watermellon because I don't have it at home much because no one else will eat it with me...but I had plenty that day! Lyndsay had had one of her friends make an adorable jungle cake which was quite tasty. Baby got more gifts...Jen and Colby got baby a couple Vandal things so that made Brad very happy!!

After the party, I stopped by our old neighbors...Eric, Cassie and Avery...we sure do miss them. They were always great neighbors. We visited for awhile and they showed me what their new neighbors had done to all Brad and I's hard yard work...it was depressing to see. After that, I headed up to Farmington, Wa to say hi to Jen, Cory & Charlie Lisenbee. It had been since Dec since I saw them. It was great to see them...boy oh boy has Charlie grown into a very cute little boy!! We visited for a couple hours and then I headed up to Spokane to hang out with Stefanie and Josh. We talked for a couple hours and then went to bed...got up the next morning to help Stefanie put together the baby crib (Brad and I have the same one and we had already put ours up). It was much easier the second time around :) Then I headed home to see my family! Brad and Red came to pick me up at the airport...Red's head sticking out the window with ears flapping. Red sure did miss me during the day.

The 1st baby shower

This was the one in May in Twin Falls...I just had to put up the monkey diaper cake. It was just too adorable. The shower was great fun because Stefanie and I shared the party. We had fun watching all the ladies guess how big we were...come to find out we were about the same size. We had plenty to eat, even though Auntie I dropped a HOT pan of food on the floor. Sarah made the cakes, a jungle for me and a ladybug for Stefanie. It was fun seeing all the baby stuff (Stefanie and I realizing how is all this stuff going to fit into our cars when we go home...and Brad saying, well if we had a pick-up we wouldn't have to worry about it.)

Brad, Red and I traveled from San Jose by car....whoa was it a long drive. Red was very good even though we made him cramped with some of the baby gifts in the back seat with him. We will do the drive again with our baby in December for Christmas. Brad is more excited about going hunting, skiing, and hanging out with his dad (Papa) than he is about Christmas...which may change once we meet our baby in about 5 weeks.