What a fun and stressful week!

So it has been a fun, but stressful week. So on Thursday morning I had my regular doctor's appointment. The doctor became a little concerned because I haven't really been growing. I have gained some weight, but the measured size of my uterus wasn't increasing so the doctor ordered an ultrasound. He was afraid the baby wasn't growing or that the fluids were low. He talked about the possibilities of an early delivery or even a kinda bed rest. So on Thursday I was kinda freaking out. I kept telling myself that there was no reason to freak out cause it was only two weeks early, so he would be just fine, but I just couldn't help it. We pretty much had nothing for the baby, we were waiting for the baby shower to see what we got before we bought our own stuff. Plus I really didn't want to miss the baby shower and Scott's mom was coming into town and I wanted to be able to have a fun weekend. So I spent Thursday thinking about some of the things I could do to get ready if we had to deliver the next day, but mostly freaking out. It didn't help that I was getting a cold sore and the doctor gave me a prescription. I went to try and fill it and they wanted $150 for it, with our insurance and we have pretty good insurance right now. I almost started crying at the store.... just one more stress for the day. I didn't get the cream, deciding it wasn't worth it, I have been putting the stuff I usually put on it and that has worked pretty good. Scott was good to take care of me when I got home from the store. It was nice that he was able to take some time off to be there. Plus Scott's mom was amazing and just happened to send flowers that day. Also that night Matt and Jessica and family come over to watch the BYU basketball team in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament. It was great to have some distractions with my family so that Scott could still get some homework done without worrying about me too much.

So on Friday, with me running off of a little sleep since for some reason I woke up at 4 and couldn't go back to sleep, we drove to the hospital for the ultrasound. We had to wait for a little while and while in the waiting room I realized how lucky we were since there were others there that were possibly losing their babies. We finally got into the ultrasound room and things went pretty good. The baby is a good size, measuring at about 6 lbs 6 oz. My fluids are a little low, but not dangerous. They did decide that it would probably be a good idea to induce me around 39 weeks, so I only have about a week until this baby comes. I haven't actually talked to my doctor yet so we will have to see what the schedule actually is. My doctor is actually out of town this week so next Monday is the first day that he will be back and there is a good possibility the baby will come sometime around then.

On Friday night Scott's mom came in. It was so fun to pick her up from the airport and then have dinner at the Training Table! Yeah for cheese fries!

Saturday Scott worked and Renae and I helped get ready for and have the baby shower. We decorated for a bit with my mom and then my sister in laws Jessica and Betsy arrived to finish help setting up and getting the games and food ready. Here is Chloe and Tanner, before the shower. He is about 4 months old and he looks just as big as Chloe! This is the food and some of the decorations for the party. The food was all so yummy! It was perfect. Everyone worked so hard! Chloe eating some yummy food with our cool all-star sports plates. There was some major traffic problems so people were a little late showing up, but once the party got started we had a blast. We played some fun regular baby shower games. Here I am guessing the melted candy bar in the diaper.... I never actually tasted it. Everyone also had to guess how big I am... which isn't very big. The guesses were in a wide range, and Chloe and Cindy were both very close, almost exact. Renae had an interesting way to measure her guess. Our last game was bottle chugging. We got 3 volunteers who realized how had it is to drink from a bottle. Aunt Dona, my Grandpa's sister, was the amazing one to win. We were all surprised when she volunteered and it was awesome to watch! Then it was time to open the gifts. Everyone was so nice to us. We got just about everything that we need for the baby and I am feeling so much better about having this baby in about a week. Between the gifts and what we have gotten in hand me downs from Tanner we are fairly ready for this baby. Here is the pile of loot and also some of the trash. Everyone was so great. We got some very cute clothes. This is just an example of all the cuteness. This is the pile of clothes and some of the other loot when I got home and started to organize it. At the end of the shower we got a picture of Aunt Dona with Tanner. Can't wait for our little guy to meet his family. He will get to play with his little cousin and meet his wonderful Aunt as well as all his other wonderful family. We missed the family and friends that weren't able to come to the shower. I can't wait to be able to post pictures of this little guy for everyone to see. I now have all of his clothes washed and folded, they just need to be put away. I have picked out his outfits to take to the hospital and we have pretty much everything packed now. I am working a little bit this week, to stay sane rather than just waiting around for the baby, but I am also enjoying having the time to finish getting ready. It is crazy that he is coming so soon! We are nervous and excited all at the same time.