Meeting Zoe Jane

I was so excited to get to meet little Zoe Jane this weekend. Becca and Zach had came up for the shower and they stayed with us on Saturday night. She is just adorable and such a good baby! It made me even more ready for Anna Riley to be here! I just know Zoe Jane and Anna Riley will be the best of friens just like their Mommies! :)

Ashley and Zoe Jane

Baby Shower by friends

I had another baby shower on Saturday that was hosted by my lovely friends. We got so many cute things for Anna Riley. I cant wait until she is here to use and wear all of them! Thanks to everyone that came out in the freezing cold and snowy weather and to all my wonderful friends for hosting!!

35/35

I am 35 weeks today with 35 days to go! YAY...getting closer! Everything is coming together and I feel ready now (not that I havent been but I just wanted to have everything organized and ready for her) The nursery is almost complete (just waiting on a few things I ordered and a canvas that a friend is having done for me). I will post pictures when those things get put in. I feel pretty good for this point in pregnancy. Sleeping is usually the hardest time to get comfortable. I dont know what I would do without my huge bobby pregnancy pillow! I get spurts of energy throughout the day and then I get really tired...thankfully I can take a nap or two during the day! :)
I had a doc. appointment on Tuesday. He said he didnt think she was abnormally large, just an "overachiever." haha. He is going to start checking me on my next appointment on the 19th and then he wants to do another ultrasound the next week just to get a better idea of her size. I have another shower today so I will post pics from that later on.

Maternity Pictures

We went to Kim Lawson last week to get some maternity pics made. I am so glad we decided to have them done. Kim is so creative and I cant wait for her to take pictures of Anna Riley! To see them click here and click clients and the password is hollyhand.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Our Christmas was very laid back this year. (I am sure it will be the last laid back year!!) Both of our immediate families are very flexible so that makes it much easier. We had our Earnest Christmas with everyone the weekend before and usually we would have dinner with the Burke family (Rileys moms side) but since she was in the hospital until the 23rd we did not do that this year. Christmas Eve Eve was with my immediate family. They came to our house for dinner so that we could look at Christmas lights afterwards. We were supposed to go to church on Christmas Eve but I didnt feel too great and plus the weather was not so great! Speaking of...did anyone see the big Christmas tree in front of the Courthouse (which is right by our church)? It blew down that night! Anyways we had Rileys immediate family Christmas on Christmas night. It was so wonderful to be able to spend Christmas with his mom at home! I had really missed the whole family being together and what better time for us to be together again than Christmas! I can't wait for next Christmas! :)
P.S. Sorry I was a slacker with pictures this year!

Coming Home for Christmas!!!

Riley's mom is FINALLY coming home tomorrow!!! Just in time for Christmas! We are just so excited...I know she is so ready to be at home! It will still be a while before she is able to get around, but being home with family will help so much. God has really answered some prayers. Thanks to all of you that prayed for her during this time!!

32 weeks

I went to the doctor on Thursday and everything was looking good. It was kind of sad because this was the first doctors appointment in a long time that I didnt get to see her. But I know I got way more ultrasounds than most. We talked a little about the her size right now. He said she is already pretty big but that would be a good thing. It just might mean coming earlier than the 13th. He said that we would talk as it got closer to time to see about taking her earlier if she still seemed big, but for now we would just leave the due date as the 13th.

I had a little bit of a scare yesterday. I had taken the day off to get some shopping done and also just for my sanity (yes I know I wont be back after Christmas but the kids are bouncing off the walls right now...if I can just make it until Tuesday!) Anyways, I had started doing a little shopping and was no where close to being finished with what I wanted to do that day when I started having a constant shooting pain on the right lower side of my stomach. I was in Barnes and Noble and could barely walk. So, I went and sat in my car for a little while and called Riley and I was in tears because it was really painful plus I was a little scared. He kept telling me to call the doc. but I hate to call them for every little pain so I said I would wait. So it seemed to be feeling better so I got out and walked in another store and had to walk right back out because I could barely walk. I had decided to go ahead and call the docs office but they were already closed and I didnt feel that I needed to call the emergency #. So I just went home. Finally, after a laying down for a while...the pain went away. I knew the whole time it wasnt like a contraction or anything but I also knew it was very painful and I had not had that kind of pain yet and of course with it being my first time with all of this I am going to worry. I came to the conclusion that I think she maybe had hit a nerve or was in a very strange position.