Nursey Decor Finished!

Yay, with only 4 days to spare we finished decorating the nursery! When I first found out I was pregnant this was one of the first things I started trying to think about, but I got so stuck. When I thought it was a boy we were going to go "neutral" with monkeys but when it turned out to be a girl I really had no idea what to do. I thought I still wanted to go neutral, but it so much fun to look at girl stuff. :) I knew I still wanted to do green and brown, but aside from that I had no idea. After we got the crib bedding things slowly started to come into place. I didn't really want a theme, but we kind of stumbled upon a nature theme drawing inspiration from the crib set. Anyway, here are the results. Not too shabby considering we really had no budget. :) Many thanks again to all who helped bring this room together.

View from the door.

We already had this rocking chair. David refinished it to match the crib.

Changing station. Masha created the picture for us, isn't it cute?

David also made a little foot rest to match the rocking chair.

We have pink letters that spell her name that goes over the crib. They are set up and ready to go. We just took them down so people wouldn't see her name. We left the first letter up though. :)

Closer view of the collage.

Closet.

Her closet is all set up! :)

External Version

Monday morning we were supposed to go to the Birthing Center to have an external version performed. I got a call about an hour before our appointment saying that the version needed to postponed for a day due to a couple of emergency Cesareans that needed to be performed. The next morning David and I called to make sure our appointment was still going to be held. It was. We got to the center and got checked in.

They took us to one of the labor rooms and performed a quick ultrasound to see if she was still breeched and where her heart was. She was still there so they hooked me up to a fetal monitor to perform a stress test. Basically it was just observing the baby to see if she was in shape to handle the version. It was only supposed to take 20 minuets, but the nurse was really busy and didn't come back for an hour. By this time I hadn't had anything to eat for 10 hours and all I had was a cup of water a few hours beforehand (I was only supposed to drink 8oz of clear liquid an hour and wasn't supposed to drink anything once I left home), so I was pretty dehydrated. This was when they decided to put the IV in me. It took a while for them to get a vein to come up, but the nurse was very patient and did a lot of different of techniques to find it to make sure it was going to be a one and only poke. She then used the IV port to draw some blood (which David helped her with-to my surprise. He doesn't handle blood very well. Neither do I, but I just didn't look). I hope the picture below isn't too gross for anyone...

It did cause my hand to swell a bit. Then David and I were left alone again. We sat and waited for doctor to come.

Get that baby to move now!

Awhile later we met with an anaesthesiologist just in case this procedure was going to cause me to go into labor. Then the nurse came back with the doctor and the anaesthesiologist sat in the corner waiting...

They gave me a drug that softened my uterus (don't remember the name if it), it took affect right away but it made me feel really jittery as if I had just had 4 straight shots of espresso. Then the doctor went to work. She had me take deep breaths while she pressed on my abdomen. She tried to move her but she wouldn't budge. Then tried again. And again. And again. And again. It wasn't like she wasn't able to grasp her, she just didn't want to move. They kept checking her to make sure she wasn't in any distress and she was doing just fine. A procedure that should only take about 10 minuets ended up taking a half hour! The doctor said she was pressing harder than she normally would, but nothing worked.

Since it was not successful a C-Section was scheduled. Unless she goes back down she is set to be born on September 23rd. I never wanted to go through a C-Section, but I had a feeling this wasn't going to work mainly due to the history I already have her. (Remember trying to get her to move with the club foot incident?)

Waiting for the doctor to come back with a date of the C-Section.

While the version didn't really hurt it was it did take a lot of energy out of me (well one of the attempts did hurt my lower back, but that was it).

Right now I've accepted that this going to happen. While it wasn't my ideal plan to do this, God is in control and He has everything pre-planned, so who am I to question that?

I'm getting excited since I have a date and we can get the final details completed. We get to meet our daughter in just one week!

Stroller Time!

Yay, it came in!!! David's mother, Lisa, bought us a stroller for her grandbaby. David and I had spent a couple of months researching what kind we wanted and we even did "test drives" at a store in Beaverton called Segal's. We knew we wanted something that can be durable, but functional. We had taken Henry with us to help us pick one out to see how well we liked it with a child in it. :) We had narrowed it down to 2 strollers and Henry was a big help in helping us figure out what it was we wanted.

We ultimately decided on the Phil & Ted's Sport model. It starts off with a basic and you can add features to it to make it a double. It has all-terrain wheels and can hold a newborn, a toddler, a newborn and toddler or 2 toddlers. Since we plan to have more kids we I liked the idea of having the ability to turn the stroller into a double and it would still be in-line instead of double wide. It also lays flat for your baby to sleep more comfortably.

The stroller was ordered last week and came in today.

Here it is for newborn (or you can also do it without the car seat, but it just fits so well in there.)

For a toddler

Newborn and toddler

2 toddlers


It also folds very easily. The wheels come right off to make it even flatter for storage or travel.

THANK YOU LISA (MOM)! We love it!

To Everything Turn, Turn, Turn...

The day after the shower I had my mid-wife appointment. This is one I had been anxiously looking forward to becuase I wanted to see if this little missy had decided to cooperate and get back into position. David, of course, came to find out as well as Nancy Spears since she was staying at our house for the shower. The mid-wife wasted no time in checking her position, because I told her that I really wanted to know. She pulled out the ultrasound and unfortunately she was still breeched. Since I'm already 37 1/2 weeks we needed to schedule a external version ASAP. They only do them on the weekdays and in the morning (because I'm not supposed to eat anything for at least 8 hours beforehand). We have it scheduled for 9:00 am Monday morning. I am praying hard that this will cause the baby to turn. The mid-wife said that it would be 50% success rate and that there is a rare possibility that this could induce labor and that if that were the case I would get a C-Section right then and there. I'm basically going to be prepped beforehand as if a C-Section might occur. Thus the reason for no eating for 8 hours and I'm going to be getting my blood drawn and an IV put in for medication if it becomes necessary.
I would really covet your prayers that the baby will turn by Monday morning or at least the version be successful and she is cooperative and stays turned.
If she doesn't turn then we will be scheduling a C-Section for no sooner than my 39th week.

Showered with Blessings!

This past Thursday was the church's baby shower combined with some Shubin and Hayes family members. It was held at Doug and Amy's house and was featured a sit down fondue dinner. (So yummy!) What a turn out too! It looked as though approximately 70 ladies showed up. It was amazing to see so many people come together to shower our little girl with blessings!

Many people worked hard and made this event so special and I am truly grateful for their sacrifice and generosity to make this the best baby shower I have been to. :)

I especially want to thank Amy, Masha, Mom, Grace and Brenda Kolbe for spending so many hours preparing for this.

The banquet set up.

Close up of the tables.

Baboonya, Masha, Me, Rachel and Mom (Wow, we don't look related at all do we?)

This was a poster of pictures from mine and David's childhoods. It was for the shower game. You had to look at the pictures and get a list of questions to answer based on the pictures. I thought was clever. Though the picture of me sticking my tongue out with my hands in my mouth is not one I am neccessarily proud of...(anymore). :)

Dinner time!

Mmmm, yummy! Fondue is one of my favorite foods!

Rose didn't really appreciate being photographed while eating...

View of the present table.

Other side. Here you can see our designated spots. The signs read "Grammy," "Mommy," "Boonya" and "Baboonya."


Everyone gathered to listen to the devotional and watch the presents open. It was starting to get dark, so we had a bit of a time crunch.

Amy reading the devotional to me. It was one of the sweetest things ever given to me and I'll treasure it. Doug posted a transcript of it on his blog and you can view that here.

Opening the gifts. Again, it was getting dark and I had so many to open I tried very hard to get through them quickly. It still took me about an hour to open them all.


David admiring the gifts we got. We went through them all over again which was good since I didn't see everything that clearly the first time around.

David had really wanted a co-ed shower and jokingly pondered dressing as a women to indulge in the fondue and open gifts himself. I can't blame him for wanting to come, it was obviously quite the epic shower. :)

Mommy What Will I Look Like?

This is just for fun. I found a morph program to see what your child will look like. Enjoy!

Happy Anniversary!

4 years ago today I married my best friend and life changed forever. It's been such a wonderful adventure and I wouldn't change it for the world. I'm very blessed to have a husband I am so proud of and love more and more each day.

I think one of top things that continues to amaze me is that when David says he is going to do something he actually does it! When he wants to learn something he will work at it until he's got it down. He's been a wonderful example of sacrifice and determination.

Happy Anniversary Sweetie! I love you!