36 week appointment and baby shower

So this weekend I had my Clemson/Charleston friend baby shower. It was at Poogan's Porch downtown Charleston. It was so much fun and the food was delish!! I have the best friends in the world and really appreciate everything they did to make the shower so special! Braxton got tons of great gifts too! Now I just need to figure out how to organize it all... mom, help!! Here are a couple of pictures from the shower.

Today I had my 36 week appointment. I cannot believe that I only have 4 weeks to go. His heart rate was in the high-normal range (171). Nothing to worry about, he is just very happy incubating right now I guess. He is measuring appropriately again (probably b/c momma has packed on a few extra lbs). And he has dropped into my pelvis. She said his head is pretty low already. My cervix is continuing to thin out (about 40% effaced) and I have dilated to a fingertip! She said I could be induced around 39 weeks if I wanted to because my cervix will be favorable at that point.... but she thinks that probably won't be an issue :-) We shall see. My next appointment is June 1st so I will update again then.

34 week appointment

Today I had my 34 week appointment.  He continues to have a strong heart beat.  This week I am measuring slightly smaller than I should be (33 1/2 cm instead of 34 cm), but this is nothing to worry about. Hopefully this means that he will not be a huge baby :-)  The books say that he should weigh about 5 lbs and be almost 20 inches in length.  My OBGYN checked my cervix today and said that it is thinning out, but is still closed (to be expected at this point).  He is still moving a lot..... I wouldn't call it kicking.... it's more like gyrating!  I think he is dancing around in there (Griff thinks he is practicing his surfing moves).

This weekend Sid and Griffin assembled the crib (huge help!) and on Mother's Day, my mom and dad came over and we put the nursery together.  It is not finished, so I am not posting pics right now, but it is very cute so far!  I just need to buy a glider and hang his quilt above the crib and we will be done!  I can't believe in less than 6 weeks that room will be occupied by our little boy.  For those of you who do not know, we have decided on the name Braxton.  We are still working on the middle name, but hopefully will have that soon as well.

My next appointment is in 2 weeks on May 25th.  After that, I will start going every week until delivery!

Summerville Baby Shower

Saturday, May 1st I had a wonderful baby shower in Summerville.  The hostesses were Penny Merriman, Adelle Chellis, Denise Byrnes, and Susan Gamble.  Our little man got lots of great presents!!  Here are a few pics from the shower.  Thank you so much to the hostesses!! The shower was perfect and I had such a great time!!