And the winner is...

It is a miracle! We have finally named our little one! We have thought about it to the point of overthinking it. I finally just left it up to Neal because I got tired of thinking about it. I originally really wanted Sofia, but changed my mind. Then we wanted Savannah. From Savannah, it went to thinking about Mackenzie (Kenzie), to Emery. One thing that has always stayed the same is the middle name Nicole. We just really like Nicole! It went with every name that we picked. It especially goes with Emery which is now baby Staab's name! It was originally a boy's name, but it works for a girl as well! I am just so happy that we have decided on something! I hope she likes her name, and I hope that she looks like an Emery. I don't know what an Emery would look like, but I just hope it fits her! Whoohoo! Now I can start putting her name on everything!

6 weeks left!

34 weeks today! Why is time going so fast???? I am not even close to being ready. We are only 6 weeks away from seeing this little being that has been kicking me to death for the last month. Her kicks have gotten so hard. I am wondering exactly how big she is. I have gained 4 pounds since my last appointment and am almost at the 30 pound weight gain mark. It will probably be a ton more since my appetite has picked up! I have eaten out everyday this week. That would be okay if I wasn't eating french fries, ice cream, and pizza! Oh well, my days of doing that have almost passed! I have been very fortunate thus far. I feel pretty good! I have noticed that I am way more sleepy than I have been in the past few weeks. Also, my feet hurt a lot and get fat from time to time. Other than those things, I am pretty normal. I am so hoping that it stays this way! I won't hold my breath.

Nursery time!

Packing up the room

So most people that know me well, know that I am a procrastinator. I have always been and sadly always will be that way. I seem to work better under a time crunch. So it is no surprise that with a month left I have nothing ready. So Natalie took me to Lone Star Baby, which is where I ended up getting our crib. Finally! Now, all we have to do is clear out our guest room, and closet. I said that I would start this during Spring Break. Well we are a few days into Spring break and I have cleared out the closet!! Now if we can just get the furniture out of there. I feel like we have at least started things. I washed all of her clothes, and that took two days to do! It is sad what the dryer does to new clothes. Everything really fades right away. I refuse to dry from now on. It is pretty exciting to start washing the clothes and hanging it up. That means a baby is really close to using them. Crazy! Today Neal and I will try to do just a little more. I had such high hopes for this week, and have only done half of what I wanted to do. Hopefully she doesn't surprise us with an early arrival! We would be in so much trouble!

Our 8th anniversary...

Well we have now been married 8 years!! This was our last anniversary without a baby! Things will be so different from here on. I am really happy that we got to have so much time to ourselves before starting a family. I have really enjoyed just hanging out and basically doing whatever we have wanted to do. We have had a lot of quality time together! We are so ready to start our little family now. We really can't wait! It has been a fun eight years with some speed bumps along the way, but we have loved every minute of it. I can't wait to see what this next year brings! We decided to just keep it low key for our anniversary night, and just went to Anamia's. Sadly I wasn't the least bit hungry. I couldn't even eat my dessert! That is pretty serious. We thought it would be nice to name the baby on our anniversary, but we couldn't do it. We are being so weird about the name! Well we tried...

30 week appointment

So we have entered the 30's! It is pretty crazy. Women have their babies in their 30's alot of times so it just kind of made me realize I could have mine soon! We had a doctor's appointment that day and we had our very last ultrasound. It will be the last time we see our little girl in my belly. She looked great! The doctor said that the baby weighed around 3.5 lbs., and that the baby would most likely weigh 8.5 lbs! What??? I thought that I would have a small baby for some reason. She also said that the baby had big feet! Could our baby possibly be tall later? We got to see her practice breathing. We could see her chest going up and down. It is so amazing what they learn to do inside of the belly. Everything else looked great! I have officially gained 24 pounds and have 10 weeks to go! Yikes! I am slowly making my way up the scale! Must be those fries and root beer floats that I have been snacking on!

Baby Olivia

Christy and Olivia sporting one of the burp cloths that Natalie's Mom makes! So cute!

Baby Olivia probably not liking the flash in her face during her nap.

So the bib is a little big right now, but whe will grow into it! Look at how tiny she is!

I could get used to this! That is seriously going to be my baby's hair color!

We had just seen Christy like two weeks in all her belly glory, and we finally got to meet little Olivia. Christy had her on the 9th, but we didn't have a chance to go see her until yesterday. I was off from school so it was the perfect day to go! I met Paige there bright and early with some yummy Krispy Kremes. I ate 1 and half donuts by the way. I could not believe my eyes when Christy opened the door. Baby Olivia had black hair! She so could have passed for my baby! Christy is so light, and Jeff doesn't seem very dark either, so it was just wild! Olivia is so tiny. I haven't held a newborn since probably Kate or Blake so it has been a really long time. You tend to forget how tiny they are. I wasn't as scared of the size as I used to be. My shoulder didn't cramp up or anything when I was holding her. Usually I tense up because I am nervous. She is really cute, and I can't wait to see if she keeps her same hair color! Christy looks great, and seems energetic! I don't know how she pulls that one off. She looked all fresh. It was great to see them, and got a few tips in the process. Holding that little baby made me so excited for the day I get to hold my own! It seems so far fetched, but it is really right around the corner. Another little fun highlight was that Blake just came up and pointed to me and said Mimi! No one prompted her or anything. It was so out of blue. That is what Kate has called me for a while. It just seems to stick better! It was really sweet to hear that. So cute! She was really good too. She just let us chat, and kind of did her own thing. It was a really good start to my day off! Congratulations Christy and Jeff!

Scott's b-day party

Jess, Neal, and me(29weeks)

So Neal decided to throw his best friend Scott a surprise birthday dinner. He loved where Jessica's was last time so we ended up back at Cremona's in Dallas. We had a good time! Nat made a cameo, but had to leave with her spaghetti in a box because Kate was ready to snooze. We kind of got off to a later start than we had thought. The dinner sadly took forever, but it was good nonetheless. They gave the table wine and chianti on the house because of it. I was looking at all of the wine that was left. What a waste of good wine. That was all that was running through my head. The boys had a good time. It was quiet a few of their old high school friends so that is always fun. Luckily Jess went with us so we were able to get in some fun girl time too! I just love birthdays!