Fall is Lovely!

This fall has been so fun watching all the leaves change colors, the neighborhood be flooded with leaves on the ground, carving pumpkins, and drinking cider. We are still anticipating the arrival of our little girl, but in the mean time Shawn continues to work on the nursery, while I continue to get ready and organize. I am feeling good at 39 weeks, thought I remain very slow, and get very tired and worn out quickly.

I had a wonderful baby shower on October 17 that was right up my alley being all decked out with fall stuff. My friends made it an extra special day indulging me with my fall fetish. They actually carved the letters b-a-b-y out of pumpkins, filled bottles with candy corn, had hot cider, and pumpkin bread!

Last Saturday we had our neighbors across the street over and carved our pumpkins. Shawn and I cheated with a stencil :).

To all our CA friends, this is our house in the fall, and our street in the fall. The trees change continuously and the colors are so beautiful; this picture does not do it justice.

Above is my tummy at 39 weeks. She is not here yet, but that is okay, work is still being done on the nursery. As of last week Thursday I was 1 cm dilated and 75% effaced. We will see what my appt comes to tomorrow.

This is just a funny picture. I am 38.5 weeks and it looks like I have a pumpkin the same size under my shirt!!! OH and I totally planned having black on with an orange pumpkin to get into the Halloween mood!!

Baby Shower, 36 weeks and Fall in MI

Our first shower was September 26 with Shawn's family. We got many wonderful gifts!!

35 weeks, I look so tired, but really I wasn't. I don't know why my eyes are so droopy :)

This is the 36 week picture. Yes almost there.

I had my 36 week doctors appointment and everything was good. I was measuring perfect for 36 weeks and the heart rate was normal. I am not officially dialated at all but she says I am slowly progressing and the doc could feel her head! crazy! The tissues are softening but not really thinning yet. That is a good sign, cuz we need to finish the upstairs yet, and I am really just not ready for her to come into this world yet!! So I will continue to take it easy and get this house as ready as I can while getting tired so easily.
The bathroom is almost done, just needs some painting on the walls, Shawn got the ceiling done. The nursery needs walls but the windows are done and our bedroom just may need one more coat of paint on the ceiling we will find out tonight :). So almost there, just a few more baby steps.

Shawn and I have ventured into the fall season here in MI. I have decorated most of the house for halloween!! and we went to Cranes Apple orchard, and made our own apple sauce!! The leaves are continuing to change and we are loving the consistently cool weather. The rain has been very consistent as well :).

Shawn devouring all the apple skins, soo attractive :)

It is the first time we used our apple peeler!