During our hospital stay...

 we met the grandparents...

 

 

and cousins....

Got our handprints/footprints done...

not a fan of her handprints being taken...

got our first bath...

who doesn't love a baby booty shot? :)

 

and just hung out. :)

 

 

 

 



Introducing....

Hollis Laine Thompson

October 25, 2012

1:52 PM

7 lbs, 19 in

I know that I am more than a little bit behind on updating but am going to do my best to get up to date as soon as possible.

For starters, let's go with the proverbial birth story to kick things off.

Wednesday night (October 24th) we checked into the hospital at 8:00 to begin the induction process.  They started my IV-hands down the worst part of the entire process by the way-and the 1st round of Cytotec.  By 1or 2 AM, I was not progressing, so they did another round of the Cytotec and started the Pitocin. 

By Thursday morning, I still had not progressed and that is when Dr. Ellis decided to pump up the pitocin even more and if I still had not progressed by 10 that morning, it was looking like a c-section was in my future.  

By 10 AM it became pretty obvious that Hollis really loves her mommy and didn't want to go anywhere, so my c-section was scheduled for 1:45 that afternoon.

Strangely enough I wasn't nearly as nervous as I thought I would be, having no medical procedures done before in my entire life, much less serious abdominal surgery. I guess the adrenaline was flowing and we were just so excited to finally meet our baby girl! 

Before checking into the hospital...

Our last photo as a family of 3...

About to meet our girl!

Even though the pic says 20 inches long, all of her paperwork says 19 inches, so we are just going to go with it! :)

First family photo :)

Proud daddy!

I'm going to spare everyone and break the rest of our pics up into seperate posts...more of Hollis to come!





39 Weeks

How far along:

39 weeks!!!

Weight Gain:

1lb this week, 30lbs total

Of course no woman wants to gain 25-35 lbs (which is recommended during pregnancy), but I def didn't want to go over 30lbs, so I guess as weird as it sounds I am pleased with this number.

But, def can't wait to get it back down to a more reasonable number very soon!

Sleep:

I have been so lucky this whole pregnancy with everything, but def with my sleeping.  With the exception of getting up to potty a few times a night, I have slept like a baby!

Best moment of the week:

Picking out Hollis' birthday-October 25th!!!

Yep, this week she will finally be here and I will be just short of 40 weeks!

We went to the doc last Thursday for another non-stress test and decided that with the fear of having a Halloween baby and my doc being out fo the office the end of next week, we would go ahead and schedule an induction for Wednesday night/Thursday morning!!!

Everything came out wonderful with the non-stress test and we are counting down the hours now to meeting our baby girl! 

Food Cravings:

Probably the biggest "craving" I hae had this entire pregnancy has been this week-Thank you Taco Bell Chicken Cantina Bowl. Something about these have hit the spot this week and I have not been able to get enough of them!

The actual number is not important but lets just say that they may or may not recognize this preggo lady at more than one Taco Bell branch in the Birmignham area.  :)


 

Gender:

GIRL!!!!

 

Movement:

She is still very active as always.  As I have said before it is the number one thing that I am going to miss the most about being pregnant.  While I am beyond excited to meet her, it makes me a little sad that this part is over and I will not be able to just feel her move wherever I go.

What I miss:

I miss my regular shoes-boots and heels!

One of my fav things about fall is wearing my boots and with these fat-so feet the last week or so, I have not been able to shove my foot into anything other than flippy floppy's!

What I am looking forward to:

Duh-meeting our baby girl in just a few days!
There aren't enough words to describe the excitement, anxiety, nerves and pure joy we feel to be able to finally see our precious little bundle that God has blessed us with!

We are so very appreciative to all of our friends and family that have loved, cared and supported all 3 of us throughout this amazing journey. I have said it before, but Hollis will without a doubt be one of the luckiest girls in the world to have so many friends, family and aunts and uncles who already love her so much!



To be honest, with all of this excitement comes quite a bit of fear from the pregnant one that will be giving birth in a few short days. I have never had any medical procedure done-not as much as blood taken from my arm until I got pregnant, so to say there is some anxiety would be an understatement.
But I trust that God has a plan, the doctors have the drugs and that everything will work out wonderfully and at the end of the day, we will have the most beautiful baby girl in our arms!
So, please keep me and my virgin mind in your prayers for the next few days that she will arrive here perfectly healthy and that her mother is stil somewhat sane afterwards! :)



38 Weeks

This first picture makes me laugh (as you can see by my face) b/c Wrigley was eating and when he realized that we were taking our weekly photo he stopped eating, walked to my side and assumed the position next to me wondering why he wasn't getting his picture taken.  I love this picture b/c he is looking up at me like "what tha ?" :)

Love him!

How far along:

38 weeks

Weight Gain:

2lbs this week, 29lbs total

Sleep:

Still pretty good...I'm very lucky. :)

Best moment of the week:

Doing absolutely nothing! This weekend was spent lounging on the sofa, napping with my boys, Cracker Barrel Frnech Toast breakfast with my hubby and just enjoying these last few weekends we have together as a family of 3!

Priceless!

Food Cravings:

I bought some sugar cookies at Publix last week and they have hit the spot every time I have wanted a bite of something this week. So yummy!

Gender:

GIRL!!!!

 

Movement:

Still tons! 

I have heard some people say that when you stop feeling so much movement that means they are getting ready to come out, but I have a feeling our little one doesn't plan on being still any time soon.  She loves to poke me in the right side the most and has done so more this week than ever!

What I miss:

My body. 

 Not saying I was Sports Illustrated material before, but I just miss looking like myself. 

 Don't get me wrong, I am loving that my hair, nails and skin look amazing, thanks to the pregnancy hormones and those can stay if they want, but I just want my normal body back.

What I am looking forward to:

We have a doctor's appointment this afternoon to see if we ahve made any more progress from last week.  Hopefully the doc will have a better idea of when Hollis will get here already!

We had an u/s last Monday to check her progress and to see about what size she is and they determined that she is quite small-5lbs 6oz.  While they don't seem overly concerned about it since all of my numbers have been great this entire time, they said they may try to do another u/s today to see is she is growing anymore. 

 If not, they may start talking about taking her a bit earlier than the 28th. 

I was 1/2 cm dilated and 40% effaced last Monday, so we will see if we are any close today. 

Please say a prayer that everything is fine with me and little bit today and that we get to meet her very soon!



Dear Hollis,

You are due in just 2 short weeks and those weeks seem like years at this point.  We are so ready to meet you, hold you, love you and show you off to the rest of the world!

The emotions we have about your upcoming arrival are so overwhelming, I'm not even sure where to begin. 

We are excited. 

We are excited to meet you!

We are excited to see what you look like, see who's personality you have and watch you as you grow. 

We are excited to show you off to the world as the greatest accomplishment in our lives.
We are excited for you to meet your big brother too. :)


 

We are blessed.

We are beyond blessed that God has chosen us to be your parents and couldn't be more grateful.

We are blessed that you were conceived out of the greatest love we believe two people can have for one another. Your daddy is my world and you will quickly learn how lucky we are to have such a wonderful man in our lives!



We are terrified.
Terrified that we will not be able to give you everything that you deserve.
Terrified that we will not raise you in the way that God would want us to.
And if we are being honest, mommy is terrified on the big needle that will be going into her back-not a fan of needles. :)


We are sad.
Sad that this part of our journey is soon to be over. Being pregnant with you has by far been the most humbling, joyful experience of my life. 
We are sad that we will no longer lay in bed at night and feel you kicking and rolling around in my belly, laughing ourselves to sleep.


I'm not sure that this post can do justice to how much we wanted you and have waited for the most perfect timing to have you.  Hopefully one day you will look back on this and realize how loved you are and know that that will never change.

We love you so much!


P.S.
Hurry up and get here already-the anticipation is killing us!

37 Weeks-Full Term!!!!

How far along:

37 weeks-full term!!!
We made it!
Words can't describe how truly blessed we feel to have made it to this point.  I know that we still have a few more weeks and a lot can still happen, but I feel like this is a huge milestone and we feel so fortunate to be only a few weeks away from meeting our baby girl!
God is good!

Weight Gain:

0lbs this week (again), 27lbs total

Sleep:

still no major issues here, thankfully!

 

Best moment of the week:

I pretty much played hookie most of this week!  Thursday I went to the Southern Women's Show with my mom, god-mama Nina and her friend Karen for a little girls day! 

Then on Friday I took another 1/2 day for moms and I to go consignment shopping for Hollis!  We hit up to in 1 afternon and came out on top-30 outfits for under $100!!!!!

Food Cravings:

I've become a lot more thirsty this week which is almost impossible since I feel like all I do is drink water and potty all day every day!

Gender:

GIRL!!!!

Movement:

She is def still going strong, but the feeling has changed a bit this week.  Where she used to give me some goods punches/kicks/pokes, now it more like rolling movements.  I can tell she is runnign out of room-last night laying in bed, I was convinced at one point that she was trying to escape thru my belly button! She was really rolling around A LOT for almost a solid hour while the hubs and I just laid there and giggled!

What I miss:
I miss my old body-there, I said it.
Not saying I had an amazing bod before, but I'd like to think I wasn't too shabby.
 I miss feeling cute/sexy when the hubs takes me out.
I swore this entire pregnancy that I wouldn't take any of this for granted, and don't get me wrong, I feel beyond blessed, but I'm still a girl and miss feeling like a girl some days.

What I am looking forward to:
Looking forward to our doc appointment this afternoon-we will get and ultrasound and see how big Hollis is and make sure that she is positioned right-which after last night's little rolling fit, I wouldn't be surprised at all if the u/s tech tells me she has flipped!


This weekend I finally got our bags packed (for the most part) and her nursery organized as best as I can at this point.
 I hope to do a nursery post soon even though her room isn't entirely finished (no decor on the walls yet really). 



Our Maternity Pics

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that my baby daddy and I had some maternity pics taken and Saturday we got them back! I have been dying to share them, so here are just a few of the 150 pictures she took. 

We had them taken at the Sonnet House in Leeds, AL where we tied the knot 4 years ago almost to the day of our maternity session.  This place holds a special place in our hearts as not only the place where we began our lives together as couple, as the Thompson's, but now where we will begin our life as a family. 

I'm in love with so many, it was almost impossible to narrow them down! :)

Nicole Turner did a phenomenal job!

Thank you so very much!

We absolutely can't wait to meet you Hollis!