{Molly...6 weeks!}

Here's my little girl at 6 weeks. She has changed so much since my last post. Molly definitely looks like her daddy and is probably going to have his gorgeous blue eyes! She's still a really easy baby...sleeping 7 hours at night!!! Gotta love the book Baby Wise! Last week at the doctor she weighed 8 lbs 2 oz...still a little squirt. Here are some pictures I snapped with my point n shoot today. I'm planning on taking some more this weekend.

{Molly...3 weeks}

Molly has definitely changed in the last few days. She has long periods during the day when she's wide awake. She doesn't really cry, just loves to look around. At night she will sleep between 4 to 5 hours! I'm loving that:)



This picture was taken by one of my best friends, Mel Carpenter:) Little Molly was so wide awake and alert during the whole shoot. We tried so hard to get her to sleep, but she couldn't take her eyes off Mel.

{molly...two weeks old}

Wow...these past two weeks have felt like a month! So many crazy things happen that I never expected, but I would be happy to do it all over again. I've never experience anything more amazing than having a baby and I'm so grateful for her!
It all started with my water breaking Wednesday night (9/23). I was hanging out with Brian and Eric watching The Office when I felt a gush! Yikes! Brian thought I was joking at first. It was only three days before my due date and I still hadn't packed a thing for the hospital. Packing once your water has broke is not an easy task!
I was admitted around 9pm and my cervix was still only dilated 1 cm. At this time my first nurse checked me and was a little concerned that Molly might be breech. She had another nurse come in to check, however, they decided that she wasn't...grrr! At 2am I still hadn't really progressed so they decided to put me on pitocin. Around 4am I decided to get an epidural. This was actually a really bad experience for me...super painful!!! They think they may have been hitting bone when they did it. Anyways, some time around 9am another nurse checked me and right away said she was feeling a butt, not a head! Molly definitely was breech. They rushed me in for a c-section right away. Molly was born at 11:15am weighing 6 lbs 15 oz and 20 in long.
Everything was fine after that until Sunday. I was starting to have really high blood pressure. The doctor was worried that I may have Pre Eclampsia. They still let me go home, but I had to follow up with the doctor a couple days later. I still had really high blood pressure and my labs came back not looking real good. Again, they sent me home and wanted me to come back in a few days to get check again. That same day I started to have one of the symptoms they wanted me to watch out for...I was having a ton of pain on my right side where my liver is. I called the doctor on call around 10pm and she told me I should be fine and to wait until my next appointment. At 3am I woke up and I was in so much pain that I couldn't move or get out of bed. Brian called again and they wanted me to get to the hospital right away. I did end up having Pre Eclampsia. I had to be on Magnesium for 5 days...something I never want to do again! It was a really hard experience, but I'm so thankful to be feeling better.
Now I'm just enjoying my time at home with Molly. She is such a good baby. I really feel like God blessed me with an easy baby, since I went through so much the past two weeks. He never gives us more than we can handle.

I took these pictures today. I ran downstairs to grab a clean outfit...when I got back into the room her little arms were straight up over her head. So cute!

{39 weeks...3 days}

So Brian and I went to the doctor today and I FINALLY have some progress! I'm 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced! I don't know if that means much, but it's something...right???
Funny story...
I found out what a contraction is. All this time, I thought I hadn't had any contractions...well...I was wrong. While the Dr. was feeling my belly she said, "You're having a contraction right now!" I thought that when my stomach gets really hard and I can't hardly breath, that the baby was just in a funny position that was making me uncomfortable. I guess I just thought it should hurt more! Haha...I know...the things you learn the first time around:)
So everyone knows, if labor doesn't happen, I'll be induced on October 3rd! I can handle knowing that at the most, I only have to wait another week and a half:) The end is near!!! Hurray!

{38 weeks...5 days}

Just a little update:
I had another Dr.'s appointment this morning. Unfortunately baby McCrady is really happy inside my belly. There are no signs of labor at this point. I'm starting to think she'll have an October birthday! I'm planning on just staying busy for the next few weeks, hoping that'll pass the time:) I just can't wait to meet her!

{37 weeks...5 days preggers}

Well there's no picture to post...I'm definitely over having my picture taken at this point!

So what's new...
Well I wish I could say that I'm having crazy contractions and headed to the hospital as I write this! Not the case.
I actually shot a wedding on Sunday...10 HOURS!!! I survived it! Of course I was exhausted the next day...or 3 days...but it went really well. I can't say I'd ever do that again. I was hoping that it would some how put me into labor, but it obviously didn't.
Yesterday I had another Dr.'s appointment and although things are looking really good...there wasn't anything saying I would go into labor anytime soon...it could definitely be days/weeks. The Dr. thought that little baby McCrady is almost 7lbs. Hopefully she doesn't pack on too much weight if she's planning on hanging out in my belly for awhile longer!
Last week my mom came down to help me out with the house/nursery. Too bad I was doing some crazy nesting just before she got here, so I didn't have much for her to do. She did make the most adorable curtain for my little girl's room, which was a huge help! I was just glad to have her come down and spend some time with me:) It's funny to think that it won't be too long before she's back down here again. I'll definitely have plenty for her to do once the baby gets here...thanks mom!!
I found a couple stretch marks on my stomach last night....SO DEPRESSING!!! I was actually really upset about it at first, but realized it's just part of life! I might be sporting the tankini from now on.
At this point I feel like I'm just waiting. I'm so excited that it won't be too long before I finally get to meet this little girl! Pretty soon I'll be posting cute little pics of her on here! Ah! So exciting!!!

{36 weeks...9 months!!!}

I'm totally shocked that I just have 4 weeks to go! I'm feeling pretty prepared at this point. I just need to get the nursery organized, hang the dresser mirror, put up some decoration, get a curtain, and some diapers:) Brian and I feel so blessed and are extremely thankful for all the gifts we received from our showers. Lots of thanks to all of you!!! 

I start my weekly appointments this week. I'm looking forward to seeing this pregnancy progress and to get to the end of it! Ready to meet that little girl...who still has no name. Brian and I spend a lot of time talking names, I think we've been doing that since we were dating:) The only problem is, we were always talking boy names. I guess I never thought my first born would be a girl. We definitely have a few ideas, but are going to wait until we see her and then decide. What's the hurry...right? 

So how have I been feeling??? Well...

I never like when preggers complain, but I'm definitely uncomfortable! My hips and back are really starting to hurt. I feel completely out of breath most of the time...and I can't imagine my skin stretching any further. Oh and sleep really isn't happening anymore:( This must be God's way of preparing me for what's to come. It's funny how even with all the discomforts of pregnancy...it's still somehow the most amazing thing I've ever been through:) 

Here are some pics of me at 36 weeks! We'll keep you posted!