Maternity Pictures

Nate has a co-worker who has become a friend of ours who has a passion for photography. We thought of her when we decided we wanted to do some maternity pictures. She says she's just getting into it, but she did a fabulous job!!! She has a friend who let us use her studio and Amy shot away. We were very pleased with the pictures and it was hard to choose favorites. I think we ended up with around 150 pictures! I hope you enjoy them as much as we have! Kudos to Amy!

PS...these pictures were taken on March 12th which shows my 36 week/3 day baby boy belly. :)

Look closely at this picture and the next. Our baby boy was moving around and about knocked one of the shoes off at one point. You see in the picture below my belly is nice and round...the one underneath my belly is more like a shelf. :)

We brought along our favorite books. Mine is, "The Napping House" and Nate's is, "Caps For Sale."

Progress?

Nope...no such luck with progress. We had our 38 week OB appointment today and nothing has changed since last week other than the fact lil' baby boy has decided to get comfortable on my sciatic nerve. This is causing much pain and discomfort. It has been bothering me for a few days now, but late this afternoon it seems I can barely hobble around the house. I did go to the chiropractor this morning and have to go back tomorrow, as well. He tried several things to help relieve some of the pressure and pain, but no such luck. Tomorrow is a new day, so we'll see what that brings. Oh...and I no longer have ankles at this point either due to swelling and it goes up through my legs, as well. Until then...I'm just daydreaming about having a maid and a cook here at our house. Any takers? ;)
Love,
Joy (Nate, and Baby Boy, too)

Belly Recap from 16 weeks to 38 weeks!

16 weeks

20 weeks

24 weeks

28 weeks

34 weeks

36 weeks

38 weeks

37 weeks

Hello all! Well, we will be 37 weeks along tomorrow. We had an OB appointment this morning to see if any progression has taken place. My cervix is now about 75% thinned out and she said, "it really wants to be dilated at 1 centimeter." She said at this point, I will probably deliver close to my due date. Part of me says, "Come on lil' baby...your momma is miserable," but another part of me says the longer he bakes, the healthier and more developed he will be. So, I'll put my selfish desires aside as I know it's out of my control anyway. :) I'll just keep enjoying this foot in my ribs for the next few weeks. :)

Below are a few maternity pictures we had taken last Thursday. Nate has a co-worker that has a passion for photography and we had asked if she would be interested to take some photos of us. We were able to preview all the pictures taken that night and I can't wait to get more back to share. We had a lot of fun and Amy did a fabulous job! I'll post more as soon as we get them.

Also, the last picture is of my boss and I comparing bellies. We had a bowling fundraiser event this weekend, so this is us taking a quick break for a pose. :)

That's all for now.
Love,

Joy (Nate and Baby Boy, too!)

Yes, something was very funny as you can see we were laughing.

Paul and I comparing bellies

36 weeks along!!!

Well, the countdown is officially on! I think for me, it always has been on, but now it's really really on as we are drawing close to the end! At this point, I'm feeling very uncomfortable between my lower back, hips, feeling like I have no room to breathe, and the lil' man being in my ribcage! Not to mention I'm determined he thinks it's humorous to punch my bladder. ;) Other than those things, I feel absolutely wonderful! :)

We have the diaper bag packed and ready to go and the hospital bag is almost complete. Aahhh!!! We just drove past the hospital tonight and Nate said he gets so excited driving by and looking up at the 3rd floor where we will be! We are so anxious to meet our baby boy and hold him in our arms and love love love on him!

We had our 36 week OB appointment today. Nothing really has progressed at this point, other than our baby boy is in position and his head has moved down some. My boss suggested maybe Nate drives me over some railroad tracks to help the progression. Ha! :) Other than that, his heart rate was at 152 beats per minute. Our next appointment will be on Monday.

So, that's a wrap for now! Enjoy the 36 week belly pictures which is totally on a full belly of food! :)

Thanks for joining us on our journey!

Love,

Joy (Nate & _____ _____ Anderson, too!)

My 36 week baby boy belly!