Big Ball of Emotions

On Friday of last week Brian and I went in for our weekly last month visit. Our doctor had ordered an Ultrasound to check the positioning of Chappell and her fetal weight. We were hoping that she was going to be head down and ready to go but what we thought was her hiney was her head. She is in the breech position...basically butt first. So we had to schedule a C-Section. At first I was upset because I wanted to have her naturally but I am thinking this may be a blessing in disguise. At least now we know when she is coming and I am having a chance to mentally prepare instead of it just happening out of the blue. Although I am scared of the actual c-section procedure, I am sooo excited for her to get here and to know I will be holding our little girl in 4 days!!! I told Brian I have felt every emotion in the book these last few days since I found out when she is coming. I'm excited, nervous, scared, anxious, ... you name it I am feeling it. But most of all I am just ready. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers this week! On Friday October 3rd, Chappell will be coming into the world!!!

A Large Closet for our Tiny Treasure

Chappell doesn't know it yet, but she is going to be the best dressed lil baby girl ever! Mommy and Daddy have had such a fun time buying her outfits and we've also been given so many precious things from family and friends. But before we knew it, her closet was completely full to capacity! She definitely has more clothes than us now and this is just a pre-arrival wardrobe...there will be much more to come. If she's anything like her momma, she is bound to love pink ... that's a given! Her coming home from the hospital outfit is all packed and ready for her to make her DEBUT!

The Ultimate Gift

Last night Brian and I made some very special pictures with Chappell. Brian took some maternity photos of my belly. We have been wanting to do this so that we can always have them to show Chappell someday and to show how important and amazing this whole experience has been for us. I think the pictures speak for themselves about how truly excited we are to be parents and to meet out little girl. This is ABSOLUTELY The Ultimate Gift from God. We are so blessed!

One last Baby Shower before her arrival...

My friends from work threw me a wonderful baby shower last night! We went to California Dreamin'!! Chappell got so many great gifts and we can't wait for her to get here so she can use them! :)

Mommy and Daddy are still in the process of getting all her lil clothes washed and bags packed for the hospital. I will be 36 weeks on Sunday so only 4 more weeks til her due date!!! It is rapidly approaching and since Mommy always has to have everything planned out and perfect, I am determined to have everything ready to go this weekend.

Next week I start my weekly doctor visits and hopefully Chappell will hold out at least until 38 weeks. I just want to make sure her lungs are fully developed and she is ready for her arrival into the world! :)

I'm not going to lie, I am really nervous about the whole childbirth process, but I am more excited than anything. Anything I can do to bring this little girl into the world I will do. Brian and I are so excited and anxious to meet her! I can't believe how fast this whole process FLEW by! It really is the most amazing thing I've ever experienced. I can only imagine the way I will feel when I see her for the first time. What a true miracle it will be.

Showering Chappell with Love

We had another wonderful baby shower a few weeks ago. Lindsay and Stacey threw the shower for Brian, Chappell and I and they did a wonderful job. They had an adorable cake made with items from our registry and Stacey came up with some cute games for us to play. We got some amazing gifts leaving Chappell's closet overloaded with love :) We are still trying to figure out where we are going to put everything. She is one lucky lil girl :) We are so thrilled for her soon arrival!!! Only 6 more weeks until she is due! Mommy and Daddy are just overwhelmed with anticipation and hope these next few weeks go by fast! We can't wait to meet our baby girl :)