Baby Shower...

Here are all the great pictures from my baby shower (February 28th)...

Me and my mom...

My grandma (the great grandma), me and my mom...

Marla, me and my mom (the grandmas)...

Denise, me and Lindsay (the great hosts)...

My sister and I (with our two boys)...

I love these ladies...

The house...

The cake...

The diaper cake...

The favors...

38 week update!

On Monday I had my doctor's appointment. When I got to the appointment, they asked if I wanted to be checked to see how far along I am (If I am dilated or effaced at all). I told them that I am not ready to know that yet. Also, this week my doctor was pretty worried about my high blood pressure. I can not remember exactly what it was, but she said the minute I see any signs of puffiness in my face, hands, or feet or have a headache, I need to call to let them know. I feel okay. I am super exhausted. But besides that I am doing alright. I did tell her that I am hoping to be late so that I can enjoy Kalli and my new nephew Koltin for a few more weeks and she looked at me like I was crazy. I told her that I don't even want to start thinking about induction for another two or three weeks, if possible. So we'll see. It could be any day now, or it could be three weeks from now. My doctor did say that they will not let me go ten days past my due date. So we will definitely have a baby by April 5th!!

KOLTIN RAY MARTIN

KOLTIN RAY MARTIN

My sister, Kalli, had her baby today!!

Born March 6th, 2009 at 12:31pm

8lbs 7oz 19.5 inches long

My new nephew...

Proud parents (Kalli & Bodie)...

Proud Grandma Kim...

Proud Grandpa Kris...

Proud Aunt Kara...

Proud Uncle Matt...

37 week update!

I had my 37 week doctor's appointment today. I met with Dr. Gordon. I gained two pounds in the last week. I guess it was all the great food I ate at my baby shower! My blood pressure was really good today, so I am happy about that! The baby sounded great and Dr. Gordon said that everything is going well. I did test positive for Strep B, which really worried me, but she said not to worry at all, that it is very common. She said the only thing that will happen will be that the hospital gives me antibiotics when I go in for labor & delivery. Besides that all is well.

Baby Kelley's Nursery...

We are officially done putting together Baby Kelley's room! It is all ready for him to show up :)
I tried to take pictures of a 360 degree view of the room...

Changing table/dresser:

Crib (Once we decide on his name, we are going to put it in big letters on the wall):

Bookshelf:

Glider & Ottoman:

Closet:

Door:

9 months preggo :)

9 months along...

Baby Shower

I had the best baby shower on Saturday February 28th at noon! Lindsay and Denise did such a great job! I had so much fun!! I will post pictures as soon as I get them! Thank you to everyone that was able to attend! Thank you to my mom for allowing us to have the party at her house. And a HUGE THANK YOU to Lindsay and Denise for throwing the shower! It really was so beautiful!

36 week update!

I had my 36 week doctors appointment today. We met with Dr. Cragun. He is the only male doctor in the practice. Matt went to the appointment with me so that we could both meet him. He said my weight is looking great! From my 35 week appointment to my 36 week appointment I hadn't gained any weight!! Yeah :) He said that I am one of those sickeningly healthy people and that what ever I am doing, keep doing, because everything looks great. He did do a quick Strep B test, which is standard for all pregnant women at 36 weeks to get. He said everything should be great, so unless I hear from them I should be all clear with that test. I start going to the doctor every week from here on out! So exciting :)

35 week update!

I had my 35 week doctors appointment today. I met with the nurse practitioner in our office. She is really nice. She did the routine check up. The only unusual thing she said was that she was worried about my high blood pressure. Every time I go in to the doctor's office my blood pressure is high. I think I am always just really excited to hear what they have to say. I really am feeling great and relaxed. So I'm not sure why it is always so high. They usually have to take it twice, but today they took my blood pressure three times. Yikes! I need to calm down!

33 week update!

I had my 33 week doctors appointment today! I have only gained 2 pounds in the last two weeks, thankfully! I have seven weeks left, so I am right on target for the amount of weight I wanted to gain! Yeah!! Matt went to the appointment with me today. I had an ultrasound and the doctor's main focus was to check to see if my placenta had moved and it had. Which means everything looks good and there is no need for a scheduled C-Section. The good news is we got to see the baby! It is definitely squished in there, so it was hard to see everything. But here are some of the photos we got.

This is a picture of his ribs. The dark spot in the middle is his heart...

This is supposedly a picture of his "boy parts" but it is so blurry to tell. Thankfully he is still a boy!...
This is a profile shot. His hand is right next to his face...

First Baby Shower Gift...

We received our first baby shower gift! It was sent to us from Hai & Hortensia Wang (Matt's old boss/friend and his wife). They sent us the Chicco Stroller and Baby Bjorn that we registered for. We love them both! Matt was especially excited to get the Bjorn. I have been carrying the baby around for the last 8 months, so he is excited to carry him around!

8 months preggo :)

8 months along...

Baby Kelley's Nursery

We are in the process of getting baby Kelley's nursery together. We put a new fresh coat of paint on the walls and we also painted one wall with a brown stripe. My dad is coming over this weekend to help us hang the wainscoting and chair rail on one wall. After that is done we just need to wait for the furniture and the bedding to arrive and the room will be complete and ready for baby! The dresser/changer is on backorder until February 7th and the crib is on backorder until February 27th. So the room should be all done by the end of February!! I can't wait :)

31 week update!

Today I went to the doctor for my 31 week appointment. They said that everything is going great! The most exciting news is that I have only gained 1 pound in the last two weeks! I am so thankful for that! I got the results of my glucose test and I passed with flying colors! My doctor said that my sugars look great and my blood work is really good. She said that around this time women start to get a little anemic, but she said I don't have any problems at all. She said that what ever I am doing, keep doing, because everything is going so great! She did tell me that at my next appointment they are going to do an ultrasound to see if my placenta had fixed itself. Which is exciting because we will get to see the baby one more time before he is born! Other than that everything seems to be going great!

Baby Kelley's Nursery Bedding

We ordered the bedding for the nursery! It is from Pottery Barn Kids and I love it.
Here is a picture of it...

We ordered the quilt, bumper, matching crib sheet, crib skirt, a lamp shade and a rug. I can not wait for it all to get here!!

Baby Kelley's Nursery Furniture

So we finally ordered all the furniture for the Nursery! My mom was so generous to order all the furniture for the baby's room as a gift to us!!
We ordered the crib, dresser/changer, and bookshelf from JC Penney's. We can't wait for it to all arrive!

Crib

Dresser/Changer

Bookshelf


THANK YOU MOM!!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

29 week update!

Today I went to my 29 week doctors appointment. I start going to the doctor every other week for now till March! So I will have more baby updates. Before this appointment I had to go take the Glucose Test to test for Gestational Diabetes. Every pregnant women has this test done around this time of the pregnancy, so it is routine. They didn't have my results for the test yet, but they said they would call me when they got them.
I got to listen to the baby's heart beat. He was super active when I was at the doctors, so he was kicking at the doppler the whole time. My doctor thought it was funny.
Besides that, everything seems good. My heart rate was up a little bit, but they didn't seem too worried about it. I go back for my next appointment on Wednesday the 21st.

Great Expectations Class

So Matt and I went to our first "Great Expectations" class last night. It was from 7:00-9:00 at Mercy Folsom Hospital. There are eight couples total in our class and out of the eight, they were all having boys except one couple! So crazy, so many boys! All the couples there are due in March. Half are due at the very beginning and half are due at the end, but we are all having March baby's. And we are all delivering at Mercy Folsom.
The class was very informative and we learned a lot! Last night, Ruby (our director) talked about anatomy, pregnancy warning signs, pregnancy discomforts, relaxation and breathing and exercise.
Next week we have to bring pillows and a blanket to the class, so I can't wait to see what we are learning then!

Parenting/Birthing Classes

Tonight Matt and I start our Parenting/Birthing Classes at Mercy Folsom Hospital! The class is called Great Expectations and we are signed up to go from 7:00-9:00 p.m. every Tuesday night for the next six weeks.
We are both kind of excited to go and learn new things about parenting and what is going to go on during labor and delivery. Should be interesting!

Matt's shoulder surgery...

Matt had a successful shoulder surgery on Christmas Eve. There was more work that needed to be done once they got in to his shoulder with the camera. But the were able to repair everything and he will be as good as new before we know it.

This is Matt just after I brought him home from the surgery center...

7 months preggo :)

7 months along!

It's a...

BOY!!!

Merry Christmas!

Matt and I just wanted to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of our family and friends! We are so thankful for all of you and love you so much! We are looking forward to the new year and the excitement in starting our family. We hope you all have a safe and happy holiday!!

Dallas Texas

The weekend of Kalli's Birthday we flew to Dallas Texas to (finally) visit my mom! Kalli, Bodie, Matt and I all flew on Frontier airlines. We left on Thursday Dec. 4th and flew through Denver. Our flight was about an hour delayed in Denver because of the snowy weather. We got to Dallas pretty late on Thursday night. Friday we went to visit my mom at her office in Colleyville and met all her co-workers. We had lunch with her at a yummy Mexican food restaurant called Gloria's. My mom's company has two cars that they loan out to their employees, so my was able to get the Cadillac Escalade for us to use for the weekend. That night we went to Bob's Steak and Chop House and had the best dinner! On Saturday the guys went golfing and the girls went shopping! Matt had such a great time golfing in Texas, he loved it there! We went to a bunch of fun stores and a really nice mall. Saturday night my mom took us all to a Dallas Mavericks game. It was a blast! After the game we hung out around the gorgeous American Airlines Amphitheater. The girls went to a yummy gelato place and the guys went to a Cigar Bar. Then on Sunday we went to eat lunch and went shopping a little bit more and then we had to catch our flight back to Sacramento. It was so great to finally see Dallas and see where my mom lives and works. We had such an awesome time and can't wait to go back!

Bob's Steak and Chop House

Matt, Ward and Bodie golfing in Texas
Matt and Bodie
Dallas Mavericks Game
Matt and I at the game

Thanksgiving in Tahoe...

We went to Tahoe for Thanksgiving with the Kelley family. Gary, Marla, Chad, Jennie, Max, "Nick-is", David, Heather, Matt and I. We stayed at the Hyatt Grand Sierra Lodge. We had such a good time. We didn't do much. While we were there we got to go up to our friend Mike and Alana's house above Diamond Peak Ski resort. It was great to see them. The hotel we stayed at is time shares and we had two rooms that each had kitchens and two bedrooms and two bathrooms. We all cooked Thanksgiving Dinner in the rooms. It was a lot of fun.

Matt's shoulder surgery

So we just got the call from Matt's surgeon that he will be having arthroscopic shoulder surgery on Christmas Eve!!
Two years ago when Matt had the accident at the Porters swimming pool he sliced open his patela tendon (which was repaired with surgery immediatly after the accident) and dislocated his shoulder. Since then his shoulder has not been the same. It has not effected his golf game, but it is hard for him to throw a baseball or football and it pops in and out all the time.
About a month ago we found out that our health insurance is changing at the start of 2009 and Matt decided that we should take advantage of our current insurance, so he met with the surgeon that did his knee surgery and told him that if he could be fit in before the end of the year, to call us. Thankfully they had an opening for December 24th at 10:30 a.m.!
The recovery time is about three months (which is just before the baby is due). So it will work out perfectly.
He is a little worried about the surgery, but now is as good a time as ever to get it repaired and get all fixed up.
Wish us luck :)

6 months preggo :)

6 months along...

24 week update!

I went to the doctor today. They said that everything is looking great! The nurse gave me my lab paper work to get my glucose screening done. I have to go to the lab in about three weeks for the one hour glucose test to check for gestational diabetes (it's standard procedure for all pregnancies around 28 weeks). The last time I was at the lab the guy that took my blood told me how to pass it the first time so that I don't have to do the three hour glucose test, basically stay away from simple sugars for 12 hours before the test and drink lots of water. So we'll see how that goes. They went over the results from my 20 week ultrasound and she said that everything is going good. They did tell me that my placenta attached really low, and they are going to schedule me for one more ultrasound around 32 to 34 weeks (sometime in February) to make sure that it has fixed itself by that time. Good news is, I may get some more ultrasound pictures (!!) and we will get to see the baby one more time before it's born! Other than that everything was routine. We got to hear the heartbeat, which was in the 150's and the baby was moving around the whole time. My next doctors appointment is in a month and then I start going every other week after that! It's so exciting!

Baby Kelley's first piece of furniture

We received our first piece of furniture for the baby. It is a mini crib. It has been passed down to us to use from Matt's mom and dad. It is kind of a family heirloom. Matt's grandparents used the crib for Matt's dad Gary and Aunt Sue. Then Matt's parents used the crib for Matt's sisters Jennie and Heather. When we got it, it was painted white and had lamb and bunny decals on the wood panels. I repainted the whole crib with a fresh coat of white paint. We are going to purchase a crib for the nursery and a pack-n-play for our room for the baby. But when we are downstairs we are going to use the mini crib. It is perfect!

Kicking baby!

So Matt has officially felt the baby kick! It is so exciting on the rare occasion that he can feel it. It kicks me all day long and the kicks are getting stronger by the day. He says that he can feel it better when he puts his fore arm on my stomach rather than his palm or fingers. I can't wait till we can see it moving!

5 months preggo :)

We have finally taken a pregnant pose picture.
Here it is, 5 months along...

20 week Update!

Hello everyone!!!
Yesterday, Matt and I had our second ultrasound appointment and 20 week doctors appointment! It was so exciting!For the ultrasound they asked me to drink 16 oz. of water an hour and half before our appointment. That was hard! I got all the water down, but by the time we got to the ultrasound office I had to go to the bathroom so bad! We went in the ultrasound room and the tech could see how full my bladder was. She took two quick pictures of the baby's profile and then let me go to the bathroom. Whew!! Then I went back in the room and she took all the measurements she needed. We were there for about an hour. It was so much fun. We saw the heart beating, the brain, the spine, she measured the length of each femur and each humerus. She said that we are right on track for our estimated due date of March 26th and and she said that by the measurements that she got the baby weighs 1 pound 12 ounces (give or take 2 ounces)!! Which is a big baby!! In my "What to expect when you're expecting" book it says the baby should weigh around 10 ounces at 20 weeks! I am hoping that her measurements are off by a few ounces!! Besides that she said the baby looks great and healthy and it was swimming all around in my belly. We had so much fun and had such a great appointment!!
I have included four pictures...


Baby Kelley's little feet

Baby's Kelley's right arm
A profile picture of Baby Kelley; it looks like he/she is getting ready to suck its thumb

Another profile picture of Baby Kelley

They did take a fifth picture of the baby's private parts and put it in a sealed envelope for us. We are going to open the envelope on Christmas morning to find out the baby's gender. She said that she got a clear picture for us. We can not wait for our suprise!!

The baby's heart beat was 150 bpm