Wow, has it been this long!!

My goodness, I can't believe it has been so long since I posted anything. Life is getting busier and slower at the same time! Can you actually put those two together?? I am getting slower at doing EVERYTHING with each passing day, but everything is getting busier trying to prepare for this baby!!

So to catch you up a little...we have decided on a name finally!! Hayden Lee Hamilton

Hayden is still breech as of today, so they are beginning to talk c-section with me. I am 35 weeks (as of yesterday) and he weighed ~6 lbs. 1 oz. on Thursday. At that point I was 34 wks 4 dys and he was measuring 36 wks 3 dys, so almost 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Of course some of you know that my "predicted delivery date" is Feb. 11th (no special meaning of this day, just based on some "facts" that I know--hehehe!!) I really don't want to have a c-section, but they don't seem to think "turning" him would be successful. I am considering acupuncture. Frank has a former police officer friend who studied acupuncture in China, so we are going to call him. I hear that this is a fairly good success rate in getting babies to turn with using acupuncture. I have never done anything like that before, but I am open to it. Anyone got any thoughts or previous experiences with this????

I had a baby shower this weekend at church and it was a lot of fun! We got lots of wonderful gifts and tons of diapers!! Yeah!! Another friend of mine has offered to host a shower for me also. I will be on Feb. 3rd (which is mine and Franks 18th anniversary by the way, but I didn't figure we would be going on any overnight trips or anything-haha!!)

I am going to share some of the pictures from the shower and I will also try to post one of our 4D ultrasound that we got last week, but I don't have that one in the computer yet.

Good Morning 2008!

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years Eve and Day! Normally on New Years Eve, Frank and I have our next door neighbors and their 3 boys and Franks sister with her family over and just hang out and play games and such. Well, this year, I wasn't sure I would be up to it, so we decided to cancel it. We prefer not to go out just because of the dangers surrounding the night, so instead we went to eat at our favorite Japanese Restaurant Kanpai of Tokyo, with Frank's parents, his sister and her family, and a dear family friend of ours and her daughter. We had reservations at 5:00, so that got us back home at a decent hour. The food as always was WONDERFUL!! After we got home, all four of us piled up in mine and Frank's bed and watched some TV, then of course watched the "ball drop". Pregnant woman here was already dozing before that though and woke up just in time to ring in the new year!!

New Years Day was beautiful here, but extremely windy and cold. Nevertheless, we headed to the mountains...are we crazy or what?? We new that there were some good campgrounds around the Elijay, GA area, so we thought we would go check them out. Most of the pictures we took were in the Fort Mountain State Park area and Crater Lake area. As you can see the lake is way down because of the drought that Georgia has had this past year. We haven't been camping since I found out I was pregnant, but can't wait to get the camper out and about again in the Spring!! So anyway, I wanted to share some pictures from our day trip yesterday. Hope you enjoy!

***Quick Baby Update, Too***I had an appt. on New Years Eve and thought it was just going to be a quick see the doctor, tell him I am doing fine, etc. kind of appt., but after I got in my room, they brought in this machine, and I thought "what in the world??" I shouldn't have been scared, but obviously, I have never been through any of this, so.... Anyway, it was just a monitor to do a NST (Non-Stress Test) on Baby H. It measured his heart rate for 20 minutes. Everything was fine, my doctor said he seemed to be a very happy baby in there (let's just hope he doesn't get too happy and decided to stay too long in there!!) I was also told that from this point on I will go in to the doctor twice a week!! Once will be to see the dr. and do a NST, and the next appt will be to have an ultrasound and NST. Being diabetic (type 2, not gestational), my doctor really really takes extra special care of me (thank you Dr. Wolf!). He wants to make sure the amniotic fluid stays like it should and most of all, that the baby doesn't gain weight too fast and get too big because of my diabetes. Fortunatly, I was instructed on this early on and have been able to keep my blood sugars under good control throughout the pregnancy, so he doesn't feel that their will be any problem. I will try to keep you informed on how these appts go each week. Thanks for continued prayers!

Now for some pictures!!

A Picture...finally!

Ok, so I haven't shared a whole lot on my pregnancy throughout these past almost 32 weeks. But can you believe I have made it to this point?? Sometimes it seems so unreal to me that our little baby boy will be here in 8 weeks or so! He is doing really well and weighed approx. 4lbs 1 oz. at my appointment 2 weeks ago. I go to the doctor on New Years Eve, so we will see what he is at then. I am beginning to really feel pregnant and get tired a little more easily and feel like I waddle all the time (haha!). So anyway, I thought I would post a picture of my pregnant belly for all of those I don't get to see on a regular basis. One other thing...Baby H is still breech, so please continue to be in prayer that he will turn himself around the right way!! : ) I would prefer not to have a c-section if at all possible! Thanks!!

Wishing all my family and friends a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Another video from Mari Cate's Christmas concert....

The first part is the traditional "Joyful, Joyful", then goes into a "rap" type version.

Again, the quality isn't that great (don't know why--we have a great camcorder!) Anyway, hope you enjoy!!!

Hot Chocolate!

Ok, this is my first time trying to add a video that I made and I uploaded it to YouTube, and it doesn't look real great, so I will be trying some other ways.

Anyway, this is from Mari Cate's concert this past Friday.

**Be sure to turn off the music player before you start the video**

12 Days of Cookies -- Days 6 and 7

Ok, I am taking a shortcut today on my 12 Days of Cookies posts. I am going to post the name/picture of the cookie and the link to The Food Network where you can find the recipe. Sorry to be kind of lazy, but I've got a busy day. : )

Fregolata: Crumb Cookie (Italy)

Sesame Rings (Spain)