Exciting News

On the night of the fireworks I took this very cute (but dark) video to capture the sharing of some very exciting news.  Don't mind my high, squeeky voice.   I can't believe I really sounds like that.  How do people put up with me?!?

Everyone thought I was just taking a group photo...but really I was taking video.  I wish it wasn't so dark but by the time everyone got to the cemetery for fireworks we had lost the sun.  Baby Harris will be here around February 17th, 2015.  We are very excited for Emilee and Tucker. They will be awesome parents.

ONE WEEK!

Here's an update on the pregnancy...Baby Boy still hasn't made his debut. Today at the doctor I was dilated to a 3 1/2 and 100% effaced, so that was at least some progress. My blood pressure was 117/80 (one of the best yet). I really think it must be all your prayers keeping me and baby so healthy. I'm so thankful and blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. I would have never guessed I would make it full term with this pregnancy. My doctor really thinks he'll come any day now, but I'm thinking this child has his daddy's procrastinating spirit and is going to stay in there as long as he can. ;-)

So we may just have to give him a little motivation. If he doesn't decide to come by next Thursday the 24th, I will be induced. A week still sounds like forever, but at least I know there is an end in sight and he'll be here soon. I hope my Uncle Terrell doesn't mind sharing his birthday with his great nephew. The weird thing is no one guessed the 24th. I had lots of guesses for my due date (the 25th) and a lot for my birthday (the 13th), and pretty much every day in between, but no one guessed the 24th. I guess there is still the possibility that he'll hit one of the days in between.

Last night I dreamt my water broke and I was so upset when I woke up and it hadn't. I cried all morning. ;-) I'm just EXTREMELY ready for him to be here.

April Madness

Just in case you were as disappointed in your March Madness bracket as I was with mine, (although Curtis actually has done really well) here's a chance to redeem yourself. Make sure you fill out the "guess the date of baby boy's arrival" polls on the side.

In case you want to make an educated guess, here's a little history on what's been going on so far. On Wednesday, March 19th, Mandy actually started having labor pains and went to the hospital. Since baby was only 34.5 weeks along, they did all they could to stop the labor. She was only dilated to a 1 and 50% effaced, and her bp never went over 140/95, so there was no big threat to make baby need to come, and luckily labor did stop and no more contractions (other than one or two a day) have been coming, and she has been put on bed rest.

Last appointment Mandy was dilated to a 2 and 75% effaced. Another ultrasound is being preformed this Thursday the 3rd to check babies lungs and those kinds of things. BP was 130/88 at last appointment as well.

Feel free to leave a comment with your guess of day baby will come. Curtis says we'll give a gift certificate or something fun to the person who gets it right. Otherwise, just take the polls on the right hand side and we'll see how smart you all are.

Oh yeah, another helpful hint....official due date is April 25th.

Good Luck!

Prego?

Jen's comment that I didn't even look pregnant made me laugh. I'm definitely looking pregnant, although I realized the pictures I've posted don't really reflect it, which is good in my opinion. I don't consider myself a "hot" pregnant chick and try to avoid the camera as much as possible. However, for my family and friends who don't have the chance to rub my belly or laugh at how much weight I gain everyday, here's a picture just for you. I get bigger everyday, and sadly, my blood pressure is starting to go up again, although it is still in a very good range. Hopefully that's where it stays. PRAY FOR ME!

LOVES!

Now...tell me I don't look pregnant. :)

BOY OH BOY!

Well, looks like the majority of you were right! Our next baby is going to be a boy. We're really excited and were very happy to hear that everything looked great in the ultrasound. I don't like my new doctor as much as my old one and was a little disappointed in the ultrasound experience and am now questioning delivering at Alta View. I was really spoiled by Dr. Durbin's office. I might just start making the drive back up to Layton. If anyone has a really great doctor in the Salt Lake area, let me know. But all in all, what can you say? We're really blessed and can't wait for this little guy to get here. We'll keep praying that everything keeps going well for mom and baby. I'll try to scan the pictures when I can. Thanks for all your love and support!

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I Love Ya, Tomorrow!

Well, tomorrow is the day we finally find out what we are having. Hope you all got your votes in on the poll. We'll see who's right and who's wrong. Curtis is pretty confident it's a boy, Mandy doesn't have a feeling either way, and every time we ask Kylee if it's a boy or girl she says "Boy". But lets face it...boy is way easier for a 15 month old to say then girl. Looks like most of you think it's a boy as well.
The appointment is late in the afternoon so be sure to look for a blog tomorrow night or Thursday morning. We'll be happy either way and are just hoping it's healthy and growing like it should. We are looking forward to being able to call the baby he or she instead of "it" and to start thinking about some possible names.