New Date

Hey everyone,

We had our first baby shower on Sunday the 11th. Taylor received so many nice things. She already has so many people that are going to spoil and love her to death. The shower was all pink and brown (which are the colors of her room). Clay and I are so grateful for everyone involved and that came. Just having our friends and family there meant more than any gift that was brought. Although the gifts were nice and will help out, the fellowship was even better. Clay and I don't really get out much anymore therefore we do not get to see our friends that much. The shower was a chance for us to hangout and just relax. I wish I could name everything Taylor received but it was so much that I would probably leave some things off. I'll try and get some pictures up of the shower if deddy can remember to e-mail them to me.


So now for the news. We went to the doctor Friday the 16th. We thought we were going to miss the visit because there was a wreck in the tunnel so traffic was backed up. We always leave in plenty of time so that we will arrive a few min. early or if anything like a wreck were to happen we would still have time to get there. Well yesterday when we left we did not realize until we were in the truck that we needed to put air in the tires. I was thinking this is going to put us cutting it close to our appointment time. But we stop to put air in the tires (better to be safe) and then we are on our way. We get on the bridge and get about half way across and we come to a stop. For those of you who have driven across this bridge its long and typically if you are at a stop then something is wrong way up in front of you. I think again, now we are going to be late. We decide instead of going through the tunnel we are going to go downtown Mobile (keep in mind neither of us know how to get to the Dr. office this way). I decide to call the office to let them know if we are late we are only going to be a few min. late and to get directions. (We have a GPS but do not know how to use it.) Ok so we have our directions and we finally get to our exit and we have a little more than 10 min. to get there. Oh yeah the operator I spoke with told us if we were not there by 11:20 we would not be able to see the Dr. because she had to go to surgery. This upset me because these visits just give me a peace of mind and irritated Clay considering every time we go we have to wait on the doctor. We decided to be optimistic and not let it get to us, if we don't get to see the Dr. then we will just trust that everything is ok (Taylor moves so much that I know everything is ok) and we will go and set up our appt. in two weeks. We were not going to let this become a bad day. We finally arrive at the doctors office and yes we are late about 15 or 20 min. to be exact. We did get to see the doctor. While we were waiting we saw on the news the wreck that put us back. I say all that to say this its crazy how the Lord works, if we would have left earlier we would have still be in traffic because we would not have been able to take the exit we took. If we would have left later we would have been in traffic still because by the time we saw it on the news the traffic was backed up across the entire bridge. Finally, if there would have not been a wreck then we would have taken our same route and would not have learned a new way to go. The good thing about knowing another way to go is that if there is backed up traffic the day we have to deliver then we have an alternate route. So our crazy starting day ended up being a very good one. While we were talking to the doctor she told us "I wish you would have called to let us know you were running late because then they could have told you I was backed up with patients and to take your time getting here." Clay and I looked at each other remembering what we were told when we called and just laughed.

Now for the news. We are inducing on Dec. 1 if of course Taylor has not decided to make her appearance yet. I will go into the hospital at 5am that morning. If anything changes I will be sure to let you know. It is a possibility it could be the Sunday before that. We will know more after our next Dr. visit on the 30th of this month.

Hope you all enjoy these things....


Ashley

Only 61 days to go!! Give or take some....

Well I decided to start this blogging thing. I have one out there from a class I had but did not like that one so I am starting another one. This is to update everyone on Taylor. We only have 61 days to go before we get to meet our little girl. Of course less if she decides to come early and more if she decides to come late. Clay and I are so excited and patiently waiting her arrival. To be honest I am scared, so scared!! Clay he is probably nervous but of course he will not admit it yet. I wish I would have started this blog earlier than now so that I could update everyone on all of our doctors visits. Just to let you know we have only had good visits. I have officially gained 30 pds. !!!! and I still have more to come I'm sure. Taylor is just as active as ever. At one point I found myself asking when will I start feeling her move and now she will not stop moving. Still freaks Clay out a little when I tell him to put his hand on my stomach so he can feel her. To be honest she already has him wrapped around her little finger. I am going to try and upload a few of our 3d sonogram pictures we have if I can figure out the scanner. There is one with her legs crossed and actually it is the best picture we got because she did not want to cooperate. Kinda funny that the one of her feet is the best one considering Clay and I both have a phobia with feet.

Clay and I are really looking forward to the baby showers. We are excited to see everyone, friends and family and really appreciate everyone who has helped out with them. We could not be more grateful.

I guess I could also let you all know about how my pregnancy has be going since most of who will be reading this are in Columbus and I do not get to see all of you. Of course that is what moms are for I am sure she has kept everyone updated for me. Thanks mom. :) For the most part my pregnancy has gone extremely well. The first trimester I was soooo tired all the time and had lots of headaches. After the first trimester everything seemed to get back to normal other than the part of my belly expanding so far out that I literally can not see my feet anymore. The changes your body goes through is crazy, some changes I would have to say "I have been blessed" speaking of expanding parts of my body, and other changes not the best but all a part of it.

Clay has been to every doctors visit with me and I would have to say that I am very impressed with him. It makes my nerves calm a little considering all the blood they took from me, the flu shot, and everything else that makes me dislike going to the doctor. You see I do not do well with needles. I kept telling Clay this but he was like its ok, it won't hurt you will be fine. So when I tell him ok I may pass out I thought that may help him out on how I really do not do well with needles but nope he still insisted I was being to dramatic. So, we go to the doctor and this is the day they have to get all the blood from me (5 of those little tubes to be exact) I'm laying there and Clay is sitting on the other side of the room and all of a sudden my face is pale, I'm sweating, and I'm dizzy. Lucky for me I told the nurse before hand that I do not do well with needles so she had already laid me down. Thankfully I did not pass out I just had to lay there for a few min. but I know for a fact Clay will listen to me from now on considering he was the one holding the nice pink puke pan for me :)

As for the pregnancy right now, I am doing great. I cant really sleep at night and my back has given me some problems. Other than this Taylor and I are just trying to keep up with school. By the way she is due the week of finals which is just crazy.

I hope you all enjoy this and I promise I will do my best to keep this up especially when Taylor finally gets here.