We are 4 days out and totally exhausted. Went to the first Pediatrician appointment and everything looks great.

The Last Pregnancy Picture!

Last picture before going to Baylor to be induced

Brad and I had our “Last Supper” as a free-wheeling married couple without kids at Local in Deep Ellum before we headed to Baylor to get induced.  Foie gras, fried green beans with garlic sauce, seared Ahi tuna and the forbidden glass of white wine. We snapped this in the street outside of the restaurant on our way out. 

Our day had been crazy and hectic with lots of people working in the house: Shannon working on the never ending scrapbook project, Rebecca holding the Map I.T. fort down, Julio Rios and crew working to get all of the house renovation projects we started when we thought our due date was November 3rd finished before the baby arrived. Plumbers re-running hot and cold water to the upstairs bathroom.  Johanna and her mom trying to clean the drywall dust off of everything. It was all too much for a nervous couple about to add a baby into the mix.

Getting out together for the last time before our life changing event was happy and sad and very, very surreal.   

I’m at Baylor all hooked up to monitors and about to be induced. Hopefully we’ll have a baby by tomorrow! (I can’t believe this is really happening!)

We are off to Baylor! Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Love to all, Amy 

So I have been on REAL bedrest since last week. I guess real is still not REAL as we THOUGHT we were having the baby November 3^rd so we started like 5 house projects, including re rerunning all the plumbing to the upstairs bathroom, finally tiling it, cutting a hole in the den wall to put in new doors to the back yard and cutting a hole in the living room wall for an eventual TV since we had to move the plumbing there anyway.
Consequently I have had 3 plumbers and 3 workers in the house all week plus Rebecca who is taking over my clients and another girls working the computer helping me to finish a never ending project that has been going on for over 4 years. Not very restful but I have been wearing pajamas for a week which has been nice. J

From my Mom: We went over to Amy’s yesterday and Michael saw the nursery for the first time.  Kate really did a lot to help out as Amy has so much more done than when I was over last.  They have also gotten the plumbing straitened out in the upstairs bathroom and the guest bedroom all set up.  They have new doors in their office/den which really look great.  You can see to the back yard from the front door which really gives a spacious feeling to the house.  They are going to baptism class at St. Rita tomorrow and hope to get the baby baptized at Thanksgiving.  It has rained and rained here and is much cooler than it was, but not as cold as some of the places baseball is being played.

Well, I feel pretty good – think I entered the nesting stage as we are both getting a little dreamy eyed thinking about the baby. Still working on names – have settled on Samantha Giada for now as we can’t seem to agree. I want to call her Giada (or Gia or GiGi for short) Brad is not so hot on that. Well see I guess!

I am in week 31 (two months to go) and it looks like I am going to have gestational diabetes. I started sticking myself with the little tester today and will do so for about 2 weeks to see if I can get the blood sugar under control. The whole thing is a little confusing as They seem to want me to eat MORE carbs than I normally would but it is only day 1 so maybe the Dr. is right. I hear you are supposed to listen to them.

I just got off the phone with my sister, Kate. She has settled into Missouri but I believe her girls have hit the terrible twos. Plus, there is just one of her and two of them. She is coming down next week for a week to help me get the nursery set up and make sure I have all the stuff I need since she is definitely the expert. It will be good to see the twins as it has been awhile and it will tide my Mom over until Thanksgiving. I’m super thankful for Kate’s help as she keeps thinking of stuff I’m supposed to be thinking about but haven’t – like baby announcements  and Christmas cookies.

From My Dad: Amy, Grandmaw likes Michelle and Eliabeth. 

Aunt Patty:  Delilah, Daisy, Georgia, Gretchen, Honor* After someone suggested Annaleigh she said, GREAT!!!! ANNALEIGH HAS MY VOTE

My Uncle Buddy: BUDARENA OR BUD GOOD NAME To which my Aunt patty replied: get off it Bud,Whats the matter with Patty Anne???

My Cousin Andy Canterbury: Andie Ann Palmer has a nice ring to it

My Cousin Ellie Klimas: I will pass on the baby name advice from the head baker I just met with at Whole Foods, her name is Gidget. “Tell her to not name her child Gidget, unusual is great, but still have it be normal” My Cousin Mariah Weatherholt:  Naomi is a nice name. I’ve always been fond of Annabelle. Picking out names is soo much fun!

My Cousin Sarah Canterbury: I like Samantha, Julia, Alexandra, Elizabeth, or Lorelai (not on the list..just a suggestion!) 

My Cousin inLaw Christen Canterbury: I like Naomi-you don’t hear that very often-it is very pretty

Delilah would be a great choice Amy!  It was our great grandmother’s (Cullivan side) nickname.
I love Frances.  Or Kate.  That would be a really good name too. 😉

My favorites off the list are Naomi, Francesca, and Rowan.  My friend’s daughter is named Rowena and her nickname is Rowen.  We would also call her Ro or RoRo.  I absolutely adore the name trixie and wanted to call Evie Beatrix with the nickname Trixie but David (Kate’s Husband) feels it is a stripper name.

Also fan of Thisbe and Finley.  I love all the P names but do you want her initials to be PP?