The Townsends

Monday, August 8, 2011

The End is NEAR!!!

So, this morning Austin and I headed back to the Dr for Hannah's non-stress test. Apparently this girl is WAY too relaxed because she didn't want to have anything to do with being monitored. She slept the entire time and wouldn't move which is something they were monitoring her for. My Dr checked me again and once again, not dilated AT ALL. :( She sent me over to the hospital to get Hannah checked out further to make sure she's still ok in there. We had a biophysical profile done which is basically an ultrasound to measure her amniotic fluid, her movement, make sure she's practicing breathing, etc. If she didn't pass 100% then my Dr was going to send me directly to labor & delivery and we'd get the induction started. I'm not going to lie, I was semi-hoping she'd score 95%, I'm miserable! But, our girl is stubborn and just didn't feel like moving on command this morning apparently because she passed her test with a perfect score and we're back at home. Not before finding out her estimated weight though.... Drum roll please.......little Miss Hannah isn't so little. She's approximately 9 lbs 4 oz and off the charts in all areas of size! Yep, that's right, she's over 9 lbs. No wonder I'm miserable!! I have to say, my mood went south from there. I was shocked that she was THAT big. This has been my fear for a long time considering Austin was 9 lbs 9 oz but my Dr never thought Hannah would end up that big. Well, she was wrong. So, we head to the hospital Wednesday evening and start the induction process. After getting the report and seeing her size, we may be switching up the labor plan but we'll see how it goes and won't really know until we're there. So now we just wait more and hope for a smooth delivery! Sometime on Thursday we'll finally be able to meet our baby girl!

Friday, August 5, 2011

Waiting...

We are still waiting on Miss Hannah's arrival! This morning we went for Hannah's 2nd non-stress test this week to make sure she's doing good in there. Well, she's doing great and doesn't want to go anywhere!

Hannah and Mommy hanging out getting monitored. We both passed the test. :) Like that big belly? It's so white it glows I think.

While she was being monitored I had a few contractions and one of them was really strong and I was able to recognize it as a contraction so that's a good sign. I didn't realize it until then but I've been having them everyday lately and just thought they were BH contractions. They literally take my breath away! So, it's a step in the right direction! We met with the Dr after the test and I'm still not dilated at all but the Dr could feel Hannah's head because she's so low so we're getting close! My Dr said she can still come at any time but if she doesn't come this weekend then I'll be back on Monday morning for another non-stress test and exam. I am officially scheduled to be induced Wednesday evening if she still hasn't made her arrival so in less than a week Hannah will be here! I was pretty discouraged about not being dilated still but according to my Dr sometimes that's just how it works. She said that some people don't dilate at all until labor starts but it would be an even better sign if I would dilate on my own. All I do know is that Hannah is one happy baby in there so I guess I can't ask for more than that!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

40 Weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 40 Weeks, it's Hannah's DUE DATE!!!! I can't believe it!

Size of baby: Hannah is about the size of a watermelon, BIG!

Total Weight Gain: 23 lbs

Maternity Clothes: All maternity clothes

Gender: GIRL!!! Hannah Lee Townsend

Movement: Hannah loves moving around but she's out of room in there! Her movements are big and they hurt a lot of the time now. I think she's trying to get out of there half the time, seriously. It's really uncomfortable when she moves but I'm cherishing each time because I know there isn't much time left to feel her moving around in there.

Sleep: What's sleep?? I wake up pretty much at the same times each night and sometimes I wake up super early in the mornings, like 5-6am for absolutely no reason. Not a huge fan of that....

Cravings: Sweets, ice cream

What I Miss: Moving around like a normal person and sleeping through the night

Symptoms: Heartburn ALL THE TIME, absent mindedness, swelling, shortness of breath, LOTS of BH contractions. Hannah is dropping more each day according to my Dr but as of Tuesday when we went to the Dr I hadn't made any other progress since last weeks appt. :( I was soooo disappointed but we're going back to the Dr tomorrow to get checked again and then we'll have a plan set for Hannah's arrival. I was hoping I wouldn't have to be induced but we'll see what the Dr says at the appt. Hannah is getting too big for her Mommy and needs to come out so we'll do what needs to be done! My Dr even said to me on Tuesday "oh, your poor belly" because it is FULL of our baby girl! Tracy felt my belly on Monday and said "it's so hard, you don't have any soft spots" because there are none, Hannah is taking up ALL the room! I've been telling people that for weeks, I don't know why no one believed me. Ha!

Best moment this week: Reaching her due date! She's now officially late and needs to make her appearance ASAP! We can't wait to meet her and hold her in our arms!! Austin said earlier this week that he thinks she's going to show up today because she's her Mommy's daughter and I'm ALWAYS on time for everything! Ha! For real, even when I just say "I'll be at your house around 6" I always end up pulling up to the house at 6pm exactly, I don't know why it always works out like that but it does. I'm always on time even when I'm not trying to be. So, maybe Miss Hannah is the same way and didn't want to show up to the party early! We'll see, there are a few hours left on her due date but my guess is that she'll be showing up on Monday. If only she knew how much room she's going to have in the "outside world" I think she'd be out of my belly in a heartbeat!

We had Chinese food last night (Austin was trying the spicy food route to get Hannah to come out, didn't work) and these were our fortunes! Right after I got pregnant one of my fortunes was "Daughter" and that turned out to be true so if I had gone into labor last night I was going to buy a lotto ticket with those numbers! Ha!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Happy Birthday Tracy

Monday was Tracy's birthday so my Mom and I went over to her house with presents and cake and to give Haley some lovin'

Precious little sleeping beauty

Aunt K and little Haley

She was alert for a while during our visit!

It's crazy that there is a baby bigger than her inside that huge belly of mine!

We're having a good talk :)

Pretty girl

Love that blond hair

This picture was almost two years earlier (8/14/09) with little Leah. We're giving eskimo kisses :)

So Haley and I had to do the same thing. I just realized I'm wearing the same color shirt for both pics

Tracy texted me this picture this morning and it was too cute not to include. Haley is such a pretty little baby and is a mini-me of her big sister Leah at that age!

I hope you had a good birthday with your girls Tracy! Love you!

Hannah's Final Baby Shower

This past Saturday was Hannah's 5th and FINAL baby shower, our little girl is already so spoiled! I honestly never thought Austin and I would attending the shower because I thought she'd already be here by then but I was wrong! Austin's coworkers were so nice to throw a shower for us to welcome baby Hannah. Most of his coworkers are more like friends to us that he just happens to work with so it was a lot of fun. They are all so excited for Hannah to get here, it's sweet. I spent most of the night sitting so I didn't get any pics of the guests but it was a pretty good turnout!

Two of our hosts, Jamie and Melissa

Yummy food, we also had delicious BBQ that Steve made for us

AWESOME cake pops and cupcakes!

Cute chocolate flower pops that Jamie and Angie's daughters made for the shower, so sweet

Daddy & Mommy-to-be

Present time! I can say with 100% certainty that Hannah is SET! Austin was so funny, this bucket was full of goodies and Austin's one question out of all the stuff that was in there was if we get to keep the bucket. Ha, yes Austin, the bucket is ours to keep.

Austin and his work buddies, Jamie and Rob all sweaty from playing washers for hours

It was a great night and we are so lucky to have so many people who are excited for Hannah to arrive! They are all ready to teach her about Aggie football! Maybe next year boys, the 2011 season may be a little too early for baby girl!

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Hannah Has The Hiccups

Throughout my pregnancy I haven't noticed Hannah having the hiccups too much until recently. She gets them a lot now! The other night I recorded it on my phone, it was funny. At the end of the video you hear me say "stop" because Austin was standing behind me giggling like a little girl watching my belly.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Introducing Haley Rae Josefovsky!

Yesterday Haley made her entrance into the world! After the quickest labor and delivery EVER she was here! Tracy was a champ and was only in labor about 4 1/2 hours and pushed maybe 10 minutes and out came Haley Rae! She is absolutely precious and looks just like her big sister Leah did when she was born.

Waiting around for baby girl #2 to arrive! And it's our last pregnant picture taken together!

Tracy and her nurse Annie, who also just happens to be one of her friends! They got to know each other really well by the end of the day! Ha! It was neat to have someone you know in there the entire time helping you along.

Tracy and Ryan waiting on their 2nd daughter to arrive

She's here!

Haley and her Aunt Kelly (who cried like a baby when I held Haley, I guess those pregnancy hormones kicked in! Or maybe it's because it's so crazy that I'm going to have a little one myself in just a matter of days!)

Lainey and Haley (she wasn't too happy the first few hours of her new life, ha!) Either that or she was just really into the sound of her own voice.

Big girl getting all checked out! I went down to the nursery with her to take some pictures and the only thing that soothed her was sucking on her own fingers.

Look at that little tooshie getting all cleaned up! Too cute. She wasn't a big fan of her 1st bath.

Uncle Austin was really interested in everything they were doing to Haley in the nursery. He was amazed that there was a baby that size (and probably bigger actually) in my belly right now. I've been aware of this fact for a while but I guess it just dawned on him when he saw a newborn. Ha!

Tracy and I hanging out waiting on Haley to come back from the nursery. I told my mom when we got there that people were going to think I was there to be admitted for delivery. I was right too! I was walking down the hall after seeing Haley in the nursery and one lady asked me if the nurse had me "walking the halls" to speed up labor. Ha! I said "nope, I have a few more days!"