The perfect weekend!

It was a busy weekend in the Kaye house. Friday, I celebrated my 29th birthday. Our friend Bernardo, aka as B, also had a birthday this weekend, so we went to Katie & B's house on Friday night and the guys enjoyed a little tournament of Wii sports, while the girls chatted the evening away. There were so many desserts to choose from, like Bits & Berries, Peanut Butter Pie, and cupcakes. It was a fun night for all of us. Btw, Adam won the tournament. Way to go honey!

Saturday, the girls and I met and had lunch at the Country Rose Tea Room. I had a Cranberry Turkey Croissant (I'm starting to notice that I mention a lot about food in this blog. I guess that happens when your 37.5 weeks pregnant). It was so delicious and I will definitely get it again, when I go back. Afterwards, I came home and worked on getting some of Taylor's stuff together and making a list of items that I still needed. As soon as Mason woke up from his nap, we were out the door to BabiesRus and Target. Hangers were at the top of the list, because she has so many outfits, and I was tired of having them in bags. I think we have almost everything we need. I still need to get a couple more burp cloths, nursing pads, and some nursing tank tops.

Sunday, we played hookie from church. With it being cold season, I didn't want to run the chance of Mason getting sick before Taylor's arrival. The past couple of weeks that we have gone, he always comes down with something, even if it is minor, I don't want to take any chances. Instead, we had a nice breakfast and walked to the park by our house. Mason points towards the park every time we pass it, and there is no way I can take him on my own these days, so it was a nice outing for all of us. Mason was having so much fun on the swings, climbing the stairs and of course going down the slides. However, one of the slides he went down brought our time at the park to a close. Once he got to the bottom of the slide, I noticed his shorts were soaking wet. I figured it was a water puddle from rain the past week. However, after further inspection, we discovered that some boy probably thought it would be funny to pee at the bottom of the slide. It was disgusting.

I didn't bring a change of clothes, because we were so close to the house. So we walked him to the bathroom and took off his shorts and washes his hands, arms and legs, and then put him back in the stroller. He didn't like this at all and started throwing a fit. I felt so bad for him, because I know all he wanted to do was play, but there was no way I would have him running around the park in a shirt and diaper. So, we decided to walk around the outskirts of our neighborhood and take the long way home. This allowed us to walk by the Dog Park, which Mason loves. He is absolutely fascinated with dogs. It calmed him down and he was back to his normal self in minutes.

As we walked up our driveway and opened the garage, we realized it would be fun if we just spent the rest of the time outside. I brought out shorts for Mason and all of his balls to play with. He had so much fun running around the yard, tossing the balls, chasing after them, or kicking them. I decided to make a picnic lunch and Mason was so excited to sit a big boy chair and eat his lunch. It was definitely a fun day in our house. With Taylor's arrival getting closer and closer, I wanted to make sure that Mason had some quality time with both of us and as a family of three. It's crazy to think that soon we will be a family of four.

37 week checkup

Mason & I started our morning by having breakfast at Chick Fil A. If you don't know, I have a little obsession with this place. This is the first Chick Fil A in Bakersfield and I have been waiting for this day, since we moved out here. So last night, my friend Marissa & Jayme and I were in the car on our way to get pedicures and manicures, when I made this noise of excitement (sounds like a big inhale of air), that scared the tar nation out of Marissa (she was driving). In fact, it scared her so much, she thought she was about to get in a wreck. We were fine, but got a good laugh out of it ( This little noise has also scared others and I don't mean to do it, but I get the same reaction every single time). Anyway, I was excited because of the grand opening today. All of my friends will see what I mean, once they try it or they will just think that I'm a freak.

My doctor's appointment was at 9:30am this morning, which meant that Mason would be tagging along with me. Adam couldn't make it, because he has been out of town for the last couple of days and had a lot of work to catch up on. I was thrilled to be off of my antibiotics from my bladder infection and praying that it wasn't still there, because that would mean more meds and I wouldn't be able to take my heartburn medicine. Let me tell you, that without that little pill of Zantac, I'm a completely different person. It's helped thru both of my pregnancies.

Dr. Helliwell shared that my bladder infection was all gone and checked my cervix and I am 50% effaced and 2 cm dilated, which is fantastic news, considering last week I hadn't made any progress. I know that still means that I could stay that way for a couple more weeks or I could go at anytime. He also suggested that we talk about scheduling an induction around 39 weeks. I had spoken previously with him about an elective induction but opted not to go that route, but he thinks due to my past pregnancy it is better to induce a week early. Mason was induced 10 days before his due date, due to his size, and the fact that he already taken off all of his vernix. Also, I had a very short labor with Mason and since your second labor tends to be somewhat shorter than your first, he would rather be safe than sorry. I'm hoping she will make her appearance before her induction, but I guess we will see. I go back next Tuesday, where they will do another ultrasound. It will be my last one before her arrival.

As I mentioned previously, the some of my girl friends and I went out last night. It was a nice break and I just love getting pampered. As we were getting out of the car to go into the salon, I noticed the ground was still wet from the rain we received that day. I made note, because I was in my flip flops and didn't want to slip. The minute I stepped on the sidewalk, I lost my balance and fell on my knees. I was laughing so hard, because I'm sure it was a site to see. I was fine and so was Taylor, so there were no worries, just a good laugh. Here are a few pictures of my belly at 37 weeks.

Taylor's Bedding

Although Taylor's room isn't finished, I have had several requests to show pictures of the bedding. My talented Mom, offered to make the bedding for me. I found the fabric at Hobby Lobby and immediately knew that it would fit perfectly with the idea I had in my head. Mom did a fantastic job and I am so pleased with the final outcome. It is everything I wanted and then some. Thank you Mama!

Piece of Cake

Last week, I made a cake for the ladies biblestudy. We had some left over and Mason took advantage of it. The boy loves cake!

Couples Baby Shower

Friends from our Sunday School class thru us a double couples baby shower today. There is another couple, Kris & Kurt, who are expecting a little girl due exactly one week before us. So they decided to get the guys involved, except only three guys showed and two of them were the fathers-to-be. Crystal & Marissa hosted the shower and at Crystal's house, which worked out perfect for the little kids. They were able to play in the back yard and stay busy, while we opened gifts.

We played a couple of games and I didn't too well. You would think that I would ace it considering the amount of baby showers I have been to, including my own, but I had what I like to call "pregnancy brain."

The cute baby cake that they they had made, with cupcakes with both little girls names, Taylor & Lilly. Here we are posing with our daughters cupcakes.

The mothers-to-be with our co hosts, Marissa & Crystal. Anytime the cameras were out, the kids wanted to be in the pictures, except Mason. He was too busy playing with the jump rope and the toy laptop.

The fathers-to-be were the focus of one of the games. Each guy had to change their doll out of their dirty clothes and put on the clean clothes. Afterwards, they had to dig thru the box and put everything on the list into the diaper bag. The first one to finish, won. Adam tried very hard, but he lost by a few seconds. I'm still proud of you honey!

We received many wonderful gifts and it was nice to visit with everyone. We are so blessed to have such a caring and fun group in our Sunday School. I appreciate all of the thought that went into this shower and the kindness of everyone.

35 weeks

I had my 35 week appointment yesterday. I was looking forward to this appointment, because it would be the first time they would check to see if I had dilated any or thinned out. I have been having several contractions, all braxton hicks, but enough for me to hope that something was happening.

First they weighed me, and surprisingly I had lost two pounds. I haven't been sick and my appetite is still the same, so I was surprised to see that. It's not very common to lose weight, especially within weeks of your delivery. It is however common, to lose weight before delivery, but usually that is within a couple days. My doctor didn't seem worried about it and said if it continues to stay the same or I lose any more weight, they will do an ultrasound next week to make sure my amniotic fluid levels are okay.

I had my Group B strep test done. I was also told that I have a bladder infection. I honestly was so surprised, because I have had a few before and I can tell when I'm getting one. This time I had no clue. However, it does explain my contractions being so frequent. It can irritate your uterus and if not taken care of, can cause you to go into preterm labor. They put me on antibiotics for the next 7 days to clear it up. The downside, is that I can't take any heartburn medicine and that is a problem. Anything gives me heartburn these days, even water. I look forward to the day that I finish all of the medicine so that I can resume my daily Zantac regimen.

They checked to see if I had dilated any, but unfortunately nothing. While I was hoping some progress had been made, I wasn't too surprised. I was still only 1 cm with Mason when I was induced with him. They say you dilate sooner with your second, but that isn't always the case. I return next Thursday and at that time I will be just a day shy of being full term.

More than anyone!

4 years ago today, Adam & I went on our very first date. If you don't know the story, I blew him off for the first 7 months we knew each other. He seemed to good to be true and I had gotten out of a relationship and wasn't ready to be in one again. By the time we started talking again, I felt bad for blowing him off, because he was a really great guy and didn't deserve it.

We agreed to meet up after work at Cafe Adobe for dinner. Afterwards, I had free tickets to Gavin Degraw's Concert around the corner from the restaurant. I was a little nervous he wouldn't show, only because I did blew him off several months back and what if he decided to do the same thing to me. I'm glad he didn't. Dinner was fantastic and as we started walking to the venue, the skies opened and it began to pour. Both of us ran to the front doors, but we still ended up looking like we stepped out of a shower. I was freezing wet and needed to dry off immediately. I kept telling myself to play it cool, because what guy wants to be with a girl who whines about being wet the rest of the evening. So I went in the bathroom and towel dried the best I could, with all the other ladies doing the same thing. To be honest, after awhile, I didn't even realize that my clothes were still soaked, because we were having such a good time. Gavin puts on a great concert. He is better live then on CD and we were able to see him walking in the parking lot, as we walked to our cars. The rest of the story is history.

We share this day with a couple other occasions in my family. Today is also my nephew, Connor's, 3rd birthday. It is also the anniversary that my dad adopted us. So I treasure this day for many reasons. Tonight, Adam pulled out the CD and asked me to dance to our song. As we danced to "More than anyone," memories flooded my mind of the night of the concert. It's the same song we chose as our first dance as husband and wife. I love you Babe!