38 weeks!

It's so hard for me to believe that I'm 38 weeks pregnant! The past month has flown by and it's crazy to think our little man could decide to come any day now. We are as ready as we can be and have everything that we need! Plus, I'm sure a lot more :)

I had an appt yesterday and everything looks good. My belly measured at 36 weeks, I'm 2 cm dialated and 50% effaced. If you don't want to know all the girly details I'd skip the rest of this paragraph! :) During the exam she said she could feel his head, but he moved away from her when she did touch him. She said that typically means that he isn't engaged yet since he could back away from her. I was just glad to hear that he was head down, because I was starting to wonder if he was laying across my belly based on some of his movements.

I think our doctor was surprised I had progressed that much and this early as a first time mom. I know we were! Heck, I wanted her to lie and tell me I was 1 cm even if I wasn't, lol. I have been having a ton of BH contractions so I was hoping they were getting things moving. I've had two really long spells of them where they were 8-10 minutes apart for about 6 hours or so. She said one of these times they won't stop and we'll be on our way to the hospital! She doesn't think I'll make it to my due date (21st) and thought he'd be here sometime within the next two weeks!!

Maybe next time I post there will be some images of a sweet baby boy! :)

Mele Kalikimaka!

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a wonderful day with their families. Even though we weren't in Iowa, Randy and I had a great day together. We sleep in a little bit, opened presents, baked a few side dishes and then headed to Annie & Eric's for a late lunch. I made sure Noah got plenty to eat and then we spent the evening playing games. Overall, it was a great day!

Randy and I made our final trip to Babies R Us before Noah arrives~ or so we hope! We still needed to pick up a few things so we did that yesterday and then spent today working in his room. If anyone was worried about him having clothes have no fear he has plenty! I thought we'd have to do a load or two of laundry~ man was I wrong!

I created a list of those who are still in the running for the baby pool that we did at my shower in Iowa. Sorry to those of you who guessed girl and are already out~ Lindsay, Sam, Jill, Renee, Han-na, Rachel, Shannon, Grandma Deb & Patsy! Maybe next time :)

This week is another short work week for Randy and I with the holiday. We did a lot of running and cleaning this weekend in hopes that we could relax and just hang out this coming weekend. The only thing we're doing this week is on Wednesday and we go on a tour of the Labor & Delivery Unit at the hospital. I'm not sure if that will calm some nervous or only make them worse. I'm guessing worse, lol :)

Again, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with their families. We're so thankful for everything that we have and feel incredibly blessed to have all of you in our lives to share it with! Even though we were all the way in Hawaii we still felt plenty of love from Iowa!

new belly pics!

Dec. 20th, 2009
(anyone know why my dates are wrong all of the sudden?!)

I know it's been forever, but I'm finally updating with some belly pics! The link below is from the USMC Ball in late November. We had such a great time! I've never seen so many women who are pregnant in one location in all my life, lol. It was pretty funny to see how many people are having Homecoming babies :)

http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/Orderpage.aspx?pi=03OH00G4020072&po=72&pc=134

We also had a maternity session with my friend, Michelle. She was the one who took our Homecoming photos back in April. She wanted to try some new things so I happily volunteered us to do so. Randy was such a good sport and went along with everything we tried! Here are a few of my favorites from that day.








This is from last weekend when we went Hanauma Bay with Randy's mom and Susan. I can't snorkel anymore, but I was still able to walk around and see fish. The water was so clear! I was in water up to my chest and I could still see fish just by walking around! I'm incredibly jealous they got to swim with a turtle! I can float on my back and swim just fine, but for some reason I can't float on my tummy which makes snorkeling a little difficult at this point.



And just because I think this one is funny... :)



This weekend we finished our shopping, wrapped everything and shipped it all for a small fortune. Randy made some awesome chili for lunch and we plan to spend our evening baking, watching football and maybe a Christmas movie.

The little man and I are doing good. He's gotten so much stronger in the past week or so. I'm wanting to record my belly when he's really active, but I haven't had any luck yet. It's almost as if he knows I want to record it~ little stinker! He's wild and crazy when I'm at work, but never when I'm just sitting at home.

We have everything we need and I think we're officially ready for him! I have been having a ton of Braxton Hick contractions. I had 3-4 days were I had them non-stop around the clock. I don't think I'll have him anytime soon, but since Johna had Mason so early every little thing has me wondering now. I go back to the doctor on Jan 6 and I'll be 38 weeks at that time. She said she'd check to see if I've made any progress if I wanted her to. It's just crazy to think how close we are~ only one more month!

I'm next in line.

I'm officially the next one in line to have a baby and I have less than 50 days to go! Randy's cousin, Johna, was due with their little boy on December 20th. On Tuesday morning, their little man decided to make an early appearence! Thankfully he's doing well and they're heading home tomorrow afternoon. Now that he's here that makes our little man the next one to arrive and me the next one to give birth! Yikes!!

Randy's mom and friend, Susan, are here visiting us for the next two weeks. This weekend we're heading to some museums, going on a dinner cruise, checking out the swap meet and spending an afternoon snorkeling. I'm excited, it should be fun!

I promise I'll share a belly picture soon! We've just been so busy that I haven't had time to upload anything that we've taken. Don't worry though, I have definitely been growing!!

Busy, busy, busy!

We have been so busy lately that I don't even know where to begin! My parents got here on the 6th and we've been on the go ever since. That weekend we had our follow up 3D u/s appointment. The little guy behaved much better this time! Granted he wasn't as entertaining as the first time, but he was still fun to watch. We saw a few cute yawns (which are my absolute favorite) and several sweet expressions. He's still a fan of having both little hands right in front of his face. The tech had me push on his bum a little bit to see if we could get him to move his arms and he gave the most pathetic pouty face I've ever seen! I was curious to see if he had any hair, but she said he doesn't have much yet. She said he still has plenty of time to grow some so hopefully he does! I've been envisioning him as having all that dark hair that my siblings and I had so I guess we'll have to wait and see once he gets here!

You can click here to see his new images. Click on Ultrasound, click on clients at the top and the password is boughton. They are in the same gallery as the first set of images. He still looks like the same little baby, but he is definitely beefing up! :)


Our sweet little man!


Not loving the photo shoot anymore!


This was our first peek at his little toes so I love that he's reaching for them!

My parents, Randy and I then headed to the Big Island for about a week. We had a great time and I'm sure I could make a post of just eventful moments we had :) The weather wasn't exactly perfect, but we still had a great time!

Tomorrow night is the USMC Ball. I feel like we haven't been to a Ball in forever, because of deployments. I'm excited to get all dressed up and go out for the evening with my hubby. We both have Thursday and Friday off so I'm also excited to spend a long weekend together without much else planned.

Oh~ if I'm really good he said we can start to decorate for Christmas this weekend too! :) I didn't decorate at all last year since he was in Iraq so we're going to more than make up for that this year!

quick update!

It was the last weekend for just me and the little man as Randy will be home Tuesday! After three months, I'm so ready for him to be home and stay home for awhile with us. He gets in about the time I get off work so I'll be rushing home that night for sure!

I went into super cleaning mode again this weekend. Randy and I will have this coming weekend together and then my parents will be here so I'm trying to get everything done ahead of time so we can spend our weekend relaxing. We might go to Babies R Us and get a few more things for the little man. I had a dream the other night that he came early and we didn't have anything for him. While I was in the hospital Randy had to leave to go buy a car seat, because they obviously wouldn't let us go home without one. So yeah, I'd like to get one of those sometime soon :)

Here's my belly this morning (27 weeks, 3 days). I know it's getting bigger, because I accidentally bumped it twice this weekend. Thankfully I didn't do it too hard, but I still felt bad! I'm still amazed at watching my belly and just love to feel him move! His movements feel different than before and they are getting a little stronger. It's just crazy to watch my belly move and do the wave as he wiggles around in there! I read the other day they are the most active in the 7 month so I'm anxious to see how much he changes in the next few weeks before he runs out of room in there.



The non-shingles infected view of my belly :)

Holy high cost of living!

We've lived here for 1.5 years and I still can't figure how out how people afford to live here. I guess if you were born and raised here it wouldn't seem as outrageous as it does to this Iowan, but I just find it absolutely insane!

Heather came over on Saturday night. We planned to order Papa John's and watch some chick flicks for the evening. She's just like me so we decided on a large 1/2 cheese, 1/2 pepperoni with some breadsticks. I tell the lady what we'd like and she informs me it'd be about $3 cheaper to get the special with a 2L of pop so I tell her that's fine we'll take the pop too. They get to the house and our total was $36.28! Are you kidding me? For one pizza? Do they not have any idea how many homemade pizzas I could make with $36.28?! Needless to say, that is only the 2nd time I've ordered pizza in Hawaii and it very well could be the last.

Then on Sunday I went to the commissary to pick up a few things. When I got there they were unloading some pumpkins so I thought I'd get one for both Randy and I to carve. They were decent pumpkins, but they all seemed a little squatty (I'm fairly positive that isn't a word!) to me. They were nice and round, but I thought they'd be hard to carve since they didn't have much height to them. So there I am digging in a barrel that's up to my chest looking for the perfect pumpkin. I have no idea what the going price for a pumpkin is these days, but they seemed a little pricey so I decided to only get one and we'll just have to carve it together. I get up the register and the dang thing is just under $1.00 per pound. Our average sized, kinda squatty pumpking cost me $10.00! Then I talked to my mom later that night and she said they were complaining about the price of pumpkins in Iowa, because they were a little over $4.00 this year. $4.00- heck that's a great deal compared to what I paid! Plus, I know Iowa pumpkins and I know they aren't squatty like the one I have!

As for me, I'm doing much better this week. My back is still a little sensitive, but it doesn't have the painful surface sting/pain it had earlier so I'm not complaining. Randy should be home in about one week so hopefully the little man and I can behave until then!