35 weeks!!

I can't believe that it is the last day of 2011!!  I think 2012 is going to be a very exciting year for the Neahr house.  I am officially 35 weeks, I can't believe I am that far along.  I officially feel ridiculously pregnant.  The last two weeks have made me realize just how far along I am.  I definitely get tired really easily, I have started to swell in my hands and feet a little, and I have even had a few contractions.  I go to the doctor this coming week for my last ultrasound, so hopefully they will be able to tell me how big he is and maybe an estimate if he will be coming early.  The nursery is finally ready and it looks great!!  Can't believe that any day now he could be here!!  Here are some belly and nursery pics....

 The belly has definitely grown!!

 His little crib is all set up and ready to go!

 One of his walls with shirts from all this favorite teams---Aggies, Rangers, Mavs and Cowboys!

 The changing table that Ryan worked very hard to redo, it looks great!!  Complete with drawer pulls that are all different sports!

 My new glider, very exciting!  Reese is excited, can't you tell?

 His diaper bag is all packed and ready for the hospital

 Another wall....

 Reese really loves his crib, she loves to lay underneath it and sleep.  Wonder what she will do once he is here...hmmm....

 Cute hanging for his door...

In this picture you can't really see it very well, but....the nails are all up to hang the letters that will spell out his name.  So yes, he officially has a name, but it is still a secret :)  Any guesses??

Baby shower!

My friends and family gave us the most wonderful baby shower over the weekend.  We are so blessed to have so many people who already love our little boy so much.  We got so many fantastic things.  He is going to be one stylish dude!!  Here are some pics...

Cute little clothes!

 Yummy!!

 Taylor was really excited about the "Rain Party" (aka shower!)

 More Yummy!

 Cute lamp for his room!

Adorable decor and gifts

 The beautiful Miss Elliana!

 Taylor helping me open my gifts..

 She is such a good helper!

 So much good stuff!  Thanks Mimi!!!

 Really excited about getting the crib bedding.  His room is going to be so cute!

Tien, such a good friend from PA school

 With my sister-in-law Morgan, she is going to be a great aunt!

 The best Mimi ever!

 With Aunt Patty and Katy

 Check out the baby bump

 The best Millie ever!

 Katy, the best friend anyone could ask for

My cousin Carmen, she is looking fabulous in this picture

31 weeks...

Here is the bump picture for the week...

And the Reese picture of the week.  She needs a haircut!!!

I can't believe we are already at 31 weeks.  That means only 9 weeks until baby!!  9 weeks, that is in the single digits, crazy!  We are still working hard on getting things done around here.  And by we, I really mean, Ryan is working hard.  He is done painting the nursery and has moved on to refinishing a dresser for the room.  We had a great Thanksgiving with family.  It was very nice that we did not have to travel this year.  I highly recommend to everyone to wear maternity pants for Thanksgiving, makes the after meal stomach bulge much easier to handle :)

29 weeks!!

Hello 3rd trimester!!  Can't believe the first two are already done.  He will be here before we know it.  Here are some pictures from the past few weeks...

 Baby bump pic of the week...

 My favorite pic from Ryan's recent trip to Australia...

 We went to my Grandparents' house a few weeks ago, so I took the opportunity to take some pics of my sweet niece and nephew

 so cute they are!!

 Taylor!!

 This pic of Grady cracks me up, it looks like he has a halo, he is so angelic, hee hee!!

 The sweet ladies at work gave me a baby shower

 Look at all of the cute presents...

 Lia posing with the presents...

 My nurse Sharla is also pregnant, but she is due in just a few weeks!

Just 11 more weeks until we get to meet the little guy.  Ryan has been working hard on the nursery, he is almost finished painting.  We got so many presents at the shower, can't wait to start putting them up in his room.  Every time we get something new or get something else done it becomes more real.  We will have a baby in just a few weeks, ahhhh!! 

26 weeks!

At 24 weeks I went back for another ultrasound.  On the previous ultrasound his head was tucked in so they couldn't see his face and brain, so they needed to go back and get another look.  The sonographer said he looked great, still progressing perfectly!  His legs were measuring a week ahead and his stomach was a week behind, so it looks like he is going to be tall and skinny!  He is kicking a lot more lately, which is fun until he karate chops me right in the bladder.
Here is his ultrasound picture for the week.

And the bump picture for the week...

My patients at work are just now starting to notice that I am showing, which makes for funny conversations at times.  I have this really sweet lady who is in her 80's and she was talking away and in mid sentence she asks, "Are you pregnant?"  And I said I was.  And she replied, " Oh good, I thought to myself, I hope that girl didn't go get herself fat!!".  Haha!  I can't wait until I am 80 and can say whatever I want and it always be cute!  Another patient brought be a baby present--it is a shirt that has bedazzled rhinestone letters and says "Thanks Mom for the womb and board!".  It is cute.  Ryan just got home from a 3 week trip to Australia, so now that he is back the nursery decorating will begin, woo hoo. 

23 weeks!

Here are the bump pictures of the week... I am actually starting to look pregnant :)

 My little bumpkin is growing!

silly Reese!

Camping trip

Over the weekend we went to Oklahoma to the Wichita Wildlife Refuge with my family.  It was great to get out of town for the weekend and see nature.  We were able to see many elk, buffalo, prairie dogs, deer and longhorns.  Too bad the Aggies lost and spoiled the weekend, haha.  Maybe next week.  Here are some pics from the weekend...

 View of the lake from our campsite

 This is our ghetto TV set up so we could watch the Aggie game, haha

 Elk

 The group looking at elk

 Pretty Sunset

 More Sunset

 

Hiking trail

Rex and Yvonne trying to find where the Aggies went in the 2nd half against OSU..hmmm...

Baby Boy's first camping trip!