38 weeks and Baby Shower #2

38 weeks along now...


The school that I teach at had a baby shower for us last Friday afternoon.. here are just a couple pics from that.

Baby Shower #1

Here are a few pics from the wonderful baby shower that we had last Sunday afternoon:

This cake was amazing and delicious.. Kellie made it herself! Very impressive.














Back at home, sorting through all of our gifts with my sweet friend Jan

37 weeks

We are now almost 38 weeks along, so I'm a few days late in posting this.. but here's the 37 week picture.

A little update

We are now only 2 1/2 weeks away from our due date!

Some ladies (thank you, Kellie!) from our church threw us a wonderful baby shower on Sunday afternoon and it was so much fun. People are so generous and thoughtful.. we got some really nice and cute stuff!

My back has been bothering me a great deal lately, so my "best friends" have been lots of pillows to sleep with and a heating pad throughout the day. Otherwise, everything is going well with Baby Myers. We had our 37 1/2 week appt. today and she is measuring right on time and her heartbeat is strong.

The Lord knew that I have just needed a few extra days of rest--we haven't had school since last Friday! Monday was a holiday and then Tuesday and Weds. were snow days. Amazingly, we got around 3-4 inches of snow here on Tuesday, and I have found that when it snows in NC, everyone goes crazy! So different from being in IA. I'm not complaining though! It has been wonderful just to be able to sleep in and relax and get a few other things done. Much of the snow has already melted by now so I'm pretty sure we'll be back to our regular routine tomorrow.

Tony starts back at seminary with his new classes tomorrow also, and he's looking forward to that. This semester looks like it should be a little bit lighter load for him.

Our latest pregnancy picture and baby shower pics coming soon...

36 weeks

Just 4 more weeks until our due date..
The question is, will we have to wait that long??
The dr. doesn't think so.. we'll just have to wait and see.
Not much has changed since my last post; some people think that it looks like the baby has "dropped," but I can't tell any difference myself.
I've been busily preparing things for my maternity leave, not knowing when it will start or end, so I am just leaving school every day trying to be prepared for the fact that I just might not be back for a while..

Here's the 36 week pregnancy picture:

Dilated and effaced already!!??

On Monday I went in for my 35-week dr. appt. The doctor then informed me that I am already 2 centimeters dilated and 80% effaced, and she said that she would be very surprised if the baby waits until the due date (which is exactly one month from today) to come!!
I was pretty shocked to hear this because I guess I was thinking that most first babies come late so mine probably would too. I haven't had any contractions or true labor pains yet, but Baby girl Myers just might make her appearance in the next few days! Or it also could be a few weeks..
My first baby shower is scheduled for January 18th, so I'm really hoping to at least make it until the 19th, but we'll see...

So my list is growing of all the things that I need to do before she arrives.. mostly school stuff to prepare for my maternity leave, but also a couple other things:
--Get the car seat base installed in our car
--Pick up the rug for the baby room (which just came in today.. yay!)
--Clean the house thoroughly!!

It's great to know that the Lord is totally in control and His timing is perfect. We are so excited and looking forward to meeting our baby.
Your prayers for a safe and smooth labor and delivery would be very much appreciated!!

Christmas Pictures

A few highlights of our Christmas break...

Christmas with some of Tony's family in NC...


Our trip to IA:
It was great to see my family!






Sweet little Kindra looking out the window at all the snow!




Celebrating Jesus' birthday


All the kids and grandkids in front of the tree






My sister Natalie and me--


My nieces Isabelle and Kindra had grown up some much since I last saw them in March! Tony hadn't seen them since last Christmas.





Reuniting with best friends...

Charissa & me




Diana and me...


Updating our baby registry...

Pregnancy Update

With Christmas break and everything, I haven't done a very good job of keeping up with my blog!
Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks...

33 weeks



34 weeks



35 weeks