Anxiously awaiting Little Pea!!!

Ralph came home last night after being away for 8 days. These last 8 days I was a little nervous that little pea would come early and Ralph wouldn't be able to get home in time. But, now he is home for almost 2 weeks....so little pea can come at any time.... We are due on Wednesday, but hoping little pea decides to come on Monday or Tuesday! If LP doesn't come this week, then Dr. Turano said we will induce early next week, either the 9th or 10th. So, this little baby is definitely coming in the next 1-2 weeks. We are getting very excited and not so much nervous anymore!

These last 2 weeks...

Pumpkin Picking!!

We put the crib together last week, it is really cute! The room is so sweet and we both really love it!

Ralph working hard....it is never ending!

My mom and I went to visit Dawn and Rudy at home with James and Juliana. They are just they cutest little babies in the world! Juliana slept the entire time we were there and James was wide awake. I am holding Juliana and my mom has James.

At work yesterday, we had a halloween party. My coworkers decorated my baby bump! so cute, but it is sort of a mean face :(

Dad and me at home

39 weeks!

Well, I am due in less than a week now. I am excited and a little nervous. Ralph is just excited!
Little Pea's room is coming together and so is the rest of the house. I can't wait for the house stuff to be over. We really took on a big renovation. I just want to finish, then be able to enjoy.
Little Pea's carseat and new stroller came in, I am so excited. I will be getting them tomorrow.
I started packing my bag and LP's bag.
I had a dr. appt earlier this week, LP's HR was 141. Dr. Turano says everything is good. If I don't go into labor this week coming up, the due date week, then she would like to induce me at the beginning of the week after. That would give little pea a birthday of 11/9/09 or 11/10/09. Which actually are my uncle John and cousin Christina's birthdays! The due date is 11/4, which happens to be my cousins husband, Rudy's, birthday...so little pea is definitely surrounded by family, I love it!
I am secretly hoping little pea does not come on Halloween...
I have gained a total of 20 lbs. And, my placenta has moved enough at this point, so I can go for a natural birth. I am very happy about that, as that was and still is my plan! I am starting to feel a lot of pressure, but that's about it. Little pea is moving all over the place...we can't wait to meet him or her... although, we are still trying to figure out baby names, we never really thought it would take so much time to agree on one, but it has. We have a few more days to go...Any suggestions, anyone????
I will post more pictures this weekend!

Suprise Baby Shower at work!

On Thursday, my co-workers gave me a suprise baby shower! I absolutely had no clue! It was so sweet and thoughtful! I received lots of gifts including clothes, bottles, diapers, 2 beautiful picture frames, toys and gift cards. The cake was cannoli and strawberry filling, my absolute favorite!
It really was a great suprise and I am very thankful to everyone!

The Twins are here!!!!

WELCOME JAMES AND JULIANA

My cousin Dawn had her twins on Wed, 10-14-09. They are so beautiful! The are about 4 weeks early, so they are in the NICU for a few days. The whole family has been able to visit and see them. They are so tiny and precious! It's amazing how beautiful and perfect they are! Dawn and Rudy are so excited and can't wait to get them home. They are planning to go home this Monday. Congratulations Dawn and Rudy!!!!!!

Juliana Grace 4lbs12oz Born at 5:27pm

James Antonio 5lbs7oz born at 5:24pm

38 weeks!!!

I saw Dr. Birnbaum and Mary this past week. Little pea is now about 5lbs14oz, growing 1 lb since the visit 2 weeks ago. Dr. Birnbaum still says the baby is a little smaller then he would like to see, but not to be worried at all. (I tend to worry a lot). This was the first visit Ralph was not at as he was in Cincinnati. I feel we are very lucky he was able to make it to all the other appts. We were able to plan around his traveling schedule pretty well.
My next appt is this Thurs with Dr. Turano and Ralph will be there :)
Just a few more weeks to go, little pea's room is coming along, and I love it. Can't wait to see it finished!!!

Baby update!

I am now seeing the Dr.'s every week on Wednesdays. Good news- The Wednesday before the wedding, Dr. Birbaum said I was good to go to the wedding...I obviously would have gone anyway, but I am glad we had his approval...

not so good news- Dr. Birbaum and Dr. Turano have been monitoring my placenta the last few weeks and it has not moved as much as it needs to to have a natural birth. They started talking about a c-section and what that would entail.

Last Wednesday, after the wedding, we meet with Dr. Birnbaum and he said things look ok, but they will know more this Wednesday when I have another sono. If the placenta hasn't moved, it is looking more and more like a c-section, but my fingers are crossed. Of course, a c-section is not my plan!

As for little pea, he or she now weighs 4 lbs, 14oz as of 1 1/2 weeks ago. I am hoping this Wednesday little pea will be over 5 lbs. I have gained a total of 15 lbs so far. As of the last visit, I had only gained 11 lbs, and I thought that was not enough, so I really enjoyed the wedding, ate a lot of food and brought cake home, a week later, I was at 15lbs.. so now I feel a little better!!! and the cake was really good too!!!

Little pea has been moving all over. Ralph and I have not been sleeping well. He says I am snoring a lot and when I turnover my hips are popping... he can even hear the popping every now and then. We both slept very well last night....because he is in Cincinnati and I am home...

Little Pea's arrival is just around the corner and we are so excited....

Picture of little pea at 36 weeks

Our new cradle

We received the most beautiful gift this week from family friends Dave and Cathie. A handmade cradle with a painting of little sweet pea!

The cradle is beautiful and will be something we have for many, many years and we will be able to pass it down our generations!

Little Pea will sleep very soundly in his or her new cradle!

Meet the new Mr. and Mrs. Larkin!!!

Kim and Rob 10-3-09

Dad, Kim and I getting ready for the wedding Thursday night!

Sitting on the porch overlooking beautiful lake Champlain Friday morning!

Beautiful Lake Champlain. We were able to see Vermont under the clouds!

Looking over to the Boathouse!

decorating the boathouse for the reception!

Ralph and me and little pea on the dock. It as such a beautiful weekend! The weather was about 50*-60* and sunny before the wedding. The day of the wedding, it was a little rainy on and off, but you could still see the lake!

The main house! The house overlooks the lake. Kim and Rob had the cocktail hour and the desert hour at the main house. Dinner was at the boathouse!

All the girls celebrating the night before the wedding!

Me, Kelly, Marissa, Kim, Heather, Alison and Ellen!

Mom and me going to the church!

Kim getting ready in the morning...She looked so beautiful!

Kim and Rob with Uncle Richard at the reception. Uncle Richard sang for them, which was a special moment for the whole family.

The wedding was really beautiful! It was so nice to be upstate on the lake for 4 days! We all needed a vacation and it was so nice to be in the mountains. We really have to remember, life is short and we need to enjoy every minute of it!

Dawn and me and 3 babies!

My cousin Dawn is also due in November and she is having twins! Lucky girl!
Here we are in her new kitchen! They just bought a new house and moved in. Congrats!!!
Dawn and I are about 1 month apart and our kids will be just a few weeks apart, pretty cool!

time to catch up....

Well, it is crunch time now. Little Pea is just a few weeks away. Ralph has been working so hard every minute he is home to get the house ready. It has been stressful at times, but he is doing beautiful work and I am very proud of him!!!! It is really amazing and so exciting to see the transformation of the rooms and to see everything pulling together.

Our contractor Todd came over to build our beautiful working shutters with Ralph!

The office! Now painted, the new heaters are in and we started getting the desks in yesterday!

The new floors were finished last week! They are beautiful and don't sqeak!!!!

Little Pea's room. Ralph built a beautiful little shelf to go around the room with different mouldings. the color is a light yellow weave color...matches our calm, beachy theme.
We are just waiting for the new closet doors to arrive and the room will be done!

Building the closet organizers forthe master walk in closet. It's the Pax system from Ikea..we love it, although, it was a little tricky to get into the closet.

Ralph and dad tearing dwon the hallway ceiling 2 weeks ago.

Ralph dad, and me! Ralph, dad and our friend Shane were able to take down the old ceiling and put up the new ceiling in about 5 hours one night...a lot of work.

I was their gopher.....