The Nursery

I can not believe that in just a few short days our little princess will be in our arms. And even more than that I can not believe that it has taken me SO long to get the pictures of her nursery on here. We ordered her letters that went above her bed 10 weeks ago and they finally came in. Which made her pink wonderland complete! I have had so much fun putting her room together. We decided to just paint the room a neutral color and just decorate with as much pink as I could find! =) Her bedding was custom made by a girl here in Houston and I absolutely LOVE it. I found a pattern on line but it was way more money than we were willing to spend. So when I heard about Meri Cooney (those of you who remember Michael Cooney... it's his brother's wife). I called her up and she went to work on her bumper, bed skirt, pillow, sheet and blanket. And it turned out way better than I ever thought it would. Nana and Papa bought her pretty furniture and Poppa and JuJu bought the comfy chair, that I already can't seem to stay out of. I found the pictures on each side of her window at Home Goods and they match perfectly. Her curtains and lamp came from Pottery Barn. And Kinley was sweet enough to let Macy borrow her swing. That is basically bran-new since she never even used it. Almost everything on her shelves or on her chest of drawers holds some sort of special meaning to me as certain people gave her certain things.

So with out further a due, here is where Miss Macy Nicole Herring will live!
*click on the pictures to make them bigger*

Thankful

This year we stayed in Houston for Thanksgiving, and hosted our 1st holiday for Jeff's family. I am 37 weeks so we did not think it was wise to be traveling home for the holidays. We all enjoyed spending a few days together not to mention a lot of good food. Jeff did a really good job cooking all food and everything was yummy!

Me and Jeff have so much to be thankful for this year. I still can not believe that in just a few days we will be holding our new baby girl in our arms. We have prayed for so long for her and she will be here before we know it. It is only proof yet again that no matter how long we pray for something, only the Lord knows when those prayers will be answered. In his perfect timing!
And I am beyond grateful for that timing.

3 Going on 30

Well I can't believe it but my sugar booger is 3 years old. Where in the world has the time gone. I mean seriously, I have no idea!

Shelly out did herself on all the party festivities again this year. And threw a pretty darn cute Tinkerbell party. Which even included Tink herself.

* I guess I got alittle preoccupied and for some reason did not get any pictures of the cute tables Shelly had set up outside or the princess bounce house.*

Tinkerbell Cake

Cake Table

Kinley meeting Tinkerbell

Group shot with Tink

And this is what happens when you take away a 19 month olds FAIRY wand to clean his hands!
Kinley,
I can not believe that you are already 3 years old. You have turned into a little lady right before our eyes. And no one even saw it coming. I am still trying to figure out where our baby girl went. Me and Uncle Jeff love you so very much and cant wait to see what year 4 brings for you.
I love you,
Auntie M

6 of my most favorite things!!!

I never thought that being an aunt could be so much fun. I love this little guys to pieces. And to think that my list is going to go to my most favorite 7 things in just 70 more days!

Connor Scott
a.k.a Coach Connor

Kinley Renee

a.k.a Uncle Jeff's water horsey
(who i might add looks just like her momma in this picture)

Camryn LeAnn
a.k.a Miss Blue eyes

Miss Abigail Rose
(100% MESS)

Benjamin Heath
a.k.a Uncle Jeff's look-a-like
Cason Dale
(our little red head)

29 weeks

I can't believe that I am 29 weeks and 3 days already. This pregnancy has literally flown by. I just knew that when we finally got pregnant it was going to be the longest 9 months of my life, however it has been the exact opposite. I have been doing really well, and if you ask my husband I am pretty sure he would say the same. =) Or at least that is what I hope he would say. I really have not had any problems at all. I have expected my back to really bother me a lot more than it has considering all the issues I have with it in the first place. I mean it aches and hurts from time to time but nothing that Tylenol and just laying down doesn't help. So i am pretty thankful for that. I have officially entered my third trimester, and I can defiantly tell. The first 12 weeks, I was tired a lot and could not hardly eat anything because of how fast I got so full, then the next 12 weeks rolled around and I was not near as tired and I was eating normally again, and with this last 12 weeks I am exhausted by the time I get home from work in the evenings, I hate to come home at lunch because all I really want to do it take a nap. And anyone who knows me, knows I don't do well after a nap. GroUchY! And I feel like I can't eat anything again without becoming miserable.

I had my 29 week appointment this past Wednesday and everything is looking good and I am measuring right on track. My appointments have now moved to every 2 weeks, which is kind of scary. I realized on Thursday night that I had really not felt Macy move awhole lot if at all, all day. I called my doctor, which just happens to be the ObGyn that I work for and talked to her about it. She seemed to think that everything was fine and if I still had not felt her move by Friday morning she would do a biophysical profile ultrasound on her. The BPP measures your baby's heart rate, muscle tone, movement, breathing, and the amount of amniotic fluid around the baby. The best score you can get is 8 out of 8 and that is exactly what my girl got, A+. She was moving around in there but for what ever reason I was not feeling anything. Today though she is back to her old self. =) I was able to get a couple of really good profile pictures of her which made this momma pretty happy.
My mom and sister are coming down this next Thursday for my 4D ultrasound next Friday. I am so excited to see what or rather who this munchkin looks like. So say a few prayers and keep your fingers crossed that she cooperates. So until next time enjoy these pretty pictures.

Pretty Profile

Here she is with her hand under her chin.

Macy's Baby Shower

On Saturday September 18 not only did me and Jeff celebrate 16 years of being together, but we celebrated the upcoming arrival of our 1st born with a baby shower. I have dreamed about this shower for so long and it by far exceeded any expectations that I ever had. Everything from the location to the decorations to who all would be there. Everything was perfect. The only regret that I had the whole day was not being able to talk to everyone more than I did. We had to have the shower a few weeks earlier than the "normal" time frame for a baby shower due to the fact that we are busy in October and well living in Houston makes travel in November pretty much out of the question for me. So without further a-due here is your picture over load!

The Cake

Candy jars that my sister put together

Lifesaver/jellybean paci's that my mom made

Food table

Cake table

Tutu center piece that my sister had made
LOVE IT!

Mantel

Macy's door wreath that my sister made. With just enough
room left for her birthday and weight to be added. =)
Her name is on the top but in this picture its hard to see.

Canvas sign that one of my BFF's Misti painted herself.

The loot

One of my favorite outfits

One of MANY monogrammed goodies

Hats from nana.. I cant wait to put these on her sweet little head

Nana, Me & Juju

Me and the best little helper

Shelly,Me and Mom
(i dont look pregnant but I swear i am 27.5 weeks here)

My wonderful hostesses (minus 2)

The following 2 pictures are of a gift that I received from 2 of my bff's, Misti and Nicole. It is a cake/knife server that I will get to use for Macy, for many years down the road. The note was typed up and placed on the inside the box. I still can not read it with out crying. =*( I have wanted this baby girl for so long and the pure fact that one day she will be gone absolutely breaks my heart. But I love that I will have this serving set to use until we let her go.... when she's 40! =)

The note!
And consider yourself warned.....You will need a tissue

The serving set!
The knife has Macy Nicole engraved on it.
When she gets married we will have her wedding date engraved on the cake server.

Thank you to each and everyone of you that helped with Macy's shower and for those of you who came to celebrate with us. We love you all and appreciate everything you did for us.

24 weeks

First of all just let me say that I am sorry for the lack of blogging going on around here. Between my computer still being on the fritz, not really doing anything to exciting lately so there for pictures are minimum, and blogger always giving me a fit when I do put some one here. Im just plain borning these days I guess.

As far as pregnancy goes... i have made it to 24 weeks. And still so far so good. I have been extremely lucky with this pregnancy to have never had 1 day of being sick or just not feeling well. I guess the only complaint that I have besides my back always giving me grief ( which is not pregnancy related in the 1st place) Is the simple fact that I CAN NOT sleep anymore. I dont know if this happens to all pregnant people, but it is seriously driving me up the wall. I mean I totally expect this when she gets here. But I sleep on average around 5 hours every night. I am used to 8 hours. I find myself at least 4-5 nights a week getting up around 4am and just walking around my house (in the dark) just for the simple fact that I can not lay down anymore. I walk around for about 10-15 minutes and get back in the bed. Weird I know, but its the only thing that works.

I had my monthly check up last week and everything is going well with Miss Macy. Her growth and everything is right on track. And according to parentconnect.com, my little wiener schnitzel is about the length of a foot-long Chicago hot dog and weighs about 1 1/3 pounds. (although i think the est. weight may be a little big still)
I unfortunantly am scheduled for jury duty today and (fingers crossed) if I don't get picked to sit on a jury then I will be doing my glucose tolerance test on Thursday. I had to do this test about a year ago and although its not the best thing I have ever had to drink its not terrible. Yet im just really not looking forward to it. So please keep me in your prayers that I pass it.

I guess that's pretty much it for now. We do have some plans in the near future so hopefully I will have lots of pictures and plently to blog about. So thats all time next time!