Thursday, December 23, 2010

She's here!!

Sadie Jayde Griffith
Born December 21st at 4:24 am
5 lb 12 oz and 18.5 inches long

Us with Sadie's Doctor, Dr. Judd. He was such a great doctor.
Our new little family
showing off her blonde hair! We were very surprised to see she had a head full of hair!
More to come soon...

Saturday, December 18, 2010

39 weeks!!

I'm only one week away from my due date now! Honestly it doesn't even feel like Christmas is in a week I'm just more focused on getting this baby here. This Christmas is going to be a lot different but I have a feeling it is going to be Ryan and I's best Christmas yet! This past week I've been paranoid about if I'm feeling contractions, if my water broke, what can I do to get this baby here sooner than later. I've been going to the gym and walking, bouncing on exercise balls, eating spicy food, doing what we did in the first place to get this baby, I would be outside "galloping" one foot on the curb and one foot off if there wasn't snow outside, and the list goes on. anyways, I looked up Signs that labor is near...

5 THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
Nesting - CHECK been doing that for the past 2 weeks
Diarrhea - CHECK
The baby dropping - She gets lower every day so CHECK
Pelvic floor pressure - CHECK, everytime I stand up I feel like she is going to pop out
discharge - CHECK

3 THINGS THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED
bloody show/the plug - NOT YET
rhythmic contractions - NOT YET, they are still happening but just randomly
Water breaking - NOT YET, but I thought it had, I called labor & delivery and she told me to wait an hour and if I filled up a pad than yes my water broke but... I'm just paranoid cause that wasn't the case.

So I'm trying to be patient and wait for those last 3 things to happen... I'm excited to see what this next week will bring! My mom comes into town tomorrow night, and then my dad gets here on Thursday! I just really hope that she comes while both my parents are still in town but I know things will happen the way they are suppose to now that my doctor wont be inducing me on Monday... I have another docotor's appointment on Monday, that my mom gets to come with me too since Ryan can't miss work, so we'll see if I've progressed since last week! Cross your fingers!

Monday, December 13, 2010

Baby pictures...

In about a week or so I will be holding my little girl just like this... admiring her cuteness. This is a picture of my mom holding me soon after I was born.


Will she have big blue eyes? Blonde hair? A cute button nose? Ryan's cute cheeks? I can't wait to see this little girl for the first time. I think about her all day everyday, I'm so anxious to meet her!


Here I am, I had a lot more hair than I thought.


Ryan was hands down the cutest little boy, I love looking at his baby pictures.I guess we'll see in a week or so whose features she has! Either way I think she will be pretty cute!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Almost there...

Today I am 38 weeks pregnant!! This pregnancy has flown by, it feels like just yesterday I was telling my parents I was pregnant. Now, here I am 2 weeks away from my due date!! Here is a little update on what is happening... I went into the doctor this past Wednesday to have him check if I was dilated. Which, I AM dilated to a 1 :) I was really relieved to know that at least I've started this process! I'm going back to the doctor this Tuesday to see if I've dilated more than 1 cm. If I have then I will be able to get induced on either the 20th or 21st!! Depending on openings at the hospital for inductions. I'm so anxious to find out if I'll be able to get induced so that we can have our little bundle of joy home for Christmas, or if I'll be playing the waiting game to see if she comes on Christmas or my brithday, the 28th!! The doctor said that there is an 80% chance I will be able to get induced early, so we're keeping our fingers crossed for that!! Ryan and I just got back from our prenatal class, and I think we both really enjoyed it and learned a lot of good information that I'm glad I will know ahead of time. However, we did have to watch a birth video and I was the only one in the room dying laughing throughout the whole thing, because Ryan's face was in so much shock and looked like he was going to vomit any minute. I don't know why I thought it was so funny but I can't wait to see how Ryan handles me being in labor, it should be interesting!

We are really excited to meet our little girl, Sadie any day! It's crazy to think we could be holding her in just 9 days if not sooner than that. We couldn't be anymore excited! I just want to get past the anticipation of labor and onto sleepless nights, oh joy.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

The past month...

Halloween was so much fun this year! We ended up celebrating on the 30th since the 31st was a Saturday this year. We started our day off by going to Lagoon frightmares because Ryan got 2 free tickets from his work, which i'll say wasn't too fun for me. Ryan and his friend Mark went from ride to ride while I waited outside of every ride for them since I can't ride any being pregnant. To make it worse it was raining out side, I did get to go through one haunted house though! Then afterward we headed over to Tyler & Jaimee's house for the Halloween Party of the year! Each year they always good all out and have the most fun halloween party, we look forward to it everything October! We had a pumpkin carving contest, played lots of fun games and ate lots of junk food... atleast I ate lots of it! Jaimee made these amazing Caramel apples that I couldn't resist. This year Ryan and I were a Basketball & Nugget player, it was the only thing we could come up with for my prego belly.
Everyone's costumes were so good!!
...Ryan Dribbling our baby
Todd & Kimiko as Allison & the mad hatter

On the 13th of November Jaimee & Kimiko threw me a baby shower here in Utah along with lots of help from Sara (My sister in law) & my friend Kayti...
They did such a good job with all the decorations & food! I loved how they did the theme "All about Sadie" and they had baby pictures of Ryan & I and Ryan's mom...
There was a candy table with an assortment of yummy candy, cake balls & cupcakes! Everything was so delicious, we had plenty of left overs for everyone to take some home so we're still enjoying all the sweets..
My two Griffith Sister-in-laws... We missed having Mega at the shower.
My other Sister in Law, Sara & her mom Michele

We played the "measure the belly" game! Everyone guessed I was a lot bigger than I actually am but there were a few that got pretty close to getting it right.
Our little girl got spoiled and got so many cute outfits! I can't wait to dress our little girl in all the clothes she has gotten so far! Thanks to everyone that was able to come, It meant a lot to me, I have such great friends & family!Here's the belly at 34 weeks!

And then a week later at 35 weeks! Only a few more weeks left! I went to the doctor again this week and everything is going perfectly! I asked him about the possibility of making sure she is here for Christmas so that when my parents are in town they get to see her and he said that if I'm dilated at all by December 11th then he would give me the choice to be induced on December 17th!!! Which means in less than a month we could have a little baby!!! I am getting so anxious to meet her and hold her... We met up with my cousin Lori today and we got to hold her little 2 month old and it made both of us so excited and they reassured us that it's not as hard as people say it is. Sadie's Room is finally coming together we put up most of the decorations this past week! Only a few more things to buy and then we will feel more ready for Sadie to make her appearance into this world!!


Sunday, October 31, 2010

Texas visit & Baby shower!

I had a great time in Texas with my parents, grandparents and my friends! My best friends from high school drove to San Antonio to spend the weekend with me, and it was so fun seeing them, I hadn't seen them in over a year! My mom and I did lots of crafts and sewed a few things for the baby's room! We enjoyed some of the best Mexican food & Texas BBQ and the weather was PERFECT! Basically the few days I spent there made me miss living in Texas, I'm not much of a cold weather person.
My mom convinced me to chop my hair off! Which I was hesitant about but I'm so glad I ended up doing it cause I like it so much more now! I'm going to be a mom soon so I've gotta start looking like one!


I got to see my Grandma while i was in Town. They live 4 hours south of San Antonio and were able to drive up and spend a couple days with us. For those of you who don't know my Grandma has been enduring Stomach Cancer for over a year and a half so it is always great to see her, she is such a strong and positive person!
My two friends that come into town to visit! Kady & Kelly!


My mom & her friend Amy Pearson threw me and Amazing shower! Our baby got so spoiled with so many gifts! My mom made these amazing sugar cookies that she had me help decorate! The theme was a birdie theme... Let's just say my mom is a huge perfectionist and she always goes above and beyond when it comes to this kind of stuff!
My mom got a Fake pregnant belly for everyone at the shower to try on... it was pretty funny seeing everyone pregnant!
ha my mom pulled off a pretty cute pregnant belly!
My friends & their mama's minus Bailey and her momMe & My Grandpa
Just a couple of the many cute things that she got from the shower!A bunch of people at the shower went in and bought me this amazing stroller!! I'm in love with it!

We also went to one of my old high school football games! It was really weird being back at one of those games, it kinda made me miss cheerleading and cheering on the football players... all in all it was a great trip and i'm grateful for all of my friends and family that made that weekend so much fun! It's always good to be back home with my husband though!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

3rd trimester!


This past saturday I started my 29th week of being pregnant! This pregnancy really is flying by so fast, I only have 3 more months till the due date it here! I'm starting to get nervous about labor and if i'll be a good mom to this little girl, I'm sure everything will come naturally and luckily I have an amazing husband here to help out! This morning we woke up and the baby was kicking me and I told ryan that she was hungry and he said, "Is it my turn!" So I know he will be a big help once she is here! Ryan also took the day off of work today because I had my 7 month appointment! It went really well, I gained a total of 3 pounds last month, and have only gained 16 pounds the whole pregnancy so I'm happy about that!

Today at the doctors we got to listen to the heartbeat again, I guess our little girl has decided that she doesn't like us to hear her heartbeat because where ever the nurse put the ultrasound stick she would kick right back, it was really funny! I can already tell that our little girl has a personality, and she is definitely already spoiled because whenever she kicks and gets hungry I always eat.

I get to go back home to Texas a week from today and I'm so excited to have a girls weekend with my mom and my closest friends from high school! My mom & her friend are also throwing me my first baby shower while I am down there, so I'm really excited about that!