Welcome Home Reai & Layla J.

SURPRISE!

I made ya'll a new blog page while you where in the hospital. I hope you like it. And as soon as I get some Gorgeous picture of you two I'll make a matching header for the page!
I can't wait til you two and Momo fly to Ohio to visit at Christmas! YEAH! Well I'll let you get settled in! I Love You! - Auntie La Sha

One Day Away

HOLY COW!! Tomorrow is the day I go in to the hospital at 4:30 p! I get to have pills shoved up in my cervix! How exciting!! Ofcourse, thats only if im NOT dilated any. But...the Dr. will put these pills by my cervix to soften and thin it out. He says I should maybe start having contractions soon afterwards. Then if Im still not dilated when he comes back in the morning then he will have to put some gel on my cervix to get it to dilate...then he will break my water...then we wait!! I'm so excited!! I just cant wait! I had a hard time falling asleep last night! I kept thinking about the contractions, then pushing, then holding her, then bringing her home, then changing her diaper in the middle of the night, then dressing her, then having her help me pass out Halloween candy! It's almost here!! Its hard to believe sometimes that im about to be a mommy!! But...I am defineatly looking forward to it! Layla Jolean Thomas----We are all waiting to meet you!!

Baby-Time COMING

Ok...Dr. App. today! Layla weighs 5 pounds and 12 ounces!!! Im 38 weeks and 4 days and STILL NOT DILATED! = 0! BUT...they are gonna induce labor October 28, 2008!! Thats Tuesday guys!! ill probably have her on Wednesday October 29, 2008! IM SO EXCITED!!!!

When DOODY calls

So last night me and mom are laying down to go to bed. Suddenly around 9 o'clock i start have contractions!! and they hurt!! BAD! AND they were like 2 minutes apart! I was getting really really excited! And they kept hurting worse and worse! I tell mom, "MAN IM DEFINEATLY GONNA HAVE TO GET AN EPIDURAL! THESE ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IM GONNA BE FEELING!!!" she laughs. I go to the restroom and come back...a lil sad and down. Turns out that these "contractions" were actually just cramps. I had DIAREHA!! you can imagine how upset iwas...but mom found the need to laugh at me! = [....if i cant handle diareha cramps im screwed!!!!!

Mexican Baby-Shower

So yesterday was my 'Mexican Baby-Shower' on Gami's side of the family! It was very fun! HILARIOUS! I kept thinking if I was gonna continue laughing i might go into labor! ...but i didnt! Anyways...i got a total of 28 outfits and thats not including the ones that were 6-18months! I put those away until a later day! We got a MILLION socks, bibs, burp rags, and clothes! OMG the clothes!!! some of them i dont think she will wear because of the fact that they are summery and when she is about 3 months it will be january. But...you never know...it might be in the 80's in January. She got a BEAUTIFUL yellow dress. GORGEOUS! I think im defineatly gonna get her Easter pictures taken in it! Its soooooo pretty and its got little pearl like stones on and she was wear pearl ear rings. Its my favorite outfit we got! I also got 4 pair of shoes for her. Super cute as well!!
Lets see...in all reality I have about 8 days until im 39 weeks...and thats when they are gonna deliver my Layla-Bug! So...we will see! Hopefully she will be born before Bubba gets home so she can meet him!! Its her choice though..no pressure on my end!!

Update-Update-Update

So...not much said yesterday at the Dr. Im not dilated AT ALL!! but..thats okay! Im hopin next week is the big DELIVERY DAY! wooO! I have a gained a total of 30 pounds throughout this pregnancy! WHOA! yea...im good and hopefully i will lose it all when i have Layla! baby shower w/gami's mom today...nothing but mexicans so mom is DEFINEATLY coming! Ok......so thats really about it!

Reality JUST sat in!!

ok..so wow..im gonna be a mommy VERY soon! WOW! I'm gonna be responsible for a lil baby! I have to change her diaper, feed her, play with her, and be a good mommy! And it's gonna happen really really soon! If not this week then next and if not next week then DEFINEATLY (sp?) the week after! (Hopefully NOT on the 27th!) But...i have to say...i CAN NOT wait to wake up in the middle of the night to feed Layla or change her diaper! I am for sure ready to hold my baby and start off on the mommy path! I have a Dr. App. tomorrow so i will (OFCOURSE) post an update at the library! = D Hopefully.....if im ever-so-lucky the nurse practitioner will do an exam and say im dilated to a 4! = 0! That would be GREAT! But...till then im still carrying Layla around in my tummy. With all the rolling she does she might as well just roll right out into my arms! = D

Oh Baby-Baby!

Again...another Dr. App. today at 11.30! Same ol' Same ol'! Sonogram measuring the baby..she is an AMAZING 5 pounds 6 ounces! My lil Layla-Bug is gettin so big!! Its very likely she might be a 6 pound baby!! = 0! Dr. just said now i see him every week and get a sonogram every week. Also the monitoring every week. Sonogram, listen to her heartbeat, talk w/the DOC! So another app. next Friday at 2.45! I'm hoping my lil' sunshine will be born next week! (cross your fingers and toes!) Thats all they said! So...now we wait for the labor pains! Can' wait! Im counting down the days! only 24 left! Hoping she will be born before Bubba comes back so he can see her!! Also want her to be born BEFORE Halloween cause Mandi and Schera got her a onesie thats say "This IS my costume" and pumpkin socks and pumpkin hat! CUUUUTE!

Layla's Progress

Ok so yesterday was my Dr. App. Not too much happened. i got to listen to her heartbeat for a good 15-20 minutes! every time she would move her heart rate would go from 130-180!! It was so funny! The Dr. says in a 15 minute time frame the baby's' heart rate should increase at least twice and Layla's did 6 or 7 times! He said she is VERY HEALTHY! He did another sonogram and said she is DEF. a girl and very healthy! The amniotic fluid is supposed to be between 8-12 and mine is right at an 8! He says that's ok but Friday I have to go get ANOTHER sonogram and if the fluid level drops below an 8 then its BABY TIME! And Auntie LaSha is wanting Layla to be born on 10-10-08! Her reason is....She has my name, she should be born the same day as me too! Maybe Layla will look like her too! LOL! He didn't measure her but I'm sure shes still in the 4 pound range! I'm just waiting each day for my water to break or contractions to start! Mo'Mo is too!! She calls me all the time "Any pains yet?" NOPE not yet!! I'm hoping REALLY REALLY soon! I'm hoping next week!!! Its all up to Layla though..or my Dr. on Friday!! as of now he's gonna let me ride it out! = / but I'm so ready! Ill post another update on Friday or ill just call LaSha and her do it if I'm baby-ready! We will see!

Clock's a-ticking!

So..today I am OFFICIALLY 9 months pregnant! WOO! Any day now (literally!!) Last Friday I had a Dr. app. aaaaand....Layla is HEAD-DOWN! she is ready to crawl out! She weighs a WHOPPING 4.5 pounds! (she soooo tiny!) No dilation yet so...still closed for business (as the nurse put it!) But...today i have a dr. app. and they are gonna monitor her heart rate, do ANOTHER sonogram, and possibly (& HOPEFULLY) tell me they are gonna take her at 37 weeks! thats next week folks!! either that or he's gonna make me wait it out. i prefer 37 weeks! Its ok if shes tiny...easier delivery hopefully. besides she wants to come home to her Mommy, Mo'Mo,....and daddy i guess!! Ill have to post what they say later.

Baby Shower!