Come on baby!

Well despite the fact that I was 1 centimeter 3 weeks before my due date, that was as far as I was going to progress on my own.   

Friday, May 27 a day after my due date we went into the dr.  They wanted to check to make sure that I was not losing amniotic fluid and that the baby was not in stress.  Both checked out great, so the waiting continued.  I spent the weekend doing everything I could to get labor going; several spicy foods, dancing, walking, sitting on the exercise ball, etc.  Needless to say, nothing worked.  One side note from the ultrasound was that based on calculations they predicted Kennadie to be 9lbs 12oz.  Holy crow that would be a big baby if they were right.     

Tuesday we had another drs appointment.  At this point my blood pressure was going up and I was gaining fluid. My feet were impressively HUGE.  In addition, I had made little to no progress over the weekend on my own, so he felt it best to set up an induction for the next day.  Not knowing how my body would react to the pitocin I was nervous, but extremely excited that with in a few days I would finally have a little one to hold.   

Wednesday came and it was time to head off to the hospital.  

Almost there!

Yesterday was officially 1 week till my due date.  With that came another doctor’s appointment.  I feel so blessed that my pregnancy has been fairly uneventful.  Every check up is the same you are good and baby is doing great, see you next time.  Yesterday however was a little different.  My blood pressure was very high for me.  This had happened at one other appointment, but that was a busy day and the appointment was in the afternoon, so it did not scare me quite as much, this was an 8:00 am appointment.   My doctor tells me that my body is finally rebelling against my hard working over booked self and it was time to start taken care of myself. 

So with that came me stopping work a week early.   At first I felt like I had let everyone down, but after a few tears I soon realized that I had tried my best to work up till due date and that is all a could have done.  This is the best for me and now that I am home I am appreciative for the time I get to myself to finish preparing for my little one.  God works in amazing ways and He is looking out for me!     

Can I just say, that I love my doctor and everyone in the office from the nurses to the receptionist.  Everyone is very support and I always feel like they have my best interest in mind.  They give me the information and I get to make a decision.  I really trust them and I am glad they are the ones I have chosen to guide me during this process.

At this point more waiting… hopefully I will have a photo of Kennadie to share soon!  

A new chapter

 I thought I would revitalize the blog that I have not used in years and dedicate it to our expanding family.  My husband, Travis and I are about to have our first child.  Kennadie Paige Franklin is due to be born May 26.  This is the story of our journey into parenthood.  Here are the first pictures of our little girl.

Top 10 for 2009

Here are my goals for 2009:

1. Use the treadmill 3 times a week.
2. Work less. Have boundaries.
3. Get my bedroom and closet organized.
4. Take my dogs for walks.
5. Continue Weight Watchers and lose 20 more pounds.
6. Go out to coffee with people more often.
7. Go on more double dates with other couples.
8. Head to Seattle to catch up with SPU friends.
9. Make it to the Oregon coast with my best friend Lauren and her kids for old times’ sake.
10. Don’t sweat the small stuff… or atleast try not to.

Halloween!

Halloween is right around the corner. The Franklin costumes were inspired by:

Thanks to help from my mom I created a really cool poodle skirt. Trav and I will be unveiling our outfits at the school carnival this weekend. Pictures to follow.

Do you know what you are going to be?

Ellen and the hula chair

This video will crack you up!

Human Clue

So once a month our jr. highers get together with other youth groups throughout Spokane and we do a special activity this month was Human Clue.

We did not have the typical characters. Instead we had a Carnival Chris and a Produce Pedro just to name a few. I was blessed with the honor of taking the roll of Sally 2 Scoop. Sally is a high school student working at Maggie Moos Creamery. Here are a few pictures. I am the bright on in the front... kind of hard to miss.