Merry Merry Christmas!!

We are having so much fun over here with out little christmas baby! When they say your life will change..they aint kidding! I am totally consumed with my baby girl, I can't stare at her enough =) Nate and I are so in love with our Mia and can't get enough of her. She is such a happy baby...and even sleeps most of the night--->she must get that from me ;-)

We wanted to wish everyone The Merriest of Christmas' and a happy new year! If you didn't recieve a christmas picture it is because I didn't have your address, so I hope these will do. Love you all xoxoxoxo

Mia Joelle...our precious baby girl!

Hi everyone!! Our Mia is FINALLY here!! I am so thankful that she is one healthy baby weighing in at 8.6 pounds and 21 and 1/4 inches long! Being a mother is more than I ever imagined. I only uploaded a few pictures because it takes so long, and I have to attend to my new little one. Please, if you would like to see the many pictures of Mia's birth-day e-mail me at kdobson16@hotmail.com and I will send you them. Well I must get back to motherhood =)

Thanks to all of you who visited us at the hospital and for all your gifts, flowers, and congrats! We love you all~

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I hope you all had a great thangksgiving with great food and your loved ones!! Nates family came down to visit from Colorado for the long weekend so we spent most of our time with them which is the first time I did not spend Thanksgiving with my immediate family. It was a change, but a nice one =) Unfortunately, Nates family was not able to see the baby...I can't tell you how bummed I am about that...but I hope we can make it out to see them in Colorado, or that they can come down again for Christmas!!
I am thankful for so many things right now in my life....and I wanted to share at least some of them with you...

I am thankful for:
Our baby Mia, and that her time in the womb is about to end =)
The look on Nates face when I have any pain --->cause he thinks Im going to go into labor
All of my family and friends, and those of you that have taken those long strenuous walks with me
My wonderful footrubs that Nate gives me whenever I ask for them
My mama for calling me everyday and being there for me
All the strangers that wished me good luck with the delivery...its comforting!

There is so much I could go on forever....LOVE TO YOU ALL!!!
xoxoxoxo

We have a Dr. appt. on Monday at a different facility where they have more equipment to monitor the baby...and then at that point we are going to "talk" about inducing.

Due Date Day!!!

You get your mind set on this one day... the "due date" for 9 months!! Of course you tend to get your hopes up to have your baby on this day OR EARLIER. I tried to not get my hopes up too much, but poor Nate "expected" her to be here by now, so much that he was too excited to sleep last night. We saw the Dr. this morning, and thankfully we have dilated to 1 cm...doesn't sound like much, but at least we've dilated =) Surprisingly I am not too nervous about delivery day, but I'm sure that will change the minute we get in the car to head to the hospital!!
Well Mia...we are ready when you are!! The house is spotless, your room is finished, your bouncer and swing has batteries and are working, your clothes and blankets are all washed, everything is set up and ready to go!! We are more than ready!! Nate and I think about you every minute and you are all we talk about these days!! We love you so much already!
Ginny is making a scrapbook of the entire pregnancy and she had me write a letter to Mia. It was somewhat difficult since I don't know "how" she is going to change my life...I just know she will. Its a beautiful letter that I will someday give to her to read. I have been dying to see her little face, and Nates face when he holds his first born!! Its such an exciting time right now...I am so overwhelmed with all these emotions!

So... Happy Due Date today ...now its time to go walking hahahah

9 Month Photoshoot

A very special thanks to Catherine Flynn for taking these beautiful pictures!!! I know I will treasure them forever =)

Catherine has such great talent in photography, I love her style, technique and her bright personality!!!! I highly recommend her!! You can see more of her work by visiting her website at http://pawzpetportraits.com
Thanks again Catherine!!!

5 MORE DAYS!!! =)

Quick Update....

Hi Y'all!

Jacque bought the entire family tickets to watch the Cardinals vs. 49'ers last Monday night for my dads birthday!!
***Congrats to Jacque for finishing her Masters degree!!***
I had to share one of the pictures we took so you could see how close we were to the field (6th row!!) I love football, and Nate obviously is obsessed with it..we had such a blast!!

People have been wondering if I've had the baby yet...and so I thought I would inform you all that there is still no baby YET. I had a doctors appointment today and I guess I haven't dilated, but I definitely am getting contractions (the ones that don't hurt) =) I cannot wait for our little Mia to be here already, I'm so not patient!!! The hospital bag is packed and ready to go, and tonight I'm going to put the car seat in which will be interesting!! =) I had to show the picture of our rocking chair my mom refinished for me. It is so beautiful and VERY special since it was my grandma's rocking chair!! I love it!

Not much else is going on over here except our office is moving to a new location so I'm having to pack up all my things at work, we are looking to move in January, but since I will be on maternity leave its best I pack up my stuff now. Hallie and I were in charge of picking all the interior parts of the new office such as the carpet, granite counter tops, cabinets, paint, and etc... Its going to be so nice!!! So thats it for now...hopefully the next blog will be pictures of baby Mia =)

20 days left...

We are really getting excited over here to know that we have roughly 20 days until we see our baby girl!! I just can't believe it! I know in some sick way I will miss my belly bump and being able to feel her moving inside of me. The other day Nate and I video taped her moving...and I think someday it will be neat to show her that! I had a Dr.'s appointment yesterday morning.. and as usual I am doing just great! The nurse always remarks how easy of a patient I am...I am so fortunate to have such an easy going pregnancy. Little Mia was measured and is estimated to be about 6 1/2 pounds! I cannot wait to meet her, hold her, hear her cry, feel her, and talk to her!!! She is always on my mind and always will be! This morning Nate came in the bedroom and asked me if I wanted to smile...I was somewhat confused at first so I just smiled at him, he said "come here" and took me into Mia's room and we both just smiled looking at the most beautiful room, and the beauty of knowing your going to have a family very very soon! I love him! *tear*

So I did my American duty this morning and went out and voted. I was hesitant because here I am 9 months pregnant, the last thing I want to do is wait in a line. I left the house at around 8:45 hoping that I miss the crowd. I showed up and there was about an hour wait...so I stood in line, and all of a sudden this angel of a man came up to me and said "come with me"...and took me to the front of the line!!! Its a great time to be pregnant =)

My good friend Christy had her baby Sydney Thursday Oct. 30th weighing at 8 pounds 6 ounces! I went and saw her at the hospital and she is just adorable!!! Perfect baby in every way. When she cried you could barely here it hahaha. I caught her opening her eyes..what a cutie!! I'm leaving here now to go and see her again now that she's home!!!

More Pictures of Mia's Nursery

Thank you mom for creating Mia's cherry blossom tree!!!! I cannot believe you were able to paint that in only 2 hours...you are AMAZING!!!! I am in love with it and I know Mia will just love it too! I've got to say Thank you to Hallie for her help in painting the centers of the flowers too!!! Mom is coming back to my house today because we decided a little blue bird on the tree would finish it off just right plus Mom has to sign her name!

I have a feeling Mia is going to be pretty fiesty!! I say this because she moves A LOT!! Yesterday she was kicking and moving around for 2 hours or so! I'm not sure if thats normal but I was like "geeze! Give me a break Mia!!" Also, there was this one night where Nate and I were sitting on the couch watching her go crazy with her movements and she literally kicked SO hard that Nate practically had her foot in his hand. We both freaked out when it happen..it literally took my breath away and Nate was in total shock with what happened! It was like she wanted out!!

Mia's safe haven....her nursery!

Our First Peek at Mia....

Nate and I decided a while back that we were not going to do the 3D ultrasound because we got zapped with that enormous bill from our previous ultrasound. A week ago we were sitting in bed wishing she was here already and thinking of what she may look like. The anticipation was killing us...so I brought in the laptop and we looked at the prices for 3D ultrasounds..and to our surprise they are only like $100 (with the special). I am so glad we did because It was amazing to see...my eyes watered up with my first glance at her beautiful face! She is absolutely perfect! During the ultrasound Mia smiled at us (picture #4 from the top), SO CUTE! From the ultrasound I think Mia has her daddy's nose, lips and his chubby cheeks. She definitely has my butt chin YAY! In the one picture it looks like she is totally flexing her bicep...Nate is proud of her muscles! =) We were told she has tons of hair..which I learned recently that may be why I have such a bad case of heartburn!
33 weeks ...so we have 6 weeks left!!!!

DRESS THAT BABY!

One of the baby shower games was called "dress that baby!"....it turned out to be a hit, I was cracking up at everyone trying to put on the babies essentials as fast as they could!! The baby shower couldn't have gone better....I had a great time with everyone, and was amazed at how many people came to share this special day with me. I want to thank Mom for hosting the get together as well as Hallie, Jacque, Tammy, Krystle, Mary, and Rick for all your help!!! It was an amazing shower...just beautiful! I have never in my life been so happy and so grateful!!!! I am truly truly blessed with so much!!!

Later that night some friends and I went to see Jimmy Fallon at the Tempe Improv. I felt like I needed to do something I have never done before (before baby arrives)...so seeing a comedian is something I have always wanted to do, but never got the chance. I am obsessed with it now...I want to go next month!! I haven't laughed so hard in a long time...and let me tell ya...being pregnant and laughing hard can be a painful combination. I urge all of you to go sometime and laugh your butt off...humor is definitely one of life's best things!