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BOY! And it's about time I finally posted on here! I had no idea how crazy life would be once our little one arrived. I just never seem to have the time to sit down and blog - but we are getting into a little routine so I should have more of a chance to update in the coming week!

Andrew "Drew" Tyler Lewis was born on Sept. 16 at 3:05 AM. He was 8 lb. 10 oz. and 22 inches long. I keep telling CAL that it looks like we have a 2 month old, not a 3 week old!!

Here are a couple of pictures of our sweet boy, and be on the lookout in the coming days for the birth story, as well as tales of our first few weeks as a family of 3. Life is so very good, and God is so amazing!!!!

It Won't Be Long!

Well, baby Lewis is set to make his/her arrival sometime on Monday! We head to the hospital to be induced tomorrow evening! I can't believe we get to meet this precious little one in (hopefully) less than 48 hours!

My blood pressure has never really dropped enough to make the doctors too comfortable with me going full term. When we went on Wednesday, we made the decision that we would induce Monday - that would get me to a little over 38 weeks. The doc guesses the baby is about 8 pounds, so it isn't like he/she is going to be super tiny by coming 2 weeks early!

So, here we sit...less than 24 hours away from the beginning of a life-changing experience - It is so strange. You don't even know how to feel or what to think. All we know is that we are getting ready to be parents and we are excited, terrified, nervous, and in awe of the fact that we will be holding our child very soon!!!

Can't wait to let everyone know about the arrival!!!

Maternity Pictures

If you want to see a few of the maternity pictures we had done, go to this site. She did a great job, and I will share more when we get our disc!

Head to the dr. today to get my blood pressure checked and talk about "what's next." I'm assuming it is more modified bed rest for the upcoming week, but will let you know.

Not sure if being awake at 4 AM is a result of anxiety or just not being as tired after being on my butt for 3 days!!! I think it's a little of both.....

Learning to Be Still....

Well, the unthinkable has happened. I know, it's not unthinkable, but it has been in my mind. I never thought I would be put on bed rest. Our pregnancy has been so healthy and everything has gone so well. But the past couple of visits, my blood pressure has crept up, and today the doctor said enough was enough and put me on "modified" bed rest. Basically, what that means is that I have to stay at home for the vast majority of the time and really limit any "actvities" that I do. Even more than that - I had to leave work - today. She gave me the rest of the afternoon to "tie up loose ends" and then not go back. YIKES!!!

Now, let's explain something here... I don't sit still. I am not sure that I know how to!!! And I really don't do well sitting still when I am alone - it tends to make me crazy. Add to that the fact that I'm nesting big time and you have one very interesting situation!!! I can't clean, I can't organize, I can't work... What is it that I am going to do?

But the important thing is that we are doing what is best for Little Bit. I go back to the dr. on Monday and we see where we stand. They would like to keep the baby in me until 38-39 weeks, which means until at least next Saturday. So we will see how my blood pressure does after resting for a few days!!!

Any good chick flicks out on video? Or any great books I should pick up?? Or does anyone just want to come visit? :)

Baby Showers

Here are some pictures from my last two baby showers. I have one more tomorrow at church. I have such great friends...I have been truly overwhelmed by everyone's love, support, and care for us over the past 9 months.

The first shower was hosted by two of my best friends from church for a bunch of "young moms" who I am great friends with... The day was kinda gloomy and I didn't set my camera up quite as well as I should have for my sister, so the pics aren't great...but we had a great time!!

The next pictures are from a shower that my mom's best friend and dear friend to our family threw for me in my hometown of Hendersonville. This was mostly women who have been influential in my life from the time I was a little girl, and also a good friend of mine from my days in Fletcher. It was such a sweet time and so good to be with these women who have made such a difference in my life!!!

Nesting...

I think it's pretty safe to say that nesting has begun!!! I have always been pretty OCD about cleaning and wanting things neat, but I have never been quite like this!!!!

My parents came to town today and while CAL, dad, and CAL's dad were outside doing some major deck repairs, mom and I cleaned like mad women. We moved furniture, we cleaned baseboards, we dusted blinds, we got in every nook and cranny we could find. And, oh...do I love this clean!!!!!!! We still have a couple of rooms to go, but we made a huge dent in things today. I'm sitting here enjoying that "freshly clean" smell... I know, I'm mental!

On another note, we are down to less than 4 weeks to go. I cannot begin to put into words how excited we are to meet Little Bit! I am feeling very pregnant these days - the whole back hurting, feet hurting, need a crane to get out of bed...... But I really can't complain. I am doing really well and have had a pretty great pregnancy all things considered. I think every woman just feels like this the last month - just tired and ready to meet the little one that is squirming around!

My goal this week is to get some pictures on here of the nursery and some showers! I need to get all caught up on those pictures before I have baby pictures to share!!!

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day! We really did the "labor" thing today - just thankfully not the labor that would have brought Little Bit a month early!

2:30 AM

Yes, it is 2:30 in the morning and I am blogging. Why, you ask? Well, what else is there to do at 2:30 in the morning when you have been throwing up everything you ate all day and are terrified to lay back down because you just know that is going to start the horrible cycle all over again?? Ugh. This is the 2nd time this has happened in the past week - yet another thing they just don't tell you about pregnancy. I got through the first trimester and only threw up a couple of times so I thought it was smooth sailing. Oh no, no, no....Apparently, the "morning sickness" comes back again with a vengence during the 3rd trimester!!!

So, here I sit in my chair with my laptop, wanting so badly to go back to bed and sleep, but just not so sure my stomach can handle lying down right now since every time I close my eyes, the room starts to spin. So isn't everyone glad I'm sharing my 2:30 AM sick to my stomach adventure on my blog?? :)

In other news, I have less than 5 weeks to go. Oh.my.goodness! I am so excited and get more and more anxious to meet Little Bit as each day passes. S/he is moving up a storm these days and my stomach is moving all on its own - a lot. So much so that my dad even saw it out of the corner of his eye this weekend. It's pretty cool if you ask me.

I had another shower this weekend and had a great time seeing old friends from the church where I grew up and from the town where I lived all of my childhood, and for a bit of my "pre CAL" adulthood. In the near future, I will post pictures from it, as well as my shower with my best friends from church here in TN. That happened way back the end of July, but I just haven't gotten around to doing anything with the pictures.

The nursery is really coming together (guess I should post pictures of that too...) and I love just walking in there. We still have a few "finishing touches" to complete, but we are good to go should Little Bit arrive early.

That is about all that is going on here - although I think that is plenty! Lots of stories I could write, but I'm feeling another wave of nausea coming on, so I better close so I don't throw up all over the computer....wouldn't that just be lovely??

Hope everyone had a good weekend.....More updates coming soon, but hopefully I will actually get some sleep first....