28 weeks

A lot has happen in the last couple of weeks so let'see if I can catch everyone up. First, Ryan turned 27 on September 24th and we spent the afternoon fishing. He got me a pink fishing pole, like I wanted, way back in May and haven't had the chance to try it out. That and well, with having such bad morning sickness, the thought of getting on a boat to do anything took some time before my tummy could handle it.

Here is my first fishing experience and I'd have to say I pick it up pretty well. It actually was fun and you can't see it in the picture too well but I had a pink lure to match.:) Yes, I love pink! And surprisingly the baby's room isn't pink. I'm 25 weeks in this picture so I say it was Zoey's first fishing trip too.

 This week, on Tuesday I had another ultrasound to check on my cyst that's growing bigger than anyone would like it to. It was nice to see our baby girl again and see just how big she is getting these days. She had her feet up by her face, but we got to see her face a little bit better this time. I think from the pictures that she has her Daddy's mouth. Also, getting bigger we found out is the cyst that I have growing on my left ovary. The Dr. found it at 7 weeks but it wasn't that big and hoping it would just go away on it's own, but at my 20 week ultrasound we found out that it had reached 7cm so Dr ordered another ultrasound this week. At this one it measured 10.23cm! It is seriously bigger than her head! Not exactly what we wanted to hear, since he said before if it gets to 10cm it will most likely have to come out. We went back on Thursday to find out what the Dr. wanted to do. We all decided to wait another month and then check it again and go from there. If he does surgery to take it out there is a good chance that I could go into preterm labor so we are trying to wait as long as possible so that our baby girl has more time to grow before she makes her entrance into this world! I do still have a chance of losing my ovary with the cyst being so big and might have to have a c-section to deliver Zoey when the time comes. I know that God has a plan for us and this baby girl and know that know she is suppose to be here she will and it will happen the way he decides. So we are trying to think positive and pray that she stays in there and no surgery for Momma until at least Dec.

 On to some better news this week, my 1st baby shower was this weekend! So my mom and youngest sister came in town from Kansas City and my childhood best friend and her parents and little girl came in town from Memphis, Tn. It was so nice that they all could come in town and celebrate my baby girl and get her room together. It was such a great shower and I actually had people show up! If you've known me for awhile you would know that I have a hard time with my parties and people showing up. Ryan says since the party was actually for Zoey that's why people showed up. But whatever the reason I don't care I had a great time! She got some great stuff to get her room started and looking more like a baby's room instead of a room with baby stuff in the corner piling up. I actually feel like I could bring her home now, except for the whole I want her to be full term before that happens.

                                                     My Super Cute Baby Shower Cake!

                                                                   Proud Parents To-Be
I'm so happy my husband ended up staying at my shower! He came up to check out my mom's tire and ended seeing that there were cute babies there that he just had to hold and play with and so he stayed and played! He is going to be such a good Daddy!!! I'm surprised he didn't end up stealing one of the babies he was holding and playing with. They were all girls, so he was getting plenty of practice for his own Baby Girl.

 It's hard to believe that she is going to be that small to fit into those tiny clothes, but she will sure look cute.

 The awesome diaper cake that my mother in law made for me. I'm so lucky to have such a creative MIL! She made this along with booties, mittens, hat and a sweater for our little princess. It all looks so cute!

          The bookcase that my grandpa made for me and has been saving to hand down to my little girl.

 It's starting to look more and more like a baby room and will be all ready for when she's ready to meet us.

It was a great shower and a great weekend with family and friends. After the shower we got to go to dinner with my childhood best friend and her parents and catch up. It was like we've never been apart. She did offer Ryan and I some advice that she has learned with her own little girl who is 2 years old now and a complete ham. I've learned that it's very nice to have friends that have recently had babies and can give me some great advice and tips on what really works and what doesn't.