Only 2 and a half weeks two go!

Ahh. I'm officially off bed rest! Went to the dr this morning and things are progressing well. He said I have thinned but not dilated much. But Payton has dropped and he could feel his head so most likely won't be much longer!(: Other than that not much has changed around here. I have everything ready for the baby so it's mostly a waiting game... NOT FUN! lol

And this is what I look like at 37 weeks pregnant (gained 50+ lbs now!) Scared to see how much more I gain in the next 2 weeks...

Bed rest..

Oh how everything is sinking in..here is what the last 2 weeks has been like in the Sims house.

*We had our baby shower last weekend and my Aunt Peppy did an awesome job! We received so many gifts it took 3 trips with the suv to get them home. I just got done last night finishing up organizing things washing cloths ect. I am soo thankful for everyone who came and sent things I'm sure were set for at least a month lol.

* Tuesday night Chad took me to the hospital around 7 pm I was having contractions timing them about every 3 minutes. We went to the track and I tried walking them off (thinking they were just braxton hicks) but when they just turned much worse Chad decided we needed to get checked out. When I got to the hospital they hooked me all up and saw I was having hard contractions every three minutes. The nurse checked and I wasn't dilated at all. (That was very disappointing). She then tried to see what was causing them/how to stop them. She checked for a bladder infection, made sure I was hydrated, turned me over every so often, ect. After 6 hrs of no change She called the dr on call and he ordered shots to make them stop. Unfortunately, the shots made me VERY jittery and I could barely walk. Therefor I didn't get any sleep that night after getting home around midnight.

*Yesterday, We had a dr appt at 2:45. I immediately told Dr. Rising about our trip to the hospital and he became concerned. He said even though the baby would be fine being born at 36 weeks he would like to get me through another week or so. He also was not happy about not being notified because he wouldn't have arranged for the shots. (I was kinda upset about that too) He put me on bed rest for the next week and a half until my next appt on the 3rd. Chad is doing an amazing job. He is waiting on me hand and foot and I feel so horrible. I hate not doing things for myself. But I am lucky to have him. Unfortunately I'm on day two of bed rest and I think I have hit my nesting stage because I have had the urge to get everything done today. But of course I can't get much done because I can't leave the house. Hopefully Payton gives me atleast a week after I get off bed rest so I can finish my list if things to do that I made today. Let's just say it's going to be a longggg week!!!

I also have gained quiet a few more lbs but I am lagging on taking pictures.. I have gained a total of 50 lbs!! I am so ready to have my figure back!! ( I almost forgot what I used to look like:/)

34 Weeks and counting!

Well I have hit 34 weeks! Its so nice to know I'm getting close! Only 6 more weeks and I am so ready. Nothing really new has happened in this past week. Chad is way busy between school and work, so I pretty much try and keep myself busy with odd and end projects. We did take maternity pictures and they turned out great!

Anyways, Thats all thats new around here. Baby shower next weekend and I honestly don't think I could be more excited!!!!(:

A Healthy Baby Boy

Well I am almost 33 weeks now so only a few more to go! Chad and I went to sneak a peak yesterday and got a 3d/4d sonogram of Baby Payton. It was WELL worth the money.. He looked so adorable and the first thing the nurse said is, "wow your going to have a big baby!" Haha not really what I wanted to hear but at least he's healthy. From what she said he should be weighing in about 3.75-4 lbs, well he is already 5 1/2 lbs!! She also said he has a big head (which he definitely gets from his daddy lol). Funny thing is Chad's dad has swore from day one that my due date is off and that he is going to come sooner than we think..after showing him the sonogram yesterday he only swears by it more!! But I guess we'll see(:

 Sticking out his tongue(:

 He seems to suck his thumb A LOT. lol

 He was sleepy.. I woke him up when we got there.

aww sweet baby boy(:

As far as anything else, Nothing exciting is really going on at this point. I finally found my baby shower dress this past weekend. Now I just have to pray I don't gain a whole lot more weight, because then I won't fit in it. I still have 2 1/2 weeks til the shower so I guess we will see!

As far as how I've been.. My back is killing me, I feel like I'm going to pop any day now, and It is extremely hot around here which results in me being very uncomfortable all the time lol.. I think its stayed around 110 mostly these past few weeks.. I Hate IT! Luckily we have a small tropical storm sliding in this weekend which will give us some rain and cool weather.. 

Time seems to be dragging by.

Well I am now 30 weeks 3 days pregnant. I'm starting to get way to anxious considering I still have around 9 weeks left.. We have everything done for the time being, now all I can do is wait until my baby shower to have more things to organize and play around with.. haha. My baby shower is September 17th and I'm soo ready. Once again it feels like forever away.. My dilemma for the time being is finding something to wear to the shower!! Anyways here are a few pictures of the past weeks or so.

 This is me about a weeks or so ago. I am definitely starting to pack on the lbs! I have gained a total of 29lbs since my first doc appt. I dread to see how much I gain in this last 2 months!!

 Last Saturday Chad and I decided to go fishing I am definitely in need for some sun!! We went out for about 2 hrs came back without a single bite and I didn't seem to get even one shade darker!:(

Hopefully we can keep ourselves busy these next few weeks to make time go by faster! Unfortunately, Chad goes back to school on Monday and I will be done babysitting. I fear this will only make time drag a little longer..

Update on Baby Payton

Well I think the last time I updated on here you guys didn't even know the sex of the baby. But we are soo excited because we are having a little baby BOY! Everyone swore with all of the wives tales we were having a girl, but God proved them wrong! I hate that I have gotten so far behind on this, I really wanted to keep pictures updated with belly photos. But I guess better late than never..

     So here is the very first ultrasound we had gotten. I was only 20 weeks along. Everyone swears he has my nose and Chads lips. I have no idea how they can tell.. so you can decide for yourselves. 

Here is what I looked like around 22 weeks along. I had grown a lot since Chad had left so I was very excited for him to see me! And of course it was the first thing he noticed. I believe his words were something like, "Oh wow there is a baby in there.." haha typical guy(:

Around 26 almost 27 weeks I had a little trip to the hospital it was nothing serious but we ended up having to stay a while and Chad got some what bored so he decided to try and entertain me.. haha he did a fantastic job.

Here are some letters I painted to hang on the wall in the bedroom.. They're not great but it's extremely hard to find things to match his theme, so I had to get creative.

Here is my most recent belly shot at around 27.5 weeks. I am almost 29 weeks now so I will update again soon!

Hope you feel like your included and up to date on our lives. I will try not to let it get this far behind again.. more for my benefit than yours lol this took a lot of time! (: I go to the doctor again this Thur for a regular exam and to get tested for gestational diabetes. I pray I don't have it, the only thing that raises my chances is that my mom had it with me.. but we can only pray I didn't inherit it. I don't know what I would do with out my daily milky-way Chad bring me home!(:

Our second honeymoon!

So I know it has been quite some time since I've updated.. so here we go.
      First off, as most of you know, Chad had left the last week of May to go study abroad in Spain. Well... it turned out to be A LOT harder on the both of us than we had expected. So, the last week he was there he decided to fly me up there for sort/-of-like a second honeymoon. We didn't get much of one right after the wedding due to the fact Chad had to work on Monday, so this actually worked out quiet nicely.

I didn't take as many pictures in Spain as I would have liked to only because I was much more worried about the 100 degree weather with no fans or air conditioning. Chad was honestly debating if I would actually make it or not.. lol luckily the VERY nice man who owned the dorms we were staying in let us borrow a fan because he felt so bad for us! Anyways to make a long story short I MADE IT and here a few photos I did manage to take(;
-This church was gorgeous, especially at night. It was a catholic church built in 1218! The architects must have been amazing back then considering this is still standing.. too bad they didn't leave us a few pointers..

These were just the streets, I know they don't look like anything spectacular but I was amazed by how clean they kept them. A truck drives by about 3 to 4 times a day to clean. I was very impressed!

And here is the famous Plaza Mayor! This place was INCREDIBLE. I learned that a lot of movies were actually filmed here, which is why it looked so familiar. This was kind of like a meeting point for everyone.. Almost where ever you go in Salamanca you have to walk through here to get to where you are going. There are always tons of people just standing around, with kids riding bikes and skateboards, ect.

So here is the first night I was there.. This is a HORRIBLE picture but after being on a plane all day I didn't really care. haha. There was a small concert going on in the street where we were staying so we decided to walk down and take a look. It was actually a lot of fun, we learned some of their dances and it was really neat to see how different things are there.

This is just a few cute pictures Chad and I took after getting some of the.best. ice cream.ever. literally. lol

And here is what scared me the most while I was there...

 These people hang there meat on the walls in almost 100 degree weather and just eat it raw.. Luckily I had the excuse to not eat it because I was pregnant (not that I would have dared to touch it either way) I have never heard of such. Buuttttt because I couldn't eat at what the local people did.. my wonderful husband found a Burger King. Which actually made me the happiest person ever. Everyday he would walk me down there for dinner and I would get one good meal a day.. during the day I would eat cereal and other small snacks.

For as little as I seemed to eat and as much as we walked (almost 4 to 5 miles a day) I still seemed to gain 22 lbs during the month of June. How? I have no idea.. lol Anyways this trip was a blast and defiantly one I will Never forget. I love Chad so much and I couldn't have asked for a better honeymoon!(:

Mr. & Mrs. Chad Sims

         The day finally came. I am officially Mrs. Chad Sims, still hasn't quiet sunk in yet.. The wedding was amazing! If you didn't make it you definitely missed out! I owe my parents so big for everything they did. 

Oh and my sister-in-law Ashleigh who did my hair! It looked AMAZING.. I was so nervous and now that I look back I'm not sure why cause everything turned out beautiful. After the wedding Chad and I headed out to Galveston to spend the rest of the weekend. It was a blast we went shopping out to eat and to schlitterbahn. It was a weekend I'll never forget. Chad and I also decided to start going on get aways every once in a while. It was so relaxing!

Mom, Dad, Jordan, and I

Ashleigh Finishing making my hair AMAZING!

Our New Family(:

My Amazing bridesmaids!

and Chad's best men!

ok so I'm sure thats enough pictures for now! I will update again Monday after the baby's ultrasound!!!!!!!!!

T Minus 3 weeks

     Well it's officially three weeks until the wedding. I'm starting to get very nervous only because I hate "all eyes on Jessica" lol. Other than that things are coming along great. My mom and mother-in-law are doing a terrific job, I know the church is going to look amazing.
     On the other hand, finals start end of next week and things are a little hectic around here. Chad always gets anxiety attacks around this time so i try to pamper him to make it better(:
     As far as the baby goes I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow, I'm assuming everything is still a-ok my next appt is on the 5th. Not real sure whats going to happen at next dr appt we think it's still to early for an ultrasound, so maybe well just hear the heartbeat again but we will see. We are soo excited to find out the sex of the baby! Chad is on pens and needles!

13 weeks

Decided to make Chad some brownies.. but if he don't get home there might not be any left! They smell Delicious(:
I also wanted to upload some pictures I am now 13 weeks and 1 day! only two more weeks til my next appointment! We are SOO excited!!

One Month until the Wedding!

Well we have set a date Ladies and Gentlemen. May 14th, 2011 at 2 p.m. Chad Michael Sims will be my wonderful husband! I couldn't ask for anything more in life right now! We have sent out invitations but unfortunatly may have missed you. If so just text me and RSVP! i'm going to try and post our engagement pictures on here now.. Let's see how this goes.

One of my favorites!



And this is Chads favorite by far.

Starting Something New

Well Chad and I decided to make a blog. I'm kinda glad he is at work and I'm figuring this out by myself..this could get ugly!