8.5 Weeks...

And for comparison...

2 weeks...

Foto Friday...

Kate smiling at her Daddy...





Dash being a cheeseball...





I was playing with the white balance setting on this one, and it's way off, but I still like it. And I'm pretty sure he was about to whack me with that frog behind his head...



Happy Friday everyone!! Thank GOODNESS It's Friday!!!

It's ALIVE!!!

Thank God for grace periods. That seriously made my day. We were able to reinstate www.johnandcolleendixon.com (for a hundred and twenty freaking dollars...) but it LIVES!! I'm going to dual post, I know I'm lame but I can't let that one go. So just follow me on whichever one you want, I promise you won't miss any posts regardless of which blog you follow. At least that way I'll have one giant blog that has my whole life history on it and one that will forever be saved even if my stupid website goes down again... :)

http://www.johnandcolleendixon.com
http://www.johnandcolleendixon.com/TeamDixon

Kate's Super-Cute Baby Blanket

My BFF from Bentley made Kate THE most adorable baby blanket.... See?



And the DETAILS... oh the details...



Yes, that's a crocheted bunny. And there are like 6 of them.

As Dash would say "teeny... tiny... baby flowers!!"





Kate: "Don't you like my blanket???"



Now head over to Debbi's blog and see how ridiculously hard this puppy was. It makes me even MORE appreciative. You rock Debbi! Fair Isle crocheted bunnies aren't easy!!

A New Beginning...

So apparently, when John lost his wallet at the beginnning of my maternity leave and we had to cancel all of our credit cards it synched perfectly with total choice hosting renewing my domain name. So www.johnandcolleendixon.com and www.cakesbycolleen.com are no more. :( The hosting service renewed, just not the domain name. So I'm hoping I can get the hosting service hooked up to a different site or something and get all my stuff back. Otherwise I'm just not going to think about what I lost. I'm sure plenty. :)

So I needed a different blog anyway, I kind of hated that the Team Dixon blog was connected to my personal website just because of stuff like this. So here we are. :) I made this one public, and even if my old blog pops back up this will be the new one. If any of you know anyone who checks on my blog and doesn't post, please send this blog on along to them.

So here's to a new beginning!! Ah... now I have to actually figure out blogger. :)

Tomorrow's the Day...

Well, not THE day, hopefully, but one of the days.

We're going in tomorrow for an external version. They'll give me a muscle relaxer to keep contractions at bay and then slowly try to rotate Miss Kate from the outside into a head down position. If it works, I'll rest up in a room for a few hours while they make sure everything's ok and then I'll go home and wait for labor to start on its own. If it doesn't work, we'll need to schedule a c-section. Success rates are 50-70%, so not the best odds, but I think Kate has enough room in there to move around some, and I feel like she's probably a cooperative kiddo. :) The only other outcome is if she doesn't tolerate the flip well and we deliver her right then and there. Hopefully that won't happen. I don't think any of us are quite ready just yet. :) I'll update twitter and come back and update here...

Dear Kate

I know you're warm and snuggly in there, and probably still growing. I just wanted to let you know that any time you decide you're ready to come out, we're really ready for you. Please spin around though first, ok?

I had an ultrasound Monday and it confirmed that you are still breech, which I could have told them since you haven't budged at all since about 24 weeks. Here's your cute little picture...



Whole bunch of baby, huh? The U/S tech did a bunch of measurments to give an estimated size, but she didn't tell me what your size was. I'm waiting for Vandy to post your u/s report online so I can see just how big you're measuring. I'm guessing by the assistant (who I think was a student) saying "wow, that's a big head!" that you're pretty good size. Dash was 9lbs 4oz at 38W6D when he was born and you are 37W1D. I'm guessing you're around 8 pounds already. We'll see I guess. You've been measuring more on track than Dash ever was so hopefully you're a little more petite.

Dash sat through the ultrasound and recognized you, as soon as you were on the screen he said "Baby Kate!" I hope he doesn't expect you to be some black and white TV image when you come out. :) He's also turned Baby Kate into "Baby Cake!" So that nickname might stick around for a while.

We're going to try to flip you next Thursday, don't be too mad at us. And try to cooperate, ok? It's time to let it go now, upside down is fun, I promise. And your face won't be so smushy when it's not under my ribcage. And you know, as soon as you flip, if you just want to come on out, that's fine with us too. We can't wait to meet you, and love on you from the OUTSIDE. Just 20 more days, give or take. :)

Love,
Your momma.