March 11, 2009

Week 34 - "Nesting"

I am pretty sure the “nesting” instinct has kicked in for me. As Greg puts it, I was a “whirlwind” this past weekend getting stuff ready for the baby. I did 6 loads of baby laundry (clothes, towels, bedding, blankets), put everything away, cleaned closets, organized her room, rearranged her room (a couple times – sorry to Greg who had to move all of the furniture!), made her bed, had Greg put together all of her gadgets and toys, tested the video monitor, and of course had to run out and buy a ton of stuff too!!! Whew. . . got a lot done but still feel like there is a lot to do! However, as much work as it was, I have to say it was SO MUCH FUN! I am sure the novelty of washing and folding all of her little clothes will wear off but this first time was fun!!

I had my 34 week doctor’s appointment this morning. She was moving around during the appointment (and they think she had the hiccups) so they had trouble getting an accurate heart rate using a Doppler so they opted to do an ultrasound. She was pretty active during the ultrasound too but they were able to get a strong heart beat (159 beats per minute) and said everything looks great. . . guess she just wanted to play this morning. They were also able to get an estimate of her weight at this point. . . she is 5 pounds 7 ounces right now. Yikes – she could be a pretty big baby if she continues to grow like that in the next 6 weeks and I go full term!!!

Check out the picture below of today’s ultrasound!!!

March 2, 2009

Baby Shower in Kalamazoo

This past weekend I had a baby shower in Kalamazoo with all of my girlfriends and it was awesome! Huge thank you to Jennifer, Nancy and Courtney for planning such a special shower for me. Although I have to admit it was a little hard for me to watch all of my friends enjoying wine while I was drinking sparkling juice!! The generosity of my friends is amazing and now I have all of the “gadgets” and “goodies” I will need to bring this baby home! I am so lucky to have such a wonderful group of friends!! 7 more weeks until my due date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are going to start putting the nursery together soon and will post pictures as soon as it is complete!!

Check out the super cool "diaper cake" from Anita - each layer is a gift box filled with goodies - thank you Anita!!!
Nancy, Jennifer, Courtney and Lori - thank you for a great shower!!!!

Me and Courtney (notice the baby sock corsage Anita had made for me!!)
Wow!!
Thank you to Meghan & Anna Martin and my nieces Brianna and Kiley for all of the help at the shower. They greeted everyone at the door, directed traffic and helped me open all of the presents! They are the best!
Opening presents

February 22, 2009

Baby Shower in Port Huron

Yesterday I had a baby shower at Greg's Mom's house in Port Huron. The shower was thrown by Tara Coffindaffer (my good friend/Greg's cousin), Cathy Kota (Tara's mom) and Mary Antrobus (Greg's aunt). The shower was a lot of fun and we had a HUGE turnout of Greg's relatives, family friends and neighbors. I was overwhelmed with the generosity and love from everyone. It is so amazing to think about the network of family and friends our baby is lucky enough to be born into. We are truly blessed. A huge thank you to Tara, Cathy, Mary and of course Andie!!!!!
Diaper cake made by Diane Coffindaffer
Cupcakes from Aunt Mary
Me and Tara

I had a little helper opening presents!

January 25, 2009

27 Weeks

How time flies - I can't believe I am 27 weeks along already!! I am still feeling pretty good although getting increasingly uncomfortable as I get bigger and the baby gets bigger. Sleeping continues to be an issue but it is all worth it when I feel her kick!! She is very active lately and has become more predicable. Her most active part of the day is when I get home from work and lay on the couch - she moves around for a hour straight. That is my favorite part of the day - special mom and baby time!!!

The weeks after the holidays passed very quickly. I spent a week in Phoenix for work. The weather was beautiful and the meeting was great but it was very exhausting. I was on my feet from 5:30AM to 10:00PM most days! Luckily my friend Jenny (who I was helping plan the meeting with) took really good care of me and made sure I put my feet up during the day!!

Pictures from Phoenix

Beautiful view from my hotel room.
Outside area where we ate lunches.

Awards night - the women of the EMS Sales Team!

My friend Jenn!!





Gift From My Sales Reps


While I was out in Phoenix for our Sales Meeting - our team went to Dave and Busters and played video games one night. A group of my sales reps all saved their "tickets" and bought a GIGANTIC bear for the baby (and a guitar hero for me and Greg)!! What a great team!!!


The bear in the nursery - it is almost as tall as the changing table!!!!

December 29, 2008

Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas! Greg's parents came into town and Jennifer, Jeff, Brianna and Zachary also came over for Christmas Eve. Greg's Mom stayed a couple extra days to help out with a couple baby projects (including painting the nursery)!! Here are a few photos for Christmas Eve. I will post pictures of the nursery when it is complete!Christmas Eve 2008

Whose belly is bigger!??

The Wisti Family
(Jennifer, Brianna, Zachary & Jeff)

December 20, 2008

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas card for 2008!!!


Each year of our marriage, I have bought a personalized Christmas ornament for our tree at a local craft show. This is our 2008 ornament!!!!






December 8, 2008

Week 20


This was an exciting week. . . first of all, the baby started to really KICK this weekend!! Up until now, I have just felt little flutters but this weekend she started to really kick with force. It started on Friday night while I was watching a Piston's game (hopefully a sign that she will be a fan!) but has continued everyday since then.


We also had a houseful of company to celebrate an early Christmas and my Mom's birthday. My brother Trevor and his wife Lena and their children Asher and Savannah came into town from Sault Ste Marie. My sister Anita and her husband Pete and their children Ty and Kiley came into town from the Detroit area. And of course my sister Jennifer and her husband Jeff and their children Brianna and Zachary (who live in Schoolcraft) were at the party as well. We surprised my Mom (she was visiting from the UP) for her birthday to have everyone together. It was the first time all 6 grandchildren have been together at the same time!!!!!!! Our house was FULL of activity with all six kids running around - what a fun weekend!!!

Photos from this weekend!!!

Brianna, Kiley, Ty and Zachary opening presents!!!
All of us!!!!!!!
All 6 Grandchildren (yes this was the best photo we could get - they were all high energy)!!!

Asher enjoying the snow before everyone arrived (I don't own a sled so we use a storage tote)!

Ty with his sister Kiley and cousin Savannah

Kiley is all smiles with her new lip gloss!
Special thank you to Kiley for bringing totes of her clothes that she has outgrown so her our little girl can use them. Kiley is so nice to share with her little cousin-to-be!!!!