1 MORE WEEK! OMG!

Can you freaking believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was telling Brian that we were prego and now I am telling him OMG she will be here in about a week. We are very excited and finally all packed for the hospital. My bags and Brylee's bags are packed. Brian has a change of clothes at Tara's house in the Boro' if he happens to be at work when we head to the hospital, he will have time to leave work, swing by Tara's, shower, and change before he heads up there. Emily's BIG SISTER bag is packed and ready, filled with her DVD player, DVD's, Big Sister Shirt & Ribbon, Crayons/Coloring Book, and her gift to her little sister. Helen will be bringing Emily to the hospital as soon as she gets that call and this way Emily will have something to do if she has to wait for her sister to arrive. We are so excited and so blessed to have such wonderful and caring family and friends.

If I make it through work Monday the 26th, I will have reached my 1 year anniversary with Bemis and will be paid for 6-8 weeks of time off with Brylee. So please continue to pray we make it through the day.

I am getting very nervous and would be very interested to here your stories. Signs of labor, when you headed to the hospital, how long you were in labor, and any of the other goodies that they may sugarcoat in the child birth classes. Leave them on my comments or email me at mistylreese@bellsouth.net. We will keep you posted, so stay tuned for more Brylee Taite updates! We go to the Dr. Tuesday the 27th at 10:30am.

ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS!

We decorated for Christmas a little earlier this year considering Ms. Brylee could be here any day now. I am still feeling pretty good. I work Monday and then I have vacation the rest of the week. I go to the Dr. Tuesday to see Dr. Moore and then find out if I have dilated anymore. Keep us in your prayers and pray that I make it through my last work day!! Love Ya and Happy Turkey Day! We are ready to EAT!

Dr. Update

We went to the Dr. yesterday for our ultrasound and it was so neat. We got to see Brylee in a whole new way. Here is a little picture of her face that I just think is fabulous. We could see her heart beating and her spine, legs, arms, and feet. They were much bigger this time than the last.

They could not get a really good measurement of her head because she is so low, but they are estimating 7lbs 9oz. The Dr. said that I was still dilated to 1 and that she did not see any reason that I should not be able to deliver naturally. She said they would monitor the delivery and the baby before they could make a decision as the whether a c-section would be necessary, but she did not feel we needed to schedule one at this time. So, please keep us in your prayers because I really don't want to have a c-section if we can help it.

Love Ya!

Not much longer...

BIG NEWS...

I JUST RECEIVED A PICTURE ON MY PHONE AND WANTED TO SHARE.

EMILY LOST HER TOOTH TONIGHT!!

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Let me start by saying HAPPY BRIAN PROPOSED THREE YEARS AGO TODAY, TO ME DAY!

Where, oh where have my ankles gone?? The swelling is worse than ever these days and I am sore in places I never knew I had. But not much longer. Exactly 20 days to the due date, but we will know more Friday after the ultrasound. I am so nervous, excited, ready, scared, happy, and so many other things I cannot even begin to explain. We are finishing up getting the last few things assembled and ready for Brylee's homecoming and even Lane and Lil seem to be getting ready. They have been so much more calm than usual and have been such good girls. I know they will be great with Brylee, with a little jealousy of course. Emily is really excited and I love to hear her enthusiasm. She is going to be the GREATEST BIG SISTER EVER! As you can see from the below Brian and I are not the only ones who are worn out these days. So much to do and so little time to do it in, we are all tired.

I received a package on Saturday from one of the planners I work with in Wisconsin. Thank You Lana! She is so sweet. Lana and I have never met face to face, but we have carried on numerous phone conversations at work. She is wonderful. She lives in Appleton, WI and sent us some goodies. Lana has recently moved to a new position within KC, so I don't get to talk to her daily anymore, but we still keep in touch. Brylee got two new outfits, including her very first pair of denim capri's/jeans. They are so tiny and oh so adorable. I was so excited to receive the package. I am very fortunate because I get to work with such wonderful people everyday, some in TN and others in WI.

I had a shower at work yesterday and we got a lot of great stuff and lots of gift cards, so I am thinking shopping spree this weekend for sure!

I promised J-Pac I would post my prego Halloween pic, so here ya go. The shirts a little snug, but I had to have something Halloween on for my trick or treater's. And if you ask me, I must say I look far better than my husband.

Brylee Taite Update

Well, we went to the Dr. again today and everyone is fine. We actually LOST a pound this week. Blood pressure was good and heart rate was 140. I am dilated to a 1 still, but am now 70% effaced. She said she could come early, but she may not. If I hang in for another week, Brylee will be considered full term if delivered after the 37th week.

She also requested that we scheduled and ultrasound for next Friday to see how big Ms. Brylee is. This concerned me, but I would much rather know now than try to squeeze out a 10 pounder. She thinks she will weigh around 7-8 lbs.

Keep us in your prayers! She may be here on her Uncle Chance’s Birthday (Nov. 23rd)!

Sorry for the delay, but time is spent preparing or resting these days. Here are a few updates. Jennifer, I can't post the picture because I don't have it here. Send it over and I will add it.

Two Week's Before The Last Visit

I am miserable! My feet and ankles are swelling and my back is killing me. But other than that I could not be happier.

We are measuring at 35 weeks and I am 34.5 weeks prego. We are going every week now. My next appt. is Thursday at 3pm. Brylee’s heart rate was at a little over 140 and everything else was good. Blood pressure was normal and I gained 3 lbs., so a total of 28 lbs so far.

She said that I needed to watch my feet and ankles because swelling in normal from here on out but should one of my feet/ankles swell a lot more than the other that I need to give her a call. All the other Dr.’s in the practice seem to be booked up and I will probably only see Dr. Moore and Redden from here on out. Which is Ok, since a lot of you see Jones and McGowan delivered Claire I am Ok if I don’t meet them and they are the ones that deliver her because obviously you guys trust them! She told me to eat a banana a day because I have been getting leg cramps. (The first I have had the entire pregnancy came on the other night in BOTH legs, it was horrible) She said that the other pains I was feeling were just my ligaments getting ready for her debut.

This Week's Visit

Well, well, well, we went to the Dr. yesterday and her heart rate was 150, I gained 1 lb, and was measuring at 37 weeks and I am in going into my 36th week. They did the Strep B test on me which is to test and make sure there will be no complications in delivering naturally. We go back next Friday morning at 10:30am. I am also dilated to a 1. I will be able to see the rest of the Dr.'s in the practice over the next three weeks. Thanks goodness. We will keep you posted!

Brian and I also celebrated out TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY! He bought be a beautiful bouquet and the sweetest card. Then when I called to thank him, I was surprised with out wedding song Wonderful Tonight as my new ringback tone. I just LOVE him and could not be happier.

Fall Break!

Emily had her fall break this week and I took a few days off to spend some extra time with her. Rowena dropped her off to me Wednesday afternoon at work and had made some cinnamon rolls (sorry no pics, we ate them). You saw the bread and I know your mouths were all watering and the cinnamon rolls were just as fabulous. She and Emily even had a little one for Brylee, which of course I ate on the way to the house that afternoon. Tara was laughing because she called and I was trying to drive, talk on the phone, and eat my cinnamon roll. She asked if I couldn't have just waited til I got home, but Brylee wanted hers right away.

We had a very busy and very fun fall break. Thursday we got up and watched some tv, then went and visited Lindy's class. Emily attended music with them. Then we headed to get Brylee a large diaper bag and I swear I still don't think it is big enough for all the stuff I think I am going to need. We then headed to Dr. Kazmarska's office to talk with her about becoming Brylee's pediatrician. She is very nice and seems to care a lot about the kids. She knew Emily right off the bat. If you have used her or have an opinion I would appreciate it. Brian likes her and so does Emily. My only concern is that should she ever need to be hospitalized she would have to got the BCMC and then bee referred to Vanderbilt, due to Dr. Kazmarska's privileges there. I am a little eerie of that because as you all know I am no fan of BCMC. **Let me know your thoughts** We then met Amanda Crews and headed to the Boro for dinner and a tour of the hospital. I got a little light headed in the delivery room, but I am not a hospital person.

Friday we headed back to the Boro and met Aunt Jennifer and Molly Kate at Chuck E Cheese's. Emily had a ball and got 229 tickets. She was so sweet and shared tokens with all of us. Molly Kate seemed to like the pizza a lot. If Jennifer was to slow about handing her a piece she just reached out and grabbed for what she wanted. We had a ball. I cannot wait to do it again.

Saturday Brian and Emily met up with the rest of the family at Applebee's for a pancake breakfast benefiting St. Judes. Me, Mama, and Tara headed to the craft fair. I did GREAT this year, I bought some gourmet dog treats, Brian a peach fried pie, and two Elf stakes for the yard and had Emily and Brylee placed on their little hats. They are adorable. Tara bought a few things and needed to drop them at the car so I sat on a hay bale and ate some roasted corn and waited for them to return. Then we had some lunch, not as good as it normally is and I never found the peanut brittle for Brian. We left around 1:30, I was still hungry. Emily and I came home and talked Daddy into taking us to Mexican were we ran into Rochelle and Sondra. Rochelle kept tickling Emily on the neck and we had her thinking there was a bug in El Mexico getting her, until she caught Rochelle in the act. We decided that since we canceled the Halloween Party this year that we would roast hot dogs and marshmallows anyway. We got Chance and then built the fire and cooked our dinner.

Sunday we packed our bags for the hospital. I am sure that I have forgotten something so if you have any suggestions of can think of something I may have forgotten please tell me. I had a great helper Emily, checking things off the list and counting down 6 MORE WEEKS! Brian and Emily played horse shoes hung out at the house after that and I ran to T-town with Mama. Guess we will all have to suck it up and go to work tomorrow.

Love You All!