thirty-seven weeks...and counting.

Jane is safe to be born! At the birthing center!

She is a biggin'!

We are beginning to see what it is like to be in the "waiting" phase of pregnancy. I never thought it would come, but once we got the car seat bought, our birthing-center bag(s) packed and 37 weeks hit - we feel ready. Plus, we are just so excited to meet Jane!
I am a mixed ball of emotions. Totally excited to meet her and hold her, but TERRIFIED of squeezing her out! I know it will be worth it and I will forget about the horribleness, but it still exists. I actually had a dream that I missed my entire labor and delivery process and woke up with a baby - and I was so sad! I do want to experience it, I am just nervous.

I know when it starts I am going to cry, cry, cry and tell Justin that I "can't do it"...knowing that I very well can. I'm just overwhelmed thinking about the whole process and the fact that my body can perform such a feat. Not to mention the after-affects and recovery! Ah!!


PLUS, we are waiting on lots of little details to come together in regards to our house! We don't have an official closing date yet, and it is driving me nuts! I did start packing yesterday, the things we don't use; that was good. I need to continue doing that little by little as Jane stays in the womb.

People keep asking me if I'm "nesting" - and I have a weird answer: YES - I want to set up all of her things and have them perfect for when she comes, but I can't quite do that yet - instead I get to pack everything except for what we will be using in the first few months with her. Even doing that helps me to feel ready, but it is very hard not decorating her room and setting up her crib and all that, to perfection.

Plus I really want to start setting up our HOME!

Gist of this post: I am impatient.

Our house...

...in the middle of the street...

We are buying a home. We found it! We have signed papers and are currently in the process of gathering all necessary paperwork for the loan application (which we have been pre-approved for) and then having the house inspected next week, etc. We are set to close on the home no later than October 30th! How exciting!

Here is a virtual tour of the house: Presenting 810 W. 21st St. in Hutchinson, Kansas!

We LOVE it! It is the perfect size for our family now, and allows room for expansion...i.e. the basement. There is a nice big back yard for Nemo, a great dining room for entertaining and even an attached garage! We will live two houses down from a highly recommended elementary school in Hutchinson as well! Jane can walk to school : )

We are so VERY excited...did I mention that? And SO thankful that everything is coming together so beautifully and quickly. The Lord sure knows what we need when we need it!

Please pray for us! Pray that everything continues to come together as it should and that as we are close to having our sweet baby and closing on a house that we would not be too overwhelmed. We are really praying we can get into the house before Jane is born, but don't really expect to be able to move in until a few weeks after she is here - either way is fine, I just think it would be easier to move with her inside the womb. There are lots of details that go into buying a home, and Justin is amazing at getting it all done, please ask for ease in doing it all as he already has SO much on his plate right now.

In other news - my first baby shower is in Olathe tomorrow and I am super excited! My mom is taking us shopping to pick out a carseat/stroller combo - I think this will help us to feel more ready for her to come. Each day I get a little bit less nervous about her being born...I think it is the fact that we know where we will be living! I am excited to see friends and family and celebrate Jane together! Praise God for creating such a wonderful thing in childbearing and life - it is quite humbling to think that He chose ME to have our baby - I am so inadequate and yet so prepared by Him. Yey.

30 Weeks

Yesterday I had a 3-hour-Glucose tolerance test - I drank yucky glucose-infused-lemon-lime-flavored-water then got poked three times. I don't have gestational diabetes! BUT my midwife is suggesting I make some diet changes anyway :(  
NOT easy with prego cravings, let me tell you, but it will be good for the whole family I am sure!

{My cousin Aimee and Me - she is due a few days before me and also having a girl : ) }

Midwife says Jane is head down and measuring at about 32 weeks. I gained one pound in the last week. I feel abnormally huge. Healthwise I feel fantastic.

I put together a changing table for the little miss yesterday and tomorrow Justin and I have the day off - in which I plan to put back together the nursery that keeps turning into a storage room. Organization is not easy when you can't just go out and buy a ton of boxes and baskets for things (like I would like to do).

Justin and I are saving for a house! And looking for one as well. Our goal is to save 20% for a down-payment (which we expect to do by February of next year) and to find a place for around $50,000 that might need some fixing-up. It is lots of fun to look at homes and as much as I appreciate Justin's parents opening their home to us, I can't wait to have our own place again where Jane can grow up with Mom, Dad and Nemes :)

"The Lord is good to those, to those who wait on Him. Oh, I will be still and I will know that You are God."

Job!

Justin got a job! He has accepted a position as full-time teller at the Dillons branch of First National Bank of Hutchinson. He gets a ton of great benefits and makes decent money. He is hoping that once he finishes his degree he can slowly move up in this particular bank - they have an average turn over rate of 12 years and love to hire within.

He is SO excited to be back to work - the hunt has been long and tedious. Funny thing is, now that he has a job, all the places he has applied keep calling and giving him offers! Kind of annoying.

He will work four, ten-hour days - so three days with me! That will be nice especially once Jane is born :)

So, congrats to my perserverant husband on his new job as a banker! I'm impressed.

Jane

We are having a little girl and her name is Jane :)

She is so sweet already. She turns and tumbles a lot lately and we LOVE to just sit and feel her in my tummy.

Oh, and we live in Yoder/Hutchinson now. I love my new Starbucks and my co-workers are lots of fun. Justin and I have joined a small group at Westside Baptist Church and we're studying the Song of Solomon. Justin is job hunting and planning to continue school (mostly online) next semester. We are giving birth at the Yoder Birthing Center and we LOVE it there. We see a midwife once a month and they are very helpful and friendly. We are so anxious to meet our little Jane!

Jane is currently 25 weeks - the size of my favorite chinese dish - Eggplant!

That is a brief update...very brief.

vomit

Last night while driving home from dinner with some friends I had my husband stop in a random parking lot so that I could get sick.
I felt like a drunk girl leaving a bar...but alas, I am pregnant, not intoxicated.


It was yucky.

all kinds of shriveled up grapes

Justin hates raisins and I am not a fan of prunes - BUT we are both very excited about our little prune sized fetus this week :)

The Chinese Gender Predictor says we are having a boy...we'll see.

Our prune-sized-fetus' vital organs are beginning to function this week. If he/she in fact is a "he", he is also producing testosterone already! Also, arms and joints are now working. That means baby can begin perfecting dance moves to perform for mom and dad as soon as he/she exits the womb! She/he better have a good routine - we are not easily impressed ;)

I am feeling pretty good this week. Other than having a bit of a sinus-infected-head, I have energy and don't feel like puking. I am also feeling my "breasts" (boobs) getting bigger along with a nice little pooch forming expanding on my tummy. {I am insinuating there has always been a pooch :) }

The Villmers really love these things this week!

-Playing video games (Lego Batman and Left4Dead)
-Watching the rest of LOST (we are on season 6 - I have already seen it, but I love re-watching it and watching him find new things out about the crazy sci-fi world of "The Island")
-Night Light (we bought this devotional and we are really enjoying it. It is really short and simple, but good for us right now)
-Listening to music on our Zune (Justin bought me a Zune! How sweet.)