Cole is coming...next week!!!

Well, I went to the doctor today for my 37th week check up...hard to believe I am already 37 weeks!! My BP was still up, so Dr Lyman took me out of work and drew some lab work. He told me based on my lab results, we were either going to have a baby this week or next week. Holy Crap...we're having a baby...really soon!!! Well, they called me back and the lab work came back fine, so we are going to meet Cole next week...Holy Crap..unless he decides to come a little sooner. Dr Lyman still has me taking my ctx medication, because he will be out of town this weekend, therefore, Cole really needs to cooperate this week. I really want Dr Lyman to deliver me. Please say lots of prayers for us. I'm going to try to enjoy my last week of freedom by myself. If anyone has any good chic flicks or any good movie for that matter, please send it my way!
Until next time....
All our love,
Nicole, Dean, and Cole

Drum Roll Please!!!

First of all, I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and will have a Happy and Safe New Year. Time is sneaking up on us so fast...it's hard to believe we will be having a baby, pretty much any time now! :) I am going through all kinds of emotions right now...excited, scared, ready (is ready even an emotion???), nervous, just to name a few. Everything is pretty much ready, we just need to put a few things on the wall and pick up a few odds and ends..not necessities to bring a baby home. I will keep everyone posted and how the next few weeks go either by blog, phone, or texts...are you ready???

Now for the drum roll...It took a lot of praying and discussions, but we finally came up with a name for the baby. I never thought it would be so difficulty to name a child. Anytime parent(s) would come in to have their babies and they say they don't know what the name is yet, I never understood it...now I do. It's a life long commitment, that someone else may have to suffer. It was much easier to commit to getting married! We had to think about any cruel names that other little kids could call him..how it would sound if he was in trouble :), saint names, and many other things. You must be thinking get on with it already..... :)..........

...............Nikolas Steve Bitzas!!!! For short, we will call him Cole!

Get ready friends and family, Cole will be here before we know it!
Until next time...
All our love,
Nicole and Dean

35 Weeks!!! Almost cooked!

I went to the doctor today and we are coming to an end. Everything looks pretty good. My blood pressure was up a little bit, but when the doctor retook it, it was fine. He wants me to monitor it the next two days and report back to him. I don't have any of the other symptoms for preeclampsia, so he isn't that concerned.
My cervix is officially open....1cm. We are well on our way. Hopefully it will continue opening like it is supposed to! He is still growing right on target. I asked Dr Lyman how big he thought the baby was and he said 6lbs...but he also said that little girls tend to have big babies and they hide him well. So Krista, you and Dean might actually be right about an 8 pounder...he better come out from below :)
I'm sorry about being so slack with blogging. When I'm not working, all I want to do is sleep...I am so exhausted. I'm still looking for this burst of energy! I'm also sorry for no pictures..still can't get it to work.
Until next time...
All our love,
Nicole and Dean

Fear this!!

As a L&D nurse, I know that most of the time when a woman has a baby the doctor has to break the water. Hence, most people's does not beak on it's own. Well, that's not what Nicole thinks!!! I was lying on my couch on day chilling out and all of a sudden this fear came over me that my water was going to break while I was on my couch....That would SUCK...BIG TIME!! Well, I went to work one night and told the girls about my new found fear (I've had a lot of them throughout this pregnancy). Well, one of my colleagues brought to my attention that when her daughter was pregnant, her fear was that her's would break in the bed...I didn't even think about that:). She proceeds to tell me that she placed a shower curtain liner on top of her mattress. Sounds like a GREAT idea. So, I went to the dollar tree to buy a $1 shower curtain liner. I washed the sheets, placed the liner on the bed and remade the bed. A few hours later, we went to bed..and a few hours later, I woke up sweating like a PIG!!! It was pretty gross and now I know why they say plastic is a good insulator. I will keep that in mind when I am stuck in the mountains during a snow storm!!! Needless to say, I had to do something to fix the situation, so I placed the liner under the matress pad...that worked out much better!! As for my couch, I have some chux pads from the hospital that I use....I also have some in my car, just in case :)
Until Next time...
All our love,
Nicole and Dean

2 more weeks have flown by!!!

First of all, I hope everyone had a GREAT Thanksgiving!! I know our family did! It's hard to believe Christmas is right around the corner...which means Baby Bitzas is right around the corner too!
I had my 33 week appointment on Monday and everything went well. Heartbeat is still good and growing right on target. I meant to ask Dr Lyman how big he thought he might be, but I forgot. I'm hoping he isn't as big as Dean thinks he is going to be. We started a pool with the family on when they think the baby will be born and how much he is going to weigh, and Dean seems to think he is going to be 8lbs 12ozs....He does realizes that the baby does need to come out, doesn't he?? Anyway, I go back to the doctor in two weeks and then I start seeing him weekly.
I'm sorry to say that for some reason, I can't get the pictures to upload. I'm not sure what is going on. I guess you guys will just have to come to the house to see the nursery. I will continue to try though, I promise.
As I approach then end of my pregnancy, my dreams have become more fears then anything. I guess everything is starting to become such a reality now. I've had dreams that I slept all night without getting up to feed the baby....I had no cloths that fit him (which is rediculous, b/c I have so many!!)...I didn't know how to give him a bath....and that the doctor completely butchered his circumcision. They were really nightmares, not dreams. I'm sure this is all natural...no bad dreams about delivery yet :).
Until next time...
All our love,
Nicole and Dean