oh maaannnn!

I am so mad! It is one day before our Poppy is due, thats right I have carried her for 40 weeks,  and as far as my body goes it has taken a beating! But I was proud to say that I did not have a single stretch mark ANYWHERE!..untill this morning. I woke up this morning and my stomach had erupted with stretch marks. I don't know how they came on so fast but it was literally over night that I had about a dozen marks on my lower stomach. I know there was nothing yesterday because I rub cocoa butter on my stomach every morning and every night, and last night when I went to bed and rubbed on my lotion there was not a thing! I have cried all day! I am so bummed. I have gained a ton of weight, but I always would tell myself thats temporary and I can loose the weight, but stretch marks are soooo permanent!  I can't believe it! I know, I know it will all be worth it when I have her in my arms, but until then I'm gonna keep having my pity party!

Totally changing the subject, but Dave takes the MCAT tomorrow so he got a blessing tonight form his friend at school.  It was such an awesome blessing!  It said that he has studied enough, and put in a sufficient effort that the Lord can amplify his mind during the test. It said he will not have any anxieties while he takes the test, and his mind will be clear and it will be easy for him to focus. Also, that his passion and dreams of becoming a doctor will soon be realized! and he will be able to provide for his family!!! The Lord will take his burden from him and make his shoulders light.  Lastly it encouraged him to be a good father and to follow the saviors example as he raises his family. Blessing are so awesome!

Baby Name

We have officially decided on a name for Poppy. I know many of you have asked if we are naming her Poppy, and we are not. We want to give her as many chances as possible to love us during her teenage years. Ha Ha Ha. He name will be... Milana Kaye Murphy. We both love the nick name Mila, so that was our starting point. Since Dave served in the Milan mission, it seemed perfect! My moms middle name is K, so we decided to spruce it up a bit and carry on a family name. We really had a hard time choosing a middle name. Not a lot of names flow well will Milana, most didn't sound "pretty enough" next to her first name, while others made her name too extravagant, especially the Italian names we were thinking of, so I think this is a prefect, somewhere in the middle, middle name!

I've been not writing as much because I feel like every thing I write is kind of doom and gloom these days. I am just so miserable all the time, and who wants to read about that? Well, I do and I want a record of this pregnancy, so bear with me while I complain again...For the past 2 months or so I have been dealing with pregnancy carpal tunnel! It is driving me crazy. Its really bad in the right hand (of course). My hand constantly tingles and feels like its asleep. My fingers feel like they are 3 times their sizes because of the numbness. Using my hand is painful. Grabbing things out of the fridge, turning on the water in the shower even brushing by teeth hurts. Often I will get a big zinger that goes all the way up my arm. Sleeping is near impossible with my hands constantly burning. Ahhh its just all so annoying. I was talking with my mom and I told her it seems that I have/had almost all the negative side effects a woman can have during pregnancy! Every day my body gets weaker and easy tasks become more arduous. I am so glad I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, cause I don't know how much longer I can do this.

Back to being positive, our ward threw me a baby shower last week and Poppy made out pretty well. The ward was so generous I couldn't believe it! Every thing from baby supplies to onsies to outfits to adorable home made quilts! The gifts just kept coming, and I will be forever grateful for our ward family and the friends we have made while living here in Henderson.

                                                her crib over floweth!

as of today...

My midwife predicts that Poppy won't be here for a few more weeks, even though I'm at 39 weeks right now. Dave can breath a sigh of relief since he is scheduled to take the MCAT on Jan 27th, which is her due date, but Kat thinks it will be longer then that.

After palpating my belly, Kat also predicts that our "little" girl won't be so little. She thinks she will be around 22 inches and AT LEAST 9 lbs! AHHH!!! When I told Dave, he jokingly said, "Its not too late to go to the hospital and get the drugs!" Ha ha ha, what he doesn't know is that the thought had already crossed my mind!

So I guess we'll see if Kat's years of experience also helps her predict the future!

I am feeling much better these days. Kat has changed my diet, put me on the Brewers diet, which is great for pre eclampsia, and has really been helping. I also did a 3 day magnesium flush with really helped relieve the swelling. My feet look like regular pregnant swelling instead of the gigantic boots I was wearing before. I am supposed to start walking now to help the baby drop, and now that my feet will actually fit into some shoes, I am anxious to start walking and get this baby here!!!

A Family Weekend

Look at this adorable bassinet that my awesome Ya Ya and mother in law made for us. It is a family antique. Ya Ya slept in it when she was a baby. Ya Ya bought all the fabric and had the grand vision for it. Holly was the mad seamstress up all night at the sewing machine. I think it turned out absolutely adorable!!! It is so cute and girly, I just love it and am grateful for these 2 women to put their time and talent into making this little bed. 

       

On a funnier note, this is the biggest burrito any of us have ever seen and to see cute little Ya Ya attempt to eat it was just too funny! Gotta love the portion sizes at Cheesecake Factory!

Dave's dad had a feeling that our little Poppy would be coming today! Unfortunately, now it is 10:30 pm, so I guess today is not the day! Too bad! I was really hoping he was having "grandpa intuition"

I didn't know this was possible

Seriously, this IS my foot. I did not get this picture from the internet or anything. Its 100% me! I gained 8 lbs this week! i'm sure its all water weight! I started getting really swollen yesterday, and today was like, hello feet! I tell Dave I have Renee Zellweger eyes, cause they are seriously starting to disappear, and tranny hands, cause they are so swollen and masculine, it really looks funny when my nails are painted bright pink.

  

I am now at 37 weeks. Poppy is done developing, just getting fatter every day! Her little bum sits right below my ribs and she sticks it out all the time, It used to be really bony and pokey, and now when she sticks it out,  I can feel it is really getting round and fat. SO cute!  She has been face down for about 6 weeks and she ALWAYS stays on the right side of my belly. She gets really active from about 

10ish pm-3ish am. So I am usually awake during that window of time while she gets the ants out of her pants. She has definitely started to drop. He weight is so heavy and putting a lot of pressure on my pelvis.  I talk to her all the time and tell her that we are so excited to have her be in our family and that she   will be so loved and that she can come out whenever she is ready! No need to wait till her due date if she is ready to go! Ha Ha Ha. I'm not sure if I can make it!

                                                   my view, haven't seen my toes in a while