Urgent Prayer Request

I thought I would never have to type a post that hit this close to my heart and family. If you have followed my blog then you know Montana Lane Fisher, my little baby cousin. He is on several of my posts in pictures, he is my little first cousin, Kimberly's baby.
Montana passed away this morning, January 31, 2009. We have no reason yet, he just went in his sleep. He was born October 5, 2007 and I witnessed his birth as I took off work that day to be in labor and delivery with Kim. I took his very first picture! I saw him first, and I have followed his life closely with pictures and videos. He has been a blessing and a joy to me in my life and I just knew that he and baby Kaden would be great buddies one day. It's just UNBELIEVABLE at this point, and I ask for your prayers for Kimberly.
Here are a few precious memories with our boy Montana.

Daddy's Home!

Just a quick update because a few of you are wondering if we are at the hospital. Not yet! Not yet! But that can literally change at any time. I am contracting, it's just being really annoying and inconsistent now that Lance has made it home. Go figure! He got home last night about 8p.m. We have spent today running around town like chickens with our heads cut off, walking everywhere, and picking up last minutes needs for the house before little baby Kaden arrives. We had a great day together, Lance called it our "DATE DAY". We walked the square downtown and went in all the antique stores, had lunch, went to the winery and had hot tea (me) and coffee (him). We went and got me a pedicure and manicure, at least I feel a little prettier now for delivery! It was just a nice day we shared today! I feel so lucky to have such a loving husband. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE having him home and us spending the day together. I have NEEDED this!!!
I had a sort of surprise visitor this evening, Tonya Renee, my step sister who lives in Arizona got to visit with her family and finally meet Lance, and me finally meet her baby boy Lewis. She was in town for the funeral of her grandfather. She took some photos, and I'll post a picture one day when she sends me a copy. We haven't seen each other in like 3 years! CRAZY!!!
Lance has been working his tail end off this evening cleaning the house up, doing laundry, and cleaning out the guest room to make room for NANA (my Mom). My Mom is going to stay with us for a while (as long as she wants!) when we come home from the hospital to help me get going with Kaden Angus. Anyway, her bed is ready now. And, speaking of my mom, tomorrow, January 31, is her birthday. Maybe she'll get a grandson for her birthday! We will have to wait and see! Or maybe he'll be born on Super Bowl Sunday? Or maybe he'll hold out until Monday and be a groundhog baby. Either way or either day we will be just as excited! We are SO anxious for this thing to HAPPEN!!! Come on Kaden, you can come out now, your Daddy is home!!!

Here's the plan...STAN!!!

This morning, icy road conditions and all, Mom and I braved the weather to go to my 8:45 a.m. doctor appointment. Luckily, the road were not bad between here and there, only the parking lot a the hospital was frozen still. Mom almost busted it in the parking lot! She joked to the doctor that she almost pulled the mirror off a truck to keep from falling! LOL!
My appointment when fast, luckily....
My doctor says I am R-E-A-D-Y to have this baby. We discussed having me come in to have him Friday but the labor and delivery were already booked up. So, our date for induction -if- it doesn't happen before then, is MONDAY, February 2, 2009!!! I am to call the hospital at 5 a.m. to ensure they have my room, then head up there.
The doctor said today that I am completely thinned out (effaced), but still closed, no dilation. But he says that can change at any time. And, I'm pretty sure it may have changed just since this morning. Over lunch, Mom & I literally watched my belly DROP! Big time DROP, I look like I have a belly overhang now, it's really weird. He is PUSHING his way down and out. I've been having contractions all afternoon, ranging from 5-10 minutes apart. So, we'll see what happens.
Daddy Mabe (a.k.a. Lance) is on his way home as way speak. He will be here by tomorrow evening and his vacation starts then...YEAH!!! So, I'm praying to hold out through the night at least and tomorrow early day so he can be here with me!
Please pray for his safe drive home, he is travelling from Chicago to Texas with lots of ice in between. I need him here safe and sound and as quickly as possible.
So, that's the scoop....baby Kaden on Monday, unless God has plans for his birthday to be sooner! We are excited!!!

A Wonderful Weekend!

Lance & I have tryed very hard this weekend to get baby boy motivated to come out. Starting Thursday, of course, I ran errands and got a haircut. That evening I rode for the first time in the BIG truck with Lance to his work (about a 2 hour drive), bouncing the whole way, the baby was kicking and stretching and moving like crazy in the truck. I think he was VERY confused as to what was going on. After leaving Lance's truck at his work, we went to dinner at Humperdink's. Our dinners were delicious! I did have to ask Lance to stop about halfway home for me to walk a little bit because I was cramping and very uncomfortable. We ended up stopping at a Wal-Mart and walking a little. We finally made it home LATE Thursday night and I hurt all night long and didn't get much sleep at all, we thought MAYBE he was on his way. Friday came, and I still had contractions and cramping until about 3 p.m. We went for a walk from our house to a store a little over a mile from our house, we walked there, went in and bought a drink and set there a little while. Then, we walked back home. Almost a 2 mile walk. I was very tired after the walk, but I think it actually made me feel better and my contractions stopped. When we returned home, I took a bath and cleaned up and we went out for a DATE, thinking it may just be our last one. We went to a local winery were we have discovered wonderful Italian food. Dinner was great, and these pics are from our dinner outing. We then again went to Wal-Mart after dinner and walked, bought some movies, and went home. On Saturday we went to lunch at Lance's parents for his brother birthday dinner, then we went and did a little shopping and walking... The end result is this...Kaden can not be bounced out in the big truck or walked out obviously. So, we continue to wait his arrival. 10 days until February 4th!!! My prayer is still the same it has been the whole pregnancy, that he and I will have a healthy delivery, he will be a healthy baby, and Lance will be here with me when I go into labor. This is Lance's last week to work before his scheduled baby vacation. He will be home Thursday morning, so baby Kaden needs to wait for Daddy to get back home Thursday! We will see if baby Kaden cooperates with our schedule this week...

New Mommy Do!

I'm officially ready for Kaden now!!!

Can he be WALKED out???

One of my near and dear friends, Christy, has motivated me this morning to get up and try to walk this baby out. Last night I had a really bad HURTING spell and went to bed at 9 p.m. I did sleep about 3 hours at a time all night until 9 this morning, so I know my body is give out from being in pain. I am TIRED of hurting, but TIRED of laying around too! So, after talking with my friend I have decided to try to walk as much as possible to try and encourage something to happen! I know it is going to make my body not feel good, but I'm willing to give it a try if it involves bringing this baby out!
So, I am up and dressed. I have to go pick up allergy medicine for my little dog at the vet. Then, I have an appointment for a haircut at 3 p.m. That's right, this little Momma is going a little shorter on the hair do for the new baby arrival! It will be so much easier and look better for what I have in store for me the next several weeks. My focus will not be on how my hair looks, so I think shorter is better and easier than longer hair. So off I go to try to convince little Kaden to come out and meet this big world waiting on him!!!

38th Week & Waiting

Today we had our 38th week doctor visit, and everything was great with little Kaden and me as well. Kaden's heart beat sounded good and strong as always, and his head was in good position. The dr. pressed down on my lower abdomen and it hurt! I asked him what that was and he said that was the baby's head. OOoooWWWW!!! I am still the same as far as my cervix goes, he said I'm a little thinner than I was on Monday at the hospital visit, but still about 75% effaced. The doctor did say I am thinned out enough that things could start happening anytime now. We are just waiting on Kaden to get done cooking now. When ever he would like to make his grand arrival we are all impatiently awaiting his arrival. So, on we charge into another week, dr appointment is January 28th to mark 39 weeks, and my doctor says we'll go from there! He may just hang out until his due date! I am growing more impatient daily as I would like him here NOW!!! But, only 2 more weeks to go!!! I'm starting to feel like he will be born on February 4th!!!

Kaden's Position

This is the position of my baby boy! I feel his little butt, his little feet, and his little arms when he stretches, and others can see him stretch out his body parts in my belly. These really hard spots just start popping out for the world to see, it is so neat! I am going to miss feeling him move in my belly...

Hospital Visit #2

Yesterday started off well with me and baby Kaden. I awoke motivated. I bathed Sadie (our little dog), then bathed myself, got dressed, and fed all our outdoor critters (donkey, cat). I then worked a little around the house cleaning and organizing. I layed down to nap about 1:30 p.m. feeling really tired. I awoke at 3 p.m. with severe back pain. I was having contractions, and it was killing my back. Contractions in my back! I tolerated it for an hour or so by walking around the house trying to change positions to get it to go away. It didn't. So, I called Mom and she started over to my house. I called my doctor around 3:45 and he said for me to go into the Labor & Delivery and get checked. Mom & I decided to go on in and get me checked, we left my house around 5:15 p.m. They observed me and little Kaden in triage for about an hour and a half. The performed a NST (Non-Stress Test) and the baby is doing GREAT! Average heart beat of 145 BPM, and my doctor says he looks GREAT! As for me, I am having contractions but they are still early labor and unfortunately for me I am not dialating yet. I am still 75% effaced (100% means my cervix is completely thinned out) and I am still closed. So, we got sent home after a shot of Dem. and Phen. for the back pain. He told me it would help me relax and sleep which is what I need to do. So, off we went home at 7:20p.m. I did get more sleep than normal last night. I am still hurting this morning though, so we will wait and see. I go to the doctor tomorrow morning for my 38 week visit. 2 weeks and 1 day until February 4, 2009!!! As we continue to wait on Kaden to join us...

Inauguration Day 2009

What a wonderful and amazing country we live in. I have been awake most of the morning watching the coverage of the Inauguration of our new 44th President, Barak Obama.
I am sharing it all with little Kaden and telling him all about the President of our country and how important it is to be patriotic and support our country.
Moments and days like this make me so proud to be an American. So proud to live in such a wonderful free country where I can choose to live the way I wish. Days like this also make me beam with pride and wipe a tear from my eyes for our veterans and friends that have been lost in war defending our precious country. I know that because of the sacrifice of so many, I am able to experience these wonderful moments in history, and share them with my children. My only wish is that those soldiers could see what they made possible for us everyday Americans. I thank you William Douglas 'Doug' Richardson for your sacrifice and I shall never forget your gift to me as an American.
On a lighter note, Aretha Franklin ROCKED singing My Country, "Tis of Thee"...WoW!
That was AWESOME!!! And, now we have a brand new President of the United States for the birth of our brand new son in days.

37 Week Dr Visit

This morning we had our 37 week visit to the doctor. Little Kaden is officially considered a full term baby now, and can be born at any time he gets ready. My cervix were checked today, and I am effaced 75% (I was 50% in the hospital just after Christmas) and not dilated yet. So, we have made a little progress but not enough to start any labor. I have been cramping a lot since leaving the doctors office today though, probably from being checked, I'm not sure. Also, my Mom went with me today since Lance is working, he hated to miss this appointment, and I hate not having him with me. However, my appointment for next week is on Wed. as well, so he will not be able to go then either, and my due date is on a Wed, so we have 2 more weekly check ups on Wed. and then the following Wed will be the due date. If little Kaden has not decided to be born between now and then, we will be induced the morning of the 4th so he can share his Daddy's Birthday with him! 3 weeks to go, we can't believe it!!!

Maternity Photos By Mom Part 2

Maternity Photos By Mom

Also this week

Read Psalm 63 and give praise! I am also reading Acts 5 this week and focusing on the lessons to be learned from the early followers of Christ. This will be my focuses for the week: Psalm 139, Psalm 63, Acts 5.

Psalm 139

O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.

You hem me in-behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me," even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you. If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men! They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord, and abhor those who rise up against you? I have nothing but hate for them; I count them my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

NOTE: I know I said I wasn't going to post this scripture, but I changed my mind. This is my first scripture I am working to REMEMBER this year with the Beth Moore study. My goal is to EQUIP myself with 24 scriptures this year by memory. It is equipping me with words of God to have and use DAILY in my life when I need them. (You have to choose scriptures that have meaning to you and your situation or life, if they don't have a strong meaning to you, you won't remember it.) I am working on committing this scripture to memory this week, and it may take me longer, but I am working on it daily several times. CHECK OUT BETH MOORE'S BLOG AT:
www.livingproofministries.com for her video on how to remember scriptures, and why it is so important.

Kung Fu, Who?

Just a little Sunday afternoon humor for you all as we anticipate the big arrival date of Kaden. He has been quite the active baby as of recent in my belly. He can no longer, of course, flip or twirl around like he used to because he is now locked into position for delivery, and I believe too large to move elsewhere. I believe this frustrates him greatly. So, he pushes and stretches his legs/feet as much as possible as well as his arms/hands. I am as of today referring to him as Kung Fu Kaden! His first nickname from his MOMMY and he isn't even here yet! My Mom is convinced that he is going to be a VERY active baby. We shall see soon! For now though Kung Fu on Kaden, Kung Fu on!

Changing this life

It is hard for me to describe what I have been feeling lately. Maybe it has a lot to do with becoming a mother for the first time, but it also goes much deeper than that. I have been on a spiritual search recently.


I have had plenty of time to ponder on the most important things in life while at home, off work, anticipating the birth of our first son. And, when it is all broken down, all I see as important are the people in my life. My husband, My baby on the way, My family, and My friends. One way that I got really started on this journey recently is through discovering that I have people in my life who I have considered friends, and they still are friends, that are not Christian. I am by no means the person to PUSH Christianity down someones throat by living my life as an example, because I know I am not a shining example of how to live your life as a Christian at times.

At the same time I have always been a believer, as long as I can remember. I can remember believing that Jesus loved me as a small child (both my parents always instilled a Christian love inside me), and I can remember choosing to accept Christ when I was a young adolescent, and I have experienced very strong as well as very weak moments in my walk as a Christian over my lifetime. I am embarrassed to admit how often I've read and studied the Bible just this year. My point being, my life needs work spiritually. My attention needs to be on me and how to improve my walk with Christ, not on others.

It goes deeper than that though. Those whom I call friend, I love dearly. It truly breaks my heart to think that one of my friends does not have peace in their life. They are not comforted by the same God who so lovingly always accepts me back even when I have pushed him aside over and over again. I have peace and comfort in times when things are unimaginably bad in my life because I know I have a God that loves me and forgives me and comforts me and heals me, over and over again.

If I wanted to take this one step further I would say that is disturbs me even more that these self proclaimed 'non believers' are raising children. How is it possible that someone with my same viewpoints and interests in so many other areas could be missing this one HUGE piece of there personal life? How can you raise a child to have no beliefs? How does that child receive comfort if the PHYSICAL things are no longer present in their life?

And that brings me back to my current state, becoming a mother. God is calling me, not softly, and not nugging, but SCREAMING to me at this point in my life. He so desperately wants me to experience all the wonderful things he has in store for my life as a mother, that he is TELLING my heart, 'this is your time,Kelly.'

The scripture that is starting me back on my quest for CHRIST in my life is Psalm 139. This scripture just seems like the appropriate starting place for me on my new quest in Christ. I want to seek him in all I do, not just the really good times to praise him and the really bad times to ask for his help, but in all times for his guidance in my life.

Here's the scripture: Psalm 139
Theme of this scripture: God is all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful, and everywhere present. God knows us, and his greatest gift is to allow us to know him.

I am not writing the scripture out here, in hopes that each of you will study this scripture with me this week. It's so amazing to me that God knows us, every single tiny detail about us, and he still chooses to allow us to know him. He wants us to know him, and for that I couldn't be more thankful.

My hope is to show God's love through my life. To teach my new baby boy about Jesus, and to give him the gift of comfort that can come only from believing in God. I know I will stumble, I always do, and I know I'm very likely to fall, I have before. I want to remember 2009 as the birth of a new me, not just the birth of my first child. A me who prays daily and multiple times daily, who reads and studies the bible for true meaning in my life, and a me that strives to put God before everything. To glorify him in happiness and sorrow, and to let his LOVE show through my life. I know that with God, my marriage and motherhood will be blessed with strength and guidance.

Like I stated above, God has called me. He has called me to be the best mother I can be by trusting in Him. God has called me to be a witness of Christian love to my son and my husband, and for that I am thankful.

Weekly Doctor Visit

Mom's Blood Pressure: Good and Low
Mom's Swelling: almost completely gone away!
Mom's weight: I lost 4 pounds this week! (All in water weight from drinking LOADS of water this week and laying down all the time)
Baby Heartbeat: Strong and thumping right along, he is also in the perfect position for delivery.
Doctor did not check today for dilation. That was disappointing to me seeing as I have been hurting pretty bad today, but that all started after my appointment. Contractions are still every 10-15 minutes, not consistent, but did become painful this afternoon. (Painful enough that I cried!)
For now we are just waiting this baby out! Next week little Kaden will be considered a FULL TERM BABY BOY!!! Can't wait to cross that off our list!

9 months .... FINALLY!!!

Can anyone see 6 months worth of growth here?

The first picture is of me today at 36 weeks (9 months!) and the second picture was of me at 12 weeks (3 months!). The scary part is I really thought I was GROWING at 3 months! I never imagined my body could do this though! I've reached my goal of 9 months today!!!

Good Doctor Visit

We went to the doctor this afternoon for a check up. He had all the results from my tests while in the hospital and it appears I just had a really bad stomach virus. I have made a full recovery now, and am feeling better. I have some serious swelling in my ankles, oh wait, I don't have ankles anymore! My doctor doesn't seem concerned with the swelling or headaches that have developed this week because my blood pressure is good. However, I packed on the water weight this week weighing in at 186. Yikes! That's 51 pounds and 4 weeks to go my friends. Oh Well!
While at my visit today, he checked my cervix which is still high and tight, and they did a Group B Strep Test which they do on every pregnant woman between weeks 35-40. The strep is fairly common, and if a carrier the woman can pass to her baby during a vaginal delivery. So, they do a swab test to check for it, if for some reason the woman does have Strep B she will be administered antibiotics during labor. If strep B is passed to the baby it can cause brain and blood infections. So, better to be safe than sorry.
Also, I discussed with the doctor the fact that I have been experiencing contractions about every 10-12 minutes while in the hospital, then sporadically throughout the week, then constant since yesterday evening. Starting yesterday evening, I've been really cramping with them. Not intense pain, but like menstrual cramps. He said that what I have been experiencing are not strong enough to change my cervix, because it hasn't changed yet. So, he says as he's giggling, those contractions will be a lot more painful. He says I now know what to expect just a lot more intense pain. GREAT!
But, as for now mom and baby are doing great...growing right along! We go back next Friday for our weekly visit. I can't believe we are 32 days away from having him here for sure!!! YEAH!!!

Our bags are officially packed!

A gift for baby Kaden from his Daddy! It's a stuffed cow chair!

Everyone keeps asking if I've packed a bag for the hospital yet? Well, we did it this week! Kaden's diaper bag is ready, and my bag is ready and waiting on him! I kept waiting thinking that if I waited it would pro-long delivery that long, unfortunately, I know it doesn't work that way, but I can't believe we are already so close! We are now ready for the trip though, car seat in the car and all!

This is Kaden's changing table, bassinet, pack'n'play in our bedroom...We are READY for him to arrive!

A few more things...

This is one half of his closet, poor thing doesn't have anything to wear!!! Above his crib...The Life of a Child Poem

Kaden's crib...

Bookshelf, Rocker, and stuffed toys...

His tractor bedding...can't wait to have that baby boy in this bed!

A peek at Kaden's room...

There have been a few of you after me to post some pictures of the nursery. Well, we are finally done! Here's a taste of Kaden's room... This is his rug... The dresser and mirror I refinished and put new hardware on is now a changing table for the little guy...

The curtain matches the rug, and here's my nursing plush glider rocker...

The dresser, rocker, and crib...Tight squeeze, but we made it!

Another picture of the dresser/changing table...

Product Recommendation

Since the majority of my friends are either parents to small children still in diapers, infants, or expecting their first baby I thought I would share this product with you all. As most of you know, my Papa Fisher was at home in a hospital bed for 10 years. My Granny found the BEST ointment in the world and it is cheaper and works better than the over the counter diaper rash ointments you all buy. Here are the product details:

Name: Lantispetic Skin Protectant

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