Baby news and a little more

Here's Carly's ultrasound pictures. Joseph thinks she's really going to look like me. She's got some pretty massive lips so I wouldn't be surprised. And don't worry, you can say it...the 3D picture is pretty creepy but I thought you could see her big lips better in the pic. Sorry if it gives you nightmares. lol

I went to my last two doctors appointments yesterday and today. I'm learning a little more about what's going on and what the doctors are looking at. If the amniotic fluid level drops below 5cm that's very dangerous and my doctor will induce me. Three weeks ago I was at 7cm. Last week I was at 11cm and this week I dropped back down to 9cm. So not as bad as 3 weeks ago but normal is around 20 cm. The doppler went higher too (not good) from last week so...to make sure things are still ok, they switched my weekly fetal assessment appts. to twice a week instead of once a week and my o.b. appts. will be weekly now b/c I'm considered high risk. The dr. said if the amniotic fluid drops to 5 cm or below they'll hospitalize me but there's no way I can be hospitalized with a 2 year old. When I talked to my o.b. dr. about it he said that he won't even mess with putting me in the hospital, he'll just induce me. He said that he's definitely not going to have me go to my due date and at the very latest, if things look good with baby's growth, doppler and amniotic fluid, he'll have me go to 39 weeks. But...to expect something more like getting induced between 36 weeks and 38 weeks. That's as long as things go like they are now, but if they drop he's inducing me right away. I'm not worried about anything and if I can make it to 34 weeks with no problems then I'll feel pretty home free. That's only 1 week away. So we pretty much will have a new baby in about 3 weeks. Crazy!
As long as I don't have this baby this weekend I'll be fine. :) For those of you who really know me, you'll know that there is nothing that will stop me from making it to the Black Friday sales! A-yo! I'm totally prepared to be up by 3, 4 am and have a full day of Christmas shopping. I am a total bargain shopper so how could I miss the Black Friday sales? I get so annoyed when I buy some thing and it goes on sale soon after. Even if I only would've saved like $3.
As for our turkey day, it starts a little early. We have decided (along with my doctor's decision for me not to leave Las Vegas) to stay home and start our own traditions and have our 1st homemade Thanksgiving dinner at home. So Joseph and I are making pies tonight to save some time and oven space tomorrow when the big cooking extravaganza begins. Joseph is an awesome cook so it will be fun to be cooking side by side with him and have some company in the kitchen. We'll see how our very first turkey turns out. Oh, and to all you Othello peeps, I'll have to brag about Joseph's birthday present. He's going to go to Othello next weekend (with out me...:( ) to watch the state championship games and is hoping Othello makes it. It'll be nice for him to see his family again too. (I'm sure most of you are going home for Thanksgiving so you probably don't care but...whatever.) Anyway...Happy Thanksgiving everyone.