ONE Month Countdown....

Along with our doctors, Dave and I have scheduled a c-section date for April 2, 2009, 8:30 a.m. at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville. If I make this date, I will be 37 weeks, 3 days pregnant. Delivering the baby a few weeks early was always the original plan. The plan was to schedule a c-section in the 36 or 37th week for many reasons. Reasons....... - I've had a previous c-section, the placenta has been either low lying or actually covering my cervix this entire time, I have been giving myself Lovenox shots daily which thin out my blood and if not addressed properly by surgery time could cause complications. The doctor said she could set up the c-section for either April 1st or 2nd. Dave preferred not to have the baby born on April Fools Day, so April 2nd it is! Here's to one more month of smooth sailing.....

And now the other exciting news...... (many of you already know this)

We've decided on naming our baby girl - Jenna Danielle. Of course with me, there are reasons for everything. First off - no, we did not choose another "A" name. Our intention 10 years ago wasn't to go crazy with "A" names - it kind of just worked out that way.

We chose Jenna one night back in October while watching "The Office" on TV (goofy yes). One of the actresses is named Jenna. We both looked at each other and decided that was it and we haven't thought of any other name since.

We had trouble choosing a middle name until Dave's brother Steve helped us out. Sorry Steve!! On Thanksgiving night, Dave's brother and sister in law Heather asked if we had thought of names, we said we were still thinking. Steve mentioned he loved the name Danielle and that was a name he wanted to use. I didn't think much of it until the drive home when we both discussed that that name worked very well with Jenna and also honored our Jacob Daniel. So, one month later during our Christmas celebration we asked Steve if it was okay to use the name..... we got the okay. It's been Jenna Danielle ever since. We've seen her weekly on ultrasound and I've felt her move for months now, but now we just need to meet her, see her and hold her.