The birth of the class....

Well, you can say that we are getting very close now! We have begun our classes on how to give birth, so now everything is ok and I can say goodbye and the baby will be hear soon! Isn't that how it works? Now that we are taking classes on how to give birth all the stress should go away? Yeah, anyways...
If you haven't figured it out yet, this is Ryan speaking. I have to say that it was quite an eye opening experience to sit in on these classes. Not that these classes or wrong or that I don't agree with them, but because it is quite a shock when you have somebody telling you how to calm down your wife who is in extreme pain and discomfort. So these people are telling me that a couple of positions are going to make everything better again? Well, I guess these are better than doing nothing. I'm quite confident that Dawnelle will do just fine in getting through this next step in her pregnancy, which is the end! She is a very tough young woman and has dealt with a lot of injuries in her past (unfortunately) that have caused her a lot of grief and pain. I have finished my credentialing program recently and we feel it is a blessing because now I am available to be there for her and prepare for that trip to the hospital! We hope that it is only one trip! Oops, I better get back to reading my pre and post labor informational sheets so I know what is coming here real soon! haaaaa

My support group!

Here is my daily support group. They don't even call me "coach" anymore. All I hear is "Preggo". They get a little scared that I'm going to go into labor....Every van away trip we have they have a plan on which one will drive, which girl will support me, which girl will call 911. It's so funny! THey have been great and they yell at me when I'm standing too long or when I get too close to line drives. I have resorted to only hitting infield practice now. The days of hitting fly balls to outfield are long gone. I leave that for my assistant coach. We are doing well in league. We beat the #1 team in league this week. We have 3 league games left and we're headed to l;ayoffs. But it seems that little mini dutton may accompany us....but hopefully not in my stomach! I am definitly ready for her to come out. My body isn't so comfortable right now to live in.

More stuff

More nursery apparel!!!!!! You can see we have the monitors, bottle warmer and plenty of other stuff!!! Dad built and painted this shelf...Good Job Ryan!!!

nursery ...

Crib all set up with matching dresser.....

34 weeks ... counting down!!!!

34 Weeks! WOW! I am definitly pregnant now! I am getting bigger by the day and my schedule is jam packed. I teach all day M-F and coach every night. If I don' t have a couple hour practice then I have a away or home game, which adds at least 5-6 hours to the evening. I am still finding time to exercise at least 4-5 times a week. I have see a difference in what I can and cannot do. It's frustrating, but I'm dealing with it. I will post a picture this week of my Spinning class on the bikes....

We have the crib now, thanks to Grandma Penny and Grampa Don (and all the accessories for it). Dad (Ryan) took my dresser/hutch and sanded and painted it to match her room. It is super cute. I bought pink antique knobs to match, too. Dad also built her a nice little shelf for all her "stuff". We had a little baby shower last Sunday at the Donovans' and we were very shocked to receive her classy cherry wood high chair and her super cool car seat! she is all set!!!! Thank you to all of you who pitched in and bought that for baby dutton.We can't say enough for how thankful we are for all of you especially this time in our lives going through what we're going through! We will tell her the rest of her life about the time she was in the "womb" and all the support we got from the community!

San Diego Feb. 21st

I told everyone about the trip I took to San Diego 2 weekends ago. We got to see my friend Kelly who is also expecting about a week after me. It was great to remember old times, but get to talk about all this "pregnancy stuff". Saturday morning I attended her kickboxing class, so we took pictures afterwards..hence, the workout stuff and looking like we just worked out!!! Also, here's some pics of Ryan and I before we took off to Jess and Mikes' wedding later that day. It was mini duttons' first wedding and she enjoyed it!

Pics of Nursery

Here's a few more pics of the Nursery, better resolution on the camera.....