HERSHEY IS!!! or HERE-SHE-IS!!

ZOIE NOELANI HERSHEY SCHRIMPF

Born April 28th, 2009

7LBS 13.6 OZ

20 1/4 long

officially 40 weeks today!!!

The girl in the first picture is due on saturday. She was walking the beach trying to induce labor :) I've tried everything...nothing has worked. Maybe I will go into labor at work tomorrow. stay posted

My Dream

Once again I was up all night last night. I'm now having anxiety over the shelf hanging above Zoie's bed. Although the chances of Hawaii having an earthquake are not as great as good old california(the state made up of fault lines) . I bought that earthquake putty and secured everything down but its not getting rid of my anxiety.

It seemed like I had only been asleep for 2 minutes when I started to dream...or maybe it was a nightmare? Anyways I was on my friend Lisa's boat and she was talking about buying a jet boat so we got on the one in front of us. For some reason I ended up in the water. As I was trying to get my Big body back into the boat Lisa informed me that I was in Labor? what!? How did she know? I wasnt in any pain nor having any contractions. Then someone who looked like SPENCER PRATT showed up and was video taping me. WTF?! Was this supposed to be Derek? I never mentioned either name, not spencer or derek? Do I correlate the two? Gosh i hope not. haha. So Lisa is at my head and this "spencer" look-alike was filming at my feet (which by the way is a nightmare in itself). All of a sudden the baby just slipped out. No pain No pushing No nothing. Just a slippery little baby. No one was there to catch her and then i woke up..so I dont know what happened next!

Maybe this is a sign? Will she be a 4/20 baby? My little Stoner? will she rain on her daddies parade and be born tomorrow on his birthday? Who knows? I've given up thinking she will be here early! I guess I will continue to be put on the schedule at work. Everyone wants me to go into labor there anyways. WIERDOS:)

Happy Easter!

I finally got the Shelf up for Zoie(actually my dad did. Thanks dad!). Her nook is now officially complete. Now all we need is a baby in the crib!

OVER IT!

I really wanted to work until the end of my pregnancy. I kinda had it all pictured in my head. I would be at dukes working and either my water would break OR I would start having contractions. I would send someone to the beach to get Derek BUT he would probably be surfing or in the water taking pictures. My next call would be to my parents to come pick me up...BUT they NEVER answer their phones AND/OR they would be on the northshore(45 minutes away)..SO I WOULD TAKE A CAB! hahaha

Anways I want to DIE at work. Its okay when I have a day off in between my 9 hour shifts BUT I've been working 5 days in a row..ON MY FEET..At crazy busy dukes. I won't complain too much because the pregnancy (or pity) tips are AWESOME! People I'm not even waiting on hand me money. I think I have collected approx $60.00 for zoie's piggy bank from people who said "This is for baby..Not you". Okay Okay I wrote an i.o.u. and will eventually pay zoie back(my darn CA. property taxes were due and I needed every penny I had to pay them).

By the end of the day I'm ready to kill someone OR just cut off my feet. My feet usually hurt regardless but NEVER have I ever had this kind of pain in my feet. I tried to buy gel insoles but those are worthless!

So i'm Not sure how much longer I can hang on. Nor do I know how much longer I can keep my cool when someone asks "Can i rub your belly for good luck?" "Are you having twins?" "Wow! are you going to go into labor today?" "Did you know in europe they give you 2 months off before labor and 3 months after you deliver" and the best yet is from all the experts.."You really shouldnt be working when you are due so soon". I find myself just staring at these people. i wonder what my face looks like? am I giving them a look of death? who knows! Just watch out.

Oh and I love how everyone tells me "Get as much sleep as you can before baby comes" Are you kidding me? Did any of YOU moms really get good sleep in your last 1-2 months? NO! I cannot get comfortable. I have to pee every 20 minutes. Im super itchy and restless. Zoie sleeps all day and moves all night. Im up ALL night. If anything i'm OVERLY prepared to be up all night when zoie comes!

I always tell people, I cannot wait for her to come. I pray she comes early. I don't want to be pregnant anymore. I would much rather have this beautiful life I created out of me even though she will take all my energy and scream alot. You all know the response I get from that.!? When shes here you will say..."I wish she was still inside just for a few more weeks" NOPE! NOT ME!!NO WAY!

I am looking forward to doing this...

Instead of this...(38 weeks and Fake smile)

OB update

Went to the OB again today and unfortunately I don't have any wonderful news:( booooooooooooooooooo I am still dilated to 2:( After all that walking and working it's hard for me to believe she hasnt dropped a bit...oh well maybe next week. I'm sure my sister is THRILLED at this news.

The Cutest Baby Bedding

Here in Hawaii there is NO room anywhere in ANY house. Everything is soo small. I bought the Mini-crib for Zoie, which is a real crib but 1/2 the size. The problem with this was they only make awful, generic pink/blue, or organic beige bumpers for this size crib. I asked my good friend if she had time to custom make Zoie's bedding. All I had to do was pick out the fabric(pink tulle, purple satin, and sage) and tell her the dimensions. It turned out amazing!! Thank you Zofie... It even matches the beautiful quilt Sallie made Zoie!!

More birthday festivities!

My parents took us to "The Hau Tree Lanai" for my birthday. It was a perfect day, nice and warm. We shared an amazing sunset and the fireworks even went off. The food was amazing. xoxox You are the best!

The BIG 30!!

WOW! how time flies. Today I turned 30 years old. I actually don't feel like thats old or that I even look that old (if you think i look older than 30 please keep your comments to yourself ;) Anyways, being that I am pregnant I didn't really plan anything or want to do anything. After all I am really not that big on birthdays or parties for myself.
Derek called me this morning and told me he took off work so he could spend my birthday with me. How sweet:) Actually his boss didn't take the boat out so he had the day off anyways but his story about how he told his boss he thought it necessary to take off this very important day was pretty funny.. We went down to the beach and it was surprisingly crowded so we went to the mai tai bar at the Royal Hawaiian. It was such a pretty day!! We had a great time people watching and drinking tasty beverages(mine was a frozen lemonade) right on the water. Then we watched a couple movies and just relaxed. He even bought me a mocha cake and covered it with 30 candles. IT LOOKED LIKE A GIANT FIREBALL! He insisted on taking photos with the cake!! Thanks Derek for my fun and relaxing day. Your a trooper. Tomorrow is dinner with the parentals:)

30 years old!!

30 and 37 weeks prego


He never looks at the camera.

The GIANT FIREBALL!

OMG I look scary but at least he's looking at the camera

Of course he wanted one himself:) happy 19 days early birthday Derek.

Dinner last night with Jessica, Mariah and Rachel.

april fool's

Well I was thinking of an playing an april fools joke on you all but I didn't want to receive 100's of calls asking if I REALLY was in labor. But I do have a TRUTHFUL update.

I went to the Dr. today and I am 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced. Now i know that doesnt mean anything and it could be that way for weeks BUT its still exciting to know she is super close. Derek kept swallowing and looked nervous but he did ask a lot of questions that I didn't think of. It was cute.

Anyways HAPPY APRIL FOOL's DAY!

xoxoxo