Saturday, February 20, 2010
I might be crazy...
Week 32
| Only 50 days to go from today... We continued our birthing classes this week (cancelled last week because of snow). This session included much information!!! We learned about induction, the stages of labor and what we may feel like emotionally during the stages, and some more breathing techniques for the different stages of labor. Then we got to watch this lovely video from the 80s (seriously, the baby born in it has to be as old as I am by now!!!) of a birth! I was truly fascinated by this video! And all things considered, Jeff held himself together quite well! The first shot of where the baby comes out kind of freaked him out a bit, but he pulled himself together and got over it ;-) We also learned about all the different safety features of the birthing center. Pretty cool stuff!!! In our class we were talking about getting everything ready for the babies and how much everyone still had to do. When I stated that we were done with the nursery, everyone said, "How far along are you?" and I said, "32 weeks" and they were like, "Geeeez! You must have been born in nesting mode!" Lol. I never thought of it that way, but I believe I was! Our last class is next Wednesday! This is the one we have been SOOO looking forward to for some time now - the tour of the birthing center!!!! I had a doctor's appointment on Monday! It went excellently, as expected :-) He said I am good and healthy and so is Aiden! Aiden is head-down again, and probably won't turn breach again because his head is so low and he's quite crammed (I think he's gonna be a big boy!) Other great news - Jeff asked the doctor at what age it would be safe for Aiden to have his first boat ride. And the the answer - 6 weeks!!!! WOOHOO! We were planning on waiting til Mid-June or beginning of July anyway just so we knew it would be warm enough, so this is excellent! Now we get to go pick out an adorable little life-jacket for him! The doctor said to make sure to get one with a handle on the back in case he does fall in the water. Our dog's life jacket has that, too :-) Not that we could pick a 30 pound Pug made of lead out of the water with a handle, but whatever! It's cute, nonetheless! Our list of things to get for Aiden is now down to 6 measley items! FINALLY!!! All we still need is the infant car seat, and extra base, cradle sheets, Halo Sleep Sacks, a clothes hamper, and a swinging gate! |
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Week 31
59 days left til our due date.... wow!
Time is still flying, and I'm still impatient! I want to meet Aiden NOW (but only if he was fully developed of course!) It's such a great feeling to know that in less than 9 weeks we should be holding our precious son!!!
Our birthing class got cancelled yesterday because of all the snow we got and our county was (and is) still under a Level 2 Snow Emergency (we have about 12-14 inches of snow total... ick!). So, now we will have class next week and the week after instead of it ending next week. All that will do is push the tour of the birrthing center back, which I am SO looking forward to!!!
I have my last baby shower this weekend. It is the one my church is throwing me! It should be a great time - we've got some crazy ladies at my church! Lol. It's a rainforest themed shower, just like our nursery!
Speaking of nursery, all we have left to do in there is hang up the valences and buy curtains! I can't believe how fast it all came together! It feels like just yesterday we were picking out the paint!
Space is really starting to become an issue... everything seems to be getting piled into the office, which is the smallest room in the house, and the only spare bedroom now! So now that room is an office, scrapbooking room, and catch-all! We desperately need a bigger house, but will probably be in this one for at least another year or 2. I know that as Aiden gets bigger, so will his toys, and we really have no place for a toy room or anything! Unless we take over the back living room... that may just have to happen!
Also this week, my MacBook got a virus and we had to get a new hard drive. This is MAJOR bad news, because ALL my pictures from 2006 on are on that computer!!!!!!! My trip to Germany, 2 trips to St. Louis, all the events and trips with our youth group, mine and Jeff's entire relationship including engagement and wedding and 2 trips to Jamaica! Also, all the pictures of Elmer Fud and Lillee Mae as puppies, every Christmas at our house together, LOTS of birthdays and lake house trips.... soooo many memories. I have a lot of them scrapbooked, but not all of them. A guy at work it going to try to get the pictures off, but he said there's no guarentees :-( My poor poor MacBook :-(
Anywho... on a happier note... Jeff and I have haircuts tonight, and I am getting my hair highlighted!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ever since I got pregnant in 2008 I let my highlights grow out. I hate my natural color (too dark with my pale Irish skin!) so I finally decided to splurge and get my highlights back. Jeff loves my hair that way anyway, so he is in agreement with the splurge! So, tomorrow, I will be back to having beautiful hair again! YAY!
Time is still flying, and I'm still impatient! I want to meet Aiden NOW (but only if he was fully developed of course!) It's such a great feeling to know that in less than 9 weeks we should be holding our precious son!!!
Our birthing class got cancelled yesterday because of all the snow we got and our county was (and is) still under a Level 2 Snow Emergency (we have about 12-14 inches of snow total... ick!). So, now we will have class next week and the week after instead of it ending next week. All that will do is push the tour of the birrthing center back, which I am SO looking forward to!!!
I have my last baby shower this weekend. It is the one my church is throwing me! It should be a great time - we've got some crazy ladies at my church! Lol. It's a rainforest themed shower, just like our nursery!
Speaking of nursery, all we have left to do in there is hang up the valences and buy curtains! I can't believe how fast it all came together! It feels like just yesterday we were picking out the paint!
Space is really starting to become an issue... everything seems to be getting piled into the office, which is the smallest room in the house, and the only spare bedroom now! So now that room is an office, scrapbooking room, and catch-all! We desperately need a bigger house, but will probably be in this one for at least another year or 2. I know that as Aiden gets bigger, so will his toys, and we really have no place for a toy room or anything! Unless we take over the back living room... that may just have to happen!
Also this week, my MacBook got a virus and we had to get a new hard drive. This is MAJOR bad news, because ALL my pictures from 2006 on are on that computer!!!!!!! My trip to Germany, 2 trips to St. Louis, all the events and trips with our youth group, mine and Jeff's entire relationship including engagement and wedding and 2 trips to Jamaica! Also, all the pictures of Elmer Fud and Lillee Mae as puppies, every Christmas at our house together, LOTS of birthdays and lake house trips.... soooo many memories. I have a lot of them scrapbooked, but not all of them. A guy at work it going to try to get the pictures off, but he said there's no guarentees :-( My poor poor MacBook :-(
Anywho... on a happier note... Jeff and I have haircuts tonight, and I am getting my hair highlighted!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ever since I got pregnant in 2008 I let my highlights grow out. I hate my natural color (too dark with my pale Irish skin!) so I finally decided to splurge and get my highlights back. Jeff loves my hair that way anyway, so he is in agreement with the splurge! So, tomorrow, I will be back to having beautiful hair again! YAY!
Jeff got a little freaked out...
Last night we were laying in bed watching Ghost Hunters, when all of a sudden Aiden started moving around like crazy (which I'm glad about because somehow yesterday he got himself all twisted in there and turned breach again! So I think he's back to head-down now after last night). So anyway, I was like, "Geez Aiden! Chill!!!" cause it was kind of hurting all the poking he was doing in there! So Jeff puts his hand on the side of my stomach and all of a sudden, Aiden kicked SO hard and just left his little foot sticking right out there! You could see the definition and totally tell it was his little foot! Jeff pulled his hand back and was like, "WOAH!!! THAT WAS A FOOT!!!!" He was totally freaked out by it! Even this morning he was still talking about it! I think it's hilarious!
Week 30
| Aiden's great, I'm great, life's... great! It was a rough week with having my uncle's funeral, but we made it through. Now tonight (if the snow doesn't keep us away) we have to go to Jeff's aunt's visitation. Then Tuesday my aunt goes in for her surgery to remove her tumor. Lots of sad news in the family lately, but nothing God can't handle, that's for sure! My sister-in-law is going to be having my niece/nephew any time now!!! I can't wait to meet him/her! I just realized that I only have 6 more doctor's appointments until Aiden's due date!!! WOW! 65 days until his due date doesn't seem like much! I was convinced that the last 10 weeks was going to drag on and on because it's just a waiting game now that everything is ready. But boy was I wrong!! This past week has completely flown by, and here we are, almost to 31 weeks... only 6 short weeks from being term (which will be March 21st). We started our birthing classes this past Wednesday. There are 6 couples in the class - although one girl is there with her mom because her husband is in the Navy and is away right now. The instructor has been a nurse at our hospital for 27 years, and she was the L&D nurse for the girl's mom when she gave birth to her 3 kids! So cool! But the class was very informative so far! We learned about dilation, effacement, stations, and then went over some breathing and relaxation techniques. Next week we get to learn about induction, and watch a video on delivery. Then, the third and final class she said we learn about c-sections and we get a tour of the Birthing Center! I just want to skip to the tour and be done! Although, I think it's *kind of* important to learn how to give birth too ;-) |
Baby Shower #3
 Saturday was my third baby shower, and again, we got SO many wonderfully adorable things!!! Everything from cute little socks and sleepers, to the practical, but totally cool things like the car seat and a bottle cooler! Now I have to get on the thank you's... Anyway, my mom took this picture of my sister-in-law and I at my baby shower on Saturday. I was 29 weeks and 6 days pregnant and she was 36 weeks and 1 days pregnant that day (but she could have her baby any day because she is 1.5cm dialated, baby's head down, and she's having contractions!!!) Saturday, February 13, 2010 is my fourth and final baby shower! I know it will be a blast because it's being thrown by my church, and those church ladies can get a little crazy ;-) P.S. I look TERRIBLE in this picture - pale, baggy eyes, etc. and I completely forgot to put jewelry on that day! Ugh.... oh well, the pic is still cute! |
Funny Little Story...
Tuesday, Jeff and I were sitting in the doctor's office waiting room. I was reading a book that I had in my right hand, which was resting on my left hand, which was resting on my ever-expanding stomach. Well, aparently Aiden didn't like my hands there, because all of a sudden, he kicked so hard right where my hands were that it sent my book popping up into the air! Jeff was half asleep, so he didn't see it :-( I just sat there chuckling to myself, and continued reading.
Week 29
| 1/26/2010 - I had a doctor's appointment. Just a regular check-up to hear Aiden's heartbeat and measure my stomach. All was well and Aiden was great! The doctor assured me that the back and pelvic pain I have been feeling is normal, and to try a chiropractor or massage if it gets worse... we'll see... Nursery News - IT'S DONE!!!!!!!! All of the painting was complete Monday night, and we now have a bookshelf and dresser and crib and glider and everything is just perfect! I LOVE it! (I hope Aiden's does too!) Baby Shower News - I had my second baby shower on Sunday this past weekend. We got SO many nice things! I do have to say, though, that my favorite gift came from Jeff's grandma, grandpa, aunts and uncles and cousins... they gave us money to start a college fund for Aiden! How thoughtful!!! I mean, all of the gifts are nice, but nothing will go further than an education, and having a nice starting point for which to open his savings account is going to be so nice! I have another baby shower this weekend on Saturday at my aunt's house. Then my last one is on Feb. 13th! I have definitely noticed an increase in the strength of Aiden's movements this week, as well as what times he is awake each day. He wakes up for the first time around 6am, when I am getting out of bed. Then again around 7:45am when I am settling in at work. Then again after lunch, and then periodically throughout the afternoon I feel him wiggle, but not really kick a whole lot, until I lay down at night to go to bed, which is when he decides it's time to wake up! I have also been able to see his movements from the outside more and more now! My stomach will do a little dance randomly. It's so fun to watch! My weight gain is still... okay... the doctor didn't say anything about it, so I guess I shouldn't be concerned. I'm now up 23 pounds from the lowest point that I was after all my morning sickness and whatnot. But I am only up 3 pounds from my prepregnancy weight! The doctor originally said she wanted me to only gain 15 pounds, but now they aren't saying anything, probably because I had lost 20 in my first trimester. As of today we have 74 days to go til April 11th, which means only 30 days til my sister-in-laws due date!!!!!!!! I can't wait to be an aunt AND a mom!!! |
Week 28
I can honestly say that I don't have anything new to report this week... same old same old as far the pregnancy goes! I'm still loving being pregnant (despite the backpain) and I'm really starting to get excited about meeting my niece/nephew in 5ish weeks and meeting my son in 11ish weeks!
Nursery News - My dad and Jeff continued the painting of the mural on Monday. They did the grass at the bottom of the wall, a frog, a toucan, some dragon flies, and put leaves on Aiden's name that is on the wall. It looks amazing, of course! ;-) It should be done in one more evening, which will be Monday (Jan. 25). Also, last night we ordered the dresser/changing table for the nursery! While we were at Babies R Us ordering that, we decided to buy the crib mattress that we had picked out! Now I can get out the bedding - WOOHOO!!!! It's all coming together, and I am so excited!
Baby Shower News - I had my first baby shower this past Saturday. It was a BLAST! My sister-in-law did an amazing job coordinating it all (all while being VERY pregnant herself!) But we played some very fun games and had amazing food and LOTS of gifts! We got SOOO many clothes - Aiden will be a very well dressed little boy! We also got a lot of bottles and a bottle drying rack - very excited about that! My sister-in-law got us the cutest robe and slippers for Aiden, as well as a TON of stuff that she got off our registry and used to make the cutest centerpieces for the tables! We also got the bedding set and extra window valance for the nursery! SO cute!! I have my next baby shower this Sunday, January 24! Can't wait!!!
In other news... I can tell that Jeff is getting more and more excited about becoming a dad! Last night as soon as we got home with the crib mattress, instead of just putting it in the nursery and moving on (it was getting late and we're not night people), he took the mattress out of the plastic and put it in the crib. Then he started looking at the bedding, thinking we should get that out and put it on. But I told him I need to wash it all first! So, I can tell he's very excited! Which makes me a very happy momma! I know he's going to be an amazing father!
Nursery News - My dad and Jeff continued the painting of the mural on Monday. They did the grass at the bottom of the wall, a frog, a toucan, some dragon flies, and put leaves on Aiden's name that is on the wall. It looks amazing, of course! ;-) It should be done in one more evening, which will be Monday (Jan. 25). Also, last night we ordered the dresser/changing table for the nursery! While we were at Babies R Us ordering that, we decided to buy the crib mattress that we had picked out! Now I can get out the bedding - WOOHOO!!!! It's all coming together, and I am so excited!
Baby Shower News - I had my first baby shower this past Saturday. It was a BLAST! My sister-in-law did an amazing job coordinating it all (all while being VERY pregnant herself!) But we played some very fun games and had amazing food and LOTS of gifts! We got SOOO many clothes - Aiden will be a very well dressed little boy! We also got a lot of bottles and a bottle drying rack - very excited about that! My sister-in-law got us the cutest robe and slippers for Aiden, as well as a TON of stuff that she got off our registry and used to make the cutest centerpieces for the tables! We also got the bedding set and extra window valance for the nursery! SO cute!! I have my next baby shower this Sunday, January 24! Can't wait!!!
In other news... I can tell that Jeff is getting more and more excited about becoming a dad! Last night as soon as we got home with the crib mattress, instead of just putting it in the nursery and moving on (it was getting late and we're not night people), he took the mattress out of the plastic and put it in the crib. Then he started looking at the bedding, thinking we should get that out and put it on. But I told him I need to wash it all first! So, I can tell he's very excited! Which makes me a very happy momma! I know he's going to be an amazing father!
A little behind...
So, I'm a little behind in posting updates here, but I do blog on another website, so I am going to copy and paste the blogs here. So... the next few blogs will all be updates on the different weeks of my pregnancy, but they will all be posted today :-)
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