Still cooking...

Baby girl is snug in there, so snug she is taking up all the room I have left to eat and breath. Boy is she getting large. We go for an ultrasound tomorrow and from there we will see what the next steps are.

For now, these are my feelings that I expressed so eloquently to my husband...

Webster Christmas parade this weekend if you wanted to add it to our “just us” weekend schedule.

Because reminder this weekend is a “just us”  weekend. 

This may be the last weekend our family is two and I want to cherish it. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

So this month flew by, it is almost December and that means it is almost time to meet our little one.

Just a quick update because I don't feel like writing forever, work is crazy and I actually need to accomplish some things today.

I have been feeling ok since the hospital stay for dehydration this past weekend. It all started on Thursday morning when I vomitted and could not keep anything down for two and a half days. My contractions were a minute apart, my back was on FIRE, my mouth was so dry, it really sucked. But then I went to the hospital they hooked up an IV and pumped me full of three liters of liquid gold and sent me on my way. They also gave me some nausea medicine which I have been taking because I still feel like I am going to get sick. Knock on wood I have not since the weekend.

We have been working on her room and I am so patiently waiting for her chair to arrive, we still have a few weeks before it is supposed to get here but its one of the last finishing touches and then I will post the reveal. I still need to order the pictures I want to hang around her room, I am thinking I can do that this weekend when I am home.

I started to clean the house and organize it really well because after this past weekend, she could be here whenever and I don't want to get caught with a dirty house!

She is still measuring 3 weeks ahead, I am 37 and she is 40 weeks. I have a doctors appointment on Monday and an Ultrasound on Thursday so we will see what the doctors have to say then.

For now, I am thankful. I am hoping that I can eat some good food and have a really nice relaxing few days off. We can work on the house a little, and prepare for her arrival.

Ready for her to come out

I am ready. And I hope my body agrees. At least I think it does, or is heading in the right direction. Its 2:30 my back is killing me, my stomach muscles hurt now from puking so much. I am just a hot mess. But I would say even if this is early labor that I am a hot mess of labor. Thats right I am fairly confident that this is what my body is doing to prepare for her exit. Or its a really awful way of reminding me I am pregnant.

My last measurement was 40 weeks so baby is large enough to say she is in the 40 week category. Ideally the doctors would like to wait a few more days until she is 37 weeks due to her lungs, and that might just be what is going on right now. She may make her appearance at 37 weeks right on the nose.

The thing is I cannot imagine being in this stage for the next week. I obviously cannot work due to contractions every few minutes, sitting is uncomfortable and oh yea the puking. Who wants that in an office.

I just took a 30 minute shower and used up all the hot water after puking up green stomach acid... Yea aquamarine green. Especially if I cannot keep food down or in my body this can't last for very long. I should try applesauce or jello and some ice pops don't sound bad right now, my sore throat could use a little coldness.

I am going to try to hop back in bed with the heating pad and sleep a little.


Anytime your ready baby girl, you eviction notice is coming soon. ~ Love your mom.

Flash Back

I remember feeling really big here...

I didn't realize what big actually was...

Holy Baby.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO MEET HER!

Trying to get everything together

So this weekend has been good thus far. Yesterday hubs installed the car seats then worked for a bit then we went to have maternity pictures taken. My girlfriend offered to be the photographer and it was really nice because she let me lead and be the subject so I got exactly what I was looking for.

Just a few, the rest are on my facebook, click the link if you haven't looked. Maternity Pictures on Facebook

I was really happy we did them, I didn't really feel like it. Anything hubs was doing was getting under my skin, he wasn't even doing anything crazy just his breathing was bothering me. Haha. But I am really glad I did because I think I look beautiful, I really do. Its the first time this whole pregnancy that I didn't worry about my double chin or stretch marks and I just enjoyed having fun with Hubs at the water. Plus we are pros at taking pictures (October 31st was 7 years to the day that I first met him and look at where we are now) I have had him trained in the last 7 years.

We got home last night and it was already dark, BOO. But we ate some dinner and I got to working, I spent a few hours in her room last night I cut the tags off of the clothes we had and ran a few loads of laundry. I folded the first load and put it away, I hung some clothes up and got some of the extra stuff out of the room that isn't hers.

Obvi I just took some pictures...

The chair will go in that corner and I just bought that little table for a small lamp. We have to put the bookshelves up and I just made a word art for above the chair (see below)

Her closet, I had hubs add a shelf to get stuff up and we have three rods which is great. I am working on the dividers now. I bought them off line for $2 and I am painting them a grey chalkboard paint to change the sizes when I need to. 

The dresser I am filling with her clothes. I cleaned and put the changing table cover on and I have to get baskets for the shelves under the changing table. I have to fill the frame and hand them too. The rest of the clothes that are out need to be washed still. 

We added her banner to her room. And yes my makeup area needs to be cleaned. 

This is from the front of the room, we will hang the tree this afternoon and I am going to keep the wall above the crib blank as I would like to have some canvases made.

So we are getting there. So far this morning I have wanted to get tons of stuff done but its already 11, I have to leave around noon to get to Canandaigua for my shower with friends!!! SO I am out of time.

But I have been working on the word art for above the chair, let me know what you think.
I put the sample over it so no one takes it. I had to buy some of the stuff and am not giving them away.

OK I have to go get ready, throw the stuff in the washer in the dryer and head out! 

Ramblings at 5am

What else do you do at 5am when its pitch black out and you are massively pregnant. Blog. Hm. Yea I guess thats the answer.

Went to the doctor yesterday, she is still measuring about 3 weeks ahead. We don't have a definitive answer as to what that really means just yet but for now she will continue to bake, at least for another week.

Our second baby class was Wednesday night, I am glad that we are going. If for nothing else I think the hubs really got something out of it. We watched a birth video from the beginning to the delivery, so we got to see the home labor part (which is ideally what I would like to do) we saw her laboring in the hospital and then we saw the final stages where she was in mucho amounts of pain but the baby was born. It made me excited and anxious to start the process as I would like to labor in a similar fashion to that woman - if this baby allows it and it was nice for Hubs to see what the partner was doing during this process. I don't really think he thought too much into it and realized he will be an integral part of bringing her into the world. He is my partner and I need him the whole time. He has been getting better at accepting that challenge, I think he can see that physically I am just not capable of as much as before.

The weeks are going by ever so quickly, we have not been home before 9pm all week. I really don't like that at all, I am tired. Work is kicking my butt and I am really uncomfortable. We have just been running errands, picking up the car, dropping this off, meeting with sitters, baby classes, you name it and I feel like we have done it. I am sure this is all prepping me for whats to come but I really just want to take it easy.

I said to the Mr. yesterday that we really need to start preparing for her arrival, his response "I'm not worried". Oh ok great, did I say I was. Uh no. Just saying we need to actually get our shit together and prepare. Are our hospital bags packed - no. Car seats installed - no. Area for baby to sleep in our room - no. Seems like there are more no's than yes's. I have to wash her clothes and what not and my house is a disaster. My nesting instinct gets all used up at work and by 9pm I am dead. Literally on the couch, uncomfortable, but laying there.

By no means do I want to be complaining about this - pain is temporary - and I am making life which is pretty amazing. The days leading up to her getting her are harder to cope with. Making sure things are ready, having work be in the craziest, busiest time of year and just the physical limitations.

This weekend is the friends shower which I am really excited about. It will be great to see everyone that I have partially neglected.

Well its 5:24 I have wasted 24 minutes so thats good.