Here are two pictures from today:
I know I look very pregnant in these photos but somehow I still feel suprised that I don't look bigger. I FEEL much larger than I look! :-)
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
37.5 Weeks!
Well, I'm now 37 1/2 weeks pregnant with 18 days left till my due date! I had my first internal exam at my doctors appointment yesterday and I am surprised (but happy) to say that I am 80% effaced and 2.5 cm dilated. Glad to know that all the aches and pains from the last few weeks haven't been in vain and that my body is doing what it should! My doctor's prediction is that I will not go past my due date. She thinks I will have the baby in about a week to a week and a half (39 weeks). Now I know that's just a guess and that baby's have their own time table so only time will tell! But I do have to say that it was nice hearing her say that she thinks it will be sooner rather than later. :-) My first reaction was "Wow...that's soon...yay!" and then about 10 minutes later it hit me, " Wow...that's SOON!" and I started thinking of my "to do" list. :-) Garrett gently reminded me that the time to get stuff on my "to do" list done was probably weeks ago not now when everytime I bend down or stand up I get contractions, so I may just let the list go.... we'll see. I start maternity leave on Monday so I may find that I have more energy when I'm home all day rather than trying to get stuff done after a full day of work.
Here are two pictures from today:
I know I look very pregnant in these photos but somehow I still feel suprised that I don't look bigger. I FEEL much larger than I look! :-)
Here are two pictures from today:
I know I look very pregnant in these photos but somehow I still feel suprised that I don't look bigger. I FEEL much larger than I look! :-)
Monday, December 21, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Ow !
Well I am up again in the middle of the night with painful braxton hicks contractions. They've been particularity painful tonight. I was up at from 2-3 AM and now again from 5 AM- ?. At least I got some sleep in between! This week was the start of them becoming painful. And boy did they! It seems to be just at night that they become painful and when they do it wakes me up out of a sound sleep and feels like a constant backache and stomach ache for around an hour before it tapers off. Nothing I can time, just the constant cramping feeling. Wish I had known that this was coming so I could have actually asked questions about coping with it during our prepared childbirth class that we finished a week ago! Not sure how to help it but getting up and moving around seems to lower the pain down so thus I'm blogging at 6 AM :-)
Anyways though, I am thankful for the following:
- That its a Friday Night/Saturday Morning. I don't have to be tired and working.
- That I have only 29 more days left until my due date.
- That I'm fortunate enough to even BE at this point. I'm 36 weeks pregnant!
- That I have two very lovable nocturnal kitties who are THRILLED to see me up in the middle of the night.
- That I have a pretty Christmas tree to go look at during the middle of the night! Its all lit up and magical looking- wait- we have it on a timer so it really shouldn't be on at this time of night, but oh well, I'll fix it later. :-) I'm enjoying it for now!
And now to go get another tall glass of water, and sit in front of my tree with my kitties..... Goodnight!
Anyways though, I am thankful for the following:
- That its a Friday Night/Saturday Morning. I don't have to be tired and working.
- That I have only 29 more days left until my due date.
- That I'm fortunate enough to even BE at this point. I'm 36 weeks pregnant!
- That I have two very lovable nocturnal kitties who are THRILLED to see me up in the middle of the night.
- That I have a pretty Christmas tree to go look at during the middle of the night! Its all lit up and magical looking- wait- we have it on a timer so it really shouldn't be on at this time of night, but oh well, I'll fix it later. :-) I'm enjoying it for now!
And now to go get another tall glass of water, and sit in front of my tree with my kitties..... Goodnight!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Baby's Room!
Over the last two weeks Garrett and I have been slowly working on the baby's room. Well, baby's half of the room (he has the bigger half). We still have one wall that will be the office. Here are a few before and after pictures:
Unfortunately the day we decided to dismantle the room I realized just moments before that we had never taken pictures of the "Man Cave" and I didn't have time to tidy up. However, to be honest, this room was always the last room on the cleaning checklist so it often times did look this bad. Whoops! Oh well. At least the pictures are honest. :-)
View from the doorway.
This is the wall that is remaining as our home office space.
And now for the transformation.... (this is still a work in progress)
The canvases over the crib aren't painted yet, but they will eventually be a bright background color (like in the quilt) with a different colored letter on top spelling out the baby's name.
We still need to add the knobs on the dresser and we need to decide which decorations go on top. Right now we have both the anchor and the boat. Garrett votes on the anchor because we have a boat painting next to it (painted by Kalyn), but I'm slightly partial to the boat because it has more presence. What do you think?
We plan on eventually painting the dresser whimsically with different colors that match his room, but for now we are just going to paint the wooden knobs blue to match the darker blue on his sheets. We were afraid to start sanding, painting, etc because Garrett is pretty busy these days working on his demo reel and thesis and we didn't want to get caught with a baby and no dresser. We definitely need the space that the dresser creates for us! (Thanks Tim and Annette!)
Unfortunately the day we decided to dismantle the room I realized just moments before that we had never taken pictures of the "Man Cave" and I didn't have time to tidy up. However, to be honest, this room was always the last room on the cleaning checklist so it often times did look this bad. Whoops! Oh well. At least the pictures are honest. :-)
View from the doorway.
This is the wall that is remaining as our home office space.
And now for the transformation.... (this is still a work in progress)
The canvases over the crib aren't painted yet, but they will eventually be a bright background color (like in the quilt) with a different colored letter on top spelling out the baby's name.
We still need to add the knobs on the dresser and we need to decide which decorations go on top. Right now we have both the anchor and the boat. Garrett votes on the anchor because we have a boat painting next to it (painted by Kalyn), but I'm slightly partial to the boat because it has more presence. What do you think?
We plan on eventually painting the dresser whimsically with different colors that match his room, but for now we are just going to paint the wooden knobs blue to match the darker blue on his sheets. We were afraid to start sanding, painting, etc because Garrett is pretty busy these days working on his demo reel and thesis and we didn't want to get caught with a baby and no dresser. We definitely need the space that the dresser creates for us! (Thanks Tim and Annette!)
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Thanksgiving! (late post)
Okay, I know this post is a bit late, but I started it and then it sort of went on hold for a while. :0)
For Thanksgiving this year Garrett and I went to Abilene. It was great to be in Abilene again- Last time Garrett and I were both there together was the 4th of July. The day after thanksgiving Garrett and my Dad went to an all guys camp out that my Uncle Mack hosts every year on his ranch for the men in the family (and friends). They had a blast. :-) My Mom, Astrid, and I didn't do any of the early morning sales but we did stop by Hobby Lobby and Michaels for some discounted craft supplies. I bought some ribbon to decorate the baby's burp cloths. My Mom helped me decorate them and between the two of us we decorated them all!
Here is a picture of our handiwork!
Now I'd like to take a moment to brag on my sweet husband. :0) We were out on a walk Thursday night and it was pretty cold out. I can't even come close to closing my jacket around my belly so I was holding it closed with one hand. Garrett stopped and switched coats with me and he wore my coat instead. There is something about seeing your man wearing a woman's jacket so that you can wear his and stay warm that makes your heart melt. It was definitely a falling in love with him all over again moment.
Sunday night we got back home and pulled out our Christmas tree! I like to get the Christmas tree up as soon as possible after Thanksgiving so that we can maximize our Christmas tree time. Of course our cats helped in the process!
Garrett putting up lights.
Bailey and Garrett
Here are two photos from last year- the cats did the same thing this year but I didn't take any pictures of their light string shenanigans.
Of course Bailey (unlike Beau) is careful not to get caught chewing lights on film. :0) He's a good cat.
For Thanksgiving this year Garrett and I went to Abilene. It was great to be in Abilene again- Last time Garrett and I were both there together was the 4th of July. The day after thanksgiving Garrett and my Dad went to an all guys camp out that my Uncle Mack hosts every year on his ranch for the men in the family (and friends). They had a blast. :-) My Mom, Astrid, and I didn't do any of the early morning sales but we did stop by Hobby Lobby and Michaels for some discounted craft supplies. I bought some ribbon to decorate the baby's burp cloths. My Mom helped me decorate them and between the two of us we decorated them all!
Here is a picture of our handiwork!
Now I'd like to take a moment to brag on my sweet husband. :0) We were out on a walk Thursday night and it was pretty cold out. I can't even come close to closing my jacket around my belly so I was holding it closed with one hand. Garrett stopped and switched coats with me and he wore my coat instead. There is something about seeing your man wearing a woman's jacket so that you can wear his and stay warm that makes your heart melt. It was definitely a falling in love with him all over again moment.
Sunday night we got back home and pulled out our Christmas tree! I like to get the Christmas tree up as soon as possible after Thanksgiving so that we can maximize our Christmas tree time. Of course our cats helped in the process!
Garrett putting up lights.
Bailey and Garrett
Here are two photos from last year- the cats did the same thing this year but I didn't take any pictures of their light string shenanigans.
Of course Bailey (unlike Beau) is careful not to get caught chewing lights on film. :0) He's a good cat.
Catching up: November 14th and 21st
11/14:
This weekend my sweet Mother drove into town to paint our baby's room! She knew how busy Garrett has been with school and working on his demo reel so she wanted to help him out by painting the room for him. It was so much fun having a weekend with just my Mom. Other than painting we also went Christmas shopping together and did fun girly things like eating pretzels and ice cream cones at the mall. It was a lot of fun and reminded me of shopping trips together when I was a teenager. :-) I'm so glad that she was able to make it in town for the weekend!
11/21: Baby Shower!
This weekend Garrett and I drove to the Fort Worth/Arlington area for our baby shower! My Mom's friend Robbie threw us a wonderful shower! We had so many people show up and the decorations and food were fantastic. Robbie did an excellent job!
Here are a few pictures from the shower (Thanks Astrid for taking the photos!):
Each of the shower favors had 9 Hershey's kisses inside- one for each month of pregnancy!
My sister Morgan woke up at 5 am so that she could join us at the shower via Web cam! Morgan is studying abroad in Japan for her Sophomore year!
Here I am 32 weeks pregnant!
We had a great time celebrating with our family and friends!
This weekend my sweet Mother drove into town to paint our baby's room! She knew how busy Garrett has been with school and working on his demo reel so she wanted to help him out by painting the room for him. It was so much fun having a weekend with just my Mom. Other than painting we also went Christmas shopping together and did fun girly things like eating pretzels and ice cream cones at the mall. It was a lot of fun and reminded me of shopping trips together when I was a teenager. :-) I'm so glad that she was able to make it in town for the weekend!
11/21: Baby Shower!
This weekend Garrett and I drove to the Fort Worth/Arlington area for our baby shower! My Mom's friend Robbie threw us a wonderful shower! We had so many people show up and the decorations and food were fantastic. Robbie did an excellent job!
Here are a few pictures from the shower (Thanks Astrid for taking the photos!):
Each of the shower favors had 9 Hershey's kisses inside- one for each month of pregnancy!
My sister Morgan woke up at 5 am so that she could join us at the shower via Web cam! Morgan is studying abroad in Japan for her Sophomore year!
Here I am 32 weeks pregnant!
We had a great time celebrating with our family and friends!
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