Almost 33 weeks. I even managed to match today. I live in gauchos.
interview with cnn & maddy’s first race.
12 years ago
Friday, February 22, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
32 weeks / 8 months
Well, tomorrow.. but we have a packed day and I thought I'd crank this one out tonight (we are going to go out for mexican tonight, and then tomorrow we have the scottsdale arabian horse show, a volkswagen show, and childbirth classes... yeah).
I feel eight months pregnant. He is huge, I am huge, we are all huge and I am never in the mood for a photo shoot. I feel like an elephant.
Progress of the baby's "nursery"!
This was last night. We got the new changing table together and got everything off the old one. The clothes that WERE in the closet are clean in bags on the floor.. we did a LOT last night after our midwife appointment (all seems fine). This was about midway through last night...
And this is how it was this morning. Serious progress was made in the drawers (See Linus?) and everything that wasn't the baby's was put into storage (basically all my fabric, I am making a couple more things for him before getting rid of that sewing desk and putting my machine away). After an hour or two...
We actually managed to close the closet for once. Jim took some bags to goodwill of our old crap. Still not there, but its progress. Do you like it without the rug....
Or with the rug? I got it at IKEA for ten bucks.. I thought it matched the light blue/dark blue but I can't tell if I like it or not. You can see our car seat (Everything that goes IN the house is blue, everything that goes OUT of the house is green! So we know where it belongs LOL) in the corner. I got that from Sears for Christmas 2006 with a gift card we got along with the stroller. The cats used it as a bed (since I never did end up babysitting LOL) and we just now got around to washing the cover. Its going in a car soon, theres no room for it in this tiny room.
The top drawer... prefolds in upper left, bum genius and fuzzi bunz pocket diapers in the middle, and wipes in lower right. This is way less than a quarter... and I'm not QUITE done either.
Simon modeling the BabyHawk that Kristen and Rick got us at the shower.. it did come! It's so much softer than I thought it would be, I thought it would be all stiff and pokey but it isnt. Simon loved it for the first few days before we washed it. He lived in it.
I start my maternity leave at the end of the month. I like my job but I'm looking forward to it.. we have been so busy and even though we are running around so much we aren't getting it all done. Besides, I am huge and bending over is becoming extremely uncomfortable. If he isn't smashed into my bladder, he's busting a move in my ribs. Even sleeping is hard.
Speaking of which, I'm going to try to get a nap in before dinner...
I feel eight months pregnant. He is huge, I am huge, we are all huge and I am never in the mood for a photo shoot. I feel like an elephant.
Progress of the baby's "nursery"!
This was last night. We got the new changing table together and got everything off the old one. The clothes that WERE in the closet are clean in bags on the floor.. we did a LOT last night after our midwife appointment (all seems fine). This was about midway through last night...
And this is how it was this morning. Serious progress was made in the drawers (See Linus?) and everything that wasn't the baby's was put into storage (basically all my fabric, I am making a couple more things for him before getting rid of that sewing desk and putting my machine away). After an hour or two...
We actually managed to close the closet for once. Jim took some bags to goodwill of our old crap. Still not there, but its progress. Do you like it without the rug....
Or with the rug? I got it at IKEA for ten bucks.. I thought it matched the light blue/dark blue but I can't tell if I like it or not. You can see our car seat (Everything that goes IN the house is blue, everything that goes OUT of the house is green! So we know where it belongs LOL) in the corner. I got that from Sears for Christmas 2006 with a gift card we got along with the stroller. The cats used it as a bed (since I never did end up babysitting LOL) and we just now got around to washing the cover. Its going in a car soon, theres no room for it in this tiny room.
The top drawer... prefolds in upper left, bum genius and fuzzi bunz pocket diapers in the middle, and wipes in lower right. This is way less than a quarter... and I'm not QUITE done either.
Simon modeling the BabyHawk that Kristen and Rick got us at the shower.. it did come! It's so much softer than I thought it would be, I thought it would be all stiff and pokey but it isnt. Simon loved it for the first few days before we washed it. He lived in it.
I start my maternity leave at the end of the month. I like my job but I'm looking forward to it.. we have been so busy and even though we are running around so much we aren't getting it all done. Besides, I am huge and bending over is becoming extremely uncomfortable. If he isn't smashed into my bladder, he's busting a move in my ribs. Even sleeping is hard.
Speaking of which, I'm going to try to get a nap in before dinner...
Sunday, February 10, 2008
31 Weeks
I now have 7-11 weeks left. That's amazing.
We have heard more than one false story rotating about why the baby shower was slimmed down to only my family and friends. We can't tell how these stories originated (not that it even matters) but we both want to have the truth exposed to air, even though it is a private matter.. we want to move on. Jim is sitting with me as I post this.
A week before the shower, one of Jim's recurring issues resurfaced. It isn't of a violent nature, please don't worry, but it was enough to make me re-evaluate the marriage (this issue, in fact, is one of the most common reasons for marital problems). I kept being pressured to make a decision and kept having preterm labor symptoms... I knew a trip home would be the best for me, and didn't want to cancel the shower, but we decided that it would be best to slim down the guest list so that the trip would be as stress-free as possible. As I'm sure most of you noticed, Jim was not there either, though we had made plans for him to be. I am so sorry to anybody reading this if we inconvenienced you... we were looking forward to seeing EVERYBODY that we invited but we had to make a fast decision based on the wellbeing of the baby. Again, we are so sorry...
The shower was wonderful and the trip gave us both some space to figure out what we wanted to do. Being pregnant is stressful as it is, and making such a large decision quickly wasn't healthy for anybody. In the end, we have decided to reconcile, see a marriage counselor, and grow closer as a couple and as parents. The process we're going through is extremely important to both of us as individuals and as partners and we are extremely busy with trying to make things work. It's very time consuming for both of us.
Thank you for letting me (us) get that out in the open. We are both working hard together and are trying to move on in a more positive direction. My stray contractions HAVE stopped, my previous TMI issue has been resolved, everything has come back clear and we are starting to assemble the things we will need for the birth. It won't be long now.
The "nursery" (and I mean that literally!) is coming along VERY SLOWLY. Things have swapped positions several times... here is yet another "before!" picture for you all to laugh at... go ahead, it's pretty crazy I know!
This is 2-3 days post baby shower! The loveseat is obviously gone (!!!) and has been replaced by a glider and ottoman so I can sit and rock and nurse the baby. The woody changing table will soon be replaced with a white one and the baskets will have to find a new home elsewhere! The clothes have been packed into a hamper (the round thing at the bottom) and some of the diapers have been placed in the diaper pail for washing. I'm getting my own washing machine on Monday or Tuesday and will start washing everything then. I've started painting letters to hang on the wall, and hopefully I find some nice little white frames to put the ultrasound pictures in, I will tint them blue to match the letters. :) At some point I will break down and sell the sewing desk for even more room. Slowly but surely, it's evolving. We have been de-cluttering like mad and have sold a lot of the things we didn't use that were just taking up space, and have donated more than $550 of stuff to goodwill.
The baby's layette is complete to 6 months and we have quite a bit over that as well. I am nesting really hard and have wanted to do nothing more than organize, re-organize, sanitize, move furniture, clean carpets, buy baby things, and be close to Jim. I think both of us can sense that something amazing is about to change and there is a lot of energy in the house. Some days it seems like it will be forever, and some days it seems like it will be tomorrow. Next week we begin the eighth month, if you can believe it :)
We have heard more than one false story rotating about why the baby shower was slimmed down to only my family and friends. We can't tell how these stories originated (not that it even matters) but we both want to have the truth exposed to air, even though it is a private matter.. we want to move on. Jim is sitting with me as I post this.
A week before the shower, one of Jim's recurring issues resurfaced. It isn't of a violent nature, please don't worry, but it was enough to make me re-evaluate the marriage (this issue, in fact, is one of the most common reasons for marital problems). I kept being pressured to make a decision and kept having preterm labor symptoms... I knew a trip home would be the best for me, and didn't want to cancel the shower, but we decided that it would be best to slim down the guest list so that the trip would be as stress-free as possible. As I'm sure most of you noticed, Jim was not there either, though we had made plans for him to be. I am so sorry to anybody reading this if we inconvenienced you... we were looking forward to seeing EVERYBODY that we invited but we had to make a fast decision based on the wellbeing of the baby. Again, we are so sorry...
The shower was wonderful and the trip gave us both some space to figure out what we wanted to do. Being pregnant is stressful as it is, and making such a large decision quickly wasn't healthy for anybody. In the end, we have decided to reconcile, see a marriage counselor, and grow closer as a couple and as parents. The process we're going through is extremely important to both of us as individuals and as partners and we are extremely busy with trying to make things work. It's very time consuming for both of us.
Thank you for letting me (us) get that out in the open. We are both working hard together and are trying to move on in a more positive direction. My stray contractions HAVE stopped, my previous TMI issue has been resolved, everything has come back clear and we are starting to assemble the things we will need for the birth. It won't be long now.
The "nursery" (and I mean that literally!) is coming along VERY SLOWLY. Things have swapped positions several times... here is yet another "before!" picture for you all to laugh at... go ahead, it's pretty crazy I know!
This is 2-3 days post baby shower! The loveseat is obviously gone (!!!) and has been replaced by a glider and ottoman so I can sit and rock and nurse the baby. The woody changing table will soon be replaced with a white one and the baskets will have to find a new home elsewhere! The clothes have been packed into a hamper (the round thing at the bottom) and some of the diapers have been placed in the diaper pail for washing. I'm getting my own washing machine on Monday or Tuesday and will start washing everything then. I've started painting letters to hang on the wall, and hopefully I find some nice little white frames to put the ultrasound pictures in, I will tint them blue to match the letters. :) At some point I will break down and sell the sewing desk for even more room. Slowly but surely, it's evolving. We have been de-cluttering like mad and have sold a lot of the things we didn't use that were just taking up space, and have donated more than $550 of stuff to goodwill.
The baby's layette is complete to 6 months and we have quite a bit over that as well. I am nesting really hard and have wanted to do nothing more than organize, re-organize, sanitize, move furniture, clean carpets, buy baby things, and be close to Jim. I think both of us can sense that something amazing is about to change and there is a lot of energy in the house. Some days it seems like it will be forever, and some days it seems like it will be tomorrow. Next week we begin the eighth month, if you can believe it :)
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