Waiting on baby...

Yikes! It is fast approaching now, only 3 weeks till due date....I am now considered full term so as the doctor said "whenever she is ready". Crazy times!

All Good Things Come to an End

The good thing: last Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday....days in which many things were accomplished

The end to the good: Monday morning...the day I dropped my 2 1/2 week old cell phone into a full bathtub resulting in the purchase of a new $150 phone (and this was the cheapest they had) and the day a cat decided to run full speed into my back driver's side tire resulting in a not so nice situation for kitty.

I'm glad Monday is nearly done....

The Accomplishments of a Long Weekend...

This has been a great long weekend! I have been able to get quite a bit done and/or started on my to do list. Here is a sampling of things I accomplished:

*Finished with all the upgrades with the pretty ribbon on my burp clothes
*Started my nursing cover (I still have to attach the fabric piece that goes around my neck and put in the boning but I am much closer to the end product)
*Did all of Greg's and my laundry
*Did my first load of baby laundry (I can't believe how nervous I was that I was going to ruin all her cute stuff by washing it!)
*Snipped tags off all the newborn clothes to make yet another huge load of laundry!
*Packed the diaper bag for the trip to the hospital
*Picked up the baby's room...she sure had a mess in there! :)
*Had Greg install the curtain rod and valance in the baby room (I was his cheerleader!)
*Tried to have Greg install the blinds in the baby room, however, this was not finished because when I took the blinds out of the package 6 inch sections of them started just falling off! I hate it when new things are broken! Now I have a trip to Home Depot added to my new list.
*Cleaned up my office and did bills :( not the most fun but a necessity...
*Bought a few more Christmas gifts. (I did not go Black Friday early morning shopping...I hate crowds!)
*Set up the Christmas Tree and all the decorations (this is a big deal since last year we didn't do a single Christmas decoration in the whole house...we were scrooges!)
*Finished writing all my thank you notes for the baby showers.
*Had dinner with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law at Olive Garden (very yummy!)
*Had dinner with some friends we hadn't seen in a while and then we went back to their new house and had some playtime with their kids...it was lots of fun.
*Cleaned up my email inbox....I hate it when I have more than 1 page of messages in my inbox.

Like I said before...just a sampling of things I was able to do with this wonderfully long break! And by the way...have you noticed my days until baby countdown? Crazy, huh?!?

Every Week Now!

I have officially moved to the every week doctor visits! It's crazy how fast this pregnancy really has gone. I have noticed myself having very mixed feelings lately. Sometimes I am so overly anxious and excited to have her here that I can hardly stand the wait while at other times I start to get sad at the thought of not having my belly and the moving inside it. Kind of a weird concept I think for those who haven't been pregnant. I know if someone told me that a year ago about themselves I wouldn't have fully understood. There is just something precious about knowing you have a child growing inside of you.

I have started to get the hospital bag packed. Greg and I went through her clothes the other day to pick out outfits to bring with us. We have such adorable things that everyone has given us! Greg has bought her coming home outfit but other than that we haven't bought any clothes for her. We wanted to see what others bought for her and then we would fill in the gaps afterwards. It turns out that the gap is pants. I have none for newborn size and I think 2 for 3-6. Let me tell you though, I am very excited to go buy her some clothes! The other day I bought her a cute pair of black dress shoes. I know she'll only wear them a few times before she out grows them...but they were too darn cute to pass up! Besides, they were only $4...I didn't invest too much into them. It use to be decorating items that would often justify my purchases of, now it's baby things! Funny how things change.

5 Weeks and Counting....

This isn't the best picture quality ever but nevertheless it gives you an idea of what 35 weeks looks like on me. My boss said to me today, "Yep, you are in the uncomfortable stage now...this is the stage where I don't envy you." There are definitely days that the uncomfortableness can be quite overbearing but for the most part I don't feel too bad yet, just anxious. Anxious on when she will come, what the weather will be like (do we have to drive in a snow storm?), where I'll be when I go into labor, will I have everything with me for the hospital stay, will labor go alright, what will she look like? For a planner....these are very anxious times. I worry about living so far from the hospital (45 minutes) and about working far from home (if I go into labor at work it is a shorter trip to the hospital but that may mean I don't have everything with me that I may want....I don't feel like packing every morning as though that day may be the day that I need it all!) I guess that if I have to be anxious it is better that I am more anxious about having everything I want (things I know I can have others get for me) than the actual labor process itself...but I am sure that will come in time :)

Any Helpful Suggestions?

I am attempting to make a list of things I need to make sure we bring to the hospital with us. Does anyone have suggestions of random or sometimes forgotten things that I should add to my list? Any suggestions will be much appreciated!

Too Tired To Pick A Title

I have been pretty bad lately about posting, sorry about that. I am trying to determine if I am more tired after work because I am getting closer to the due date or because I have been handling more responsibility at work. Today my entire back ached which has not helped the energy level. Dealing with pain like that really seems to take a lot of energy out of me and just leaves me completely exhausted. It also makes me have a whole new appreciation for people who suffer from chronic pain. Anyways, this post will be short; simply a combination of an apology and an excuse for my lack of posting. Hopefully I'll get back on track soon. Now, off to take care of laundry so it doesn't get wrinkly and I don't have to then iron....I hate ironing!

Time Change: Love it or Hate it?

I have a love/hate relationship with the time change. I love it because it is easier to get out of bed in the morning when I am starting to see cracks of dawn coming through my curtains. I hate it because when I get out of work at 6:30ish it feels like 11! With my extreme lack of energy lately to get things done this blackness after work is not going to help. I am not and have never been a night owl. When it is dark I want to sleep. It is as simple as that.

Have You Started?

51 days and counting....have you started your Christmas shopping? Given that I am due 4 days before Christmas I have started the process of purchasing all those gifts for the loved ones. I am not sure what Greg and I are going to do this year for each other. In years past we would often go shopping together and point out things to each other that we like; we then would split up for a few hours and go purchase those things. Yeah, 9 times out of 10 we know what we are then getting but we still have fun doing it that way. This year I am not sure that I will be up for the full day of browsing and then purchasing. My feet don't like to be used as much as they use to. I have entered the lovely stage of pregnancy that results in swollen ankles and feet. It's fun to take off your socks and see a 1/2 inch indentation around your whole ankle! Anyways, I want to say good luck to all your shoppers out there. It seems like each year it gets harder and harder to find that perfect gift for someone. Just remember 51 and counting! Get a move on it! :) Oh- and I choose this picture because sometimes just reading about having to buy Christmas gifts can get your anxiety up and so this picture represents the peaceful side of the upcoming season. This is the side that I hope we can all take the time to enjoy as God creates some beautiful images with all those tiny little ice crystals!