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Week 35

I know, what happened to Week 34?  We’ve been having very busy weekends, and last weekend was no exception, so we kind of just didn’t get around to taking the weekly photo.  We decided to take a couple of baby classes the this weekend and last weekend, so 4 hours last weekend and 8 hours this weekend, which might have been a bit much.  Did we learn anything?  We discovered we already knew a lot of the information presented in the Preparing for Childbirth class, but there were some useful tips and things that we took home – some stuff we hadn’t thought about.  I can’t believe that Sunday is almost over – I feel like I haven’t gotten anything done and there’s so much to do!  I guess I’ll just have to take it one day at a time and try and get a little something completed each night.  Oh well, it was nice to pass up housework and go see a movie instead this morning (The Hunger Games).  I know it’s going to become a lot more difficult to just go and see movies whenever it strikes us in the near future. 😉

 

Week 33

It was a good week on the baby front overall.  I feel like I got a lot done this past weekend, and we’re much closer to having the nursery ready to go.  Baby clothes are cute and all, but a pain to fold. :p  At least you can fit a lot in a single load of laundry, though!  As for the baby, we had to have another ultrasound – they wanted to be sure my placenta had moved enough, and it has, which is great news.  Even cooler was getting to see how much Baby Boy has grown.  His eyes were open and we could actually see his eyes moving. The tech was also able to see hair on his little head, and we saw a close up of his ear because he is actually head down – very down and was kind of making it hard for the tech to see what she needed to.  It also didn’t help that our appointment was at 4:15, but we didn’t get called back until 4:45 or so, and by then my full bladder was about to explode on it’s own anyway, but Baby Boy decided it would be great fun to poke and prod at it.  Overall I’m just excited that things seem to be going well and couldn’t feel more lucky.

  

Week 32

T’was an excellent week that included snow and another visit to the midwives, however this time we got to meet the second midwife we had not met yet (and whom I really like). She was trying to show us how to tell how baby is situated and recommended spinningbabies.com so we’re going to have to actually give that a try this upcoming week and see if we can’t track the Wonton better – he’s a mover.

 

We also had a fantastic baby shower, which is why I squeezed into my Batman shirt (it was Batman/Wonder Woman themed). Kim did such an amazing job – there was a ton of food and fun games and everyone had a blast, however… we didn’t take one picture. I know, I know… I chalk it up to there being no dull moments so neither of us pulled the camera out, plus it’s hard to balance a camera and yummy food whilst playing games and chatting and opening presents, am I right?  It was a great day and it was nice that so many friends were able to come.  We are lucky in more ways than one.

Week 31

Already it seems baby is starting to slow down a bit with a growing lack of room, but he’s still quite a mover. The other night he got really agitated, though, when I woke up from a nightmare (which was odd in itself since I can’t remember the last time I had a dream like that) and poor Baby Boy was just going nuts.  My heart was racing and he was moving around like crazy after I woke up – Josh said it was the most he’s ever felt him, and I’d have to agree. Otherwise, Baby Boy is doing well and we have another appointment next week.

 

This morning for our Sunday breakfast we had bacon and homemade blueberry pancakes – I can’t do box pancakes anymore… they’re just not nearly as satisfying. 😉

 

Then we went through the big box of baby clothes my sister sent us…

And then Josh and Uzi put together the glider for the nursery, which I then immediately tried out. I’m so glad we didn’t get a bigger one as it would have been a tight fit otherwise!

While I kept my feet up, Josh put up the Mario decals in the nursery, bringing us another step closer to completion – yahoo!

That pretty much sums up our day… we’ve been keeping an eye on Ziggy who has been a bit out of sorts today, and we’ll probably be taking her to the vet tomorrow. We’re not sure what’s up, but think it might be tummy related – she’s been on the couch most of the day and just hasn’t been herself along with a few other issues, which we thought were stress related until this morning.  So… fingers crossed it’s just something simple. In the meantime, she’s been enjoying the extra attention and just having us nearby to offer constant pettings and we’ve received many purrs in return.

Week 30

Baby Boy is doing good this week, and so am I.  He continues to be a mover and a shaker and has switched positions a couple of times keeping us on our toes.  While my belly has gotten bigger, it seems like the progression has gotten a tad slower, which is good since my clothes are getting really tight and I don’t want to have to buy too many more items with just a mere two months to go!  Two months – that’s it!?

 

With the weather being fairly decent this weekend, we decided to get out and drive to Stillwater to check out the antique shops and book shops that they have out there.  I hadn’t realized what a cute little town it is, and definitely want to go back when the weather is warmer.  I managed to flesh out my book collection a bit, including finding some good deals on Nancy Drew books – one day my collection will be complete and hopefully we’ll have a daughter one day who will love them as much as I did growing up.

 

I also found a fun cookbook that I’m still flipping through, but comes complete with some help on what to do if you need to properly set a table and host on your own without a maid, as well as menu ideas for young children.

 

We were also able to find a few glasses to add to our drinking glass collection, which also means time to reorganize the cabinet a bit and get rid of the “boring” glasses.

And while we were in Stillwater, we went to a local brewery – me to rest my weary feet, and Josh so he could sample the beer.  I may have sampled off of Josh’s, but I couldn’t let him waste the stout, now could I?  They had a coffee stout that would have been magical with a big piece of chocolate cake.  Yum.  Thankfully, I had truffles in the car, though, so the chocolate craving was fulfilled.  We also picked up a pint glass to add to our pint glass collection… okay, so we may have more glasses than we’ll ever need, but at least they’re awesome.

And then it was a mostly leisurely Sunday in which we slept in, went to see the movie Chronicle and then went and upgraded our cell phones, followed by some kitty snuggling because you know they miss us when we decide to not stay at home on a weekend.  We may have one of the neediest cats on the planet, but he’s pretty cute.