34 Weeks

Today marks 34.5 weeks for this pregnancy.  I had a checkup with my midwife today, and all looks good with Baby at this point.  She was telling me today that if I were to go into labor at 35 or 36 weeks, they would try somewhat to stop it, but they would not be very aggressive.  After 37 weeks is of course considered full-term, and labor would be more than welcome!  :)  I told her I was planning on 41 weeks, and she said that was a good idea.  Any guesses on when this baby will be born?!  (Technically, the due date is May 21.)

The princess likes to point to my belly and say "Too big".  :)

 Baby's heart rate was 144 and she was moving around like crazy.  However, she is laying sideways in my uterus.  That is why I am switching to weekly checkups at this point (a week earlier than usual).  If she does not seem to be head-down next week, I will have an ultrasound to confirm, and we will go from there.  The way she is laying right now, she has a great angle to kick at my right pubic bone.  She seems to enjoy doing that.  Note:  This transverse lie of the baby is usually an issue at this point of pregnancy, but she was breech two weeks ago.  We are hoping she is simply in the middle of turning head-down!

A gift from a lady at church.  So appropriate!

I have been doing some more serious nesting.  I completed one more project this week.  I had an idea to make matching burp cloths and bibs, but I ran into some trouble when sewing on bias tape around the edges.  I finally learned how to do that, and here is the result!  I have 3 reversible sets for Baby, so we are set on these!  My only regret is that I did not purchase enough flannel to make matching receiving blankets. 

Another nesting project:  I spent an hour and a half yesterday working on bat-proofing our attic.  We had 2 bats last year and 1 so far this year, so we are trying to eliminate any possible entrances.  Bat-proofing the attic really amounts to rearranging all our boxes and duct-taping any seams or holes in the boards up there.  This is phase one for decorating Baby's room.  Phase two will be cleaning out the big bedroom (aka exercise room).  Phase three will be moving the guest room into the big bedroom.  Then phase four:  Decorating and setting up Baby's room!  :)

We are getting excited!  The church is hosting a baby shower on Saturday, and I am looking forward to celebrating Baby with everyone!  I still cannot believe we are so close to meeting her though.  This has gone so quickly.

Sunday Scrappin'...plus some "nesting"

I have been a scrappin' slacker lately!  However, this week the ladies at our church had a "whatever" day where we met at one lady's house and worked on whatever craft we had going.  For me, that was of course scrapbooking.  I was only able to be there for 2 hours, and in the midst of the talking and bonding, I did complete three more pages!

Here is "6 months" from the princess' baby scrapbook.  The written highlights say:

"Bluebeary goes everywhere with you now."

"You can drink from a sippy cup."

"You can crawl now...military style."

"You like to play with Daddy's shoelaces."

"New foods:  Bananas, pears, applesauce, prunes, oranges"

"You like to play peek-a-boo."

"You seem to be trying to say 'blue' and 'hi'."

Here is "7 months" from the princess' baby scrapbook. The written highlights say:

"You like Mommy to sing, 'My God is so BIG'."

"You still wake up 2-3 times every night."

"New foods:  Meat (you like it), popsicles (you don't like the coldness)."

"When you wake up in the mornings, you like to pull down your crib bumper and play with anything nearby."

"You saw the ocean for the first time at Guadalupe Beach.  It was a hot day and we went for a drive so we could have air conditioning.  You slept in the car and were not happy to wake up!"

"You can pull yourself to a stand and you try to climb over everything."

Here is "10 months" from the princess' baby scrapbook. (I skipped months 8 and 9 for the time being because the photos did not fit with the template I wanted to use.)  The written highlights of this page say:

"We live in a tiny, temporary apartment in Columbus, Ohio while Mommy works at The Ohio State University Hospital.  You stay home with Daddy all day, and on the weekends we travel to see Mawmaw and Pawpaw, Nana and Papaw."

"Your sleep pattern in horrible.  You have to be walked to sleep or pushed around in your stroller until you fall asleep."

"Your favorite things all seem to start with "B":  Bluebeary, Book, Bottle, Ball."

"You took your first step at Mawmaw's house on November 29th.  Only Mommy and Mawmaw saw."

"You LOVE cars and trucks.  We bought you your first tractor toy this month."

Here are some more products of my nesting.  These wearable blankets were actually made for a friend to give as gifts.  I think I'm finally getting the hang of making these.

And I decided to crochet a little hat for the baby.  Love it!  I hope she's a hat-wearer like the princess, because hats are my favorite...on little ones, not on myself...  :)

31 Weeks and Nesting

I am nearing the end of my 31st week of pregnancy, and I am nesting like crazy.  My husband can verify.  I have about 5 sewing projects I am currently "in the middle of", I'm on the princess' 7th month of life in her scrapbook and hoping to catch up to her current 26th month before Baby arrives, I have a page-long list on the fridge of projects to complete in the kitchen alone (which I planned to do in one day...last Monday...), and for whatever reason, I decided to renew my dormant love of crocheting!  Whaaa?!  Please note:  Until about 2 weeks ago, I had never actually completed a crochet project.  I am happy to announce that I have now done 2 hats and 3 headbands...and counting.  *One hat picture included in this post*

I am really enjoying this pregnancy right now.  Baby is crazy-active, and she likes to move her hands around a lot.  She doesn't do a lot of huge movements, but there are little tickles oh so often that remind me she's having a good old time in there.  :)  She especially likes to wait until I've been laying in bed for about 30 minutes and then get really active.  Typical baby.  She seems to have become good friends with my bladder and likes to hang out on top of it a lot.  That part's not so fun, but I am learning to deal with it.

So for the hat I made...  I'm pretty proud of this.  There is supposed to be a flower attached to it, but I haven't completed that yet.  I will soon!  The princess looks so cute in these pictures too...

 

The princess' new obsession is trains.  I'm not quite sure why.  It seems she watched the Disney show Chuggington on the computer one time this week and has been crazy about choo-choos ever since.  My husband pulled out his old toy train for her a few times, and it is a major hit.  I love how she sits in the middle of the track and they put different object on the car to watch them go around and around.  :)

She had gotten a tricycle for her birthday in January, and she rides it around in the house.  Everytime she gets on, she points to her head and says "uh-oh".  She knows Elmo wears a helmet, so she knew she should have one too.  Daddy's snow cap sufficed for awhile, but today we invested in a helmet of her very own.  She was very excited.