37.5 Weeks

Went to the doctor for our 37 week appointment.  We got an ultrasound of our little man.

The good news is that he is in the right position... head down and facing backwards - he is looking completely healthy and very good.  He is 1 ounce away from being 7lbs.  Which is great --- babies grow about .5 - 1 lb a week in this stage so if he goes to term we could be looking at a 9lb baby...which might be little painful for mommy.

The not so fun news is that I haven't really made any progress---must have been all the wine I drank this weekend.  Ha Ha!  My doctor doesn't think anything is going to happen for a little while and everyone should just sit tight until the due date.  :( I was really hoping for this man to come into the world a little sooner.  But I guess I will just continue to enjoy this happy time and work on the house.  I think my nesting instinct has set in. I was up all night last night just working on
things.  I think the babies room is actually done.  I just got our last item the knobs for the furniture.  So I will get to put those on tonight.  I have to start working on XP's bathroom and the guest room since soon enough we will have lots of visitors.



John and I went to New Buffalo for the weekend...it was so much fun to get away for the weekend and spend some much needed quality time just the hubby and me.  :) We went to 3 different wine/beer tastings...did smores out by the fire -- had a delicious dinner -- I also got a wonderful massage...And we ate at this wonderful Crepe place that was so good I couldn't stop eating.  Thanks for the recommendation Brett.

The only sad part was that KSU lost over the weekend.  Sadly they did not play well which means they are out to the tournament.  I even wore my support and it didn't work.

Week 37 - Full Term!

Baby's now the size of a watermelon!
Full-term (yay!) little XP is gaining about 1/2 ounce a day and getting his first sticky poop (called meconium) ready. He's also brushing up on skills for the outside world: blinking, sucking, inhaling, exhaling, and gripping (it's getting strong!). So at this point whenever he decides to come the doctors will not do anything to stop him and he will thrive!

We are doing good.  We are trying to plan our last trip out to New Buffalo, MI for the weekend - we figure it will be our last chance to just do something the 2 of us.  Although it is hard for me to leave our house I feel like there is so much to do and not a lot of time to do it.  But everyone tells me to go-- get out of the house and enjoy it will all still be there when I get home!  I am hoping to get a massage and John is hoping to do a little wine tasting.  A little bit won't hurt at this point for me either.
I will send more photos of the bump - it is getting really big now and boy is he strong.  The kicking and turning are making it difficult to stand and walk.  Also I have been experiencing lots of pain in my legs -- I think he likes sitting on some kind of nerve.  :)

On Monday we go to the doctor and we will have an ultrasound to check if his head is down and how much growth he has had.

I think I am done with this pregnancy thing - I am ready to meet this little man I have been caring around!

Thanks for reading talk to you all soon!

Week 36 - The nursery is getting closer

This weekend we got lots done.  I will post more photos tonight but wanted to get a few of these up!  We finished all the painting.  Shelves too and hung up the decals in the room.  I washed all the baby clothes and now I can finally put everything away.  :) Everything is getting accomplished for our little XP to come into the world.  :)

Thanks to Uncle Brett who have little XP a book I know he will love - "The 3 little Javelinas"

Week 35 - Gammy and Pappy

Gammy and Pappy made a surprise visit this weekend - as you can see they are pretty intrigued with how large I am getting.  They love to see and feel him kicking!  Things are progressing as I am getting closer to the big day.  Only 1 month away - pretty crazy.  Nights have become more and more restless as I am constantly up going to the bathroom and having a few leg cramps.  Thank goodness John is a heavy sleeper - or he is not complaining too much!  I am suffering from backpain at night and cramping from time to time. But I think for the most part I am doing pretty good!  My mom and John might argue the other way since they get the brunt of most of my complaining.  But I think I am pretty lucky!

I wish my mom and dad could stay longer to help us threw our long to do list.  But at this point we will take whatever we can get.  Dad helped us hang up shelves in the baby room and to get some of our furniture reorganized.  Tonight we should get him for another couple of hours so John and him will be hard at work in the nursery. 

Hopefully I will have a few new photos to share of the nursery - very soon!

Weekend Warriors

John and I made a lot of progress this weekend.  After spending 2.5 hours at Babies R Us and running tons of errands on Saturday, we spent Sunday put lots together and cleaning out the nursery to get ready for the next weekend of painting.  Check out all of our new pieces.

6 Weeks and Counting or is it!

 

34 Weeks 

A little trip to the doctors office today for the stardard 34 week appointment, but after spending a few weeks measuring the doctor asked me "Do you have your bags packed yet"  -- I looked up and smiled ummm No-- I still have 6 weeks left...he said "You might want to start kicking it into gear just in case."  So I guess the weekend we have lots to do...Stay tuned in 2 weeks for another check up and we will get to see if I have a made any progress. Soon we will be meetng our little man!