35 Weeks

That's right 5 weeks to go, give or take a few.I had a great appointment today with my Midwife. She is really amazing. We went through the Birth Plan. She said that if everything goes well and the baby isn't measuring big then I can go through with my waterbirth, otherwise she said I can labor in the tub and then have her outside of the tub at the end. So either way I will be able to use the tub :)

She is measuring at 34 1/2cm so right on target. Jamie said that she hasn't dropped, she is head down, but not dropped into position yet. Which is fine with me, her feet are definitely what has been kicking me in the ribs the past few weeks. Her heartbeat was about 130 bpm and Jamie said that she was about 5 or 5 1/2 lbs.  Next week is my next appointment with the other midwife. It will be nice to meet her, I feel comfortable with her over the phone, so I can imagine I will be when I meet her and it will be nice to be able to meet her in case she is the one that is on call when I deliver.

We had a few full weeks which is why I haven't blogged in awhile. We had another shower - given to us by my Mother in law and two of her friends. It was a joint shower with my friend Alicia who is due a few weeks before me, also having a girl. They spoiled her so much by giving us so many things. Her nursery is filled, we have to get a few more things here and there, but 90% of what we need when she is born is here. We went and got our car seat and I think Mike is planning on putting it in tonight.


We also interviewed our first pediatrician last week. We interviewed the Pediatrician and her Nurse Practitioner. They were recommended by a friend of mine from work. I really liked both of them. Mike is holding his judgment until we meet with the next one on the 20th. They are both close and both were recommended, so we will see what happens.

We were up at the lake for the fourth of July as usual. It was a lot of fun. A little too warm for me so I was a bit uncomfortable, but still nice. We went out to the sandbar on Saturday, I floated in the water for a bit and sat in a chair that Barb brought out there. It was super nice. Mike and I took some pictures (see below) because he wanted some of me pregnant up at the lake.

The weather was pretty good. On the 4th though it rained all day, it cleared up for the fireworks, but then the fog rolled in, so it was really hard to see the fireworks through the fog, especially the white and gold ones, but we still had fun. I also finished Peanut's blanket up at the lake. My in-laws say that I cheated, but really I just made it smaller. I was getting so tired of knitting those squares, so I just made it a bit smaller, but it's still pretty large and she will get some use out of it.

Mike is turning 30 on Thursday! Happy Birthday Daddy...I am taking him to his favorite pasta bar with some friends of ours. It should be a lot of fun!!  I am also planning a special date night for the two of us for Friday night :) I will post pictures of his birthday afterwards.

Scrapbook!

So I pretty much have finished Peanut's Scrapbook. After the showers I will be ordering pictures of the nursery, my belly shots up to that week and then of the showers, so I can scrap book those before she gets here, but here are a few pictures of the pages I have created for after she is here....

Thanks to my friend Jenny I was able to use her Cricut to cut all the Months and years out! It turned out super cute and I can't wait to start filling things in. I didn't do the July months, just in case she decides to come early :)

29 Weeks

11 more weeks until the little one arrives, unless she is early or late ;) I was actually 29 weeks on Tuesday, but was lazy all week since Sunday and didn't take my picture...So here is my picture - after 12 hours of fasting...so I was a little hungry.

I had my 3 Hour Gestational Diabetes test this morning...Here is the run down.

• 9:30pm last night: Started Fasting
• 8:30am this morning: Had the appointment....Got my first vial of blood drawn
• 8:30 - 8:33: Drank the Lovely, Lovely Orange Drink (Can you hear the sarcasm?). It was 10 oz of 100grams of sugar, tasted like Cough Syrup....Not so great, especially on an empty stomach.
• 8:33-9:33: Sat in the office and felt sick to my stomach and waited for the next draw
• 9:33: Got my 2nd of 4 blood draws. She bruised me, luckily it's not too bad.
• 10:33: 3rd Blood Draw, she couldn't find a vein in my right arm, so we had to go to the room and use the blood pressure cuff and finally she got it.
• 11:33: Last and final blood draw, she found the vein again in my right arm, only a little bruise but at least I was done.

Finally got out of there so I could go get some lunch. Treated myself to Chipotle, to get some protein in me since I had way way too many carbs in the morning with the drink and headed home to go back to work. I don't know the results, wish I would but I will have to wait until tomorrow. If I don't hear anything from them by 2, I am going to call them to get the results - can you tell I am not patient?


Below is an updated picture of Peanut's Blanket.I still have a full 3 rows left to do, I am currently getting those made up to sew on and then I have to sew the boarder around the entire thing. The three rows will be to right of the Green & Yellow row. If I for some reason don't finish it before she comes it's big enough for her to use right away or even when she get's older, but I would like to finish it up.

Peanuts Blanket

I am still continuing on Peanut's Blanket...its taking me awhile, but I am getting there, I should be able to really concentrate on it soon. Here is a picture of what it's starting to look like. Right now it's just a bunch of blocks and I haven't put it together yet. It's going to be another two squares wide.

Another Project for Peanut

I started Peanut's Scrapbook...I went to Archivers last night to find a cute pink book and found nothing, and then when I was about to give up I found a spring looking light green scrapbook with paper and everything included...so I got that and the blank calendar and then some more paper and things....

I plan on making two pages for each month -one of those has a calendar...Then I can hang the calender page on the Fridge and mark down all her milestones. Her birthday, her first smile etc....The pages are all going to be kind of spring like, but I really think that will still work. I can add other blemishes when its halloween and stuff...Let me know what you think?

My First Project for Peanut

I have been wanting to start this for awhile, but was a little hesitant. So I decided today was the day, I am almost 10 weeks and it's going to take me awhile and if I want to do any hats or socks or anything I need to get this finished so I can do those as well...

This is a pretty easy pattern, which is always good, because I don't do well with switching colors and stuff. With this one they tell you how many blocks of each other that you will need and then you just lay them out and sew them together. Seems pretty easy, it's just like making wash clothes. So Mike and I went to the craft shop today and picked out the four colors (Berry, Lake, Lime & Maize) which are sort of like the ones that are shown in the picture. I didn't worsted weight Cotton instead of Wool. I just don't like wool, even though most of it's soft, I really like Cotton-ease by Lion Brand. I made a scarf out of it a few years ago and I really like how it feels and its machine washable. I have 2 1/2 squares done already..going to have to stop blogging to get the rest of them started and only about 60 squares to go :) So hopefully I can knit them all the same width and I don't change my gauge too much. They always tell you to check your gauge, but for me that never matters (especially for blankets), because it really depends on my mood. If I am not stressed out my knitting is a lot looser. so I am just checking the blocks before I bind off and so far that's working.