For those of you who have been following along, thank you! Hopefully Gribble will have a name soon :)
We are almost there, just about a week until my due date. In reality that means Gribble could wait until Feb 15 to be born but I really hope not. I have been having very mild "early" contractions for a week now and I am very ready for the process to speed up. James and I are both very anxious to have our baby out here where we can hold and snuggle him/her.
Some of you know that I have been off work for just about two weeks. I am very lucy to be surrounded by people who are willing to help keep me occupied while I wait. The first week James and I kept very busy catching up around the house and this last week my friends Erin and Nicole have been kind enough to hang out:) I am also very lucky to have people around me that can give me advice and perspective about these last few weeks. I feel like it's taking forever! But they are right; I am trying to enjoy the last time in my life that I am not a parent, being newborn free, and still having me time.
On the other hand I am so looking forward to Gribble being here. Especially after I washed the newborn sized diapers! I cannot wait until I can use them!!!! I don't know if there is anything in particular that James is lookin forward to but he has been cleaning and organizing like a crazy person... I think he is Nesting ;)
James cousin Bekki did my maternity photo's last week and I can't wait to see them. She is also going to be kind and take our family photo's when the baby is a little bigger. And James mom and Michael are coming out Feb 20, we can't wait.
That is pretty much all of the news I have for now. Cross your fingers for me, I am so ready for Gribble to be born!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Almost There!
I feel like a lot has happened in the last two weeks and I am really starting to look forward to the next 3! As of right now we have 23 days until me due date, too bad there is no garauntee about the baby being born on that day.
In the last week I have had two more showers, both of which were fantastic. I really want to say thank you agian to everyone who joined us :) Our friends were great and we had a fun, low key shower and got some super cool and useful things. Then my work threw us a shower and got us a swing and bouncy chair, which I am stoked about because they were 2 of 3 items that I was planning to buy if I didn't get them.
I also decided that I really love the idea of cloth diapers so much that I cannot wait until the baby is 10+ pounds to use them...So I got myself a half set of the New Born sized ones and we will use cloth and sposies until Gribble fits in the One Size's. I have to say that kellyscloset and jilliansdrawers have become two of my absolute favorite websites. I seem to check them everyday to see what they have in stock in thier "gently used" sections. When the baby is born we will see how big it is before finishing our New Born stash or adding to our bigger sizes, none the less I can't wait to be able to buy non-gender neutral!
I have one more shower this weekend. My sister, Mary, and stepmom, Shery, are hosting one for my family in GrassValley, it will be really nice to celebrate with them. Nicole is also coming, I am very blessed to have a BFF that is willing to give up nearly a whole month of days off to drive an hour (or more) to do these things with me :)
There is only one more thing on my list of "really wants" so Nicole and I will be doing some shopping/ exchanging after the shower tomorrow. Then all I need to do is wash clothes and organize the babies room.
It's a good thing we have basically everything we need. Last weekend I started to have pretty bad edema and at my Docs apt this week she warned me that my BP is getting kinda high. These are symptoms of Pre-Eclampsia and if my BP goes over the "high" mark they will probably induce me early. Luckily, I will be 37 weeks "full term" on Monday. My Doc also gave me strict orders to start my leave on Wednesday, Jan. 18. While, I had wanted to work until Feb I am happy that she gave me this restriction this week because I have definately reached the "I am ready to be done" place. I am still happy but getting more and more uncomfortable. Taking leave will give Gribble a better chance of baking at least until the first.
I will be back with more when and if our due date changes.
In the last week I have had two more showers, both of which were fantastic. I really want to say thank you agian to everyone who joined us :) Our friends were great and we had a fun, low key shower and got some super cool and useful things. Then my work threw us a shower and got us a swing and bouncy chair, which I am stoked about because they were 2 of 3 items that I was planning to buy if I didn't get them.
I also decided that I really love the idea of cloth diapers so much that I cannot wait until the baby is 10+ pounds to use them...So I got myself a half set of the New Born sized ones and we will use cloth and sposies until Gribble fits in the One Size's. I have to say that kellyscloset and jilliansdrawers have become two of my absolute favorite websites. I seem to check them everyday to see what they have in stock in thier "gently used" sections. When the baby is born we will see how big it is before finishing our New Born stash or adding to our bigger sizes, none the less I can't wait to be able to buy non-gender neutral!
I have one more shower this weekend. My sister, Mary, and stepmom, Shery, are hosting one for my family in GrassValley, it will be really nice to celebrate with them. Nicole is also coming, I am very blessed to have a BFF that is willing to give up nearly a whole month of days off to drive an hour (or more) to do these things with me :)
There is only one more thing on my list of "really wants" so Nicole and I will be doing some shopping/ exchanging after the shower tomorrow. Then all I need to do is wash clothes and organize the babies room.
It's a good thing we have basically everything we need. Last weekend I started to have pretty bad edema and at my Docs apt this week she warned me that my BP is getting kinda high. These are symptoms of Pre-Eclampsia and if my BP goes over the "high" mark they will probably induce me early. Luckily, I will be 37 weeks "full term" on Monday. My Doc also gave me strict orders to start my leave on Wednesday, Jan. 18. While, I had wanted to work until Feb I am happy that she gave me this restriction this week because I have definately reached the "I am ready to be done" place. I am still happy but getting more and more uncomfortable. Taking leave will give Gribble a better chance of baking at least until the first.
I will be back with more when and if our due date changes.
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