The home stretch
We are in the home stretch. I will be 37 weeks (considered "term" meaning they won't do anything to stop labor should it start) on Tuesday. While I know the baby needs the last few weeks to finish off its development I am about done with it all. I forgot how difficult the end of it all is. It is near impossible for me to feel comfortable, no matter how I sit or lay or stand. I want some of those anti-gravity suspenders like the Baron Harkonnen has in Dune. Someone should really get on inventing those.
The baby seems to be developing fine. I'm measuring consistently. The baby moves a lot (and stretches - ouch!). This one moves so much more than Yvie did.
Andy has been sick the past couple of weeks. He caught whatever it is Y brought home and has had a rough time of it. With me being so tired (and waddling, my back is not happy) and Andy being so sick, it has been very rough going. I have to admit to a moment of "what on earth have we gotten ourselves into?! How can we manage two of them?!" Thankfully, that panic passed. Yvie has actually been really good about things. She has the occasional moment of fussy 3 year old, but all in all we are really lucky with that girl.
We had a Hammer Party this weekend. It was nice to have friends over for an informal celebration. We had some fun arts and crafts and good food. I really needed a nice time like that.
I'm looking forward to meeting this baby. I still have no feeling if it is a boy or a girl. It's about 50/50 from friends guesses and feelings, too. I'm just ready to meet it! But everyday I tell it, "you have to wait for Grams." My mom comes in to town at the end of the month. I can't wait. We are mostly ready, I think. The house is fairly in order. It's definitely cleaner and more ordered than any place we've lived in. I still have a few more client files to finish up and then I'll be able to relax. Most of the baby clothes have been unpacked and washed. We're hoping to cloth diaper with this baby, so I've been doing research and getting set up for that. We just need to get a few more things. We are getting close! Maybe I'll be able to convince Andy to blog a post before the baby comes.
And as some people have asked if we need anything, we are pretty set from last time, but could always use some help with diapering. We set up a registry with a local diaper company for anyone who is interested http://www.findgift.com/cgi-bin/Registry.cgi?m=View®istry_id=2e59ca78n45bfb7cn5c3c252
The baby seems to be developing fine. I'm measuring consistently. The baby moves a lot (and stretches - ouch!). This one moves so much more than Yvie did.
Andy has been sick the past couple of weeks. He caught whatever it is Y brought home and has had a rough time of it. With me being so tired (and waddling, my back is not happy) and Andy being so sick, it has been very rough going. I have to admit to a moment of "what on earth have we gotten ourselves into?! How can we manage two of them?!" Thankfully, that panic passed. Yvie has actually been really good about things. She has the occasional moment of fussy 3 year old, but all in all we are really lucky with that girl.
We had a Hammer Party this weekend. It was nice to have friends over for an informal celebration. We had some fun arts and crafts and good food. I really needed a nice time like that.
I'm looking forward to meeting this baby. I still have no feeling if it is a boy or a girl. It's about 50/50 from friends guesses and feelings, too. I'm just ready to meet it! But everyday I tell it, "you have to wait for Grams." My mom comes in to town at the end of the month. I can't wait. We are mostly ready, I think. The house is fairly in order. It's definitely cleaner and more ordered than any place we've lived in. I still have a few more client files to finish up and then I'll be able to relax. Most of the baby clothes have been unpacked and washed. We're hoping to cloth diaper with this baby, so I've been doing research and getting set up for that. We just need to get a few more things. We are getting close! Maybe I'll be able to convince Andy to blog a post before the baby comes.
And as some people have asked if we need anything, we are pretty set from last time, but could always use some help with diapering. We set up a registry with a local diaper company for anyone who is interested http://www.findgift.com/cgi-bin/Registry.cgi?m=View®istry_id=2e59ca78n45bfb7cn5c3c252
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