39 weeks!

This is it! The week we have been waiting for, the final one! I will have Josh take a picture tonight so I can upload it, but for now, you can use your imagination. =)


How far along?: 39 weeks.

Total weight gain/loss: I stopped looking again. I don't want to know.

Maternity clothes?: Absolutely, and I can't wait to stop wearing them!

Sleep: Eh, not so much. Between getting up to pee every 2 hours, and the restlessness that goes along with being excited, I am not sleeping very well.

Best moment this week: I floated around in the pool at Josh's mom's yesterday. That was glorious. Tomorrow night, my mom comes into town! I am so excited.

Food cravings: The usual suspects. Tacos. My heartburn has been exceptionally bad the past few days, but I cannot get enough spicy. So good.

Gender: Girl

Movement: Slow and steady. She must be out of room, poor girl.

What I am looking forward to: Spending some time with my mom. It has been a year since I've seen her. Also getting in some last minute quality time with Cameron, and meeting Hannah on Thursday, of course!

What I miss: Breathing easily. I think it is safe to say this girl is not going to drop down any lower.

Milestones: Only 3 more days!!

Self restraint.

Today is Sunday. Hannah is being delivered Thursday morning (if she does not decide to come sooner on her own). By this point in the game, you would think I would have my bags packed, the car seat bases installed and everything ready to go. Wrong. I am a super planner. I love to have things done and ready in advance, but I knew that if I did that this time around, I would drive myself crazy. Having bags packed and sitting by the door for 2 weeks just sounds like something else to move when I need to clean, and more excitement for my heart that is already full and ready to explode.

Don't get me wrong, there are a few things packed already. I washed clothes last weekend and set aside all of Cameron's best looking outfits and PJs for his trip between grandmas. I picked out some clothes for Hannah too and put those aside. Her car seat is sitting on the floor in the office, right next to the breast pump, ready to be installed and occupied.

But none of my clothes/toiletries/personal items are packed. Same with Josh. He claims he couldn't go too many days without some of his clothes, so he will pack last minute. Seeing that I will probably be living in hospital gowns for 3-4 days, I don't have much to pack, and I can probably wait until Wednesday too. I just can't believe how much it is eating at me that I have the lists prepared, but I'm not doing anything about them. The planner/control freak in my brain is screaming at me!

Instead, I focus on cleaning the house. Washing clothes, bed sheets and mopping the floors. It is significantly harder to do most of these things now that my stomach is as large as it is, but I will do it to keep my mind off the fact that in 3.5 days, our daughter will be born and our family will be complete. Crazy.

Look forward to the 39 week (and final) pregnancy post tomorrow!

Under Construction.

In case you were wondering, yes, our blog is currently under construction. I have been nesting BIG TIME, and got really annoyed with the way the blog looked. So I started to remodel it yesterday. I am hoping to have everything looking great in time for Hannah's arrival and introduction post this week! (It is still so crazy to say that.) So bear with us!



edit and we're back! check out the 'meet us' page to learn about our family.

My last OB appointment.

This morning was my final OB appointment. Technically, it was my 'pre-surgical consultation.' It went like any routine appointment. This time, I saw the OB that is going to be doing my surgery though. She asked if I had any questions and did the measurements and listened to the heartbeat, and sent me on my way.

Thursday is the day, and I cannot believe it. These past 9 months have definitely not been a walk in the park. The first couple of months were filled with morning sickness, followed by months of heartburn and feet in the ribs (all.the.time), and to top it all off - the hottest summer I can remember to finish it. I know she will be worth every single second of pain and every tear I've cried in a hormone-raged meltdown. I am so ready to hold her.

I am ready to see Cameron as a big brother. I don't have any idea how he will react to her. I assume he won't want much to do with her. Probably won't want to hold her, and will be scared when she cries. But I am hoping he wants to be around her all the time, and that he wants to hold her and bring her a pacifier when she cries. 6 more days and we will find out!

Our 4th of July weekend.

Let me just start out by saying that we had an AWESOME weekend. Josh didn't have to work on Monday, so we had 3 days together. I love 3-day weekends.

We started our Saturday off with some breakfast, followed by a trip to Menards. We have been putting a lot of effort into our house lately, finally trying to live like 'real' adults. (I wrote this post about our beginning project). This weekend, we focused on the backyard. Josh had put in some edging, planted some lillies and hostas and mulch a couple years back, and we didn't keep up with it. Needless to say, it looked awful back there. He pulled weeds and got all the leaves/sticks/etc. out of the area and filled it up with the same kind of rocks that are in the front yard planter area. Then he spent some time with his new chainsaw cutting down little groups of bushes. Our backyard is not fenced in, and we have a dog that uses a run connected to the house when she goes out to do her business. She is always getting caught around these bushes, digging holes underneath them, and making the area look gross. So Josh took care of it! It looks awesome back there now.

Saturday night, we drove to Holland to have dinner with my family for my dad's birthday. My brother is in town from California (he is in the Navy), so we got to see him too. That was nice.

That's Josh, Cameron, me, my dad, soon-to-be stepbrother, dad's fiance, soon-to-be step sister, my brother and his girlfriend. Phew. 

We drove home after dinner and got back just in time to walk down to the high school to watch fireworks. Cameron did not love them, but didn't hate them either. Not to mention, it was 10 before they started, and he was exhausted from screaming half the car ride home.

Alright, on to Sunday. We spent some more time playing in the backyard. It was SO hot though. Cameron took a nice, long nap, and we headed out to a local Mexican restaurant for dinner. I am forever craving tacos. After dinner, we did our grocery shopping, then came home so Cameron could see his grandma. She brought over the changing table she bought at a garage sale and repainted for us. Hannah's room is now 99% done. There are a couple of wall decorations that still need to be hung up, and picture frames that have to wait for her to be born, but besides that, her room is done!

We headed to Dairy Queen after Josh's mom and step-dad checked out all the work he had done in the backyard, and Cameron got his very own ice cream cone. Now, when MIL ordered the ice cream cone, she told them she wanted a 'baby sized' cone. We assumed they would put a tiny bit of ice cream in the cone and give it to him. Heck no! That thing had about 4 inches of ice cream on top of it, and with the heat, it melted way too fast. He loved it though, and ate a little bit of ice cream and most of the cone. Then, he helped his dad drink his milkshake. My boy has a sweet tooth!

That is not the best quality picture, but you can clearly see how much he loved the ice cream!

Monday was spent with more time in the backyard, followed by lunch and some shopping. I hope you all had as great a weekend as we did! I can't believe we have one more weekend as a family of 3, then Hannah will be here! We are so excited!

38 weeks!

How far along?: 38 weeks.

Total weight gain/loss: Hovering around 30. Sigh.

Maternity clothes?: Absolutely. If I don't wear a maternity shirt, my belly hangs out everywhere.

Sleep: Well, it's currently 6:58 am. Sleep is just not my friend these days.

Best moment this week: Visiting with my brother!

Food cravings: Tacos. Ice cream. Yum.

Gender: Girl

Movement: She's a busy little lady.

What I am looking forward to: Spending these last 10 days with Cameron. Then, meeting Hannah!

What I miss: I would have liked a beer with everyone at dinner on Saturday night.

Milestones: We have officially reached 10 days left. So excited!

37.5 week checkup and ice cream cones!

I had my 37 week checkup yesterday. It is so crazy to me that I won't be going in to see midwives anymore. My next appointment is Friday the 9th, and that is the pre-surgical consult with the doctor that will be doing my c-section. I seriously can't believe it. The midwife I saw yesterday seemed to be pressed for time, which is what I get for scheduling a 4:00 appointment (half an hour before closing time). She measured my belly and found Hannah's heartbeat and didn't have much else to say. She said everything looks great, which means I'm probably still measuring right on track, and Hannah won't make her grand entrance any sooner than July 15th.

Let's rewind a couple of days. Wednesday night, Josh and I swung through the drive thru at Dairy Queen and picked up a couple of ice cream cones. Me, being the pregnant cow I am, had my cone almost gone by the time we got home (hey, it was a small!), but Josh still had quite a bit left on his. We came into the house, and he decided to give Cameron the very bottom of his cone. I have never seen the boy so excited. He ate off the cone until melted ice cream covered his entire body, so I made Josh take it away from him. Bad idea. Here are some pictures that show the disaster that took place.

I think it is safe to say that the boy loves ice cream. And that his dad will never take another cone away from him.