33 weeks!

*sorry, there is no picture this week. I have been battling a sore throat and a minor cold for a few days, and have put no effort into making myself look nice. Maybe I will take one today, as I have a reason to get ready/pretty.*

Pregnancy: 33 weeks

Weight Gain: Not sure, they said it was good though!

Sleep: Happens in 2 hour stretches. I have to get up to use the bathroom at least 4 times a night. At least I will be prepared for a hungry newborn!

Gender: Girl

Name: Hannah Elise

Feeling: Ready to meet our little girl!

Health: At my last appointment, everything looked really good. My blood pressure is staying down at a good level, so that is good!

Movement: I have been feeling really slow rolls lately, along with the occasional movement along my hips and feet in the ribs.

Belly: Has stretch marks. My belly button looks like it wants to pop out this time, it has been on the verge for a few weeks now.

Next Appointment: June 14th. After that, we will wait 2 weeks and go to another appointment, then we will go the next week and the week after that, and then Hannah will be born! The end is certainly near!

32 week (4 day) checkup.

Things with Hannah are looking really good! My blood pressure was awesome, which was a huge relief. I think it was right around this time with my first pregnancy that my blood pressure started to raise. It must be the stay at home mom thing that helps me. I was working when I was pregnant with Cameron, and that job stressed me out. The midwife said my weight was great (yeah, okay..) and that Hannah is measuring right where she is supposed to be! That means we probably won't get to have another ultrasound to see her one last time in the belly, but that is okay. We are a little less than 7 weeks away from meeting her!

In other/semi related news, I helped my mom book her plane ticket for when she comes for Hannah's birth today. It is starting to get more real! I haven't seen my mom since last July, so I am very very excited about the upcoming visit. That is all for now. I'm not sure what our plans are for this weekend, so if I don't blog, have a very nice, relaxing and safe extended weekend!

A work in progress.

When we first moved into this house, there were definitely some areas that needed TLC. I wont' go into the dark blue carpet today, but maybe someday =). Today's focus is on the little garden in front of our living room window.

This is a picture of our house on the day we first saw it. Nevermind my mother in law and the realtor, take a look at the 2 flower/plant/rock beds on each side of the house.

The one on the right was particularly bad. There is the huge snowball bush that tripled in size from April 2006 to last summer. I don't even remember what else was in there, besides humongous rocks for landscaping. Last summer, Josh and his mom and stepdad spent a lot of time moving rocks and using a SUBURBAN to pull the snowball plant and it's giant roots out of the ground.

These are pictures of the right side garden last week when mother in law and I decided it was time for an update. Please forgive the terrible quality/sun exposure. These are cell phone pictures on a hot sunny day.

Pretty terrible, right? Can you imagine having to look at that mess everyday you're outside playing with a busy little boy, or what the UPS man thinks when he delivers a package to our front door? Scary.

These next pictures are the newest ones, after we hit up Lowe's and bought 4 lily plants, 2 bushes, and 20 bags of river rock for landscaping. It is certainly not done, by any means. Josh is going to put in some edging around the front and right hand side of the garden and get some hanging plants to hang from the shepherd's hook. I am excited about the progress thus far!

Our next project is the left side garden. We have pulled those trees out of the ground and gotten rid of them (also having to use the suburban!). We are going to plant a couple of burning bushes, pull the wood edging out and grow grass up to the bushes. Can't wait to have a good looking front yard!

Top 2 Tuesday : Dates

I know a lot of parents feel this way, but dates just don't happen as often as they used to. We might get the opportunity to go out and do something fun once a month, but by the time we get Cameron out the door and start to get ready ourselves, we wind up on the couch with pizza and a DVD. I will post 2 dream dates. One that will definitely happen, and one that probably never will.

1. Dinner and Sunset-watching in South Haven (and maybe a movie on the way home). I am not quite fond of the beach in the summer time, especially right now. We went last weekend and only lasted for 45 minutes. I would love to go before the summer comes, or after it ends, and have a good dinner at Clementine's. After that, we would walk to Captain Nemo's for some ice cream. After we ate our ice cream, we would walk to the beach and watch the sun set. I love watching the boats, and a nice night with a little bit of wind and lot of cuddles sounds so amazing. <3

Doesn't that look amazing?

2. Now this is the date that would never happen. I love musicals. Rent, Hairspray, whatever. I love it. I would die a happy girl if I could go to New York and see a musical on Broadway, with my husband of course. But he hates musicals. He would rather watch paint dry or pull every single hair out of his head before he watched one live, let alone on DVD. We could go somewhere awesome for dinner, go to a fancy bar, walk around the city, and end up at a Broadway show. Doesn't that sound fantastic?

32 weeks!

Pregnancy: 32 Weeks

Weight Gain: Still not weighing myself. Probably in the mid to upper 20s though.

Sleep: I think she is preparing me for the nights after she is born.

Gender: Girl

Name: Hannah Elise

Feeling: Uncomfortable and swollen.

Health: So far, so good!

Movement: She is an active girl. Her new favorite place to hang out is right at my hips.

Belly: Sprouted some new stretch marks this week. Gah.

What I am looking forward to: July 16th, then I will be done. :)

What I miss: A good nights sleep, the occasional beer..

Show Us Your Life : Hometown

I was born in Santa Clara, California. I lived there until I was about 2 years old, and moved to Michigan with my parents. Ever since then, I have been a resident of Kalamazoo County (except for the year I went back to California, but found my way right back home).


Life is not too faced paced around here. Yes, it is a decent sized city with about 250,000 residents. Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University and the smaller Kalamazoo College. There are several parks and shopping centers, as well as restaurants and a decent shopping mall.


Downtown Kalamazoo is very diverse and architecturally pretty. There are several large buildings and a gorgeous hospital downtown.

More towards our side of town is a really nice walking/biking/blading trail known as the Celery Flats. The trail has been extended over the past few years, and we enjoy riding bikes or taking Cameron for a walk on the trail. There are also a couple of playgrounds for him to play on along the way.

Those are the highlights of Kalamazoo. There really isn't too much that happens around here, so we drive the 2.5 hours to Chicago or Detroit very often.

TGIF!

This week could not have passed by any slower. Having a bad day sucks, but a bad week? Ugh.

There were a couple highlights, though! Cameron got a new outside toy that he absolutely loves.

We spent an hour playing outside yesterday, but I didn't take any pictures. The boy went back and forth between his water table and his cozy coupe until he finally tired himself out enough for a nap. I love him. =)

Josh's mom bought us some flowers to plant in the little garden area in front of our house.We got a couple of lily plants and one calla lily plant to try. We also got a couple of little flowering bushes to spruce it up out there.

And even better news, we finally got the letter from my OB with our c-section date! If everything stays the same as it is now, Hannah will be born on July 15th, probably around 9:45 am. So excited!

Hope you have a great weekend. I am looking forward to some relaxation!