Last Belly Pics at 38 Weeks and 2 Days!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Reflection
Well, we've got about 25 hours left until we start the induction. I'm really excited to finally see lil Ryan, especially the feet that I've felt kicking me for the past several months! I can't wait to see him in all of his cute outfits. I probably over bought, but I wouldn't be me if I didn't. :) I also can't wait to hear him cry for the first time, even though I'll probably get over that pretty fast...hehe. It makes me so happy to think that by the end of the week, he'll be sleeping in the crib that we picked out for him months ago and we'll finally be able to hold him.
On the other hand, I'm really nervous about the whole induction process. Since he's not really ready to come out yet, it increases my chances of a C-section. I keep on telling myself that no matter what way he physically makes his way into the world, we still have a baby in the end and that's all that really matters. It's all means to the same end, right?
The process to get to this end has been quite a journey. There have been so many people who have surprised me by their thoughtful words and actions, I am truly lucky to call them friends.
Thanks to all of you for your phone calls and emails just to check up on me, it really has made this time in my life more special. Thank you to all of those people who offered continual support and always made me feel better about what was going on.
Hopefully we'll be posting baby pics soon!
Well, we've got about 25 hours left until we start the induction. I'm really excited to finally see lil Ryan, especially the feet that I've felt kicking me for the past several months! I can't wait to see him in all of his cute outfits. I probably over bought, but I wouldn't be me if I didn't. :) I also can't wait to hear him cry for the first time, even though I'll probably get over that pretty fast...hehe. It makes me so happy to think that by the end of the week, he'll be sleeping in the crib that we picked out for him months ago and we'll finally be able to hold him.
On the other hand, I'm really nervous about the whole induction process. Since he's not really ready to come out yet, it increases my chances of a C-section. I keep on telling myself that no matter what way he physically makes his way into the world, we still have a baby in the end and that's all that really matters. It's all means to the same end, right?
The process to get to this end has been quite a journey. There have been so many people who have surprised me by their thoughtful words and actions, I am truly lucky to call them friends.
Thanks to all of you for your phone calls and emails just to check up on me, it really has made this time in my life more special. Thank you to all of those people who offered continual support and always made me feel better about what was going on.
Hopefully we'll be posting baby pics soon!
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
We Got Pink Slipped Today
"Your induction has been scheduled for _________________.
Please report directly to the Labor & Delivery desk at NAMC (901-2155). You may eat a very light breakfast if you desire (piece of toast, small bowl of cereal). If you are scheduled in the evening, you may eat normally.
Please remember that the hospital must save room for the women who go into labor naturally (aka not you). There is a small possibility your induction will be delayed or rescheduled if the Labor & Delivery unit is too full. The hospital will contact you as soon as possible if this happens.
Good luck with your induction, and congratulations in advance. We will be thinking about you!"
_______________ = Sunday, February 11, 2007.
"Your induction has been scheduled for _________________.
Please report directly to the Labor & Delivery desk at NAMC (901-2155). You may eat a very light breakfast if you desire (piece of toast, small bowl of cereal). If you are scheduled in the evening, you may eat normally.
Please remember that the hospital must save room for the women who go into labor naturally (aka not you). There is a small possibility your induction will be delayed or rescheduled if the Labor & Delivery unit is too full. The hospital will contact you as soon as possible if this happens.
Good luck with your induction, and congratulations in advance. We will be thinking about you!"
_______________ = Sunday, February 11, 2007.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Carrie Has Officially Moved In
For some reason, Carrie has gotten really bold and has started sneaking into our bedroom and sleeping on our bed! Silly Carrie! Steven caught Carrie in the act and took this picture. Sorry about the mess, we're still in the process of cleaning up, but with such a comfy bed, it's hard to get anything done at all!
Nursery Pics
Here are a few pictures of the nursery. The first picture was taken from the doorway. We have french doors with glass inserts because the room was suppose to be a study. :) We need to figure out a way to make it a little more private, but I do like how it's really easy to look into the room. The dragon rug is from Ikea and you can see the burnt orange glider and crib from USA Baby. Of course, there's the exterior door with the doggie door. :) We've let out the dogs back there a couple of times, but I don't want them to get used to it or else they'll end up running through the nursery every time they want to go outside!
In the second pic, you can see the blanket on the glider and the night stand. On the night stand, we have a cool lamp from Ikea that changes colors and of course the magnetic monkey from Natalie's birthday party. The big picture frame was made by Maria and RJ during the shower and the little elephant frame is from Xin-Xin. The mama and baby stuffed elephants are from Judy who is now back in Austin...yay!!!
The last pic is of Ryan's closet. Hehe...do you think I went overboard on the clothes? Everything is so cute and tiny...I can't wait to dress him up! We've also stashed the other baby stuff in the closet, stuff we figure that we won't need right away. The nursery is really coming together, I'm so excited!
The biggest thing we have left is decorating. We wanted to paint it a baby blue, but with the move being so close to our due date, we decided against it. I was worried that the paint wouldn't have enough time to dry and air out, especially with all of this cold weather we've been having. We still need to hang up a few things which will really liven up the room, but we won't do that until after he comes. I'm excited about hanging up all of the shower stuff!
Baby Blanket
It's finally finished! This blanket has been by far the biggest project that I have undertaken time-wise. I knitted seven strips of seven blocks of colors each and then sewed together the seven strips. Let me just say that my knitting looks a heck of a lot better than my sewing! Each square took me a little over an hour to knit and each strip that I had to sew together also took over an hour. In the book that I got the knitting pattern from, the blanket was under the "less than 10 hour" section...ha! Did I also mention that this was the first time that I knitted with skinny needles (size 6!)? I was joking with Steven that this blanket is just for looks only, Ryan will only take pictures with it, but won't be allowed to actually use it...hehe...
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Baby Update
Ryan may be making his debut into the world a little earlier than expected...this coming week! I became officially full-term on Friday at 37 weeks, so he can really come at any time and he'd be alright. It could be as early as Tuesday, February 6th or as late as Friday, February 9th, depending on how my lab results come back on Tuesday morning. I'm getting my blood drawn on Monday morning and the results should be back by Tuesday morning and my doctor's appointment is at 11:30 on Tuesday, so we'll find out then what they recommend. My perinatologist doesn't think that we should go past Wednesday, but I'm hoping that the lab results come back okay and that we can hold off until Friday when I'm 38 weeks. My regular OB initially wanted to wait until I was at least 38 weeks because of the GD, but she said last week that once I show signs of progress, that they'll go ahead and induce me.
They checked me on Friday and the baby isn't exactly ready yet, but he has dropped. The nurse practioner took one look at me on the exam table and said that he'd dropped already! I was surprised because I thought that was one of the things that I'd notice since it means that labor isn't far away. Apparently I'm short-waisted and that's why I didn't notice. Have I failed to mention that I'm so oblivious when it comes to my own body? :) It makes sense though because while I was getting fitted for my wedding dress, the waist was too long, so my seamstress had to basically cut my dress in half in order to raise it up! That has to be one of my most memorable pre-wedding moments...seeing my dress in two pieces! It's also probably why I started showing early. Everyone kept on saying that I showed early because I am petite, but I didn't think that was it because I'm not skinny :), but this short-waisted thing makes more sense. When I think about it, Ryan dropping makes sense, it's probably why I can't go longer than 3 hours without having to go to the bathroom! Yes, it makes the nights extremely fun, but I figured out that the hallway bathroom is actually closer to me than the master bathroom. Fun stuff. :)
We had a great last weekend as a couple. We slept in on Saturday morning and went to Natalie's first birthday party in the afternoon. It was a sneak preview of the future, there were kids everywhere! Then we went out for a nice dinner at Sushi Sake (no sushi for me, but the shrimp tempura was yummy). Today we took the dogs out for their first walk around their new neighborhood and just hung out.
I know we're getting close to the end, which I am getting excited about but I've been having so many mixed emotions. I am really excited about finally meeting little Ryan and seeing what his personality is like, but I am going to miss being pregnant. I know I've had some pregnancy issues, but I'm going to miss feeling him move around when I'm eating or when I'm in the car or just watching my stomach in amazement while he's doing back flips in there! It'd be nice to feel more normal though. I can't seem to stay awake during the day anymore, I'm always napping or sleepy. My pregnancy brain has also gone out of control. When I talk, I feel like it's all verbal diarrhea! I can't seem to hold a conversation because I either get too distracted in my own thoughts, or I can't remember what I wanted to say next! I've literally been in my own world for the past week...just completely out of it. Hopefully things will get back to normal after Ryan comes!
Another thing that I'm looking forward to is my first meal where I don't care about carbs! Here's a list of things that I'm thinking about eating:
~Krispy Kreme donuts
~Extremely sweet beverage from Starbuck's (pumpkin spice lattes still around?)
~Einstein Brothers bagels
~Girl scout cookies (caramel delights!)
~Chocolate cake
~Pappa John's pizza
That's my short list. Let's hope that I don't end up with a C-section, because then I'd have to wait 24 hours before I can start eating again! I told Steven that I'll be the only part partum woman in history who actually gains weight after she gives birth...hehe... :)
Anyways, I've been working on the baby blanket all day. I need to finish...I have less than a week left!
Ryan may be making his debut into the world a little earlier than expected...this coming week! I became officially full-term on Friday at 37 weeks, so he can really come at any time and he'd be alright. It could be as early as Tuesday, February 6th or as late as Friday, February 9th, depending on how my lab results come back on Tuesday morning. I'm getting my blood drawn on Monday morning and the results should be back by Tuesday morning and my doctor's appointment is at 11:30 on Tuesday, so we'll find out then what they recommend. My perinatologist doesn't think that we should go past Wednesday, but I'm hoping that the lab results come back okay and that we can hold off until Friday when I'm 38 weeks. My regular OB initially wanted to wait until I was at least 38 weeks because of the GD, but she said last week that once I show signs of progress, that they'll go ahead and induce me.
They checked me on Friday and the baby isn't exactly ready yet, but he has dropped. The nurse practioner took one look at me on the exam table and said that he'd dropped already! I was surprised because I thought that was one of the things that I'd notice since it means that labor isn't far away. Apparently I'm short-waisted and that's why I didn't notice. Have I failed to mention that I'm so oblivious when it comes to my own body? :) It makes sense though because while I was getting fitted for my wedding dress, the waist was too long, so my seamstress had to basically cut my dress in half in order to raise it up! That has to be one of my most memorable pre-wedding moments...seeing my dress in two pieces! It's also probably why I started showing early. Everyone kept on saying that I showed early because I am petite, but I didn't think that was it because I'm not skinny :), but this short-waisted thing makes more sense. When I think about it, Ryan dropping makes sense, it's probably why I can't go longer than 3 hours without having to go to the bathroom! Yes, it makes the nights extremely fun, but I figured out that the hallway bathroom is actually closer to me than the master bathroom. Fun stuff. :)
We had a great last weekend as a couple. We slept in on Saturday morning and went to Natalie's first birthday party in the afternoon. It was a sneak preview of the future, there were kids everywhere! Then we went out for a nice dinner at Sushi Sake (no sushi for me, but the shrimp tempura was yummy). Today we took the dogs out for their first walk around their new neighborhood and just hung out.
I know we're getting close to the end, which I am getting excited about but I've been having so many mixed emotions. I am really excited about finally meeting little Ryan and seeing what his personality is like, but I am going to miss being pregnant. I know I've had some pregnancy issues, but I'm going to miss feeling him move around when I'm eating or when I'm in the car or just watching my stomach in amazement while he's doing back flips in there! It'd be nice to feel more normal though. I can't seem to stay awake during the day anymore, I'm always napping or sleepy. My pregnancy brain has also gone out of control. When I talk, I feel like it's all verbal diarrhea! I can't seem to hold a conversation because I either get too distracted in my own thoughts, or I can't remember what I wanted to say next! I've literally been in my own world for the past week...just completely out of it. Hopefully things will get back to normal after Ryan comes!
Another thing that I'm looking forward to is my first meal where I don't care about carbs! Here's a list of things that I'm thinking about eating:
~Krispy Kreme donuts
~Extremely sweet beverage from Starbuck's (pumpkin spice lattes still around?)
~Einstein Brothers bagels
~Girl scout cookies (caramel delights!)
~Chocolate cake
~Pappa John's pizza
That's my short list. Let's hope that I don't end up with a C-section, because then I'd have to wait 24 hours before I can start eating again! I told Steven that I'll be the only part partum woman in history who actually gains weight after she gives birth...hehe... :)
Anyways, I've been working on the baby blanket all day. I need to finish...I have less than a week left!
37 Weeks and 2 Days
Yes, we have officially moved in! As you can see, it didn't take Button very long to unpack her mogu and set up shop on our new couch. I don't think that she's moved from that spot since!
We closed on the house on Thursday, and the refrigerator, master bedroom furniture, washer and dryer, and couch were all delivered on Friday. On Saturday, we got the baby furniture and the movers came to move us from the old house to the new house. On Sunday, we went to San Marcos and bought a kitchen table. Phew...that should be all of the furniture that we need right now! We've furnished most of the first floor, except for the dining room where we'll put Steven's parent's dining room set and the living room, which will probably remain empty for awhile until we decide what we want to do in there. As for upstairs, we've got two queen sized beds, a futon and a couple of desks. I'm trying to not have furniture just to have furniture, which was a problem at the old place because you feel bad when you get rid of furniture you haven't even used! Most of our stuff is still in boxes in the dining room and garage. We should get our blinds in by the end of next week, then we can hide all of our stuff better! :)
Also, last Friday, we went to see Dave Barry at the Paramount. We haven't been to a show since 1984, and this one was perfectly timed. We got to evade moving for a few hours and be entertained. He was so funny, me and Steven were cracking up the whole time. It was our last show before the baby comes and we really enjoyed it.
Dinner time...will update baby news after I feed this kid! :)
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