39 Weeks

Okay, I'm a bad little blogger. Totally skipped over last week. I know, I'm on maternity leave, so what possible excuse do I have??? Well I'll offer a few, but the sum of it is, is I think it unlikely anyone wants to hear anymore about housework which is what my days are consumed with. The good news: our kitchen is DONE. My range is being delivered tomorrow morning and that is it folks. Finito. Finally!

On the baby front - had an appointment on Wednesday and everything looks perfect. She's measuring right on schedule. She's already dropped into proper position and now it's just a matter of time. I'm hoping for sooner than later as I enjoy frequent nerve pains down my butt or legs, can't turn in bed, and can't be active for more than a hour or two at a time without absolutely having to sit down and relax for another hour just to recuperate. Not how I like to operate! I have things to do! But all said, I really can't complain all that much. I hear some women are down right miserable at this point. I can't say I'm miserable, just inconvenienced.

Not much else new to share. I have another appointment with the midwife on Wednesday, if I'm not in labor before then . . . we shall see.

Happy SuperBowl to everyone!
SJ

This past weekend in South Lake Tahoe

Last Day at Work

Preggie Pic at 8.5 months, Thanks Rio!

37 Weeks = Term!

We are officially term. No more possible premie for this little one, and do I believe it. I think I'm getting bigger my the hour. Entirely possible as she's theoretically gaining an ounce a day. Seeing as I have 23 days until she's "due", that means another pound and a half of baby to carry around - and then have to push out . . . . So, yeah, I'm not nervous about that or anything. Feeling pretty good overall. Just really big and awkward. Mornings are much better for me than evenings so I try to get most active things accomplished by 1 or 2. Yesterday, I even took a nap. What a luxury!

Good news on the nursery and kitchen front. The kitchen should be done by middle of next week. What a relief. Will start putting back some things into the upper cabinets today and also start on cleaning up the dust that has settled into every nook and cranny in the front of the house. Daunting task, but must be done! Also, the nursery now looks like a nursery. Jen and Seth were kind enough to assemble my changing table for me, and Justin and I put together the crib this weekend (see pic at left). Looking very cute and almost usable. Another week and I should have it all ship shape. I am SO thankful I don't have to be at work!

Lots of love,
SJ

9 Months!!!!

Can't even believe it's here. 9 months of pregnancy has passed and she could come any day, altho I see from the poll, many think I still have a few more weeks of waddling in my future. We shall see. I just had my 36 week appointment on Wednesday and everything looks perfect. We even got a glimpse of her little face on ultrasound and saw that even tho she looks on the small side - around 5 pounds or so, she already has chubby cheeks. If she's anything like her mother, she doesn't miss any meals either :)

I'm feeling pretty good overall. I get pretty tired in the evenings. I also kind of alternate a really active, energetic day with the next day feeling fatigued - or like today, unable to sleep after 3:30 in the morning, so might as well blog! But no bother. Now that I'm on pre-maternity leave, I can take a nap if I need, which is GREAT. Thank you FMLA and the State of California!

On the home front. Our kitchen should be done in the next few days so I can try and put it back together and functional (minus a stove which isn't available until Feb 1 - don't ask, long story). The nursery is about half done. Justin and I will be putting the crib together this week and then it will officially look like a baby's room.

That's the news for now. I'll be posting some pictures here shortly. I got my new laptop over Christmas and I'm still figuring everything out, but pix are on the way.

Lots of love-
SJ

35 Weeks

I'm thrilled to be 35 weeks. Now if she were born, she'd no longer be an automatic NICU candidate. We are just 2 weeks from being considered term and 5 weeks from the due date. Getting closer! I'm regularly stunned at how time has flown. After all, my last day at work is on Friday! I have plenty to keep me occupied at home, getting settled into our kitchen which should be finishing up in the next week or two. Also, the nursery is started - painted a calming shade of green with a dresser and bookshelf. The crib is still needing assembly and I just learned the changing table was supposed to arrive today, so that makes me very happy to have it finally coming together.

Not much else new to report. New Year's was unremarkable. Since I was fortunate enough to have both Thanksgiving and Christmas off, I worked New Year's and New Year's day. Justin had company shut down last week, so he was home eating Bon Bons and watching soaps, yeah right, he was working on the house. I continue to get bigger and bigger, now at almost an exponential rate. I look like I swallowed a basketball!

Happy New Year to Everyone!
SJ