Less than a Month....hopefully!

Well...last time i posted, i had 2 months to go and i'm already down to 1 month! I guess time doesn't go THAT slow, but now i'm just way too excited and anxious to see this little baby!! To me, looking back from November when we first found out, time has gone fast. It's already going on July! To Pete, he said it's gone slow...which i think he's crazy :)
The last month has brought on a few more aches and i can definitely say i've become more tired and my sweet tooth seems to have kicked in. Instead of craving just strawberries, the thought of chocolate covered strawberries is really appealing. Trying to bypass the cravings is very difficult sometimes :) Not sure if it's "lucky for me" or a bad thing, but Pete has such a sweet tooth that every night he needs something sweet with his meals, so why not right?? good thing i didn't want this my whole pregnancy or i would have gained 40+ pounds I'm sure!!

Pete and I have the baby room mostly ready. by mostly i mean if the baby were to come now, we'd be fine. All that we're waiting on is decorating the walls with pictures. I have ideas and my mom is coming up this weekend to put me in my place since I suck at decorating. Everything hung in my house is basically by help of my mom...and poor Pete for nailing and re-nailing things up. I just stand back and agree with whatever my mom thinks and try to sound like I have a clue.
Also this weekend my mom is helping me put together some freezer meals, Wildtree of course. That will definitely come in handy when the baby comes so i don't have to worry about that. I do want to find a smaller freezer but that will come!

The baby is SO ACTIVE in me still! i remember reading people saying how towards the end they don't feel the baby kick/move around as much since they don't have a lot of room. Yeah, not so much with this one...either the baby has plenty of room in there still or s/he will come out with size 13 feet like Pete which will explain why the huge kicks have been getting more and more painful. Not complaining though. Every kick i get is reassurance s/he is doing fine! Plus, it's kind of cool watching a foot go from my belly button to my side. i try to tickle it and Pete tries to grab it.
My back has really been hurting though the last few days, not much i can do about that though than hope my wonderful hubby gets my not so subtle hints and massages my back more "Ugh...my back REALLY hurts..." "Hmm, it says in my book that i should get more massages from my husband toward the end...." you get the point, and hopefully Pete too :)

We have a few names picked out and are so anxious to know if he will be called ______ or she will be called ______. i think everyone else is anxious too. My brother Nick has been trying with all his might to get the name out of me since the beginning. The other day i was at Target and the lady asked if we had names picked out. I lied and said no becuase i didn't even want to tell her haha. I can definitely say Pete and i have kept this under wraps the best we could :)

Hopefully the next time i post, it will be a picture of the baby!

Week 36!

2 months to go!!!

32 weeks pregnant...time has FLOWN. However, i have a bad feeling the next 2 months will drag a little more. Hopefully not but you never know.

1) I've been feeling pretty good lately. The only things i've noticed changing is my breathing ability! Apparently the bigger the baby gets the more s/he pushes on my lungs which the other night made me panic. I was sitting down watching TV and attempted to take a deep breath and absolutely could NOT do it. of course i started freaking out like somethign was wrong and started crying, which doesn't help things. Pete luckily was able to calm him down. Thank GOD he was blessed with patience because I sure as heck was NOT. Must be why we're a good fit :) He calmly got me to settle down and relax. Then he looked online and sure enough, read all sorts of things about how after 30 weeks you start to get short of breath.

2) Bloody noses...almost daily. nothing extreme, but it's pretty annoying. Especially when i've gone 28 years without having one. No, my blood pressure is not high. Last time is was like 96/62 or something. The highest it's been is 112/60 something. Low BP Here!

3) Getting comfortable in bed isn't as easy as it used to be. Especially when my husband tries to steal my body pillow.

4) I still get up 1-3 times per night to pee...lots of fun.

5) i LOVE feeling the baby move around. There is honestly no better feeling in the world than feeling your baby inside of you...except for those few times s/he really jabs me in the side or kicks me hard, it feels wonderful :) I honestly sit at work sometimes, or at home, or in bed with my hands in my belly. I may look ridiculous but I don't care because as long of a journey as this has been, i'm not missing out on any movements, feelings etc. I really am blessed and thankful for each and every day i feel this little baby moving around inside of me. It's reassurance all is well :)

6) According to Pete i have more energy than i'm supposed to. He read i'm supposed to be tired in the 3rd trimester but i haven't been able to fall asleep as early as i used to and he's a bit confused haha. Yes, I do get tired, especially the longer i'm on my feet. But my mind is going a mile a minute thinking of what i want to get done before the baby comes so it's hard to fall fast asleep at night.

7) I still crave fruit. Strawberries and Watermelon mostely right now. However, i have to admit, chocolate is SLOWLY starting to creep in the mix. I think this will make Pete's life if i start to like sweets as much as he does. That boy would put hot fudge and Marshmallow fluff on his burger if I'd let him. Who needs ketchup/mustard/pickles?!

8) We have a few names picked out for both genders. Some days we think we have "the name" but then we battle back and forth over what we each like more. We haven't told a soul this time what our names are...for specific reasons :) So keep asking people! you'll know when we know :)

8) Mst of all....Pete and I have not even met this little miracle growing in me and we love him or her SO much! God is good!!!

Here's a fun little comparison of 10 weeks ago to now.

Week 22



32 weeks - supposed to be a squash, not a pumpkin :)



Nursery Closet Dividers

As my due date draws closer, i've discovered i've become a bit psychotic as far as random things that i decide NEED TO BE DONE as in all at once, right now, not tomorrow etc. Pete actually said to me last night "aren't you supposed to be more tired in your 3rd trimester? Everything i've read said you're supposed to and that you'll sleep more but you're the opposite" Yes Pete, i've gone crazy. Doesn't mean i'm not tired, becuase I am, my brain just doesn't have a shut off button anymore.

On Pinteresst (of course) i found a project for organizing the hanging clothes in the baby closet, SOOOO necessary right? :) I of course believed it to be so last weekend i made a little project of it. I went to my #1 go to store lately, Hobby Lobby where they will pretty soon know me by name, and bought my items:

- foam circles
- scrapbook paper (because who ever has enough of that stuff??)
- x-acto knife
- Mod Podge glue

I glued two foam circles together, just to make it a little thicker and sturdier, not really necessary though.
I then began tracing the scrapbook paper i had bought so they fit on the circles.

I used my trustworthy Mod Podge and glued the paper to the foam circles and let it dry overnight. Which was torture becuase i just wanted to finish it at once. Oh well!
The next day i cut out letters/numbers with my trustworthy Cricut machine. Instead of doing Newborn, 0-3, 3-6 etc. i skipped newborn since they don't wear them long anyway! I did 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 months.

I used my little glue dots that i use when scrapbooking and stuck them on the circles which was VERY time consuming.
Then i took the x-acto knife and cut out circles in the middle of each of them so they would fit on my clothing pole in the closet. Yes, i did measure before doing so :)

Here's the finished product! Maybe the flowery looking one is too girly but i don't care :) i loved the colors and pattern of it!

Have I gone crazy? Maybe....but whatever keeps the next 7 weeks going, consider it a project! :)

Baby Shower #2 - Jen's Side May 19th

This past Saturday I had my second baby shower! My aunts, Jayne, Tammy & Lisa threw it for me at Aunt Tammy's house. They had a brunch theme and the food was DELICIOUS!! Stuffed French toast, an egg bake, baby "bumps", a fruit carriage, kringle and a delicious cake!
When i first got to the shower, my brother Kyle showed up. He has been working on a gift for the baby, a homemade dresser/changing table. He covered my eyes and when he got me in front of the dresser, I was shocked at how beautiful it was! the details he put into it were amazing!! I had watery eyes from that, and then he goes and opened the top dresser drawer where he had put a Bible Passage in it.

"Jeremiah 29:11. 'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future"
Then the waterworks started. I started sobbing so Kyle gave me a hug. Then he got teared up. Weird thing was, i hadn't even said hi to anybody at the shower yet before all this happened lol. so i finally turned and said hi to everyone with a watery face :) Well worth it though!

We played the baby food game, but luckily didn't have to taste it. We just had to guess 10 of them based off of what we saw. Much easier than tasting :) Not to brag, but i won with 6 out of 10. My mom and Caitlin came in second with 5 out of 10 so i let them win haha. Which worked out nicely since the gifts were wine and mine would OBVIOUSLY have to sit for months :) Mom and Caitlin will probably put a nice dent in the wine on their own.
After that we ate and then opened gifts! It was a GORGEOUS day outside!!! Although I was definitely starting to sweat. I'm slowly dreading being 9 months pregnant the end of July! Pete's starting to learn that i'm hotter than normal too. He turns the air off in the car and i turn it on and point it at me lol.

When the shower was over, I picked up Pete and we went back to Sheboygan that night. I don't think i've ever been so antsy to start putting the room together before! I was mostly anxious since i have the dresser now so i can put things in the right spots. It's coming along really nice though! That's all i can think about working on now is the baby room. Pete just says i'm nesting. Apparently i was rearranging the piles on the floor i had already arranged without noticing so Pete stopped me from doing it a third time :) Next up...figure out what to put on the walls, end table and lamp :)

A few pictures below from the shower!

Me Crying after seeing the dresser :)

amazing!

:)

The inscription inside.

Cute Fruit buggy Aunt Jayne made

Diaper Cake! :)

With my cousins

With my moms

Aunt Marge and Aunt Sally

with Grandma and pete's mom

With my aunts, aka Shower Throwers :)

the "hooter hider" Caitlin's mom made me. It's reversible!!

FINALLY got a stuffed giraffe for the room :)

Blanket Aunt Marge made the baby.

Baby Shower #1 May 12, 2012 - with Friends

On 5/12 I had my first Baby Shower! My two friends, PK and Erin threw it for me and it was wonderful!! They did such a great job decorating, making food, two diaper cakes, onesies as decorations, cute games and wonderful friends that attended! Having a baby shower definitely makes things a little more realistic! And it's a big eye opener of the things you need to get yet or haven't thought of! They had strawberry and raspberry drinks (delish!!), veggies/dip, chicken sandwiches, pasta salad and my favorite....a bowl of fruit. I didn't want to be rude and take the whole bowl as my meal but i definitely could have! The cake was amazing too, white cake with raspberry filling...Mmmmmm!! My mouth is watering thinking of the raspberries in it!
All in all, it was a wonderful shower and went so smoothly! It was awesome to see my friends for a few hours! And Pete was pretty stoked about the stuffed sheep...it's already in the crib :)

Teagan trying to dig in my purse :)



Cute onesies they had hanging for decoration, and for me to take home. First one says "My parents love me" :)



CUTE cake and amazing raspberry filling!!

Diaper Cake #1 that Erin made - It's Izzy!! :)

Diaper Cake #2 that Erin made - gotta love the sheep :)

The wonderful friends who threw me the shower, PK and Erin

With some of my LLHS friends, Erin, Meg & Kels

With Grandma! Haha...I will have to get used to saying that!

Trying to get Teagan to be in a ball but it didn't work :) still a cute pic though!

With some of my college friends, Kami, Ashley (& Emery), Beth & PK

Hanging out with T!

With my cake

Doing the "poopy diaper" game

Yummy!

The onesie my mom found for me haha...maybe if it fits the baby can wear it after Whitney's wedding in August :)

Nick & Caitlin came over that night and gave me some gifts....including homemade onesies! One had a whale and one was an octopus! SO CUTE! She even sewed eyes on them :)

29 Weeks

Here's a pic from last week :)

Girl Question Book

A few months ago I made a book for my friend's son. This time I got to do a girly one :) I made it pretty simple but I think it still looks cute and dainty for a little girl! I'm giving this one to Gretchen, Pete's cousin's daughter for her 4th birthday this fall...it was supposed to be for her 3rd, but i'm about 6 months late so now it's for her 4th :)




Cover of the book, Gretchen's initials.