Still pregnant. Still 1 cm. Not looking like he's gunna grace us with his presence right away. As much as I tell him to come, he's not budging. Looks like he's already not listening to his mommy. He's a stubborn little man.

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Current Mood: disappointed

I had such a great Memorial Day weekend. My niece came into town, so Mike and I got to spend time with her on Saturday. She really is so cute, and such a sweetheart. She got to see and feel the baby move, and was all excited. Apparently she's telling people how big my tummy is and that I have a baby that moves in it. She's really excited she felt him.

Sunday Mike and I ran errands then went over to a friend's house to play poker. I got 2nd. Whoop! I love playing poker, and although I'm not amazing at it, I can usually hold my own. Anyway, it was a lot of fun and I'm so glad we played. Activities like this have really been helping to pass the time until the little man joins us.

Sunday night, I bit on ebay for this cat/dog grooming brush call the Furminator. It sounds lame, but I've seen videos and the brush is amazing. It really gets all the excess and dead fur off. Check it out on youtube, just search for Furminator. It's kinda funny all the videos of people grooming their pets. Normally it's around $40, so I never was interested in it before. But Sypz has really been shedding her winter coat lately and I think this will help. We wound up winning the brush for around $10 including shipping. What a bargain. I'm anxious to see how good it works. I know it's weird to be excited about it, but I'm easily amused and find happiness in random places.

Today, I got to have lunch with one friend, then went over to another's to go play in their pool. It felt sooooo good! The water was the perfect temperature, and I felt so light in the water. It almost felt like I was normal again and didn't have a big weight on my belly. It was funny how the second I got out of the pool, the weight was there again.

I've had my fun, so now the baby can come. If only I could will him out.

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Current Mood: happy

I went to the doctor today, and everything is going well still. But I'm not very far along in the process (still only 1 cm). I wish I was progressing more, so I'd have hope that he'll come soon. I guess it's good that Mike and I have this time. It's hard to imagine this will be the last few weeks that Mike and I will be alone without having to worry about another little one and what to do with him. (Although Sypz is a very demanding kitty and we do have to think about what to do with her whenever we go out of town.) Still, it's weird that our family will grow soon.

We got to do another sonogram today at the doctor and everything is pretty normal. At least he won't be a huge baby. Probably around 7-7.5 pounds. Such a relief! I think the cutest thing is he has chubby little cheeks. So adorable! He won't be a fat little baby, but he'll have big cheeks like his mommy did when she was born.

In other news, I'm excited for Memorial Day. I'm really not sure why, it's not like we have any plans. But for some reason I really like it each year. I'd love to do something water related like go swimming or boating... too bad I don't have a swimsuit that fits. It will be fun anyway, I'm sure!

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Current Mood: anxious

I now understand what people mean when they say you get "uncomfortable" toward the end of your pregnancy. I'm no longer sick, so that's great. And my back sometimes hurts a bit, but it's so much better than it was. But now it's just that uncomfortable feeling. My belly feels so heavy and I tend to walk really slow. Last night Mike and I were walking around the block. 2 ladies were doing an evening walk and almost lapped us. It's so sad. He's getting a lot bigger, too. I had my doctor apt yesterday and am still measuring a few centimeters bigger than normal. My mom said he's probably just going to be a long baby. That makes me happy... he'll be tall and lean like his daddy. My energy level is getting to be less and less. I feel like a little old lady, waddling around all slow and tired.

I'm so ready for him to come now. Not that I can't handle it anymore (I'm sure I'll be singing a different tune in a few weeks.) But in a few days I'll be 37 weeks along and he'll be considered full term. I still hope he comes on the 28th. I'm not sure why, but I really like that date.

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Current Mood: uncomfortable

I was starting to feel a little better the other day, as far as being sick. My back has been hurting a little for the last few days, nothing too bad though. Until last night. I was walking from one room to another, coughed, and pulled a muscle in my back. Yes, coughing while walking is apparently dangerous. Now I really can't do too much and every movement hurts. This has been the worst week!

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Current Mood: uncomfortable

Last weekend we had the baby shower that Shelli and Karen threw for me. It was a lot of fun. My mom came up with a really cute Family Feud type game with the topic of babies. Really cute! Everyone knows how much I hate the typical baby shower games. I'm sorry but who really wants to smell and taste baby-food or try to figure out what's in a diaper. Yuck! We had a great time, and I tried to downplay how sick I was. Overall it was great and we got tons of wonderful stuff. There really isn't much on our registry we still need to get. The hardest part now is deciding where everything needs to go. Our house always feels messy to me.

Mike's parents came up and stayed with us. I'm so glad our families get along. It makes is so easy that everyone enjoys each other. We really did have a wonderful time with them and even taught them how to play Mexican Train.

As far as being sick, Sunday was awful. I'm finally starting to feel a bit better today. I'm still congested and coughing, but I have a little more energy. I really should buy stock in Kleenex. I've been going through about a box a day.

On a separate note... in case I didn't mention it earlier, the other side of our fence blew down about 2 weeks ago. So we and our neighbors got that side fixed. I'm just hoping this fence lasts us until we decide to move to a bigger house one day. Why is it so windy this Spring? I swear it wasn't like that last year.

My thought of the week: I really miss NyQuil! It is great stuff and I do miss being able to take it.

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Current Mood: sick

We'll start with the bad. Being sick sucks! It's worse when all you can take is sudafed. I probably have allergies, but who knows. I've been congested for two days and it's so hard to sleep at night Some nights I go out to sleep on the couch that way I don't drive Mike too crazy. I just hope I'm better for my baby shower this weekend.

Also, sleeping in general is getting so hard. My belly is getting so big and it hurts to put pressure on it at night. If I lie on my right side, I'm apparently putting too much pressure on a nerve and my leg aches. Which means I am down to one position I can sleep in. This pregnancy thing has been so easy, but the last 2 months are not as much fun. I still shouldn't complain, I've had it so easy this whole time.

Now for the good. I went to the doctor yesterday and once again everything is fine. Since my belly has always measured a few centimeters higher than is average, I've been getting concerned I'd have a big baby. I so don't want to push out a 10 pounder. My doctor felt my belly and said he's probably around 5 lbs now. Yipee! It made me so happy to know that he'll only be 7-8 lbs.

Also, now that he's getting bigger his kicks and movements are getting harder. Sometimes it startles me a bit. I think the cutest thing is that he gets hiccups almost every day. It's so cute! I can feel his little body bounce sometimes for up to 10 minutes. My mom said I used to get hiccups when she was pregnant with me, so he's taking after me already.

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Current Mood: sick

So I'm now starting to get slower. I tend to walk slower and can only go for shorter distances without getting tired. Last night Mike and I went for a walk (I'm so glad the weather is getting so nice) and half way through the baby felt so heavy. It's like I have a little bowling ball in my belly. (Now that I'm thinking about a bowling ball... I haven't been bowling in forever. That would be so much fun!) Back to the topic at hand. So half way through I really start to slow down my speed (and I'm not that zippy to start off with). I'm surprised Mike can walk so slow with me. So when we go on walks now, the distance is a lot shorter than it used to be. We'll keep walking because I know it's good for me. It's just a lot more tiring. And when I work out I don't have the same umph I used to have, either. Only 5-6 weeks left. I'm counting down.

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Current Mood: anxious

Mike and I just had our last baby class yesterday. I'm happy to be done with them, but I really think we learned a lot. I'm so glad we went! And since they were a gift to us, that makes the classes even better. I have a few things coming up in the next few weeks... a baby shower, another visit with a pediatrician, more doctor visits. But I feel like once May comes I'm not going to have that much going on. I'm starting to feel like time is slowing down and the weeks aren't passing as quickly. I know I'll feel even more frustrated in May when there is nothing to look forward to. I have a feeling that last month I will be so ready to have the baby I might start going a bit crazy. I don't even have many loans to keep me occupied. I keep getting people calling in to me who already have interest rates around 5%. When the going rates start at around 5.5%, I really don't know what these people are trying to accomplish. I mean how low are they trying to get their rate? It's so annoying and some people don't quite get that the difference between interest rates really doesn't make a huge difference on someone's payments. A .25% difference in rates is usually only a $25 difference in payments a month. So what are these people trying to accomplish other than wasting my time?

May is going to be so boring. I'm ready for baby.

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Current Mood: blah

So for all of you who wanted to see the baby's room, we finally have furniture. Not everything, the hutch is still on back-order, but we should have that in a month.


Here's the crib.


The dresser. Imagine shelves above it.



The glider. See we could get all the furniture in and still have plenty of room.



The bassinet that's in our room.



Someone Mike works with gave us a bouncer chair. Sypz loves it. We find her sleeping in it all the time. It's too cute!

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