Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
35 weeks & shower
34 weeks (L) 35 weeks (R)
I think you can clearly see that I am "out there" more as compared to last week.
I think you can clearly see that I am "out there" more as compared to last week.
My shower was yesterday. My mother-in-law Kim and sister-in-law Wendy threw it for me. It was great. BUT, we forgot to take pictures. I brought my camera and Kim had hers, but neither one of us remembered to have anyone take any pictures. The only picture I have from the shower is this one of me and Justin, and my stupid camera couldn't figure out the lighting. I need a new camera!! Anyway, the shower was wonderful, and I really appreciate them doing it for me.
Since we forgot to take pictures during, I took a picture of the living room after we unloaded everything. We had consolidated everything into just a few sacks, but there was still a huge mess! :)
We got a ton of clothes! This was after I took all the tags off and got everything ready to wash. Note to Cole: If you wind up being a girl, you'll be wearing boy clothes for at least 9 months. I have everything washed now and divided up by size. I hope he stays in 0-3 months for a while!!
I am so thankful to everyone for everything! Justin and I are very blessed.
As I sat on the floor cutting off tags and sorting clothes amongst a huge mess of stuff, Sadie came up and laid her head in my lap. She was very interested in what was going on, but she kept getting in trouble. This was her reaction after about 2 hours of being told to get back. She was none too impressed, in case you can't tell. But, she was still trying to get some attention.
So I'm 35 weeks...which means that Cole could possibly make his appearance in 3 weeks or it could be up to 7 weeks. I can't believe we're going to have a baby here that soon!!
So I'm 35 weeks...which means that Cole could possibly make his appearance in 3 weeks or it could be up to 7 weeks. I can't believe we're going to have a baby here that soon!!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
35 weeks/35 days
So, today I am 35 weeks which means I have 35 days left. THIRTY-FIVE days. That's not a long time. My shower is today which I'm pretty excited about. I haven't really started buying stuff cause I wanted to wait and see what I got at the shower so I didn't duplicate. So after the shower I can really start getting stuff together. The planner in me is super-pumped.
Let's just hope that the baby in me will allow me to get stuff done. I am running out of steam, folks. My body is getting tired so much easier. Part of me can't wait to get him here simply for the fact that I can have my body back (as selfish as that sounds). But, it gets pretty tiring carrying him around. I knew it would, but actually doing it is a different story.
The other part of me wants to keep him in there forever because I know he's safe. And he's super easy to take care of compared to what he will be after he's an outside baby. :)
Let's just hope that the baby in me will allow me to get stuff done. I am running out of steam, folks. My body is getting tired so much easier. Part of me can't wait to get him here simply for the fact that I can have my body back (as selfish as that sounds). But, it gets pretty tiring carrying him around. I knew it would, but actually doing it is a different story.
The other part of me wants to keep him in there forever because I know he's safe. And he's super easy to take care of compared to what he will be after he's an outside baby. :)
pregnancy dream
I had to get this dream documented before I forget it. Not that I will ever forget it. It's emblazoned on my brain for life, I feel pretty sure.
Preface: I have felt what I believe is Cole's foot sticking out of my belly a few times. It is where his feet are supposed to be and is roughly the size I assume his foot to be at this point. But, I really have no clue for sure what is it...
Well, in my dream, I reached down and felt an actual foot sticking out...only a thin layer of skin was in between his foot and my hand. I'm like, WHAT THE CRAP IS THIS?? So I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror.
When I pulled my shirt up to look all I saw was what looked like, well the best way I know to describe it is a roast in the grocery store...or one of those vacuum packed pieces of meat. My skin was so thin you could actually SEE him, but it looked like someone had sucked all the air/liquid/ORGANS out of my stomach and all that was left was my child, and he was trying to come out.
The worst part was that he didn't have hands, he had these little sharp pointy things. The only way I can describe them would be like pig feet or fish fins. I can't really compare it to anything. And, he had a huge dent in his forehead. (He had a huge head by the way...) So I spent the rest of the dream trying to call my doctor to figure out what the heck was going on. But, seriously, this dream kinda freaked me out. I don't think Cole is going to be born with a huge dent in his head or even with pig feet (or whatever they were). I certainly don't think he's going to get vacuum packed in my stomach. But, wow, it seriously freaked me out. No more On the Border!! Darn spicy food!
Preface: I have felt what I believe is Cole's foot sticking out of my belly a few times. It is where his feet are supposed to be and is roughly the size I assume his foot to be at this point. But, I really have no clue for sure what is it...
Well, in my dream, I reached down and felt an actual foot sticking out...only a thin layer of skin was in between his foot and my hand. I'm like, WHAT THE CRAP IS THIS?? So I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror.
When I pulled my shirt up to look all I saw was what looked like, well the best way I know to describe it is a roast in the grocery store...or one of those vacuum packed pieces of meat. My skin was so thin you could actually SEE him, but it looked like someone had sucked all the air/liquid/ORGANS out of my stomach and all that was left was my child, and he was trying to come out.
The worst part was that he didn't have hands, he had these little sharp pointy things. The only way I can describe them would be like pig feet or fish fins. I can't really compare it to anything. And, he had a huge dent in his forehead. (He had a huge head by the way...) So I spent the rest of the dream trying to call my doctor to figure out what the heck was going on. But, seriously, this dream kinda freaked me out. I don't think Cole is going to be born with a huge dent in his head or even with pig feet (or whatever they were). I certainly don't think he's going to get vacuum packed in my stomach. But, wow, it seriously freaked me out. No more On the Border!! Darn spicy food!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
vent
This is what my facebook status says right now.
Just so everyone knows, just because a pregnant person's belly gets to be what you might consider large, it doesn't mean the baby is going to "pop out any moment" or even be born early, for that matter. The body continues to stretch until the baby is ready to be born. It's not the other way around. The belly size doesn't determine when the baby comes. The baby does. So please don't ask me if he's coming early.
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I am getting so sick and tired of hearing this from people. I've tried to be polite, but I'm getting to the point in this pregnancy (especially when I hear this from the same person weekly) that I'm not going to be polite anymore.
At my doctor's appt yesterday my measurements were perfect. I measured exactly 34 centimeters. I am 34 weeks. Therefore, right on schedule for my size. That also means I have about 5-6 more centimeters to grow before he gets here. Ergo, I will get BIGGER. It happens. It's called pregnancy. I'm growing a human. GET OFF MY BACK.
This one lady (there are several that say this to me, but one in particular just rubs me the wrong way) will be lucky if my end-of-pregnancy hormones don't go medieval on her ass. Okay? Seriously. I just told her "This is normal. I am normal." And I walked off. She just died laughing. What's funny about that? The fact that you are a moron? That's not funny. Actually it's kind of irritating.
Okay, pregnancy rant over. This seems to be a recurring theme to my blog the past few weeks.
Pregnacy + Lacy = Brave (according to my husband) He thinks that I have become braver in saying things to people I would have otherwise never said. Well, hang on folks, cause I have the feeling it's only gonna get worse.
Just so everyone knows, just because a pregnant person's belly gets to be what you might consider large, it doesn't mean the baby is going to "pop out any moment" or even be born early, for that matter. The body continues to stretch until the baby is ready to be born. It's not the other way around. The belly size doesn't determine when the baby comes. The baby does. So please don't ask me if he's coming early.
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I am getting so sick and tired of hearing this from people. I've tried to be polite, but I'm getting to the point in this pregnancy (especially when I hear this from the same person weekly) that I'm not going to be polite anymore.
At my doctor's appt yesterday my measurements were perfect. I measured exactly 34 centimeters. I am 34 weeks. Therefore, right on schedule for my size. That also means I have about 5-6 more centimeters to grow before he gets here. Ergo, I will get BIGGER. It happens. It's called pregnancy. I'm growing a human. GET OFF MY BACK.
This one lady (there are several that say this to me, but one in particular just rubs me the wrong way) will be lucky if my end-of-pregnancy hormones don't go medieval on her ass. Okay? Seriously. I just told her "This is normal. I am normal." And I walked off. She just died laughing. What's funny about that? The fact that you are a moron? That's not funny. Actually it's kind of irritating.
Okay, pregnancy rant over. This seems to be a recurring theme to my blog the past few weeks.
Pregnacy + Lacy = Brave (according to my husband) He thinks that I have become braver in saying things to people I would have otherwise never said. Well, hang on folks, cause I have the feeling it's only gonna get worse.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
34 weeks
33 weeks (l) 34 weeks (r)
I think my growth has started to slow down. Which is more than I can say for him. He's as busy as ever!
I think my growth has started to slow down. Which is more than I can say for him. He's as busy as ever!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
comparison
I remember, not too long ago, how fat I felt. Little did I know...
9 weeks (l) 33 weeks (r)
I also didn't realize how much Justin was zooming. Wow.
I'm going to try really hard not to complain about my weight if I ever get back to normal.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
funky iced brownie
So I was on the phone with my mom in line at Chick Fil A telling her about a dream I had last night. I dreamt that (long story short), I received a check for $600,000 for a day's work. The exact amount of the check was $666,000. Not cool, right? But, still a lot of money. So mom and I hung up so I could order. The girl in the little box said, "your total is $6.66." Seriously!!
I called mom back and told her. She's always been really weird about stuff like that and it has rubbed off on me. Anytime it happens I will buy something else to change my total. So when I got up to the window I asked the girl if they had cookies or something. She sold me some funky iced brownie to bring my total to $7.95. Totally worth the $1.29.
In other news...
I'm still totally over people telling me how big I am, and thinking that just because I'm big, that I will somehow spontaneously go into labor early. Nope, not so. I especially like being told by someone who is a good foot taller than me (seriously, she's over 6 feet tall) and a month behind me that she asked her doctor to check her baby to make sure it wasn't too small because I was so much bigger than her. Seriously. She has a good foot of height on me. You think we would carry our babies differently? She has at least 5 or 6 inches more torso than I do!! And she's only gained 1 lb. I've gained over 20!
I guess I'm just tired of the general commentary about my body. Can we talk about something else, please??
We had a good time in CS this past weekend. I bought a bouncy chair from Once Upon a Child. I also received a few baby gifts while I was there (that were wonderful, by the way.) Thanks again to my wonderful CS friends. :)
Our prepared childbirth class is Saturday. That should be interesting. Then Justin and I need to get busy in Cole's room. For serious. My shower is coming up on June 27 and I would love to have his closet cleaned out before then. We'll see!!
I called mom back and told her. She's always been really weird about stuff like that and it has rubbed off on me. Anytime it happens I will buy something else to change my total. So when I got up to the window I asked the girl if they had cookies or something. She sold me some funky iced brownie to bring my total to $7.95. Totally worth the $1.29.
In other news...
I'm still totally over people telling me how big I am, and thinking that just because I'm big, that I will somehow spontaneously go into labor early. Nope, not so. I especially like being told by someone who is a good foot taller than me (seriously, she's over 6 feet tall) and a month behind me that she asked her doctor to check her baby to make sure it wasn't too small because I was so much bigger than her. Seriously. She has a good foot of height on me. You think we would carry our babies differently? She has at least 5 or 6 inches more torso than I do!! And she's only gained 1 lb. I've gained over 20!
I guess I'm just tired of the general commentary about my body. Can we talk about something else, please??
We had a good time in CS this past weekend. I bought a bouncy chair from Once Upon a Child. I also received a few baby gifts while I was there (that were wonderful, by the way.) Thanks again to my wonderful CS friends. :)
Our prepared childbirth class is Saturday. That should be interesting. Then Justin and I need to get busy in Cole's room. For serious. My shower is coming up on June 27 and I would love to have his closet cleaned out before then. We'll see!!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
stupid comment of the day
Her: "Girl you just keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger."
Me: "Yep."
Her: "But I guess you already know that, huh?"
Me: "Yep."
She then commences to stand between me and the doorway while she looks through her mail. And tells me crap about her mail and what she's looking for...blah blah blah.
I DON'T CARE.
Me: "Yep."
Her: "But I guess you already know that, huh?"
Me: "Yep."
She then commences to stand between me and the doorway while she looks through her mail. And tells me crap about her mail and what she's looking for...blah blah blah.
I DON'T CARE.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
people kill me
I love how because apparently I'm so big, people are convinced that I'm not going to make it to August 1st. I have had COUNTLESS people tell me that here recently. Just because I look big doesn't mean I'm going to have this baby early. He'll come when he's good and ready.
My measurements are right on. So I'm actually not big, thankyouverymuch. My fundal height (basically how big my uterus is) is supposed to be the number of centimeters of how many weeks along I am. I am 31 1/2 weeks, my fundal height is 32 centimeters. So yeah, I'm not measuring big for my gestation. I JUST DONT HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE FOR HIM TO GO. Justin was 21 or 22 inches long (can't remember which right now), but there is just no room for a baby that big in my body. The only way there is room is if he goes OUT. None of this means I am going to deliver early. My body will continue to stretch and grow until he's an outside baby. And I will continue to endure the comments about how big I am and how "I just don't think you're going to make it to August 1st." You know what? I might not. But, my mom was overdue when she had me, so by golly, I might not deliver until August 8!! Who knows!! But, I can tell you what, my body will still continue to grow to make room for this baby. I would hate to see what people say if I was bigger than I'm supposed to be at this point. Maybe I should be locked in a lab and studied because I'm so unique. I don't think so people. Get a clue.
Oh, and I apparently have sciatica. Which I kind of knew anyway, and kind of had before I was even pregnant. So I knew it would be worse when I started getting bigger. I feel like he might be dropping already. Either that, or he's just already outgrowing me and the only way he has room is to have his head rest directly on my bladder/cervix. It's comfortable!! Really, it is. I can't imagine how much fun it's going to be when he really does drop. Holy Moly. Is it August yet? It's okay, according to half the people I see on a daily basis, I won't have to wait until August anyway.
My measurements are right on. So I'm actually not big, thankyouverymuch. My fundal height (basically how big my uterus is) is supposed to be the number of centimeters of how many weeks along I am. I am 31 1/2 weeks, my fundal height is 32 centimeters. So yeah, I'm not measuring big for my gestation. I JUST DONT HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE FOR HIM TO GO. Justin was 21 or 22 inches long (can't remember which right now), but there is just no room for a baby that big in my body. The only way there is room is if he goes OUT. None of this means I am going to deliver early. My body will continue to stretch and grow until he's an outside baby. And I will continue to endure the comments about how big I am and how "I just don't think you're going to make it to August 1st." You know what? I might not. But, my mom was overdue when she had me, so by golly, I might not deliver until August 8!! Who knows!! But, I can tell you what, my body will still continue to grow to make room for this baby. I would hate to see what people say if I was bigger than I'm supposed to be at this point. Maybe I should be locked in a lab and studied because I'm so unique. I don't think so people. Get a clue.
Oh, and I apparently have sciatica. Which I kind of knew anyway, and kind of had before I was even pregnant. So I knew it would be worse when I started getting bigger. I feel like he might be dropping already. Either that, or he's just already outgrowing me and the only way he has room is to have his head rest directly on my bladder/cervix. It's comfortable!! Really, it is. I can't imagine how much fun it's going to be when he really does drop. Holy Moly. Is it August yet? It's okay, according to half the people I see on a daily basis, I won't have to wait until August anyway.
Monday, June 1, 2009
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