Since the last post we've had TWO baby showers, one on July 18 and the other today! They have been SO fun, and we have gotten a lot of really awesome gifts!!!!
The first was with mostly relatives of mine, Erik's mom and sisters, and some family friends! We had GREAT food made by my Aunt Lois and my mom.. lots of cute little sandwiches, fruit and desserts!! We played a bunch of games.. we had to guess types of baby food, fill out a questionnaire about me, match the word 'baby' in other languages to the right language and match name meanings to names! it was fun! Then I opened gifts.. we got LOTS of big stuff.. the crib, high chair, exersaucer, stoller, and infant car seat.. plus tons of cute clothes and toys... My mom finished knitting a blanket for the baby, which is awwwwesome, and my grandma gave me a blanket that my great-grandma had knit for a future great great granddaughter back in 1990!! wow! it was SO nice and meaningful!! Oh we also got a baby carrier and a bundle me, which are both really great... anyway. lots of things! :)
Today we had a shower with Erik's relatives and family friends, mostly from Bethany i think... and we got TONS of stuff!! First we had more great food and then moved right to opening presents.. we got lots and lots of clothes, including SIX swimsuits!! I got a changing table mat, a boppy pillow, our pack and play, diaper genie and a baby swing, which looks like its going to be GREAT!!!!! Lots of cute beachy things, bath toys, diapers, bottles, shoes... lots of onesies... just tons of stuff!! After I eat some dinner I'm going to start organizing the stuff in Lyla's closet that I can fit in there! But there is SO much haha!! Some of my fave gifts: a little tennis racket with poofy tennis balls.. and a scrapbook started for us by Kari!!!! its sooo cute and leaves lots of space for pics and extra pages that we can put together!
Just seeing all the baby stuff in the condo makes me SO excited, the day really is coming up fast!!! And I feel like we still have lots to do to get ready! At the same time, can we really be fully prepared for such a life altering experience??! Probably not.. but we can prepare as much as possible =)
Only 6 more weeks!!!! I can't WAIT to put a baby in all our new stuff hehe
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Gettin Fat [both of us]
The other day at work I was going down some stairs, and for the first time, I could really feel her weight in my belly! It was like with every step I could feel her being pulled down by gravity in there. So strange!
Anyway yesterday we had another doctor appt. Nothing too exciting to report there, everything is perfectly normal. We didn't get to see our doctor AGAIN for the 3rd time.. I think she's on vacation this week actually. Pretty routine appt, testing blood pressure, fetal heartbeat, measuring the height of the fundus, and all is well. We also asked the nurse if she could tell us how the baby's positioned right now... at the moment she's head down and will likely stay that way until birth.. her back and butt are on the left side and her little arms and legs are on the right side of my belly, which I kind of figured since I feel a lot of kicking over in that area.
Right now Maggie, Lyla and I are hanging out at the condo.. Maggie keeps barking whenever the people above us walk around, and I think her barking is startling Lyla, she kicks whenever Maggie is barking close to her! The new condo is great. It's already kind of a mess. We keep getting new stuff for it and I haven't put any of it away yet so it's just sitting all over the condo. It's also covered in Maggie drool... I already told Erik he has to clean it all up at some point. Anyway, besides the mess and drool, it's SO nice in here and a great first home for our little one! Hopefully Erik can paint the nursery tomorrow... our first baby shower is on Sunday and I want the room to be ready to have all the furniture put in it!! I can't wait for the shower, I think it'll be pretty fun!! PLUS we'll get lots of things for Lyla! I hate the idea of only ME opening presents in front of everyone though, how awkward.
only about 8 more weeks to go! AHH!!!!!!!
Anyway yesterday we had another doctor appt. Nothing too exciting to report there, everything is perfectly normal. We didn't get to see our doctor AGAIN for the 3rd time.. I think she's on vacation this week actually. Pretty routine appt, testing blood pressure, fetal heartbeat, measuring the height of the fundus, and all is well. We also asked the nurse if she could tell us how the baby's positioned right now... at the moment she's head down and will likely stay that way until birth.. her back and butt are on the left side and her little arms and legs are on the right side of my belly, which I kind of figured since I feel a lot of kicking over in that area.
Right now Maggie, Lyla and I are hanging out at the condo.. Maggie keeps barking whenever the people above us walk around, and I think her barking is startling Lyla, she kicks whenever Maggie is barking close to her! The new condo is great. It's already kind of a mess. We keep getting new stuff for it and I haven't put any of it away yet so it's just sitting all over the condo. It's also covered in Maggie drool... I already told Erik he has to clean it all up at some point. Anyway, besides the mess and drool, it's SO nice in here and a great first home for our little one! Hopefully Erik can paint the nursery tomorrow... our first baby shower is on Sunday and I want the room to be ready to have all the furniture put in it!! I can't wait for the shower, I think it'll be pretty fun!! PLUS we'll get lots of things for Lyla! I hate the idea of only ME opening presents in front of everyone though, how awkward.
only about 8 more weeks to go! AHH!!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
8 Weeks To Go
Have you ever met someone and thought, 'wow, that person will be a great mother?' Well, I would definitely NOT consider myself one of those people. And yet here i sit, 2 months away from being a parent for the rest of my life. Not quite what I had in mind for after college, but i can't complain!
You might wonder, how does it feel knowing you only have 2 months left of non-parenthood? So far it doesn't really feel like much. I don't know if I can fully comprehend what it means right now, what it will be like from her birthday on... Right now it almost doesn't feel like it's actually going to happen. It's like when you are packing for a huge trip.. and the reality of going to whatever place doesn't really hit you until you get there or maybe even a couple of days later. In short, it hasn't hit me yet! I should probably be feeling pretty scared.. and I am a bit a nervous, but I'm mostly so excited and getting impatient about how slowly time seems to be passing. I was thinking about how fast time went in the beginning.. months seemed to fly by.. and now the weeks just seem to be crawling along... every sunday feels like another HUGE milestone.
But I'm really excited to be a mom. I feel like it will be hard, but it can't be SO hard... people become new mothers every day!
So really this is going to be a blog about Lyla and her cuteness and all her happenings.
So far her cuteness is difficult to monitor bc of the opaque nature of human skin. Forever ago, before I even knew I was a pregnant, I had a dream that I had a clear belly and I could see a baby inside.. actually it was a kitten, so that was weird. and actually we could take the kitty out and put him back in.... anyway. it'd be cool to have a clear belly haha.
She's moving around a lot still.. but not as much as before, which is supposed to be normal at this time. She is getting a bit cramped in there.. and also sleeping a lot more to prepare for the BIG DAY! :O!!!
Birth. What an awful experience for a baby. Good thing they can't remember it. It would be traumatizing... 'I was passing the days sleeping and snuggling myself, minding my own business, when all of a sudden... i was SQUEEZED through a tiny hole and brought into a place that was cold and bright with so much noise etc....' I don't even want to think about what it will be like for myself so we just won't even go there.
Also we realized we can SEE my belly move when Lyla moves! So that is really cool! It's hard though bc its like.. Oh she's moving!!! and then we'll watch the belly.. and she's already stopped.... She's so sneaky! I already know that she is so cute and amazing hehe. We love her so much!!!
You might wonder, how does it feel knowing you only have 2 months left of non-parenthood? So far it doesn't really feel like much. I don't know if I can fully comprehend what it means right now, what it will be like from her birthday on... Right now it almost doesn't feel like it's actually going to happen. It's like when you are packing for a huge trip.. and the reality of going to whatever place doesn't really hit you until you get there or maybe even a couple of days later. In short, it hasn't hit me yet! I should probably be feeling pretty scared.. and I am a bit a nervous, but I'm mostly so excited and getting impatient about how slowly time seems to be passing. I was thinking about how fast time went in the beginning.. months seemed to fly by.. and now the weeks just seem to be crawling along... every sunday feels like another HUGE milestone.
But I'm really excited to be a mom. I feel like it will be hard, but it can't be SO hard... people become new mothers every day!
So really this is going to be a blog about Lyla and her cuteness and all her happenings.
So far her cuteness is difficult to monitor bc of the opaque nature of human skin. Forever ago, before I even knew I was a pregnant, I had a dream that I had a clear belly and I could see a baby inside.. actually it was a kitten, so that was weird. and actually we could take the kitty out and put him back in.... anyway. it'd be cool to have a clear belly haha.
She's moving around a lot still.. but not as much as before, which is supposed to be normal at this time. She is getting a bit cramped in there.. and also sleeping a lot more to prepare for the BIG DAY! :O!!!
Birth. What an awful experience for a baby. Good thing they can't remember it. It would be traumatizing... 'I was passing the days sleeping and snuggling myself, minding my own business, when all of a sudden... i was SQUEEZED through a tiny hole and brought into a place that was cold and bright with so much noise etc....' I don't even want to think about what it will be like for myself so we just won't even go there.
Also we realized we can SEE my belly move when Lyla moves! So that is really cool! It's hard though bc its like.. Oh she's moving!!! and then we'll watch the belly.. and she's already stopped.... She's so sneaky! I already know that she is so cute and amazing hehe. We love her so much!!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)