Move-In Ready

So Baby Smith's nursery is complete and I am thrilled with the result! It was a joint effort between both sets of grandparents, myself, Greg, and our good friend Casey, which makes it extra sweet. Nancy came over Monday with the window treatment and bedding, and Greg and I finished up this morning by hanging the fabric canvas' and frames. Take a look!

Crafting my way to 40 weeks...

For some, being less than three weeks from their due date would ignite a sort of spark, inspiring all kinds of nesting, nursery and cleaning projects. For me, it inspires a desire to craft. Meet Exhibit A....



I do not know what took me so long to make one of these ribbon blankets! I read through a few tutorials, but kind of made this one up as I went along. Mine uses flannel on both sides and 4 inch ribbon pieces. It is for a very special baby girl and, if I had more flannel, I would have made half a dozen more by now--it was that easy and so much fun!

Exhibit B was made using this pattern from one of my favorite crafty blogs around. The only changes I made was that I used ribbon to close the bag instead of magnetic snaps (didn't have any), and I didn't use the decorative button flap (didn't look right on my bag), instead choosing to sew the buttons directly on the ribbon piece on the front of the bag. I LOVE this bag, and, again, want, like, 8 more of them.

For those of you who check my blog to hear about Baby news rather than crafting news, all is good and well at the moment...we have another appointment Monday morning (I think with ultrasound to check fluid levels) and our last baby class that night. Nursery bedding and such should be finished by Monday or so (yay for Nancy's fast work!!), and, lest you think that none of my crafting energy has been Baby Smith related, I bought some plain wooden frames and such from Michaels today to decorate--I personally can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday night!

Almost Go-Time!

So between Baby Brain and Mommy Brain, I apparently haven't posted about our appointment last week...and since I had an appointment today as well (every week now!!) I have some catching up to do!

Between our ultrasound a month ago and the one I had last week, Little One had apparently somersaulted himself into the head down position. Apparently many moms can pinpoint the exact moment it happens...I, personally, was clueless until I saw the ultrasound picture myself. Okay, who am I kidding? I still can't read an ultrasound image to save my life...the tech had to spell it out for me while pointing to the fuzzy image on the screen before I knew what was going on.

Today the doctor verified that he was still in the go-position...I think it's so odd that she can poke around my belly and find the head and bottom...I mean, wouldn't they feel about the same from the outside? Guess that's why she has the initials after her name and I don't!

As of now, I will be induced somewhere between 39-40 weeks if the Baby doesn't naturally make an appearance...we will choose a date next week for the big day! Personally, as long as Baby is at a healthy weight (he should be over 6 lbs. now) and is past the 37 week mark (in about half a week), I am not opposed to induction. Whether it's the completely natural/unintrusive way or not isn't very important to me...I think I gave up any illusions of having a completely natural birth anyway when I became pro-epidural, so what's a little Pitocin added to the mix if it's best for Baby?

Oh, and the Nursery is almost complete! Casey and Greg painted the walls last week, and I worked on the trim over the weekend...furniture is in place and we are ready to decorate! Can't wait to post pictures..It will be Just Precious-I am sure of it!

It has been a FUN three weeks of baby showers--I am sorry to see them end! The link below has some pictures taken over the course of them--enjoy!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=17976&id=1133157992&l=2b1a3

Next appointment is on Wednesday when we will have another ultrasound to see if Baby Smith has moved into position. Over the past week he's been kicking much more on my side than my lower abdomen, we will see if that means anything or not. Greg also thinks he's dropped a bit...hard to say whether I agree, or even if it means all that much. We will see, though!

Well-humored

I think my blogging is much better when I have a set topic in mind (Baby is breech! Baby gear has taken over! etc). Kind of like when, in school, when you had to "freewrite" for, like, 5 minutes and just write down every thought that comes to mind. I never quite knew where to begin. But, because I'm in the blogging mood, here goes...

So I'd like my audience's opinion on this one... does anyone out there thinks it's odd that I talk to my belly. No? Well, how about this...I sometimes actually wait for a response (usually a well-timed kick) to let me know he's awake and listening. Case in point...last night I had Greg mute the TV so that we could do our nightly storytime, and I chit chatted and poked for a few minutes, which prompted Greg to ask what we were waiting for. So I informed him that the baby hadn't moved for a few minutes, and I wanted to make sure he was awake before we started reading. I mean, really, reading to a sleeping baby? How silly is that? Greg looked at me, and made a comment to the effect of, yeah, THAT would be the silly part.

I have realized that Greg has spent a vast majority of my pregnancy humoring me.

Oh well, he did bring these home for me on Monday, so I guess he hasn't completely given up on me yet.

We have our next appointment on Tuesday. This will be the last of the bi-weekly appointments, and will include an ultrasound for our viewing pleasure. We will discover whether Baby has decided to somersault since our last ultrasound, and hopefully get some cool pictures. I love seeing ultrasound pictures where baby shows a resemblance to mom or dad, I think it would be amazing if we could see a resemblance of Baby to either of us in this last set of pictures.

I've been asked a lot about food aversions/cravings, and I didn't think I've had many until tonight, when I realized that I have eaten eggs four days out of the past five. Greg and I have gotten into the "breakfast for dinner" habit a lot, like, 2-3 days a week. This is very new to us, and slightly odd because neither one of us really likes breakfast foods even, for, well, breakfast.

And if I haven't been random enough so far, I just want to point out that I love the green iron-y thing in the above picture. I staged the picture like I did to get a corner of it in the shot. Odd, I know.

After reading this post, Greg thinks I should invest in a journal and spare you all.

So to recap: I like to converse with my belly button, I like ultrasounds, and I think I need to invest in some Egg Beaters.

Anything random you'd like to share?

and what are YOU doing today?

Blogging has apparently become what I do when I want to put off other tasks, namely....

And this picture is AFTER we sorted and put away some items. Greg thinks that for a second job he would like to be some sort of assembler...you know, putting together furniture, using power tools, etc., but without the wife in the background making him move said piece of furniture 8 times before being happy with the placement. He's actually quite good at it (see last post on crib). Good news for him, is that the contents of our living room should keep him in business and at work for quite a few weeks!

My job today is to unwrap, unpack, sort, wash and begin the process of assimilating baby's things into the Smith household.

Greg, wisely, has occupied himself with running errands (Babies R Us and Toys R Us being two of them, bless him), but still seems to think I am getting the short end of the stick. That remains to be seen, but, oddly, I think I will enjoy the process of re-opening cute baby gifts, reading favorite children's books of the gifter, and imagining using all the odd and ends that we will need in a few short weeks.