Getting Excited - Baby Shower

Only 12 sleeps until we head to Vancouver for the Olympics, and till our visit with Amanda and Rick. Amanda has been so sweet and is organizing a Baby Shower for me while we are there. I am SO excited and I can't wait to see everyone. It should be such a fun afternoon :)

With only 6 weeks to go, I can feel myself entering a new stage. Getting a good night's sleep is getting harder and harder, my back is aching after sitting at my desk all day, and even my maternity clothes seem to be getting too small! All in all though I do feel great, and I have been so lucky throughout with no major complaints. Here I am at the end of week 33.

Jungle Painting Complete!

I finished painting the wall in the baby's room today. We wanted to add a couple embellishments to make the room a little more fun and jungle like. I added some leaves and ferns to the main green wall. I'm really happy with how it turned out in the end.

I am also working on some square canvases to be hung on the wall for some added pictures, but only have one done so far. Here is the first monkey painting...still need to hang it.

4 Weeks and 1 Day Left of Work!

Today we held a couple interviews at work to try and find my replacement. Things went well, so I think we'll be able to hire someone soon. With only 4 weeks of work planned before I leave on vacation and then mat leave, it will be nice to start training someone and feel some closure before leaving. My last day is scheduled for Friday Feb 26th.

We are mid way through week 32 with the baby. At our doctor's appointment today we found out that I am measuring back on track at 32cm, so the 'big' baby talk has subsided for now! The baby has dropped into position with its head down. It's easy to palpate the head and the bum of the baby now. The baby is pretty active to pushing its bum up against the top of my belly, feels so funny! The baby's heart rate was 144 and my blood pressure remains good as well.

Thinking about getting some of the basics ready just in case like some diapers and wipes etc. We're feeling good about everything, even with the full review (including pictures and video) of the stages of labour last night at our prenatal class. I'm just so excited to meet our baby:)

2 months today

With our expected due date being March 14th we are exactly 2 calendar months away now. So hard to believe that we are so close. Wondering when my 'nesting' desires will kick in...I really need to clean the house for having people over this weekend, but currently have no motivation to get off the couch!

Yesterday we started our Prenatal Education classes with Okanagan College. We will attend once a week for the next 4 weeks. Sounds like we'll get to cover all the things I'm interested in learning more about and we'll get to tour the hospital. It is definitely more fun being able to attend the classes with our friend's Mike and Roslyn. Makes us realize there is lots to learn, and I wonder if anything will really prepare us for the labour and bringing baby home, trying to adjust with those first few days. We're ready to embrace it all though...well maybe mentally ready only. We still only have Halloween clothes and 2 diapers! Hahaha :)

Hope to get to the second coat of paint tonight on the baby room walls. Pictures soon!

Go Canada Go!

We picked up our Olympic tickets today. Only 31 days to go till we head down to Vancouver for our last trip before the baby arrives.

I've started going through my closet to find all my red clothing to take along, including some of Doug's jackets since mine will no longer fit by then!

We're really excited to go Speed Skating, a Women's Hockey Game, the Pairs Free Skate Figure Skating, and a victory ceremony. We were sad though when we made the decision to skip the 2nd week of events that we had originally planned for. With those events taking place only 2 weeks before our due date we thought we might be pushing it a bit, especially when we found out our Whistler events would involve a walk up the ski hill!

We're really excited though to spend a week in Vancouver with all the hype and excitement, and also to spend some time with family and friends. We can't wait to stay with Amanda and Rick and Amanda has kindly offered to host a baby shower while I'm down there, which I am really looking forward too!

'Big' Baby?

The countdown is on! Today we are 31 weeks along...so it's down to single digits...9...8...7...

Hard to believe we are getting so close now to meeting our precious baby! And will it be a big baby? At our last doctor's appointment I measured 32cm rather than the standard 30cm for this point in the pregnancy. There were some comments from the doctor about it being a big baby - but I think time will still tell! The heart rate was 140, strong and steady still and everything thing else looks good.

There had been lots of movement lately. It's exciting to actually see my tummy skin move from with large kicks and movements. Doug likes to try and push into the baby and have the baby push back!

I'm still feeling great, but I definitely hit an afternoon lull period and have to resist a nap while sitting at my desk at work ;)

Started painting some jungle leaves on the baby room wall...not too sure about it yet, need to add another coat of paint but hoping it looks good in the end. I'll keep you posted with picture when done.