not only has she been showered three times now...
she got 6 new baby tubs today!
my mom's friend, who also happens to be my friend's mother-in-law, threw me a beautiful baby shower today. it was an eclectic selection of the most fun people...and i was so happy to have them there to celebrate with me.
i would also like to put out there that i am grateful for the small stuff...the diapers, the baby wash, the practical detergent, and bottles...while clothes are very cute and tempting to purchase, p.j. is set in that department. now she is set in all departments. which means i am going to sleep better tonight knowing i have all the ammo i need to be a prepared mommy.
it was a little tough getting ready this morning. i am just plain huge. and i am dripping in sweat constantly. i felt so swollen and had a headache and changed my clothes three times. i even had to dry my hair twice.
but i got help getting gifts on my lap, and i got help throwing things away...cause at this point, there is zero bending over, and very little room left on my lap.
i really felt very lucky to have that many people want to help me have the things that i need. pregnancy is an overwhelming adventure, and these are the people that have made it bearable.
so i was glad to spend the day with them, laughing, and of course, crying.
i have to go now...i have to set up a tub in each room of our house. hee hee.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
really...REALLY?
third day stuck inside.
as a teacher you are groomed to love snow.
as a pregnant person you are groomed to fear it.
i may just pad myself with pillows and go for a walk
cause i can't take it anymore and neither can she.
as a teacher you are groomed to love snow.
as a pregnant person you are groomed to fear it.
i may just pad myself with pillows and go for a walk
cause i can't take it anymore and neither can she.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
37 and snowed in...
so today marks the 37 week turnover.
and while i should be ecstatic for the second day off work...i am getting a little ticked off.
this is no time to be snowed in, or as i see iced in. my list of TO DOs had me filled this week with chances for checking things off. hair appts., nail appts., doctors visits, meetings after school, carseat installing, grocery shopping, meal making, etc.
and im stuck. thank god monday was a good day and we met with her new pediatrician. greg and i really liked him and hope we only have to see him for well visits...and i braved the harmless roads last night for the sake of my hair. listen people, if you know anything about coloring your hair, you should be doing it on a regular basis...i hadn't gone since mid-November. it was worth braving the road conditions to look good for my daughter.
and i just heard the garage door - which means greg's attempt at getting into work for the second day (this time trying with my car) did not work. poor guy.
so we are iced in. looks like i may have time to create laundry...so i will have something to do.
stupid snow.
and while i should be ecstatic for the second day off work...i am getting a little ticked off.
this is no time to be snowed in, or as i see iced in. my list of TO DOs had me filled this week with chances for checking things off. hair appts., nail appts., doctors visits, meetings after school, carseat installing, grocery shopping, meal making, etc.
and im stuck. thank god monday was a good day and we met with her new pediatrician. greg and i really liked him and hope we only have to see him for well visits...and i braved the harmless roads last night for the sake of my hair. listen people, if you know anything about coloring your hair, you should be doing it on a regular basis...i hadn't gone since mid-November. it was worth braving the road conditions to look good for my daughter.
and i just heard the garage door - which means greg's attempt at getting into work for the second day (this time trying with my car) did not work. poor guy.
so we are iced in. looks like i may have time to create laundry...so i will have something to do.
stupid snow.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
breathe through your nose...in and out...
so today, from 9 am to 4 pm, daddy to be and i were sitting in the most uncomfortable chairs.
oh,
and we were learning about birth.
i think they tell you to bring two pillows and a blanket cause you will need to pile them up to sit on in the chairs they offer.
yea, i learned stuff...but mostly i had seen it before...either LIVE at the three births i have witnessed...or i have taught it in a sex class.
and of course, right away, i get pinned as the "one who doesn't want pain", which meant that everytime something was described as painful, the instructor looked at me and grimaced.
what was kinda frustrating was the breastfeeding lecture. i kinda felt bombarded with the laundry list of things your child will be if you breastfeed. and i felt like yelling, 'HEY I WASN'T BREASTFED, AND I AM A SMART, SOLID-BONED, DISEASE-LESS ADULT'
which i don't think would have done a lick of good. since 'breastmilk is best' was the message pressed upon today.
the only reason i say that is cause i am not sure i am going to...i mean, i haven't made up my mind and frankly, i shouldn't have to make up my mind based on threats that my child may have a lower IQ, learning disabilities, a harder time bonding with me, and be on the path to a list of diseases later in life. OR that i will have a harder time losing weight, or have a harder time shrinking my uterus back, or lose that precious bonding connection that skin on skin gives. especially when NONE of that is 100% true.
ok, i am off my 'breast' box. it's just that i don't think that it is a decision that should be made for me. so back off nurses.
other than that, greg was hysterical, being innappropriate whenever possible, and totally disgusted at the part in the video where the placenta is put in the pan. i myself have seen three of them, and find it to be the most fascinating part besides when there is JUST a head poking out of the mom. i just found it annoying that they only spotlighted three women who went natural in the video...i mean, what am i supposed to connect to...there is no way i am doing this without drugs, and i don't think anyone in that room wants me to attempt that.
so yea, it was 7 hours of sitting uncomfortably. now i have to go, and practice my breathing.
in through the nose, out through the nose, short controlled breaths....
oh,
and we were learning about birth.
i think they tell you to bring two pillows and a blanket cause you will need to pile them up to sit on in the chairs they offer.
yea, i learned stuff...but mostly i had seen it before...either LIVE at the three births i have witnessed...or i have taught it in a sex class.
and of course, right away, i get pinned as the "one who doesn't want pain", which meant that everytime something was described as painful, the instructor looked at me and grimaced.
what was kinda frustrating was the breastfeeding lecture. i kinda felt bombarded with the laundry list of things your child will be if you breastfeed. and i felt like yelling, 'HEY I WASN'T BREASTFED, AND I AM A SMART, SOLID-BONED, DISEASE-LESS ADULT'
which i don't think would have done a lick of good. since 'breastmilk is best' was the message pressed upon today.
the only reason i say that is cause i am not sure i am going to...i mean, i haven't made up my mind and frankly, i shouldn't have to make up my mind based on threats that my child may have a lower IQ, learning disabilities, a harder time bonding with me, and be on the path to a list of diseases later in life. OR that i will have a harder time losing weight, or have a harder time shrinking my uterus back, or lose that precious bonding connection that skin on skin gives. especially when NONE of that is 100% true.
ok, i am off my 'breast' box. it's just that i don't think that it is a decision that should be made for me. so back off nurses.
other than that, greg was hysterical, being innappropriate whenever possible, and totally disgusted at the part in the video where the placenta is put in the pan. i myself have seen three of them, and find it to be the most fascinating part besides when there is JUST a head poking out of the mom. i just found it annoying that they only spotlighted three women who went natural in the video...i mean, what am i supposed to connect to...there is no way i am doing this without drugs, and i don't think anyone in that room wants me to attempt that.
so yea, it was 7 hours of sitting uncomfortably. now i have to go, and practice my breathing.
in through the nose, out through the nose, short controlled breaths....
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
officially cooked...
so all the books say you are officially finished at 36 weeks...that all the rest is just fluff to get the baby chubbier and cuter.
which i can deal with...really...what are four more weeks of no sleep, tight pants, burning hips, waddling strides, emotional outbursts, hunger pangs, and massive urges to use the restroom COMPARED TO a chubbier cuter baby.
i can do it.
i just must will myself to do it...
but i know i can do it.
now if she would just get her feet out of my ribs - i could go longer i bet.
nah, i take that back.
pregnancy bliss update : measuring 37 weeks, and the midwife felt her head - which is ever so gently pressed on top of my bladder, and she felt her little bottom...guessing that she about 6lbs give or take an ounce...which could put her anywhere from 8 - 9 lbs in a few weeks. hmmmmmm.....i knew it....she has basically outgrown half her wardrobe. lovely. oh well...
which i can deal with...really...what are four more weeks of no sleep, tight pants, burning hips, waddling strides, emotional outbursts, hunger pangs, and massive urges to use the restroom COMPARED TO a chubbier cuter baby.
i can do it.
i just must will myself to do it...
but i know i can do it.
now if she would just get her feet out of my ribs - i could go longer i bet.
nah, i take that back.
pregnancy bliss update : measuring 37 weeks, and the midwife felt her head - which is ever so gently pressed on top of my bladder, and she felt her little bottom...guessing that she about 6lbs give or take an ounce...which could put her anywhere from 8 - 9 lbs in a few weeks. hmmmmmm.....i knew it....she has basically outgrown half her wardrobe. lovely. oh well...
Monday, January 19, 2009
party all the time, party all the time...
the title of this blog is an inside joke.
but my parties this week, yes plural, were anything but a joke.
they were spectacular surprises of perfection.
party #1. Thursday after school, the faculty of my school had hidden a gift in the closet of the classroom we were having a meeting in...and to my surprise, p.j. got her fabulous jumperoo exersaucer...and to top it off she was given her first piggy bank with a pretty solid beginning. it was really sweet of everyone at school. they have all been very patient with my hormones.
party #2. SURPRISE MRS. LYNCH! i guess my scent was thrown by the day before...so on Friday, during my break, two of my students ran to find me saying "please, mrs. lynch, come see our dance we made up in music...mrs. keith thinks you will love it, and you always see our dances...please come..." How do you say no to that? so i let them drag me down three flights, then across the building, then through the tunnel, then up two flights...and by the time i got to the parish hall- i could not breathe. and SURPRISE! the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade were screaming my name - and my mom, sister and nephews were there too. a table of gifts (from money donated by the kids) and book filled with student's advice, name choices, and nursery/clothes depictions was waiting for me. There was even cake! too too cute. i of course apologized for being so nasty to them recently...
party #3. Baby shower! My mom-in-law Jane, my sisters-in-law Chris & Kelly, and greg's cousin, karen threw me an adorably themed shower on Saturday. Everything was black, yellow and white! there were little lambs everywhere, and delicious food to top it off. Jane had made the cutest desserts, cookies and cupcakes meticulously iced to perfection! (thanks in part to my father in law who did the piping! ) there was also the most delicious punch...i couldn't stop myself... there was the "baby" pin game, and then a hide and seek game... and of course a ton of new clothes for p.j.
so i think she is set on clothing, this child will be wearing something new every ten minutes for the first month. it was suggested that everytime i change her i snap a photo...cause i have so many outfits it might not get worn again. get ready camera...
i am just feeling like this little girl is the luckiest little thing around. she has a lot of people waiting for her, and a lot of clothes to wear to do just that...
ahhhh pregnancy bliss - my hips are burning - i can no longer sleep at all in bed...it just hurts too much. we are entering into a four-week stand-off between me and birth...somehow i get the feeling i have NO ABILITY TO WIN - we are on p.j.'s terms starting now...and i get the feeling that won't change for a very very long time.
but my parties this week, yes plural, were anything but a joke.
they were spectacular surprises of perfection.
party #1. Thursday after school, the faculty of my school had hidden a gift in the closet of the classroom we were having a meeting in...and to my surprise, p.j. got her fabulous jumperoo exersaucer...and to top it off she was given her first piggy bank with a pretty solid beginning. it was really sweet of everyone at school. they have all been very patient with my hormones.
party #2. SURPRISE MRS. LYNCH! i guess my scent was thrown by the day before...so on Friday, during my break, two of my students ran to find me saying "please, mrs. lynch, come see our dance we made up in music...mrs. keith thinks you will love it, and you always see our dances...please come..." How do you say no to that? so i let them drag me down three flights, then across the building, then through the tunnel, then up two flights...and by the time i got to the parish hall- i could not breathe. and SURPRISE! the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade were screaming my name - and my mom, sister and nephews were there too. a table of gifts (from money donated by the kids) and book filled with student's advice, name choices, and nursery/clothes depictions was waiting for me. There was even cake! too too cute. i of course apologized for being so nasty to them recently...
party #3. Baby shower! My mom-in-law Jane, my sisters-in-law Chris & Kelly, and greg's cousin, karen threw me an adorably themed shower on Saturday. Everything was black, yellow and white! there were little lambs everywhere, and delicious food to top it off. Jane had made the cutest desserts, cookies and cupcakes meticulously iced to perfection! (thanks in part to my father in law who did the piping! ) there was also the most delicious punch...i couldn't stop myself... there was the "baby" pin game, and then a hide and seek game... and of course a ton of new clothes for p.j.
so i think she is set on clothing, this child will be wearing something new every ten minutes for the first month. it was suggested that everytime i change her i snap a photo...cause i have so many outfits it might not get worn again. get ready camera...
i am just feeling like this little girl is the luckiest little thing around. she has a lot of people waiting for her, and a lot of clothes to wear to do just that...
ahhhh pregnancy bliss - my hips are burning - i can no longer sleep at all in bed...it just hurts too much. we are entering into a four-week stand-off between me and birth...somehow i get the feeling i have NO ABILITY TO WIN - we are on p.j.'s terms starting now...and i get the feeling that won't change for a very very long time.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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