Penelope

My baby is getting so big and is as beautiful as ever! She sleeps really well at night, it's getting her to lay down that's the problem. It takes us a few hours to get her to go to sleep and stay asleep. We'll get to her sleep and then put her down in her bassinet several times before she'll be down for the night. She sleep for 10 to 15 mintues then wake up and need to be rocked or nursed back to sleep each time she wakes up. But once she's asleep she sleeps for at least 5 hours before needing to eat and be changed then goes right back to sleep. It's interesting that she doesn't need help going back to sleep. I'll put her back to bed awake and she'll fall asleep on her own. She has been less grumpy and most days only is fussy when she needs a nap or some other basic need. Which has always been the case but she's better at not getting so upset about them. Here are some recent pictures of her.

This is what she wore to church last Sunday (Nov 20th)

That same Sunday asleep in Chris's arms. So sweet!

 

And these are from today. This is what she wore to church today! It's a gift from Josh and Cherry and I just love it! So cute!

Look who's smiling!

I know I haven't done blogging since she's been born ... oh well I'm not going to go back and do posts about the first few weeks I just don't have a whole time of time to blog and to be honest I just don't want to. She's been smiling for awhile now but today is the first time I've got it on camera! I was trying to get pictures of her in the hat Maren made for her since she has a big head and the hat is a bit small for her. And I caught her at in a happy mood! Look at this cutie!

Progress

So I had my weekly appointment today and everything looks good. My blood pressure and weight gain are both great. Heartbeat is nice and strong. She's head down, has dropped a bit not all the way yet. And I'm 1 cm dilated 70% effaced. So I'm progressing, last week our doctor said that I was fingertip and 50% effaced. Penny is still super active and moves a ton. It's lots of fun to watch my belly move all over. So that's the update on how things are going. Other than that we're still finishing up with organizing our apt.

37 weeks!

We are officially full term now and Penny is allowed to come at anytime. That is just crazy! I’m not saying I want her out right now but it’s nice to know that she’ll be A OK if she’s born now. I still have quite a bit left on my list of things I’d like to get done, we’ve got bits and pieces of things for each room done but none are complete. I got most of the wipes sewn up just need to finish those today. OH I did get the car seat cover done though! YAY! Here are some pictures of it :)

I got so tired sewing it all together that by the time it was time to do the handles I asked Chris if he would sew the handles on for me. And being the nice hubby he is he did so with a smile :)

 

Showing off the finished project

 

Close up

 

Showing the material on the inside 

And here’s the most recent picture of the belly taken at 36 weeks 2 days 

Late Father's Day Present

First before I get started, what the heck is up with "planking" it's like the dumbest thing ever! I don't understand what is "cool" about it at all.... you all look stupid. The end.

So I had grand plans of making an adorable onesie for Chris for Father's Day I started it but then it seems like a billion other things came up right around that time and I never finished it. Until yesterday that is. So here are a few pictures of the finished product. I think it turned out pretty darn cute :)

 

I am now 34 weeks and 1 day (if you want to get technical) pregnant! Chris and I were just talking about how it just seems like yesterday we found out we were pregnant! It's crazy how fast it's gone by and I've been so lucky to have such an easy pregnancy. Even with the month and a half of being sick I've had a much easier pregnancy then most. I am looking forward to her dropping though, I know I don't carry super high (which I'm very grateful for) but the bottom of my sternum, xiphoid process doesn't lay down anymore it bows out you can feel the lump from it. But it's not enough that you can see it through my skin. Unless I suck in a bit then you can! That and that the top of my ribs just under my boobs fall asleep and get tingly if I'm not laying down or have my back arched a bit. It's weird and doesn't feel right. So that's why I'm looking forward to her dropping so my ribs have more room.

Here are some pictures of the belly.

Oh and I am all set for nursing! I got 8 pairs of cloth nursing pads and one pair of lily padz. I got the type of undershirts I was wanting to get. And my thought process behind wanting to just get long plain spaghetti strap tanks is so when I use the nursing covers I got as baby shower gifts my sides won't show b/c they cover the front of you but your sides would easily be exposed.




One good kick from the baby and your side would be showing or even just from the behind angle I think you'd able to see my hip/side area 





So with the tank I can just leave it down and and do my business out of the top, leaving my sides covered :) I also have a really nice breast pump that hopefully I can use to store extra milk so Chris can have bonding time by being able to feed her as well. 

almost there

I'm starting to feel more ready for this little one to come live with us. We almost have everything that we need to get before she comes. We still are needing to get: changing pad, nursing pads, nursing pillow, undershirts for nursing (just long length spaghetti strapped tanks), lanolin, car seat cover (mom is sending the material just have to make it) , gas drops, *socks &mittens,a few more hats, and a few more blankets (*not a must) But considering what all you need to have for a baby (a surprising amount of things!) we're almost there! I got our pack n play set up today which makes me feel just that much closer to having everything done that I'd like to.

Here are a few shots of the pack n play all put together

 

 and a belly shot at 33 weeks and 3 days

* I'm not sure why the font is different sized and stuff in random spots
** The ones with the strike through are things that I've checked off the list :)
*** YAY we have all the things that I was wanting to get! 

funny

I was looking at old belly pictures and I had a good laugh. I thought I was showing so much in this picture at 16 weeks.

And here's one of me today in all my pregnant glory at almost 30 weeks (it'll be 30 weeks tomorrow)

So noteworthy pregnancy stuff, Penny moves allllll the time now. Seriously all day long she's moving. You can feel her with your hand and/or see her move a lot now too! Ever since getting home from Cali she's been moving so so much. She's always been a wiggler but it's so fun to have her moving so others (Chris) can actually enjoy it daily too!

It's becoming increasingly harder to sleep at night. Most nights I end up on the couch for a few hours of sleep. I don't know why but it works to get up go on the couch sleep there for a bit then come back to bed.  I'm only uncomfortable when there's pressure on my belly... like when I try to sleep rolled over too much (half on my side half on my belly) or Chris tries to snuggle by leaning up against me while we're sitting stuff like that. My back bothers me sometimes because it gets really tight but I had that before ever getting pregnant. I'm still drinking like a camel and that's pretty much it. Our next appointment is next Thursday so I'll probably do an other update then.