Damnit

Damnit! Damnit! Damnit!

My favorite maternity pants - comfy - look ok on - khaki in color - very very cool for these summer months - have a big stain on them! I washed them with a prenatal vitamin and colace in a pocket (forgot to take at work and put in the wash before checking pockets). There may have been a DHA pill in there too. Nice spot on the bottom of the pocket. Have them soaking in oxy clean and some detergent. Will check in a few hours.

And the bummer thing, they went through the dryer too. There was a crud of vitamin at the bottom!

Cannot believe I did that. Boo. Love those pants!!! NOOO. If you have any suggestions, I am open!

D'OH

So yesterday I was having contractions, or what I thought were contractions. My stomach totally hardened., felt a big pull across the front, had wonderful cramping, sometimes the pain went along my sides and a little to the back. Not sure if the back stuff was because my back always hurts.

During the day they were 10-4 minutes apart. At night they were 8-4 minutes apart. They were uncomfortable. At work I had a hard time concentrating and usually just spaced out during them. They seemed more intense when I was standing and on the yoga ball. A little less intense while lounging on the couch. And even less intense when I was laying down.

Went to sleep and slept well. I had some tightening when I got up in the middle of the night to pee. Sometimes the tightening is so strong it is quite quite uncomfortable. So BH or contractions?

I have a decent high tolerance for pain, so I wonder if I will know it when they are 'real'. I will keep timing them and call in when they get to 3-5 minutes apart. They always last about 45 seconds to 1 minute.

Cannot wait! So want to meet this baby. So excited. Weekends would be perfect!

Today I am taking the dogs in to get their nails trimmed (trying out petsmart). I am going to carpet clean upstairs so it is ready for company. Need to swiffer the floors downstairs. I cleaned and boiled the pacifiers bottles we are trying (tommy tippy, born free, dr browns).

Nick is going to mow and spray for weeds. We got Legion in the mail from netflix. Think we are going to get chinese for dinner (what my aunt had the day before she had her kid 2 weeks early). Going to bounce on the yoga ball a lot today. Going to take the dogs on a walk.

Come on baby! You have all sorts of good toys to play with. The swing is so cute and waiting. The pack and play is set up downstairs for you. Your room is cute (tho not fully decorated). Your bassinet is ready! Your doggies want to meet you! Yes you have loving doggies!!! Its nice and cool here right now so would be perfect!

39 weeks!

How Far Along: 39 weeks!!! Hoping I won't have to make a 40 week post....

How Big is Baby: Around 7 - 7.5 lbs and 21 - 21.5 inches long

What is Baby up to: Baby's brain is still developing rapidly, and his skin has taken on a paler shade thanks to a thicker layer of fat around the blood vessels. (Don't worry; he'll change color again soon after birth.) He's now able to flex his limbs, and his nails might extend past his fingertips.

Total Weight Gain: +17 lbs.

Movement: At times after sugar, lots of movement, or should I say stretching.

Belly Button:Almost flat. Top half is flat, bottom half is still an inny..sort of

What I Miss: Being comfortable. Walking comfortably. Moving comfortably. Walking normally.

What I am Looking Forward To: Outside Baby!

Gender: No idea... Boy or Girl. I know that is not helpful.

Pictures aren't great this time. We took many for some reason, but these show the bump off the best. So hoping that I go into labor soon. I am not holding my breath tho. But after agility yesterday I have had so much pressure low. Having a hard time walking. So waddling now. Everyone thinks this weekend. Hope they are right! Cannot wait!!!

Nesting

I would say this morning that the nesting bug finally hit me. The bug of you see something and have to do it RIGHT NOW.

This morning I slept in a bit - was just too comfy. Got in the shower. Realized I needed to do a quick clean. Grabbed a magic eraser and wiped down the whole shower. (Tonight I will spray it and disinfect it, and wash the shower curtain). Looked in the hallway, and used the magic eraser on some of the marks in the hall way and on the door frames.

Got dressed, went down stairs. Sprayed the bathroom sink and wiped that down. Ahh sparkly again. Need to clean the rest of that bathroom but the sink needed it the most. Went to the kitchen, wiped down all the counter tops. wiped the fridge down, Wiped some cabinets, cleaned the microwave. Yeah. Was thinking of taking the day to clean.

And the odd thing, I woke up and felt horrible. Headache, nausous, got dizzy in the shower.

Not a bad weekend!

Actually this weekend was AWESOME! Well could have been awesomer (I know not a real word) if baby wanted to come out...

Saturday was our date day! I sat around in the morning (Luna woke me up at 7, she just wanted cuddles!) and watched Precious. It was pretty good. Happy that I watched it, and happy that I watched it alone because I know Nick would not have liked it. There were times where I was about to cry and could not believe the situation that poor girl was in. After the movie, put some laundry on and woke Nick up, gave the dogs a bath (we have a sprayer in the master bath tub and makes it so easy to wash the dogs). Lounged a bit around the house.

Then we went mini golfing! It was hot but a lot of fun! 18 holes and some much harder than the others. One hole, I hit the ball and got it in a bad spot. Every hit after that, the ball ended up further and further back until I was at the start line. hahahaha. We had a lot of good laughs and it was a blast! Afterwards, I got a scoop of Strawberry ice cream (but the main blueberry was tempting) and we went and got some fried clams from Woodmans. The onion rings looked fantastic. If I saw those before we ordered, would have gotten some! The clams were tasty, but didn't quite go with my ice cream.

After mini golfing, headed to the mall to walk around some and I wanted to look for some nursing stuff. At JC Penny's I found a nursing chimese 1/2 off! So I got 2 of them. I would like to wear them while in the hospital afterwords - not a big fan of gowns, and this is similar and has easy access.

Went home to chill for a bit then we went out to mexican for dinner! YUM! All in all, a fantastic day! DOH just realized I forgot to use the $5 coupon I have there.

Sunday was productive day! Cleaned the kitchen, swept all the floors and massively cleaned them. Cleaned all the entry ways. Cleaned out the garage. Washed dog beds (YEA! Clean dogs and clean dog beds!!). Went to Lowes. Got a new switch for the fan so it matches the dimmers in the house, got a new trash can, got a new key rack, some screws to reattach the fridge door handle (has always been loose), got this awesome light replacement thing.

Nick went around the house and replaced all the light bulbs - ok we had a lot out since we have highish ceilings and needed to get bulbs so it has been a while. AND WE HAVE LIGHT ON THE STAIRS! When we first moved in the lights were out above the stairs. Could never get to them to replace them. But now with this awesome light reacher thing, they were easy to replace! I highly recommend getting one! Nick used this tool to replace all the bulbs that were out in the house! Was awesome! Nick also fixed the fridge door handle that was always wiggly. The screws were stripped. So nice having it not wiggle when opening/closing! He also did some wiring in the living room, found that the box had 4 wires smushed into a 2 wire connection thingy, so went out and got a bigger one (you know the screw things to attach wires to eachother). And that fixed our lighting issue in the living room! (out of the 4 recessed lights only one would turn on, and we checked the bulbs all the time and it was not the bulbs). WooHoo! And he installed the dimmer/variable fan speed for the fan up high. After I painted that room 2 years ago, I never put back up the face plate of the knob turner of the fan since it was beige and the whole house is white (I hate beige).

Was a great weekend!

Fireworks!

Last night someone was setting off fireworks. We went looking around and they were out front on the street that winds around our dead end street. We had a FANTASIC view from our front porch! They lasted about 20 minutes, and had some really good big ones! Was happy that our house was not under them. Should have taken some pictures, but I don't care, Nick and I were enjoying watching them.

And Penny was barking at each one. At one point she got in the window and was looking straight at the lights and barking. Could not tell if she was pissed off at them or liked them and was celebrating. She would even bark for the ones that didn't make noise (or very little noise). Luna on the other hand was hiding in the bathroom. Poor Girl. Very similar to Cleo behavior with fireworks, but not as drastic. Cleo would go hide in the dryer, in the bath tub, in the laundry basket. Oh Cleo, I do miss you! Need to make a rememberance post for you girl. July 19, 2005, over 5 years ago. And now I am crying.

Dreams...

So all night I kept having dreams about the baby. Breast feeding in the hospital dreams. At home sleeping dreams and waking up for baby. Dreams changing baby's diaper.

Not odd dreams. Just every day things. I think I was laying in bed getting excited to meet this little one! And strange that I am dreaming of all the things that take place in the middle of the night while sleeping.

Like I just realized (from a dream) that we don't have a place to change a diaper in our bedroom. We have the bassinet ready, but no diaper area but our bed. Guess we will have to bring supplies in there.

Oh and the 'mattress' that is in the bassinet is so small and the sheet I have on it makes it pucker/fold. So I think I am going to look at a new 'mattress' for it. And I need to get a new roller shade for the car. The one I bought is too big for the back window but works great in the cargo area for the dogs when at trials. So not a total loss.

Every time I dream it is a girl. But at times, like last night while watching tv, I was thinking boy. Ehh this whole mother's intuition is not working - I have no idea!