Baby's room

Jeremy hung some things in the baby's room tonight, so I'm feeling now like the room is more complete and ready for us to bring the baby home. Here are some pictures.

This is the room.

This is her closet. Can you tell we're expecting a girl??

This is a painting that my sister and brother-in-law made for the baby. I love it!

This is an angel that Jeremy's grandma gave us. It's hanging over the doorway of the baby's room.

Nesting?

My family thinks I am "nesting" today since I've been doing so much, so they're expecting us to call soon and tell them we're in labor. That would be exciting, but we'll see. I've heard that "nesting" involves doing things that really aren't necessary, like rearranging your cupboards. I don't think I've been doing unnecessary things today, but I sure have had an endless supply of energy. Even now I'm still not tired! I want to vacuum our apartment because it really needs it, but Jeremy is playing video games so I don't think he'd appreciate me making all that noise.

We'll let you know if anything happens overnight (ie. we go into labor). :)

Busy girl

Yesterday I pretty much had zero motivation to do anything even remotely productive, but today I have been one busy girl. Here's what I've done so far...

• tidied up our apartment
• gathered baby clothes, towels and blankets to wash
• stopped at a nearby thrift store to look for baby clothes (I bought a sleeper and a pair of pants for $.99!)
• went to Walmart to return something
• went to Cub to pick up a few groceries that were on a good sale this week
• went back home to have lunch and do some reading about labor and delivery
• went to church for coffee break (the department I worked in has coffee break every Wednesday afternoon)
• went for a short walk with my honey
• stopped at Rainbow on the way home for a few more groceries that were on a good sale
• hauled two loads of laundry to the basement and put them in the wash because my poor honey was completely out of clean undershirts and socks!
• climbed the two flights of stairs back to our apartment (yes, that's considered an accomplishment when you're 38 weeks pregnant!)
• made a doctor appt for my honey
• went back downstairs to put the laundry in the dryer
• climbed two flights of stairs again
• went through today's mail and the pile of mail that I've neglected the past few days

My plans for the rest of the evening? Well, I'm still feeling pretty good so here's my agenda. We'll see how much is actually accomplished.

• retrieve the two loads of laundry from the basement, haul them up two flights of stairs, and fold them
• make dinner - grilled BBQ chicken, roasted potatos, steamed veggies
• go out to the car with Jeremy and figure out how to strap the carseat into the car
• direct Jeremy in hanging decorations in the baby's room

Days like this have been few and far between during this pregnancy, but when they do happen I'm very thankful. I feel more like my old self when I can actually accomplish some helpful things around our home. Hopefully I'm not completely pooped tomorrow as a result of my busy day today!

Doctor update

We were 38 weeks yesterday. We didn't take our weekly picture yet, but I did have a doctor appointment yesterday so I can at least fill you all in on that.

I am now dilated one centimeter and 60% effaced, so at least we're making a little progress. My doctor also said that the baby's head is lower than average, which I probably could have told her myself considering the pain that I'm sometimes feeling from her head pushing down! The other thing that surprised me a bit is that I gained 3.5 pounds in the past week. Yikes! The doctor said it's probably mostly water weight at this point, which would explain why my feet are more swollen now. Thank goodness it's not the middle of winter. I don't know what I would do if I couldn't wear flip-flops!

In the past week Jeremy and I have both hit the point where we are ready to be done with pregnancy and start our life with this little baby. Jeremy keeps telling her that she can come out any time. I think my mom and I are going to go walk the mall this afternoon - partly to give my back some relief from sitting down, and partly to get some exercise and try to encourage labor.

This past weekend we also spent some more time working on the baby's room, so I'd say it's about 90% ready now. It's still pretty bland looking since we haven't hung things on the walls yet, and we're not allowed to paint, but I'm sure we'll find a way to spruce things up. At least we have a place to change her diaper, and her clothes are all put away, and later this week my parents are bringing over the cradle that my dad made for her so she'll have a place to sleep. And we've managed to get pretty much all the non-baby things out of her room now so you can actually tell that there is a floor in there! I'll post some pictures after we hang things on the walls and get the cradle here.

I think it's time for me to try taking a nap now. We'll let you know if anything exciting happens this week!

Homemade bread bowls!

On friday I made yummy potato soup for dinner...and I made bread bowls for us to eat it out of! I think I baked them a touch too long (I'm still trying to figure out this oven in our apartment - it cooks really hot I think), but they were pretty good. And I just thought it was really fun to eat out of bread bowls that I made!