Hi again
We had our appointment today and I am officially on the books for a June 6th induction. Provided I don't go sooner of course. I wanted to do it earlier, but my gooooood friend Emily K is getting married on June 4th and I have to wear my Heifer Sized Bridesmaid Dress to support her on her day. I couldn't do that very well from the hospital--could you imagine me walking around the postpartum unit in a purple bridesmaid dress dancing to YMCA? Ha!! Because that is what I would be doing to show my support if I wasn't able to make it. Another good friend, Aspen, is getting married on June 11th, sadly I grew out of that bridesmaid dress around week 22. Doubtful that I will be able to wear that sexy blue dress by June 11th, but I will do a special dance for her in my sweatpants!
Hope everyone has a great week!
Colie
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Ice Cream, Patios and Nursery Progress
Hi
4.5 weeks left of pregnancy. Just when I was getting used it, it is almost over. Mostly I am kidding, but I have to say that I am enjoying the third trimester much more than any other part. If that doesn't tell you how miserable my first 34 weeks have been then I don't know what would! My only complaint right now is not being able to sleep more than a few hours at a time because it is a huge production to change sleeping positions and my ligaments hurt like the dickens. I have almost fully accepted the fact that I am large and my image in the mirror is only temporary, this is not that I will always look like (that's only taken 8 months to come to terms with, not too bad). Don't get me wrong, I am so totally over being pregnant and I want more than anything to hold this baby in my arms, not in my belly, but I am happier now than I have been in 8 months. I waddle when I walk, my body can't keep up with my brain and I swell to the size of a whale on a daily basis, but I am fat and happy.
I talked to our Doctor and they are going to induce me at 39 weeks, we just haven't picked a day yet. I have an appointment on May 2nd and hopefully we can choose an official birthday. There are pros and cons to wanting to be induced and awaiting the arrival to come naturally. Let me just say I have a 100% medical mind frame and I am 100% ok with getting induced a week early, I have zero desire to labor at home and time my own contractions. I am more comfortable in a hospital and that is where I want labor to start.
Today I wanted ice cream so bad I would have sold my left foot on the black market to have some. However, I am still counting calories like 100 dollar bills so we got low fat frozen yogurt and I mixed in 2 Oreo cookie for a semi healthy ice cream fix. Clever. (**Busted** I also ate 3 Oreos on the side)
I wake up in the middle of the night (or day depending on when I am working) and I want to get out of bed to clean and organize the baby's room. I have resisted this temptation many many times, but it is becoming all consuming. The only thing stopping me is that we don't have everything we need yet so I can't organize it! While I am nesting on the inside of the house Matt has started to nest on the outside. He decided that he wanted to tackle our long thought out plan of a patio THIS WEEKEND. With no help, no official plan set in stone and did I mention no help. This project was a huge undertaking for a few good men, let alone one man with limited tools.
Day One: Digging out a 18ft x 18ft patio section 4inches deep. Nice in theory, but our ground is clay and gravel. Not so nice and easy to dig up. 12 hours of heavy manual labor later, this is what Matt looked like...
Day Three was a wash. It rained. To be continued.....
4.5 weeks left of pregnancy. Just when I was getting used it, it is almost over. Mostly I am kidding, but I have to say that I am enjoying the third trimester much more than any other part. If that doesn't tell you how miserable my first 34 weeks have been then I don't know what would! My only complaint right now is not being able to sleep more than a few hours at a time because it is a huge production to change sleeping positions and my ligaments hurt like the dickens. I have almost fully accepted the fact that I am large and my image in the mirror is only temporary, this is not that I will always look like (that's only taken 8 months to come to terms with, not too bad). Don't get me wrong, I am so totally over being pregnant and I want more than anything to hold this baby in my arms, not in my belly, but I am happier now than I have been in 8 months. I waddle when I walk, my body can't keep up with my brain and I swell to the size of a whale on a daily basis, but I am fat and happy.
I talked to our Doctor and they are going to induce me at 39 weeks, we just haven't picked a day yet. I have an appointment on May 2nd and hopefully we can choose an official birthday. There are pros and cons to wanting to be induced and awaiting the arrival to come naturally. Let me just say I have a 100% medical mind frame and I am 100% ok with getting induced a week early, I have zero desire to labor at home and time my own contractions. I am more comfortable in a hospital and that is where I want labor to start.
Today I wanted ice cream so bad I would have sold my left foot on the black market to have some. However, I am still counting calories like 100 dollar bills so we got low fat frozen yogurt and I mixed in 2 Oreo cookie for a semi healthy ice cream fix. Clever. (**Busted** I also ate 3 Oreos on the side)
My grandma sent the bedding this past week and I LOVE LOVE LOVE (a million times LOVE) it. She is so talented with a sewing machine, something I wish I would have inherited.
And here is the antique medicine cabinet in all its adorable glory hanging above the changing table/dresser. It houses the tiny tiny nail clippers, brushes, butt cream and booger sucker-outer
I wake up in the middle of the night (or day depending on when I am working) and I want to get out of bed to clean and organize the baby's room. I have resisted this temptation many many times, but it is becoming all consuming. The only thing stopping me is that we don't have everything we need yet so I can't organize it! While I am nesting on the inside of the house Matt has started to nest on the outside. He decided that he wanted to tackle our long thought out plan of a patio THIS WEEKEND. With no help, no official plan set in stone and did I mention no help. This project was a huge undertaking for a few good men, let alone one man with limited tools.
Day One: Digging out a 18ft x 18ft patio section 4inches deep. Nice in theory, but our ground is clay and gravel. Not so nice and easy to dig up. 12 hours of heavy manual labor later, this is what Matt looked like...
And this is what the backyard looked like...
Day Two: Finnish digging out hard as stone backyard patch and lure neighbor over with a beer. Matt and the neighbor, Joe, worked from noon to 10pm with only a dinner break. They managed to dig, level and lay paver gravel over half of our hugely under-estimated patio. In case anyone is thinking about laying a paver patio anytime soon, here is a little Gravel for Thought: Each bag of paver gravel weighs 45lbs and we are using 231 bags. That is a grand total of 2,395 lbs of gravel schlepped. Day Two ended with 2 IBProfen and 2 large blisters.
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| The start of the paver gravel |
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
33 weeks, Car Seats and Dilemmas
33 Weeks
Only a few more weeks to go and the count down has officially begun. Matt and I are so ready for feedings every 2 hours, crying, not knowing what to do with this tiny person and sleepless nights/days. We are actually pumped up about it. Weirdos. I am so excited to see the baby's little face! I can't wait to see what it looks like, because in my dreams it always has teeth and wants to bite me--I'm ready to put that theory to rest. This irrational fear probably stems from me drinking 2-3 gallons of milk and crewing 96 extra strength Tums a week, I keep thinking all that rich calcium has to calcify somewhere on our baby and I envision TEETH. Side note: Heart Burn is a bear.
The Easter Bunny came this past Sunday and brought gobs of candy for Matt, which he attempted to eat in one day and TUMS for me. That Easter Bunny, I tell ya, he sure does know his clientele! Frazier claimed that the Easter Bunny is a cheapskate! He only brings the dogs toys after the holiday because that is when everything is on sale. There may be some truth to this.
Car Seats
Perhaps I can't read directions well or perhaps the people at Chico find it funny to use to worst possible pictures and descriptions on how to install a car seat properly. Either way, safely installing a car seat took me 23 minutes, 3 texts to a friend with children and 6 cuss words to install. By the end of the ordeal I was red faced and extremely frustrated, I do believe I took a nap. Don't judge.
I thought for sure Mister Instructions-Are-For-Losers would have an even more difficult time installing his car seat base into the truck. I challenged him to an Install-Off and giggled at the fact it was going to take him forever to figure out how to interpret all the new vocabulary words of a car seat, let alone install the darn thing. Ready, Set, Go.....6 minutes from house to perfectly installed and safe car seat. Damn, joke was on me.
Dilemma
The baby's room is really coming together beautiful and is so near completion that we can smell it! We still need a light fixture, some nick-knacks here and there, for my Grandma to send the bedding--which is compete by the way-- and to hang things in their official places on the walls. Here is where our problem lies... We have no idea what to put above the crib. I don't want something heavy that if it fell would crush the Little Monster where it lied. I am also not a huge fan of wall decals, all though if the right one came our way it might work (open to suggestions). We don't want anything that's too "baby" because the room itself is far from an ordinary baby's room--minus the crib, changing table, rocker and other accouterments.
I was thinking about just hanging a mobile-ish type thing from the ceiling that would be ascetically pleasing as well as stimulating to the Little Monster. I just don't know what type to hang. That's about all I got so far, please offer up suggestions. If anyone's information leads to thearrest or indictment the final decision of the previously mentioned Crib Dilemma there could be a cash reward up to $1,000 $5.00. (Not sure if anyone caught on to my Crime Stoppers reference here, but if you are going on 2.5 hours of sleep like me it might be kind of funny).
Here is the way the wall looks with nothing on it. I know it is kind of hard to offer up suggestions when you can't see the rest of the decor that is adorning the room, but it is not put together enough to be shown yet. Any help is appreciated. And.... if anyone is wondering, yes, Frazier does follow me from room to room and is constantly at my side at all times. He is a 65lb growth that I have to feed twice a day and take outside to go potty.
Stay tuned for pictures of the Baby's room in its more complete and final state....
Colie
Only a few more weeks to go and the count down has officially begun. Matt and I are so ready for feedings every 2 hours, crying, not knowing what to do with this tiny person and sleepless nights/days. We are actually pumped up about it. Weirdos. I am so excited to see the baby's little face! I can't wait to see what it looks like, because in my dreams it always has teeth and wants to bite me--I'm ready to put that theory to rest. This irrational fear probably stems from me drinking 2-3 gallons of milk and crewing 96 extra strength Tums a week, I keep thinking all that rich calcium has to calcify somewhere on our baby and I envision TEETH. Side note: Heart Burn is a bear.
The Easter Bunny came this past Sunday and brought gobs of candy for Matt, which he attempted to eat in one day and TUMS for me. That Easter Bunny, I tell ya, he sure does know his clientele! Frazier claimed that the Easter Bunny is a cheapskate! He only brings the dogs toys after the holiday because that is when everything is on sale. There may be some truth to this.
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| 33 Weeks and Frazier's Butt |
Car Seats
Perhaps I can't read directions well or perhaps the people at Chico find it funny to use to worst possible pictures and descriptions on how to install a car seat properly. Either way, safely installing a car seat took me 23 minutes, 3 texts to a friend with children and 6 cuss words to install. By the end of the ordeal I was red faced and extremely frustrated, I do believe I took a nap. Don't judge.
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| 23 Minutes to Safety Bliss |
Dilemma
The baby's room is really coming together beautiful and is so near completion that we can smell it! We still need a light fixture, some nick-knacks here and there, for my Grandma to send the bedding--which is compete by the way-- and to hang things in their official places on the walls. Here is where our problem lies... We have no idea what to put above the crib. I don't want something heavy that if it fell would crush the Little Monster where it lied. I am also not a huge fan of wall decals, all though if the right one came our way it might work (open to suggestions). We don't want anything that's too "baby" because the room itself is far from an ordinary baby's room--minus the crib, changing table, rocker and other accouterments.
I was thinking about just hanging a mobile-ish type thing from the ceiling that would be ascetically pleasing as well as stimulating to the Little Monster. I just don't know what type to hang. That's about all I got so far, please offer up suggestions. If anyone's information leads to the
Here is the way the wall looks with nothing on it. I know it is kind of hard to offer up suggestions when you can't see the rest of the decor that is adorning the room, but it is not put together enough to be shown yet. Any help is appreciated. And.... if anyone is wondering, yes, Frazier does follow me from room to room and is constantly at my side at all times. He is a 65lb growth that I have to feed twice a day and take outside to go potty.
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Colie
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Holy Stretch Marks, Batman!
Greetings!
This week marks 32 long, hard and sometimes lovely weeks of pregnancy. Our child has decided to gift to me 32 stretch marks (give or take) and an additional 5lbs this week. Thanks Little Monster, I will cherish them forever I am sure. I will spare everyone the up close belly shot of all that purple zebra stripped loveliness, trust me when I say it is H-O-T-T, Hot.
I figured it was time to squat down ever so gently and organize the baby's room as best as I can. I still need to buy a storage/organizational closet system so that I can clump like sized clothing items together and I need to figure out how to put everything in its rightful place so I remember to use it all. I tend to be a creature of habit and will use the same thing over and over. This baby has so many cool (yes, I said cool, is that not cool anymore?) things and I want to make sure they all get a chance to be seen/touched/used.
This week marks 32 long, hard and sometimes lovely weeks of pregnancy. Our child has decided to gift to me 32 stretch marks (give or take) and an additional 5lbs this week. Thanks Little Monster, I will cherish them forever I am sure. I will spare everyone the up close belly shot of all that purple zebra stripped loveliness, trust me when I say it is H-O-T-T, Hot.
I figured it was time to squat down ever so gently and organize the baby's room as best as I can. I still need to buy a storage/organizational closet system so that I can clump like sized clothing items together and I need to figure out how to put everything in its rightful place so I remember to use it all. I tend to be a creature of habit and will use the same thing over and over. This baby has so many cool (yes, I said cool, is that not cool anymore?) things and I want to make sure they all get a chance to be seen/touched/used.
This is an extremely small portion of the baby gear we have received, there is a whole 'nother truck load in the closet awaiting sorting detail. The best thing about all the items is that everything is 100% usable and functional and we don't have a million and one of anything. There seems to be just the right amount of every item in every size. I just want to say thank you to all the friends and family who have gifted all these wonderful (gender neutral) baby items, it means so much to Matt and I to have such a huge support system.
Colie
Monday, April 11, 2011
31 Weeks
Although, sometimes I have a hard time telling who loves who more....
This past weekend was great, I didn't have one single hormonal outrage or even the threat of one. Even the 31 week photo-session with the horrible framing, bad lighting and a not so flattering angle didn't bother me. Matt only had to take 3 pictures and I said "ok, that will work." I think he about had a heart attack, usually he fears these weekly sessions.
Squinty eyes? Whatever. Window and door in the shot? Sure, why not. Bad angle? Bring it on. I'm a new woman. Let's see how long this lasts... But seriously, can you see why I do have breakdowns every week? This is generally what I have to work with.
Colie
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Amazing Friends
Hi
I have loved working at Riley from the second I stepped onto the unit and I have always thought my job as an PICU nurse was rewarding and fulfilling. Today I realized that the women I work with are without a doubt the most amazing, thoughtful and kind hearted friends I could ever be blessed with. I love being a nurse, but the people that I work with are the reason I truly LOVE my job.
My good friends Emily K., Lauren, Monica and Emily W. all worked very hard to throw me a baby shower and invited the whole unit. I knew this was a huge undertaking for them, but wasn't able to fully comprehend it until I arrived. These girls coordinated all the food, decorations, cake and prizes into one cohesive Yellow and Grey Baby Williams Theme. Everything was meticulously thought out and planned. Every event from the greeting, to games to food to gifts to goodbyes was seamless. I am so lucky to have them as my good friends and I hope they know how deep down grateful I am to them for caring enough to put the shower together for me.
There were so many girls that came to show their support for Matt, me and the Little Monster. Everyone was so thoughtful in their gift choices. I loved everything from the tiny washcloths to the big swing. It took everything I had not to cry when I was opening up gifts and I don't think I can blame it on hormones this time. I was really taken aback by how thoughtful and caring everyone was. Yes, I am crying now that I am writing this--I do blame that on the hormones though :)
This was the only picture from the shower that I took, I was so distracted by all the people and things to do. Emily K. took a lot more pictures with her super high-tech camera, I will post more when she sends them to me. But leave it to me to have taken only one picture and it is of cake. I have a one track mind--food.
Colie
I have loved working at Riley from the second I stepped onto the unit and I have always thought my job as an PICU nurse was rewarding and fulfilling. Today I realized that the women I work with are without a doubt the most amazing, thoughtful and kind hearted friends I could ever be blessed with. I love being a nurse, but the people that I work with are the reason I truly LOVE my job.
My good friends Emily K., Lauren, Monica and Emily W. all worked very hard to throw me a baby shower and invited the whole unit. I knew this was a huge undertaking for them, but wasn't able to fully comprehend it until I arrived. These girls coordinated all the food, decorations, cake and prizes into one cohesive Yellow and Grey Baby Williams Theme. Everything was meticulously thought out and planned. Every event from the greeting, to games to food to gifts to goodbyes was seamless. I am so lucky to have them as my good friends and I hope they know how deep down grateful I am to them for caring enough to put the shower together for me.
There were so many girls that came to show their support for Matt, me and the Little Monster. Everyone was so thoughtful in their gift choices. I loved everything from the tiny washcloths to the big swing. It took everything I had not to cry when I was opening up gifts and I don't think I can blame it on hormones this time. I was really taken aback by how thoughtful and caring everyone was. Yes, I am crying now that I am writing this--I do blame that on the hormones though :)
This was the only picture from the shower that I took, I was so distracted by all the people and things to do. Emily K. took a lot more pictures with her super high-tech camera, I will post more when she sends them to me. But leave it to me to have taken only one picture and it is of cake. I have a one track mind--food.
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| It was Lemon and Orange flavored...OMG, YUM |
Here is all of our baby loot scatterd in the living room. Its all so cute, I can't wait to put it to use on a real baby. Our baby! Haha, still not fully setting in yet.
If my day wasn't amazing enough as it was I came home to more surprises. Matt and Allen (Emily W.'s husband) built me a garden box. My plan for this summer is to grow a beginners garden in a raised bed. I hear it is easy, we will see.
Oooo, but that's not all folks. Matt also started to paint the baby's room today, he had it 90% trimmed out by the time I got home from the Baby Shower. The color took us eons to pick out, but it is official now. The color of choice is called Online and it is the perfect shade of grey to even out all the whites and yellows in the room.
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| Looks like a 1 beer job....for now |
Colie
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
29 weeks
Hi
I have been bitten by the guilt bug, last night I realized that I have not taken a 27, 28 or 29 week belly picture. I managed to squeeze in a 29 week picture 2 days before the little monster turned 30 weeks. Now I only feel guilty about missing 2 weeks worth of belly. PHEW! That was close. Matt tries so hard to please me by doing exactly what I ask 100% of the time, but I am so difficult to appease (pesky hormones). We had to have taken 30 pictures from the left, right, full body, just belly, waist up, neck down etc... and I was not satisfied with any of them. Now that I am more lucid and not in a hormonal hurricane I am going to place the blame on bad shadowing, not Matt's lack of photographic skill. I am so lucky to have such a patient husband who is able remain calm and loving when he has a ticking time bomb for a wife. By the way, if anyone sees my former happy, easy going, loving self tell her I say HI and I would love to have her back.
We have been making progress on the nursery over the last few weeks, Matt has been busy sanding, staining and refinish oogles of vintages pieces I have managed to find. The two I am most excited about are an end table and a medicine cabinet. The end table will be perfect situated next to the rocking chair, it has beautiful wooden inlays and gorgeous Jenny Lind style legs that match the crib. Plus, it was pretty much begging to come home with me at 20 bucks. The antique medicine cabinet sports a towel bar (super hard to come by) and 3 shelves. We are going to hang this functional wonder above the changing table and it will house various cutesy baby things like nail clippers and booty cream. The best part about the cabinet is that it only cost 18 bones...not sure if anyone else knows the going rate, but these bad boys (with the hard to find towel rack) easily sell for 125 greenbacks. Jackpot!
We removed the mirrored front portion of the medicine cabinet as soon as we brought this item home and safely placed it up high and out of the way. Matt and I both have horrible track records that all end in OOPS. I am going to replace with fabric backing behind the shelves and the knob, stay tuned for after photos. Trust me when I say this is going to be awesome!
Hope everyone is enjoying their week. If you're not having a good week, just be thankful you're not Matt and stuck under the same roof as a cyclone of emotion and irrational outbursts.
Colie
PS Krum says HI
Again, this is why Krum never has photos taken of him, he does not know how to pose.
I have been bitten by the guilt bug, last night I realized that I have not taken a 27, 28 or 29 week belly picture. I managed to squeeze in a 29 week picture 2 days before the little monster turned 30 weeks. Now I only feel guilty about missing 2 weeks worth of belly. PHEW! That was close. Matt tries so hard to please me by doing exactly what I ask 100% of the time, but I am so difficult to appease (pesky hormones). We had to have taken 30 pictures from the left, right, full body, just belly, waist up, neck down etc... and I was not satisfied with any of them. Now that I am more lucid and not in a hormonal hurricane I am going to place the blame on bad shadowing, not Matt's lack of photographic skill. I am so lucky to have such a patient husband who is able remain calm and loving when he has a ticking time bomb for a wife. By the way, if anyone sees my former happy, easy going, loving self tell her I say HI and I would love to have her back.
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| We went with the torso shot with a textured background |
We have been making progress on the nursery over the last few weeks, Matt has been busy sanding, staining and refinish oogles of vintages pieces I have managed to find. The two I am most excited about are an end table and a medicine cabinet. The end table will be perfect situated next to the rocking chair, it has beautiful wooden inlays and gorgeous Jenny Lind style legs that match the crib. Plus, it was pretty much begging to come home with me at 20 bucks. The antique medicine cabinet sports a towel bar (super hard to come by) and 3 shelves. We are going to hang this functional wonder above the changing table and it will house various cutesy baby things like nail clippers and booty cream. The best part about the cabinet is that it only cost 18 bones...not sure if anyone else knows the going rate, but these bad boys (with the hard to find towel rack) easily sell for 125 greenbacks. Jackpot!
This is a Before shot of the table and doesn't show the intricate woodwork, I will post more detailed After photos later--Frazier will be apart of the after shots as well, I know how everyone needs their Fraz Fix
Hope everyone is enjoying their week. If you're not having a good week, just be thankful you're not Matt and stuck under the same roof as a cyclone of emotion and irrational outbursts.
Colie
PS Krum says HI
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| His ears are in a pony tail not missing |
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