39 Weeks and Waiting...

No Lucy yet! Although, (TMI warning here) I do think I may be losing my mucous plug. Yum! Rob and I walked today around the local library grounds, but still no contractions (as far as I know). I basically spent the entire walk talking about every single little thing I am fretting about: how I'm worried the epi won't take, that I'll tear something terrible, that I won't be a good mother, that I'll suck at breastfeeding, that my dogs will feel neglected, that I won't want to return to work in April, that Lucy won't like me when she's 15... I just went on and on. Rob just spent the whole time telling me that everything would be fine, of course! I'm just so nervous not knowing when this is going to happen. This is almost worse than my last two week wait... I said almost because that was absolute torture!

So, here I am in all my completely 39 week pregnant glory (ha, ha...right). This may be the last photo of me pregnant with Lucy! Who knows?

Final pictures of Lucy's room, I finally got the rocking chair from my mom's house, put up some sheer curtains and added a lamp. I really like how it turned out and feel like the pictures just don't do it justice because it looks so much better in real life. I think Lucy will love it!

And, just for fun some pictures of the crazy snow we had over the past couple weeks...or as our newscasters liked to call it "ARTIC BLAST"!

"So we keep waiting

Waiting on the world to change"

-John Mayer

Childbirth Class...

Rob and I finished up our childbirth classes last week and aside from looking absolutely horrified at the first (rather graphic) birth video I thought Rob was being quite the trooper about it all. We had gotten through the classes without him running away screaming, so I had thought we were all good, until the last class in which we went over post-labor issues.

Rob being the studious student that he is, was coloring in the people on the "labor techniques" flier while the teacher happened to be going over what to expect post-birth and pulled out the mesh undies for all to look at. Rob being engrossed in his coloring didn't really pay attention and me, feeling that this was an important part of the class started subtly elbowing him in the side...just in time for the teacher to pull out the (dum dum dum) PAD. Ah the post-birth pad, which bears and amazing resemblance to a king sized down pillow:



Rob happened to look up right at the moment the teacher pulled out the pad and exclaimed:

"Where does THAT go???"

The teacher laughed at him and demonstrated how said "pillow" fit into the mesh undies, and not very well if I might say so myself, the pad dwarfed those poor mesh panties.

Rob: "No really, WHERE DOES THAT GO?"

Everyone laughed but Rob told me when we got into the car that he was totally serious. He cannot imagine how something like that fits into a pair of panties. I think the hardest part about the childbirth classes were not the videos full of full on naked ladies naturally birthing their babies, not the class on placenta or c-sections, but the horrific realization that there will be a necessity for a full on king sized pillow to be shoved into my fancy mesh panties. Poor guy!

Had a doctor's appointment today. I am now 1 1/2 centimeters dilated, 60% effaced and my cervix is midline (whoo hoo)! I suppose all of this means she could come tomorrow or she could come in two weeks. Who knows! I'm hoping before Christmas but not in the middle of the upcoming huge snowstorm (the third one this week, unheard of in Oregon) because I'd like to actually MAKE it to the hospital and not have the baby in the freezing snow on the side of Highway 26, not to mention my doctor, who I LOVE, is OUT OF TOWN the December 26th through January 4th (the nerve of her, going on vacation). My bags are packed and ready to go so come on Miss Lucy, we're ready when you are!

Lucy's Room - complete except for my rocking chair we need to get from my mom's house.

Super cute moses basket for beside our bed/ downstairs:



The crazy SNOW and our Christmas tree!


And, drumroll please, my massive self at 37 weeks knocked up!



"Think of stretch marks as pregnancy service stripes. "

-Joyce Armor

Lucy's Room (still in progress)...

Here are some pictures of Lucy's room, which is still in progress, but we're getting there.

Side Note: When I logged on to Blogger today I looked at my ticker and it said "24 Days Left"...oh dear lord, PANIC!!! I cannot believe that we're almost to the end of my pregnancy and that we could basically meet Miss. Lucy anytime now. It boggles the mind. I'm so excited, but still cannot believe it. They're actually going to let us take a baby home? Like for real? Wow...

Lucy's Room Before: Was my home office, pre-real estate market crash. And then a couple months ago it was cleaned out completed to get ready for the arrival of Miss. Lucy M.



Lucy's Room Now: Still have some finishing touches that need to be attended to. I desperately need to go out and find a crib skirt. I am obsessive about bedskirts on beds but haven't found a plain white one for a crib. Also, I'm thinking about a rug to add some color...green maybe? I still need my rocking chair, the rocking chair my mom used (an antique my dad bought her from 1700s) is being reupholstered for me for Christmas and will replace the old one that is in there right now (just in case). Rob designed the closet, and he's very proud of his work. He put all sorts of little shelves and pull outs and baskets in as a surprise for me one day when I was out of the house. It really is great, aside from being STUFFED with clothing and other fun stuff! The decals are from Esty seller Badass Custom Decals, who was SO generous to send us 8 extra birds to put around the room!! I still need to find sheer curtains to put up on the window and a couple other knicknacks, but its definitely getting there!

"A baby will make love stronger, das shorter, nights longer, bankrolls smaller, homes happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten and the future worth living for."

-Unknown

Baby Shower #1...

Yesterday I had my first baby shower, thrown by my best friend Lindsay and her mother Linda, who did the most wonderful job! It was absolutely fantastic. I had such a lovely time and it was so nice seeing all my closest girlfriends, many whom I haven't seen in ages due to my insane work schedule. I just had the best time and received the most beautiful gifts. Lucy is going to be one fashionable girl because my friends have fabulous taste!

Here is me and the amazing Lindsay! Thanks Linds, you are the GREATEST! (Please excuse the small pictures, I had to copy them off of Shutterfly until I get the originals downloaded on my computer)

(Slidshow to follow if I can figure out how to embed it in my blog. I've tried two different slideshow websites and put in the code and nothing. ARGH! Can anyone help?)

And now for some miscellaneous odds and ends...I'm still working on getting Lucy's room ready. While I was having a fab time at my shower, Rob was working hard on Lucy's closet. He did such an amazing job and it was all finished as a surprise for me when I got home. I spent the day today organizing all Lucy's things in the closet. Picture to follow soon once I touch up the paint a bit.

I still haven't picked out a crib. I just cannot find one I like. It is impossible. Below are two options. Please help a girl out and vote!

Option #1

Option #2

Please vote on the poll on your right!

Here is the bedding that my mother-in-law has so generously bought us:

I just love it and have decided to purchase this wall stickie from etsy.com to match with the birds on the bedding:

What's kind of funny about the wall stickie is that I was showing a different one to Rob online and he pointed out, "Why didn't you pick this one?" and pointed to one with the bird that were flying out of the cage (the one above) instead of IN the cage, (which is what the first one was), he knows me so well, I hate the idea of birds in cages, so this one is perfect!!

That's about it for now!

"You only meet your once in a lifetime friend... once in a lifetime."

-Little Rascals

Week 18...

So I totally slacked on Week 17 pictures. But here are my ("sloppy, going-to-walk-the-dogs-outfit") Week 18 pictures from this weekend and also a a couple silly pictures with my friends from the wedding I went to last weekend that will have to do as my Week 17 picture (although my dress totally hid the fact that I was pregnant)!


Week 18




So as you all know my BIG ultrasound is in two days!! I cannot believe we are here already. This pregnancy is just flying by. It's amazing! I thought I *may* have felt Baby M kick the other night. I had just eat a huge dinner and drank a can of soda and went to lay down and watch a movie with Rob, and I felt two tiny, faint pops on the lower left hand side. I'm not 100% sure it was baby but it would be a strange place to have gas.

Also, here are some of the baby items I'm planning on getting. Just for fun!



Mountain Buggy 2008 Urban in Baroque

Skip Hop Duo Delux in Blosson



Walmart Baby Mod Olivia



Skip Hop Mod Dot Bedding

“You must know that in any moment a decision you make can change the course of your life forever: the very next person stand behind in line or sit next to on an airplane, the very next phone call you make or receive, the very next movie you see or book you read or page you turn could be the one single thing that causes the floodgates to open, and all of the things that you've been waiting for to fall into place.”

-Anthony Robbins