Getting Ready for the Baby!

Well, we took a birthing class at my doctors office last Saturday, it was really informative. I always thought that you should go to the hospital when your contractions are 5 to 7 minutes apart, but boy was I wrong! I guess now they want your contractions to be 2 to 4 minutes apart, consecutively for 2 hours before you go to the hospital! What?! Well, when I was telling my mom about that she was a bit shocked because I guess when she had my sister Lisa, which was her first baby, she had her in just 2 hours! They say with your first baby that it always takes longer, but that wasn’t the case for my mom! The longest labor and delivery experience she had was only 6 hours, and it was with her second baby. When she went to the hospital about to have my sister, they checked her out, she was 3 cm dilated and they told her she was going to have a long night ahead of her and told her to go home. Well, when she couldn’t walk down the hall to leave because of the intensity of her contractions they admitted her. Good thing they did too because she went from being 3 cm dilated to 10, one or two pushes and my sister was here within the hour! Now, I don’t know that it’ll be the same way for me… Although I’m hoping a little ha ha. I’ve read about it and I guess it just depends, so I’ll talk to my doctor about it when the time gets a little closer and then I’ll just have to wait and see! The only downside I can see with having such a quick labor and delivery is that I may not have time for an epidural if I decide I want one, which would suck, but oh well!

We have all of the big stuff we need for baby now! My mom and dad bought us a stroller this weekend, David and I bought ourselves a Pack N’ Play a few weeks ago and then this weekend we ordered the rest of the stuff we need for the nursery! We were planning on borrowing a truck from David’s parents and going to Ikea and a few other places up in West Jordan area to pick up all of the furniture we needed for the baby and then hauling it all back down to Provo and then returning the truck to them in Alpine. Basically it was going to be an all day affair, and we weren’t even sure on the items we really wanted yet. But the other night I was browsing on the internet checking out other stores prices for cribs and rocking chairs and dressers. Well, I went to Walmart.com and found myself quite a good deal. I found a bundle for a crib and mattress for $135! Which is really good! We were going to spend $120 on the crib alone and then another $55 for the mattress! So yeah, that saved us like $40 bucks just on those. Also, they will deliver it to our house, which means we don’t have to borrow the truck anymore! Yay! So after we found that deal we thought we might as well order a dresser and a glider chair too! Everything came by yesterday and I was really excited for them all to arrive so that we could set them up and have our nursery all ready to go and beautiful for the baby! We were so excited that we set up the crib and the chair the same night we got them! Now all we have to set up is the dresser and we’ll be good to go! They are all beautiful and they match really well despite the fact that they are all different brands, you can’t even tell! There are a few things I’m going to make for the baby room still too. I’m going to make some curtains that will block out light, so since I’m doing that I thought I could make a matching crib skirt and pillow to sit on the chair out of the same fabric. I haven’t picked out fabric yet, probably won’t even go looking for a few weeks still, but it’ll be fun. 

Yay for the baby! She’ll be here in just 8 weeks now. We’re both getting really excited. I went to the doctor today and he said everything is looking great! He said I’m measuring right where I should be and my weight gain is right on track. I was starting to get a little worried because everyone always comments on how small I look still, so I was starting to think that maybe my baby was too small and not getting enough nutrients or something, but the doctor said she’s totally fine and that it’s probably just the way I’m carrying. I think it might be because I have a longer torso, so she has more room up and down to stretch out, rather than only growing out. Oh yeah, and David’s mom and sister Julia are throwing me a baby shower in a few weeks! They are so sweet to do it for me! I’m excited and I love them for offering to do it for me!

Adventure Time!

So there is this show on the Cartoon Network that David and I really like called Adventure Time. Seriously, we love it and I think the people that wrote it must be geniuses. It’s funny, cute, clever, and really entertaining. They have the funniest expressions, they say funny stuff like “Oh my glob!” instead of oh my goodness, or “Mathmatical!” Instead of awesome. Well, it’s about these two best friends named Jake and Finn. Finn is a human and Jake is a magical dog and they go on adventures all the time and fight bad guys and protect princesses and stuff. David always says how he’s like Jake the dog, which I can totally see. Well, he says I’m like a character named Lady Rainicorn (a magical rainbow unicorn), which I’m not really, but the reason he chooses her is because she and Jake are in love, ahhh. But in all reality I’m like Finn, the best friend… And they love each other too, so it still works. David is still adamant that I'm Lady Rainicorn though, so I guess I'm starting to accept it.

Jake and Finn in the foreground, Lady Rainicorn, Princess Bubblegum, and The Ice King in the background.

Anyway, we were watching the other night and Jake the dog had some new pups. It was so cute because he was obsessed with them! Like he couldn’t sleep because he was so worried about them, they were sleeping and he thought they were dead because they weren’t moving and then he freaked out and woke them all up to make sure. He got up extra early to make them breakfast, he took them on a walk and was paranoid when they started playing that they would get hurt. Basically it was adorable! We both thought that it was really funny and cute… Especially because we’re both probably going to be like that when we have our baby ha ha. We laugh about it, but we are pretty sure we’re going to be obsessed and paranoid about everything our little one does. It was cute, just the next night, out of nowhere David says, “I can’t wait to be like Jake.” He’s excited to be a dad and be obsessed with and paranoid about our baby… And I think that’s really adorable. Oh my gosh! Only 10 more weeks! 

Jake with pregnant Lady Rainicorn.

New Year, New Adventures!

Well, this is going to be a year of change for me and David. And I mean a lot of change! It’s so weird to think that our baby girl will be here in 2 ½ months! Holy cow! I’m 30 weeks pregnant now, that means there’s only 10 weeks to go! Becoming parents will be our biggest change for sure. I’m super excited of course, but I’m nervous too. When I think about it too much I start to realize how scary it is and start to think that I’m not going to know what to do or that I won’t like it or that I’m just not ready. I’m sure all of that is normal, but yeah… Also giving birth scares the crap out of me… So I’m trying not to think too much about that just yet. We have signed up for a birthing class that is in a few weeks, so I think that should be good. The class is offered at my doctor’s office by one of the labor and delivery nurses at the hospital I’m going to be delivering at, so I think it should be really helpful.

30 weeks! Only 10 more to go!

It’s so funny how now that I’m pregnant it seems like everyone I know is also pregnant! I guess I’m just at that point in life though where most of the people I know are getting married and starting their families. I’m pregnant, my best friend is pregnant, my sister is pregnant, my sister-in-law is pregnant, my good friend from high school is pregnant, my good friend from the mission is pregnant, my old visiting teaching companion is pregnant, my old roommate is pregnant, one of the girls I currently visit teach is pregnant… I think you get what I mean, I could even name more, but I won’t.

Our Christmas break was great! We got to spend time with our families down in the nice warm St. George, Hurricane, and New Harmony. Well, most days it was warm, it did snow like 3 times, but it wasn’t anything like what it’s been like in Provo, so it was ok. We were down there for 10 days. We got to rest and relax, hang out and play games with family. We saw tons of movies, ate really good food and got to see my dad sing at a local restaurant, so it was definitely a winner of a trip!

At the Brigham Young House with David's family.

David's adorable slider

David with our nephew Noah.

Now we’re back and David started school yesterday. I’m happy I don’t have school this semester. I’m just at work, I’m working Monday through Thursday from 8:15 to 4:15, so it’ll be nice to have Friday’s off to get stuff done for the baby, clean the apartment, run errands, see friends, and David has short days on Fridays too, so we’ll get to spend some more time together too which is always nice J. I had a lot of catching up to do at work  after I got back, so it was crazy for a while there, but now things are settling into their routine, for me anyway, I think David still has to get in the swing of his new schedule. David is going to graduate with his Bachelor’s degree in April, crazy! He’s really excited. Then we’re going to move to who knows where for grad school and start a whole new chapter of life. Man, we have so many new things coming up! It’s fun and crazy and we both wish we knew the specifics, but we just have to wait a little longer for that, so it’s ok.

Did I mention that I’m learning to sew? Yeah, I’ve made like 6 things since Thanksgiving. I think I might be nesting a little bit ha ha. I made 3 Christmas stockings, 2 maxi skirts and a maternity shirt, all with a little help from my mama. Next I want to make some burp clothes, curtains, and a little shirt or dress for our little girl, these will have to be easy because I won’t have my mom in the next room to ask for help and I’ll be using my own machine which I’ve never used before, so I’m sure I’ll hit a few bumps. I’ll put up some pictures of the stuff I’ve done soon and maybe even tell a little bit about how I did it.