Project Progress

Yesterday, I finished sewing my new nursing cover. I still need to sew the storage bag to fit it in, but I was proud of myself for getting a project started and finished all in one day. I think it's cute. I didn't pick out a 'boy' or 'nursery fabric' because I'm going to be wearing it, not the baby.

The bouncy chair arrived yesterday. I am keeping it in the box for now so that Little Miss doesn't get curious, think it's hers, and tries to sit in it. I think it's a good idea that it shows up the same time as the baby, so it's clear that it belongs to him.

Werty stayed home from work today to start in on building the playset. Bear is so excited to help! Werty wants to get it done this weekend, but with my mom being in town tomorrow, and a busy calendar, we will see. Meanwhile, we continue to have a 10 ft slide on the staircase leading to the family room until it gets attached to the playset outside.

34 Weeks...

Tomorrow marks 34 weeks in my pregnancy. I feel it physically, and yet, when I think about having a new baby in 6 weeks, I feel like time is going too fast. Today I finished the machine quilting on the baby quilt. The next step is the binding, and then it's done, and I can cross one thing off my list. Since this is baby #3, the list of preparations is shorter. I think that's why I felt like I had plenty of time, and then went, oh wait, I better get going on stuff. I did order a new bouncy chair, something we borrowed for baby #1, and then really missed having for baby #2.

After the quilt, my next project is sewing a nursing cover, you know, the kind with the boning on top. I love the flannel baby blankets that family made for me when I had my first child, and we use them, but I am excited about trying out something lighter and cooler for nursing this summer. The pattern I found on pinterest is one ply of fabric, and I got a good weight of fabric, but then my SIL Dawn was telling me how she likes her two ply cover more than her one ply one because it is stiffer and stays in place better. Thoughts on this, those who have made and/or used them?

Hoping not to get sick...

Little Miss and Werty both got sick yesterday. Little Miss threw up in the middle of my teeth cleaning at the dentist's office. Oh, yay! Today, they are recovering. This is a violent form of stomach flu. Werty lost about 25 lbs yesterday - anyway he can get "wellness points" for that? Because he couldn't eat or drink anything healthy, or be physically active, to get points in any other way. We are praying that I don't catch this, dehydration would not be good for the baby. Meanwhile, Bear is excited to be back to eating normal food and to go back to Preschool.

Update

I am in the long stretch now - the 30's - 31 weeks to be exact. There's the waddling, of course. Then there's the 'whoa, I better get all that stuff done before the baby gets here' feeling. And the excitement that the time is getting closer, along with the relief that the pregnancy is going well.

So, I was planning on having my kids call a certain little girl who turned two today and sing her Happy Birthday. BUT, Bear spent the day throwing up and feeling listless, so that didn't happen. He was finally able to keep down water this evening. Poor guy. Of course, yesterday, the three of us were sharing a churro at Costco, and I thought about how we had been healthy for two whole weeks, and maybe I was tempting fate, all of us sharing germs like that. So...I did some extra laundry today, in case Little Miss gets sick next.

I passed?

I passed my glucose test today? What?!? Woohoo!!!

Glucose Test...

It's that time again. Every time I fail it, but I have to take the test anyway. Last week I failed the first test. Tomorrow I get to starve and take the second test. The starving and feeling sick is my least favorite part of gd. Then it's time to start the gestational diabetes diet. This also means that we are coming to the end...only 10-11 weeks left. Woohoo!

My New Niece!

She was born yesterday, A little over 7 lbs and 20 inches long. She has a name, even if my mom doesn't know what it is yet...I do. I wonder if she will let us call her the second half of her name as a nickname, because I think it's pretty. Buttercup picked out the name a while ago, but didn't want to hear anyone else's opinion, so she kept it close to the chest before the birth. I have no pics to show, because I haven't actually seen my niece yet. Buttercup would like us to come over and see them after they are home from the hospital in a few days. So, we will have to take the camera and get pics then. But, Buttercup and baby are well.