tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23018496772915014602024-03-13T01:13:18.611-04:00Honey, we made a kid....Growing our little Gray-ManNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-41193184330472101942013-05-28T17:28:00.000-04:002013-05-28T21:51:54.846-04:006 MonthsI<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> cannot believe Bree is already 6 months old! It's crazy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What we've been up to lately: </span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Doing as much outdoor stuff as we can. The weather has been cooperating and we're making the best of it! </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We've gone hiking a couple times</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Grayson had his first experience on a paddle boat</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">G will be starting gymnastics again next week - his last class ended two weeks before Bree was born and we just haven't had the time to sign him back up. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We'll hopefully get Bree signed up for a swim class. She LOVES water and splashing! Grayson never cared for the water much, so it's really cute to see her enjoy it so much</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Just Bridget updates:</span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Was consistenly getting up 2x night (some nights 4+ if she was teething/earache) - BUT, the past couple of nights she's slept from 7-5:30!!! </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We started solids at 5.5 months and she has done WONDERFUL. We are doing a mix of pureed and BabyLed Weaning but mostly BabyLed Weaning. She's eats basically everything we do. Peas, Bananas, Chicken, Peppers, Pork, Bread (she ate part of Grayson's roast beef sandwich), Pasta..you get the point. In the case of the sandwich, Chicken and Pork, Pasta, I break it up in smaller baby pieces and feed to her, or allow her to grab at it. She'll literally grab fistfuls of peas and shove them in her mouth. I'm amazed how well she can "chew" (and this was before she even had a tooth!) For bigger things like peppers I'll sometimes just let her gnaw. Bananas she eats right up on her own. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Starting to attempt to crawl. She gets on all fours and rocks once in awhile. We're going on vacation in the middle of June and I'd love if she waited until after vacation to crawl. I like that I can just sit her down and not have to worry about anything. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We can only get her to giggle quietly. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">LOVES her brother. Guys..seriously. She loves him. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the same breath, Grayson LOVES her. I'm sometimes still surprised at how well he's done. We haven't had any jealousy issues whatsoever. The day that he went on the paddle boat, Bree and I were waiting for him as he came off the dock. He immediately walked up to her and gave her a kiss on the forehead. And he does this type of thing all the time. Melts my heart. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dan calls her "Sticky Fingers" - she has a very long reach. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Enjoys being on her belly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cut her first tooth at almost 6 Months<br />
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She wears mostly 9 month + clothing<br />
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Sleeps on her belly 90% of the time <br />
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Needs to grow some hair!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have a bunch to update on, the first being SLEEP TRAINING.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">After Bree turned 4 months old, Dan and I decided something needed to be done with the lack of sleep we were getting. Bridget was getting up every two hours. And would take at least an hour to finally go back down, only to get up an hour later. We were pretty tired. Getting a total of 2-3 hours of sleep a night was wearing both Dan and I out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Dan purchased Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby and pretty much read through it in one night (we were kind of desperate). HSHHB uses the CIO (cry it out) method. First off, let me tell you I'm sure I PREACHED I would Never, Ever, Ever, let my kid cry it out. Well.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">There are two options. Gradual Extinction or Rapid Extintion. We decided on using Gradual Extinction. Basically you lay baby down for the night, let baby cry for 5 mins, go in and soothe no longer then 30 secs, let baby cry for 10 mins, go in and soothe, let baby cry for 15 mins, go in and soothe...once you hit 15 mins, you just go back in every 15 mins to soothe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">First night...we did this for an hour. It was HARD. I was crying. Grayson kept saying "mommy bridgie boo is hungggyyy". Thankfully, Dan took care of the first night. Bridget got up a couple hours later and we repeated the process, but she fell asleep MUCH quicker. Maybe crying for 10 mins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The next night. She only cried for 5-10 mins after we put her down! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And every night after, for the most part, she would go to sleep. So the hard work was really done after one night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Along with teaching her to self - soothe, we also started putting her down to bed MUCH earlier then we had been. Her new bedtime is between 6-6:30. She now wakes up twice a night to eat and goes right back to bed - sleeping until around 7 in the morning. It's like a miracle. Not kidding. It saved our sanity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Next up: Feeding/Eating</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Bree is still exclusively Breastfed. Although I'm curious how long that will last:/ I had a MAJOR oversupply in the begining. But along with that oversupply, I had gotten mastitis 4 (YES FOUR) times by the time Bree was 3 months old. At that point, Dan and I decided I would cut down the amount of times I pumped. Luckily, I had almost 1000 ounces of milk frozen. Since cutting down, I haven't gotten an infection (cross fingers). BUT, I've been starting to go through my frozen stash since Bree has been eating more and I'm producing less. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I've started to add in pumping sessions and Power Pump. I don't want to stress myself out over this, so I'm going to attempt to "go with the flow" on it. I'm scared about getting Mastitis again, so want to be careful...the deal was if I get it again, I have to call it quits. I figure even if I don't end up being able to pump ALL her food, whatever I'm able to give her will be good enough until she's one, even if I end up supplementing. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Actual Food: We are going to be doing a mix of purees and Baby-Led Weaning. Just this weekend we let Bree knaw on a cucumber. She pretty much just sucked/chewed on it. We just want her to play around right now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Milestones:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*Sitting up - she started sitting up unsupported at around 4.5 months...and she can sit on her own, but is still wobbly and will fall over after a bit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*she smacks her lips a lot, so cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*Finally found her feet a week or so ago. She still doesn't really play with them that much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*She loves teething on rings, sophie, the Ergo, cold things, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*Babbles so much! She wakes up and just talks and talks</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*We give her a spoon to play with</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*She'll hold her bottle and feed herself sometimes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*She usually doesn't mind tummy time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*She loves loves being worn</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*She doesn't mind being in the stroller, but we mostly wear her when we go out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*Loves watching her brother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*LOVES her jumperoo. We think she enjoys it more then her brother did! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">* I think I posted about this in the last update, but she never really used the swing that much and we retired it around 4 months. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*Had her first trip to the playground with Grayson this past week - and even sat in a swing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*Took her first mini hike with her brother - she did great! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*Got Baptised Easter Weekend! </span><br />
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Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-70609032497966707802013-03-17T20:34:00.001-04:002013-03-17T20:39:15.449-04:004m4 Months<br />
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So I am really trying to keep up with this whole blogging thing. But I'm tired and have 0 time. Having two kiddos takes up absolutely 100% of my time - there is no such thing as a "break". <br />
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Right now I'm in Bree's room praying she actually falls asleep on her own. Remember when I said she was a dream baby? Yea, that stopped about a week after those words left my fingertips. <br />
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Now, don't get me wrong...she has some great personality traits that make it very easy to travel around with her. She LOVES being held. This is both a blessing and a curse. Blessing because as long as she's being held by someone, there's usually not an issue. Curse because you are constantly holding her and sometimes just don't want to have to hold her:) <br />
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We've also had some major sleep issues. Bree's been getting up every two hours for over a month now. Last night we got 3 hours in between and it was wonderful!! I know it doesn't sound like a big difference, but that extra hour really really helps out. We're hoping that it was just a "4 Month Wakeful" period and she at least continues to give us 3 hour stretches. <br />
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Being parents of two children<br />
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Well...it's tiring. Dan has said to me on multiple occasions that 2 kids is officially his limit (sleep deprivation can really solidify these decisions ;) <br />
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Running errands with one child is a treat now - and I look back thinking "why did I think this was so hard with one?!" <br />
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Although its been difficult, I think we are FiNALLY settling into a groove with our family of four. <br />
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I have been able to keep up with my workouts - they aren't as intense as they used to be..but I get them in. 4 times a week in the morning or lunchtime. <br />
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4 month baby stats!<br />
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Weight: 14lbs 10oz <br />
Lengthy: don't know yet<br />
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*is starting to sit up on her own <br />
*still only eats breast milk - we don't plan on introducing solids for at least another month and most likely wont start until 6 months<br />
*wears size 2 diapers<br />
*6 month clothing<br />
*smiles all the time<br />
* just starting to get giggles out of her<br />
*loves jumping in jumperoo and grabbing at the toys<br />
*has very dry skin <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2 Month Stats</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Weight: 11.4</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Length: 23in</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">At 11 weeks old, Bree is still a dream baby. She honestly hardly fusses and is generally very content. She has been giving us TONS of smiles lately - I could eat her up! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">About 3 weeks ago, Dan and I dragged the pack and play into our bedroom to transition Bree before actually putting her in her bedroom (she was currently sleeping in the rock and play) She has done SO well with the transition, giving us pretty consistent long stretches of sleep at night. Knock on wood it continues! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I think we're going to give it a couple more weeks before we get her in the crib. The biggest reason we haven't moved her already is that her room is ALLL the way down the hall...and I'm too lazy to get her at night if she gets up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">About my little Bree:</span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Likes bathtime</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Smiles at her brother all the time. So cute!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Incredibly content</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Likes her momma a little bit more then her pops</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wears 3-6 months clothes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">LOVES headbands :)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Has started to grab items </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">At 10 weeks, we stuck her in the jumperoo and she did very well. She had been sitting in the bumbo with great head control for a couple weeks.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Does pretty well with tummy time. We use the bumbo in front of the mirror which helps to keep her occupied for a couple minutes.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In size 1 diapers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Already made her 1st trip back to CT to meet her cousin Nathan at 8 weeks old</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Only has 1 BM a day or so.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Has started drooling like crazy around 10 weeks. We'll see if she cuts a tooth quicker then her brother (G cut his first two teeth at 5 months)</span> </li></ul><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How is Grayson doing?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We have made a huge effort to make sure Grayson gets a ton of attention. For Christmas this year, we asked the Grandparents for Museum passes. It has been the best gift for our family - we've already been 3 times since!! It's an easy trip downtown and the only cost to us is food. We're looking forward to when the weather warms up since we've purchased Zoo passes, too. Grayson LOVES the musuem and the zoo, so it's nice that we can provide him with educational entertainment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Grayson has really taken to being a good big brother. He likes to help me give Bridget baths, throws away her diapers (yey!) and likes to give her hugs and kisses. We've noticed that he's become very possesive of her. Every morning when I drop off at daycare, Grayson makes sure to announce "THIS IS MY BRIDGET" and blocks the other kids from trying to touch her! We are very proud of his behavior and hope he continues to be a loving brother!</span> <br />
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The past 7 weeks have literally flown by. I can tell you with complete certainty that it goes by quicker the second time around. Bree is a dream baby, so I'm sure that makes things a bit easier and time fly by faster.<br />
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The transition to work was definitely easier this time around for a couple reasons.<br />
1. I knew what to expect<br />
2. I only work Part Time now<br />
3. Bree's personality is so content, I didn't really worry whether she would get overly upset.<br />
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While I hated not having my little sidekick, it was nice to get back into the work groove.<br />
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Along with going back to work I've started my workouts again!! Oh boy, did I MISS working out. Seriously.<br />
I started working out 1 week PP with Grayson, and it really was way too soon..this time I wanted to focus on being with my little girl and savoring every moment. I am so happy I made that decision - there was no stress to attempt to workout while she napped, etc.<br />
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I'm starting off a bit slow and completed (2) 40 minute workouts on the elliptical. I will most likely start weights again next week.<br />
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Since I lost my baby weight insanely fast, am breastfeeding AND working out, I'm actually a couple pounds under my pre-preg weight, which we (Dan and I) really didn't want to happen. Right now, a typical day's diet looks like:<br />
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Breakfast: Oatmeal<br />
Lunch: Peanut Butter Sandwich and Apple<br />
Snack: Pear and Mozzerella stick (sometimes cottage Cheese)<br />
Snack 2: Protein bar<br />
Dinner: We don't eat a lot of meat, so it's usually: Loaded Baked Potato, Pasta, Homemade Veggie Pizza, Veggie Quesadilla, Breakfast for Dinner (eggs), etc<br />
Dessert 3: Fruit ice bar/ice cream bar (since the new year we are trying to keep all the junk out of the house for my husbands sake)<br />
Snack 4: Bowl of Cereal<br />
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I try to eat a bowl of cereal before bed to up my calories. Looking at it, not sure if what I listed is really enough for my day, but I'm not sure if I can add much more in. When I'm home with the kids, I need the protein bar/mozzeralla stick as quick grabs...because honestly, I don't eat until around 11:00am most of the time. I'm sure I'll gain back the additional lb's I lost within the next couple of months once my body regulates.<br />
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And a quick segue into our favorite baby product ever:<br />
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Our Maya Ring Sling!<br />
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We use this thing ALL the time. We actually had purchased the Ergo and decided that the Maya was still easier for us to use around the house doing errands. What we especially like is that once your done cleaning the house, you can just lay down in it. With the ERgo, we really couldn't get all comfy on the couch afterwards. Don't get me wrong, the Ergo is a GREAT carrier, and is definitely better on your back/shoulders, but for right now, we LOVE the Maya.<br />
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I posted some pics below so you could see how comfy she looks!!<br />
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BREE<br />
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It's going to take a bit, but apparently it REALLY bothers my husband spelling her name Bri. Since it doesn't bother me as much, I'm going to switch the spelling. He thinks its just the shortened version of Brian. <br />
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And since we're on the subject if Bree...she's doing really well!<br />
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She's really improved her head control and we put her in the bumbo once a day. <br />
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She seems to be gaining weight /growing a ton. <br />
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We've heard her little voice cooing.<br />
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Her hair is growing back already!!<br />
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She still sleeps in our room in the Fischer price Rock and play<br />
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She enjoys her paci <br />
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I think that's it for updates! <br />
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Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-9736204693969862982012-12-19T15:57:00.002-05:002012-12-19T15:57:38.763-05:001 Month Old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With the addition of baby #2, I definitely have less time to blog ...but I want to make sure I keep a record of Bri's milestones, etc</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. Right now I'm going to continue documenting through the blog and may change things up down the road. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1 Month:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Weight: 9 lbs 11 oz - <strong>75%</strong> (born at 7 lbs 13 oz) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Length: 22.5 in - <strong>95% </strong>(born at 21 in)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have a feeling she's going to take after her brother in the long/lean department. OY.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Bri is still a REALLY good baby. At nearly 5 weeks, she has us waiting for the "shoe to drop". We had always thought Grayson was a pretty fussy, difficult baby, but didn't realize it until we had a truly good baby. I remember WANTING to go back to work after having Grayson...this time, I'm shocked at how quick it came. Thankfully I only work Part Time this go-around, which will make the transition way easier. That and the insanely easy commute. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Has given us 7 (!!!) hour stretches of sleep. It almost kills me to have to wake up and pump while she sits there dreaming away.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Gave us her first social smile over the weekend. She has been giving me a ton of them today</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Takes anywhere between 2-4.5oz of food at a time. We don't chart anything at all and I just feed her on demand. Seems to be working pretty well.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Unlike her brother she RARELY spits up. PRAISE THE LORD. (totally jinxing myself there)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Has amazing head control just like her brother. We'll hold her upright and she likes to look around and move her head from side to side. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In size 1 dipes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I just put away her newborn clothes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Takes after her dad - looks like she has a long torso and short legs. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Her hair is starting to thin out on top. WAHHHH. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Farts. A LOT. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Has a bowel movement every other day or so.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Loves to be held (especially by her dad) in the Maya Ring Sling</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Really, the only time she cries badly is when she's hungry. She had a fussy period a couple weeks ago, but as soon as I cut out caffeine, the problem went away.</span> </li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm crossing my fingers our sweet little girl stays as sweet as she is. After our exhausting son, it's nice to have a little reprieve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-82640971971841613822012-12-11T17:10:00.002-05:002012-12-11T17:10:14.828-05:00Newborn PicturesI'm trying to get a quick post in to show off some of our Newborn Photos. <br />
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We decided to go a different route with these pictures - a much more natural style..as oppposed to the super posed ones with props/flash we had with Grayson. Although I LOVE the pictures that we had taken of Grayson, as he got older, I was really hoping to have pictures that were more natural. I also wanted a photographer our family could grow with..and the posed thing was totally not working with an overactive toddler.<br />
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We finally found an amazing photographer/graphic artist who only shoots using natural light. She had done a post of a family of five here: <a href="http://samanthameister.com/blog/hikingwiththesevensmiths/">http://samanthameister.com/blog/hikingwiththesevensmiths/</a> and I immediately fell in love with her style (if you have a couple minutes, check out the link..the family is absolutley adorable!) I feel like she was able to capture Grayson's personality so perfectly which made my heart smile. <br />
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I'm actually more excited to see her photograph our family as the kids get a bit older...and we already have our next session scheduled for the summer.<br />
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Here are a couple of my favorites:<br />
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Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-39663737905831972192012-12-03T15:41:00.003-05:002012-12-03T15:41:58.656-05:00PostPartum-ness<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And I'm back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm going to try to do an overall update on everything that has gone on in the past couple of weeks.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Birth</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you read my husbands Birth Story, you know that we ended up having a very quick natural birth. Some people have asked me which birth I preferred...and it's a really hard question to answer since they were so different. I wouldn't change a thing about either of my kids' births. I thoroughly enjoyed Grayson's birth - the epidural allowed me to relax and really experience everything. I begged for the mirror to be brought down so I could see him and was really "present" during the whole process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bridget's birth was so fast that I really couldn't think. A big part of me was in shock having gotten to the hospital complete and ready to push. In my head I thought they would tell me I was 4cm or something. So I resisted actually needing to push. I kept telling everyone that I couldn't do it...but as most books tell you, once the urge to push arrives, your body naturally pushes! Although I didn't necessarily ENJOY Bree's brith, I felt really great afterward and proud of what I had just accomplished. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So my answer is... If I had to do it over again, I would just go with the flow...and know that whatever happens, having a healthy baby is obviously the most important. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Postpartum Quiz</span></strong><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>How far along were you when you had your baby?</strong> 41 weeks exactly</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>How long was labor?</strong> 3.5 hours</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Total weight gain</strong>: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">23lbs (same exact as Grayson)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Total weight loss since:</strong> I'm back down to my pre-preg weight. I attribute it to the breastfeeding</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Back into your own clothes yet?</strong> Yes and no. Even though my weight is off, a lot of my shirts don't fit right and I have a little bit extra fluff around my middle. I'm not complaining one bit..I'll probably just buy some more clothes :)</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Did you get stretch marks?</strong> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">NONE!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong>Did you deliver vaginally or by c-section?</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> Vaginally.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week</strong>: Getting Bri (Bree?) all dressed up for the annual "Fancy Dinner" our friend Elizabeth hosts</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>What I miss about being pregnant:</strong> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Not much</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>How big is baby</strong>: Honestly not sure..she is probably around 8lbs. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Baby's temperament?</strong> Pretty content, although she is starting to show us some more personality. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong>What I am looking forward to</strong>: </span><span class="Apple-style-span">when she can interact with us a little more!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Working out:</strong> I have NOT started to workout yet. This time around, I will be waiting until I'm 6 weeks PP to start back up. My midwife was very adamant that I not overdo it - I've already had Mastitis and am finally feeling pretty good. She said if I over do it, I have a higher chance of getting it again. </span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Family Dynamics</span></strong></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Obviously our family dynamic has changed drastically. Dan and Grayson spend a lot of time one on one, while I spend a lot of time with Bridget one on one. This past week has been a bit tiring...Bridget tricked us into thinking she was the perfect baby, and while she's definitely still pretty easy, she displayed some of the typical newborn behavior of "fussing" from 5pm-11pm for a couple nights. I altered my diet to make sure I had NO caffiene which seems to be helping a lot. Obviously, with two there isn't a "break"...Saturday Dan took G to the zoo, while I shopped a bit with Bridget. We didn't think B was ready to take an all day trip outside yet, but don't want to deprive Grayson of the nice weather (and fun!) to be had at the zoo. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I get to spend some time with Grayson on my own Wednesdays and Fridays when he's home from daycare, although it's proving to be a tad difficult with timing my pumping and keeping him active. I feel a bit guilty because before Bridget was born, Grayson and I RARELY stayed home all day. I made sure we went to the park, museum, or had some sort of activity OUTSIDE of the house. One of my worries with having Bridget in the winter was that I'd be tied to the house. Luckily, we have a playdate this friday with Christina, Vincent and Zach...and then my sister Rachael will be coming into town the following Monday/Tuesday for about a week. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dan will be taking his first business trip back at his new office in the next two weeks...so it'll be just me with both kids for about a week. He'll be averaging about a trip a month with his new position, which isn't terrible...it'll just take some getting used to with TWO little ones under my belt.</span> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">On another note, Grayson seems to be doing really well with having a new baby in the house. He's pretty affectionate with her, although at times, does tell one or the other parent to "put it down" or "give it to mommy". He doesn't do this in a mean way, just wants us to play with him and put her down! </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bri or Bree??</span></strong></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When we picked Bridget's name, the agreement was that I could call her Bri (or Bree). I really love the nickname, but Dan wanted her to have a longer first name. That being said...we cannot agree on the spelling of her nickname. I say Bri and Dan says Bree. Since I can't decide, I'll probably go back and forth for a little while writing her name different ways..so if you're confused or want to voice your own input, feel free:)</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong>Feedings</strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Since Dan has gone back to work, I don't feel right asking him to help me out with feedings unless I'm super exahusted. Luckily, Bree goes 2 hours (at least) between feedings. So on a typical night Bree will get up, I'll feed her, put her down and then pump. This whole process takes about an hour when all is said and done. It's been a pretty easy process and on the weekends Dan will feed while I pump..that way he gets his nightly bonding experience in with her :) When I go back to work, I hopefully won't need to pump at night and Dan and I will alternate feedings. Maybe she'll be super awesome and be sleeping through the night by then..(Grayson didn't STTN until he was 8 months old!) </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong>Bree's Temperament</strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Unlike her brother, Bree is much more calm. She LOVES being held and cuddled...to the point that I've resorted to Co-Sleeping on occasion. I remember while being pregnant with Grayson thinking I would NEVER co-sleep...but this time around, I'm really enjoying the extra cuddles. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Grayson used to need us to be moving around quite a bit to calm down, while with Bree, we can sit with her on the couch and she'd be perfectly happy. Not sure if it's still too early, but I'm hoping she stays like this! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">And for a couple pictures: </span><br />
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One For the Boys: What to Expect During Labor and Delivery (Based on Personal Experience)<br />
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Here is a step by step description of what to expect during labor and delivery based on personal experience on Friday November 16, 2012. I know it reads like cuts from a comedy movie depiction of labor, but I assure you it is 100% true.<br /><br />
• 1 week after her due date, at 4:00 AM your wife will wake you up because she is having contractions. Your first thoughts will be…”Of course, after the one night in months that I chose not to go to bed until 2:00 AM. WTF.”<br />
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• You will start timing contractions with her. She will immediately complain that they are really really painful. She will tell you to call the doctor. You, having read up on your stuff ahead of time, will calmly explain that the contractions are still not really on a pattern and you should hold off on the phone call. She will not so calmly scream in your ear to call the effing doctor. You will call the effing doctor.<br />
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• While you wait for the doctor to call back she will be going to the bathroom…a lot.<br />
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• The doctor will call, you will hand the phone to your wife. She will fall on the floor in pain during a contraction while on the phone. The doctor will say it’s probably best if you come to the hospital.<br />
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• You call the grand parents to watch your sleeping toddler. While you wait you will have arguments with your wife about why she can’t pack 90% of the household in her labor bag that should have been packed weeks ago. Explaining that all you had to do was grab your bag off the ground next to the bed and throw it in the car because it was packed 2 months ago, and by the way you aren’t even the pregnant one, is not a good idea. Grandparents arrive, wife falls on the floor in pain a few more times, get in the car and go.<br />
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• Your wife will not buckle herself into the car seat, in fact she will not sit forward in the seat, she will lean over the back. She will yell loudly during contractions. Contractions apparently never end as yelling never ends. Profanity that will make a sailor blush is used liberally. Did I mention it was done loudly.<br />
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• You will wonder why your wife chose a hospital 45 minutes from home when there is a perfectly good one 15 minutes from home. It is not suggested to ask her this question at this time.<br />
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• Do not try to explain that getting pulled over will take longer than driving 90 MPH to the hospital, she will not understand. Explaining it’s not so hard a concept is also not suggested. Please refer to the previous note as it will cross your mind to discuss it again.<br />
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• Profanity use in the car will progress to the point that you expect to find a restraining order from the catholic church in your mailbox later explaining you are not allowed within 500 yards of any of their parishioners.<br />
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• You will get to the hospital, you will calmly lead your wife inside, up to the labor unit reception desk. While checking in your wife will fall on all fours in pain. A mental image will spring to your mind of what this must look like to a normal person getting off the elevator, a horribly pregnant short stack of a girl on all fours in a hospital hallway. Try to keep the smile at this image inside because the receptionist nurses will look at you like you are the scum of the universe. You will try extra hard to look extra concerned, which is what you are really feeling, but it will be too late, damage done. Trust me, in the end it’s ok. These things are funny, just not until later. Thank the higher powers your wife did not see.<br />
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• They will send her back for initial evaluations while you finish checking in for her. The nurse asking you questions will be the same one that saw you smile earlier. She will look like she would rather be stabbing you than asking you questions. Luckily you are saved because your wife is wheeled by on a hospital bed, the midwife has grabbed you by the shirt and explained while you are running to keep up that your wife is having a baby. You start to explain, that you already knew that and that was why you were there in the first place, but she cuts you off and explains that she meant your wife is having the baby now, like immediately, like not in a few hours, like now now.<br />
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• You wife gets in the birthing room and continues to scream obscenities mixed with just flat out screaming. There is no humor to be found in this situation. Ok a little, but you have learned your lesson previously.<br />
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• Your wife will ask the midwife for an epidural, the midwife will explain that she can’t have one because by the time it gets there and gets installed the baby will be born. Your wife will not hear this because she is screaming.<br />
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• She will tell you to hold her hands, and then scream at you to stop touching her. You will wonder why you didn’t take your wedding ring off because your fingers will be breaking.<br />
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• Your wife will continue to yell at everyone to stop touching her. No one will be touching her when she says this.
• You will wonder why your labor bag did not include ear plugs.<br />
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• The doctor will ask for your wife to push. She will say she can’t, but this will seam interesting to you because the doctor is already telling her what a great job she is doing pushing.<br />
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• A fairy princess will slide down a colorful rainbow into the land of unicorns. *****NOTE***** The previous sentence has been changed by my editors to be more appropriate for the common reader. The original text included the words “fluids” and “trajectories”.<br />
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• The doctor will say she can see the head. She asks if you would like to see. You try to explain that you would rather not because you are still trying to “un-see” portions of your son’s birth and have failed after 2 years. You realize no one is listening to you.<br />
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• Your wife will say she can’t push the baby out. You will again think this is interesting because there is currently a small head out side of her lower regions. You will curse yourself for looking. One more think you will not be able to “un-see”.<br />
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• Your baby will be born 15 seconds later, it will have been less than an hour since you pulled into the parking lot.<br />
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• Your baby will be amazing.<br />
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• Later when holding your daughter you will try to explain to her that if her mother hadn’t made you call the effing doctor when you are being logical earlier in the morning she probably would have been born in the car. Your daughter will give you a reactionary smile and then look at you like she doesn’t care. You won’t really care either.
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had a pretty good 39 week check-up Friday. I'm 2-3cm dilated, 80% effaced, and the baby is WAY low. My midwife had a hard time checking me because she was so low. It was the first time I've ever bled from a cervical check (I'm assuming it was from the cervical check...) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Because my cervix is favorable, if an induction is needed, this particular midwife said she had no issues with breaking my water to induce labor as opposed to starting me on any pitocin. She DID mention that she couldn't speak for all of the midwives in the practice, but that Bridget was so low, there are no worries of a prolapsed cord or even taking very long once my water was broke. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Obviously this is just talk right now. W<span class="Apple-style-span">e won't be entertaining that idea until 41 weeks at this point. I'm starting to get frustrated because I obviously want her to come on her own...but at the same time we have family coming in for Thanksgiving...so delivering her at 41 weeks is giving us a couple days on our own as a family, and that's barring no issues after delivery. (we hope she's super healthy!)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm totally being whiny right now and I have no reason to. I feel awful for even writing this all out. I've had a really wonderful pregnancy this time around, but had a mini breakdown today (my first at 39 weeks, 2 Days!) and it's so trivial. I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for going 41 weeks. But it's really <strong><em>REALLY</em></strong> hard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Ok. Enough whining. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Total weight gain:</b> Still hanging out at 21lbs</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Maternity clothes? </b> Yep, I've been wearing tops. STILL haven't bought maternity pants yet....I have a pair of pre-preg skinny jeans that fit and leggings have been my BFF. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> still none</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Sleep: </strong>MEH. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week: </strong>Hearing that I had made some progress</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Regular clothes!!!!! And a DRINK. I really need one. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Movement:</b> a lot of pressure down low. Her movement has slowed down a bit it seems</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food cravings:</b><span class="Apple-style-span"> I'm seriously dying for a drink. SO so bad.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food aversions: </b>nothing really</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Gender: </b>Girl:) </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Labor Signs:</strong> I had contractions for 5 hours friday afternoon and 5 hours Saturday afternoon. Some were painful enough for me to breath through and got me thinking I needed to call the midwife. We were very lucky to have friends come over and cook us dinner which helped me take my mind of the contractions...and they ended up going away. This is way different then when I was pregnant with Grayson. I had contractions for maybe an hour or so a couple nights before he was born, but that was it. I've been dealing with HOURS of contractions with this little girl for the past couple of weeks. Each time they start up I get a little excited only to be shot down. I really hope that my water breaks like it did with Grayson, because I feel like I'm not going to know if I'm truly in labor at this point! </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Symptoms:</b> See above.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> Out.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Looking forward to</strong>: Um. Birthing this baby girl! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feelings</b>- my oh so cool attitude has worn off and I'm starting to get that "pregnant girl" emotional. Luckily for Dan, I made it to 39 weeks before it happened. So hopefully he doesn't have to deal with it for very long:)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">At my 38 week appt I had made almost no additional progress from the previous week. I'm currently sitting at 1cm and about the same effacement. Wah. No matter how much you try to convince yourself that you *know* the numbers don't mean a thing, at the end of the pregnancy you really want to hear something. And yes, I do ask to be checked because I'm just way too curious. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Other then being uncomfortable, I'm still having a couple hours of contractions every other night or so that clearly go no where. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On a completely side topic and "story to tell our kids one day"...Dan had to have an appendectomy Monday afternoon. After being up ALL Sunday evening (both of us), he made an appointment with his doctor to see what the deal was...hoping that maybe he had pulled a muscle/hernia. The doctor did one test and confirmed exactly what we didn't want to hear. He needed to go to the hospital immediately for an appendectomy. I freaked out at first because I had heard through the grapevine that the hospital stay was 3-4 nights. UM. That's not going to work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Luckily, they got him into surgery ASAP and told us we could go home almost immediately afterwards!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Not saying this has been easy. He's been in pain, taking doses of Oxycodon (sp?) and been pretty much not helpful for the past couple of days. <strong>I'm</strong> super tired because I get to deal with an active toddler who really really REALLY wants to play on the daddy jungle gym and can't. So I have to keep him busy doing other activities, which I swear make him want to play on Dan MORE. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">This has been the most tired I've ever been. While I would love to have Bridget here, I'm actually way too tired for her to come. Along with the fact that Dan would basically be useless to me during labor at this point...Like, he wouldn't even be able to drive me to the hospital. We've been joking about it the past couple of days. We'd actually have to call our neighors or parents to drive us to the hospital if I went into labor! He's started to wean himself off the medication, but I don't think he'll feel much better until friday. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Total weight gain:</b> 21lbs</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Maternity clothes? </b> Yep, I've been wearing tops. STILL haven't bought maternity pants yet....I have a pair of pre-preg skinny jeans that fit and leggings have been my BFF. The weather here has been really odd. Really nice and in the 70's one day, and then 42 (today)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> still none</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Sleep: </strong>MEH. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week: </strong>Getting to bring Dan home from the hospital and not needing an overnight stay!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Regular clothes!!!!! And a DRINK. I really need one. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Movement:</b> a lot of pressure down low. Her movement has slowed down a bit it seems</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food cravings:</b><span class="Apple-style-span"> Meh. Not much, honestly.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food aversions: </b>nothing really</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Gender: </b>Girl:) </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Labor Signs:</strong> Contractions, 1cm dilated, 70% effaced</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Symptoms:</b> My RLP is still pretty bad. I have a ton of pressure down low. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> Out.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Looking forward to</strong>: Hopefully a non-eventful weekend. If Dan's feeling better, then Bridget can make her debut.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feelings</b>-physically I'm feeling done. Emotionally I'm pretty much ready for her. I need Dan to catch up with my on the physical part. I really need him to be more "awake" during our labor :)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-38068829008503913132012-10-20T11:29:00.001-04:002012-10-20T11:29:47.590-04:0037 weeks and Progress<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh man. Has this week been TIRING.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It looks like I'm going to be having lots of false/pre-labor with this little girl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It started Monday evening, which didn't surprise me since we had done so much travelling. It was only for about 2 hours but were pretty consistent at about 5-6 minutes apart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Then came Wednesday evening and I had contractions ALL NIGHT LONG. From 11pm-5am. I was able to fall asleep for a couple hours before getting up for work, which thankfully wasn't as tiring as I thought it would be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And then again last night...for a good 5 hours. 5-7 minutes apart. We'll see if this is how the next 3 weeks proceeds! I know very well that I could be stuck with contractions like this every night for quite awhile - at least it's getting my body prepared for actual labor:) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">On another note: I was totally surprised thursday afternoon by the wonderful shower my co-workers threw me! They purchased Bridget a BEAUTIFUL baby bedding set from Pottery Barn Kids which included a Crib Skirt, Crib sheet and Quilt. I know most people think that baby bedding is a waste of money - I'm actually not one of those peopl. The only piece of the bedding I feel is a waste are the bumpers (which my co-workers knew not to buy!) We registered for a really nice bedding set from Pottery Barn for Grayson and although he didn't get to use his quilt right away....has slept with it ever since we allowed him to have a blanket. It's now on his toddler bed and totally adorable. If Dan and I were to invest our own money in a bedding set, we were going to go with Pottery Barn again because of the simple classic styles they offer - something our kids can grow with. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Sleep: </strong>Not very good this week. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week: </strong>finding out that I had made some progress - made the contractions worth it. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Regular clothes and bending over. Seriously. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Movement:</b> Still have a lot of big movements</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food cravings:</b><span class="Apple-style-span"> Meh. Not much, honestly.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food aversions: </b>nothing really</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Gender: </b>Girl:) </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Labor Signs:</strong> Contractions, lost my mucous plug, 70% effaced, Fingertip dilated, Baby's head is engaged and my cervix is anterior! </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Symptoms:</b> My RLP is still pretty bad. I have a ton of pressure down low. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Looking forward to</strong>: Pumpkin picking and possibly HallZooWeen..although the weather is pretty poor. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feelings</b>- Starting to feel done. I'm getting to that uncomfortable stage in pregnancy where my belly is taking over everything. I finally packed my bag for the hospital yesterday, along with a bag for Grayson in case we need to drop him with the neighbors or parents. I also washed all the material that was on the swing, car seat, rock and play and put most of it together. We may bring the swing upstairs this weekend so that Grayson can get used to it. Luckily, his daycare is small so he knows that baby's aren't supposed to be touched while in the swing...</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Because of the passing of a very dear boy, Dan and I made the 11ish hour trip back to CT to say our goodbyes. In preperation to travel, I had my appt thursday where they basically printed out my whole medical history and delivered it to me in a manila envelope stating "do not go anywhere without this". We also were instructed to map out every hospital on the way to CT just in case. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Because of the patience and confidence of the midwives, we felt pretty comfortable making the trip without any issues. We were "supposed" to stop every two hours...and totally failed on that front. I was very anxious to "just get home" and made sure to move my ankles around, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We did the trip in one shot on the way TO CT, but decided to leave Saturday evening to break it up a bit on the way back. Although it wasn't terrible, I really wasn't excited about getting back in the car for a full 12 hours in one day and we wanted to get back home to Grayson since it was the first time we'd left him for two nights, and been so far away from him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I really like looking back and "Comparing Bellies"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The left is myself 37 weeks pregnant with Grayson, and the right is me 36.5 with Bridget. Just noticed how tired I look in both pictures. Ha! </span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Maternity clothes? </b> Yep, I've been wearing tops. Haven't bought maternity pants yet. It's "casual dress" all week at work, so I'm still holding off....:)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> still none</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Sleep: </strong>Pretty terrible last week - not necessarily pregnancy related. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week: </strong>Getting to see family, even under the sad circumstances</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Regular clothes. Definitely. And my movement is becoming limited...</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Movement:</b> A lot of big movements still. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food cravings:</b><span class="Apple-style-span"> Meh. Not much, honestly.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food aversions: </b>nothing really</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Gender: </b>Girl:) </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Labor Signs:</strong> Cramping a bit more. I was checked last week at my appt before leaving for CT and I wasn't dilated at all, but 50% effaced. Bridget is also measuring AHEAD now..she was consistently measuring a week or 2 behind, which is fine, but it may be the reason why I clearly look much larger these past 2 weeks all of a sudden. Baby girl had a growth spurt! </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Symptoms:</b> RLP is getting pretty bad. I had to really slow down on the elliptical today because I was being so bothered! </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Looking forward to</strong>: This weekend with my family. We're hoping to go pumpkin picking and do the HallZooWeen. The weather is looking a little gloomy, so we'll see.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feelings</b>- Starting to feel done. I'm getting to that uncomfortable stage in pregnancy where my belly is taking over everything. I'm definitley better this time around then when I was pg with Grayson, but it's still starting to get a bit tiring. </span></li>
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Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-33543699769452502662012-10-05T15:04:00.003-04:002012-10-05T15:04:37.418-04:0035 weeks/35 Days<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So here we are at 35 weeks! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I'm VERY tiredly (word??) waiting for my oil change to be complete at Toyota. I lucked out with about 3-4 days of great sleep....and then my body decided to wake me up at 3:00am for the day. I was doing good up until I sat down, and now I totally want to nap in the waiting area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The nap thing is probably not going to happen since I have errands to run...but it's a nice thought:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have been sending Grayson to daycare on fridays since it was easier then trying to find a sitter on the days I have my appointments. (And yes, there is absolutely NO WAY that I would even think about bringing my child to an appt. He is THAT bad) I actually pay daycare <strong>less for the whole day</strong>, then what it would cost to have a sitter watch G for 3 hours. This has been pretty awesome the past couple of fridays when we've needed to get stuff done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Other then being a little sleepy today, I'm definitely starting to feel like I'm ready for the end. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">In the picture below, I feel like I've had a pretty big growth spurt. Both Dan and one of my co-workers think that I've "dropped"...although I don't really have much of a torso...so to me it's really hard to tell. Either way, I've been having a lot more pressure "down there" (yey)</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Total weight gain:</b> 19 lbs </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Maternity clothes? </b> Still just tops right now...</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> none yet</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Sleep: </strong>It was great this week until last night!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week: </strong>Seeing the wainscotting complete - YEY!! Picture below. I am totally jumping on the "Gray" bandwagon and looking to paint above the wainscotting a very light gray...that project will have to wait until after Bridget is born and I'm back to work. Way easier to have the house painted when we're not in the house! </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Regular clothes. Although I've really enjoyed this pregnancy and my bump...just today I had a little moment of "I want my body back!!"</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Movement:</b> A lot of big movements - which was why I was up last night</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food cravings:</b><span class="Apple-style-span"> I've been drinking a lot of Powerade and ice tea's...</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Gender: </b>Girl:) </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Labor Signs:</strong> Cramping a bit more. My contractions with Grayson started as really bad cramps...and I've started to get them a bit more, especially after I excersice or other activities *ahem*</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Leaking a LOT more. Definitely feeling more "pressure" down there. RLP, and shortness of breath. I don't remember ever having shortness of breath with Grayson, it must be her positioning.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Looking forward to</strong>: Taking Grayson to either museum tomorrow OR Entertrainment Junction. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feelings</b>- Still feeling really good. Starting to feel "done" though. Dan is definitely ready for her to be here....he's always wanted a little girl, so this is like the icing on a cake for him to actually get to have one. I have to say, I've bought a LOT of clothing these past couple of weeks...and Dan DOESN'T.SAY.A.WORD. He may roll his eyes a bit..:) </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So we figured out the best way to keep Grayson busy on the weekends: Petting Zoo.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We've decided to try out the Hall-Zoo-ween this year - they seem to have a great program for little kids...and hopefully his newfound interest in animals will keep him entertained. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I posted a couple months ago that we added someone to our family: Brewsky! He has been an AMAZING addition to our family...the.perfect.dog. Especially for us. He is such a sweet, cuddly guy. A little too cuddly at times - he totally thinks he's a lapdog! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">At first we were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of HAIR he shed...but we realized a week or so ago, that it's calmed down a ton. We think it's because he's more comfortable with us and healthy! He had a couple ear infections and eye issues that we were medicating him for, and now he's pretty much 100%. I mean...he still sheds...but not nearly as much as what we were dealing with the first month or so (I would vaccum every other day and pick up a TON of hair!!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We love him so much...that we will most likely get dog #2 in another 2 years. Unfortunately, B is a little old (8 next month) and we think he'll be a great, calm example for a puppy (if we decide to go the puppy route next time, that part is not decided) We don't want Grayson to be without a dog at this point since he is so in love with his "doggy". It doesn't hurt that we went to Home Depot the other day and saw THE CUTEST Golden Retriever puppy. OMIGOD!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I grew up with very small/non shedding dogs and really love having a big family dog around. We take a walk every night to the open fields in our development and let B and G run around. They both love it - it gets G a little tired for bed since he's running around, and gets B some healthy dog excersice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We did Dan's bday Celebration a bit early for a couple reasons:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">1. Dan is hoping beyond HOPE that his little girl is either born on his Birthday OR Halloween. (I'm really not a fan of her being born on Halloween...REALLY.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">2. As we get closer to Dan's Bday - we contend with a lot of Halloween parties....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">3. We thought it would be nice to "get it done" before things got really crazy and before Bridget (yep - we named her!) arrvies</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We went to Nicholsons Gastropub downtown and had a fabulous time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We were going to wait to announce the name of our little girl, but there have been a couple instances where we slipped (since we refer to her as Bridget at home for Grayson to start getting used to) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Our name choice was a hard one - because we actually don't know if she's going to be a Bridget OR an Alivia! Alivia (specifically Olivia) is super popular and we were a little hesitant to use it as a first name....Bridget Alivia flows really nicely and we decided if she comes out looking like an Alivia, then she will just go by her middle name. And apparently it's a huge southern thing to go by your middle name - had no clue! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Is almost done! Crossing our fingers it's completed today - we've been trying to stay out of our house since friday..gah! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Switching to a midwife group was seriously one of the best decisions I've ever made. Dan and I went to my 34 week appt together to go over some birth details and ask some questions - the midwife again assured me I was growing completely fine - Bridget is measuring at exactly 34 weeks now - yey! Again, she is the second midwife to tell me she doesn't think I'll have another 8lb baby...which means this labor and delivery is going to feel easy compared to Graysons :) (right?!)</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Maternity clothes? </b> Still just tops right now...this weekend I have to go out and buy some fancy yoga pants that will substitute as "work" pants. I refuse to buy maternity pants at this stage of the game. </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Sleep: </b>Mehhhhh....not so good. I'm getting flashbacks to when I was pregnant with Grayson. Ha. Why must my children be awake at night?!!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week: </strong>Getting to see Bridget on U/S again! Our midwife wanted to calm our fears about baby being head up and popped us in the U/S room for a quick viewing. She looked perfect - and head down! </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> RED wine. I went out to dinner with co-workers and someone ordered a red wine and the smell was DIVINE..</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Labor Signs:</strong> I happened to have a couple hours of untimeable contractions Wednesday afternoon. It's my day off with Grayson, so I'm usually a bit more active on those days....</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Looking forward to</strong>: Getting the wainscotting finished in the hallway and foyer!!! It's about 3/4 done AS WE SPEAK! It should be finished by this afternoon. </span></li>
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</span><br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-9113617118608291322012-09-18T21:49:00.000-04:002012-09-18T21:49:07.558-04:0032 Weeks<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This may be a long post- so watch out! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I wanted to do a quick re-cap of our weekend. I mentioned a couple weeks ago that we were going to attempt to take a trip to the Indianapolis Children's Museum. We were about 1 click away from reserving our hotel room when we decided to double check if it would truly beneficial for us to visit. Thank God we did because upon closer investigation we found that the toddler section of the museum was being completely renovated and wouldn't be open again until next summer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We racked our brains for last minute trips and couldn't really find anything that fit what we were looking for and that was so last minute. Finally, Dan found a link to Youngs Dairy Farm, a perfect place to take Grayson. Saturday we took the trip up to Yellow Springs, OH to enjoy a truly beautiful fall day. They had a cute little outdoor play area that included a bouncy house, slide, "corn pit", petting zoo, mini golf, and train ride. Beyond that, there are batting cages, mini golf (for bigger sized people), a huge slide, homemade icecream, and a driving range. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Maternity clothes? </b> Still just tops right now...I have eight weeks left and am REALLY trying not to buy any maternity pants. I think I'll make it...</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> none yet</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Sleep: </b>Still pretty good, although I'm starting to have a bit more trouble falling asleep because of being uncomfortable.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week: </strong>Spending a nice weekend with my family</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Not really </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Movement:</b> A lot of big movements! </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food cravings:</b><span class="Apple-style-span"> None. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food aversions: </b>nothing really</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Gender: </b>Girl:) </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Labor Signs:</strong> Still have some braxton hicks here and there. I've also just started to get a bit crampy.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Leaking. Getting physically a bit more tired. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> Out.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Looking forward to</strong>: since I'm late on this post, I will still use it as my "looking forward to"...but tonight we attended a "Meet the Midwives" session. Dan has been limited in attending my appointments this go around and it was the perfect time to meet ALL of the midwives at the same time..and get a tour of the hospital. Instead of delivering at The Christ Hospital like we did with Grayson, we'll be delivering at Good Samaritan. The meeting went really well and I think Dan and I are both still in a bit of shock that this is going to be happening again in the very near future! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feelings</b>- still feel really good!! Trying to get myself prepared for 2 kids. wow. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Some Randomish Updates that are worth noting:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #333333;">Grayson has pretty much stopped taking naps altogether. Meh. It's not terrible...he's not AS crazy as he used to be. Still a ton of energy, but he'll also sit down and play with his trains/cars/etc. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333;">Grayson has also gotten very clingy to me...he knows something is up. If both Dan and I are home with him, I have to be the one to change his diaper, change his clothes, and basically do anything that invloves settling a temper. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333;">Daddy and G Gymnastics: Dan has been going to gymnastics class with Grayson and it's been really nice. I drive G to the class and get to sit and watch..which is SO nice! </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333;">Maternity leave: since I'm only PT, I don't have any sort of payed Maternity Leave. Personally, I know how I felt after I had Grayson and going back to work at 6 week Part Time was relatively easy. I plan on just taking off until the new year and then start back working from home for a month or two. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333;">During my Maternity Leave: Upon the recommendation of MANY MANY people, we have decided to keep Grayson in daycare while I'm on maternity leave. This way we give the undivided attention to Baby Girl that Grayson got, and also keep G on his schedule. </span></li>
<li>Nursery: is on it's way to being complete. We don't have much up on the walls yet (don't plan on putting much up)..I'll hopefully have a post soon to show it off. I'm totally in love with it! </li>
<li>Wainscotting in the house: we have this scheduled to be completed the last week of September...but we all know how construction dudes are:) I think it's going to be pushed into October. I work with the wife and she is going to push him to get to us very soon. I'm impatient to get it done because it totally transformed our nursery! </li>
<li>Double Stroller Update: we're waiting on this until after the baby is born. We're both still very torn on what we need...and feel that we won't really know what we need until we are out and about with both kids. Also, we figure we may get some good deals on something black friday if we wait (or even as a christmas gift if we so desire) Grayson has been using the stroller less and less, so it's starting not to make sense to go City Select/Britax B-Ready route. </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>How far along?</strong> 31 Weeks. A lot of people had been recently commenting on "how small" I was. So at my 30 week appt I asked what I was measuring at, and it was 28 weeks. She said that I was consistently measuring a little bit smaller, but that I was perfectly on track. I honestly have no clue how my belly was measuring with Grayson, so I really have no comparison...but it did make me feel better! </span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Total weight gain:</b> 16lbs</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Maternity clothes? </b> Still just tops right now...dress above is Target Juniors.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> none yet</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Sleep: </b>Still pretty good!! I can't believe this.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week: </strong>Hmm. not sure about this. Nothing stands out..</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Not really </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Movement:</b> A lot. Way lot. Ask my co-workers. I was just chatting away with some of them and the baby decided to go CRAZY moving around. We were all dying.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food cravings:</b><span class="Apple-style-span"> None. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food aversions: </b>nothing really</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Gender: </b>Girl:) </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Labor Signs:</strong> Still have some braxton hicks here and there. I've also just started to get a bit crampy.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Symptoms:</b> My leaking has gotten much worse this past week..and I'm starting to feel more pregnant. I was trying to explain the feeling to my mom this morning. I feel "heavier". She's clearly taking up more space and so I'm feeling that all of a sudden.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> Out.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Looking forward to</strong>: </span>Weekend with my little family.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feelings</b>- again, I still feel great. Although I'll admit that just this week I started to slow down a bit. I asked Dan how he thought I was acting in comparison to last pregnancy and he agreed - WAY better. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Workouts </strong>- still doing them. I'm tired. I kind of want to stop...but we all know I won't. I'm keeping up with 4 workouts a week with a mix of cardio, weights and at home workouts. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">I also wanted to post this adorable outfit my neighbor, Lynn, gifted us last week. There were multiple outfits and this one was my favorite! I love the matching shoes!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span> </span>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-76034322086376293022012-09-04T20:25:00.001-04:002012-09-04T20:25:08.396-04:0030 Weeks and Labor Day<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last week Grayson and I did NOT have our usual playdate with Zach since he was on a family vacation. Instead I brought G to the Children's Museum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I had only been on a Saturday and it was a pleasant treat to go during the week - much calmer! Since Grayson has been fighting his nap recently I was hoping that this would do the trick to put him down..and it totally worked! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I also <em>finally</em> signed G up for his second gymnastics session. So weird that the session ends November 4th - 5 days short of my due date! I chose a later class this time around since the weather is getting better and we'll have more opportunity to play outside in the mornings. This will also give Dan the opportunity to start coming to some classes, too...in the case that I deliver early, he'll have an idea of what goes on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Happy Labor Day Weekend! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We stayed in Cincinnati this Labor Day for a couple reasons:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">1. We had a wedding to attend</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">2. Annual Karoakefest</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Soo...we had a bunch of things going on in the Cincy area that we couldn't pass up. The weather was pretty gross the whole weekend, which in the end, worked out great. We spent a lot of time in the house relaxing. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week: </strong>Finally settling on a name (Dan just got her initial tattooed on his arm) I'll admit that it was ALL my fault. For some reason I kept going back and forth on names. I'll be very excited to finally announce her name...when she's here! </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Not really </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Movement:</b> Since about FridayI've finally started getting bigger movements from this little lady. Way big alien baby movements. It makes me happy that she's possibly flipping into place:) ALTHOUGH, most of the movement is still pretty high up. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Cutting down my iron pills - I wasn't really "keeping them down". I rarely throw up, so I was pretty shocked at how sick these things made me. I'm going to have blood drawn again in about 3 weeks to see if my iron levels have increased. I'm also starting to feel a bit slower and more "pregnant". I have back pain still but not nearly as bad as it was with Grayson and even though it's there I almost feel weird calling it back pain when I know what I went through with G....and Night Sweats. YEY.</span></span></span></span> </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Looking forward to</strong>: Potential Weekend in Indy! We're thinking of taking G to the Indianpolis Children's Musuem on Saturday. Since it's 2.5 hours away, we thought we'd make a weekend of it and leave after Dan gets out of work Friday and take our time exploring the city and museum. We haven't booked anything yet, but the Colts are in town the two weekends AFTER, so it's the perfect time to attempt it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feelings</b>- I still feel really great - this pregnancy really has been a treat for me. I know I have 10 more weeks ahead of me and that things can change drastically, but so far I have thoroughly enjoyed being pregnant with this little lady. I feel great emotionally...I actually have not cried ONCE during this pregnancy. So different from the last! </span></li>
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So, I can finally say that I completed the 5k! It was pretty hard considering it was a "trail run" so it actually took place on hiking grounds. Not your typical 5k. I'm very interested how I would've done on a regular paved 5K now that this one is completed. I think it also helped to be running it with some of my good friends!!</div>
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I would love to sign up for another one, and may before the end of this pregnancy. The Color Run, being held downtown, is at the beginining of October. </div>
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On top of running the 5K, Dan and I went to the Reds game yesterday. The seats we had were amazing - which meant we were DIRECTLY in the sun with no shade for a good hour and half. I was honestly terrified of the sweat stains I'd have everytime I got up. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I don't have much to report other then the quiz. The weather is supposed to be really nice out this weekend so Dan and I are going to attempt to take Grayson on his first "REAL" hike....meaning we WON'T backpack him and see how he does on his own walking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">If he does well on his own, it'll be really great - we love going to Gatlinburg and hiking and our hope is that Grayson will be able to start walking some of the small hikes while we backpack/babywear baby girl! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wow, I am definitely glad last week is over with! Grayson ended up having Strep and, of course, refused to sleep. Every time he swallowed he would say "OW mommy". So every 3 seconds I heard..."Ow Mommy". So sad. It was physically hard for me since Grayson reverts back to when he was a newborn and wants to be held ALL the time...and not held sitting...he wants you standing, rocking and holding him. I hope this little girl isn't so picky! I would do ANYTHING for a baby that wants to be held all day, and will allow you to sit down. ha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thankfully, by Thursday he was feeling well enough to go back to school (and I could go back to work!) and it was good for the BOTH of us. Dan did relieve me as much as he could a couple days a week so that I could get in some hours so that I wasn't totally overwhelmed and bombarded Thursday and it really helped.</span> </div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This week has been much better, although Grayson is still having nap issues. He's been up in his room for over an hour just playing and slamming on the door. Sorry kid. This momma needs to get a workout in, clean the house, and send out some emails. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I don't feel too bad since we've gotten to have TONS of playdates with Vince and Zach (one tonight!) I <strong><em>may </em></strong>have begged my girlfriend to become a Stay at Home mom so that we can have the boys play ALL the time. I'm going to be tramatized when she goes back to work! </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">How far along? </b><span style="background-color: white;">27 weeks - 3rd Tri</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Total weight gain:</b> 12 lbs - looks like I'm steadily gaining about a 1lb a week at this point. Although I weighed myself Monday morning and it looks like I may have a larger then 1lb weight gain before the end of THIS week....</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Maternity clothes? </b> Just tops still. I rotate a lot of dresses and skirts. The outfit above is kohls juniors leggings, Target Maternity Long and Lean tank top, and the vest was from Forever 21.</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Best moment this week: </strong>Almost completeing the nursery! The chair, lighting and window treatments are in - now we need to work on anything we're putting on the walls and the closet! </span></span></span></li>
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Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-62429987460945759802012-08-03T23:32:00.003-04:002012-08-03T23:32:48.389-04:0026 Weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-8716648015329122282012-08-01T15:07:00.004-04:002012-08-01T15:07:54.900-04:00Oh hey. G's 2 now!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This picture makes me laugh because Dan sooo deserved to be licked instead of kissed. MUWAHAHAHA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Anyway, I'm going to try to list stuff that G's been up to</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">STATS: 24lbs 12oz -14%</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> 35.5inch -80%</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">At this point, Grayson will probably stay on his long/lean track. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bedtime: we put Grayson down at 8:00...but he really doesn't go to bed until 9 or 10. He gets up between 2 or 3 times to beg for "milk", "read a book"..he already starts the "delaying bedtime process"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Has learned that if he bangs on his door enough he can knock the child handle off his door...SO annoying</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Words: he says a lot of them now. I was getting concerned, but around 20 months he really started to pick up saying everything. His FAVORITE line "Mommy MERE", "Doggy MERE" and dragging mommy and doggy everywhere.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He's taking his last gymnastics class next week for the summer session. Dan and I are reviewing which class he'll attend in the fall. We're thinking of doing an evening class so that Dan can enjoy some time with Grayson.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pre-school - I had mentioned researching pre-schools awhile ago..well, the school I visited just didn't impress me that much...it was more of a "vibe" feeling then anything. I'm really glad I waited, though. First Kids Sports, where G takes his Gymnastics, is opening a pre-school program. They already have before and after school programs, so I'm really thrilled that they are starting a pre-school. The gymnastics teachers are SO great and with him going to sports there I feel like I won't have to transition him to something different. He'll at least be comfortable in the building. We'll most likely put him in full day Tuesday's and Thursdays (again, works out PERFECTLY since I work LITERALLY 2 mins away!) and he'll still go to miss Gina's on Mondays with his little sister. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He is still showing more signs of being potty ready. The pediatrician made sure to let us know that it's OK to wait a bit longer - that's it's more important they are really READY, then to start forcing him when he isn't. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Baths- he hates them. I feel like we've tried everything and it just gets worse. I'm wondering if he just hates to be clean...:)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Teeth Cleaning - pediatrician said it was still a little early to take him to get his teeth cleaned. WHEW! I really don't want to have to deal with that yet...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Favorite Foods - continue to be his fruits and veggies. Loves watermelon and cantaloupe. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Dislikes - Bath, getting in his car seat, the grocery store, stroller unless he's tired, basically anything that prohibits movement, the vacuum and steam mop</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Likes - climbing (he doesn't really climb the kitchen table but has moved to the countertops which are way more annoying..), feeding the ducks at the park, remote control cars, finger painting, taking Brewsky for walks, jumping on trampoline, giving </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">hugs and kisses, playing with his friends, feeding Brewsky treats</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Can point out most animals</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Can <em>kind of</em> count to 10..but skips numbers here and there</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Runs and Jumps easily</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm sure there's more that I can list, but I can't think of it all now.</span> <br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557178732378197772noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301849677291501460.post-78431925341466413662012-07-29T20:36:00.000-04:002012-07-29T20:36:12.055-04:002nd Birthday Party<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When I say we got lucky on Grayson's bday...we got LUCKY. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Out here in the midwest we've had unbelievably hot weather. Dan and I were prepared to have an indoor bday party with small bursts of outdoor play for the little ones. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">As the week drew closer, the weather was looking promising. Two storms during the week ended up cooling our weekend off and the weather only got up to 86. <strong>86!! </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It was <strong>beautiful</strong> out. We really couldn't believe our luck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Grayson had a ton of fun with all his little friends - and we were so thankful everyone came out and made time to wish/sing a happy birthday to him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We had a pretty eventful week/weekend and are looking to finally relax and watch some Olympics tonight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Grayson has his 2 year well baby check-up Wednesday morning - so I'll update with all the official stats then. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">How far along? </b><span style="background-color: white;">25 weeks</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Total weight gain:</b> ack. finally got to 10 lbs. </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Maternity clothes? </b> Just tops still. I rotate a lot of dresses and skirts. The dress above is from target juniors department - I got two to wear to work</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> none yet</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Sleep: </b>Still pretty good..definitely not complaining.</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Getting the nursery furniture in and setting it up in the room. We were a bit shocked when we opened up the box to the dresser and it was ALREADY put together. Oh, and guess who helped her husband drag that bad boy up the stairs?? YES. ME. My husband has no shame in letting me do things I tell him are "ok". We were joking that I was probably the only pregnant women allowed to do such a task. It wasn't that bad...and it was worth it once finally in the room.</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Not really</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Movement:</b> Lots of kicks and rolls</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food cravings:</b><span class="Apple-style-span"> None. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Food aversions: </b>nothing really</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Gender: </b>Girl:) </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Labor Signs:</strong> Still have some braxton hicks here and there</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Getting more back pain...and leaking boobs</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> Out.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Looking forward to</strong>: Grayson's second bday party tomorrow. It should be a good time! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>More looking forward to</strong>: we still need to remove the piano from the living room and are hoping to get the wainscotting up in the upstairs hall, stairs and foyer. We are waiting on a quote for painting before we proceed with the wainscotting since we both refuse to paint it. ha...We've also picked out the window treatments and lighting for the nursery and just have to purchase. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Rocker:</strong> Ugh. Once we got the furniture in the nursery we got a little concerned that the chair we picked out was not going to fit in the space. We don't mind the rocker that G has in his room at all - it has actually worked out GREAT for us...but I would prefer something that reclines or that is SUPER comfortable...I'm going back to Buy Buy Baby to test out some chairs and we'll hopefully have a decision made within the next couple of weeks to get ordered. </span></li>
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