With the new job, time is flying by! I stay so busy all day that I end up working at least 9 hours most days, straight through (no break for lunch, just enough time to run & heat up something if I am lucky). My co-worker is out on vacation, so I am getting to do most of it by myself right now. I guess its only fair since I am about to leave her for 12 weeks on her own. I can't believe its already Tuesday. This week is going to be over before I know it - and then we get Monday off!!
Had my checkup today. 36 weeks and 1 day - only a few more days left to go until she's considered "full term". Baby is doing good, but still riding high. Absolutely not dilating or effacing at all. Boo!! Although I know that means nothing.... I am so sad that I officially crossed the 150lb mark though. I know its dumb, but I was really hoping to end this thing without going over. Still trying to drink a lot of water and watch what I eat. Hopefully it won't be too hard to get back after she's born. We talked about what to expect at this point, when I need to go in, and when we will have the induction discussion. My Dr doesn't induce until 1-2 weeks after the due date, especially with first time moms, unless its medically necessary. That was good to know, but I am so ready to get her out that I hope we don't need to get to that part.
We had an exterminator come out to the house to spray for ants and spiders. I wanted to get them all out of here before the baby came, and definitely didn't want to be spraying too close to her arrival. The good news is that I have not seen either since - well, the first couple of days we saw all the dead bugs, but I can live with that :) Somehow though we got fruit flies. I hate those things!! I have been killing them for a couple of weeks now, and could not figure out where they were coming from. Well....today I found out :( Apparently an old bag of potatoes had fallen under the shelf that they usually sit on. I pulled them out, DH took out all the trash, and we scrubbed things down like crazy. I am still killing the random ones flying around, but now that we got the source of the problem I am hoping they just go away :)
Our journey...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The end is near!
Only 34 more days left....and hopefully less. I don't want to get my hopes up too much, but my sister had both of her kids early. At this point Aly is far enough along that I am not worried about her coming at any time. Maybe its because I am so used to people around me having kids at 28 and 29 weeks, so 35 seems like she's over-baked already! Obviously I want her to stay in as long as she needs to, but I am so sick of being pregnant and uncomfortable, and its just going to get worse. The poor kid is seriously running out of room. One of our friends had her baby yesterday, and when I saw the announcement on FB I just started bawling. Poor DH - he just has no idea what to do with me & my crazy preggo hormones. So happy for my friends, but so ready just to hold my baby & have this pregnancy over with.
DH is going to get underwritten for life insurance in the next couple of weeks. I have a policy, and we have one on him through my work, but with the baby coming we figured it was best to get a real policy on him too. Which also means we probably need to sit down with our lawyer-friend and talk about wills & who we want to take care of Aly in-case something happens to us. So weird to now be responsible for someone else!
We had a SUPER eventful weekend!! The power went out at BIL/SIL's house. Three of the babies are on heart/breathing monitors, and one of them is still on oxygen as well (Caleb is rocking it & off all monitors!). The battery backups were about to go out, so they called me to see if I knew when the power would be back on. Benefit of working for the power company - sometimes we can get more insight to the situation :) It didn't look good though - the storms that rolled through here took out 62,000 customers. Major transmission lines were out, poles down, trees everywhere. They needed to pack up the babies and take them somewhere - so our house it was! The girls got to try out Aly's crib, and the boys hung out nearby in their pack n play. I will have to post pics later - it was too fun :) They stayed overnight, and DH and I got great practice with feeding & changing multiple babies. Once Aly comes, its going to seem so easy!!
DH kept joking that it would be really funny if I went into labor while they were all at our house. Um....not so much!
We had a good time hanging out with BIL & SIL. They seemed to enjoy getting out of the house, even if it was just to come hang out at our house. It was the first non-doctor outing that the kids have had, and probably the last for awhile since they are so sensitive to germs. Between feedings we watched the baseball games (BIL is a Cards fan, DH is a Royals fan. Perfect that they were playing each other this weekend!).
Money-wise...well, this is one of our going backwards periods again. The good news is that it is DEFINITELY not as bad as the last couple have been, and we don't expect it to last as long. DH has some great cases closing this summer, but they don't start paying out until fall/winter since its just quarterly. I am trying not to stress out about it. It just is what it is - we will be back on track soon. Overall we are still making forward progress, even still ahead from where we started in January of this year. I will get an update in a few weeks once we get the new car settled & start knowing more about expenses while out on maternity leave.
DH is going to get underwritten for life insurance in the next couple of weeks. I have a policy, and we have one on him through my work, but with the baby coming we figured it was best to get a real policy on him too. Which also means we probably need to sit down with our lawyer-friend and talk about wills & who we want to take care of Aly in-case something happens to us. So weird to now be responsible for someone else!
We had a SUPER eventful weekend!! The power went out at BIL/SIL's house. Three of the babies are on heart/breathing monitors, and one of them is still on oxygen as well (Caleb is rocking it & off all monitors!). The battery backups were about to go out, so they called me to see if I knew when the power would be back on. Benefit of working for the power company - sometimes we can get more insight to the situation :) It didn't look good though - the storms that rolled through here took out 62,000 customers. Major transmission lines were out, poles down, trees everywhere. They needed to pack up the babies and take them somewhere - so our house it was! The girls got to try out Aly's crib, and the boys hung out nearby in their pack n play. I will have to post pics later - it was too fun :) They stayed overnight, and DH and I got great practice with feeding & changing multiple babies. Once Aly comes, its going to seem so easy!!
DH kept joking that it would be really funny if I went into labor while they were all at our house. Um....not so much! We had a good time hanging out with BIL & SIL. They seemed to enjoy getting out of the house, even if it was just to come hang out at our house. It was the first non-doctor outing that the kids have had, and probably the last for awhile since they are so sensitive to germs. Between feedings we watched the baseball games (BIL is a Cards fan, DH is a Royals fan. Perfect that they were playing each other this weekend!).
Money-wise...well, this is one of our going backwards periods again. The good news is that it is DEFINITELY not as bad as the last couple have been, and we don't expect it to last as long. DH has some great cases closing this summer, but they don't start paying out until fall/winter since its just quarterly. I am trying not to stress out about it. It just is what it is - we will be back on track soon. Overall we are still making forward progress, even still ahead from where we started in January of this year. I will get an update in a few weeks once we get the new car settled & start knowing more about expenses while out on maternity leave.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Time to get a mommy-mobile
We have been looking to trade in DH's car since it just does not drive in the winter at all. Today we found one :) We ended up getting a 2007 Explorer with 36,000 miles! So exciting :) We are trading in DH's car, and since his friend is the car dealer, we are getting a pretty good deal. For the most part our payments will stay the same, which is good.
The car obviously gets really low gas mileage (although not much worse than the CTS), so its going to primarily be my vehicle. DH will drive the Corolla to save on miles on the new car, and to get the better mileage since he drives so much. The funny thing is, our gas expenses will probably go down with the new car just because we are trading drivers & cars. And its going to be nice to put DD in the higher car where we don't have to bend over or climb in to get the carseat in place.
SIL still has our carseat for our niece, but we should be getting that back soon. We still need to get 1-2 more bases to put in DH's car & MIL's car for when I go back to work. Honestly, I am thinking of getting the extra bases off of Craigslist. I found someone selling the seat + the bases (2) for less than just the cost of the seat. I will use our brand new seat for her but if I can get a deal on the bases then I will :)
The car obviously gets really low gas mileage (although not much worse than the CTS), so its going to primarily be my vehicle. DH will drive the Corolla to save on miles on the new car, and to get the better mileage since he drives so much. The funny thing is, our gas expenses will probably go down with the new car just because we are trading drivers & cars. And its going to be nice to put DD in the higher car where we don't have to bend over or climb in to get the carseat in place.
SIL still has our carseat for our niece, but we should be getting that back soon. We still need to get 1-2 more bases to put in DH's car & MIL's car for when I go back to work. Honestly, I am thinking of getting the extra bases off of Craigslist. I found someone selling the seat + the bases (2) for less than just the cost of the seat. I will use our brand new seat for her but if I can get a deal on the bases then I will :)
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