Just Fat? & List Update

So, it's been hard for me to deal with the weight I have gained during this pregnancy. Hormones, sciatica, an affinity for nachos and the inability to battle fatigue sufficiently to cook meals has caused an 18 pound total gain. (Yes, I know, that's normal, even healthy, however I did not get there healthily, nachos remember?) Anyway I've been worried for the past few months that I don't look pregnant. I worry that people see me and just think I'm another pudgy girl. (and realistically, why would they care? at 203 I'm not big enough to attract stares, even if I was this weight sans person growing inside of me.) Add the waddling to that mix and any degree of "pregnant cute" has gone out the window. I feel like one of those metal guys from the 5th element movie.

Mondoshawans... anybody....anybody.....

Gah!!!!
I need to stop it.

I have packed my bag for the hospital and with 33 days left I am getting ready to go, basically any time. It's my third, doc says he's gonna show up early and I'm basically ready, well as ready as you can be. 

For the rest of this week, in between cleaning and organizing, I'm going to be crafting up a storm. I have a few sibling t-shirts that I want to make for the munches, some thrift-ed t-shirts to convert into nursing covers and burp cloths and a few more small pieces to crochet for my little guy, some booties, a baseball hat and something with about 4/5 of a skein of really pretty moss green yarn.

Update on the "Getting Ready for Baby Lists"

On the Have-to list:
-Get the bassinet from Mom's house - done
-Recover the cushions on the rocking chair - done
-Move the Christmas stuff out to the shed.
-Pack the hospital bag - done
-Get work stuff ready for maternity leave -in progress
-Nursery Shopping: Lamp, bed skirt, clothing storage (done) and heater (don't need)
-get baby clothes organized and put away. - done
-take the munches shopping for a gift for their new brother
-get gifts for the munches, from the baby brother.
-get rid of excess crap - toys, highchair, car seat, dresser


On the Want-to list:
-finish Squirt's christening outfit.- done
-make nursing shirts. -done, but purchased, not made, yeah, I'm a slacker
-stock freezer with ready to heat/eat meals. -Erin has suggested an awesome way to get this done, cooking party!!! To be scheduled  for after next payday.
-make Munches Easter dresses. -probably going to buy these, I found some that I really like.
-do another office organization, last one Jeeves, I promise.
-make Robot rag quilt.
-make nursery decorations
-make hats and misc stuff for newborn photos. (pinterest is the devil) -done

Week 35: Nesting with the Ninja

I've been hard at work getting my home ready for squirt to come home. Here are a few of the things I've been up to.

This is one of the photo props that Pinterest prompted me to try to recreate. The photo will be of squirt asleep on his belly with the hat on his head and the "turtle shell" on his back. I also did a quick diaper cover so no pampers are sticking out in the photo. The turtle stuff is sitting on an MS society pillow that will become my best friend as Squirt and I work out the nursing thing during the first few weeks. I love these soft, tiny Styrofoam bead filled pillows for nursing, they work perfectly.

And another. This will have more parts later, some booties and maybe a t-shirt. It depends on how time works out.

Still needs eyes. 

This is one of the blankets I started before I knew if it was a boy or girl. I is made with a really soft acrylic yarn that almost seems to shine. I love the colors.

With his teddy. 

This is Squirt's outfit for when he is baptized. I made the sweater and purchased the layette at Carter's. The child's only new outfit thus far as he has been blessed with lots of hand me downs. Next to it is my awesome clearance buy from Tar-geh last week. Two Swaddle blankets with Velcro to keep him snugly wrapped and help him sleep.

This is a photo on the new chest of drawers my Mutti and Gram found for me at the local salvation army. 35 bucks and the top converts into a changing table if I want it to. I sort of like the idea of storage though.

This is where I am sleeping now, to get used to sleeping in the nursery before little dude shows up. I already feel pretty much at home here, that quilt is one that Mutti and I made during the summer after I graduated from high school. It was on the bed in my dorm and now I'm sleeping with it again.

Why yes, that is my already packed hospital bag. 

This is his new car seat which we purchased from a friend at work along with a stroller and high chair for a hundred bucks. Not too shabby.

The Stroller.

Sunshine's Rainbow Blanket

I switched hook gauge partway through, can you tell?

Which she loves and has slept with every night since I finished it.

It covers her, me and Pumpkin, big blanket. 

And as promised, 35 week Belly. Once again freshly scrubbed face, but at least you all know I'm showering. I brushed my hair before I went to work, really, I did.

My kitchen is such a mess!

In week 35 for Squirt he's just getting bigger and finding himself more and more cramped in my less than accommodating mid section. His kidneys are now fully functioning and he's just about done baking. Things are moving along quite well.

I lost

My appetite and 2 pounds in the last week. It's not ideal, but with the baby still sitting so high I feel like anything I eat just sits in my throat and I'm not hungry enough to want to go through that. I think Doc is going to yell at me tomorrow, but what can ya do? If this keeps up, I may end this pregnancy under 200 pounds after all. That was my goal, have a third child and stay under 200. I was at 185 when I found out he was coming and have now gained a total of 18 pounds, which is normal and healthy.

You know that deal where you shouldn't eat for however many hours before going to bed. Something about snacking before sleeping being a hindrance to weight loss and such? The amount of time varies depending on who is giving the advice, but is usually 2 hours or more. I find that this is not an issue for me. The heartburn is severe enough that most days I stop eating at around 5 and go to bed around 10 to reduce the reflux. I think this is also helping me not gain, because I have a hard time eating when I first get up; so lunch and dinner are my only "real" meals and they are typically small.

In Munch news the girls are feeling better and have now been sleeping in their own room, in their own beds for over a week. We are still working out the bed time routine, they are a little miffed that I'm not going to bed at the same time as them. But we are getting there, and I'm confident that they will be very happy to not be woken up by Squirt every time he wakes up and needs to eat. They can tell it's getting close and they talk about him more and more. Such sweet little girls I've got. I finished some new baby projects so I'll give you a new look at the nursery, baby stuff, and other things tomorrow when I do the week 35 update. I'll try to get a picture of the belly too, since you got jipped last week.

Invasion of the Pod Husbands

In the last two weeks Jeeves has been doing things that make me wonder if he is really the man I married. For the past 2 weeks he has been washing dishes, doing laundry, letting me nap, and generally being "that guy"

You know who "that guy" is, right?

The perfect husband to a pregnant lady, the one who makes other wives jealous.

With two sick babies and a case of the yucks myself I have never been more proud to be married to this blessing of a man.

He's amazing and I'm blessed. No pictures today, but I look like death so that probably for the best.

Happy News

We got a phone call from the doctor's office and all of Sunshine's lab work came back normal. She is absorbing nutrients well and has no indications for Celiac or Grave's disease.

More good news, Pumpkin started throwing up last night, which indicates that Sunshine's throwing up was part of a flu-bug type thing, albeit a weird one, with no other symptoms.

So we are doing a two-week calorie intake log for Sunshine and then going back in to see the doc to find out if she has gained anything back and continue to trouble shoot her being such a tiny thing.

I'm feeling shaky and sick too, we'll see what happens. If things go well tomorrow I'll have some new pictures to share.

Waiting Games

Sunshine is still not feeling well, we are just waiting for some answers and it's hard to not know what's going on. Thanks for the prayers everyone.

I'm having a hard time concentrating today.