pregnancy overview

Time sure has gone by fast in a lot of ways, however we have been waiting for this little guy long before he was conceived and we are so excited to have him coming into our lives here in the next couple of weeks. I decided it would be good to make an entry about his growth and progression. We are also very appreciative to those who have been so generous and helpful to us during this pregnancy and provided us with so much help and prayers.

First picture of our little one at 7 weeks. 

 

 

 

October: 3 months

 

 

 

November: 4 months

Getting big! Waving hi to everyone at 18 week ultrasound.

 

 

 

December: 5 months

 

 

 

January: 6 months

 

 

 

February: 7 months

 

 

 

March: 8 months

cute little baby face.

 

 April: 9 months

 

Next time we get a picture of him he will be out and a lot easier to see his little features! Still on the countdown 13 days until my due date!



 

Time for an update it has been awhile! Erik finished his prelims a few weeks ago and passed with flying colors! His committee had really good things to say about his presentation I am so proud of him! This was a big hurdle for his schooling, now he just has to do research, work on publishing his work, and graduate. That still means a couple more years, but this was a huge step in the right direction.

 

Here I am at 35 weeks. I'm pretty sure over the course of this week our little guy dropped. At the beginning of the week this was my belly on the left, but by the end of the week it was the one on the right, I feel like it is more pointy forward and lower. I can breathe better now that he doesn't spend as much of his time up in my rib cage!

 

Rhododendron season is here! Erik walked over to the store and found this for me on the way home it was one of the first ones to bloom. I love these flowers, I just wished they bloomed all summer instead of just for a little while in the spring.

 

 

My latest craft project for our little guy, I made a nursing cover. I felt like the ones you can get from the store don't cover as good, so I made one that was nice and big plus I could pick any material I wanted.

 

 

Week 36. I'm now up to getting weekly visits to the doctor's office. Erik's a good sport and always goes with me. Everything is going good according to the doctors, now it's just a waiting game.

 
 

 

Oh the wonderful world of water retention. I drink so much water every day which is supposed to help flush out the extra fluid but I have determined that it doesn't help. I wear my tennis shoes to work every day now to help with swelling. Classy, I know...also my ring doesn't fit anymore.

 

 

We have had really awesome weather the last week so Erik and I go on walks every day to get some fresh air and to hopefully help this baby decide to come! The trees have been blooming and they are gorgeous.

 

 

 

 

 37 weeks. Only 3 weeks to go! I think it's about time for him to come, he's running out of womb!

Is it spring?

 

33 weeks and this baby is begging to get out! He sure is an active little guy. He will respond to almost any stimulation, music, me poking at him, Erik talking to him, me rolling over in my sleep, anything will get him moving around at least for a little bit. We fall more in love every day!

 

We have had pretty good weather here over the last week or two so we decided grilling season is officially starting! I honestly don't know how we go all winter without the grill we use it every day all summer. On Saturday we did fajita night and grilled everything up it was so delicious! We got to eat it for lunch the next day too and it was just as good the second time around.

 

 

 

We don't have a lot of pictures from the last couple of weeks, Erik is getting ready for prelims on Friday so we have spent a lot of time inside with him studying so nothing too exciting has happened. I can't wait for spring break so he can have a break from all of the work!

 

34 weeks! Only 6 more to go! I think we are just about ready to meet our little one!

 

 

We had a Dr. Appointment today and she couldn't quite figure out which position he was in (he is head down by the way ready to come out!) so she rolled in the ultrasound cart and did a quick little ultrasound to officially identify which part was where. We got this adorable little picture of him I was so excited. He was just sleeping away, but when she started pushing on my belly trying to feel where he was laying he started kicking at her to let her know she was interrupting his nap! He just looks so peaceful in there. Maybe now I can sort of see his face I can decide on a name!

Date night, baby shower, work, and 32 weeks!

 

Erik and I decided we needed a little break so we decided on a date night down to Eugene after work one day. We went to Olive Garden which was so good but it took them forever to deliver our food the people that got there after us received their food and finished eating before we got ours so they gave us a free dessert which made up for it a bit. We then went over to the mall because we don't have one in Corvallis and did some baby clothes shopping. It's really hard not to buy everything sometimes.

 

 

Little outfits we found down at the mall.

 

 

 

31 weeks. I've had horrible back issues lately he's just getting big and so I spend a lot of time on a heating pad to relax the knots in my back at night. Erik takes such good care of me and my ailments he is the best.

 

One night I decided to get ambitious and make a quick bread recipe my mom sent me. Unfortunately, our house was too cold and it took too long to raise so I got impatient and finally cooked it and then it didn't cook enough so after dumping it out of the pan I had to try and get it back in the pan to finish cooking it was just a disaster. I fail at bread making...

 

My wonderful visiting teachers and friends threw me a baby shower last weekend. It was so cute and we had a good turn out. They made it nautical themed like our nursery.

 

A few of the people.

 

At work last week we had a color correction class where they brought in really messed up mannequin heads that had weird color going on or damaged hair and we were supposed to fix their color and also preserve the integrity of their hair. This was the head I got. Yikes! Surprisingly enough this is the sort of thing we run in to occasionally because of people coloring their hair on their own.

 

This was my result when I was done. It was a really fun challenge and I got to use different techniques I don't use on a regular basis.

 

The picture was the color I was supposed to end up with I think I got pretty close!

 

32 weeks! Getting bigger and bigger. Tomorrow is 33 weeks for me and I can feel it! Can't wait to meet this little guy he is already so fun and we love him so much!

Vacation and more nursery progress

 

This last weekend we got to spend out at the coast. Our friends own a beach house out there and they very generously let us borrow it for the weekend. It was so nice to get away for a bit even though it rained most of the time we had a blast!

 

This was the windiest and rainiest day I have see since living in Oregon. The coast sure knows how to put on a storm! The waves were crashing really far back and you could watch the wind blow the sea spray off the tops of the white caps.

 

 

Much more calm, sunny day at the beach although it was still pretty chilly it's just nice to hear the ocean sounds and relax.

 

 

New crib for our little guy! We realized when we got out to our car that the box would not fit so we unwrapped it there and had to load it piece by piece into the car. It eventually made it in though! I also made a bumper guard to put on top of the rail to tie it in with the rest of the nursery and to keep little teeth from chewing on the wood!

 

 

Our friend Angie found that cute helm for us to put in our nursery and then Erik and I found the anchor and starfish to go with it on our big empty wall.

 

 

Out at the coast we found this cute fishing net that Erik hung up for stuffed animals to hang in up out of the way. I think it turned out super cute!

 

 

Sorry the lighting is really poor but we hung up new curtains and made the rope tie backs to hold them open.

 

Some of our new baby clothes purchases. Can you tell we like sea things?

 

29 weeks

 

30 weeks. I don't think there is much more room for him to grow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All in a day's work

Project baby stuff continues! Erik and I did some fun fabric shopping and found some really cute stuff. I made this car seat cover last week on my day off and I think it turned out really cute.

 

 

 

Erik wanted a manly touch to add to it so we made the bottom half camo to go with the forest animals. I love how it turned out.

 

 

 

 

 

Today's project was burp cloths. I made 8 of these so hopefully now we have plenty. I love these too what surprised me was how long they took! At least now I know they will survive the millions of wash loads I will undoubtedly put them through.

 

 

 

front and back

 

 

 

One of the best perks about working in a salon. Monday was a really slow day so I got to sit back for an hour and get a pedicure. It's nice to sit back in the middle of the day and get my feet rubbed! I have had some problems with my ankles swelling a bit so it felt really nice to put my feet up. This is just me and baby chilling in our pedi chair.

 

28 weeks down 12 to go! We are pretty excited. We went to a class at the hospital tonight and found a pediatrician we like so that's one more thing down to prepare for this little guy to show up!

 

 

Now I need a new project to work on!