As we wait for the baby, it looks like I will make it to December! Which is a good thing because that's kind of what I told the school to plan on - count me out for the month of December.
However, I have been thinking about ways to have a baby that wouldn't be any more weird than the current method -
1. Lay an egg like a bird: Lay an egg and carry it around for 9 months to incubate it. Wait for it to hatch.
2. Sneeze: Do you have a tissue? I just had a baby.
3. Vomit: Oooh... I don't feel so good...
"My baby was born covered in Spaghettio's - it was gross!"
"Yeah, well mine was covered in popcorn and chocolate pudding - and he was stuck in my throat for 10 hours before I could gag him out."
4. Belly button drawstring: I think it would be awesome if your belly button was just cinched closed with a drawstring. When your belly gets big enough, you just loosen the drawstring, open up the belly and pull the baby out.
5. Athena style: In Greek mythology, Zeus complains about a huge headache. He has Hephaestus take an axe to his head and split it open - revealing a fully grown and armored Athena.
Also - what if you grew a baby in your butt? I mean - it's not any weirder than growing one in your belly. Wouldn't it be weird if people's butts just got bigger and bigger until they had their baby. You really could NEVER ask someone if they were pregnant.
Anyway. I'm sure I'm going to have to settle for the good old-fashioned way. I just think it's weird.
Us
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Progress
I have been working on getting everything ready for the baby to come, since that could be any day now. This has included a lot of buying and building home storage furniture (bookcases, drawers, etc.) and also buying a lot of Tupperware-type storage. But it needed to be done and things are looking a lot better - though there is still work to be done. In the meantime, here are some pictures of our nursery/guest room upstairs.
We still want to do some things like put up curtains and pictures, etc. but you should have seen it a week ago! I think it's so cute! And maybe going up and down those stairs will keep me in shape.
Building the crib:
Testing out the crib:
Panoramic:
Thanks for the crib mom and dad! It fits almost perfectly. And grandma's old chair is going to be a lovely place to rock the baby.
We still want to do some things like put up curtains and pictures, etc. but you should have seen it a week ago! I think it's so cute! And maybe going up and down those stairs will keep me in shape.
Building the crib:
Testing out the crib:
Panoramic:
Thanks for the crib mom and dad! It fits almost perfectly. And grandma's old chair is going to be a lovely place to rock the baby.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Well...
Here I was thinking that I would have all of this free time this week to do things like post on my blog. I guess I didn't realize just how much still had to be done to get ready for this little one. I have been running errands, buying groceries, cleaning and organizing.
We are almost done organizing everything. We still have to find somewhere to put the instruments we have accumulated since we've been married. We have quite the collection - with nowhere to put it. Anyone want to build us a music room?! (Bruce Willis's home in Hailey - about 3 hours away - is on the market - we'll just buy that...) Anyway - I am surprised we have found places for the rest of the junk (Chad insists none of it is "junk") we have accumulated. The upstairs is looking cuter and cuter as a nursery. We got the crib last week, and Chad put it together Sunday afternoon.
After thinking I wasn't going to have a baby shower, I ended up having 4 - 2 planned, 2 surprise! One with Chad's family way back in August, one at work, one at work with my students, and one at church with the Young Women. I am grateful because we got many of the things we needed. With gift cards, I was able to purchase the rest of what I think we'll need, and I still have some money left over. I was telling mom - it's weird that something so small requires so much paraphernalia. It has been nice to have this week off to sleep and relax one last time before the baby comes. We went out to dinner the other night and are heading to a movie tonight (with a gift card to the cheap theaters from work that will expire Dec. 5th).
People keep saying that I must just want this baby out of me because I'm probably feeling so uncomfortable. I think carrying him around in my belly is a whole lot easier than having him not in my belly anymore. Then he will need a car seat, clothes, diapers, food, time, stroller, blankets, toys, etc. Even little things like tag-saling or grocery shopping will be a whole production. I'm not even that uncomfortable. Big, yes, but not really uncomfortable. (Besides the constant heartburn - which I have finally controlled with the discovery of Zantac75. Wahoo!) Plus, having the baby inside of me greatly reduces the chance that I will forget I have a child and leave him somewhere by accident.
Speaking of which - this pregnancy has been pretty easy. If it weren't for rising girth units, I wouldn't even know I was pregnant. I was never sick. I haven't been that tired, my back doesn't hurt and my belly doesn't feel that heavy. My biggest complaints are the heartburn and an itchy belly. And apparently the "stomach pains" that have been waking me up the last few nights are probably partial contractions. Who knew? Chad and I are hoping that an uneventful pregnancy will translate to an uneventful labor and delivery.
It will be interesting to see how the dog handles new competition for our attention. She starts whining/barking when she hears babies crying on TV. She's in for it. Maybe she knows already. She has been super snuggly the last few weeks.
I have a long-term sub lined up for school, but so far no luck with the Children's Choir. A student from BYU-I contacted me, and I got really excited, but I haven't heard from her since. Hopefully she doesn't back out.
As for Thanksgiving, Chad and I are staying home and enjoying a quiet, tiny dinner all to ourselves. We thought about heading to Chuck-A-Rama, and who knows, we might still end up there - but as of now, we're planning on eating at home. It is Chad's only day off (besides Sundays) from now until Christmas, and he wants to stay home and I'm okay with that.
I know I have updates from the last month and a half (Halloween!) - but somehow I don't have any pictures on this computer. So those will have to come later.
...Maybe my next post will be full of baby pictures!
We are almost done organizing everything. We still have to find somewhere to put the instruments we have accumulated since we've been married. We have quite the collection - with nowhere to put it. Anyone want to build us a music room?! (Bruce Willis's home in Hailey - about 3 hours away - is on the market - we'll just buy that...) Anyway - I am surprised we have found places for the rest of the junk (Chad insists none of it is "junk") we have accumulated. The upstairs is looking cuter and cuter as a nursery. We got the crib last week, and Chad put it together Sunday afternoon.
After thinking I wasn't going to have a baby shower, I ended up having 4 - 2 planned, 2 surprise! One with Chad's family way back in August, one at work, one at work with my students, and one at church with the Young Women. I am grateful because we got many of the things we needed. With gift cards, I was able to purchase the rest of what I think we'll need, and I still have some money left over. I was telling mom - it's weird that something so small requires so much paraphernalia. It has been nice to have this week off to sleep and relax one last time before the baby comes. We went out to dinner the other night and are heading to a movie tonight (with a gift card to the cheap theaters from work that will expire Dec. 5th).
People keep saying that I must just want this baby out of me because I'm probably feeling so uncomfortable. I think carrying him around in my belly is a whole lot easier than having him not in my belly anymore. Then he will need a car seat, clothes, diapers, food, time, stroller, blankets, toys, etc. Even little things like tag-saling or grocery shopping will be a whole production. I'm not even that uncomfortable. Big, yes, but not really uncomfortable. (Besides the constant heartburn - which I have finally controlled with the discovery of Zantac75. Wahoo!) Plus, having the baby inside of me greatly reduces the chance that I will forget I have a child and leave him somewhere by accident.
Speaking of which - this pregnancy has been pretty easy. If it weren't for rising girth units, I wouldn't even know I was pregnant. I was never sick. I haven't been that tired, my back doesn't hurt and my belly doesn't feel that heavy. My biggest complaints are the heartburn and an itchy belly. And apparently the "stomach pains" that have been waking me up the last few nights are probably partial contractions. Who knew? Chad and I are hoping that an uneventful pregnancy will translate to an uneventful labor and delivery.
It will be interesting to see how the dog handles new competition for our attention. She starts whining/barking when she hears babies crying on TV. She's in for it. Maybe she knows already. She has been super snuggly the last few weeks.
I have a long-term sub lined up for school, but so far no luck with the Children's Choir. A student from BYU-I contacted me, and I got really excited, but I haven't heard from her since. Hopefully she doesn't back out.
As for Thanksgiving, Chad and I are staying home and enjoying a quiet, tiny dinner all to ourselves. We thought about heading to Chuck-A-Rama, and who knows, we might still end up there - but as of now, we're planning on eating at home. It is Chad's only day off (besides Sundays) from now until Christmas, and he wants to stay home and I'm okay with that.
I know I have updates from the last month and a half (Halloween!) - but somehow I don't have any pictures on this computer. So those will have to come later.
...Maybe my next post will be full of baby pictures!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Coming Soon -
A new post to catch you up on all our goings on in the last month.
After this week, I get a full week of lovely vacation and no obligations. I have a lot of things planned to do that week to finish getting ready for this baby's arrival, so he can't come before that!
After this week, I get a full week of lovely vacation and no obligations. I have a lot of things planned to do that week to finish getting ready for this baby's arrival, so he can't come before that!
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