Since She's Not Here Yet

We're trying really hard to be patient since the due date is tomorrow and I haven't felt a single contraction. I've been walking to try to get something going, but no luck so far. Here's a look at my gigantic 39 week belly-I'm waddling a bit more every day.

Our ultrasound about a week and a half ago revealed that despite measuring small from the outside, baby's actually kind of huge. They estimated that she weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz.! And they did confirm that we're having a girl, so that's one less thing to be anxious about.

I've been keeping busy by cleaning and doing craft projects, and we've got everything ready to carve pumpkins tonight.

We've been pushing this back for a few days now, so we'll see if it really happens. It's a funny feeling to not know if you'll be able to do something tomorrow because you might be having a baby.

Ok Baby, We're Ready

Well, at least we think we are. I'm pretty sure we've got all of the necessities, and with the recent addition of a rocking chair and a rug, her nursery is finally put together.

(I really do have a place for all of those diapers, I just haven't gotten to it yet.)

As a pregnancy update, I'm 38 weeks today! I went to the Dr. yesterday, and I'm (almost) dilated to 1 cm. Pretty sure I still haven't felt a single contraction. Baby is still measuring a bit small, so I'm going in for an ultrasound on Monday just to make sure everything is ok. I'm trying to not be too concerned since her heartbeat was strong and she's still very active. When I think that she could be here any day now, I'm filled mostly with excitement plus one little slight pang of terror. We're certainly in for a big change!

Just One Reason We Love the Fall

Spencer doesn't have class this week because of board reviews. Apparently he thought yesterday was a huge waste of time, so he ditched today. We had some errands to run, and also decided to visit Patterson's Farm for some fall fun and yummy treats.

We didn't get to pick apples when we went last year, so we were excited when we heard that the orchards across the street were open for picking. It only took us about 10 minutes to pick 6 lbs., and at less than $1.00/lb, we'll definitely be going back when these ones are gone!

Beautiful fall scenery + apples + kettlecorn + donuts = fun ride home.

Now I just need an awesome apple pie recipe!

Project #1: Complete

My ModPodge frames are finished and hung on the wall! Now we just need some pictures of our little girl to make it extra cute.

On a funny note, Spencer got a turn wearing the 35 pound "sympathy belly" at our Lamaze class on Monday. Unfortunately, the only picture I took was with my phone. The teacher always throws something on the floor and then makes the dads-to-be bend over and pick it up. I also made Spencer lay on his side and then roll to his other side, and the look on his face when he did that portrayed exactly how I feel every night :)

The Countdown

Here I am at 34 weeks. I can't believe I only have 6 weeks left! We are so excited for this little girl to come!

Sadly, I made another maternity clothes purchase. I was tired of looking WT in my other maternity jeans, which NEVER stayed up. I had them safety pinned in multiple places, but that blasted panel would still slide right down and be visible after taking about 5 steps. So note to self: invest in "secret fit belly" jeans (pictured above) from Motherhood Maternity when you need maternity pants. They're like a dream.

P.S. After I purchased said jeans, I needed to run to the grocery store. And since I didn't want to be pulling up my pants 50 times during that shopping trip, I totally changed into my new pair in my car in the mall parking lot!! Maybe I am a little WT after all.

Power Outage

A wind storm recently blew through our area, and like many of you, blew out our power right along with it. Our outage started on Sunday night at about 6:30pm, then thankfully ended this morning at 9:30am. I knew everything in our freezer would be ruined, so I opened it up today to pitch stuff in preparation for garbage day tomorrow. This is what I found when I opened the door:
Ha! I knew our meat would be bad, but I didn't even think about our nearly full bag of frozen rolls thawing, then rising to gigantic proportions!! Luckily, we didn't have much in there anyway, so we didn't have to throw away too much stuff.

A Preview

I've been keeping myself busy getting ready for this baby girl, and here's a little preview of the decor in various stages of completion.

As you can see, we more or less decided on a name. However, I have letters to do "Grace" too in case we change our minds.

Our changing table/dresser combo, which I started putting clothes into yesterday. After getting a huge bag of hand-me-down girl clothes from my sister, I sorted (usable vs. unuseable), washed, and folded 6 loads of laundry (ours + baby's)! I watched 3 entire movies while I did it all to make it less painful.

I'm still deciding where I want to hang these coat hangers I finished.

This frame arrangement is a work in progress, but I have big plans to make it super cute. Unfortunately, I'm having issues deciding what I really want to do. For example, keep them plain...

or Mod Podge some of them? Or maybe Mod Podge all of them? We'll see.

The best part of these crafts was totally the price. I knew I wanted to do the ModPodge letters of her name, but each letter is usually $2.99 at Jo-Ann Fabrics. I went to Michael's one day to compare prices, and found that they were pretty much the same. But then I hit the jackpot in a 90% off section, where I found pressed wood letters on sale for $0.16 each! So here's the breakdown:

• 6 pressed wood letters: $0.96
• 3 unfinished star coat hangers: $1.50
• 9 unfinished wood frames: $9.00
• Paper: about $3.00
• Paint: about $3.00
• Mod Podge: $5.00

Grand total = $22.46. It will probably be more like $30 when all is said and done, but I'm feeling pretty proud of myself for that.

Oh, and I don't want to forget... my friend Hatsuho taught me how to spice up burp cloths, so I made a few at her house one afternoon. Now our little one can puke on us in style.