We had my baby shower this past Saturday on July 25, 2009. What an amazing day! What great friends and family I have. I can’t believe how much people love little Olivia and she’s not even born yet. The shower started at 1pm and my mom had bought all pink and chocolate brown decorations. The napkins were the cutest, they were pink with white polka dots. Little decorations hung from the chandelier and we had pink and chocolate brown cups and plates. Cindie made cute little pink “Chinese takeout” boxes with chocolate brown and pink candies in them. The food was amazing! It was beautiful on the table – almost too good to eat – but not quite. I chowed down many times throughout the day. The cake turned out really cute. It had pink booties on it and was so yummy. White cake with white buttercream and strawberries in the middle and a whipped cream frosting. Jenny’s punch recipe was VERY tasty and quite a hit. There were piles and piles of gifts, it took me forever to plow through them. So many personalized and handmade items that I will just cherish forever. I can definitely say that she doesn’t need anymore clothes until she’s 9 months old! We got almost everything we need (about 80%) and just need to pick up a few more things like pacifiers, mattress pads, changing table covers, some more bottles, diapers, burp cloths, the bouncer and the infant car seat. Her room is packed with gifts right now and I need to start digging through them to try and get things put away and organized. We also need to find some good shelving because Miss Olivia already has LOADS of books. I had a wonderful time and it was so great seeing so many friends and family. Let’s do this again for her first birthday! HAHA!
Everything is going good. I’m gaining too much weight! I’ve been averaging 2 pounds a week and they want me to keep it at 1. I feel like it’s going on faster than I can eat. I wanted to stay under 200, but I’m not sure if that’s possible at this point. I’ve 24 lbs gained so far. Saturday night after the shower I was lying in bed and for the first time she really pushed hard with her little hands/feet and pushed my skin out so far my stomach was completely misshapen. It’s happened before, but it was REALLY crazy this time. It was like the side of my stomach came to a point. It was the craziest experience this entire pregnancy – and I was all by myself when it happened which really sucks!
We really enjoyed the hospital / maternity ward tour 2 weeks ago. It really made things more of a reality to us, which was scary and exciting all at the same time. Going to something like this was really great for someone like me because I hate the unknown and I hate not having a plan, so seeing where I am going to be and how everything works was great. I was really impressed with Kaiser’s care and I feel really good about this upcoming experience. Now if someone can just tell me what day she’ll be born, that will ease my nervousness a little!
I got asked over the weekend who was going to be in the room with me when I give birth and I got mixed reactions when I said “probably just Jeff.” I also added that it would also depend on the moment and how I’m feeling, if the birth is complicated or easy, etc, etc, but I think people really thought I was going to use all 4 of my slots in the delivery room. I just don’t know yet. I’m going to just leave it up to the moment. If anyone gets to come in, it would be my mom, but I’m not sure about that either. I’m not sure if she would make me feel better or maybe stress me out some more. I have no idea if I’m going to be one of those women that get angry and yell at everyone or if I’ll be calm and just in pain. I just don’t see how I could make that decision right now when I’ve never gone through this before and I don’t know what to expect. What if the baby comes early and my mom’s not here? What if the baby comes fast and no one has time to get the hospital except for Jeff and I and maybe my aunts? I just don’t know. And I think I may have offended people, but what can I say…
I’m sitting here looking at my To Do list for the baby. So far this is what I’ve written down today.
Buy and hang shelving
Wash all clothing, sheets, blankets, etc
Buy waterproof mattress pads
Buy changing pads
Organize drawers and closet
Buy diapers
Find a place to store the high chair and bigger stroller
Install car seat and bases
Pack hospital bag
This doesn’t include finding a home for everything given to us at the shower! Still lots to do!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
30 weeks, 3 days...
I can’t believe I’m 30 weeks! Where has the time gone? Only 10 weeks to go…its amazing!
We spent all last weekend getting the nursery ready. Painted, hung a chair rail, cleaned everything out, put together the furniture and yesterday we hung her name over the crib. Seeing her room every night when I come up the stairs and every morning when I wake up has really made it all so much more real to me. I can’t believe in 10 weeks there will be a baby in there! My shower is in less than 2 weeks…we’ll be swimming in baby gifts which we will start putting into her room…that’s going to be another step at making it more “real.”
Today we are going to the Hospital Tour in Panorama City. I’m so excited to see the Maternity Ward! I saw a small part of the *new* hospital when I went there for Urgent Care last year, but I’m really excited to see everything. This is also another step at making things seem more real. I’ve only been to the hospital (in my entire life) to see both Gavin and Jerrod after they were born. Isn’t that scary? I have no idea what life is going to be like as a patient, hooked up to IV’s and giving birth…weird!
I think I’ve finally reached my threshold for “advice.” I am so sick of people chastising me because I don’t sit and talk to the baby all day! I’m seriously at work all day and when I get home at night it just feels weird talking to my stomach. She can hear Jeff and I talking and she listens to me talk all day. She’s not going to know if I’m talking directly to her or not, the only thing she can understand at this point is a heartbeat and the replication of a heartbeat with the pre-natal education system I wear. Maybe that’s mean and insensitive and it’s a sign I’m already going to be a bad mommy, but whatever. I just don’t think I’ve “connected” with her yet and maybe that too means I’ll be a bad mom. I feel like I can connect to her more now than 11 weeks ago, especially knowing her name and shopping for all of her clothes and nursery items, but I’m still not 100% connected. I’m only about halfway there. I’ve finally reached the point where I can picture her being born and all of the time we will spend as a family. I feel like it’s a process and I’m slowly getting to the point where I’m ready (at least mentally) for her to be part of our lives. Thank goodness this is a 9 month process because it’s taking that long for me to feel like I’m ready!
I still worry if I’m going to be a good mom and how I’m going to protect her against the world. Earlier in the pregnancy I couldn’t sleep at night thinking about these things and now I feel a lot more ready. I think more about labor and delivery every day and I think more about those first couple weeks after she comes home. Before it terrified me to even think about it and now I’m 95% ready.
She’s still moving and grooving in my belly! She’s also still pushing on (and feels like in!) my right rib which can get extremely uncomfortable. On my right side, just under my rib, I get pressure and then I can feel her foot come up and make a lump for a moment, and then go back down. She’s had some pretty hard kicks on my left side, but they’re more rare, seems like her feet are always on my right side. Last week she had some really hard ones on my left side, it was like a rolling motion of knees and elbows and for the first time it actually hurt a little instead of just startling me or being uncomfortable. She’s most active probably at night, just after dinner and sometimes after I lay down in bed. I get some movement in the mornings and the afternoon, but not nearly as much as at night. I think because that’s when I finally settle down and relax for the day, so that’s her time to move around.
My stomach has continued to pop. Although people still tell me I don’t look 7 months pregnant – I’ll take it while I can! My doc appointments are every 2 weeks now and I think they go down to weekly 1 month out. I’m glad they’re so good at monitoring everything and keeping an eye on me and the baby, but having so many appointments gets annoying!
I can’t wait to see everyone at the shower. It feels so great to surround yourself with people you care about during such a happy time in your life. I feel like events like this bring people together who haven’t seen each other or haven’t had much time together and I just love that. I want her birth to be one big celebration! There are already so many people that love her and she’s still got 2 more months of baking to do!
We took our maternity photos over the weekend. Despite the hot weather and all of the work, it was a lot of fun. About 40 came out that I actually like, which is a lot more than I thought would! I’m really happy to have these to look back on in the future. Hopefully she’ll think it’s kinda cool when she’s older and not super annoying and stupid, haha.
That’s it for 30 weeks!
We spent all last weekend getting the nursery ready. Painted, hung a chair rail, cleaned everything out, put together the furniture and yesterday we hung her name over the crib. Seeing her room every night when I come up the stairs and every morning when I wake up has really made it all so much more real to me. I can’t believe in 10 weeks there will be a baby in there! My shower is in less than 2 weeks…we’ll be swimming in baby gifts which we will start putting into her room…that’s going to be another step at making it more “real.”
Today we are going to the Hospital Tour in Panorama City. I’m so excited to see the Maternity Ward! I saw a small part of the *new* hospital when I went there for Urgent Care last year, but I’m really excited to see everything. This is also another step at making things seem more real. I’ve only been to the hospital (in my entire life) to see both Gavin and Jerrod after they were born. Isn’t that scary? I have no idea what life is going to be like as a patient, hooked up to IV’s and giving birth…weird!
I think I’ve finally reached my threshold for “advice.” I am so sick of people chastising me because I don’t sit and talk to the baby all day! I’m seriously at work all day and when I get home at night it just feels weird talking to my stomach. She can hear Jeff and I talking and she listens to me talk all day. She’s not going to know if I’m talking directly to her or not, the only thing she can understand at this point is a heartbeat and the replication of a heartbeat with the pre-natal education system I wear. Maybe that’s mean and insensitive and it’s a sign I’m already going to be a bad mommy, but whatever. I just don’t think I’ve “connected” with her yet and maybe that too means I’ll be a bad mom. I feel like I can connect to her more now than 11 weeks ago, especially knowing her name and shopping for all of her clothes and nursery items, but I’m still not 100% connected. I’m only about halfway there. I’ve finally reached the point where I can picture her being born and all of the time we will spend as a family. I feel like it’s a process and I’m slowly getting to the point where I’m ready (at least mentally) for her to be part of our lives. Thank goodness this is a 9 month process because it’s taking that long for me to feel like I’m ready!
I still worry if I’m going to be a good mom and how I’m going to protect her against the world. Earlier in the pregnancy I couldn’t sleep at night thinking about these things and now I feel a lot more ready. I think more about labor and delivery every day and I think more about those first couple weeks after she comes home. Before it terrified me to even think about it and now I’m 95% ready.
She’s still moving and grooving in my belly! She’s also still pushing on (and feels like in!) my right rib which can get extremely uncomfortable. On my right side, just under my rib, I get pressure and then I can feel her foot come up and make a lump for a moment, and then go back down. She’s had some pretty hard kicks on my left side, but they’re more rare, seems like her feet are always on my right side. Last week she had some really hard ones on my left side, it was like a rolling motion of knees and elbows and for the first time it actually hurt a little instead of just startling me or being uncomfortable. She’s most active probably at night, just after dinner and sometimes after I lay down in bed. I get some movement in the mornings and the afternoon, but not nearly as much as at night. I think because that’s when I finally settle down and relax for the day, so that’s her time to move around.
My stomach has continued to pop. Although people still tell me I don’t look 7 months pregnant – I’ll take it while I can! My doc appointments are every 2 weeks now and I think they go down to weekly 1 month out. I’m glad they’re so good at monitoring everything and keeping an eye on me and the baby, but having so many appointments gets annoying!
I can’t wait to see everyone at the shower. It feels so great to surround yourself with people you care about during such a happy time in your life. I feel like events like this bring people together who haven’t seen each other or haven’t had much time together and I just love that. I want her birth to be one big celebration! There are already so many people that love her and she’s still got 2 more months of baking to do!
We took our maternity photos over the weekend. Despite the hot weather and all of the work, it was a lot of fun. About 40 came out that I actually like, which is a lot more than I thought would! I’m really happy to have these to look back on in the future. Hopefully she’ll think it’s kinda cool when she’s older and not super annoying and stupid, haha.
That’s it for 30 weeks!
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