Update

At the beginning of this pregnancy, I had intended on keeping a journal of sorts, something baby girl and I could look back on and remember, fondly or not, our experience together. I was going to take the monthly belly picture, but this time with fruit as a visual aid to get a good idea of her actual size as compared to my belly. Record the daily/weekly/monthly physical and emotional feelings.

Well, here we are approaching week 37, and I've failed miserably. I forgot to factor in my busy toddler into this equation. And I've realized it's only going to get busier once she's on the outside! So, I'll have to make a greater effort to document her life too. I love to share our experiences with everyone, but this blog is also a "baby/family book" for us to look back on. Like when my cousin's little guy, Charlie, revealed his four month stats, it was fun to look at how big Jackson was at that age!

Anyway, here's an update/recap of this pregnancy:

I've had a fairly easy pregnancy, no morning sickness, a little tired in the first trimester, some heartburn in this last trimester. And actually that's probably the hardest part of pregnancy for me, I have acid reflux pretty bad in the end and can't sleep, laying down anyway. So I have to be careful what I eat (no citrus, no fried food, no dairy-read: ice cream) especially late at night. And usually if I quit eating by about 7pm, I can lie down to go to sleep by 11. Not that this matters as much now, I'm getting up to use the bathroom at least every 3 hours!

She seems to have a good idea of night and day, I'm crossing my fingers this is true when she comes out too! She's very active in the morning, usually by about 7, on and off throughout the day, but seems to settle down after about 10:30. That's a schedule I can live with!

Things have gone really well this entire pregnancy. I've had a small amount of swelling in my feet/ankles the last month or so, but that's it. My blood pressure has been nice and low and everything else is just how it should be. I had an ultrasound about 2 and a half weeks ago and they estimated her size at that time to be about 6 lbs. 10 oz.! We've been doing our Non Stress Tests twice a week (which means I go to the hospital at least twice a week, sometimes 3). So, if everything goes as planned, I think this little girl will be making her appearance Friday, October 26th. That just happens to be her Grandpa's birthday too. We see our doctor on Thursday and will know more after that. I promise I'll share!

Wordless(ish) Wednesday

A few weeks ago, we went down and spent some time with Grandma, Grandpa and Auntie Alex. Jackson loves to help with any "grown up" task, so he was helping Grandma make dinner. The salad spinner is absolutely fascinating to him and he spins and spins and spins!

Hello, Again

OK, We're back! It's been too long and I have so much to catch up on. But, we're going to start with a little mishap that occurred a few nights ago. Now, at the time, I didn't have the sense to actually document the occurrance, but it's something I won't soon forget.

Let's back up a little bit. For Jackson's birthday (and, yes, I plan to post pics from that event sometime in the near future) we got him a play kitchen. He loves playing in the kitchen when I'm cooking dinner or helping me unload the dishwasher. So naturally, we thought, he would love a kitchen his size and all his own even better, right?

Well, kinda.

He does love his kitchen and can spend the better part of the day playing in it. But, he has to come into my kitchen every so often and get some "tools," a spatula, a colander, and a favorite, an oven mitt. He can now also open my oven and put things in. Uh-huh, that's where this is going. He filled my oven with tupperwear lids the other afternoon. I turned on the oven that night to make dinner and it wasn't until the oven dinged to let me know it had reached 375 degrees. That's when I realized I was making melted plastic for dinner.

Let me tell you, melted plastic is NOT easy to get out of an oven! Needless to say, we had tuna fish sandwiches that night!

Wordless(ish) Wednesday

How many people does it take to get three little boys to sit still and look at the camera......

Squeeze

We call him Turkey....

 

And this little turkey has decided to call his Mommy by her first name. He goes through the house looking for me calling "Niki, Niki." And he says it perfectly. Don't know where he picked it up, Matt doesn't really call me Niki. But he thinks it's really funny when he does it and I frown and say, "No, I'm Mommy." What happened to my baby?

Why I love summer

1.  The SUN. duh.
2.  Playing in water fountains with Jackson.
3.  BBQing with my boys.
4.  The smell of fresh cut grass.

 I could go on and on. I often wonder why I live in Oregon where it rains ten months of the year?

5.  Endless hours of daylight.
6.  My family's annual beach trip

Which is where we're headed Friday! Hooray! And it can't come fast enough. This family is in serious need of a vacation! I could blame my absence on summer, and that's definitely part of it, but we've been busy. Really busy. We started a small renovation (we're adding a bathroom), had a mountain of bark delivered, helped Ron (or was it Ron helping us?) add a built-in desk to our bedroom, all while shuffling back and forth between our house and a friend's we were house-sitting.

Whew! I'm tired!

So, this is just fair warning that Dose of Crose is on hiatus for at least the next week. But, when we return, watch out! I'll have lots to share :) Like, a new belly pic of this little lady growing, and constantly moving inside of me!

Hope everyone is having a terrific summer!

Wordless(ish) Wednesday

Does this say urban hipster, or what?!

Seriously, this little guy cracks me up with his attitude! He puts those shades on and he walks the walk!