Birthing Classes 101

Ok, so we had our first birthing class this evening. We showed up and there are 3 other couples there. Only by a couple days we are the first couple with the soonest due date. They talked a little on nutrition, and such. We introduce ourselves, and talked a little about the baby. Like when it's due, boy or girl, names. And a few other questions. Like why we are there, what we expect to learn. Took a little mini break....then there was the ice. Ok so I have heard from my sister in law, that when they took a class they made all the "men" hold ice, so they knew what it was like for a contraction. Ok well she made everyone do it, and not just once, or twice or even three times. We did for 4 and each time we held it longer.......no fun. I didn't like it at all, i didn't pay them 160 to hold onto ice cubes. And my way of thinking, is i have control of letting go of ice..i know the point is to In your mind deal with it by distracting your mind into something else. But ice, give me a break, i do have control, of how long i want to really hold onto it for...with a real contraction, you don't have any control of it, or how long it lasts. You just deal with it then, not like you can leave it...i think your mind set is just different. So at that point in time, you learn how to deal with it. Who'd ever guess, i would be sitting here writing a whole blog almost based on an ice cube. Ok, that was pretty much all we did. We will see how our next class goes. Have a great night.

31 Weeks and 4 Days

It's been a busy weekend. On Sunday I had my first Baby shower thrown by my work. It was allot of fun, and the weather was a nice hot day. Melody my manager, had the shower at her beautiful home. They served fresh strawberries, lasagna, homemade bread, and a tossed salad.

The games we played, was a crossword puzzle, guess how long I'm pregnant, which was, were you had to find out how long animals would carry their young. And the last game was where everyone had to guess how big around I am, by using a piece of yarn. The majority of people, had over guessed, and 2 people came sooo close, Tracy and Patty. A big whopping 40" From there I opened the gifts, everyone was so generous, I am very thankful for all that i have gotten. I had allot of fun, but was very tired in the end.

Today, we had another check up appointment. My weight didn't change from last time I'm still 134lbs My blood pressure is still low 92/48. And the baby's heart rate is 148BPM. My tummy is measuring right on schedule, and my midwife had sad that it's reading all the right books in there. That pretty much completed our appointment. Short and sweet.

After wards we head over the The Met. to get our favorite things. We came home walked Bowser together, and relaxed till Brittin had to leave for work. This is my second week starting to work part time. I have no complaints, over all I'm giving my body more rest. My back still is giving me some grief, but now that I'm not working as much, I hope it will help.

The baby is still moving around, and I love the feeling. This Friday it will be 8 more weeks....approximately till we finally get to meet the little one God has created. It's so exciting and so amazing. It just goes to show how wonderful our Creator is, and what he can do. It just blows my mind away.

*My friend Lydia has taken some pictures of the shower, and soon as I get copies of them, I will post them. My Pretty Cake DannaLynn and Me Cute Pillow ~homemade Cute Quilt to match ~homemade

Me and Lydia
Group Shot ~almost everyone

Baby Laundry

Who gets excited about laundry? Well, i guess i do. Tonight i did my first load of baby laundry. I only did 1 load of the baby crib bedding, and the blankies I made. Also i found some cute wash cloths that i had bought long ago. So cute.

Pile of Laundry

Classic Pooh Washcloths

Swalding Blankies I made

Our Get-A-Way

Well, we've returned from Seaside,OR and had a great time. Bowser was along for the ride, and he was good, so we stopped by McDonald's and got him a plain hamburger. The day was beautiful, we got there around 3. Since we couldn't check into our room until 4 we walked around the promenade and the beach for awhile. Bowser loves to run in the sand. Our room was very nice we stayed at the River Tide Suites, and would recommend it to anyone, who would want to get-a-way for the weekend. It was a little over 3 hours to get there, including potty and lunch stops.

For dinner we stopped by a near by Safeway, and got some TV dinners. When my family went down there for a week, at least one night we would do that, so for old time sakes I wanted to get TV dinners. Brittin got an Swedish Meatball meal, and i got a Fettucini Alfredo meal. Bowser well he got a can of wet food. We sat around for most the night and just relaxed, i even got to take a jetted tub bath. Pretty fancy.

The most exciting part was that for the first time I got to feel the baby hiccups. It was amazing, lots of people have talked about when they had felt there baby having hiccups, and i was quite sad because i hadn't felt them before. Happy Mommy's day Mommy. Brittin was even there to experience it with me.

The next day the weather wasn't so nice. It was cloudy and rainy, but i didn't stop us from wandering around. We had a free breakfast at our hotel. From there, we walked around the main streets, and looked in and out of shops. We even got to play at there arcade, which was allot of fun. We each got a card, with "tokens" on it, and played a variety of games, which only sometimes spat out "tickets" when our cards were empty we fed the ticket machine for a receipt, which we could use to buy a treat or prize. All we could afford with our recipt was a small package of sour patch kids candy. Pretty much the most expensive package of candy i ever bought. Hehe, guess that ok, because we did have allot of fun playing the games. We immediately washed our hands when we were done. We headed down to the corner block were we ate the most yummiest elephant ear. The section we chose was called the "Ear Wax" not too sound appealing, but it was were you could order a half and half of your choice. On Brittin's side he choose the cinnamon and sugar, and on my half, I choose the warm melted chocolate. Soooo, yummy. After that, we looked at a few more shops, and head home.

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So last night we headed to Seattle to see Grease. The show wasn't one of my favorites, but I'm still glad that we went, we even got some upgraded seats for free. About 10 rows closer, they were real good seats. That pretty much ended our 3 day get-a-way. It was so nice not to have to worry about work. And Brittin and I got to spend some time just us.

Until next time.

29 weeks 4 days

Third Trimester here I am.

Where do i begin? Sorry, I haven't updated more. It's just been real busy, and I want to have lots to talk about when I do write.

I'm getting over my first "being sick" while pregnant. I had this really bad cough, which turned in to a really bad cold. You know how the cycle goes. I can't even remember the last time i was sick. Thank goodness its almost over. I have too many other things to do, then laying down all day. But in away it was kind of nice. I got to take naps, and even in one nap i had a dream that i could feel the little one's toenail. And i was so impressed, i wanted everyone to feel it too.

Yesterday, we got up real early for my Glucose test. I had to eat breakfast and be finished by 7:30 Am. My appointment was at 8:30 am, when i arrived they had a chilled lemon-lime flavored drink, that they wanted me to finish in 5min. The taste wasn't bad. I turned in my empty bottle, and i had to stay in the office for 1 hour untill they could draw by blood. In the meantime, i had a routine check up which i now weight 134lbs for sure. My blood pressure is still low. And the baby's heartbeat was 144 BPM. They said baby sounded great. I had asked her, if she could tell where, and what any of the body parts were. She told me if i feel anything nobby that it is probably a head or a butt. The appointmnet was short and sweet. She gave me a special belt, to help support my tummy, for my back. I hope it helps. Soon, they called my name to have my blood drawn. She took 2 vials worth, and again no Snoopy band aid. Just a cotton ball, and a piece of tape. They said if i don't hear from them by Friday, then everything turned out great. From here on out, i will be making appointments every other week. So that means more updates for you to read. That completes our appointment.

After that, I'll bet you'll never guess where we went. Of course The Met. I get my favorite things, Decaff Vanilla Latte, (don't know why i didn't order def. before) and a Chocolate croissant. Yum Yum. Brittin got a berry tart, and shares my latte.
We had a very busy day, we went to Cabella's for lunch with Brittin's family, it's Rodney's birthday, so we went to celebrate. I know we cleaned our house a bit, and had his dad over to watch a movie. The day seemed long, and went by so fast.

Next week, Brittin and I and Bowser will be taking our last trip, just the two..well three of us. Sunday morning we will be headed down to Seaside, OR. for one night. We are both looking forward to this, and just spending time getting away. On Monday we will return later in the evening. And on Tues. we will have our last...well for awhile anyways show in Seattle. Grease, so a great show to end a great season. Brittin and I both love going to see shows, it's our special hobby that we love to do together.

It's hard to believe that this coming Friday i will only have 10 weeks to go. 10 weeks. Can you believe it. It's so incredibly exciting. I can't wait. It's getting so close, it's a countdown now. Brittin has even been practicing reading story's to the little one already. It's so adorable. The little one is making more profound movements, it's no longer taps, and bumps, it's more like....rotating, and dragging. It's a very interesting feeling. But i think it's great. Sometimes, I'll just lay on the couch flip up my shirt, and just watch my belly move. Brittin finds it quite interesting too.

May 17, will be my first baby shower, given by my work. Which i am very excited about. I will make another post then with some pictures too.

Well, i think that pretty much brings you up to date. I will hopefully have some pictures to post of our nursey soon, and some of the exciting events that will be taking place in the next few weeks. As the time gets closer, hopefully there will be more posts to update you. Thank you for all your prayers.