32 weeks and other misc. stuff

At our midwife appointment this week, Kari told me that I was ALL baby! Lily is still hanging out with her head down, but likes to stretch out her little arms and legs regularly and take up all the space she can :)

Kari also made a comment to the effect of how active she was and that it could be an indicator of her personality. Really? Another active one...? She then tried to back track and say that maybe she just has an active mind and is just really aware of her surroundings, noticing things all the time, etc. Right. I think she was just trying to make me feel better about having 2 active kids, LOL.

32 week belly. I'm really not that huge, this dress billows out a bit ;)


Nesting is in full effect around here. I have scrubbed the baseboards in both bathrooms and the kitchen and I have plans to clean the baseboards in the other rooms next week- after our NEW CARPET IS INSTALLED! I can't wait to have a house full of new (clean) floors. It will involve staying another night at Mary and Dave's house, but I'm pretty sure we're up for it (her guest bed is sooo comfortable). After that I think I'll scrub the grout in the kitchen and wash all the doors and walls. And possibly detail the washing machine... Soon, our house will be spotless- AND NOBODY BETTER MESS IT UP ;)

Recently, Wade stayed the night at his Uma and Papa's house BY HIMSELF! He had a little trouble falling asleep, but after making a list of the things he had forgotten at home (his bunny clock, CD player, etc.) and Uma climbing into bed with him, he got a good night's sleep. Mark kept saying how he couldn't believe he was old enough to sleep over there by himself and how he missed him. It was pretty quiet around here that night... He's such a big boy now!

Wade also started his tumbling class at the YMCA this week. He loves climbing, jumping and balancing of all kinds, so I thought this would be a perfect activity for him. The facility is great, you can see from the picture all the cool things they have inside there...

We got to watch through the windows and it was the cutest thing ever! Seven 3 year olds trying to jump on one foot, bounce backwards on a trampoline, or complete an obstacle course... Awesome :) He loved it and can't wait to go back next week to see his teacher, Miss Mickey. By the way, he's the one wearing a red shirt, doing some fancy footwork on the mat.

Changes

So apparently we are not only re-doing the nursery, but nearly EVERY room in our house is having some type of construction done to it...

If you remember, here are the BEFORE pictures of the living room, entryway and office.

Here is what it looks like now. Amazing, right?!

It took a little longer than anticipated, but was well worth the wait. We were hoping to be done in one weekend, but it took nearly a week. Good thing my in-laws are such good hosts! We had a great time staying with them and Wade was especially sad to have to move back into his own house. Although, I must say, it is nice to sleep in my own bed again :)

Here is the office/guest room. Nene and Papa's room actually :)

I had mentioned to my super cool mother in law that I liked this fabric she had and thought it would make nice curtains to match our new floor. A few days later, she calls me and tells me that she'll be over later to hang the curtains that she made me... What?! They are absolutely beautiful and do match the new floors perfectly. The pictures turned out a little dark and really don't do them justice...

How lucky am I? I have a mom who's slaving away at the "diaper factory" (in between grouting tiles, of course), a mother in law who's whipping up curtains and a father in law who's refinishing a dresser for the nursery :D

Now, we're just waiting to have the guys come out and re-carpet the kids rooms and our bedroom. Nearly every room in the house (except the kitchen and bathrooms) will have new, CLEAN floors. I can't wait!

What's going on...

We took Wade to his first hockey game this weekend. He was enthralled with everything throughout the first period. He asked a million questions about what they were doing, wearing, why they were running into the walls, was there water below the ice, etc. He loved it! The music made him dance in his seat, he could yell as loud as he wanted, he got to eat junk food- what's not to love?!

Towards the end of the first period, he lost his patience and we ended up heading home. It was so much fun, and I was proud of how good he was for a few hours of confinement :)


I was checking on Wade during his naptime one day and I found this (note- empty bed):


I almost had a heart attack. So, I climbed up to his top bunk and found this (note- not allowed to sleep on top bunk, only for playing):


Mark decided that we needed to re-do the floors NOW. He tore up everything in the entryway and living room this weekend and will do the office, entryway and living room floors in decorative concrete next weekend. After that, we will have the kids rooms and our bedroom re-carpeted. How nice it will be to have clean, new floors. However, right now there is a fine layer of dust on EVERYTHING and the floors look like this:




Ugh. Well, it can't be like this forever. We are on a serious time constraint :)

28 weeks- 3rd trimester, here I come!

I seriously can't believe I'm in the home stretch. I remember with Wade, when the midwife said to start coming every two weeks how excited/nervous I was! This time, one of our midwives, Kari, said, "This means you're really pregnant now." LOL, is that what this is...?

Seriously though, the time has just FLOWN by!

Lily is still moving and kicking up a storm and has twirled herself from lying sideways to where she is head down now. I can feel her kicking way higher (usually in my ribs, but occasionally she elbows my belly button, which is a strange, strange feeling)and feel her hiccups down lower.

At our last appointment, Kari found her heartbeat pretty easily since she has no where to hide now! I will go back this weekend for a glucose test, since my body is so strongly affected by when, what and how much I eat. They do their testing more naturally- you fast before you come in; have your blood drawn; go have a sugary breakfast and come back about 2 hours later to get your blood drawn again. It will tell how your actually body processes "real" food. Novel idea, huh? ;) Around 34 weeks I will start to have appointments every week and they will visit our house. Just to make sure they know where we live. That could come in handy :)

28 week belly