30 weeks! How in the world did we get here? I have no idea where the last 29 weeks have gone, but I sure am happy they have flown by. I just can’t believe we are in the weeks that start with 3. This time next week, we will be in the single digits! Say what?! It’s a little nerve-wracking to think that our little princess will be here in 10 or so weeks and to be perfectly honest, we are SO NOT READY! Even though we aren’t ready, I do need to take a moment and brag on my husband.
Throughout most of the “20” weeks, Billy
has spent his weekends umpiring softball.
This just meant that nothing, and I do mean nothing, had gotten done for
our little girl. Well, in the past few
weeks, Billy has primed and painted our nursery, surprised me with our nursery
furniture, and attended “baby class” with me.
A little anecdote about our baby furniture that is just too cute not to
share.
We decided to purchase our furniture
before our baby shower because I wanted to be ready. Admittedly, I have some control issues. Thus, we went to Buy Buy Baby when I was 24
weeks pregnant and picked a furniture set only to be told, “It could take
between 12-14 weeks to get here.” My
first thought? I could have a BABY by
then. However, since it was literally
the only set we agreed on, I decided to go for it. Our baby girl doesn’t really need furniture
to come home to, right? Well, at 28
weeks, Billy decided that we needed to go ahead and get the paint even though I
have been horribly INDECISIVE about bedding.
We decided to go with yellow walls and I actually talked Billy into
letting me put sparkles in the paint.
That’s right, my daughter has yellow sparkly walls! My husband worked like an absolute fiend to
get the paint on the walls under the guise that he promised me he would work on
the room and then made plans to go skeet shooting that weekend. Little did I know, that when I came home from
work on Friday, our daughter’s furniture would not only be in her room, but
built and ready for her to use! Billy
knew it was coming on Wednesday, but decided to make it a surprise! Tell me that’s not stinking sweet?
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| Not the best, but you can kind of see the sparkles. |
As for her bedding, well, I decided to
just make my own. As a girl who really
doesn’t like pink or purple, it has been hard to find bedding that isn’t “too girly” and
not pink/purple. So, Billy and I chose some red
damask fabric and black houndstooth fabric and I made a minky “quilt” that will
serve as the blanket she won’t even use. HA! I also decided to make my own ruffled
crib sheet, though it hasn’t even been started yet. We registered for some red and black crib
sheets to go along with the bedding. I
also plan on purchasing some black ruffled curtains, a black and white houndstooth
rug, and a red damask seat cushion for our rocker. Still unsure as to what is going on the
walls, but that can always be done once she gets here. I am just happy to have furniture.
Everything has been going along so
smoothly that I knew the other shoe was going to drop sooner or later and it
did, in the form of the dreaded glucose test.
I will be the first to admit that while I eat my fair share of fruits
and vegetables, I also have a serious love of carbohydrates and sweets! Diabetes also runs on both sides of my family
so truthfully, I should be much better at watching what I eat. Thus, it wasn’t that big of a surprise to me
when I failed the 1 hour glucose test and was told I had to take the 3 hour
test. Going to Bloomington at 7:30am on
Saturday was not something I had bargained for though. Ever given blood 4 times in 3.5 hours? I did and it was NOT FUN! I seriously looked like a crack addict after the 3.5 hours as my arms were so bruised up. We had to
wait a week for the results, and that week just so happened to be Fair
Week! I think I had 7 lemonade
shake-ups, 4 cinnamon sugar doughnuts, and half an elephant ear as well as
about 10 ears of roasted corn. Not to
mention the amount of subs I consumed. If
I was going to have to watch what I ate, I was going to go out with a
BANG! However, I am happy to announce… I
PASSED! Honestly, I still can’t believe
I passed and I don’t think Billy can either as he kept asking the doctor how I
could fail one so badly, I was 30 points above the high end of where they want
you to be, but pass the next. HA! Such confidence my husband has in me!
What else is new? Well, Billy and I also recently attended a “baby
class” at IU Health Bloomington where we will be delivering. I HIGHLY recommend taking a birthing class if
you have the opportunity as it was sooooo informative. Truthfully, I have not been very nervous
about the whole birth thing as I recognize that in most circumstances, what
happens is going to happen and it is out of my control, so why worry? The amount of important information we
received, not only about “how birth works” but breathing techniques and partner
support was highly helpful, though. As a female,
I think we learn a lot about our bodies and menstruation and birth before/during/after
puberty, but we tend to forget how little men really know. I haven’t actually asked Billy, but I think
this class helped put his mind at ease a little bit. Even though I think Billy
knows quite a bit about women and their “issues,” for a man. I mean, he did grow up in a house with 4
women!
In other news, Billy and I took our Moms
for a 3D/4D ultrasound appointment. We
have been waiting on this appointment for months, and were so excited that it
finally arrived and guess what? Baby Guy
was UNNCOOPERATIVE! I should have known
it would be this way as she wasn’t very cooperative during our 20 week anatomy
screening either. During the 30 minute
session, our baby had her hand over her face practically the entire time though
we did get to see her little nose, hands, and feet. Oh yea, we also got another confirmation that
she is, in fact, a she. Thank
goodness! Chalk this up to our first
real parenting lesson. Even when you
think you are in control, you aren’t.
The good news is we get to go again and see if we can get better
images. Hopefully I will have some good
images to post and we can settle the debate of who Baby Guy looks like. One thing I can attest to after yesterday,
Baby Guy has my nose!
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| This is from her 20 week ultrasound. Tell me that is not my nose? |
So what’s coming up? Well August is extremely busy for Billy and me. This weekend I am heading to Louisville for
my sister’s bachelorette party which should be fun. On August 14th our bowling league
starts back up and I am fully committed to bowling as long as I can which ought
to be interesting. We have another
doctor appointment on the 20th followed by appointments every 2 weeks
from now until 36 weeks at which point we start going weekly. YAY!
Not. The 24th I am
attending a breastfeeding class because I just want more information. I know it is the best thing for our baby, but
I just need more knowledge before I declare that it’s what I am doing. If we decide to go that route, I undoubtedly
plan on pumping as this Momma likes her sleep and Billy is going to have to
pull some night sessions as well! The
25th we have our Baby Shower which my cousin Tootie and friend
Hallie are hosting for me. The 29th
we have maternity pictures and the 31st we have a cloth diapering
class at a store in Indy call Toasty Baby. PHEW! The best part? Except for a bridal shower and wedding, we
have NOTHING in September, though I am sure that will change.
That seems to be it for now. Sorry this post has been RIDICULOUSLY
long. I wanted to get all of this down
for myself before I forgot. I will post
some 30 week updates soon, but I am holding off because I REALLY want to post
it with some 3D/4D images. Pray for us
that she cooperates or you will have one sad Momma. And, on a completely unrelated note, here's a picture of my sweet puppy Winnie get love from her Dad. I don't want her to feel left out in all of this baby commotion.
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