nothing like waiting until the last minute

yesterday, we were finally able to go and get the rest of the fabric for the nursery. i'm glad that we weren't able to get it until now, because they had some new fabrics out that were really great! so, we picked out some new things and came home ready to start sewing. under my mom's suggestion, i bought a pattern a few weeks back and have been trying to study it...but unfortunately i have no idea how to even start reading one and it's much more difficult that i thoguht it would be. so, i just looked at the pattern for a bit yesterday, then ventured off on my own-envisioning exactly what i wanted to do. a lot of times that produces a not quite perfect result, but i'm quite delighted with what i've done so far. project #1: a bumper for the bassinet-don't want noah bumping his little head! and a blanket/quilt for the bassinet. here are a few pictures of the fabric (sorry the lighting is so terrible!):

and then here is a picture of what i've done so far with the bumper...obviously still a work in progress:

even though it will take time to get everything done, i'm super excited about the process. i love love love making things, and this is especially fun! i'm stoked about having a sewing machine at my disposal again (sadly, both my mom and i had lost the power cords to our sewing machines, so we've had nothing to use for quite a while. thankfully, she sent me out last weekend to buy a new sewing machine!). well, i'm off to work now!! :)

i've got cleaning fever!

actually, i think the technical preggo term for this is "nesting." good thing i'm not quite far enough along to be going in to labor, because i might be questioning things a little more then (i've heard that it tends to get really bad right around when you go into the labor.."if you're on your hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen floor, you just might want to think about heading to the hospital because you are probably in labor.." i heard from a nurse). anyway, we got home last night from "church" (which was more a fellowship dinner than actual church) and i went crazy cleaning the apartment. i haven't really felt like cleaning, well, ever in life...but especially not lately, so i figured i better take advantage of my mood and get some things done. i have a dear, sweet husband who doesn't like to see me cleaning alone, so he jumped in and we finally got a lot done around our little place. as we prepare for noah's arrival, we are going to have to move quite a few things around...and before things can be moved around they need to be clean and organized...and they certainly are getting there! i even scrubbed the sink and toilet clean, which is a pretty big deal around these parts! there's a few more things on the cleaning agenda, and i'm still kind of feeling it, so i'm going to hop to it! later!

34 weeks

It's hard to believe that in a mere 6 weeks time, we will have little Noah in our arms! We went to the doctor today and measured right at 36.5, which is still a little ahead of where we actually are. My doctor said, "Ohhh yeah-he's definitely getting bigger!" We start going to the doctor once a week now, and next week we'll get a estimate on how much he is weighing. It's definitely setting in that our baby is coming SOON! 6 weeks is not that long at all...

We had our baby shower yesterday, thrown by some sweet ladies from church. We got a ton of great things, including all of our big things (a car seat and stroller, a pack n play, a swing, a jumped, a vibrating little chair, and even two high chairs-a stationary one and a packable one) and a ton of the other little necessities! I was blown away at all of the people who love us and will certainly love little Noah. What a blessing!! Here's just a few pics from the shower:

the sweet group of ladies who hosted the party:ryan and i: a few of the fun gifts we got:just being silly:

The shower was great! It was fun to catch up with people I hadn't seen in a while and to talk more with people I see often... :) Plus, I'll be honest, getting presents is always fun! I think this shower was actually a little more fun than my wedding shower because of all the sweet little gifts for Noah. He's going to be one spoiled little boy! :)

kickfest (33.6 weeks)

one of THE most amazing things ever, i think, in my life, is feeling this little one inside of me moving about inside of me. kicking around, somersaulting about, and having huge hiccups at least once a day-it's incredible! i love to put my hand over my stomach and feel him push against me, and i think about he might be a hard headed little boy some days-pushing and demanding his way. but once he is old enough, he will learn... i also think he might be a shy little one, because everytime i call across the room for daddy or grammy or cece or aunt mollie to come over and feel him moving about, he stops as soon as their hand hits my belly. it may be a little more than shyness, perhaps some sillyness-which surely he gets from his mommy and his pop. i was visiting with his pop (my dad) yesterday and was reminded again why i love being around him so (okay, there's a multitude of reasons, mainly simply because he's my dear old dad). but we always laugh at each other. even when no one else gets our jokes, or no one thinks it's funny, i know i can always be sure that he will laugh, and not pityingly, but because he actually thinks i'm funny. humor is one of my favorite things! and it's sure to be one of noah's, too!

learning to be empathetic

last night we had our last parenting class. while we learned a lot, i'm not sure that we still feel completely prepared for parenthood...and honestly, i don't know that we ever will. some things you just learn as you go, i suppose. :) ryan, along with all of the other pappies, did get to wear the empathy belly last night for all of about 30 seconds. though he has been nothing but kind throughout this pregnancy, there was still something wonderful about seeing him bogged down with a belly similar to mine. granted what he was wearing only weighed about half of what i'm carrying around these days, but oh well. it made for a good laugh!!

score!

i found the cherry 7-up i've been so desperately searching for! of course, i should have known that target would carry such a wonderful product. i am enjoying some even as i write this, and it is SOOOOOO yummy...everything i had hoped for and more! ;)

these are a few of my favorite things:

Ignoring the ridiculous baby name book (side note: why do all baby books claim to be the best? is there no standard for this award-something that truly would make one the best??), this lotion set really is wonderful! There is a lotion and massage cream that claims to prevent stretch marks. While I know that no lotion can actually do this, it makes me feel better when I slather my belly each day with it! And, I have had horrible itch problems since day one of this pregnancy..the only thing I have found that has really helped is the itch spray that came in this little package. AMAZING stuff!

I have had few cravings over the course of my pregnancy, but this is one thing I can NOT get enough of. When we were still living in CO, my mom would talk from time to time about going to eat at Zaxby's. The mere mention of the word made me want some SO bad to eat. Greasy chicken, crinkle cut fries and that ridiculously good sauce. Honestly, the sauce is really what actually does it for me...but I can't really figure out what else it'd be good on, so I just stick with Zaxby's food. I have probably eaten my weight in it over the past two months. Seriously.

Not working very much affords me the opportunity to do quite a bit of reading. While you'd think that'd be an excellent chance for me to catch up on some academic, or at least some form of brainy, reading, that simply is not the case. I have been really into what I call "books that don't make me think too hard" aka twaddle aka junk really... Anyway, this is one of the author's that I have been reading...currently, I'm about to start Picture Perfect. While riskae at times, these books bring up very interesting moral and ethical situations and questions...so there is maybe a little thinking that happens after all...

The bubbly! I really cannot get enough of this either. It's not neccesarily cokes that I crave, though I do love them...but really any kind of carbonate drink. My preference would be , but I have had the worst time in finding any. I can't find them in the grocery or the gas stations. I just looked on the 7-up webpage (not because I'm a freak but because I was trying to find a picture) and saw that they are now advertising cherry 7-up with antioxidants. Does it get any better than that? I mean, that means it will be practically a healthy drink: no caffiene, fruit, AND cancer fighting power! If anyone comes across a pack of these, please buy it and send it my way-I'm a desperate woman!!

This book is hilarious! A friend was telling me about it recently, so I found it the other night while we were hanging out at the book store. I sat in a cozy chair and read half the book while Ryan and Mollie were looking at other things in the store. I was so sad to when it was time to leave because I hadn't finished the book. I decided I'd try to check it out at the library, but then it ended up not being there. So, a few days ago, Ryan and I needed to waste a little time between our doctor's appointment and our class, so I talked him into going and hanging out at another book store. I found this book, sat my self in another cozy chair and read the rest of it. I literally was laughing out loud at the stuff I read. It was only so funny because it's so true! It's all about the ails of pregnancy...Every pregnant woman should read it!!