So tomorrow I will be 35 weeks. 5 more weeks to go! Wow, that seems soooo soon. Next week I will post what will most likely be my final pregnancy pic.
I have to admit I am feeling the most normal I have so far during this whole pregnancy (& boy does it feel like I’ve been pregnant a LOOOOOONG time by now, LOL). I’m still tired & have a lot of phlegm & get short of breath & have some swelling, but mentally, emotionally, hormonally-speaking I really feel back to normal right now, which is wonderful I must admit! I am praying I don’t have a bunch of hormonal mood swings after delivery---I’ve read that that can happen.
The baby is still EXTREMELY active & still breech. I am told that it will stop moving as much prior to it’s arrival, so I guess it’s not coming soon based on that.........
Yesterday I got my first disability check for maternity leave. It was for 3 weeks. It's not as much as I was expecting, but it could be worse. (I was told it was based on my pay a year ago this time & a year ago this time I was working full time & am now working part time--and it's just slightly less than I make working part time.) Hubby & I were planning to order the rocking chair & the rest of our registry items when he next got paid on the 20th, but I went ahead & ordered yesterday since I got my check. Now I am impatiently waiting for items to arrive.............and once the paint & carpet is in our bedroom I know I’m gonna be all over hubby to get the crib & dresser/changing table assembled & set up. At that point I will wash all the clothes, bedding, etc & stock the drawers in the dresser & set everything up. And at that point I know I will feel like I am finally ready—then let the baby come anytime it wants. :) And once the crib & dresser are assembled I know I’ll be all over hubby bugging about the rocking chair assembly, LOL!!
So we ordered the glider/rocking chair, crib, mattress, changing table/dresser, playpen, diaper bag, stroller/carseat set, audio monitor, car mirror, the rainforest floor gym, & a couple of extra bottles. I also ordered some waterproof pants to go over cloth diapers, cuz I am interested in doing cloth, but we will certainly use the disposable ones we got at the shower too & compare the two & see what we decide from there. I know there are things on that list that we could do without (I sort of got attacked in some online forums for wanting too much, especially the crib of all things, very odd that so many people are so anti-crib—I will add that the crib is going right next to my side of the bed, so it’s not like I’m isolating the baby by itself in a crib far away from the rest of the family, that seemed to be one of the issues that made people anti-crib, but mostly there was just a lot of people who felt very strongly that the baby should be in the parents’ bed & nowhere else until it’s able to sleep in a regular adult bed by itself). And the crib we chose can convert into a toddler bed as well as a regular (I can’t remember if it was twin or double) bed later on, which we both really liked.
But hubby & I discussed & both agreed that these were things we want & we felt will be useful for us. Everyone certainly has different wants/needs—there’s no right or wrong really, but this is what we feel will work for us. I was really pleased to see that hubby & I were totally on the same page with the plans for this stuff—and we really hadn’t even discussed it yet. As I was going over the list of stuff I told him that I felt the playpen & floor gym & audio monitor we could do without if we had to & if he wanted to not get them I was ok with that. He immediately said EXACTLY what I had been thinking—the floor gym would go perfectly in the playpen & could be either in the dining room in my view if I’m in the kitchen (mostly to protect the baby from our little dog, which we aren’t sure of how it’s going to react to the baby) or in the garage if I’m working out & the audio monitor he felt was necessary if baby is napping & I want to go outside or take a shower, which is also EXACTLY what I was thinking. It’s scary how we think so much alike, LOL!! This was a big purchase, but I think we’re gonna be pretty well set—from here on out it should be mostly small stuff that we need, for a while at least. The next ‘big’ items will be high chair or booster seat & walker, but those won’t be nearly as much as this purchase. And once we have a room for the baby we plan to get some sort of toy chest & a bookshelf for the room as well, but again I doubt that will equal the cost of this purchase. Thank goodness hubby has done this all before, twice actually, so I feel confident that we are making realistic plans. :)
Earlier this week I went shopping & got a baby book (the hospital I am delivering at told us to be sure to bring one with us & they will put the footprint in there for us). My whole theme at my baby shower was a baby in a peapod (in green, a neutral color) called sweet pea & I was able to find a baby book that goes along with the sweet pea theme. I was so excited to find that!! And then I also went shopping with my mom a few days ago & she wanted to buy us bedding for the crib. So she bought us the bumper pad & some sheets—we got TONS of blankets at the shower, so I do think we are now set as far as the bedding goes. :) We did it mostly in green, with some yellow accents. I didn’t want to get any more clothes or diapers yet as I don’t want to end up with too many in a size that the baby will outgrow quickly (we got clothes & diapers at the shower, along with lots of other stuff that not in our big final purchase). I would rather do a load of laundry every day (in addition to my weekly all day washing for the whole family) than invest in a week’s worth of baby clothes (especially considering how many times they change clothes each day!) that the baby will grow out of in the blink of an eye............
I also think it's funny how my perspective is changing. Hubby & I were at the mall recently (had to get a new toaster oven, our's died) & we saw this really young couple with a baby in one of those strollers the mall provides. Now I know in the past I've seen people with their babies in those strollers & I've thought it was really cute & always thought to myself that if I had a baby I would want to use one of those cute strollers. And now I look at that & wonder if anyone ever cleans those strollers & vow that I will never put my child in one of those, LOL!!
Not a whole lot else to report...........hubby called me yesterday & asked when we want the painters to come, that our contractor said they could start as soon as Monday or Tuesday. Yay!!! I told him to get them here ASAP & to tell them to finish the job ASAP, LOL!! And then we need the carpeters.................
I’m happy to report that our insurance called & authorized another $14K or so—so now I believe that’s a total of close to $30-something thousand dollars, that should be plenty to get everything done—thank you Jesus!!!! We were sort of giving up on the insurance & just trying to decide on what absolutely had to get done & what we were going to not have done.
My garden is good, just waiting for the seedlings to sprout & appear.
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