...I think I'm being hit on the head with the hammer of reality. This is all still so mind-blowing to me.
For week 26...... At long last, your little swimmer can see the womb! Your miracle’s little eyelids have finally separated (they were fused closed previously) and they’re probably having their first moments of sight as you read this (or maybe it already happened while you were brushing your teeth or watching Oprah or something).
In addition to seeing their little studio in your belly, they’ve recently acquired the ability to say “yes” and “no” in rudimentary sign language as they can now move their head back and forth. This is also the time where your little super star’s head hair is starting to grow! A cute little cowlick or two may be springing into position right now, getting ready for years of cute-but-stubborn bed-head. Also, their toenails have grown in and you little raisin continues to slowly pile up fat beneath their still-loose skin.
Most importantly, brain tissue and neurons are all developing at a rapid pace, increasing their (genius-level?) brain activity and will continue to function at accelerated levels for the first seven to eight years of childhood!
Man oh man... it's still just so mind-blowing to me that I have a little *PERSON* growing inside of me......
Friday, August 29, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Nursery
The nursery is almost ready!!!! It's just missing the valance and some artwork. I got a print framed that I bought from a man in Ghana.... and a couple other things on the wall.
I'm a self-confessed type-a control freak. I've felt completely out of sorts and out of all sorts of control throughout this pregnancy. But one thing I did have control over was how the nursery would be decorated and when it would be completed. Safari animals and August 31st.
Well, all it needs now is the valance, and a chair for mom and dad's middle-of-the-night visits. Here it is so far (click on the photo if you want the humongous version):
This is as "before" as we thought to take. I wish I had taken a real "before" shot. When it was the catch-all room for everything we didn't unpack when we moved. A year ago.
It was actually quite difficult to find a safari theme with the proper animals. Most of them had zebra's, giraffe's, elephants, and tigers! Why tigers?? Why not the geographically appropriate lion? I didn't want to start out Bean's life by feeding him mis-information, so I needed the proper theme. My name is Jodene. I'm a Zoo geek.
It's a 4-stage convertible crib. It converts from crib to toddler bed to day bed to queensized headboard. No idea how to do the last one, but we'll never need it.
"Monkey" the gorilla (okay, so there's a little bit of mis-information... but there's a story as to why the great ape is named "Monkey") and all of his rainforest, savannah, domestic, and extra-terriestrial friends.
I'm a self-confessed type-a control freak. I've felt completely out of sorts and out of all sorts of control throughout this pregnancy. But one thing I did have control over was how the nursery would be decorated and when it would be completed. Safari animals and August 31st.
Well, all it needs now is the valance, and a chair for mom and dad's middle-of-the-night visits. Here it is so far (click on the photo if you want the humongous version):
This is as "before" as we thought to take. I wish I had taken a real "before" shot. When it was the catch-all room for everything we didn't unpack when we moved. A year ago.
It was actually quite difficult to find a safari theme with the proper animals. Most of them had zebra's, giraffe's, elephants, and tigers! Why tigers?? Why not the geographically appropriate lion? I didn't want to start out Bean's life by feeding him mis-information, so I needed the proper theme. My name is Jodene. I'm a Zoo geek.
It's a 4-stage convertible crib. It converts from crib to toddler bed to day bed to queensized headboard. No idea how to do the last one, but we'll never need it.
"Monkey" the gorilla (okay, so there's a little bit of mis-information... but there's a story as to why the great ape is named "Monkey") and all of his rainforest, savannah, domestic, and extra-terriestrial friends.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
We're home......
...I took Bean on a little Vegas vacation. In retrospect Vegas in August probably wasn't the best choice for someone 6 months pregnant. EGADS it was way too hot. The coolest day was 40C, some of the time it got up to 43. But really, after you're past 40 - what's another 3??
We spent a lot of time during the day lounging around, waiting until evening when it was cool enough to do anything. I saw Mystére (Cirque du Soleil) and STOMP - both were absolutely amazing but STOMP was mind blowing.
I'm at 12 toilet paper squares now, but I don't know how much of that is baby and how much is Vegas food. Holy moly do people in Vegas know how to EAT. Think I could find fruits and veggies anywhere? Nope :(
Something I did find, however, is the Gymboree store. Oh my gosh, I had so much fun. I bought a lot of clothes for Bean, for every stage of his first year. Little boy things are just so cute! Cowboys, dogs, wild animals.... he got it all. How could I NOT buy him a little cowboy hat and cowboy boots for Stampede? I'm not that strong. I'll post pictures soon.
Right now Bean is approximately 14" long. His ears and sense of hearing are developed and he can now hear sounds from the outside world (including drums and thunder, and mom and dad). By the end of this week, his testicles will have taken the 3-4 day trip from his abdominal wall to the scrotum. Baby is still breathing in amniotic fluid, and weighs about 2 pounds.
I liken his movements to either playing bongo drums on my bladder, or using the umbilical cord as a jump rope. WOW is this bean a Jumping Bean. He kicks almost nonstop at night and it's hard enough to wake me up now. Trent just felt a huge kick last night on my belly and he was shocked. Just yesterday, Bean started kicking on the left side. He's been entirely right-wombed until then.
People - total strangers, and people I work with - have started touching my belly more often. I guess there is some unwritten rule that says pregnant women no longer have any right to their own personal space. I haven't come up with a good come-back yet, other than the old dodge-and-delay maneuver. I don't mind if people ask, but that they just come in and expect me to be okay with them touching my body, is shocking.
I have an appointment next week for my diabetes screening. *crossing fingers* everything should be okay.
We spent a lot of time during the day lounging around, waiting until evening when it was cool enough to do anything. I saw Mystére (Cirque du Soleil) and STOMP - both were absolutely amazing but STOMP was mind blowing.
I'm at 12 toilet paper squares now, but I don't know how much of that is baby and how much is Vegas food. Holy moly do people in Vegas know how to EAT. Think I could find fruits and veggies anywhere? Nope :(
Something I did find, however, is the Gymboree store. Oh my gosh, I had so much fun. I bought a lot of clothes for Bean, for every stage of his first year. Little boy things are just so cute! Cowboys, dogs, wild animals.... he got it all. How could I NOT buy him a little cowboy hat and cowboy boots for Stampede? I'm not that strong. I'll post pictures soon.
Right now Bean is approximately 14" long. His ears and sense of hearing are developed and he can now hear sounds from the outside world (including drums and thunder, and mom and dad). By the end of this week, his testicles will have taken the 3-4 day trip from his abdominal wall to the scrotum. Baby is still breathing in amniotic fluid, and weighs about 2 pounds.
I liken his movements to either playing bongo drums on my bladder, or using the umbilical cord as a jump rope. WOW is this bean a Jumping Bean. He kicks almost nonstop at night and it's hard enough to wake me up now. Trent just felt a huge kick last night on my belly and he was shocked. Just yesterday, Bean started kicking on the left side. He's been entirely right-wombed until then.
People - total strangers, and people I work with - have started touching my belly more often. I guess there is some unwritten rule that says pregnant women no longer have any right to their own personal space. I haven't come up with a good come-back yet, other than the old dodge-and-delay maneuver. I don't mind if people ask, but that they just come in and expect me to be okay with them touching my body, is shocking.
I have an appointment next week for my diabetes screening. *crossing fingers* everything should be okay.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
So tired
Bean likes the nighttime. Great. He kicks nonstop at night!! He kicks during the day too, but my movement must quiet him down so he's not that loud.
*yawn*
Here is my belly progression from 16w to 22w.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Happy Anniversary, Grandma and Grandpa
Okay, that sounds weird. The grandma and grandpa part, not the happy anniversary part. I've been calling mom and dad gramma and grampa for 9 years, because of their granddog, Bosco. But now that it's a real kid, it sounds weird.
Interesting.
Anyway, my parents have been married 44 years today. I don't know how they do it. Trent and Bean and I are taking them out for dinner tonight. MMMM Bean gets pasta! He looooooves pasta.
On the homefront, Trent and I are going to get Bean's room cleaned out this weekend, goshdarnitalltoheck. I can't look at it the way it is anymore. I'm at 23 weeks today, and it's freaking me right out that I could, if need be, deliver 9 weeks from now. 9 weeks? I'm not ready for that. Nesting overdrive...........
What I am ready for, though, is almost a full year at home with Bean. Trent's taking 6 weeks (hopefully 3 at the beginning, 3 at the end... not all 6 at once, or there's no way we'll make it to 44 years... ;)) so that will be a huge gift for him to start bonding with Bean. It must be sad/hard for new dads to have a baby one day and go to work a couple days later. Leaving new mom all alone to wonder "what now?"
Bean is growing a lot and I feel him kicking many times per day. It's funny, at 21 weeks I would feel one kick and then nothing for a couple days. At 22 weeks, it was more regular. At 23 weeks, he's keeping me up at night. I feel as though he's jumping rope with his umbilical cord. Stop it! It's not a toy! Mind you, it must be awfully boring in there. If he's anything like me, he's going to hate lying around for another few months doing nothing.....
He is around a foot long now, and weighs almost 1.5 pounds. It's bizarre to think in 3 months they pack on all that weight!
Interesting.
Anyway, my parents have been married 44 years today. I don't know how they do it. Trent and Bean and I are taking them out for dinner tonight. MMMM Bean gets pasta! He looooooves pasta.
On the homefront, Trent and I are going to get Bean's room cleaned out this weekend, goshdarnitalltoheck. I can't look at it the way it is anymore. I'm at 23 weeks today, and it's freaking me right out that I could, if need be, deliver 9 weeks from now. 9 weeks? I'm not ready for that. Nesting overdrive...........
What I am ready for, though, is almost a full year at home with Bean. Trent's taking 6 weeks (hopefully 3 at the beginning, 3 at the end... not all 6 at once, or there's no way we'll make it to 44 years... ;)) so that will be a huge gift for him to start bonding with Bean. It must be sad/hard for new dads to have a baby one day and go to work a couple days later. Leaving new mom all alone to wonder "what now?"
Bean is growing a lot and I feel him kicking many times per day. It's funny, at 21 weeks I would feel one kick and then nothing for a couple days. At 22 weeks, it was more regular. At 23 weeks, he's keeping me up at night. I feel as though he's jumping rope with his umbilical cord. Stop it! It's not a toy! Mind you, it must be awfully boring in there. If he's anything like me, he's going to hate lying around for another few months doing nothing.....
He is around a foot long now, and weighs almost 1.5 pounds. It's bizarre to think in 3 months they pack on all that weight!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
I'm in boot camp...
...spring training, bootcamp... whatever. I think L'il Bean is getting me used to sleepless nights. I know I wanted to feel him kick, but I think I forgot to qualify that. I only want to feel the kicks during the day. Not every. bloody. night. I can't sleep!
I mean, it took us a while to get here, so of course I'm happy I can feel him kicking... but seriously. Every night? On the plus side, I got 4 hours of sleep last night. That's better than the previous night, so maybe he's getting better. I hope this isn't indicative of his sleeping habits after he's born. I want him to take after me in that regard - sleeping 8 hours through the night at a month old. I'd LOVE THAT.
I started cleaning out Bean's room on the weekend. What used to take me 1 day has taken me over 3. *sighs* I've enlisted Trent's help for next weekend - we will win! I want Bean's room done by the end of August. Just 'cuz. I'm "nesting" and it's freaking me out not having Ben's place ready yet.
I mean, it took us a while to get here, so of course I'm happy I can feel him kicking... but seriously. Every night? On the plus side, I got 4 hours of sleep last night. That's better than the previous night, so maybe he's getting better. I hope this isn't indicative of his sleeping habits after he's born. I want him to take after me in that regard - sleeping 8 hours through the night at a month old. I'd LOVE THAT.
I started cleaning out Bean's room on the weekend. What used to take me 1 day has taken me over 3. *sighs* I've enlisted Trent's help for next weekend - we will win! I want Bean's room done by the end of August. Just 'cuz. I'm "nesting" and it's freaking me out not having Ben's place ready yet.
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