12 posts tagged “pregnant”

I haven't been around lately, and unfortunately I can't come back and say "we had our baby!"  Nope.  Not yet.  She's still holding out.  Her due date is Sunday.  However, we've already scheduled an induction for Tuesday morning if she isn't here by then.  I'm really hurting and getting zero sleep.  So, Tuesday can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned. 

We bought a nifty new camcorder to capture all the new baby stuff.  So far, it's been used to capture Abram in the shower.  And then me in the shower.  It's a war between us...getting the most embarassing footage of each other.  Don't ask me why we needed an HD camcorder.  It's a man thing.  I just nod my head.

I've read a few books...

Made a few cards (all available HERE):

Bee-u-tiful Note Cards 4

Harvester Note Cards 4

And I cleaned a lot of house....

Next major chore?  Giving birth.  *sigh*

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When I look back at how much I used to blog, and how since I've been pregnant (something you would think would spawn a lot of posts) I've hardly posted at all, I'm kind of baffled by my laziness at not capturing all the stages of this time in my life on here.

However, I've also been super busy.  I'm essentially working three jobs, and making this baby, and getting the house ready for the baby....and being the only person in my family that can solidify logistics for holidays/visits....I'm the central hub for all the phone calls and arrangements for guests this month.

*sigh*

I'm just tired.  And fat.  And sooo ready to be not pregnant. 

I need to get supplies to make a new lightbox to photograph my cards for the shop and then I have to take all the pictures and make even more cards...all to get the product up on the website before the baby comes.  Which, according to the doctor, could be this weekend. 

It's like the list of things that needs to be done is never ending.  I could use and assistant and a maid....then I would be happy and maybe slightly less stressed out. 

My Jew: "You know you're only supposed to have one foot in a shoe at a time, right?"

Me:  *looks down at feet....frowning*

Apparently, my feet are a bit more swollen than I had realized. 

Time for this baby to come out!

Not mine, but close.

omg.  candyiloveyou.

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I'm starting to hate being so normal throughout this pregnancy.  I haven't had anything to really complain about.  Nothing terribly exciting medically -- which is a blessing of course -- but still....

Now, everyone I know that was pregnant, isn't.  All those little beh-bees have been born.  EARLY!  And I just want my baby here.  Now.  Mostly because I am just damn tired of being pregnant.  I want to be able to put on my own socks and shoes (a chore Abram now does for me).  I want to be able to roll over in the middle of the night and not feel like my belly skin is ripping open.  I want to do some sit-ups.  I want to have a drink.  I want to eat some sushi.  I want to smell my baby's hair....

But, I'm stuck in this terminally normal pregnancy.  No morning sickness, no real pain or inconviences to be worried about.  Absolutley NO sign that this child is eager to leave her toasty-warm home any time soon.  And while I'm very grateful that she's healthy and safe in there, I just want her out of me at this point. 

Pregnancy was cute when I could still shave.  And even see my genitals.  Not so cute anymore.

...but I've been on this little "mood board" type kick lately.  Compiling pictures of things that inspire me and help me remember what I like and why (and where in the hell I remember seeing something).  Of course, Charlottes nursery is my big decorating project right now.  I know how silly that is.  She's a baby.  She doesn't care what the nursery looks like.  But...I do.  So, now I'm obsessed.  Hurrah!

So here's a few little things for the nursery! 

Nursery Collage

I've already ordered the initial pillow (pretend that has a "C" on it) and I'm about to buy the Octopus Plushie too.  The mobile is a *wish* item as Pottery Barn Kids wants $79 for it.  And the butterflies are PAPER!  I'm not convinced it's worth the price.  The print is too cute and will look great in the nusery and the lamp I LOVE, but might put it in my room instead of the nursery.

Baby shower weekend has come and gone.  I was so exhausted.  Seeing our families together was amazing, and so much fun.  But wow, I was stressed out and tired and fighting the cranky, pregnant, bitchy Jessica inside. 

I've never had a baby shower (obviously) and I've never even been to one as a guest.  So, I didn't really know what to expect.  It wasn't terrible, but I don't think I'll be eagerly anticipating putting on a present opening show in the near future.  There's just something awkward about sitting in the center of a bunch of people with cameras, opening gifts, "awww-ing" and then smiling with said gift for a photo-op. 

Needless to say, I sucked at this part.  I didn't puff puff pass the gifts like I guess you are supposed to.  I just handed them to my sister to pile in the corner.  I didn't know I was supposed to pass everything around.  Sheesh.  I should have gotten a handbook or something. 

The food was really good and I was super-duper happy when we got to that part.  :) 

By the time Abram and the men got back from watching the game, this was my photo face:

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Jess Mom Bea Mimi Silly

We did get a lot of great stuff....seeing it all in the nursery makes me really eager for Charlotte to get here!!  Only 8 weeks to go!

My Jew left me on Sunday to fly up to Norfolk to teach a class this week.  All week.  Booooo!  We don't like it when he's away.  Especially when he's away and I'm so pregnant.  And useless.  And....hormonal. 

My baby shower is this Saturday and we have family from both our sides coming into town.  None of my family has ever met his family.  Our moms have never met, our siblings, grandparents, etc.  I guess I didn't really think about it until we got married and pregnant.  Now it seems kind of silly that we are all one big family and neither half knows the other.  So, what better excuse to have some of them meet than my baby shower?  Unfortunately, I will not be able to get drunk for this event, something I haven't missed until the thought of my mother, step-mother, sister-in-law, grandmother and great-grandmother all circling My Jew's unsuspecting mother, sister and aunt and bombarding them with their various *special* personalities. 

I cringe just thinking about it.  And I wonder how long I can hide in a closet before someone notices the pregnant chick isn't at the party anymore?  Knowing my family, they wouldn't even realize I was gone. 

However terrified I am of the inevitable social awkwardness to come, I am more concerned about the amount of prep work I have to do before eveyone gets here.  We're having the shower at my grandmother's house.  Thank jeebus fior that.  She has maids, and 4000sq/ft and landscapers and lives in a country club.  I don't have to worry so much about setting up for the party either.  But, none of our families have seen our house either.  So I know that his mom and sister and aunt and my family will all want to come over at some point to see the house, the nursery, the animals, etc. 

That leaves me, all week, without My Jew, to clean the shit out of my house and make it look presentable to raise a newborn baby in.  Quite a project when I have 7 animals under my feet, hardly any way of bending over, and the lifting limit of a 10 year old girl.

...our first look at Charlotte Rossalynn.....

Pucker Up!

Smiley face.