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| Beth's lovely Artwork |
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| Ashley's duckie with polka dots |
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| Kelly went all Van Gogh on us |
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| And the college suite was represented |
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| The back of the yenigator has a tail! |
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Onesies
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Onesies
Creative onesies from Isaac (5) and Isabelle (3).
In other news... the nursery carpet I clean, and the crib and book shelf should be put together by this afternoon!
In other news... the nursery carpet I clean, and the crib and book shelf should be put together by this afternoon!
Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Onesies
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| If it's a girl, then we just cross out the boy and write girl in pink. Either way, kid will be a fan! |
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| A favorite sentiment. |
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Chapel Hil Shower
LC spent all day Friday bouncing like crazy, excited to see the friends coming to visit!
We had a great time Saturday at Katie's place. The old college gang came back to town for a co-ed cook out baby shower. We had lots of visitors from the DC area (Dave, Pat, Ashley, and Jen), and Beth made it all the way down from Philly!
It was a gorgeous day in Chapel Hill, and Isaac and Isabelle even got to hop in the pool.
LC and Baby Eckert (about 10 weeks younger) met for the first time. They will be certain to be BFFs, like their mommies.
We ate out in the sun, painted onesies for Little Cristobal, and opened presents. The onesies were hillarious, and I will post them separately to spread out the entertainment value.
Huge Thank You to Katie, Laura, and Beth for planning and throwing the shower, and to the boys who are always so willing to do the heavy lifting.
We had a great time Saturday at Katie's place. The old college gang came back to town for a co-ed cook out baby shower. We had lots of visitors from the DC area (Dave, Pat, Ashley, and Jen), and Beth made it all the way down from Philly!
It was a gorgeous day in Chapel Hill, and Isaac and Isabelle even got to hop in the pool.
LC and Baby Eckert (about 10 weeks younger) met for the first time. They will be certain to be BFFs, like their mommies.
We ate out in the sun, painted onesies for Little Cristobal, and opened presents. The onesies were hillarious, and I will post them separately to spread out the entertainment value.
Huge Thank You to Katie, Laura, and Beth for planning and throwing the shower, and to the boys who are always so willing to do the heavy lifting.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Nursery: Step 3
Ceiling fan is up!
Getting ready to paint! Daddy-to-be is working hard.
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| Ready to Paint... |
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| Jefferson is helping. He will be a good big-fur-brother, too! |
The middle color is the winner, a nice soothing green.
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| One coat. |
Friday, May 4, 2012
Third Trimester
To show you what the start of the third trimester looks like....
Of course there are several ways to track pregnancy, each giving a slightly different set of dates. One system puts us a week and a half into the third trimester, while another system says it started Wednesday of this week.
Symptoms-wise, the third trimester definitely started this week!
I was, for the most part, spared the hormone-based heartburn of the first trimester. This week physics prevailed. Baby is growing upwards, and there is what I think is a foot just below my stomach, and the heartburn has been fierce. (Tums help for about 5 minutes, and it turns out that Malox, one of the few other pregnancy-safe heartburn drugs, was pulled off the market just a couple weeks ago. Good thing I have the Maple View! It helps more than Tums.) The sciatica is also back, another point to physics.
As the sun stays up later in the evening, I am finding that my bedtime is closing in from the other direction again. I can usually stay awake until the sun goes down, but that may not last much longer.
I have also suddenly found tying my sneakers and shaving my legs to be a bit more challenging. It is still quite possible, just not comfortable. I expected that to come, but in June, not May!
The good news is that symptoms of the third trimester are way more fun than the symptoms of the first and second, because they are accompanied by wiggles and snuggles and kicks. We have a very active and interactive child already (I am sure we will be less excited about this in the future during mass or when it is time to learn to sit still in first grade).
If we rub a spot that feels like an arm or leg, it will often move or kick back. When Christian talks to baby at close range, we get jumps and full body wiggles. Baby dances when we sing in church. There is a certain pattern of positioning and behavior for when baby is unhappy/upset/not interested in playing, in which baby snuggles deep against my spine/hips and stays rather still for a few hours.
So, as July approaches, pregnancy may be a bit less comfortable, but it is a lot of fun! Part of me is sad that in the fall LC won't be able to spend days at work with me.
Wednesday we had the 28 week belly check, in which all looked good, measurements were perfect, and the heart rate was about the same as the last visit. LC kept punching the heartbeat "microphone" that was poking him/her. (Like I said, fiesty kid.) We also started Bradley (childbirth) classes Wednesday night, but more about that when we are a bit farther in.
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| 28 weeks |
Symptoms-wise, the third trimester definitely started this week!
I was, for the most part, spared the hormone-based heartburn of the first trimester. This week physics prevailed. Baby is growing upwards, and there is what I think is a foot just below my stomach, and the heartburn has been fierce. (Tums help for about 5 minutes, and it turns out that Malox, one of the few other pregnancy-safe heartburn drugs, was pulled off the market just a couple weeks ago. Good thing I have the Maple View! It helps more than Tums.) The sciatica is also back, another point to physics.
As the sun stays up later in the evening, I am finding that my bedtime is closing in from the other direction again. I can usually stay awake until the sun goes down, but that may not last much longer.
I have also suddenly found tying my sneakers and shaving my legs to be a bit more challenging. It is still quite possible, just not comfortable. I expected that to come, but in June, not May!
The good news is that symptoms of the third trimester are way more fun than the symptoms of the first and second, because they are accompanied by wiggles and snuggles and kicks. We have a very active and interactive child already (I am sure we will be less excited about this in the future during mass or when it is time to learn to sit still in first grade).
If we rub a spot that feels like an arm or leg, it will often move or kick back. When Christian talks to baby at close range, we get jumps and full body wiggles. Baby dances when we sing in church. There is a certain pattern of positioning and behavior for when baby is unhappy/upset/not interested in playing, in which baby snuggles deep against my spine/hips and stays rather still for a few hours.
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| Excited to be a good big-fur-sister. |
Wednesday we had the 28 week belly check, in which all looked good, measurements were perfect, and the heart rate was about the same as the last visit. LC kept punching the heartbeat "microphone" that was poking him/her. (Like I said, fiesty kid.) We also started Bradley (childbirth) classes Wednesday night, but more about that when we are a bit farther in.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Cravings
A question I have been asked quite a bit is if/what I have been craving.
I have been very lucky to have mostly healthy cravings. I generally want fresh fruits and vegetables, although packaged fruit cups will do, Dill flavored things (in pickles and ranch dressing), and the occasional cinnamon roll.
My #1 craving, however, has been milk. My first pregnant-crazy moment was driving to the grocery store, buying a pint of chocolate whole milk, and drinking half of it on the drive home, straight from the bottle.
The milk has no added antibiotics or hormones, but is not certified since all distribution is local. The milk is carried at our local grocery stores in reusable glass bottles. We pay a bottle deposit when we buy the milk and then get the money back when we return them, either to the grocery store or the farm store. We let the bottles pile up, then return 15-20 at a time. We have been going through about 3 quarts per week, and by we I mean LC and Shelly. Christian doesn't drink any.
As you can tell, this milk has become a bit of an obsession for me. Given all the things I could crave, I'd say this is a good one.
Also - SO excited to learn of another new friend for LC expected later this year! :-)
I have been very lucky to have mostly healthy cravings. I generally want fresh fruits and vegetables, although packaged fruit cups will do, Dill flavored things (in pickles and ranch dressing), and the occasional cinnamon roll.
My #1 craving, however, has been milk. My first pregnant-crazy moment was driving to the grocery store, buying a pint of chocolate whole milk, and drinking half of it on the drive home, straight from the bottle.
I am happy with any milk (although skim seems a bit weak), but I LOVE the milk from one of our local dairies. Maple View Farms is a fantastic establishment, with about 130 cows in their milking herd. The ladies produce milk, butter, and are famous for their ice cream! (The non-dairy herd also produces meat - but don't tell the Chick-fil-A cows!) They have grain crops to feed the cattle, and an agriculture educational center where Christian and I attended the best forth birthday party ever.
The milk has no added antibiotics or hormones, but is not certified since all distribution is local. The milk is carried at our local grocery stores in reusable glass bottles. We pay a bottle deposit when we buy the milk and then get the money back when we return them, either to the grocery store or the farm store. We let the bottles pile up, then return 15-20 at a time. We have been going through about 3 quarts per week, and by we I mean LC and Shelly. Christian doesn't drink any.
I got hooked on Maple View when on Weight Watchers, because the skim and reduced fat milks do not loose their protein content with the removed fat. Most grocery store skim milk has less protein than the whole milk. Their processing leaves the milk with fabulous flavor and nutrition.
As you can tell, this milk has become a bit of an obsession for me. Given all the things I could crave, I'd say this is a good one. Also - SO excited to learn of another new friend for LC expected later this year! :-)
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