Not a whole bunch to report, but a few things have been happening this week. Had an appointment with my midwife on Wednesday, nothing new to report there. Baby swan is head down, I'm dilated to 1cm and he appears to be pretty comfy in his current home. I was hoping maybe the full moon would make some changes, but no such luck!
I worked last weekend, so I had Monday and Tuesday off this week. It was nice to have a couple of days off during the week. I got some errands run, and then caught up on sleep and relaxing. Trying to fit more of this in before Baby Swan comes! I also got a much needed massage on Monday morning, now if only I could get one of those every day-life would be heavenly!
Monday evening we met with the daycare lady to sign paperwork and confirm plans, her name is Debbie. Debbie has kids our age and has been doing daycare for years. We really like her fairly laid back attitude and the fact that she keeps the group around 4 or 5 kids. I however felt like crying through the entire meeting with her. Kevin confirmed that I did in fact look like I was about to burst into tears the entire time. It's not that I'm worried about leaving Baby Swan with Debbie, I KNOW she will be great. I went to daycare too, and I loved my daycare lady, I loved the friends I got to play with there and overall enjoyed the experience. I however can't imagine someone else getting to spend more time a week with my son than I do. It's not the way I thought it would go. I thought I could get the best of both worlds, and maybe I will. For now though...I had to sign paperwork saying he will be there M-F, 7am-5pm. I know that most months he will get to spend a day a week with Bubba, I also know that it won't be everyday that he is there the entire time. Logically I know all this. Emotionally all I can think about is how someone else gets to spend more time with him being awake than I do. That SUCKS. I haven't even met the little guy yet and I can't help from tearing up when I think about having to drop him off at daycare, which by the way, Kevin already informed me I will not be dropping him off for fear of non-stop waterworks from me! I have no idea if I will even have to go through the whole full-time daycare thing, maybe it'll work out and I'll get to go back to work part-time. Either way Monday was one of the hardest days I've had in a long time, and also one of the many hard days I'm sure I'll have in Baby Swan's life. For now, I'm focusing on how I get to be the lucky parent who gets at least 3 months off with him once he's here and that no matter what, I still get to be his mom!
On to brighter news...yesterday I bought the last things of my "must have" list for Baby Swan. I think we are officially ready for him to come. I'm sure there are things that we will realize we need, but for now we're ready! Well...we need to install the carseat bases in the cars, but other than that, we're done. Our bags are packed and the waiting game continues!
So this week brought some relaxtion, a little more preparation, daycare finalization, and more waiting. We are getting very anxious to meet Baby Swan!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The Nursery!
As promised...a post about the nursery. As finished as it's going to be before Baby Swan makes his arrival, and finished just one day shy of being full-term. As most people know I like to search for things for the house, find ways to decorate and just change things up a bit. Also...most people know that I have trouble making decisions and trusting my gut, which usually means my house doesn't end up decorated the way I envisioned it because I couldn't commit. The nursery is a different story, I set out to make a gender neutral nursery despite which gender of child we were having, I also set out to finish it until I was happy with how it turned out. I managed to accomplish both goals. The nursery definitely has more of a boyish feel, but still is pretty gender neutral. It all started off with the bedding, which I have grown to love more and more as I decorated around it. I was going for a more modern feel which is definitely not usually my decorating taste, but I think the way the room ended up was the perfect blend of modern and traditional touches. I won't bore everyone with details of how I came to decide everything for the nursery that I have, there has been lots of thought and debating but in the end I stuck with what I was originally thinking and love how it turned out. There will definitely be more personal things added as we share Baby Swan's name, have pictures of our family and acquire more toys and baby gadgets, but for now with the addition of the art...it is finished. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.
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| Looking into the room from the doorway |
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| Another look into the room from the doorway, and of the fan as well! |
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| The glider corner, night stand and modern animal prints |
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| Green lamp, crib and bedding, and empty paper lanterns in place of the mobile |
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| Bookcase and toy/storage baskets |
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| Baby Swans closet! |
Friday, September 10, 2010
36 weeks
It's been awhile since I've written...even longer for Kevin, but I suppose that's how it goes. All is well in the Swan family. The nursery is complete, minus art for the walls. I ordered some modern animal art from an Etsy seller and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival. Once the art is in the empty frames on the walls...the nursery will be complete, well minus a cute little baby swan! When the art finally arrives I will take pictures of the nursery and post them. I'm loving how it turned out and really loving that this is the first room in the house I've re-decorated and finished completely! This is no small task since I'm so indecisive I usually just look at options forever and never decide on anything. It's the perfect balance of modern and traditional and gender neutral, but boy appropriate, just like I was hoping it would be. It will be nice to know that baby swan's room is completely done until he comes up with his own preference for how his room is decorated.
Also, the painting in our house is complete as well. My dad finished the living room and kitchen a few weeks ago and it looks great. It was no small task to paint basically our entire upstairs, and I really appreciate his hard work and willingness to get the job done. There is still a small area behind the fridge that didn't get painted and I'm okay with that. You only see the unfinished part if you put your face up against the wall. Surprisingly...it bugs my dad that it's not finished more than me. I'm just happy to have the house put back together and to be all done with the painting before baby swan makes his appearance. I'll work on the decorating part of these rooms later.
We are quickly approaching the full-term mark for baby swan and I am feeling more and more ready each day. As far as pregnancy goes I'm still pretty comfortable and able to work no problem. I feel so blessed to have had such an easy pregnancy. Tying my shoes and bending over to pick things I've dropped up are getting more difficult, but if that's the worse I have to deal with, I'll take it! We just have a few things to get that are necessities for baby swan and I and we will be all set for his arrival whenever he decides to come. I can't believe I'm writing that...less than a month until the due date, CRAZY!! I had a midwife appointment yesterday and everything is looking good. Baby swan is head down, but still rather high up. I'm only slightly dilated and it appears that baby swan is pretty comfy in his current home for now. I'm okay with that, I have a few things I'd like to do before he comes and the longer he stays put the more likely I am to not have to go back to work until the New Year. My midwife also confirmed my thoughts about having a bigger baby, she told me he doesn't feel like a small baby, but she's only saying that based on how he feels from the outside. I tried to convince her maybe he's just really tall, but she didn't seem to buy it...I guess we'll find out soon enough.
Life around here is pretty much the same as always. We are checking things off the ever shortening to-do list, making last trips to cabins before baby swan makes his arrival and continuing to work hard at work. This weekend should be filled with some relaxing, a little shopping, some cooking of meals for the freezer and completed by another baby shower thrown by Bubba. I'm looking forward to the shower and spending the weekend with Kevin enjoying one of our few remaining weekends until we are joined by baby swan. Until then more of the same, with hopefully a little more relaxing and spending time with those we love before we become a family of 4 (we can't forget Kona!)
Also, the painting in our house is complete as well. My dad finished the living room and kitchen a few weeks ago and it looks great. It was no small task to paint basically our entire upstairs, and I really appreciate his hard work and willingness to get the job done. There is still a small area behind the fridge that didn't get painted and I'm okay with that. You only see the unfinished part if you put your face up against the wall. Surprisingly...it bugs my dad that it's not finished more than me. I'm just happy to have the house put back together and to be all done with the painting before baby swan makes his appearance. I'll work on the decorating part of these rooms later.
We are quickly approaching the full-term mark for baby swan and I am feeling more and more ready each day. As far as pregnancy goes I'm still pretty comfortable and able to work no problem. I feel so blessed to have had such an easy pregnancy. Tying my shoes and bending over to pick things I've dropped up are getting more difficult, but if that's the worse I have to deal with, I'll take it! We just have a few things to get that are necessities for baby swan and I and we will be all set for his arrival whenever he decides to come. I can't believe I'm writing that...less than a month until the due date, CRAZY!! I had a midwife appointment yesterday and everything is looking good. Baby swan is head down, but still rather high up. I'm only slightly dilated and it appears that baby swan is pretty comfy in his current home for now. I'm okay with that, I have a few things I'd like to do before he comes and the longer he stays put the more likely I am to not have to go back to work until the New Year. My midwife also confirmed my thoughts about having a bigger baby, she told me he doesn't feel like a small baby, but she's only saying that based on how he feels from the outside. I tried to convince her maybe he's just really tall, but she didn't seem to buy it...I guess we'll find out soon enough.
Life around here is pretty much the same as always. We are checking things off the ever shortening to-do list, making last trips to cabins before baby swan makes his arrival and continuing to work hard at work. This weekend should be filled with some relaxing, a little shopping, some cooking of meals for the freezer and completed by another baby shower thrown by Bubba. I'm looking forward to the shower and spending the weekend with Kevin enjoying one of our few remaining weekends until we are joined by baby swan. Until then more of the same, with hopefully a little more relaxing and spending time with those we love before we become a family of 4 (we can't forget Kona!)
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