12 weeks old

my munchkin is now 12 weeks old! i absolutely cannot believe it. the first 6ish weeks were rough. pretty darn rough. but i think i was blessed with an absolute angel of a little girl. we turned a corner at about 8 weeks: she sleeps a ton, we're on a pretty predictable schedule already, and she has a very sweet disposition. *knocking on wood*

here she is!

i'm a mom

i'm finding it extremely difficult to update facebook, my pregnancy message board, and the blog. thus the blog has fallen to the wayside.

but i'm a mom, and it's the best feeling in the world. well, some of the feelings aren't so good, like the bleeding nipples, the sore nether-regions, etc. but i am 100% in love with this little girl, and i am cherishing every single moment i spend with her.

4 years today!

today is my 4 year anniversary. despite the fact that being pregnant has caused us to miss our annual anniversary trip up to the wine country - my absolute favorite thing to do, and i can't wait to continue the tradition well into the future (post-baby) - i couldn't be in a happier place today. i'm looking forward to a lovely dinner out tonight with my husband, and i'm really looking forward to a glass of champagne!

happy anniversary timmy! love you.

4 weeks and counting

since last post we haven't done very much towards getting ready for baby. but we have made some progress.

we got the bedding ordered and it's being made as we speak. should get here in a week or two.

and the car seat will be here next week - thank you, staci! and that's somewhat important if we want to bring our child home with us from the hospital. which i think i will want to do.

and i'm still growing a baby, so that is progress every single second that passes.

four weeks to go now. well 3 weeks and 6 days until the due date. i kind of hope she comes early - like 10 days or a week early would be nice. i'm starting to hurt all over and going to work just blows. only 9 more days of work left though! woo hoo!

making progress

last weekend tim and i tackled the "nursery" - which is really just our guest room but will be Presley's room until we move back to texas. we cleared out closets and drawers for her, and did 3 humongous loads of baby clothes laundry. we made a big trip to babies r us - or as tim likes to call it "hell" - and i felt much better about the impending arrival of baby girl.

this weekend i feel even better! today we got our crib delivered, bought our stroller (i still don't understand what makes it worth $1000, but whatever), and bought a few more essentials, like tylenol, diaper wipes, those itty bitty fingernail clippers, etc.

left to do:
* decide on bedding (and order fabric, have it all made)
* wash more clothes
* determine which cloth diapers we're going to use
* maintain optimism that cloth diapering will be easier than everyone thinks and that we're not crazy
* organize kitchen drawers so we can have a "baby drawer"
* keep growing baby for 8 more weeks

i am trying not to complain about being pooped right now, because i know it's only going to get worse the further along i get. and then i'll max out on my pooped-ness when she actually arrives. so i'm trying to stay positive.

but frankly, my back hurts. thank goodness i have a massage scheduled for tomorrow morning.