33 Weeks tomorrow...and her room is just about done!

I forgot to update last week, oops. I'd say I've been really busy, but you all know that's not the case. There's really no update, other than we're still here. Still getting the weekly shots. We did register for our child birth classes and hospital tour, which is exciting. We'll start our classes on 3/27 and we'll finish on 5/1, it's cutting it pretty close, but what else can we do? Our tour will be on my Pop's birthday 4/2.

My cousin, Sara, gave birth to her little boy Jonah on the 16th, just about a week early. Mom and baby are doing well.

I have been knitting up a storm. I've been working on something for Sara and for Farley (one of my very best friends from college). Farley is due with twin boys a week after I'm due. I've also been working on a sweater I had started for Dan about 5 years ago, and one for myself. I have lots of unfinished projects that I'm working through one by one.

I can't remember if we've shared her name, officially, and the story behind it. We're naming her Cadan Isabel, and we call her Cady for short. Cadan is basically just a combination of our names, but it's a British name (and you all know how much we love GB) and depending on where you research it, it's either Scottish, Celtic or Welsh and means "battle". We hope she's able to choose hers wisely, and stand strong for what she believes in, so it fits. Isabel is a family name on my side, and is very Spanish (and we love Spain).

As for her room, it's going to be COLORFUL and girlie (without being pink)! It will have lots of fun patterns and colors for her to look at. Here are a couple of pictures of the room while it's in progress. The fabrics are going to be used at the changing table, her crib, and in other spots around the room. As we get more done, we'll post pictures.

Here's the fabric. It's from Amy Butler's "Love" collection.

Here are Mom and Dan putting the crib together (I was laying on the guest bed, directing the process). Cribs are short. We didn't know that and it caused some confusion. : )

Dan doing some painting. He was the roller and Mom was the brusher. It's called Geranium Leaf and turned out just like we had hoped.

31 Weeks

We're 31 weeks and 2 days today. Mom arrived to help us get the baby's room ready and do some stuff around the house before she gets here. She brought us all kinds of fun stuff for the baby. Two of her friends made us the most beautiful blankets. She also found my old rattle and brought that out, along with lots of clothing. We'll be starting full-swing on the baby's room soon, and that's exciting.

This week we had what turned out to be our LAST appointment at the perinatal center. The high-risk doctor believes we're far enough along that we don't need to go back anymore, and that we can just see our regular OB now. We had an ultrasound (Dan will scan them soon) and the doctor did her checklist of all of the organs and limbs. At first, she wasn't moving much, and she was keeping her arms right in front of her face, so the doctor asked us to walk around for a while and get a bite to eat and some juice and come back. When we did, she moved around and the doctor gave us the all clear.

We go to the regular OB next week, and she should give us the "ok" to register and go to our child birth classes.

30 Weeks!

We've made it to 30 weeks. Seven weeks of bedrest done! At 32 weeks, my doctor will let us go take our hospital tour and child-birth classes. So that's the next big milestone. The doctor is really happy with the progress (or lack of progress, however you want to look at it) we're making. I'm still getting the shots of progesterone weekly. Next week we have another ultrasound, probably the last one we'll have. They'll measure the baby's growth and estimate her weight.

My friend Staci took this picture, she's a photographer in the Ventura area.

29 Weeks and Counting

Well, I've officially been on bedrest for six weeks. Amazing. Looking back, it's gone by faster than I thought it would, thankfully. I've done a handful of knitting projects, ordered some stuff for the baby's room, and gotten some things organized. Like our address book, for example. Send me an e-mail with your address and birthday if you want to be included in our new and improved address book. I've also been going through cookbooks and magazines and making a list of "must-make" dishes. Once I'm able to be on my feet for more than 10 minutes, I'm looking forward to cooking. Do you have a "must-make" dish? If so, send me the recipe along with its story (as to why it's so great or where you found it) and I'll add it to my list!

This week was full of visitors, which I love! Everyone's reaction is the same..."this is what you do all day" as they look at me laying on the couch. Yep, that's it! A big day for me is when I go to the doctor and actually get out of the house. Or when I have a visitor. My friend Staci came down from Ventura to knit with me and take some maternity pictures. I'm hoping to have them sometime this weekend, and will post them here. My neighbors Ciara and Denise have brought over movies and spent time with me on the couch catching me up on what's happening in the outside world. One of my former employees, Cionie, came by yesterday bringing wonderful food and gifts from her trip to the Philipines. It's always so good to see her, she is coming up on the first anniversary of her retirement from IP and her husband is getting ready to retire. She's on the go non-stop, and I'm so happy she's enjoying her retirement! That's why we're all working, right? So we can eventually stop working and get on with the stuff we really want to do!

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Happy Valentine's Day!

I was just thinking....

about things I can't wait to do when I'm finished with bedrest.

1. Walk. Around the block, around the world, whatever.
2. Get a manicure and pedicure.
3. Get a massage.
4. Get a facial.
5. Clean the house.
6. Spend time in my craft room.
7. Get back to my photography.
8. Do Pilates.
9. Cook and bake.
10. Plant some tomatoes, herbs and veggies.

That's just off the top of my head. Just a few more months!

A Visit From Uncle Charles

Yesterday, Uncle Charles came to visit. He has been on a three-week cross country trip visiting friends and family. It was a quick visit, but a good one. We really enjoyed seeing him. He's en-route back to Alabama.