Category: Baby Journal

My friends threw a wonderful shower for me! We actually had our first huge snowstorm of the year today. I had a number of people cancel, but even though I had a minor breakdown about it, everything was just fine! Better than fine! We had a great time and I got so many gifts for the baby! She is definitely going to be spoiled!

After the shower, we had a birthday celebration with my mom, Dave, Adam, Charlie and Katie. I was so exhausted by the time they all went home! It was a long, but fun day!

Today was my 30th birthday and our 6 year anniversary! I can’t believe how fast time is flying by!

Chuck started out the day by giving me a present. He found lots of goodies I like (treats, snacks, candy) and also wrapped up a ring inside a bag of peppermint kisses. It was so cute! The ring was gorgeous. It has diamonds and pink sapphires. Because I like pink AND because we are having a girl. I thought it was so sweet and thoughtful of him!

Then we finished tiling the back splash. Then my mom came over to help put the house back together for my shower the following weekend.

We went to dinner with Paige, Brian, Debbie and the Hays grandparents who were in town.

Then we went home and started a movie and we both fell asleep almost instantly. 🙂

We went to dinner at Katie and Chris’s house tonight. Katie made a really tasty stir fry for dinner. It was fun to see her getting so big! She’s due on December 6th with their third baby, Connor.

Katie and I took a couple pictures together since it might be the only time we are ever pregnant at the same time. She’s also been having some various contractions and her family is worried she’ll have the baby very soon. Katie doesn’t agree. She thinks she still has a couple weeks. Which is good for me since she is throwing my shower on the 13th! I know it will be fine if she can’t make it, but I would love to have her there. Selfish, I know.

They gave us a crib mattress that they had. At one point they needed two for their older two kids, but now the older ones are in twin size beds and don’t need the crib size mattress. So we we the happy recipients.

She also had some clothes for me to go through. Now, “some” is quite the understatement. There were SO many clothes there, I wasn’t sure what to do with myself….other than go through all of them and not have the heart to say no to any of them. So we took all of them home! I don’t think this little girl will need clothes until she’s 4 or so! Woo hoo! 🙂

We are so thankful for everyone’s generosity with gifts and hand-me-downs. We couldn’t be more thankful! So thank you to everyone for the clothes and various things you have so graciously given to us.

Our baby classes started tonight. There are 7 couples there, including us.

We did some introductions and learned about the early signs of labor and more about contractions. We also did some breathing and relaxation exercises and learned about some other ways to sleep with various pillows.

Next week, we watch our first birthing video and talk about car seats.

I think each week I’ll feel a little more prepared. Although, I don’t know that you can ever really be prepared for the adventure of having a baby! All I know is that we are both so excited to meet this little baby!

I never got a call back telling me my results from my glucose test. So I called and they told me everything was fine. I think they said my number was 96 and they want it under 130. So she said I was good. Phew!

I was told my hemoglobin level was a little low. Not so low that they recommend iron supplements, but it was something to note. So I need to eat more things with iron in them apparently. 🙂

We had a birthday dinner for me with Paige and Linda. Linda brought the curtains she made from the material we had picked out the weekend before. She also brought lasagna for dinner. It was so tasty! Paige made some bread and we had DQ cake for dessert.

For my birthday, Paige and Linda bought the bedding we picked out of for the baby’s room! It was so fun to open it and see it in the bedroom! I’m so excited to get it all set up!

Now I just have to buy curtain rods for the curtains. Oh, and Chuck installed the blinds in the baby’s room! It’s all coming together!

We read on one of our phone baby apps that if Chuck puts his ear on my belly he might be able to hear baby’s heartbeat. So we tried it. Chuck said he could hear my heartbeat, but not baby’s. A second later, she winds up and kicks him in the ear! He heard a big thump and felt her kick. Then he heard a few more thumps. I thought that was so cool that he could hear her kicking! That’s something he can do that I can’t! I was told the baby will love to hear that story when she gets older!

Linda and I went shopping for some material so she can make some curtains for the baby’s room. Since we painted the room a green color, I wanted to do pink curtains. It’s going to be so cute! I can’t wait to see how they turn out!

Chuck and I went to a gopher hockey game tonight. I hadn’t been to a gopher game in so long! I was glad we went when we did, because after putting on my sweatshirt, my jersey hardly fit! By the end of the game, I had to pull it up because it was too tight on my stomach! But I am glad baby girl got to go to her first gopher game! We did peek at the baby paraphernalia in the gift shops, but decided not to get anything for her. 🙂

I had my doctor’s appointment today and my glucose test. The drink we had wasn’t as bad as some people have said. You have to drink the whole thing within 5 minutes and then get your blood checked within an hour of drinking it. I drank it in just over a minute. The hardest part about it was how cold it was!

I heard the heartbeat again at the appointment and Dr. Louie said I was right on track and doing well. And of course, baby was doing great, too. I had gained 12 pounds at this appointment which was just the number she was hoping for. So yay!

Now just another 4 weeks until the next appointment.