finished projects and waiting on a baby

i have finished up a few things that have been in the works for weeks (or more) and now im left to just wait. this boy child should be here any time and im not even sure what i would make if i were to start something new! so here are a few pictures of the things i have finished up.

i made emma a new sheet for her bed, and a changing pad cover, and a tiny little pillow to match








georges blue blanket is finally finished, so now he has one in blues and one in greens


this is humphrey 2.0, jason got the original humphrey as a gift from his grandma, who had purchased him from a craft fair when he was in gradeschool. humphrey is missing and eye, and has holes all over the place. he is also very very flat now. so for jasons birthday this year (he is 30!) i decided to make him a new humphrey. i traced out the original and figured out all the pattern pieces then sewed him up a couple days before his birthday. and jason loved him. :)
his little nose is my favorite part i think. oh, and humphrey is big, he is about the length of a crib mattress.




and i made a cover for georges car seat. the kid requires so much from me and he isnt even here yet. sheesh. but how great does this look, right? and before you worry about safety issues, it is just a thin layer of cotton, stretched over the original car seat, with all the buckle holes in the exact same places. and the sunshade has the same hardware to attach it, i just used different boning so i wouldnt have to dismantle the original. now you can admire it without safety concerns. i love the way the applique came out on the sun shade, and the corvette symbol on the top of the seat.

finishing things

i cant believe i forgot to tell you that we finished the shower. jason and i both had a chance to use it (i got to first though. :) and then we noticed a CRACK IN THE BRAND NEW GROUT! so it set for a day to dry, then i chiseled and filled in the grout line with caulking. that way the bench has room to give and shift a bit, without causing anymore cracks, because i left that one intact. its just caulked over. sigh. so today it is usable again.

about my doctor appointment on wednesday, it was nearly canceled. as i pulled onto the connector in boise i got a phone call from mattie saying dr anstine has just left for a delivery. i was offered a new time on thursday, but was a pain and asked to be squeezed in, so jason and i went in an hour later at 1250 instead of 1150. she had just got back and it all worked out perfectly. i asked her to strip my membranes (which was WAY less painful this time, but i am also dilated a bit more this time around) and then checked to see who is on call this weekend. its dr carlson. so at least if i have to miss heidis wedding to have this baby i will get the consolation prize of a friendly doctor. i see anstine again on wednesday june 2nd.

i feel like i should be semi frantically getting things ready for george to get here, but i really dont have anything to do. i guess i have the crib in the garage that needs painted, but i kind of want to spray paint instead of brush paint it. we have more of our trip color left still that i used to paint my dresser for emma, that matches her crib and changing table that we bought, and i was going to just use that. but this crib isnt all smooth, it has bumps and designs on the bars and i think a spray can would be a million times easier to get in all those grooves. so im not working on it.

now we just wait. i am 38 weeks 4 days pregnant, george is enormous, and its time for him to be born.

38 weeks 2 days

doctor appointment today at 1150. i dont know how it will go, but i am tired. georges favorite time of day is around 1130pm.

in other more uplifting news, emma LOVES babies. her baby is her favorite toy right now. she carries her, pats her, feeds her os and shares her milk with her. and she is teaching her to point to her ears right now and fake nibbling on her fingertips. its adorable.

impatient

i am inpatient. i know im only 37 weeks and 3 days tomorrow, but because last week seemed so positive, i am ready to be finished. i see dr anstine tomorrow afternoon and we will see what she has to say.

busy busy bee

after some adhesive issues (we mixed to recipe, but ended up using half the water for twice the powder to get a workable mix, five hours later...) i tiled the shower this morning at 330. i checked the bucket of adhesive when i got up to pee and it was ready, so rather than waste it i went to work. now it needs to set all day today undisturbed and tomorrow can have grout applied.

do you hear that george, the shower will be finished TOMORROW. you can come on out now.

oh, and i just finished sewing the ribbon on jennas flower girl dress for heidis wedding, so thats crossed off too. all thats left on his little list is some minor laundry and sheet changing that i may have energy for after lunch. or maybe ill take another nap.

ive got this awful cough, when i start it is so hard to stop and my throat just burns. im sure its the same thing miss emma has going on, i feel so bad for her. for the most part, i feel just like normal, until i get a tickle and start to cough. same goes for the little monster. she was such a ham this morning until she started coughing. :(

and by the way, i see dr anstine on thursday. she is back this week, so im crossing my fingers she will still be he one to deliver for me.

george's to-do list

before emma was born, i appealed to her vanity to get her out. i shaved my legs, and fixed my hair. i wore makeup almost every day, just in case she came that day so i would be pretty for her. it didnt work. but im foolish and cant help myself, so now im appealing to georges need for order and tidiness. he wants me to get things done before he shows up so he can have all the attention.

so here is george's to-do list:

-clean the toilets (jasons job, but i did it this morning, so done.)
-tile the shower
-sew jennas dress (pieces are cut, will sew as soon as i post, so in progress.)
-put away his clothes
-pick up the office floor
-finish his corvette car seat cover (base is ready, sunshade will be sewn with jennas dress in a few minutes.)
-change the sheets
-pick up poo and mow the lawn (i need someone to start the mower, then i will do this.)

alright kiddo, anything else you want finished before you show up?

just kidding, round one

yesterday was eventful. thinking about it makes me sleepy. i had an ob appointment at 950, with dr mcquillian because anstine is on vacation this week. i took emma along in the umbrella stroller because she had a fever the night before and a weird sounding cough that i didnt want her to share with jesse jay and toby.

i woke up around three with a back ache, and by six i was having pretty regular contractions. they dwindled a little during breakfast, but as i drove in to my appointment they were back. but i didnt think they were enough to consider skipping the appointment for labor and delivery triage instead.

my appointment went great. emma stared at everyone, and mcquillian was very nice (and young!) and when she checked my cervix for progress, she found some. anstine had written down that i was a one plus a little. yesterday i was at a three, maybe four. thats pretty good progress for a week, and quite good considering with emma i was a three at 38 weeks (after 3 weeks of contractions already). but it also made her nervous because emma came so fast, she wanted me to go to l and d and be monitored for a while to see if i was actually in labor.

i went to jasons office and waited for jesse to come get emma from us (so she ended up sharing germs anyways. sorry guys.) then headed to l and d. for the first few minutes we were on the monitor, george did nothing. no contractions. then they started to get a little more regular but still nothing compared to what they had been earlier in the morning. after about half an hour, our nurse figured out that i was not at 37 weeks yet (only 36,3 days) and had to call to ask what to do. they arent allowed to encourage labor before i hit full term (on monday). so i walked the halls for half an hour instead of the usual hour, then sat on the monitor again for a few minutes. i had several strong contractions walking, and once i was back in bed, and when the nurse checked my cervix again she said i was definitely at a four, and she could easily stretch her fingers to five. so, progress.

she called dr mcquillian, because it was her choice to send me over, i was her patient until i delivered or was sent home, and she made the decision to send me home. she decided that it wasnt enough change and the give me strict instructions about coming back should things progress later.

i went to lunch with jason (i was starving) then sat at his office and wrote a letter then took a little nap on the love seat in the ladies bathroom waiting for the contractions to go away or get stronger. they did neither, and at 5 i decided i had better rescue jesse and sarah from emma they baby tyrant.

at home i had a bath, and took some tylenol for the acheyness and my swollen foot and slept. this morning i have had three or four contractions, but nothing regular. what i do have is a great big back ache from all of them yesterday. so thats the story so far. george is early, yes, but while i was in the tub last night, i could see him practice breathing through my belly. it was the oddest and coolest thing so far in this pregnancy. i know he is getting his little lungs ready, and i just dont feel worried about him coming before his due date. i have an assurance that he will be just fine.

so now we wait. i pick up business as usual and wait. the lawn needs mowed, maybe i can get someone to start the mower for me and i can get that done.

late update

i am pretty sure i didnt mention that at my last ob appointment on jasons birthday (may 6) i was 35 weeks 3 days into this pregnancy and got the good news that i am already 2 centimeters dilated. i was not checked this early with emma (not until 38 weeks, when i was a 3) so i am hoping this is quick progress, and that our plump baby will make an early arrival.

i am no longer taking it easy, except that there are some bending chores that i just cant do any more. over the weekend we made the 10 hour drive to california for katies ordination, and drove home on mothers day. while there, katie and i walked to starbucks, then i spent the three hours of ordination wresting a crying emma into my arms and by the end of the night couldnt pick her up without hurting. (my round ligaments, not my arms.) then saturday evening we took another family walk to the park and back.

i will be 37 weeks and full term on the 17th, but my next appointment is on thursday the 13th with the newest doctor in the practice. (anstine is on vacation, but at least she will be back when i hit 37 weeks!) so after thursday i will have more news, then the 17th hits and all bets are off. this guy should be about 8 pounds by then (im totally guessing, but i also think if i carry him to 40 weeks, he will be high 8's and pushing 9 pounds. just my guess) and very ready to come out and see the sunshine. so there had better be some sunshine.