Big things, little things.

Things are just moving along here at the Wallingford Family home. I had a check-up Thursday, and everything seems to be going fine. They took blood for the second gestational diabetes test and did all of the other regular check-up stuff. My weight is good, Midge's heart sounds nice and strong, she is head down and moving tons, which my midwife says is great. I really liked the midwife I met this time around - I now only have one left to meet, so I think the chances are good that I'll be happy with whoever ends up at the birth. I especially think that with a doula everything will go swimmingly.

The midwives are a little concerned with my blood pressure, though it's still fairly normal. It's been climbing these last few weeks and I've been getting headaches. I'm not swollen at all, so I feel confident that everything is just fine.

Chanin and I were talking about how your mother is basically the main relationship in your life - at least until you settle down with someone and/or start having children. It was a perfectly fine until I realized that in two months I am going to be someone's mother. I think this hits me every two weeks and then for sanity's sake I tuck it away for safe keeping. Yipes. I feel like most of us idolize our mothers, but at the same time can be SO unforgiving of the mistakes they have made (or that we perceive them to have made). All of it feels so overwhelming at times....I guess you ease into it?

Anyway, what I really need to be doing is cleaning. I got a FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP last night, so I better take advantage of this little store of energy while it's here.

Husband? You gotta post more!

Any of you past pregnant ladies know a good solution for restless legs? This is something that I deal with in my everyday life and it has gotten progressively worse during the course of my pregnancy. Yesterday it actually kept me up in the night, which is a first. Oooof...no fun. Just the most frustrating feeling.

Other than that, things are just sailing along. Midge (that's our little nickname for the babe) was up and jumping all day long yesterday. She usually doesn't kick until late at night, but I think she sensed the snow! That's my girl! We can actually see her movements now. Well, I can. As soon as Ashley enters the room she is completely still. I imagine her putting her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing as he stands there waiting, waiting....

My next appointment with the midwife is in a week. I have to do a second glucola test (gross) because they think I'm at risk for gestational diabetes. I'm not so worried, but since we opted out of any other testing it's really the only time I have to put up with the poking and prodding. And as one of my midwives said, I am having a very boring pregnancy ever, so I can't complain. Boredom never sounded so good.

My two favorite topics!

The discomfort has officially started! Sleeping is difficult, sitting is uncomfortable, food makes me feel too full, being hungry makes me grumpy and heartburn-y. I eat one hundred thousand Tums a day! Fun times! And 12 weeks to go!

But the excitement far outweighs (yes, it even outweighs me) the uggy stuff by far. We're already smitten with our little girl. You may have noticed this by Ashley's adorably obsessive post about the babe's newish clothes.

In other news, Lottie is eating a little patch of hair off near her tail. This is upsetting and we don't know if it's because we fed her a different food for a month or that she's bored in our little apartment. She's back to her regular food, so we'll see. Any dog owners with experience/advice? I suspect that she is catching on that we have something going on that may or may not take away some of the attention we lavish on her. Poor little pup doesn't know what's about to hit her.

Shopping season

All about midwives. It turns out that I work with someone whose wife used the same clattern of midwives, so it's been interesting hearing his opinions of the whole thing. Things all around turn towards baby talk...

Speaking of baby talk, I don't think I've covered any of her holiday cheer! Of course, being a baby, holidays are all about getting new clothes. And, though the little one is filling the wife with endless tiredness, she went to Children's Exchange (the neatest place to go for baby's clothes!) for some after holiday shopping and we added some nice new outfits to her closet!


Like what? Well, First up we got her this nice little blue dress with embroidered flowers...



And this fun floral jumper...



And then this wonderful little pink dress



Something cozy covered in little hearts



A fancy red sailor shirt



and these crazy blue apple pants that I saw in the front window!



She also got a little white dress with pink bunnies on it..



Oh yes, and a matching hat!!



And, while I'm at it...

For christmas we got her these awesome spacebaby reversible overalls from Saturday Market



Some nice hats and socks (including some hand-made red socks that came all the way from Grammie in VT!)



oh yes, and not to be forgotten, the Yellow Giraffe!



But of course, beyond clothes... She got some other fun goodies and had a great holiday!

Continued goodness.

We had another midwife appointment today. Caitlin wasn't too fond for this particular midwife, liking the previous ones better, so now she fears that this will be the one we end up with. Well, the odds are against it, but it does seem like one would want a midwife present that you felt comfortable with. But it was still a good news appointment! Good blood pressure, weight gain and the little girl's heartbeat was right on at 144. So the whole pregnancy is a continuing good story! Her baby belly seems to be sized a bit above normal (28 week size though we're at 26 weeks), I think we're kind of hoping that means she'll show up earlier than expected... Though I imagine we'll have to wait the whole time. Maybe the current due date is better because... Though I have yet to finish the baby sweater I started 2 long years ago, I have stumbled upon some yarn at the shop that I would like to make into something new for the little girl. So if anyone has any ideas, feel free to let me know!

13 weeks to go

Well yes, thirteen short weeks until the scheduled birth of our daughter! Since she's our first, it seems like the perfect time to put together a blog for the whole family!

Caitlin and I (and our little dog too!) are very exited about this upcoming event! Ponderings of what to register for and what the natural childbirth option are and which natural childbirth classes we should take... Hypnobirthing? Birthing From Within?

There's soo much to think about! We'll figure it out... Will our movie watching increase or decrease? Lloyd at WatchThis suggests we'll either watch more, or none. Honestly, it's hard to imagine watching anything with a little family to gaze at!