34 weeks update

Today I had my 34 weeks appointment with Jill.  Only 6 more weeks to go(or 38 days if you look on the counter below)!  My belly measured 34 cm(right where it should be) and I gained 1 pound.  So I guess baby's little growth spurt was just that, thankfully.  But I guess you never know, things could still change!

My blood pressure was good and so was baby's heart beat.  Nothing too exciting.  

The next appointment will be on Dec. 1st for 36 week check-up.  After that we will be seeing Jill(or Andi, the other midwife) every week.  I probably won't post an update every week, unless there is something interesting to hear about.

Flora's cut is getting better, but still looks the same.  It probably will stay that way until the glue comes off.  She is very good about not touching it, though.  

Sally has joined the bowling team at her school.  She went bowling a couple of weeks ago and got a 77 and an 80.  Not too bad for a first time!  Tonight they have a meet(I think) and she will have practice every Thursday.

We are almost done x-mas shopping.  I wanted to get it done before the rush started and before I got too pregnant.  

If you need any ideas for Flora, she wears a size 24 months, but doesn't need much for clothes.  Things that she might like are a child-sized rocking chair for her room(since we will probably be putting the big one in our room to use for the baby), trucks or buses(they don't have to make noise).  That's about all I can think of.  Of course there are more ideas on her wish list.  

As for baby... Baby doesn't need much, there will be plenty of time to buy gifts for baby after it is born and the gender is revealed.  If it's a boy, I'm sure we'll need some boy clothes, although, we do have enough of Flora's non-gender specific basics(sleepers, gowns, hats, socks, onesies, etc.) for the first couple months.  If you are really looking for something to buy the new one, you can check out the baby's wish list as well.

Have fun shopping for all you x-mas gifts!!!

OUCH!

Flora took her first major digger yesterday.  She was sitting on the chair in the living room and slid off of it and pitched forward into the coffee table.  She hit it with her forehead, causing a cut above her eye brow.   

So we ended up going to the doctor.  He glued it shut since I really didn't want her to have to go through stitches.  She did really well with the procedure until the doc and nurse had to peel away the gauze that was protecting her eye from getting glue in it because it had gotten stuck.  Ouch!  She was so brave, though. :)  She has also been really good about not touching it, too.

Here she is with the Sponge Bob band-aid the dr. gave her(there are more pictures of the real wound on the web album Fall 2008 if you really want to see it).

On a more pleasant note... Flora's first eye tooth(13th tooth) finally popped through on the bottom right side.  I'm sure the other's will be pooping up within the next couple months.

Week 32 Update...

Yesterday I had an appointment with Jill, our midwife.  It was a standard appointment.  Baby's heart rate was in the 140's which is good and my belly measured 34 cm.  So baby must have had a growth spurt.  Jill said don't be surprised if at my 34 weeks appointment my belly measurement stays the same.  I'm hoping that this baby doesn't just keep on getting bigger and bigger(beyond average growth, I mean).  I'm already afraid that it will be bigger than Flora!  Which does happen with second babies, but usually less than a half a pound.

I , on the other hand, lost 1 pound.  Probably because the baby took it for the big growth spurt it had. :)  

We also talked about what I wanted for my birth.  All I want is a water birth.  Hopefully that can happen this time.

I have appointments every 2 weeks now and will start having them every week after 36 weeks.

Tomorrow I will be 33 weeks.  I can't believe we're going to have a baby next month!  Well, it better be next month!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!  To celebrate Halloween, we went Trick-or-Treating in Two Rivers and Manitowoc, where my family lives.  
Flora was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Tom was a "Hippy" on Halloween and his dad for Val's party, Sally was a bag of jelly beans, and I was Mother Earth(there are more pictures on Flora's web album and the Fall 2008 slide show).

We all received some very tasty treats! Thanks Mom, Denny, Dad, and Robyn!

Flora even got some(actually a lot, she helped herself!) of Play-Doh from Auntie Robyn. Here she is playing with it, practicing making cut-out cookies. She only tasted it once. We told her it wasn't for eating and she didn't try it again.

As for me, I'm doing pretty well, I just have a little less energy than usual. Getting bigger as you may have noticed from the belly slide show. I had a midwife appointment a week and a half ago and I have another on the 4th(I go every two weeks now). Baby's heartbeat was good and my belly measured 30 cm, which is right on for 30 weeks(the number of weeks should match the belly measurement in centimeters). Nothing too major, just a standard appointment. I'll keep you updated when I have my appointments. Only 8 more weeks to go! Well, until my due date. We are hoping to wait until after Christmas to have this baby, but I guess you never know!
Here's my public service announcement: Please remember to VOTE on Tuesday, November 4th. You, by law, are allowed 3 hours in a row, off of work to vote(granted your employer can decide when those three hours are). And remember, if you don't vote, you can't complain!

Pumpkin Carving!

Today we carved pumpkins!  It was Sally and Flora's first times(I don't think we carved pumpkins last year). 

I carved Flora's first, then she "carved" it with a butter knife while the rest of us concentrated on our pumpkins.

You can see close-ups of all the pumpkins is the "Fall 2008" album.

We also went to Val's annual Halloween Party on Saturday, also Flora and Sally's first.  But I'm not putting any pictures of us in our costumes until after Halloween, because some of you will be seeing us on Halloween and that would spoil the fun!