Cate's Going Home Outfit

Yesterday, my dh and I headed to the mall but one a bit further from home since they have a Pottery Barn Kids and some other stores that we don't have at our local mall. We went to look at rugs at Pottery Barn kids but couldn't decide on one. Then, we went to a few other stores to see if we could find a outfit for Cate to come home in. They have a Janie and Jack which I love! The store is expensive but this outfit is for a special occasion and it was on sale! Yeah, she'll probably spit up on it but oh well.

I have to admit, walking the mall was a bit difficult, we sat 3 or 4 times and I used the restroom several times as well.

So, low and behold, here it is!

32 weeks and 4 days! Holy Moly!

On Thursday, we saw the Peri for a checkup and had an ultrasound. I'm really not sure how I got here, almost 33 weeks. It's quite surreal and hard to process. Over the past week, we also attended our childbirth class and took a tour of the hospital.

The class was pretty good but quite general, I feel a bit more knowledgeable but in a general way. It was last Saturday from 9-4. I thought it'd be a very long day but it went quickly. I wish it had been more detailed on the labor part, what to expect and how to manage it but I do feel like I learned some things. We also took a tour of the hospital on Wednesday. We got to see a labor and delivery room along w a post partum room. We also got to see the nursery whicd had no babies in it as we came in but two on the way out. She explained they encourage rooming in w the baby so the babies that were in there were from women who had C sections. There was a little girl and a boy. The boy was two hours old! so amazing to see! I have to admit, all the other mom and dads to be were up close, saying how cute but I had to step back and hold back my tears. I don't know how they all felt but all I could think was that after all this time, I might actually get to take home a baby, I just feel so incredibly LUCKY.

Caitlin was looking good and weighing 5 pounds 4 ounces! She is in the 86 percentile for her size. While this is great news, it is also something to keep an eye on. The Peri told me that by 40 weeks, she will be weighing about 9 1/2 pounds. Of course, this is an estimate, so, it could be 8 1/2 pounds or 10 1/2 pounds. This really concerns me because my sister's first child was 9 pounds 10 ounces and her delivery went horrible and my niece had complications which I won't go into detail about but she was in the NICU for a bit. My sister was induced to prevent this with her second child and things went very smoothly, of course, it was a second child but he weighed more in the 8 pound range. So, anyways, the Peri did said that an induction a week or two early might be something to consider. He is doing a NST in 4 weeks so we'll see where she is at then, if I make any progress on my own and discuss it further. I'm really not looking for opinions or experiences on this, just journaling what was discussed. :)

Here are two profile pictures from the ultrasound!

Tell me what you think!

My husband and I had an extremely busy weekend! On Saturday morning, I headed to BRU to pick up a bunch of things for the baby. I've been feeling a bit stressed which I know is normal but preparing is helping me feel better so that's what I'm focusing on. Once my husband got home from work, we headed to look for a new fridge and other misc stuff. In the evening, we spent some time in the nursery, hanging her mobile (see picture below) and letters which leads me to my question. We're trying to decide on whether to put bows on each letter, none of the letters or every other one? Here's a few pictures, let me know what you think!

All Private Now!

Ok, hopefully, this will help me feel a bit better. Recently, I had some family members join the blogging world and it got me nervous that they might find me since they still don't know about the IVFs. Plus, it just weirded me out to see all these people venturing onto my blog and not knowing who they were. I'd really like to make this more of a journal and not have to worry that someone is reading it that I don't want.

I have decided that I'm going to go private on my blog...

I've posted some pictures lately and it's made me realize that I probably will continue to post more especially when the baby is born. I feel so strange not knowing who is viewing these pictures and information. If you'd like to continue reading my blog, please leave a comment with your info and how we know each other (blog world, bump, real life, etc.) and I will add you to my list. Of course, I won't publish the comments so no one needs to worry about having their info posted either.

Thanks!

Belly Picture?

This weekend was my godaughter/niece's first holy communion. I think this is the first picture I've had taken since I've been pregnant. I really should have gotten a side photo taken but I didn't. So, this is all I've got to show as far as a belly picture goes. My shirt is pretty baggy so you really can't even tell that there's a belly there...

Busy Weekend!!

After work on Friday, my husband and I hit the mall to get my niece's communion gift. It had to be engraved so we got some dinner and picked up a mother's day gift. We didn't get home til about 8:30pm and I was beat. I think my days of doing that are OVER! On Saturday, I met my friend at the spa for a pedicure, finally redeemed a giftcard from my SIL from Christmas. After our pedicures, we got lunch at Panera, we had a great time!

Then, my husband and I went for a 3D ultrasound! It was absolutely awesome. We got to see Caitlin live in 3D for about 45 minutes. We saw her sucking her thumb, making fists, making funny faces, and attempting to put her thumb in her mouth. The ultrasound tech showed us how she already has hair on the back of her head!! We got the entire thing on DVD and about 40 photos. It was tons of fun. I wish we could do that every weekend but of course, that would get expensive. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the session.

Here's a shot of Caitlin making fists!


In this shot, she's making a funny smirk!

In this picture, she's trying to get her thumb in her mouth but misses. She was trying to suck her thumb for most of the session but we were pushing on my tummy to get her to put her hands down so we could get shots of her face but as soon as she'd take her thumb out, she'd try to get it right back in!

Here's where she is sucking on her thumb!

Here's a full shot of her face and some of her chest, eyes closed of course...


On Saturday night, my husband and I hit the craft store to figure out how to put her name over the crib. We hit Michael's and I didn't really like what they had, they didn't have much. So, we hit Joann's Fabrics and they had a much better selection. We got the letters and then a few wooden bugs and flowers to add to the letters. I saw some letters on Etsy that I really liked but it would have cost $20 per letter ($140 in total) which is just not in my budget. This cost us $25 including a glue gun! Here's a sneek picture of how it'll look, still need to add some ribbon to hang the letters though.



It was a great weekend, very productive and exciting!