{Week} 38

Week 38:

Total weight gain/loss: up 30 :(

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep: not without Benadryl 

Best moment this week: finally having warm weather and being able to work on my porch

Miss Anything? being able to bend down, drink, sleep on stomach, not swell like a blow fish....oh and so much more 

Movement: she keeps backing her skinny little butt up into my ribs 

Food cravings: Cereal and sugary things 

Belly Button in or out? flat 

Wedding rings on or off? OFF

Happy or Moody most of the time: done

      Weekly Wisdom:  People will ask u every single day "no baby

 yet?" or "where is the baby" and you will have to refrain from murdering them.

Looking forward to: Looking at my baby girls face all day everyday!!

{Weekly} Update #1

So i figured soon i wont be doing weekly chalk boards but just monthly ones of Hadley.

So im going to do weekly recaps instead

 Finally got warm enough for me to wear my maxi dress and maxi skirt :) 

 I need a break for the girls so i had ben "HELP" make a welcome home banner with lilly (it was entertaining to watch) the 5 yr old ended up having a longer attention span for it then the 27yr old...Sad

 My bump at 37 weeks

Oh by far the best moment of the week!

When ben woke up on sunday i filled his book bag with 30 lbs of weights and a pillow then had him do a few of my daily activities. 5 mins later he took it off and said he couldn't do it. (i wish i could take it off).

{String} porch lights

As I have mentioned before...im nesting :)

so here goes yet another project i completed last week.

 1st I searched high and low for white cups but could only find ones with a floral print so i settled and used them.

 Then i cut one open and used it as a stencil. 

 I bought this 180 scrapbook paper stack at joanns for $16 after a coupon :)

 After choosing which papers i wanted to use, i got down to stenciling out 400!!!!!!! cups....way more work then i bargained for.

 BUT in the end i LOVE how they turned out so im happy i stenciled then cut then poked them threw 400 lights!

this is my porch i'm working on...I'm excited to be almost done and almost able to post before and after pictures.

{The truth} About pregnancy

[cheesiest im happy fake smile i have ever given]

Truth:most mothers will tell you that pregnancy is AMAZING and beautiful. They are either freaks of nature and truly enjoyed themselves or they are compulsive LIARS...

1) the first noticeable change you will experience is Sleepiness!.... the first 12 weeks i worked 7-3 then slept 3-6 woke up ate and bathed then slept 8-6am!

2) the next awesome thing was pizza face..nasty acne all the time, I have never in my life had acne so this really surprised me.

3) I got a flu vaccine (even tho i did NOT want to) and then got a horrible rash ALL over my body.

4) Sleep...whats that? after you exit 1st trimester you STOP sleeping all together.

5) Constipation...12 days without going..can u imagine what that feels like?

6) Hemorrhoids, once you do finally go..YOU WILL get hemorrhoids no matter what you think. You are not above getting them. towards the end ROID RAGE takes on a whole new meaning you never imagined.

7) Pain. everything will hurt all the time 

8) Kicks, the beautiful kicks you have heard so much about and waited for, within days of the first kick the specialness of it goes right out the window! Kicks in your vagina or the baby backing its ass up into your rib cage HURT.

9) Swollen Vagina, thats right i said it. Your Vagina gets big and puffy and you will want to curl up and die. But thankfully you cant see your vagina so you quickly forget about it. 

10) Advice, people CANT WAIT to tell you their opinion on everything pregnancy and baby related. You will hear every single women's birth story that you encounter. 

11) Swelling, yet another thing i thought i was going to avoid...Im an asshole for ever thinking that. standing for 5 mins will make you legs/toes/feet swell up to shrek proportions. 

12) Shaving, HAHA ok nope not happening anymore

13) Peeing, ALL THE GODDAMN TIME. Bc the moment you stop drinking water YouWILL get braxton hicks so instead you drink the fluid that makes u pee 24/7 

14) Baby yet? really people go F*ck yourself. If i hear this question one more time i may shoot someone. No i have not had the baby yet and thats BECAUSE SHES NOT DUE FOR 15 MORE DAYS!

I will Never tell a pregnant women again "your still pregnant?" because i now know that no one is more aggravated by this then her!

Ok, so I know I just made pregnancy sound awful but at the end of the day...I know its beyond worth it and I will of course do it again :)

{Burp} Cloths

 Nesting...Has kicked in and I have been doing projects left and right the past week!

http://www.thinkingcloset.com/2013/03/27/burp-cloth-tutorial-for-the-beginner-sewist/

I used this site as a go to for my burp cloth project. 

First i dragged my loving husband to Joanns and picked 5 patterns of fabric and had them cut. Then purchased cloth diapers. 10pk for 12.99 at target.

Supplies needed:

~22″ long x 5 and 3/4″ wide strips of fabric

~cloth diapers

~cereal box

~iron

~scissors 

~sewing machine 

 First iron the fabric and cloths....

step 2: I used a cereal box to create a template that was 4 and 3/4″ wide x 17″ long.  The width is the most important dimension, and it’s okay if your length is longer than your cloth diaper.  Using a template instead of a seam gauge will end up saving you loads of time when pressing.  Just place your fabric down wrong side up, pop in your template, and press down 1/2″ on either side quickly and easily.  Leave about 1 and 1/4″ from the top, and don’t worry about the bottom edge for now. 

Step 3:

Take finished strip and place and pin onto cloth

Step 4: find someone who knows how to sew... haha i had to have my mom do all the rest of the work so sorry I don't have step by step pictures of what happens next but if you click the link above she does and excellent job of describing step by step everything!

 Bam and now you have awesome burp cloths!

we plan on making 10 more for hadley and of course now throwing them in every baby show gift we give :)

{Week} 37

Week 37:

Total weight gain/loss: up 30 :(

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep: NOT at all

Best moment this week: finishing things up around the house

Miss Anything? BEER AND SLEEP 

Movement: she keeps backing her skinny little butt up into my ribs 

Food cravings: Cereal and sugary things 

Belly Button in or out? flat 

Wedding rings on or off? OFF

Happy or Moody most of the time: done

      Weekly Wisdom:  Stop thinking about when you will go into labor otherwise you will go CRAZY  

Looking forward to: being able to bend over, sleep on my stomach and hold my beautiful baby girl!!

{Operation} Eviction Notice

Natural Labor inducers: 

Sex

hot sauce

nipple stimulation

castor oil

dancing

sit on big yoga ball

pineapple

Red Raspberry leaf tea

WARNING:

I dont care what your opinions are...

I am not trying to get my baby out prematurely!

On March 22nd I went into labor and had to have medicine to stop it because I was only 33weeks.

Then again on April 4th i went to the hospital for contractions, and again on April 12th i was having strong contractions every 3.35 min. After walking around for an hour i wasn't dilating any more then when i had arrived and was sent home and told i would probably deliver in the next 1-5 days....! So here 3 days into that 5. So THAT is why i am doing operation eviction notice.  

 Me and ben have been walking the nature trail every night to "walk" her out

P.S. i've lived by the nature trail for 15 years and never knew they were there...i'm a a hole lol

{Week} 36

Week 36:

Total weight gain/loss: up 28 :(

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep: NOT at all

Best moment this week: Hearing that i'm finally 

dilating

Miss Anything? Bending over to pick things up/ all

agility 

Movement: not as much but i think she may be

 running out of room

Food cravings: ANYHING

Belly Button in or out? almost non existant 

Wedding rings on or off? OFF

Happy or Moody most of the time: happy 

      Weekly Wisdom:  Labor can take a LONG 

time. the midwife said 1-5 days till Hadley but we will 

see...... also she estimates Hadley is long and 6lbs  

Looking forward to: Having Hadley!!!!!!! i'm full term saturday :) 

{Nursery} in progress

I decided to post nursery pictures now because i'm not 100% sure we will get it completed before Hadley decides to make her grand appearance! 

To Do List:

hang bow frame

put up light fixture

hang maternity pictures

put books on shelf

hem curtains

tuck cable line down

Ladies and Gentleman this is what DROPPING looks like!

{Week} 35

Week 35:

Total weight gain/loss: up 26

Stretch marks? Nope (fingers crossed)

Sleep: not at all... :(

Best moment this week: Our baby bbq shower! and

 of course the beginning of baseball season :) 

Miss Anything? Sleeping threw the NIGHT

Movement: Non stop painful rolls and kicks

Food cravings: Sweet potato fries (homemade)

Belly Button in or out? starting to come out 

Wedding rings on or off? depends

Happy or Moody most of the time: uncomfortable

 and grumpy

Weekly Wisdom:  buy a crane drop 

humidifier for your bedroom its amazing!

Looking forward to: Hospital tour on wednesday

this is from last week...I don't have a full length mirror at home so when i was at express and looked in this (dirty) mirror i was shocked at my size lol

*Baby Shower*

One year and 5 days ago I had my wedding shower.. I could have never guess that almost exactly a year later id be having my Baby Shower.

 My boss made this FABULOUS cake

 The yummy cravings table

 Look at these amazing red sox's sugar cookies :) 

 Game 1: change "babies" diaper then chug apple juice out of sippy cup

 Adorable diaper cake my SIL made for me 

 Game 2: eat jar of baby food then take the "baby" and put it in stroller and push stroller to other end of the building. 

by the time present opening came around i was swollen, tired and having lots of braxton hicks contractions oh and i looked like HELL

 I was so blessed to receive many hand made blankets that we will treasure forever.

I love my diaper bag!

My Sil made me a welcome wagon! how creative is that!

 

This was the inside of my amazeball cake!!!

{Sneak} Peak!

Last Saturday we did our maternity photos 

(in the freezing cold) 

This is a sneak peak of how they turned out. I cant wait to see the rest :)