2/28/09

It was about 68 degrees here today and very nice. We woke up and took Cali on a walk to the bagel shop and then went to the park for some ball with Cali. We talked about going to San Fran. today but decided that we would just go to a nature preserve and take a walk with Cali. The place is actually next to the hospital that I will be delivering at. Cali had lots of fun. She ran like crazy and came home a very tired doggy! :) Matt was a big help today. When we got back he cleaned the cat litter, brought up the rug from the basement that we are putting in our living room and then he vacuumed it. Then he took the car and got it cleaned inside and out and is now installing the car seat. He did a great job too! :) We are definitely ready now! That's it for now.

2/27/09

Today I took a great nap! It was about 2 hours and I slept great. The couch is the key. I think I sleep better on it for some reason. Matt came home a little early so we took Cali to the park for her daily exercise and then we walked downtown (3 blocks from our house) to a Mongolian BBQ restaurant. It is good and better than BD's Mongolian BBQ! You even get to make your own ice cream cone at the end. It's yummy. But then the walk home was a little hard and it took me longer to get home. I think the baby gained a pound at dinner. My skin feels like it's ready to POP! :) It's hard to believe that we only have 3 more weeks this coming Monday. We are so ready though. Not much going on tonight. Just hanging around home with the animals and Matt. :) That's it for now.

2/26/09

Today I had to get the oil changed in our car. We have to take it to Acura b/c we've tried taking it to other places (the fast places) but they don't have the oil that is needed for our card. So, Acura seems to be the only place we can take it. The problem with going there is that it takes so long to get the oil changed (at least an hour). The Acura where we bought our car in Carmel, IN was so nice. They had nice chairs, free food, a room to go in if you wanted to sit at a desk for your laptops and was just all around nice. The one here...not so much. You basically sit in the service department and the place for the chairs is about 5 feet by 6 feet. It's tiny. I was amazed when I first took it there seeing the differences between the two places. This time the oil only took an hour so it was pretty fast :). Then I came home and went to Target. I stocked up on my cleaning supplies today. Then I came home and attempted to clean the hardwood floors again. They got a bit cleaner but I just can't manage to keep them clean. They are so much work :) It could be b/c I live with a dog, 2 cats and Matt :) None of them are particularly good at keeping it clean. It's ok though. I like cleaning...just don't like the floors b/c they take so many steps and so much maintenance.
The baby is doing good. He let me sleep last night so I was happy when I woke up :) Still can't wait until he makes his appearance.
Well that's it for now.

2/25/09

Yesterday was pretty uneventful. Didn't do much. We did go to the grocery store when Matt came home from work and to the park with Cali to get her daily exercise. I was pretty tired all day yesterday so I went to bed early but got up all the time to pee and was wide awake from 3:30-about 6am. Then I fell back asleep until about 7:30 and had to pee again :).
I cleaned again today. I know most people think I clean all the time but really it was dirty again. It's the animals that make it so dirty and I can't stand living in dirt. I always wanted hardwood floors and now that I have them I know what a pain they are to maintain. They get so dirty so fast. And you can't just mop them. You have to get the dust off first and then mop them. So it's two steps instead of just one with carpet. They do look nice right after they are cleaned but they don't stay that way very long :).
My belly button is officially out for good. It's been out on one side for awhile but now it sticks out on both. It's pretty weird to feel it. It's like a bubble :).
Well I think I'm going to take a nap finally. Hopefully I will be able to.

2/23/09

Today was our 36 week check-up. I'm still measuring a week big..measuring at 37 weeks. The baby's heartbeat sounded good and they also did the Group B Strep test today. We will know next week if I am positive for it. We asked when the baby will be circumcised and she said it would be the next day by the pediatrician at the hospital. We also asked how long I will stay in the delivery room before being moved to the maternity room and she said about an hour. The baby stays with us for the hour and then Matt goes with the baby to the nursery to help with the bath and baby assessments. He gets to stay with him the whole time so that's good b/c we aren't going to get the Hep B shot so he will be the one to tell the nurse not to do it. Then he brings the baby back to the maternity room where I will be moved to. We also asked about the epidural and if I decide to get one when that would be if I wanted it. (some dr's make you wait until a certain dilation). She said if I decided to have it I could have it right away if I wanted it which made me happy ;). I can't wait until he comes out b/c I'm so uncomfortable right now. I feel like I can't breath and am just huge. I am ready to get him out :) I asked the doc what would happen if he didn't come at 40 weeks and she said we could start talking eviction (induction) anytime after 40 weeks if we wanted to. I never thought I would want to be induced until now and when I can't imagine being pregnant that long! :)
We went to the park with Cali this evening. Then we came back and Kitty escaped to the next door neighbors porch. (the gardeners must have left the side gate open and he found a way out) :)
Well that's if for now. I'm going to watch tv and get ready for bed early (I'm exhausted and haven't really done anything). The joys of being huge :)

2/22/09

Yesterday I spent cleaning Matt's office and some of the house. I just can't seem to get things clean enough. I've read that this is a good sign that labor is coming soon. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks because I'm getting miserable! Everything hurts and is sore now. And when I wake up from sleeping my whole body hurts. I can't wait for the little guy to be out and for me to start getting my body back again! :) The hugeness of pregnancy is no fun.
We got Cheesecake Factory carry out last night. That was yummy. It's kinda funny how I'm always checking my Facebook now and we just drive right past it going to Palo Alto to Cheesecake Factory :).
Matt took Cali to the park just now. (it's 9:00am here). She was wild and I'd had enough of her so he took her to run her energy off. She wakes up every day a holly terror. But after her exercise she is fine. (or at least tolerable). It looks like they are probably getting rained on b/c it just started raining again. The other day we were watching the news and the emergency alert system came on and said "severe weather" and it was just raining ;) Matt and I laughed so hard at that. People in CA don't know what severe is! :) So funny.
Today we are going to exchange our baby gates b/c one of our cats can jump them. We have to get taller ones so that they can't get in and smother the little guy! :) Hopefully we can find one that works.
We have our 36 week check up tomorrow. They were supposed to do my Group B Strep test last week but since we saw a different doc last week I think they are going to do it tomorrow. That's the test that they do to see if you are positive for the Strep bacteria in your intestines. Apparently it's very common and 40% of all women have it. They just give you antibiotics before you deliver and you are fine. It doesn't hurt adults but can hurt a newborn. Apparently it's just a bacteria you can get from food, water and etc and you don't even know you have it b/c it doesn't cause any harm.
Well, it's off to the shower for me.

2/20/09

I just got done putting music on the baby's IPOD. His IPOD is actually just Matt's old IPHONE (he and I both got the new ones) but he did get a new IPOD cradle for it. It is a cool one....looks like LEGOS! :) I love it. I put all the kids music I could find on it! A lot of it I had from working with Megan. She used to love music so I had a lot of kids songs already downloaded.
Went to the park with Cali and Matt. Cali had fun and is now sleeping on the couch :) Kitty is sitting on the baby's tummy time gym on the floor like he is a baby :).
Well, that's it for now. Looking forward to this weekend. Going to go and eat some left over lasagna now :)