We went to the doctors this week and we're sad to report that nothing much has changed but are really ok with the news because that means we have a little more time to get things done around the house. We really need to get her room done because right now the living room is overcome with all of her stuff and I just need some space!!!! We were a little disappointed to hear that not much had happened in the last week because I had been having some pains and was hoping it'd mean something but no such luck. I'm still feeling really good and still can't complain about how everything seems to be going so all in all we're in a really good position. We were also excited to learn that based on her position this week she's not measuring as big as she was last week so we might not have anything to worry about when it comes to her size. I've been really afraid of going all the way to my due date and even a little over because she has the chance of being really big. I don't know if I explained my concern about this in my last post but we have been told that Paul was almost 11 lbs and I was just barely under 8 lbs so based on those stats we're looking at potentially big babies. Scott and Casey (Paul's brother and his wife) just had a little one that was just over 8 lbs too so we know that they run in the family (I'd also like to note that he was 2 weeks early and was still that big!!)
Everyone keeps telling me that I shouldn't worry about the first one being too big because she'll just get my body ready for all the rest if we can get her out naturally. I don't know how I feel about that advice but I'm incredibly relieved that we have a little less to worry about. We'll see how much I gain between now and our next appointment. I'm shooting for no more than a pound.
While we've been anxiously waiting I've also been told not to be too disappointed that we haven't had too much of a change because a lot of people have been telling me that they've been the same way. It seems like the majority of the people I've talked to say that they didn't really have any "symptoms" until the day before or the actual day they started into labor, so we'll see. I may just get lucky and not have to deal with a lot of pain before we get into the tough sttuff... one can only hope!!! I've also heard that people who have it really rough in the beginning of their pregnancy have it mild to pretty well at the end so I'm hoping that's got some truth to it and that it's not just a myth. I think after 30 weeks of puking I deserve a break!!!! Haha!!!
I think after this last appointment I've finally calmed down and am more relaxed about everything. I was REALLY hoping for something to happen this weekend (March 1st) but it doesn't seem like too much is going to happen this soon. I've pretty much come to terms that she takes after me and she's just gonna be stubborn. I guess at this point we know what to expect for the next few years!!!! I just hope she doesn't wait and come on the 12th because that's our anniversary and I want to try to keep that just our day. I think we'll need the day to ourselves a lot more over the next 50 or so years and even though we haven't done a ton to celebrate so far it will become more important once there are others in the picture.
We'll see how things go. It's gonna get crazy here over the next couple of weeks. I just hope we can get everything done now that we have a little more time!!!!! Well keep you posted and let you know if anything changes. Love you guys!!!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Ok... Now that time has been found...
So I know I've been terrible at updating this even though I was supposed to be doing it for the purpose of keeping all of my family and friends in touch. I promise I'll do better especially after the baby's born.
So lets see... what's new...
We are about 3 weeks away from our due date and even though we feel like we need the full amount of time we are getting pretty anxious. I can't believe how much life has already changed and she isn't even here yet. I was at home earlier today and was walking from the kitchen to the living room and happened to glance up at the swing we put together last night and couldn't help but think to myself how out of place it seemed to have that sitting in my living room. I almost thought to myself "who's is that?" It's going to be interesting trying to adjust to everything else that is involved with having a baby. I think it will be a lot easier once we have her room put together.
Over the last few months Paul and I have been working hard on two of the rooms in the house to get them done before the baby comes. We've completely underestimated the amount of time it takes to remodel a room and quickly found that it's hard to balance work, life, and extra maintenance on the house outside of our normal routine. It's truly been an experience and one that I hope to never come across again once we finish everything we want to do. The main problem with what we've been working on is trying to get through the stacks of wallpaper that have been put on our walls. We are finding that the previous owners of our home not only had a special style of their own but that they also liked to experiement with different styles through out the 17 years that they lived there. I would hope that anyone who reads this, who is thinking about redoing a room or potentientally remodling their home would strongly consider NEVER putting up wall paper unless they intend to live in that house until the day they die. I will at this point never buy another home that had wallpaper on the out most layer of the wall, and on the same accord I will never wallpaper a room in any home I live in no matter how good of an idea it may seem at the time. Please remind me of this post if I ever try to say it's something I'd look forward to doing.
As for the rooms we are hoping that soon we'll hear back about our windows and we need to get started on picking out a carpet. I was hoping that we'd have the whole house done before we got around to putting new stuff in but with the amount of time just these two rooms have taken we we'd probably be moving out by the time we'd get to put it in and really enjoy it. One day we'll get moving on that. I'm hoping it will be soon but we'll have to see what happens with the baby being just around the corner.
As for an update on the baby. Like I said we are still a few weeks out. Some days I feel like things are progressing great and that she might be here sooner than we thing but other days it feels like there's nothing going on and we've got about 5 weeks left. At our last doctor's appointment they said that I was on track and that things seem to be going well. She's not completely down all the way so she still has a little work on her own to do before we get a little closer but my body seems to be responding to the minor contractions I've been having over the last few weeks. We're getting there but still happy to take what time we have left. With all the excitement over the last few weeks with the rest of our family members having their babies it's been hard to be as patient as I need to be but I'm not at that incredibly uncomfortable point that you see some women at and you know that they are just done. I don't think I look like that just yet but then I also don't think I look all that big until I see the pictures Paul's been taking for all of you guys. I'm just hoping that I'm at home when labor really seems to start and things get underway. I'm trying to work as close to the day as possible so we'll see what happens. It's not like I really get to pick how this whole thing completes itself.
Well... I need to jet. Time is running out and I should probably get back to doing things around the house. I don't know if I'm nesting or what but it's hard for me to sit for long periods of time. I'm pretty sure it's the belief that the more I move around and am up on my feet maybe the sooner she'll come but we'll see. Hopefully I'm losing a little bit weight with the new motivation to be up and walking but it seems as though I'm either getting bigger or she's growing quite a bit each week. I'm hoping it's more me than her because it seems like these Vreeken babies can get pretty big... and that's not something I'm looking forward to.
So lets see... what's new...
We are about 3 weeks away from our due date and even though we feel like we need the full amount of time we are getting pretty anxious. I can't believe how much life has already changed and she isn't even here yet. I was at home earlier today and was walking from the kitchen to the living room and happened to glance up at the swing we put together last night and couldn't help but think to myself how out of place it seemed to have that sitting in my living room. I almost thought to myself "who's is that?" It's going to be interesting trying to adjust to everything else that is involved with having a baby. I think it will be a lot easier once we have her room put together.
Over the last few months Paul and I have been working hard on two of the rooms in the house to get them done before the baby comes. We've completely underestimated the amount of time it takes to remodel a room and quickly found that it's hard to balance work, life, and extra maintenance on the house outside of our normal routine. It's truly been an experience and one that I hope to never come across again once we finish everything we want to do. The main problem with what we've been working on is trying to get through the stacks of wallpaper that have been put on our walls. We are finding that the previous owners of our home not only had a special style of their own but that they also liked to experiement with different styles through out the 17 years that they lived there. I would hope that anyone who reads this, who is thinking about redoing a room or potentientally remodling their home would strongly consider NEVER putting up wall paper unless they intend to live in that house until the day they die. I will at this point never buy another home that had wallpaper on the out most layer of the wall, and on the same accord I will never wallpaper a room in any home I live in no matter how good of an idea it may seem at the time. Please remind me of this post if I ever try to say it's something I'd look forward to doing.
As for the rooms we are hoping that soon we'll hear back about our windows and we need to get started on picking out a carpet. I was hoping that we'd have the whole house done before we got around to putting new stuff in but with the amount of time just these two rooms have taken we we'd probably be moving out by the time we'd get to put it in and really enjoy it. One day we'll get moving on that. I'm hoping it will be soon but we'll have to see what happens with the baby being just around the corner.
As for an update on the baby. Like I said we are still a few weeks out. Some days I feel like things are progressing great and that she might be here sooner than we thing but other days it feels like there's nothing going on and we've got about 5 weeks left. At our last doctor's appointment they said that I was on track and that things seem to be going well. She's not completely down all the way so she still has a little work on her own to do before we get a little closer but my body seems to be responding to the minor contractions I've been having over the last few weeks. We're getting there but still happy to take what time we have left. With all the excitement over the last few weeks with the rest of our family members having their babies it's been hard to be as patient as I need to be but I'm not at that incredibly uncomfortable point that you see some women at and you know that they are just done. I don't think I look like that just yet but then I also don't think I look all that big until I see the pictures Paul's been taking for all of you guys. I'm just hoping that I'm at home when labor really seems to start and things get underway. I'm trying to work as close to the day as possible so we'll see what happens. It's not like I really get to pick how this whole thing completes itself.
Well... I need to jet. Time is running out and I should probably get back to doing things around the house. I don't know if I'm nesting or what but it's hard for me to sit for long periods of time. I'm pretty sure it's the belief that the more I move around and am up on my feet maybe the sooner she'll come but we'll see. Hopefully I'm losing a little bit weight with the new motivation to be up and walking but it seems as though I'm either getting bigger or she's growing quite a bit each week. I'm hoping it's more me than her because it seems like these Vreeken babies can get pretty big... and that's not something I'm looking forward to.
Slowly catching on!!!
So I think I've finally got a little bit figured out!!! I'm really starting to like some stuff. I just need to figure out picture posts and stuff but I think I can get that. I have to thank my friend Maryanne for all of her help so far. She gave me a site that helped me set up the headder on my page. If anyone is interested its... http://www.scrapblog.com. You just go in design a page and then save it as a jpeg. It's pretty easy and they practially have everything right there for you. I'm gonna keep playing but hopefully we'll have this figured out before the baby comes. As for now I need to jet so I can get some food and finish getting ready for work. Love you guys!!!
I'll update more probably tonight!!!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Argh!!!
So I was playing with this last night and I changed some stuff around and completely deleted all of the stuff I figured out!!!! I'm frustrated... I need a good 4 or 5 hours to just sit down and work on this thing... We'll see. Hopefully I'll figure it out soon!!!
Thanks to everyone who's helped so far!!! It's been great!!!
Thanks to everyone who's helped so far!!! It's been great!!!
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