Heirloom blankets/quilts

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Chris's parents came over and gave us a whole box of blankets that were made for Chris when he was a baby. I think it is so neat that they have kept these after all these years. I remember having one or two blankets but I have no idea what happened to them. These all have a special meaning and were hand made by a family member. I love that we're going to be using them for our son soon.
This one is a huge quilt hand made by Chris's grandmother: This is one that was hand embroidered by his other grandma, I think it's my favorite.

This one was crocheted by a great aunt:

This is another hand quilted one:

Another crocheted one:

Another hand quilted one:

Nursery wall quote

Our sticker/quote thing came in the mail yesterday so of course I made Chris put it up last night! It looks even better than I expected! The blue and brown match the bedding perfectly!

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The stats:
BP: fine
Urine: fine
Heartrate: in the 140's
Weight: I was up 2 pounds! Wow! Just as I predicted, Thanksgiving helped out! So now I'm back to being right on my pre-pregnancy weight.
Size: Measured on track.
Results of the Group B Strep from last week: Negative!

We saw the last doctor in the group that we hadn't met yet. She felt around to see the baby's position...and just as I have been speculating, she couldn't say that he was head down like the previous doctor thought! I totally don't think he has ever moved out of his breech position, but the last doctor seemed to think so. She said that they'll do an internal exam in the next week or two, depending on if I'm complaining of contractions, but so far, no contractions. Even the Braxton Hicks seem to have stopped/slowed down. I have a feeling that this little guy has settled in for the long haul and won't make his arrival until January :(

On another note, yesterday was also my 33rd birthday. Being 36 1/2 weeks pregnant sure makes me feel older than 33! But after my appointment I went for a pre-natal massage and pedicure...both very nice! Then out to dinner to celebrate my last birthday before I'm someones mom......that doesn't even sound right!
Here are a couple of the cool gifts my awesome husband surprised me with:
Diamond hoop earrings:
New pair of Ugg's...I've been wearing my others all winter, they've been great and so nice for not having to worry about slipping in my regular dress black boots:

2 dozen white roses:

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36 weeks and still going strong! I feel like I'm just about to finally kick this cold that I've had for two weeks, it's been terrible! I've noticed I was a bit sleepy last night, but that might have something to do with the 2+ hour commute home on the crappy roads! It just makes me extra tense to be 9 months pregnant out on the roads.

35 week appointment update

Tuesday was my last bi-weekly appointment.
The stats:
BP: fine
Urine: fine
Heartrate: in the 140's
Weight: Down ANOTHER lb. from last time, so this means I now weigh TWO lbs less than my pre-pregnancy weight.
Size: The doctor said he was measuring "right on" for 35 weeks.

They also did my Group B Strep test this time, I'll find out the results of that next week.

So I'm starting to get crap from my entire family about not gaining any weight, but my doctor says this is fine every time I ask about it, as long as the baby keeps measuring correctly. Maybe with Thanksgiving this week I'll manage to put on a pound or two before next week's appointment.

Oh, and my co-workers have now started a baby pool at work, guessing when the big day will be. A couple have been very kind guessing December dates. But the majority of everyone is guessing in January! All the way out to January 12th right now! Holy cow, I hope he doesn't wait that long!

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Being sick AND pregnant

Sunday night when I got home from my work shower I was feeling unusually fatigued...I've been feeling quite good up until now.
Well Chris started to get sick around Friday, but it didn't seem that bad. Then Saturday both Jen and Sheli said they they had been under the weather. On Sunday one of my co-workers didn't make to my shower because she was sick. And then out of nowhere...so was I. :(
Since then I have now heard the quote, "The only thing worse than being sick is being sick AND pregnant" about 20 times from people.
Yesterday I woke up with a fever so I stayed home from work...which is the first day I've missed work since I've been pregnant. Had I not been pregnant I would have just taken an ibuprofen to break the fever and gone to work..but that isn't an option now. So I stayed home and rested a bit yesterday and did a bit of work from home. Today I still have a stuff nose, sore throat, headache, and body aches, but I'm back to work.
I think the worst part is not being able to take any meds for it, which is what I would usually do, Dayquil during the day and Nyquil during the night! So for now I'm just toughing it out, drinking plenty of fluids, and continuing to take my vitamins.