A few months ago Sydney began referring to the baby as a "Pink Baby" because she learned that pink is a girl color.
This has been a fairly easy pregnancy-- they have just monitored me because "pink baby" measured small. She has been EXTREMELY active the whole time. On the NSTs she moves constantly. Lately, she has been stretching out in opposite directions with a foot in my left side and a big bum poking out on the right side of my tummy. She is head down and keeps dropping; which is causing some pain/pressure in my low back/tailbone area.
I've also had some nerve pain on my right leg- feelings of numbness and stinging.
I haven't had too many cravings. But the one that I've had for most of the pregnancy has been for pie/pastries. Mostly apple and cherry filled ones. I haven't eaten very many; but i've had the craving often.
At 38 weeks pregnant I weigh 139 lbs. I weighed 141 lbs the day Sydney and Brayden were born.
My mom arrived on Thursday night and Chris went with me to my 38 week appt (and met Dr. James for the first time) before I dropped him off at the airport. He'll be in Phoenix until Tuesday night at a Thoracic Surgeons conference. My dad drove up today from San Diego and will be here until Monday morning.
I haven't been in a hurry for this baby to come; until today. Yesterday I washed all the baby clothes/blankets and set up drawers for her. Today I washed the car seat and bouncer and got a few more things ready. I'm hoping she stays put until Tuesday when Chris gets home, but by then I'm ready to have this baby!
This past Wednesday night the Young Women threw me a baby shower and everyone was so generous! I got a rock n play sleeper, baby wrap carrier, several cute outfits and headbands and burp cloths.
I am getting so excited to meet this little lady. She has been so active, but I still don't have a sense of who she is. I am ready to meet her and become her mommy. Sydney is very into baby's and I know she will be a great "helper", maybe a little too helpful. But I am really excited to see Sydney and Brayden meet their new little sister.
Here's a snapshot of what our life is currently like:
daily routine:
chris wakes up for work and brings the kids into our room (between 7-7:30)
I get up and quickly brush my teeth, throw on a bathrobe, put in my contacts and maybe put on some make up
-go downstairs and wave goodbye to daddy then eat breakfast (typically oatmeal mixed with greek yogurt and fruit or pancakes)
get dressed for the day and go outside/ for a walk to the park/run errands in the car or I go to the dr. (mon & thur at 10:30 for NST)
We play for a few hours and then the kids eat lunch and take a nap between noon-1pm
I lay on the couch and check my phone/read and then take a nap
Wake up 3-4ish. Play, clean up the house, read books, or watch Netflix and I start dinner.
Chris gets home 5:30-6:15
Eat dinner around 6:30, then the kids take a bath, brush their teeth, jammies, say prayers and in bed 7:30-8.
After we put the kids to bed, clean up the kitchen/downsatirs and collapse on the couch on snuggle with Chris and watch a few shows until 10ish and go to bed.
I am so excited to meet this new little spirit. I am looking forward to discovering her personality and who she is. I know that our lives have been led and guided. I feel incredibly at peace with where we are in live. Looking back over the past year, I know our lives are being directed, and there is a bigger plan at work. Last January we had no idea we would be moving; and yet here we are a year later, living in a new state, Chris is in a new position at work, about to meet a new baby. I know doors were opened in our life that brought us here to California, and it wasn't by chance that I miraculously got pregnant the very first month we lived here. This baby was supposed to come to our family at this time and in this place. I am so grateful for my life.
Chris was called to be the Elders quorum president in October, and in Nov/Dec they had the shuffling around of departments at Edwards. He could have easily been laid off with the changes, but his bosses and directors felt strongly that Chris would be a good fit in another position and we are so lucky that they found another spot for him. I'm hopeful he will enjoy this new spot as a "downstream product manager". He really enjoyed the upstream position he was initially hired for.
Sydney and Brayden are in another "golden" stage. Their speaking abilities have exploded in the past few months. They are both talking in full sentences and it is a blast! I love listening to them and getting a glimpse at what is going on in their little minds. The other night after we put them to bed, Chris and I listened to them outside their door and giggled as we heard them singing together "row row your boat." They both know the lyrics to several songs.
Each night when we put them to bed they request us to sing either "rainbow song" or "blue skies" and they know all the words. Sydney tries to sing along, and sometimes Brayden just howls or blurts out random words/sounds. It is a crackup. I love it when they wake up in the morning or from a nap and they see me they both say "hello" "good morning" or "boo" (like peek-a-boo)
Sydney is obsessed with the big sister book and has it memorized.
Update 2/2/2016
39 weeks, 5 days along
Well, I am definitely feeling big and tired and tired of being pregnant! ha ha. However, I really do love feeling this baby move; and she moves constantly!! I do feel like I am the most beautiful while I'm pregnant. I love having the "glow" and the big round belly. I know I will miss being pregnant once the baby is born. There is something incredibly magical/spiritual/special about pregnancy and having a connection with this little one.
The past few days I have had several contractions (at least I think, this is my first time doing this). I have been bouncing/rocking/swaying each night on an exercise ball. It helps to relieve my back and hip pain and also just relief the pressure and heaviness of pregnancy. I'm hoping that it is also working to put the baby into the right position and start labor. Last night I started to have a few intense, "deep" (internal) contractions before I fell asleep, but they must have stopped while I slept. I've had a handful today intermittently, usually 2 or so together then several hours between. So hopefully sometime soon they will pick up.
(Sydney has started mimicking me bouncy on the birthing ball. She found a beach ball and sits on it and "bounces like mommy" and she holds her belly and says she has a baby in her tummy too! So adorable.)
With my mom here the past week we've gotten done a lot of things! I've been busy and we've gone to the park/farmer's market/lots of stores/hikes/the beach/the zoo/out to dinner with the kids. I am trying to savor this last little time left with just Sydney and Brayden and to focus on them before our world completely changes. Altho, I am definitely getting baby hungry! I am so excited to meet this new little one.
Today I bought a babybook at TJ Maxx and I had fun tonight starting to fill it out. I'm still not 100% sure on her name/how to spell it. Chris isn't in a hurry to figure it out. Every time I bring it up he just says, "oh we'll talk about it at the hospital." I like the name, but I'm not positive that its the "right" name for this baby. I like Mackenzie/Makenzie but I'm still open to other options if something else pops up that I like better.
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