35 Weeks Pregnant

 

I have been through a serious “nesting” phase the past few weeks, and basically everything is ready for the baby’s arrival. I have made countless trips to our storage building to get out all our old clothes, toys, and baby gear. Her newborn- 3 month sized clothes are all washed and put away (poor Andrew no longer has a dresser but is split between Leah’s room and Abigail’s) and a diaper bag is packed for the hospital. Blankets, burp cloths, and towels are all in place. Baby toys are clean and set up for when she needs them, including her play mat and bouncer seat. The bassinet has been out a while with clean sheets, and now her car seat is washed and in the car (although not quite hooked in yet). I even have a few things packed into a hospital bag. I don’t really think she’ll come this early, but I guess I am hoping once October is here that it will be sooner rather than later!

We still have to get her room completely finished with girly bedding, and still want to make Leah & Andrew’s room a little more boy friendly. There’s a consignment sale coming up, and we’re having a baby shower at church in a couple weeks.

I have been feeling quite uncomfortable every night, and I’m beginning to think I’ll get more sleep once she’s born that what I’m getting now, because right now I’m waking up just about every hour, and can’t get comfortable. I think this pregnancy has also given me many more issues with sinuses than the others, and I’ve had a constant headache and body aches the past few days. I can’t believe I still have 4 more weeks or so of this.

We toured the hospital today, since it is new to us, and we really liked it. Although the hospital is smaller, I think our experience will be as good as the previous ones and they seem to be very accommodating to all the desires we have. I am getting more and more nervous about the labor and delivery, but really at this point, I just want our little girl to be here with us.

These two have a lot of questions about their baby Abigail (and both do refer to her by name!) but seem to understand what’s happening (more so Leah than Andrew). Leah knows the baby is in my tummy and now understands that we will go to the hospital when she’s born. She knows Grandma will take care of her while we’re gone. They both know the baby will sleep in Andrew’s old crib (“I take a nap in Abigail’s crib?” Andrew asks me every day.) and sit in her little bouncer seat at the table. Leah says she will help “wash her and feed her and rock her to sleep.” But we will see how much their little world changes once she’s actually here!

Andrew’s New Bed

 

Last week we transitioned Andrew into his new toddler bed. We were given a convertible crib from someone at church and it worked out to fit great in Leah’s room. He did so well in the transition! The first night both of them got up several times—not crying, just wandering around because they could. Leah would try to get Andrew to stay in his bed, but of course he does what he wants. The second night they got up even less and by the third night, he didn’t get up at all. Right now he’s still in his crib for nap time, since Leah doesn’t really nap, but we’re going to work on that soon, so the baby will have her own room by the time she arrives!

He has fallen out once or twice, since there is no railing on this side, but we have since gotten a bed rail that goes under the mattress so we can remedy that problem!

We’re still in transition as far as decorating so right now it’s still very much a girl’s room, but we’re going to hunt for new bedding & drapery so it feels like a room for a boy and a girl.

Even though Leah was not happy about us having to move her bed somewhere new, she adjusted quickly, and I think she really was excited about having her little brother in the room with her. She loves to read to him before bed (and throughout the day) and take care of him like his little mommy.

Leah the Ballerina

 

This year we’re so excited Leah has the opportunity to take a dance class (thanks to financial help from Nana). She has been so excited for this since we went to Registration & Open House back in June. The studio we are going to came recommended by several of the girls at church, and already we are not disappointed. Her class is ballet and tap combined, so she gets a feel for what style she likes. She didn’t tell me much after class today but she looked like she had fun! Although parents are not allowed to go back to the class (there will be one or two Parent’s Days), I took a few shots of Leah after class. Of course the ponytail came out before we even got in the car!