37 Weeks

Usually when I start writing on this blog, I have an idea of what I am going to say and then were finished. I logged in last night to begin writing a post and adding photos and suddenly could not remember what I was really doing or what I wanted to say. I still cant remember this morning. I guess that is pretty much a picture of my life right now. This morning I got out the bread and peanutbutter to make a piece of toast for breakfast and when the toast popped up out of the toaster, I could not find the peanut butter. (I had 'put it away' in the pantry while the toast was in the toaster) I am loosing my mind.

Annaka decides its time to kick and play beginning at about 10pm and does not settle down until after midnight. If I try to lay down she kicks the bed and my insides.....it is a battle I loose and have to stay up until she is ready to settle down. This will be the first thing we change when she is born. There are ways to adjust playtime:)

I have been having a lot more Braxton Hicks and other pains so we are hoping this week is 'the week'. I have my vote in for Thursday the 5th....where as several people have opted for the 10th or 11th. Either one works for me, though I would rather it be the 5th. :) I would love to be able to celebrate Fathers day by going to church and out to lunch. Maybe that is thinking too highly of how I will be feeling by then. We will just have to see.

Here are some photos of Annaka and I taken randomly yesterday afternoon..... Sometimes I think she tries to jump out my belly button.

The Lottery

I have decided trying to guess when our little Annaka will arrive is like picking numbers in a lottery. I have never played the lottery before, but I would think this is what it would feel like to contemplate and try to pick the winning numbers.

We have a house pool going on. Clint guesses June 3rd, I guessed June 5th, Taylor guessed June 10th and Jess guessed June 20th. The winner gets free Ritas Water Ice....which is a pretty great prize...but I think I get to win no matter what. Not because I want Ritas, but because I get to a) not be big and pregnant anymore and b) get to be a mom and have a little baby girl in my arms:)
**note this photo was taken before Clint and I changed our date guesses...its not cheating as long as we guess before labor begins:)**

Someone guessed today which has now come and gone. Well, not officially gone since it is 11:30 at night, but believe me there is no baby coming in the next half an hour!

I want to know what day...or at least a ball park day that she will come so that my mom can buy a plane ticket....so I can be sure to have everything ready....and so my mom can maybe come a day early to help me know what I need to get ready.

I did my first load of baby laundry the other day. Sheets, outfits for coming home, receiving blankets, cute little socks, oh my nose could just permanently stay wrinkled up for how many times I stop to swoon over how cute everything is. Clint even went to get the laundry out of the dryer and I could hear him comment how cute the little tiny outfits and socks are! Just hearing him make that comment, unaware that I was listening, brought tears to my eyes! I dont know what I will do when I see him holding our little girl:)

For now, the waiting game continues.

Check List...36 Weeks

0 Birth Classes Complete
0 Baby Showers Finished
0 Shopping for Last Minute Baby Needs Done
0
0 Pediatrician found....ummm
0 Bags Packed....uhhhh
0 Baby Items Washed...hmmm

Some details are just still not done. Yes, we have finished birth classes at the Birth Center


have had fun at several baby showers,



and have been blessed with many wonderful things for our little girl.

We have used out gift cards to get the last minute items and have all put in our guesses as to when she will grace us with her presence. There are a few things that are still left undone. First of all, we need to pick out a pediatrician. I have called several and none of them have called back which many people tell me is a bad sign. And the obvious question everyone asks me is "Do you have your bag packed yet?" Nope... I dont yet. I started it but have not finished. It is on my to do list for this week.

We went to get our stroller (with a coupon:) ) only to find out they had discontinued it! How can they do that to such a big ticket item? Its not like something little we pick out because it is 'pretty' but something we research...find out what the consumer reports say...etc. It sent us on a wild goose chase. The new one we found is not available until June 1st. With the midwives saying that early delivery is a side effect of the gestational diabetes...we need to get a stroller/carseat now. We ended up buying our second choice stroller and matching carseat with the plan to keep it in the box until the first week of June. By then our first choice should be available. We can hopefully get it and return this second choice stroller. Sounds confusing, but if she comes really early or if it gets too confusing or difficult to exchange then we will just keep this one.

#2nd Choice Stroller

Welp, here is a 36 week photo....when is your guess as to Annaka's arrival:)?












































I could not resist putting in this photo showing Annaka making her presence known at the shower thrown by some friends at work....Does this look like a baby that wants to wait over a month to have room to move around?