37 week update

I had my last ultrasound today for baby girl to check on her weight and general check up stuff (I really pay attention during these appointments, can't you tell?)

Mind you, she is totally scrunched up in there but she looks EXACTLY like Henry did!  All lips and cheeks.  It's really amazing to look back and see the resemblance. 

All my fluids look good, which is usually the first thing they check when you have gestational diabetes.  Her heartbeat has also slowed down to about 128, closer to my own heart rate.  The nurse said this happens as it gets closer to that time (need to google it).   She's usually around 145.

She is 7lbs, so if she goes all the way to the due date of July 5th, she'll probably be 8 to 9lbs.  3 more weeks.  Wow.

Marc and I are so relaxed with this baby.  It's really strange with the 2nd.  I probably need to make one more trip to Babies R Us to stock up and I scanned through my Baby 411 book to try and get back in the zone. 

Henry joined us for the ultrasound and threw out his usual zingers.

H-"That my brother?"

Me- "No sweetie, that's your sister.  A baby girl, remember?"

H- "Ohhhh....my sister.  She looks like monkey."

Me- "Yeah, she looks a little weird in that picture."

H- "That too bad."

It is unfortunate I suppose.  To have a sister that looks like a monkey.

Love,

Lyndsey

Ready for our girl!

The nursery is done!
Well, almost done.  I still want to get a cute rug and I just ordered a little owl pillow for the rocking chair, but other than that, DONE.
I have decided that Pinterest is not the best thing for a manic nesting pregnant woman.  They didn't have Pinterest when I was pregnant with Henry and I was a crazy nester then too.  Multiply that by ten! 
I loved putting this nursery together.  I was able to use so many of my things from my shabby chic days from my first apartment on my own.  I saved everything thinking if I ever had a little girl I would want to use them in her room.  And now I am!

Here's the view walking into the room! 

My mama bought me the bedding from Etsy and I love it!  Is it weird that I would like to sleep in here?  Yes, that is weird.  I ordered the frame from a photography shop in Concord.  The branch was salvaged from the backyard.

I have had this old desk since I was 14!  I bought some new knobs from Anthropologie (totally need a new one for the middle drawer now that I'm looking at it) to spruce it up.  The desk is too small for a grown up person who is taller than 5ft tall to use comfortably, so I thought it would be good for the changing table.

I think this says it all.

My mama made this for me after Ash and I picked out the scrapbook paper at Michael's.  I have had this window for years and years.  This is hanging right by her closet.

The old door!  Once again, another item I have had forever.  I bought this back when I was in college.  Hmm....I might be a hoarder.



Oh my, look at all the flea market treasures!  Doesn't it just make your heart happy?

My crafty sis knitted the flowers and I covered a cheapy Target lampshade in burlap and hot glued the flowers on.  Easy!  I mod podged an old canvas I didn't like anymore with some book pages and added a few trinkets.

Shutter ribbon holder

The closet!  I am in so much trouble.


I am so happy the room is finished.  I am 37 weeks pregnant and I am literally still in disbelief that I will have a baby girl here very shortly.  How did this happen?  Wait, I think I know how it happened but where has the time gone?
I'll blog more later in the week after we have our last ultrasound on Friday.  Hopefully, we'll have some pics to share!

Love, Lyndsey

From the mouths of babes

I have vowed to start writing down all the funny things Henry is saying these days.  He cracks me up.

He enjoys making up words.  His favorites right now are "bar bar" and "corbles".  I have no clue what these are or what he thinks they mean.  He just says them and then I act all exasperated and shocked and he laughs and laughs. 

Shopping
He is obsessed with Target.  His sitter, Mary, took him and his buddy Jack to Target one day to get birdseed and he talks about it all the time.  "Mom, go to Target and buy birdseed?"  We go there probably twice a week.
We'll start out in the cart, but by the end of the trip he's helping me push and being pretty well-behaved most of the time.  Although, he's starting to get really bossy.  If he's in the cart and he's not enjoying what I'm shopping for, he'll say, "Mom, turn around!  This way!" 
We were there the other day and getting ready to leave and I said we needed to go check out.
He gives me the most serious look and says, "No mommy.  Let's keep shopping."  That's my boy!

Riding to the sitter one day, I hear from the back, "Mom, I NEED new shoes."

For some reason, he is still not on board with the splash pad this year.  He loves the pool and the beach, but seems to be intimidated by the splash pad.
We're walking up one day, I've got him all slathered in sunscreen and ready to go and he starts freaking out.
"I don't like the fountains!  I want Starbucks!"  (there's a Starbucks close by)  Well, ok then.
We tried again another day, thinking it would be different.
"I don't like the fountains!  I eat my snack!"  Finally after watching the other kids playing for 20 minutes, I ask him if he wants to go shopping and look at the fire hydrants on the sidewalk.
"Yes!!"

Money
"Mom, let's go to the bank and get some money out."
Finds a coin on the floor, "Here's a coin just for YOU mommy!"
Finds my Lowe's card in my wallet, "Mom, tractor store card!"

Magic
We read a Mickey Mouse Halloween book every night despite it being June.  Mickey is dressed up as a magician.  So, Henry likes to interject magic words into everyday life.
Henry loads dirt in his dump truck.  "Tada!"
Henry demands apple sauce.  "What's the magic word?" I ask.  "Abracadabra!" he says.
Henry waves a tree branch in the air.  "Hocus pocus!"

Bedtime
He will do anything for Coke.  ANYTHING.  Forget wine tasting.  Try Coke tasting.  He drinks it so slowly, savoring it, swishing it around in his mouth.
During the transition to the big boy bed, that was the only way we could get him to stay in his bed during the night.  Straight up Coca-cola bribery.  We haven't mentioned it in a couple weeks now since he's sleeping well.  But, oh how they remember.
"I sleep all night in my bed and I get sip of Coke!!  But too much coke...tummy ache (rubs stomach)."

One of us will read him a story and then we lay with him for like 5 minutes or so.  One night after his story, he turns to Marc and says, "Dad, it's time to get cozy."  We don't call it bedtime anymore.  We call it cozy time.

That's all I can think of for now.  I'm sure I will be adding more!

Love,
Lyndsey