Randomness

Emmi loves to take the point and shoot to take pics of stuff. Here is one she captured, I will spare you the ones of the TV, floors of the house, me, Kona, her babies, and all the other stuff she has captured.

She helped me make pizza for dinner. But now when she helps cook she has to taste everything and isnt into doing the job at hand. But it still tastes great.

She also likes to wear hats that are ours. Luckily if we put them on the smallest size it fits.

Here is a few pics from baby sisters room. She helped set the crib up with me and of course needed a break after. You can also see the color that Jacob painted the room, it is an orange color. It is almost complete, just one Ikea run needed to get Emmi a new bookshelf so the one in her room can be moved in and that should cover it. She did test out the crib to make sure it was safe for baby sister by jumping on it so we are good to go. :)

Dr Visit at 36/37 weeks

I will be officially 37 weeks on Thursday which means full term. Not sure where the time has gone since it doesnt seem real that it is already near the end. I weighted in with not putting on any weight this week so I am still at a total of 21 pounds. I have now started to get to the point I cant eat as much since she is taking up so much space. I think I can eat my normal meal but then when I stand up I feel so full.

The baby's heartbeat was 156. I refused to be checked today since I figured why bother since I didnt want to get excited or have false hopes since Emmi was a week and 6 days late. But they did do the Group B Strep test so will find out next week how that comes out. Being full term now means weekly appointments.

I have been going to yoga two times a week but not getting in as much cardio. Emmi and I did ride bikes around the neighborhood over the weekend. We had to cut it short since she started to fall asleep. At yoga last night we did backends. Imagine all these prego women doing backbends. The most challenging part is to life up to get off my head. It was next to impossible. I am going to attempt it tonight with an exercise ball to see if the extra weight just makes it harder or if I am really weak. Pics may be coming on that.

The nursery is coming along. Jacob painted it two weekends ago and then we had the carpets cleaned yesterday. Emmi and I put a few things in there last night. Hopefully we will finish it tonight for putting furniture in there. Pics will be coming for that too.

Shower time & sunny day

Today was such a beautiful day, high 50's if not 60. Since I have a head cold and managed to tweak my wrist Jacob worked from home to help out. All is on the mend but we were able to take full advantage of the nice weather. Plus got to open the doors to get the fresh air in. Here are pics of Emmi having fun in the backyard:



Emmi is getting so big. She likes to shower by herself which works out great for us. Since it is usually much quicker, although we have to still soap her up, she loves playing in there. I see this as possibly being key once BB2 is here.


This weekend we hope to paint the office soon to be converted into the nursery so that we can get things ready. Hopefully pics to come on that.

Dr Visit @ 34/35 weeks

All is good. I put on a pound so up a total of 21 so far. Then BB#2's heartrate was 144, slower than it has been but she may have been sleeping from a yummy breakfast of eggs. Other awesome news is that she is head down. The doc said that of course she can move but chances of a breech baby at this point are slim. Very excited about that. Only complaints are that sleep is not my thing and now that the baby is head down my hips are bothering me more, either that or it is just being more active now that we are back from the North.

I did ask if the doc had any insight about if they were going to lift the under 18 visitor ban but he hasn't heard anything as of yet. So keep your fingers crossed that they do by the time we have this baby. I just am not sure how things will go since I have never spent a night away from Emmi.

I have been back on my bike which feels awesome. Luckily I have some great friends who are willing to ride slow with me. I usually get out once during the weekend and then hit yoga at least 2 times a week. Of course walking Kona during the week as well.

Jacob is awesome. He has started going to the Crossfit gym at 5:30am so when he gets home he often makes us breakfast and does stuff around the house until Emmi and I get up. We are definitely getting spoiled. He also has been a huge savior for helping get the office ready for the nursery. I had made piles of stuff but then got overwhelmed by the looks of it all. This weekend he went ahead to deal with a ton of it so that now this weekend we can paint. He is definitely the best.

I have to take pics of Emmi since I have nothing new to post. :(

First Hot Date

Emmi had her first date on Sunday. It was her boyfriends 2nd birthday so she wanted to take him to the bouncy house. So sure enough they didn't have any plans so off we went. They were so cute playing. Here are a few pics we captured.

Griffin was a pro going down the slides by himself so Emmi had to follow suit with a little help from Griffin's Dad.


Here she is the bouncing machine.

Emmi also has now mastered taking her clothes off. She spent pretty much all of yesterday naked. The hope of going with the flow with this one is that it will help get us that much closer to potty training. We will see how today goes after she gets home from preschool.

Dr Visit @ 33 weeks

Had my dr visit this morning at 33 weeks. Emmi had to come with me since Jacob had a meeting and there is no preschool this week. She did awesome listening to hear the baby's heartbeating at 152 beats and while I got weighed which I am up a total of 20 pounds. Not bad considering we had the holidays and freezing temps up North preventing us from staying active. My belly measures 31.5 cms which is right on schedule.

So far so good with a few complaints. My hips have been sore the past day or so. Sleep is something I struggle with. It is just like last time it isnt that I am uncomfortable it is almost as if I dont get into a deep sleep so any noise I hear or maybe it is my mind racing wakes me up. Jacob has helped out greatly and picks up any of my slack . Despite not feeling great yesterday he did a huge amount of the unpacking after I got overwhelmed with all the toys.

Now that the holidays are over we should get the nursery situated. So that will be the main focus in the next few weeks. Painting, finding new homes for stuff, and setting it all up.

2nd Haircut

Emmi got her second haircut today from Godmother Alana aka Nana. She helped spray her hair and also comb it such a good assistant. She sat pretty while Alana went to work. If you look close you can also see Emmi's toenails painted with sparkles as she says. Memere had to paint them the other day since she was touching up her finger nails.