Next to the last box!

Can you believe it??!?! I can't. Less than 2 months to go....Wow!

Just a few updates. Jason and I are almost finished with the nursery. Except for a minor (well major) snag with Wal-Mart last weekend, we WOULD have been done, but oh well. The new changing table should come in in a a few weeks, and we will be done. And I have to prime and re-paint Rocky...but other than that...pretty much done. I am ready!

Thanksgiving will be nice with Mike visiting us, and seeing Donna, John, and the girls. I am looking forward to that. And then week after Thanksgiving, Jason and I are having our portrait done at a photographer's studio in downtown Livermore. We will do both a more "conservative" shot for our Christmas cards, and a more "intimate" shot for us. Intimate meaning I will be showing bare belly. The guy seems cool, and wants to work with us on what we want, and I think has good taste. Hopefully they will come out awesome!

And we are planning a Christmas party for the 8th of December. Those of you who want to come up or over, or whatever way, are welcome to come! :):)

Here are some pics of me, taken tonight...at 31 and 1/2 weeks!




Talk to y'all later :)
Elizabeth

Update on Doc Appt

So I went to the doctor today, and amazingly, I still have only gained a pound. I think she is now frustrated with me because I haven't gained weight. I told her I took her advice/recommendations to heart at my first appointment. She asked me (in the tone of voice that insinuated that I had been dieting) "What have you been doing?" I just told her that Jay and I walk 3 miles about 4 times a week, and just eating better. I DID NOT tell her about the bag of Dark Chocolate Peanut M&Ms I purchased yesterday :)

Heartbeat was great, and everything's well. I told her I was planning on working through the week before Christmas, and she thought that was great. And I start going 1x a week on Nov 28th. Only 2 more appts, then weekly!!! AHH! I can't believe it.

In trying to figure out this whole post-maternity wear thing, I have had a small mental breakdown. It really is too confusing. Especially for "well-endowed" women. I simply cannot go with a just a nursing camisole, as that is not enough support, but I don't want to have to bear my tummy to the world every time I nurse. I have opted for nursing camisoles with nursing bras, and multiple sweatsuits with hoodies to wear in the weeks after birth. I have several J-Lo outfits (those Velour sweats), and have some camis and bras coming in. But really, it is so confusing!!!

Oh, and I picked out Bump's "going home" outfit today, but when I got home realized it looks like a dress. Damn it all!! So, if Bump is a girl, she is all set, but I am going to have to get the onesie that is similar if Bump ends up being a boy. Darn it...I was hoping for something neutral...but this was just too cute.

Girl Outfit

Boy Outfit

Take care everyone!
Love
ep and Bump

Just thought I would post some pictures of my creativity....Actually, I shouldn't lie. I totally stole this idea from one of the gals on my board. She did this, and I ran with it. I just used long sleeve and short sleeve onesies, and side snap shirts. But look how cute they came out!!!

Good news!

No, I am not delivering on 12/26 momma....Just in case you got your hopes up over the title!

Hurray! I passed my GTT and apparently have "good blood work" because it read a "12." I just nodded dumbly like I had a clue what that meant!

I got my antibody shot today. One more during labor and I will be done with that.

Still haven't gained any weight since that first appointment over 4 weeks ago. Thank goodness. I even asked her about it, and she said my weight was fine.

Dr. Z also said that if there were any problems with the U/S I had on Monday, they would have faxed over information on it, but since they had not received anything, all should be well with Bump. Of course, she doesn't call Bump, Bump...but you get the idea.

She actually called me a "model patient."

We then talked about getting a pediatrician, to which I replied, "yeah I know." And gave me some cards. There is a pediatrics group that covers both Pleasanton and Livermore, so we will probably go with that. I just have to call.

And then she asked me about classes, to which I replied...well, the Lamaze class I wanted to take doesn't have any openings until January. We both said, "well that doesn't help!" And then she asked me what I wanted out of childbirth. I said, "besides a child?" I probably lost "model patient" status right then. But she patiently asked if I was going to want an epidural...to which I nodded emphatically. And she said the breathing thing was fine, but that I should just take the childbirth prep classes, and that would probably be good enough if I wanted a epidural. Works for me. So I signed up today. It's an all day class on a Saturday in November. Jason's gonna love that!

I have to say that this is the fastest doctor's office I have ever been in. Every single time, I walk up, tell them my name, they immediately send me back to pee in a cup, and as I walking out of the bathroom with my dixie cup of urine, they are ushering me into a room. Immediately the nurse (I always have the same one), takes me to get weighed, then brings me back, asks me a few questions, takes my blood pressure, and today gave me the shot. My appointment was at 10am, and by 10:15, Dr. Z was walking in. She asked me a few more questions, made me hop up on the table, listened to the baby (135 bpm) and measured me (27), talked to me about peds and epidurals, and ta-da, I was done. I was in the car at 10:32, and didn't even walk in the office til 10:05....I think that is fairly efficient!

Alrighty...that's it for me. Well, I guess I have to say that Jason and I celebrated last night, because his PRL paper was accepted and will be published in the next journal that comes out. Probably next month. Apparently these PRL's (Physical Review Letters???--please don't shoot me if I am wrong Jay!), are pretty high up on the totem poll for places to have research published. I am very proud of him. First author and all that! So we went and had yummy Italian at a place in downtown Livermore, and then I had yummy cheesecake. I was tempted to try the malt ball gelato, but Jason kinda wrinkled his nose at it, and so I wussed out.

Love to you all!!
Elizabeth and Baby Bump (or Bumpette)

U/S pictures...

Ultrasound pictures are posted below....face, profile, feet, hand.

New poll is over on the side...so who do you think the baby looks like? :):)

PROFILE

HAND

FOOT

FACE

More pictures...

So here are some updated pictures of the nursery....The window looks better now that I have 2 valences up instead of just the one.

And I was lucky enough to get a glider off Craig's List on Saturday...The family was very nice, and the husband was wearing a Beaufort, SC baseball hat! How funny! Apparently they "vacation" every year in Isle of Palms...Nice.





Here is the wardrobe that Jason spent quite a while assembling...but it looks great against the wall, and with books on it, it looks so cute! And luckily, I found the changing table I want at Walmart.com, and they will ship it directly to the store for free!, so I don't have to pay any $$ for shipping (which for those big items, is like 1/2 the cost of the piece of furniture!) I am really excited about that!






The last 2 pictures are of hangings that I bought (good night one), and Donna bought for me (second star...)



Oh, and one last picture...a belly shot (I am posting this, then covering my face!)


The baby is kicking/moving like mad....It actually is starting to wake me up at night. How strange?! But other than that, I feel good! We get another U/S tomorrow at 3:30pm, so hopefully we will have more pictures to post later in the week of Baby Bump!

Love to you all
Elizabeth and Bump

Transition Day...Is that what Wednesday's are called now?

That was a very underwhelming poll...I have to say. Apparently out of the 7 people who voted, everyone wanted something different! And Jason and I didn't even vote!!!

Oh, and I never posted this, but my last appt (last week) with my OB was MUCH better. She "made up" a reason for me to have another U/S because she couldn't really read the results from the OBGYN in Carlsbad. She said I was "measuring smaller than my dates." Which I was. I think I was supposed to be a 26 and I am 24. Whatever that means. But she said not to worry...it is typical for 1st time moms to be "tight" and therefore to measure smaller. Need I repeat, whatever that means. So next Monday, Jason and I will be heading to San Ramon for another ultrasound.

I took my glucose tolerance test on Monday and it went ok. Stuff tasted funny, but not too bad, and the blood work was super easy. I thought I got off relatively easy compared to other women I have known. Hopefully everything will come back fine, and that will be the end of that.

AND, I did find out that Dr. Z (I cannot really call her Dr. Evil anymore), DOES deliver on the weekend, just not every single one. She and the other doctor switch off. So she is delivering New Year's weekend, but not Christmas weekend. That made me feel much better!!

Well, I think that is about for me on this end...Hope everyone enjoyed the pictures. A few more pieces arrive this week, and hopefully by the end of October, everything will be done. You know me...I hate leaving things unfinished. Even if the baby isn't due for quite awhile! :)

Take care...
Love
ep and Bump