Well I talked with my Doctor on Monday at my appointment and we discussed the impending birth of our little Princess. She needed to consult with a specialist because of my Mayomectomy 4 years ago and she said she would get back to me. So after going back and forth with voicemails and a scheduler who had no idea what she was talking about I finally talked to Dr Kung. She said it was recommened that Elsa be born in week 37, that means sometime in the week of January 12th -19th. The next hurdle was that I was very specific with chosing my doctor and wanted to make sure she was going to be the one doing the c-section, so that eliminated the whole week. We could have done January 12th, which is Spencer's birthday or January 20th which is our good friend Ulrika's birthday, but she was not on Labor and Delivery and would therefore have to do the surgery on her lunch break, which may or may not be on time, or whatever, too many what if's. So, January 16th, Monday, she is on Labor and Delivery which means she will 100% be there to do the surgery. So there you have it, our little Elsa will be born on Monday January 16th, 2012.
Ok so other news, just busy prepping for our Advent Party & Baby Shower that is this Sunday the 4th. I think we are looking at around 40 people coming, wow! We are going to make lots of glogg, and have pepperkakkor, princeskagge, swedish meatballs, prinskorv, and many other goodies. I think it will be fun, but I know I will be tired afterwards and my good friend Amy is flying in for the weekend all the way from Philadelphia, that makes me feel special. Then Jonas birthday is Tuesday, and the YSC Lucia is next Sunday, which I am in charge of so there is a lot going on right now, but come Monday December 12th, it is smooth sailing through the holidays and into the new year. And then we know what happens next right!?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
New Photos
So we didn't get a whole lot of pic's out of our photoshoot because my belly just isn't that big, and our photographer, kind of didn't do what we wanted. I mean we got a few decent shots but I really wanted to show off what belly I do have. So the "teaser" picture I posted is the uber photoshopped pic, that both Jonas and I did not like. We don't look like us, we're older parents and we have wrinkles and we like our wrinkles! So I had Jonas redo some editing and this is what we got!
This is tasteful, right?
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Baby Bump Photoshoot and...
Well what can I say, but this week went by fast! My brother is paragliding in Chile for all of this week and next week so I have been in the office with my Dad. Jonas is always busy at work, so all of a sudden now it is our lovely weekend before Thanksgiving. Today Jonas and I are driving to San Francisco to reconnect with my favorite photographer and take some pictures of me and Jonas and Elsa, kind of, you know of my belly! You can see his work on his website here -> http://www.billywinters.com/lifestyle/lifestyle.html . If you scroll all the way down to the right you can see one of our wedding pics he did! It's in a smaller one in the top left of four before the 3 Asian ladies. Anyhow, we shall see if these turn out good today?
Otherwise, not much progress made on the baby's room because I've been working this week and after dinner I pretty much go to bed these days, but I'm up early though! The only thing I did was buy one more thing for her room, eeek I know, I'm spoiling her already! But this is a magazine/book wall rack. I wanted this --> http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/classic-corner-cabinet/?pkey=e%7Cclassic%2Bcorner%2Bcabinet%7C1%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-
It will be perfect behind the door, so we have a place to start collecting books. Eventually we will want and need a bookshelf. Luckily we have plenty of space for that and storage cabinet of some sort. So anyhow, that's about it for today.....will post some pics when we get them back from our photoshoot today!
Otherwise, not much progress made on the baby's room because I've been working this week and after dinner I pretty much go to bed these days, but I'm up early though! The only thing I did was buy one more thing for her room, eeek I know, I'm spoiling her already! But this is a magazine/book wall rack. I wanted this --> http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/classic-corner-cabinet/?pkey=e%7Cclassic%2Bcorner%2Bcabinet%7C1%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-
But it's kind of expensive, and we are trying to save money not spend it all! So instead I bought this;
Friday, November 11, 2011
10 weeks to go!
Yeah that's right, I'm in the home stretch! About 10 more weeks left of good nights sleep, just me and Jonas, and only wiping my own butt. I can't believe how fast the time has gone, and the next 6 weeks are so so so busy with our baby shower/holiday party, Scandinavian Club events, Lucia, the Scandinavian School benefit and Thanksgiving and Christmas that January is seriously right around the corner!
At my last Doctors visit I passed my gestational diabetes test and my blood work was normal, meaning no anemia or anything. I knew in my heart this would be a healthy pregnancy (even though I crave sugar). I let one person I knew who had a tough pregnancy/delivery and miscarraiges kind of scare me, even though you just can't compare yourself to anybody else. Anyhow, all is well, I feel good, except my sciatica hurts really bad when I walk for a long time, but that's my only big complaint I'm willing to publicize =) But my Doctor is now saying Baby T could come anytime in January, especially if I go into labor on my own, then we have to take her out immediately, but the goal is to have the c section January 23rd or 24th which is 38 1/2 weeks. So I guess I can sadly say that Jonas and I will not be able to celebrate our 2nd anniversary on the 22nd of January up in Reno at the Silver Legacy with a day of skiing and a nice dinner ha ha!
So as for the progress of the baby's room, the changing table/dresser was delivered yesterday and it's just so perfect. Elsa's room is coming together. We're not quite done but there was no problem keeping our queen sized bed in there, plus crib, changing station and 2 nightstands, AND the giant rocker chair, yay! There is even some room for a bookcase. I will post a picture or two when it's more finished. Yesterday I washed all the crib sheets, and changing pad covers, and blankets that I've either bought(because Mommy is a shopaholic) or recieved as gifts and I think I am good in that category, meaning I don't need anymore. I also went through all the clothes I have accumulated for her and arranged them in piles by size. After many conversations with either random women in the Carters outlet store or my friends, it seems that the newborn size stuff really isn't necessary thus I only have a few things in that size and I have a TON of cute pjs/onezies in size 3 months, which is what I think she'll really be wearing until April/May. Then I probably will need a little more 6 month size, but I just wanted to be prepared for winter. I have 2 heavier snow/ cold weather suits for her first trip to Tahoe one of which has bear ears on the hood, it's super cute. It's crazy to think about how big she will be when she is born, 21" long and 8lbs? Or 9lbs? If she's bigger rather than smaller, she will bypass all the newborn stuff and probably jump up to the 6 month size sooner rather than later. So, I've got receipts and tags on some of the stuff, but hoping to have another girl one day so I'll probably just keep it all anyhow!
So if for some reason Elsa was born today, I think I'd be almost ready. There are some things on our registry we definately need, like bottles, the newborn rocker/sleeper and formula (in case I have a problem with my milk letting down or she doesn't take to the breast). But otherwise we could manage now, we have the major things AND yesterday I was at Costco to buy cat food and the diapers and wipes were next to that, so I picked up a newborn "kit" with wipes, newborn diapers and size 1 diapers to get started. I'll admit that was kind of weird, and then I gave Jonas a newborn diaper to show him HOW SMALL they are, whoa. He is so excited though, I think that he has secretly wanted to be a Papa for a long time, and is just thrilled to meet little Elsa. Every night he lays his head on my belly and talks Swedish to her, one time she kicked his ear!
Anyhow my trip back to the East Coast to visit Amy in Philly was fun but exhausting, as we were out and about shopping all day long and that just wiped me out. The weather was great, and it is always nice to sit and gab with your best friend like it hasn't been a year since I last saw her. She is flying out for our Holiday Party/Baby Shower in 3 weeks and that will be a fun 3 days! We have a lot of people coming to our party, I'm kind of shocked, not sure where everyone will sit, hang out, children will play but we will make it cozy and fun for everyone!
At my last Doctors visit I passed my gestational diabetes test and my blood work was normal, meaning no anemia or anything. I knew in my heart this would be a healthy pregnancy (even though I crave sugar). I let one person I knew who had a tough pregnancy/delivery and miscarraiges kind of scare me, even though you just can't compare yourself to anybody else. Anyhow, all is well, I feel good, except my sciatica hurts really bad when I walk for a long time, but that's my only big complaint I'm willing to publicize =) But my Doctor is now saying Baby T could come anytime in January, especially if I go into labor on my own, then we have to take her out immediately, but the goal is to have the c section January 23rd or 24th which is 38 1/2 weeks. So I guess I can sadly say that Jonas and I will not be able to celebrate our 2nd anniversary on the 22nd of January up in Reno at the Silver Legacy with a day of skiing and a nice dinner ha ha!
So as for the progress of the baby's room, the changing table/dresser was delivered yesterday and it's just so perfect. Elsa's room is coming together. We're not quite done but there was no problem keeping our queen sized bed in there, plus crib, changing station and 2 nightstands, AND the giant rocker chair, yay! There is even some room for a bookcase. I will post a picture or two when it's more finished. Yesterday I washed all the crib sheets, and changing pad covers, and blankets that I've either bought(because Mommy is a shopaholic) or recieved as gifts and I think I am good in that category, meaning I don't need anymore. I also went through all the clothes I have accumulated for her and arranged them in piles by size. After many conversations with either random women in the Carters outlet store or my friends, it seems that the newborn size stuff really isn't necessary thus I only have a few things in that size and I have a TON of cute pjs/onezies in size 3 months, which is what I think she'll really be wearing until April/May. Then I probably will need a little more 6 month size, but I just wanted to be prepared for winter. I have 2 heavier snow/ cold weather suits for her first trip to Tahoe one of which has bear ears on the hood, it's super cute. It's crazy to think about how big she will be when she is born, 21" long and 8lbs? Or 9lbs? If she's bigger rather than smaller, she will bypass all the newborn stuff and probably jump up to the 6 month size sooner rather than later. So, I've got receipts and tags on some of the stuff, but hoping to have another girl one day so I'll probably just keep it all anyhow!
So if for some reason Elsa was born today, I think I'd be almost ready. There are some things on our registry we definately need, like bottles, the newborn rocker/sleeper and formula (in case I have a problem with my milk letting down or she doesn't take to the breast). But otherwise we could manage now, we have the major things AND yesterday I was at Costco to buy cat food and the diapers and wipes were next to that, so I picked up a newborn "kit" with wipes, newborn diapers and size 1 diapers to get started. I'll admit that was kind of weird, and then I gave Jonas a newborn diaper to show him HOW SMALL they are, whoa. He is so excited though, I think that he has secretly wanted to be a Papa for a long time, and is just thrilled to meet little Elsa. Every night he lays his head on my belly and talks Swedish to her, one time she kicked his ear!
Anyhow my trip back to the East Coast to visit Amy in Philly was fun but exhausting, as we were out and about shopping all day long and that just wiped me out. The weather was great, and it is always nice to sit and gab with your best friend like it hasn't been a year since I last saw her. She is flying out for our Holiday Party/Baby Shower in 3 weeks and that will be a fun 3 days! We have a lot of people coming to our party, I'm kind of shocked, not sure where everyone will sit, hang out, children will play but we will make it cozy and fun for everyone!
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