Countdown Not for New Years

but to meeting our Little Lady!

This afternoon I had my 2nd to last appointment before the BIG day. I have to confess my appointments are a little boring. Hands down, the most exciting and most anticipated appointment for any pregnant couple is the finding-out-the-sex-of-the-baby ultrasound appointment. But since then, my appointments go something like this: pee in a cup, then get weighed and have my blood pressure checked.  Then I go into the room and when Dr Kung comes in we listen to the heartbeat and she measures my bump and then we have a little chat. I never really have any issues or complaints to talk about. I also have so few questions. I guess I feel between the books I have, and my amazing friends (Amanda and Andrea) who have so much experience to pull from, that I just kind of blank when it comes to talking to my Doctor about anything, but again, I haven't had any complications. I feel very lucky.

Also, my weight gain has been unbelievable, I mean I'm not even trying to watch what I eat and at 35 weeks I've gained 24lbs and I only have a little more than 2 weeks before she is born, so I don't think I'll blow up by then. I drink so much water, and don't really have an appetite after lunch. I think it's because my digestion is so slow that I'm still full from lunch and dinner just doesn't sound good. I try to eat a little bit but that's about it. I also try to take a walk after dinner and before bed every day, to digest and get some fresh air all to help me sleep better. I haven't really had acid indigestion more than a handful of times either. Biggest complaint is that I drink so much water that I wake up to pee many times at night and it's getting harder and harder to flip side to side, takes a lot of effort and I can't sleep on my back.

Well anyhow, enough about me, today was a productive day, our Christmas present from my Dad is finishing up our little side yard, with rocks along the side of the house and pipes for the sump pump, I think it will be done in another day or so, then we won't have a clay/muddy mess on the side of the house once it starts raining. Actually speaking of rain, we have had NONE, it is dry dry dry! No snow in Tahoe either, except the man made stuff, so now I don't feel so bad that I might not ski at all this year. I also decided to hire a cleaning service since it's getting tough to drag the vacuum around and bend over in general, so they came today and the house is so clean....let's see how long it will stay this way..(rolling my eyes). I think I'm going to have them come either every 2 or 3 weeks.

Yes I guess I'm nesting a bit but I'm constantly cleaning stuff out and reorganizing around the house so that's nothing new. Today I started stocking up on some of my personal items and household items but then I decided I will have Jonas or my Mom to run down the street to the store, so I'm just going to relax the next few weeks before Elsa get's here. My final "pre-op" appointment is on the 6th. Jonas and I are going to take a tour of labor and deliver on the 4th, and a newborn care class on the 7th and then on the 17th she will be here! My Dr told me today that she is going to want to do the c-section early like at 7:30am, which is fine with me!

Anyhow, Jonas and I have absolutely no plans for New Years Eve and that is fine with me! << Ok my Mom just called me as I was typing this sentence to invite Jonas and I over for New Years Eve dinner! How funny!>> I accepted, so I guess that's what we will do and I promise, we will both be in bed as the rest of the West Coast rings in 2012!

Merry Christmas!

Taken at my parents house on Christmas Eve!

Just a cozy night with the family and a few presents, nothing too exciting.

For every good day I have it is then followed by a very tired and "not feeling good day".

Today I am not feelings so good, and Jonas just got called into work, unbelievable!

So he was going to take care of dinner since I wasn't feeling good and now I somehow have to find the energy to do it all myself, and who know when he'll even be home.

Oh well, he is a hard working, loyal guy and I love that about him!

Bigger and Bigger

Everyone has said that my stomach would really pop out the last few weeks and they were right! Sometimes I feel like I'm going to explode, especially after I eat. I can't eat that much, there is no where to put it, so I usually wake up hungry at 3am, and then I eat a yogurt or have a glass of milk and then go back to bed and try to sleep. "Try" is the key word there, I wake up every couple of hours to go to the bathroom, or I just can't fall back to sleep!?

Oh well it will ALL be worth it! Jonas and I are so excited to meet our little girl!

As I sit here and type this she is moving around and very active, it's all so exciting, and we feel very blessed this Holiday Season!

33 Weeks and too tired to shop for Christmas

Well, an update....let's see, tired tired tired. Jonas has had a head cold, I haven't gotten sick but feel like somebody drugged me because I have to take multiple naps through the day and sleeping at night is just tough! I wake up every hour or so, and I have to roll over because my hips hurt, and my shoulders. Then our cats decide to wake up at 5am and start playing, chasing, making tons of noise so at that point I just get up. I tried to do some Christmas shopping yesteday and that lasted a whole hour before I was too tired and just came home and took a nap and then I baked sugar cookies, yum!

We got all the paperwork in the mail for the c section, January 17th it's getting so close! We also got the package in the mail for the stem cell blood banking we are going to do for Elsa. This way we have a stem cell match for her and any other kids we have if they ever get one of these diseases that are treatable with stem cells.

Otherwise, not much else is going on. I know Christmas is next week and it is SO hard to shop for my parents, plus we have no money right now after hosting our Christmas party/baby shower, our water bill, our mortgage and well I went ahead and bought the matching dryer to our washing machine, because it was on sale for Black Friday. Our old dryer smelled like something was on fire every time we used it, so I just went ahead and ordered the new one because I want all my ducks in a row for when the baby gets here.  I didn't want to risk a fire or break down in the middle of doing poopy baby laundry!

So, that's why I'm on the fence about spending another $600 or so getting some little things fixed on the car even though it would be the last duck in the row. You see, the hazard lights switch doesn't work, the window button got pushed down into the door in the back seat and there is a loose chip in the passenger side seat belt that may or may not set off the airbags in the event of an accident. That alone is $315 to fix...it's like NON STOP MAJOR EXPENSES!! WHEN WILL IT STOP....never, unfortunately, that's just life, it's always something.

We are getting/have gotten some things fixed around the house by my parents "for Christmas" so I can't complain. I am so thankful for them. Spencer, my brother, just closed on his new house and they are helping him out in some very nice ways as well. There is just so much going on in the Arton Family these days! Which brings me back to the major dilemna at hand, what to get them for Christmas, on a budget, when they can buy themselves anything they want. It's not like we have a baby yet to frame a picture of and give to them. I have no energy to shop, so now I completely understand why online shopping is so much more popular! I love Amazon, it's my new favorite website. Ok it's time for my morning nap....

32 weeks Pic

I should have taken a picture at 30 weeks so I had bump photos at 20, 25, 30 and 35 weeks but I've been so busy I have not remembered or had time. Today though is 32 weeks, and I thought ok I will put on all black and do it! So here you go, 32 weeks and growing! Just 5 more weeks left now!

Looking visibly tired!

Here is our Tiger (Mr T) who always wants to sit on my lap these days, or my belly, but for obvious reasons I had him off to the side but he still reached his little paws out to put them coincidentally in the spot Elsa always kicks or moves at! He's just too cute!

Holiday Shower/Baby Shower Pictures

Baby's Room

Ok, I know you have been patiently waiting for pictures of the finished baby's room! So here they are!

I'm still waiting for the pictures of the family for the frames I painted on the wall there!