Rough few weeks

It's been a long road to recovery, but I've finally managed to shake the funk that Matt gave me. I've still got a cough and some pulled muscles to remind me of the joy of being sick, but all in all things are much better. I'm hoping that this was my last illness of pregnancy and things will be smooth sailing from here on out. It helps that Matt is now on Rheumatology and not seeing patients who are infectious and that I'm at home for another week.

We spent last weekend involved in wedding events with Nick and Paula. We had the rehearsal and dinner on Friday night, the wedding on Saturday and a brunch on Sunday. It was tons of fun, but by yesterday we were both pooped. We had so much fun at the wedding that we barely managed to take any pictures. I'll include the ones that we did get, although none of them were that great. Nick and Paula managed to leave town this morning for their honeymoon in California just in time to miss our current snow storm. They've predicted about 6-10 inches today. This is just so much fun!

I have the baby shower thrown by Laura P. and Shirley and Katie N this evening. Our first attempt was thwarted after I got sick, but nothing is getting to get in out way today, not even the snow. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and celebrating being a little bit closer to the baby's big arrival.

Speaking of the big arrival. I'll be 36 weeks tomorrow and I'm now seeing the midwife every week. The appointments are still pretty short and routine. We did start talking more seriously about a birth plan. We've agreed for me to labor at home as long as reasonable and then talked about using things like a walking, a tub etc to help with comfort. We've agreed not to induce without a really good reason before 42 weeks and to try to go intervention free with the whole event. I'm feeling really good about our goals and we will just have to see how things go. My midwife told me at my last appointment that based on the fact that I've started to dilate and efface and that I'm still having lots of contractions that she didn't think that I'd go past my due date. She also guessed that this would be a nice average sized baby. I'm pretty sure that these predictions must be made to keep me happy and optimistic, but it certainly works. We will just have to wait and see how accurate she is.

The great name debate continues, although we haven't really made make any progress since we came up with a few more middle names we liked about two months ago. In fact, the conversations are really short; they begin with us each stating our favorite name and then end with me saying that we will probably have to wait and see her before deciding. I'm not sure exactly how we will decide on a name, but I'm confident that she will not enter kindergarten without one. If worst comes to worst we will award Jan P the naming rights that she won playing boggle and she tells us she likes the name "Tilapia Bezor." I suggested that perhaps Bezora is a little more feminine. Just like the rest of this process, we will just have to wait and see.

Typhoid Mary

Don't worry, that's not the name we chose for the baby! It's a nickname I won after infecting Frances with a nasty winter cold bug. I quarantined myself at the parents house for a couple days after getting sick, but Fran still has come down with the black death. She's just past 34 weeks, and besides this bump in the road is doing great.

We finally shared this blog with Fran's family-- hope you enjoy it. I've been itching to try out the Baby Bjorn that JJ sent along for us. Who's enjoying that more, me or Duncan?

In other happenings this week, Oscar decided that leather belts were so 2006... after discovering an open cupboard with a family-size tub of hot cocoa. Fran tells me Duncan didn't mind helping with the cleanup.

It's snowing again

It's a BOB!

My latest sewing project

It's Monday and Matt's got the plague. Ok, maybe not the plague, but probably the flu. He got home from his shift yesterday looking and feeling terrible. We decided that we didn't want me to get whatever he had, so we quarantined him in Jan and Dean's basement. Oh boy I'm glad that we did. He no sounds like death and is so miserable he can't even sleep. Hopefully we can get him some tamiflu and get him back on his feet before anyone else gets this.

I decided that posts without pictures weren't that exciting, so I took some pictures of the stroller and the quilt that I'm working on . I started this quilt for BP last spring before I was even pregnant and I figure that it's probably time to finish it up. I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out. The back and border will be the navy material in the middle. Now I'm just trying to figure out what color thread to quilt with. Ideas?

I also wanted to post the first quilt picture so that people could notice the snow. Guess what, that's brand new snow. This is just the winter that will not end. At this rate I may need the snow suit from Rach to bring this kiddo home.

Week 33

I know that Matt's comment about my logging abilities should have encouraged me to do better, but he's actually right so my true nature took over.

It started off as an eventful week. As many of you know, Matt and I got to take a trip to Abbott to be evaluated for preterm labor. What fun. Everything looked good and has settled down, but the midwife we saw nixed my current rotation. In fact she said "no call, no hospital, no clinic until 36 weeks." She did say that I could sit and work at a computer all day. I'm still looking for what rotation that would be. So, I've been home since Monday. I'm not officially on bedrest, but I'm supposed to be taking it easy.

Being home has brought out an intense need to nest. I'm trying to resist as much as possible because there really is no rational reason that the carseat needs to be installed, diapers bought and all the baby clothes washed today. We did go and buy a stoller this week which was exciting. We got a BOB revolution. We're hoping that this will function as our one and only stroller.

I'm hoping that week 34 will be a little less exciting in some ways and that I come up with some more ways to occupy my time. We'll see...