Week 37-38

What Fruit are you? Honeydew Melonish

Due date:  9.11.14

How far along:  37-38 Weeks!

Next appointment:  this week...

Gender:   boy 

Exercise: baby come out dance...as recommended by youTube...

Stretch marks: sure

Swelling: maybe this week we've noticed some 

Maternity clothes:  even maternity clothes are looking small over the bump.  

Belly button:  Mason has officially kicked it out.

Sleep: it goes in waves; more or less, no sleep or very little.  

Food cravings:  So officially the cravings have kind of kicked in this week, taco bell, Chinese food, eggs... (Tiffany has never liked chinese food and rarely eats eggs... I love both of those things, so this must be my child).

Symptoms:  nestie

Movement:  full on, he's now moving so much that we think he's re arranging Tiff's stomach at times... 

What I She misses:  being able to just take some cold meds if she has a cold...

What I She's loving:  feeling a few good contractions here and there; knowing that its almost time. 

What I She's looking forward to:  putting all the clothes we have on baby and starting to finally use all these toys  necessary baby items we've been buying with Mason:)

Best moment this week: We are so close to the end that every week we think its it; the time for us to rush to the hospital, get things started, etc. We have linked so much to this event (nesting, contractions, etc) to thinking this.is.it. But as we come to find out, he's our son; therefore, he'll come out when he wants to and not a minute earlier. So there. we wait. 

News: Milestones:  Words of wisdom:  

I've decided to turn this blog into a collage of Mason's life and our future in general. I'm going to try and update this as much as possible to document his life as I figured he's going to be the generation who will look back in 20 years and know exactly what happened at any given point in time. My job is to fill in as much as possible. 

We also decided to use cloth diapers. I made this decision about two weeks ago after doing extensive research and (yes I know) getting ready for the adjustment and extra work. I wont put my reasons on here as to why I decided this was a good idea for us. It took a little convincing for Tiff to catch on, but once she saw my reasoning she was happy- and the fact that she is amazing at just letting me try things out!
Tiff and I were thinking our moms were going to freak out (because they used cloth on us back in the 80s ) but they were more than happy to support us. -Mason, be ready, you have a great, supportive, loving family waiting for you!

Mason's Room- Complete

The Theme for the nursery is Pixar's Toy Story. It's not completely that though, its an inspired theme. The clouds are hand painted, there are two different sizes and they're spaced out perfectly in between. 

This Crib is a convertible crib, the mobile and blanket are Monsters Incorporated.

Dresser, changing pad (monsters Inc) and diaper holder. Two pieces of wall art and a TV for well us. 

Bookshelve, the top two black, white and gray Mickey and Minnie were bought when we first found out we were pregnant. The top has the new books Mason received from friends and family and assorted toys. 

Comfortable, sleepable glider with ottoman, knitted blanket (Nana's gift) 

Crib up close

Shelves with a few Toy Story toys for much later

Week 32-35

It's been a busy couple of weeks so I'm combining weeks. 

What Fruit are you? Honeydew Melonish

Due date:  9.11.14

How far along:  35-Weeks!

Next appointment:  1 more two week appointment and then we're weekly til the end. 

Gender:   boy 

Exercise: lots of walking....

Stretch marks: inevitably... it's a great battle, you gotta have scars...

Swelling: Not really... 

Maternity clothes:  if it's not a dress with the extra fabric in the belly, or spandex or just lose, she's not wearing it.  

Belly button:  its funny, if Mason moves around where the belly button is, it comes out a little more, otherwise its flat. 

Sleep: well its been a combination of not sleeping due to PUPPs, or due to belly in the way, overall, no not much sleep. 

Food cravings:  Not much in the way of sweets, mostly just craving individual meals here and there...

Symptoms:  bloated, PUPPsy, hungry, tired

Movement:  We've got movement established, I will sometimes just put my hand over and he'll kick it, or he'll move a la alien and its all very cool.

What I She misses:  Her body, her mind, her energy, lunch meat, turkey

What I She's loving:  single digit count down, getting Mason's room all ready, knowing that we're almost there.

What I She's looking forward to:  Meeting our son

Best moment this week: Over the past few weeks we have been going 100 miles an hour with getting ready for Mason's arrival. We found this awesome little consignment shop in Reston, near lake Anne and we got to buy a few awesome things that are normally extremely expensive for nearly nothing. We also had the baby shower which was awesome and a huge success, our mother's & Cassy did a great job, Tiff's mom had some great ideas and it was overall a great party. 

 

 

News: Milestones:  Words of wisdom:  

We are at the final stage of the third trimester; it's been a long road and we're starting to see us in a new light. We keep hearing great advice from people and honestly, the best thing I get from all the advice is that we'll try our hardest to be prepared, but we are not going to be fully prepared... We are going to take it one day at a time and no, I will not get sleep now because one can't simply store up oversleeping and use it when you don't have sleep.

We are excited to start trying out being parents and yes, going crazy a bit while we learn to do things for the first time. We have some great friends who have recently given birth and we learn. We read and we learn, but ultimately, no amount of reading or watching or anything will get us ready to handle everything. So my dear son Mason, let me get this apology out of the way now... sorry bud, we're going to make mistakes. You'll survive and so will we. 

Things that scare us:

trying out breastfeeding and its woes...

to swaddle or not to swaddle

binkies? 

over holding, wearing baby, sleep patterns...