Mat Leave so far...

Today is the end of my 2nd wk maternity leave. So far I have been able to keep myself busy enough... getting in hour walks each day, stocking up the freezer with food, cleaning the house and taking naps when needed. Jeff and I are also enjoying watching all the seasons of "Lost" as many of his co-workers are watching it as well. Busy as I've been, as the girls from work say... I haven't been able to stay away from Herbal Magic and have already made a couple visits back just to chat!

I was really excited that one of my friends, Ellen, from London, got to make a visit yesterday... it was great to catch up and see her daughter Hailey again. Hailey got to try out some of the baby's toys... she was ecspecially fond of the bouncy seat!

At my last OB appoint't on Wednesday we found out I was 1-2 cm dialated. The baby is still (as he has been for the past few wks) in "perfect position". The Dr told us he doesn't think anything will happen before Monday at the earliest so we're both feeling pretty relaxed right now- you start to feel a bit on edge after awhile thinking it could happen anytime! Today was a gorgeous day and it looks like its going to continue to be nice weather right through the weekend! Sunday my brother David is supposed to be coming into town for a couple days so I'm looking forward to his company as I head into week 39!!

35 Weeks

No guarantees on how much time is left so I thought I'd better get another belly shot in today...

The baby is pretty active and most days a little more than I'd like:) He's got some hard kicks, ecspecially to my right rib.

Tomorrow is another workday... 2 more weeks left and although I'm anxious to be done I think i'm also going to miss it...

Nursery Complete! FINALLY!!

I'm feeling alot better heading into my 35th week knowing that everything with the baby's room is done! It took some re-arranging, lots of planning and tons of work on Jeff's part but we're both really happy with how everything turned out. Now... just sit back and wait for baby!

OB Appoint't Update

Everything went great yesterday at our appoint't. The Dr estimated our baby to be just over 4 lbs. He said that if everything goes according to schedule and he is carried to full term then he should weight somewhere between 7-8 lbs. Next appoint't in 2 weeks!

32 Weeks, 6 Days....

The past week or so has been great... i'm finally feeling a bit more like myself with my energy level a little higher. Last night I was even up till after 11:00pm... don't think that has happened since before I became pregnant! Have even made it out for a couple walks... picture to the right is of Southwood Lakes it has a nice wide walking trail through it and is ecspecially pretty with all the man-made lakes. We are looking forward to being able to take the baby on our many walks here during the summer!! We have our next OB appoint't on Tuesday. The appoint'ts are now at MET hospital which I like because it forces me to become a little more comfortable with the atmosphere... have never really been one for doctors/hospitals!

Nursery almost complete!!

Baby Sarazen's room is finally coming together! We know he'll be so happy with the crib and mattress his Grandparents got for him! And also with the cute little "sleep sheep"... one of the gifts from our friends Ellen, Mike and their daughter Hailey. Jeff has been working hard at assembling all the furniture and getting the painting done. I've been busy making the curtains... with 2 linings to make sure to block all the light out... figure I'm going to need all the sleep I can get! We hope to get everything else... trim, chair rail and decor done in the next couple weeks.

This past week we went for another ultrasound. We were both happy to learn that the placenta has moved up... so no bedrest!! Little disappointed with the ultrasound pictures this time around though... seems the bigger the little guy gets the worse the pictures. But most importantly he is doing ok!

Daddy-To-Be!

Jeff with a couple of our favourite outfits. His pick... a little baseball sleeper that says "Daddy's All Star" and mine, a little Tommy outfit identical to his... awww!

Today, Jeff is working on painting the baby room. We're both anxious to see it all come together and will post pics when it's finished.

Jeff was great through the first 3 mths of pregnancy with getting meals ready for me (the nausea didn't allow me to do alot of the cooking). Since then he's been reading up with what's happening week to week with baby books and keeping me updated!

Duke, our dog, had to get in the picture too. Jeff's convinced he's going to be great with the baby... I hope so. We are a little worried about Austin and Duke adjusting so we picked up a cd with baby sounds on it that supposed to help them. Honestly, they don't seem fazed by the crying, but it does get me a little worked up to be hearing it!!