Week 37 - well almost 38...

So as you can see - I am pretty large these days :)

Little things like putting on shoes and getting out of bed are such a major ordeal at this point. It takes me forever to get ready to go out of the house and by the time I'm all set I'm in a full sweat and ready for a nap! I think I am almost to the point of having had enough of this pregnancy thing but I am still not quite mentally prepared for the labour/delivery so I am holding off on that for a few more days (hopefully...)

It has been really great to have some down time over the holidays. Jon and I have had a quiet and restful Christmas. We have both been catching up on some sleep - though its never quite enough it seems. Jon cooked everything over the holidays including a prime rib dinner with yorkshire puddings and EXCELLENT gravy! We had no need to make any dessert with all the sweets that we received from our moms for the holidays! Thank you!!

I'm off for a nap before little New Year's party - hope I can make it to midnight!

Happy New Years everyone!

A snippet of Christine and her big belly.

More pics of the baby's room.

Blogger can be picky sometimes. I had to break up the post this morning, as it doesn't seem to like too many pics in one post.
The characters were inspired by a Swedish folk artist by the name of George Nebren.
My arm was sore for a week after I had finished all the painting.

-Jon

Pics of the baby's room.

This is for those of you that couldn't view the video.
The video was mostly just an experiment - to test for future use when the baby finally arrives. We plan on posting many little videos of the baby thoughout the months and even years...

Here it is. It's a farm theme!

Sorry to everyone that has a slow connection speed. This might not work for you.
If so, soon we will post pics of the baby's room.

Pics

Just a reminder to everyone that if you would like to get a better look at the pics we have posted, simply click on them and they will enlarge.

Week 36...

Thanks everyone for your posts! Its great to know people are checking this thing:) It's been a couple of weeks since the last post so there are lots of updates. We are no longer dealing with snow in Victoria but we have been having HUGE wind storms. Luckily, those of us in the City haven't had many issues, just a lack of sleep during a loud stormy night. Doesn't matter for Jon and I as the pregnancy insomnia has well and truly kicked in so I am not sleeping much and neither is Jon because he is contending with the larger me AND my huge body pillow shifting around all night.

I have just 1 week of work left - hooray! :) I love my job but I am really starting to slow down these days as I get so big and awkward. I am pretty tired and feel like my brain is made of cooked squash or some similarly mushy substance. I am really hoping to have a couple of weeks of down time before the big arrival. Any guesses on the arrival date? We should have a pool.

I am almost 36 weeks pregnant - yikes! That whole labour and delivery thing is becoming a reality - sometimes one I am ready for and other times it scares the s--- out of me. We have good days and bad around here as we are preparing to become parents. Mostly we are really excited.

And as you can see, the old belly is growing like crazy. The baby, according to our doctor is on track to be an average size - fingers crossed she's right. Baby G has hiccups at least 3 times a day and loves to stick her butt out of the side of my belly so I am lopsided most of the time. She is quite the little trickster already, she is always in the perfect "ready for delivery" position when we visit the doctor and then as soon as we leave the doctor's office she shifts into her lopsided sideways position.

We have finished our prenatal classes as well as a class on baby care and infant CPR. These were all really helpful and great confidence builders. Jon is now an excellent swaddler and diaperer.

I had a wonderful baby shower last weekend. I am so blessed to have many wonderful friends who are excited for us. This weekend the big task is to pack "the bag" for the hospital and install the car seat. Hope you are all having a stress -free lead into the holiday season!