we have some progress

so i had my 36 week dr's appt this afternoon and we have some progress! i am 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced...baby M is head down and has dropped a bit as compared to last week. dr. L said 2-3 weeks...but it really could be anywhere from 2-6 weeks just depending on when baby M decides to make his appearance:) i haven't gotten a H1N1 flu shot yet as the OB's office doesn't have them yet so i'm not sure i'll get one before baby M gets here. i think we have pretty strong immune systems so i'm trying not to worry about it too much.
we had our childbirth class on sunday and we both found it very informative and helpful. i definitely think it was worth the extra money to have her come to the house. it's a lot of information to take in and those birthing videos are pretty intense!
i have my last day of work tomorrow..woo hoo! i will then be in nesting mode getting ready for baby M's arrival. i have to do his laundry, buy some supplies, cook and freeze some food, clean, etc. i think i am going to have plenty to keep me busy!
we are going to do a big shop at costco this weekend and utilize all the coupons:) we are also planning on getting the carseat and seeing if we can get that installed. i picked up the infant car seat adapter for the BOB so we'll see if we can get that figured out as well. i'll take some pictures, hopefully:), and get them up next week. have my next dr's appt a week from today...it will be interesting to see if there is more progress or i stay the same!

i meant to do this yesterday:)

so i really did mean to do this yesterday but our dr.'s appt was later in the afternoon and by the time we got around to taking my picture, i didn't feel like doing the blog, so i'm getting it in a little late today:)
three years ago, yesterday, this is what we were doing...running and finishing the 2006 chicago marathon!

i know, i can't really believe it either, and if you would have told me then, that three years from that point in time, i would be living in austin, tx, 5 weeks from having my first baby, i'm not sure i would have believed you:)
so yesterday, we did have our 35 week appt with dr. L. everything is looking really good. baby M is head down, HR in the 140's, no dilation and she gave her best guess at his weight at just under 6 pounds right now:) he'll be cooking in there for a little bit longer! i now have to visit the office weekly.
we have a very busy weekend ahead of us (mostly papa_mona). he has his livestrong challenge this weekend which consists of a 5K run saturday morning and a 20 mile bike ride sunday morning. we are attending costume party saturday evening that benefits dell children's hospital here in austin and sunday we have our childbirth class from 230-630pm. i'll have lots to fill you in on early next week!
now for a little photo comparison...4 weeks apart!

31 weeks

35 weeks

shower weekend 2 (twilight, baby!)

me and the Csquardeds

so i had my second shower this weekend, it was in my neighborhood and hosted by the Csquareds:) mama C shares my love for all things twilight (yes, we already have our tickets for new moon!) and one of the first things she said when i told her i was pregnant was, "ohh, i can throw you a twilight themed baby shower!" and true to her word, we had a fantastic twilight shower this weekend. we had a wonderful time!!! lots of good food, good friends, and of course, baby M got lots of great stuff to help fill up his room! all the guests decorated onesies for baby M, i must say i was very impressed the artistic talent:)

papa_mona did a 33 mile rode ride saturday morning on some serious hills so he was tuckered out:) we did go out for dinner with D&A saturday night so needless to say we slept in sunday morning. we had fantastic weather this weekend (i think maybe we are done with the air-con) so papa_mona did yard work sunday and we relaxed. it was a great weekend! i have a dr appt on thursday afternoon so i will post an update and this week's picture after that.

34 weeks

that means 6 weeks left!!!! can't believe it! not too much to report here. we've just been getting back into the swing of things this week. we had some cooler fall weather over the weekend but it was 91 yesterday and is supposed to get to 90 today. we are supposed to have some fantastic weather over the weekend so we are looking forward to that. i have my second shower this saturday so i'm excited about that. i'm sure yard work will be done on sunday, as it's supposed to be dry this weekend.
on a side note, i spotted a common house gecko in the kitchen this morning...yuk! it's really tiny and i was not going to attempt to catch him. called papa_mona who so wonderfully offered to come home from work and catch him but i said no:) papa said that they eat lots of bugs and we have decided to call him edward:) i just announce myself when i am coming into a room and ask him to please leave if he's in there:) i'm a total sissy but i can't help myself! i have already explained to baby M that i can tolerate edward but he is, under no circumstances, ever to bring a frog into the house. we'll see how that plays out in the future!!

shower weekend

well, we had a very busy, very fantastic weekend! it all started saturday morning with papa_mona sporting his new bike jersey...it is soooo kick ass!

then we got to pick up K from the airport. she came in from chicago to go to my first shower...she also got to roll some work in at the end so it worked out great. it was so great having her here just to hang out...she got to see baby M's room and all the fun stuff he has acquired so far. she wanted to get us the beaba babycook (it's an all-in-one steamer/processor to make your own baby food) so we ventured out to buy buy baby to pick that up. it is such a great gift and baby M will reap the benefits when he gets a little older!!

K and i

sunday we had my shower over at W's house, she co-hosted with J and it was so generous of them to do this for me and baby M. we had a great time, the food was fantastic and we got some wonderful things for baby M. thanks so much to everyone that was there...it really means a lot to us!!

W (co-host) and i

J (co-host) and i

A was the unofficial official photographer. i figured since she had a camera almost like ours that would work out the best...thanks A!

A and i

i can't put all the pictures up as it would take forever but W sent some out that i can forward along if you would like as well as i'm going to try and get ours transferred over today...just let me know!
it was a wonderful weekend and we were sad to see K leave and keep trying to push a TX job at her:) have my second shower this coming weekend, here in the 'hood, thrown by the Csquareds so i'll update on that early next week.

33 weeks (a couple of days late)

slow and steady wins the race...baby M steadily continues to grow and round out my belly:) i didn't feel like taking a picture on wednesday and i had a dr's appt. yesterday so i figured i just wait and post all together!
the appt. went great...HR in the 150's (normal), my BP was good and baby M is measuring right on track. i asked dr. L if this means he is going to be "normal" sized...papa_mona was a little over 9 lbs and i'm a little concerned about that:) dr. L said that baby M is not measuring big and will probably be between 7-8 lbs. wonderful news! i go again in 2 weeks and will have my first internal exam (fun times) and then after that i will be going every week...crazy! next time, we'll also talk about the "birth plan", just getting a general idea of what is going to be happening:)
baby M had his first case of hiccups this morning in bed, at least i think he did:) either that or he was very rhythmically bopping along to his own little tune. it didn't bother me and hopefully didn't bother him but it stopped shortly after i got up.
we a fun filled weekend coming up...papa_mona, in a kick-ass new bike jersery (pics to come), is racing (bike) a co-worker saturday morning and then K is coming in from chicago for my first shower here in austin...can't wait!!! the weather is supposed to be perfect! i will post pics and such early next week.

shelves are done!

we made our trip to pottery barn this weekend and got 2 crown molding ledges for baby M's room. we put them up yesterday and i must say they are much better than the first set of shelves i purchased. these are much sturdier and i'm not afraid to set things on them!


we had another rainy weekend that was quiet so we really enjoyed that. we got a box full of clothes for baby M that grandma O got while at garage sales...some really cute stuff!! thanks grandma O!!!! we also figured out how to use sykpe or at least we got it to work once to talk to my parents and sister. it was pretty cool...i'm sure we'll get tons of use out of once baby M and his cousin arrives:)
we were supposed to have our breastfeeding class tonight but the instructor is sick so she had to reschedule. her first make up class is this sunday but K will be here from chicago (woo-hoo!) so we are going for the nov. 16th option. this way all the information will be fresh in our minds:)
one last picture...this is what we do on the rainy weekends:) i love that i am soon going to have a smaller version of this to hold in my arms, i don't know how my heart will hold all of the love! papa_mona likes to snuggle up on the chaise and soon he'll have a little baby mona to snuggle up with in the chaise too!

32 weeks

32 weeks along...8 weeks left...holy buckets!!! baby M is going to be here before we know it! i've still been feeling pretty good. sleep is getting a bit more uncomfortable, mostly because of my hips...they get tired of being laid on:) my upper back has also been a little more sore but, all in all, nothing really to complain about! baby M is still rockin and rollin around in the belly, he's up under my right rib cage as i type. he doesn't like it when i bend or rest anything on the belly, i think it squishes him and he usually gives me kick or something to say "get off of me, i have limited space in here as it is!".
it has been a pretty low-key week, except for some minor car problems:( mine to be exact...it is in the shop now and hopefully, it's nothing critical. next week we have a little more going on so i'll have more to blog on but for now here are a couple pics to enjoy! sorry if the bare belly offends anyone...just close your eyes...don't think we'll have too many of them:)