Week 37

Well, I'm nearing the end of week 37. Crazy. My baby boy could come any time now. I just hope that my water doesn't break in a crazy place out in public or anything. I'm sure I'd be pretty embarrassed about that! I can just envision standing in a puddle with a big gasping crowd and my face all red. Oh wait - wasn't that part of my nightmare last night?

That is one thing I won't miss about being pregnant, the CRAZY dreams. Man, I can really have a vivid imagination sometimes. That is usually a good thing, but not when you are suffering from a severe lack of sleep anyhow. I woke up last night at 5:00 and just could NOT get back to sleep for about an hour afterward. I even watched the sun come up. It was pretty.

So as far as my (and baby's) health goes, I suppose I could have it worse. I can't really complain too much. My main health issue is blood pressure. Every time I go in to see the doctor (now weekly - but this week was twice!!!) it's a crap shoot about where my BP will be. This Tuesday it was pretty high. It was 130 over 90. Yikes. So I got put on bed rest for a couple of days and had to come back Thursday and get it rechecked (with a MAN doctor - yikes!). Anyway, it was a little better, not much, but it was 125 over 85. So basically, I'll be taking a much earlier maternity leave than I expected. As in, today is my last day at work.

But everything is good with baby boy Bomgardner. The docs were very thorough and checked my blood and also gave me another ultrasound to make sure I had plenty of amniotic fluid and all that. So all is well. Bring on week 38!

Crazy Hormonal...

Bedrest - Grrr...

Arrg. My doctor told me yesterday that I couldn't go back to work (at least until my BP gets back to where it is supposed to be). I have to go back tomorrow morning and have it checked again. Cross your fingers that my blood pressure is good tomorrow, because bed rest is SO BORING! And I still have all kinds of electricians crawling all over my place - not a very restful situation. Also, we have carpet installers coming tomorrow. I really don't want to be home for that. Really bad timing here.

On Grandparents

Jellybean, you are going to be one lucky kiddo. You have some grandparents that already love you so much.

Lately, I've been packing a picnic for my lunchtime breaks from work. The weather has been so nice and there is a cute little park nearby that I go to. Today, as I was driving back to work from the park after my lunch break, I stopped to let a cute little grandma with a baby in a stroller and a toddler cross the street. And you know what happened? She smiled at me and waved a thank you. And then I got all misty-eyed.

I think I reacted so strongly because I am so excited that our little guy will be adored by both sets of his grandparents. I never really had that when I was growing up. Thankfully, now I can claim Tim's incredible grandparents for my own, but I've ALWAYS wanted a "milk and cookies" grandma to sit down with to tell her all about my day and have her spoil me rotten and completely adore me. Having somebody like that in your life is SO important! Growing up in the church, I've always had "surrogate" grandma's, but nothing can replace an actual flesh and blood grandparent.

I can hardly wait to place my little guy into my parents arms (and Tim's parents arms, too!) and watch as he melts their hearts. And I can hardly wait for story time with Poppa... play time with Diva... gardening 101 with Grandpa (and music lessons too!)... and cooking with Grandma. Each of our parents are so unique and special, and will be able to offer our boy so much care and wisdom. I just wish they didn't live so far away!

Funny...

This Girl Deserves a Party

This Sunday, my boss Mary threw a wonderful baby shower for me. She hosted it at her house and went all out with cute little baby confetti, baby candles, and baby blue everything! It was so incredibly sweet of her. The whole library staff blew me away with their generosity. They all pitched in to buy us our high chair (which is an EXPENSIVE one), baby diapers, and the cutest little cowboy clock known to man. Thank you Mary for orchestrating all of that!!!

The shower was also a Sunday afternoon potluck and I don't remember the last time I ate so well. The ladies at my library are all cooks and they try to out-do each other with the best recipes. They brought a smorgasbord of Italian dishes and whatnot. I went home thinking I'll never have to eat again. This is why I think it's so funny that they purchased our high chair- first, because it's Italian made and second, because I always think of these ladies along with food! What a perfect gift!

Here is a video of some of the pictures from yesterday.

More Handmade

Well, I can't seem to stop myself. I keep nesting. I think I'm making my husband crazy. The latest additions are "peepee teepees" and a set of cloth blocks. (Peepee teepees are just what you think they are... little tents to prevent little spray accidents during changing time.) And neither of these creations can I claim absolute credit for. I just saw something similar at baby boutiques and didn't want to spend an arm and a leg for them (also, Tim told me no and that they weren't in the budget...). So I just made my own. I think they turned out close to what I wanted.

I'm also including a picture of the chair corner of the nursery, now that we finally have a little table. I can't even begin to tell you how we searched and searched for the perfect little table for this corner. We almost gave up hope. All the tables we found were either too big or not tall enough (or WAY out of our price range). We finally found this one at an unfinished furniture place. It's actually supposed to be a telephone stand. It matches the crib perfectly, with cool slats on the side (just take my word for it) and Tim did an incredible job painting it and sanding it down. It is also the perfect spot for the really tall picture books that don't quite fit right in the little bookshelf. I'm really happy with it. (Thanks Ma & Pops Bomgardner for providing the funding for this great little table!!!)

And on the top of the table is the cool lamp from Target that kind of matched in its original state, but now matches perfectly. I had to change the lamp shade binding on the edges from brick red to baby blue. Just right. (And the little brown crochet blanket on the chair there is one that my hubby had as a wee boy!) This kid has the best room in the house, now!