By the way I’m going on this blog (posting once a month), I’ll have a baby before the next post! I am 37 weeks pregnant and my doctor said that I am allowed to have him any time now – since I’ve reached full-term status. I have my next 3 doctor’s appointments set up, and if he doesn’t come before, I only have 2 weeks left at work. Due date is August 10th, but I start my leave on the 3rd of August….I cannot wait!!!! Everything is still going well, and I have a very active little boy inside me. I am really starting to slow down and it’s getting hard to move around – especially at work, since I’m either standing all day or sitting in tiny plastic 2-year-old chairs, and the temperature has been in the 100s/40s for about 3 weeks now. My feet sometimes get a little swollen, but thankfully don’t always stay that way. I’m mostly packed for the hospital, and I even have a bag of snacks to take with us (for Chris mostly, and if he hasn’t finished them, for me after I’ve had the baby). I still need to purchase some nursing tops etc to pack in my hospital bag and we still need to install the car seat. The baby room is set up, thanks to Kay, Joy, Jackie, and Adrienne, and is absolutely beautiful. I’m so happy it’s set up and so happy with how it turned out. This past weekend we went out and bought some material to make curtains, and Kay and Joy will be working on them for me! :) Here are some photos of the room, minus our little boy’s name for those who are wanting to find out later!!!
Chris and baby are sharing a closet!!
The room’s not completely finished – waiting for baby before making the bed, and still needing to hang some pictures up!
Work is actually a little better than before because I’m organising all my own activities for the kids and not waiting to see if the other teacher has prepared anything (she has not prepared anything for the kids to do since I’ve been there). The kids now actually look forward to and enjoy being read to – and even ask me to read certain books!! This is a huge improvement to when I first started – where I couldn’t even get them to sit and listen to any stories.
Chris and I have now been to the baby classes I signed us up for. The birth class on Saturday 11th that went from 9-5 was long but worth it. Chris actually found it helpful and told me that he was glad that we went. His feelings toward the baby feeding class, on the other hand, were not as positive – but I made him go anyway so that I wouldn’t have to repeat all the information!! I may be a terrible wife, but I figured that we wouldn’t have to go to any more baby classes ever again! :)
I keep telling my wonderful parents that I’d love to show them where we live now. It really is a lovely place – great for walking, close to shops, nice pools to swim in, etc. Here we are walking around our lake on the 19th July – Chris’s birthday – before going for a swim in one of our pools!!! And me at 37 weeks!
The next post may just be a welcome baby post!! I’m excited.
