According to one of my favorite pregnancy guides, I can round my answer down to 2 months whenever anyone asks how much longer I have to go. Although it is somewhat relieving, it's still pretty deceptive. I regularly read 5 different guides (combination of online form, book form, and iPhone app form) and today (officially week 31), I found myself hoping that one of these guides would say something different, mainly, "It's time to give birth now!". But, no dice. Still 9 weeks until the due date, 5 weeks until full-term.
On a more positive note, the weather seems to have taken a turn for the WARM. Forcast for the week mid-70s to start, mid-80s to end. If the mid-80s keep up, maybe the pool will be warm enough for a swim by the first week of April!
We had a lovely weekend. On Friday, we went to see Limitless at the Red Rock theatre. It was pretty good, certainly very entertaining. Saturday, my friend from high school, Toni and her girlfriend J were in town, so we had a lovely afternoon of hanging out, an evening on the strip, ending with an awesome dinner at a Tapas restaurant in our neighborhood. I am thrilled to have found something decent to eat in our neighborhood. Even though we still haven't found a decent Mexican place, Tapas is certainly a good substitute for now. Too bad I didn't get to try the Sangria! Sunday was the perfect weekend day. After an excellent breakfast at EggWorks (also in our neighborhood! score!), saw Toni and J off, and brought Chloe and Swarley to a dog park in Summerlin. Although there was no water for Swarley, there were plenty of dogs for him to chase. Chloe had a lovely time sniffing rocks and eating grass. After Swarley exhausted himself a bit too quickly, we realized that Swarley needs more exercise than the zooming around the apartment he's done all winter. Good dog owner fail. We promised to bring him to this park more often, we will not allow pregnancy (or later, the baby) to be a valid excuse anymore. We have a baby bjorn-type carrier, that's what they're for!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
3 month catch up
I realize it's been over three months since I've posted on here. I thought about deactivating this blog and forgetting about it, but once Baby Girl Caccamo makes her appearance, this might (once again) be a really good place to keep everyone updated.
Brian and I have made quite a few strides towards being comfortable calling Las Vegas home. Although Chicago still wins (except for the snow), our visit at the beginning of this month really solidified to us that we no longer live there. We even visited our apartment and were completely comfortable seeing our lovely tenant's furniture in our former living room. I hope she is as happy there as we were. We still don't have any friends outside of work colleagues though, but we are hoping that will change once the baby comes and I sign up for some Mommy/Baby classes.
Things have calmed down significantly at work since the end of November. I had a bit of a rough patch where I was constantly stressed, felt like I had a million upcoming court dates at once, and my BP was significantly elevated. I will spare everyone the details of what was going on, but I will at least say that we are getting close to a settlement, and even if we don't get there, I'm ready for the challenge.
On Monday, I start week 31 of pregnancy, which means it's only 5 more weeks until I am full term, and 9 more weeks until I am officially due. I think I would go completely insane if I didn't think of it in terms of when I am full term, because 9 1/2 more weeks trying to do laundry with this belly just makes me tired. I am in full pregnancy mode, going to the bathroom every 20 minutes, having to lean backwards in my office chair to have enough room so the Belly doesn't get crushed by my desk, and struggling to pick anything up off the ground. I have started having some Braxton-Hicks contractions, but they aren't regular, so there is nothing to worry about. With that, here is the latest side-view photo. This was taken at week 28, so I am probably already significantly larger than that.
We are fully prepared baby-gear wise, and are even almost all set clothing wise in the 0-3 month category. The only thing we are now behind on are baby bottles, pacifiers, creams, diapers, and the rest of those essentials. I have no idea what to buy in terms of baby bottles or formula since I do intent to exclusively breastfeed for the duration of my maternity leave. But, they do tell you to be prepared in case I am not physically able to for whatever reason. Brian says he didn't marry a woman with hips like mine to have c-section or formula-feed his baby. I'm glad he's so confident. We also have grand plans to switch to cloth diapers once she's big enough to fit into the one-sizes (I don't want to bother with prefolds and diaper covers, it seems like too much of a hassle), and to make our own food once she's eating solids.
Spring is a mild form of summer in Las Vegas, and I won't let the Belly stop me from enjoying the sun. Maternity swimwear, here I come!
Brian and I have made quite a few strides towards being comfortable calling Las Vegas home. Although Chicago still wins (except for the snow), our visit at the beginning of this month really solidified to us that we no longer live there. We even visited our apartment and were completely comfortable seeing our lovely tenant's furniture in our former living room. I hope she is as happy there as we were. We still don't have any friends outside of work colleagues though, but we are hoping that will change once the baby comes and I sign up for some Mommy/Baby classes.
Things have calmed down significantly at work since the end of November. I had a bit of a rough patch where I was constantly stressed, felt like I had a million upcoming court dates at once, and my BP was significantly elevated. I will spare everyone the details of what was going on, but I will at least say that we are getting close to a settlement, and even if we don't get there, I'm ready for the challenge.
On Monday, I start week 31 of pregnancy, which means it's only 5 more weeks until I am full term, and 9 more weeks until I am officially due. I think I would go completely insane if I didn't think of it in terms of when I am full term, because 9 1/2 more weeks trying to do laundry with this belly just makes me tired. I am in full pregnancy mode, going to the bathroom every 20 minutes, having to lean backwards in my office chair to have enough room so the Belly doesn't get crushed by my desk, and struggling to pick anything up off the ground. I have started having some Braxton-Hicks contractions, but they aren't regular, so there is nothing to worry about. With that, here is the latest side-view photo. This was taken at week 28, so I am probably already significantly larger than that.
We are fully prepared baby-gear wise, and are even almost all set clothing wise in the 0-3 month category. The only thing we are now behind on are baby bottles, pacifiers, creams, diapers, and the rest of those essentials. I have no idea what to buy in terms of baby bottles or formula since I do intent to exclusively breastfeed for the duration of my maternity leave. But, they do tell you to be prepared in case I am not physically able to for whatever reason. Brian says he didn't marry a woman with hips like mine to have c-section or formula-feed his baby. I'm glad he's so confident. We also have grand plans to switch to cloth diapers once she's big enough to fit into the one-sizes (I don't want to bother with prefolds and diaper covers, it seems like too much of a hassle), and to make our own food once she's eating solids.
Spring is a mild form of summer in Las Vegas, and I won't let the Belly stop me from enjoying the sun. Maternity swimwear, here I come!
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