Baby Nahum has begun to be quite active these days! I can feel him move around a LOT and lately have felt more severe kick-like, or jabbing feelings. I think he's trying to see how hard he has to work to get my attention. Steven says he's practicing his 'break dancing moves.' I don't mind though. Every time I feel him move, I am reminded that he is still alive and moving and that he IS a blessing to me (& us.) We feel SO blessed by this little boy already and are SO anxious to meet him!
I have also registered at Babies R Us so far and plan to register at Target as well. I took a couple of hours by myself to take my time looking around the store and reading the boxes and labels of lots of things. It was nice to have that time and nice to finally have that accomplished!
We are still in the process of moving the two bedrooms around to accommodate the baby. Steven has moved his instruments to what used to be the guest room. We are planning to sell the monstrous corner desk we have not been using and still have some boxes to unpack in that room too. Steven has also been very productive in organizing both closets so we can stay neat and tidy and have room for baby stuff when it starts coming.
We also are planning to replace the carpet in the nursery. It's original to the house (20+ years old) and we would both feel better knowing it was as CLEAN as possible for Nahum's health. Luckily we have good friends that own a flooring store and can get us some quality carpet, a new pad and installation for under $300! We are also planning to paint his room, so now we won't have to worry about paint getting on the carpet. Yay!
Besides that, we are enjoying all the Valley rain these days. Steven has started back to work and school and I recently got my AA Degree diploma in the mail from Reedley College! That's about all our news for now! Stay tuned...we'll have another ultrasound appointment and another class at Kaiser in early Feb.!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Update on pregnancy
Well, I've been feeling all sorts of new things happening to my body these days. I mostly still feel tired and wish I could take naps more often. I have been experiencing lower back pain for the first time ever! I can't sit or lay in the same position for very long before I need to readjust or put a pillow behind me for support.
I've been feeling more emotional these days too. Most of the time I think I handle things pretty well, but sometimes, out of nowhere, I'll just feel too frustrated or overwhelmed and start to cry. I cry for about 1/2 hour-1 hour sometimes just to get it all out of my system.
Steven has been WONDERFUL through this whole pregnancy. I truly am blessed with an amazing husband who loves and cares for me in every way I need, and sometimes don't know that I need. I just can't thank the Lord enough for blessing me with this man!
I'm starting to feel that I just can't work a full 40 hour work-week any longer. My current job will allow me to work 30 hours a week and still keep my health insurance (vision coverage.) So, I've been contemplating when it will be necessary for me to make that switch and what that will look like. Either shorter days everyday, or full days and take one more day off during the week. We'll see.
We have another doctors appointment this Friday and they will go over the results and measurements of our ultrasound with us. I might ask the doctor for written approval of my working shorter hours to take to my employer. Hopefully that will alleviate some of the dialog and just get it approved faster.
We have started looking into nursery themes and registry items! That's been fun and a little challenging for us to agree on. My great friend Kari is going to go with me to some stores and help me register for the things that really matter and educate me on the things that most people don't end up needing or using.
I've also started putting together the guest lists for baby showers. My mom's friend Brenda has offered to host me a shower and my friends Alicia and Jill have offered to host a shower for Clovis Hills peeps! I am very blessed to have such great friends who want to honor me and the baby!
Other than all that - I am enjoying being able to feel my son move around inside me and we really enjoy being able to pray for him by name now. It's defiantly feeling more real now and we love it!
I've been feeling more emotional these days too. Most of the time I think I handle things pretty well, but sometimes, out of nowhere, I'll just feel too frustrated or overwhelmed and start to cry. I cry for about 1/2 hour-1 hour sometimes just to get it all out of my system.
Steven has been WONDERFUL through this whole pregnancy. I truly am blessed with an amazing husband who loves and cares for me in every way I need, and sometimes don't know that I need. I just can't thank the Lord enough for blessing me with this man!
I'm starting to feel that I just can't work a full 40 hour work-week any longer. My current job will allow me to work 30 hours a week and still keep my health insurance (vision coverage.) So, I've been contemplating when it will be necessary for me to make that switch and what that will look like. Either shorter days everyday, or full days and take one more day off during the week. We'll see.
We have another doctors appointment this Friday and they will go over the results and measurements of our ultrasound with us. I might ask the doctor for written approval of my working shorter hours to take to my employer. Hopefully that will alleviate some of the dialog and just get it approved faster.
We have started looking into nursery themes and registry items! That's been fun and a little challenging for us to agree on. My great friend Kari is going to go with me to some stores and help me register for the things that really matter and educate me on the things that most people don't end up needing or using.
I've also started putting together the guest lists for baby showers. My mom's friend Brenda has offered to host me a shower and my friends Alicia and Jill have offered to host a shower for Clovis Hills peeps! I am very blessed to have such great friends who want to honor me and the baby!
Other than all that - I am enjoying being able to feel my son move around inside me and we really enjoy being able to pray for him by name now. It's defiantly feeling more real now and we love it!
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