Bought a wrap carrier

I am very interested in wearing my baby.  I am going to by a stretchy wrap later on, but I saw this one on Ebay and couldn't resist.  It is a mei tei.  I got it in the mail today and couldn't resist trying it out.

I needed something to try it out with so the cat fit the bill.

It holds up my 20lb cat so I am sure that it will be great with a baby.  

In other news, I am 30 weeks today.  Only 10 more weeks till my due date.  I got my crib and change table last weekend.

I will be moving a white dresser into the room from my bedroom soon.  Then I will start washing some of the baby clothes that I have on hand.

It is crazy to think that in a few short weeks I will have a little one to take care of.

My mat leave starts in 7 weeks.  It is really crazy to think about that.

The Bump is growing

21 weeks

23 weeks

25 Weeks

27 weeks

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My bump from 21 weeks looks downright tiny.  I haven't noticed my belly growing that much ( well other than it is very evident now), but it is hard to see how much I really am growing.  The pictures really help me out.

Hello 3rd Trimester

The baby is roughly 15 inches long and 2-3 lbs.  That is crazy that little Spud is getting to be so big.

I can't believe that I am already in the third trimester.  Only 3 more months to go.  I am sure that those three months will go very quickly.  There are lots of things that we need to do in that time.  We need to get a crib and finish setting up the baby's room.  I need to wash the clothes that I have ( lots of sleepers).

I haven't even taken down my Christmas tree yet, which I think will be my task for sometime this weekend.  The last few weeks of this semester of classes is finishing up so there is lots of marking to be done as reports cards will have to be completed shortly.  I have to also start planning for the second semester.  Although I won't be there for too long, I still need to have plans done for the first few weeks in case I have to leave early.

I finished crocheting one blanket and need to complete the second one.  I am sure that the next few months will go by in a big blur.

I am feeling bigger. My belly is getting harder, and Baby Spud enjoys kicking and flipping.  Pregnancy is really amazing.  The white tank tops that I wore at the beginning of my pregnancy do not fit anymore, well I can get them on, but they constantly ride up which defeats wearing them.  I also had to buy some new sweat pants as the ones I had been wearing are just too tight under my belly and not comfortable.  I found some that should hopefully last me until the end of the pregnancy.  If not then I will be stealing the Chief's PJ pants as I know that those will fit me.

2010

As another year goes by, I think about all the things that have happened in the past year.  I was diagnosed with PCOS which explained my really wonky cycles.  I was put on Metformin which seemed to have done the trick as I got PG on it.  I was able to avoid using Clomid as although it was prescribed to me I didn't need to use it.

I got PG after 15 months of trying.

I also got a permanent job this year.  It took a while, but I am quite happy with what I am doing- teaching English and History among other things.

We both got our licences this year and bought our first car.  We love it.

Found out that my dad had some cancer cells, but also found out that he has a clean bill of health now.

Overall I say that 2010 was a pretty good year for the Chief and I.  Hopefully with the arrival of Baby Spud, 2011 will be even better.

Clothing

Due to boxing day sales, I wanted to check out some of the stores in the mall that sell baby clothes.  One store we looked at all clothing that was very feminine  or very masculine. Another one had clothes similar, but some things that were in the middle of the road.

Despite finding some middle of the road things, the Chief is convinced it is a girl so he bought some very girly things

The Chief bought this for me for Christmas

This is another of the Chief's purchases

He also picked out this set of bibs.

The things I choose were a bit more neutral

I thought this was beary cute.

The one outfit that was actually totally neutral

The next two onesies we choose together.

The Chief's mom is dubbed turtle, so we had to buy this for her.  This started us buying things.

The nursery is painted

My lovely husband The Chief painted the nursery yesterday and did the second coat today.  It looks awesome.

The colour is Goblin. A little different than the one I had originally picked out, but we both didn't like it as much.  So we looked at different ones and saw that this one was called Goblin and we were sold.  Not sure what else we will do on the walls yet.  I think I will wait until the furniture is in.  I know that I want to put in some shelving.  I think I will make all the accents in the room white.

The carpeting is currently pink.  We want to put in a floating floor, but we don't really have time to do so.  In the summer we are hoping to tackle that project ( or if we find it on sale sometime soon).  I currently have  a large brown area rug in my living room which I think I will move into that room in the meantime.  Esp if we end up having a boy, a pink rug is not something I really want.  It will be fine though if we have a girl.  The green does go well with the pink.

Gingerbread House

I usually make a gingerbread house by myself this year, but this year the Chief decided to get in on the action.  Here is what our efforts accomplished.  I bought a premade/ put together one as putting it together can be the hardest thing to do.

We used coarse sugar to make the ground cover.

The chief spent lots of time putting on the "lights"

The Chief wet the side of the roof and sprinkled coarse sugar on top.