But everyone is doing alright. Just in case you were wondering.
1. It’s getting closer to the final countdown. Tomorrow I am officially 32 weeks, less than 60 days away from having a baby. Another baby! OMG! How am I going to keep my sanity!?!
2. I ordered some instagram prints a couple of weeks ago. The first set I got was from stickygram. We all really enjoy having my instagram photos on the refrigerator and I took a couple of them with me to work. It is $15 for a set of nine pictures. I got 3 sets because I have a lot of photos I wanted to print. They turned out really well. The only thing I don’t really like about them is the quality of paper they are printed on. It kind of reminds me of the make your own magnets at home with your standard inkjet printer. I was kind of hoping for the matte photo paper to be stuck to a magnet. Oh well.
3. The other item(s) I ordered with my instagram pictures was from Printstagram. I got the minibooks because I thought it would be neat to have them. And we love them too! It was the first time I’ve gotten registered mail from something I ordered. It came from Taiwan, how cool is that! It took a little bit longer to get than the stickygrams because it was out of country but the quality is pretty much what I expected. They are nice little books with both a plastic back and cover. Ivan likes them because he can sit and look through the photos. And it makes it all the iPhone picture taking worth it because I get to see them more often. Some of my favorite photos of Ivan are on my iPhone.
4. There is another instagram printing source that I want to use to get a 12X12″ canvas made up for Ivan. I just didn’t feel like spending $50 with shipping to get it right now. There is a super cute picture I got of him and his granddaddy on the tractor and Ivan really enjoys looking at the small one on the fridge. So it might become a birthday present for him.
5. I feel like I am on the ball for his birthday too. I’ve already got the deposit down for his party at the little gym this June. And this is only because I really don’t feel like planning anything big with a lot of cleanup with a 1 month old. From what I’m told, they do everything which is awesome. SO worth paying for it to be at some place.
6. I’ve been making a lot of baby hats lately and not for my upcoming baby either. My coworker wanted a set of owl hats for her (once she’s married into the family) niece and nephew that were born at 24 weeks in November. They both are home now and about the size of newborns so newborn pictures are scheduled for this weekend (I think). I think they turned out super cute.
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7. Ivan has been sleeping in his big boy room for about a few weeks now. I am super proud of myself (and Ben) for refurbishing the iron bed frame I found on craigslist last summer for $35. It was a lovely poopie brown color, now it is a nice ivory. And it is outfitted with lightening mcqueen sheets. My mom got the comforter/quilt for Ivan from pottery barn kids. I wanted something that wasn’t character oriented so it could last longer and up until his teen years. I really like the quilt a lot. I wish I had one for my bed.
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8. Ivan has been potty trained for about 2 months now. And I’m talking full up potty trained. He rarely wets the bed and he’ll just go into the bathroom to go potty on his own. I’ve not had to change a dirty diaper since January. And I’ll tell you something, it is super nice. It is a lot easier to wipe his hiney than to change a dirty diaper. And trust me when I say I am fully prepared to change baby diapers in May it is just very different changing a newborn’s diaper than a toddlers.
9. Ben’s birthday is this Saturday, he requested a pineapple upside down cake. Well I found a recipe from betty crocker to make it for his birthday party.
10. And what is the birthday boy getting? A grill. And he knows it. It isn’t what I had planned but I know he’ll enjoy it a lot.
I do have some other smaller gifts to give him, but the grill is his big gift.
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my best gift is you guys
I just got around to these after having them on my computer for over six months now. Better late than never right? If you want to see more of them you should be friends with me on facebook.
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And now it’s Monday. Bring on the week!
Ivan loves his Sasha.
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It’s hard to imagine that I was pregnant with him just three years ago. Right now that seems a lifetime away, as being pregnant with the next one kind of makes me focus more on being pregnant with her than clearly remembering being pregnant with Ivan. Some things I can clearly remember with Ivan, I was continually pushing feet down from my ribs. To then have those feet move back up. I remember “loosing” my ankles around week 37/38. I was so sad, I love my ankles.
I really thought he was going to be born sooner than he was, it felt like things were gearing up around the end of May. Some mild cramping, but then it just stopped. So going in to be induced kind of scared me. I was hearing all sorts of things that pitocin makes laboring overall worse. I did end up getting an epidural, which I LOVED! Really the minor pain of a needle in my back was so worth the relief that the pain medication provided.
Because he wasn’t dropping I ended up with a C-section. I had a momentary panic when they came to wheel me away into the surgery room. Ben and Jennifer had just left to put some stuff in the car and I was so scared Ben wouldn’t be able to find me. Literally I had a hard time wrapping my head around that concept.
I still remember the anesthesiologist asking if I could feel them poke me with the needle to see if I was numb enough. I had thoughts flash through my head that I would feel everything while they took him out. It is kind of surreal to have your body jiggle and move to which you can’t see it or feel it but you know it’s happening because you feel the table move. What also stinks is having your arms strapped to the table too. Well once he was born I just remember a baby being shoved in my face, they took him and weighed him and once last shove in the face and Ben and Ivan were out of the room. They stitched me back up. To which I heard the doctor complain that they should have called sooner because he was making dinner. I thought I had a bit more time too, because there were 3 other women a head of me. I will say once the medicine wore off, they gave me a morphine drip. It did nothing, until I finally got some Loritabs later. But the pain was miserable.
The wait was equally as miserable. I stayed in the recovery room for a good 2 hours instead of the 45 minutes it should take to get me up there. The nurses in the recovery room said I didn’t have a room. While all along Ben and Jennifer were waiting for me to come up.
I finally get to the room and I remember the nurse telling me I had to nurse Ivan right then and there. I’m like can I wait a few minutes. Well nope they like to keep a record of all the times the baby eats. And poops. And sleeps.
So with that, I hope this labor/delivery goes smoother. A lot less bumps in the road. Because 3 years from now I hope to feel just as in love with this baby/kid as I do with my Mister. And that all the trouble it is to have a baby feels worth it. Because I know it is but it’s not always as clear how you feel and what your kid will be like. But this little smile melts my heart every time. And I can’t wait for this little girl to do the same.
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Ivan, I hope you see all this one day. No mom loved her little boy more than yours.
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You don’t know me, but my heart hurts so much for you all right now. My family is so much like yours, and oh, it is so unfair and so wrong for this to happen to you. I wish I could do something tangible to help. I wish I could make things unhappen. It may not mean anything, but I’m holding you all in my heart and my thoughts and my prayers.
My heart is breaking for this beautiful family right now. I can’t even begin to imagine the pain you all are feeling. I didn’t know you personally but have mutual friends and ever since I have heard about what happened I can’t get it off of my mind. I pray that you can find peace and comfort during this difficult time.
Ben & Ivan:
I’m so sorry for your loss. Natalie worked in my org at NASA, and I’m sure I’ve seen her but didn’t know her personally. It breaks my heart to read this and know of the loss of her and your baby girl/sister. I can’t even imagine what you and your family are feeling at this time, but hold on to the memories you had. Her words and her pictures, even here on this page, will be a lasting memory.
You don’t know me either, but I heard about your loss and wanted to say that I’m praying for your beautiful family. Something a friend told me shortly after I lost my son a couple of years ago that’s both true and was, for me, reassuring: eventually you will have good days, and eventually the good days will start to outnumber the bad. Blessings and love to you all.