4 Weeks Old

My baby is 4 weeks old already! Geepers!

Adelle is Growing!
She is incredibly adorable, I know I am biased, and I LOVE spending time with her. She likes to cuddle and be held. The only time this is not a great thing is at night when Brian and I are super tired. She will fall asleep in our arms and then 5 minutes after we put her in her crib she will start crying. That is annoying but we start the process all over again. What can you do?


She likes playing on her play mat. She is still figuring out what to do - with Mommy's help - but she will flail her arms and hit one of the toys. Then she looks shocked because she doesn't know what happened then she'll smile while I am saying, "good girl" in a sing-song voice and try to do it again. I think Friday she hit the toys a few times!!!


Speaking of smiling, she is doing it more often and we really don't think it has anything to do with gas - YAY! I just love, love, love her little smiles and can't wait until she starts to giggle! I wonder what it will sound like?


Adelle is also super curious about everything around her. She will hold her head up for extended periods of time looking around and tracking movement. No kidding! Brian was standing behind me, about 2 feet away from Adelle, and she was tracking him as he moved from one side to the other. She will also try to mimic the faces we make which is really adorable when she has a hard time figuring out how to make the face! :)

Yesterday was not only the day Addie turned 4 weeks old, it was the first day that Brian and I went out on a date - for longer than an hour - without her! Boy was that sad and scary and all I wanted to do was call to make sure things were going well and get home and scoop her up and love her! Brian's work had their holiday party yesterday, a Murder Mystery dinner, and we went while Sharon watched Adelle. It was strange having Sharon come over then tell her where the bottles, bath items, changes of clothes, and diapers are! IT was also strange telling her what Adelle likes and doesn't like, and if she starts to fuss, try this - she raised two kids of her own, she knows how to do it! But it was the first time I left my sweet girl with someone for more than an errand! It was hard, but we made it through the dinner and everyone asking how I was holding up. I am not sure when we'll do that again but it is nice to know that we have a plethora of skilled loved ones in our lives who are willing to look after her!

I wonder what new things she'll learn this week?!

36 Weeks = So Sleepy... Again!

I've read all of the books and my friends who have children have all told me that once you hit 30 weeks, the sleepiness will come back with a vengeance! Well, it has! Last night I went to bed and I only got up twice to go to the bathroom!! Twice! I usually get up three, four, even five times! AAAND, to top it all off I got up around 9:15am which I haven't been able to do in years! Good lord I felt rested but lazy at the same time. I must have needed it though so in the end, I really didn't care.

It also helped that once Brian got up we ran errands. We went to BRU (Babies R Us) to pick up the other car seat base in case I go into labor sooner than later. We also visited a store we got a gift card for called Peapods. It's in St. Paul and is eco friendly. It has lots of toys/products that are organic too. We are going to save the GC for now and use it later. THEN we went to the MOA (Mall of America) and walked around. While we were there we picked up ice cube trays for water bottles. I have needed them for my sig water bottle for a while now, and am very happy we got them.

When we finally got home, I was so tired that I took a nap. It was GREAT!! I wonder... what will tomorrow bring?!

Adelle is growing:
Adelle is gaining about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon - what is that?!) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy hair that covered her body, as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath (which is something I hear will help my eczema). Next week, your baby will be considered full-term. Most likely she's in a head-down position which is what we want! Just 28 days left!

34 Weeks = Soooo Sleepy!

Today I celebrate the fact that I am 34 weeks into my pregnancy. I have done everything I can thus far to make sure that our little girl is happy and healthy in there. I have been eating a lot of fruits and veggies and trying to stay away from sweets but figure moderation is the key. I had also been walking more at school but as of this last week I have decided to put that on hold until I talk with my doctor on Monday. If I walk a lot I start to get a pressure below my belly. This pressure sometimes hurts and I have to either stop walking, sit, or sometimes I can get away with walking REALLY, REALLY slowly! I don't think there is anything wrong, I just think it's my body's way of telling me, "YOU'RE 8 months pregnant - WTH are you doing?!" We'll see what our doctor says though.

Another thing that has caught me off guard is the fact that I have become more sleepy. I mean, I could probably go to bed around 7p and sleep until my alarm goes off around 6a. For instance, I got home last night around 7p and was fighting to stay awake the rest of the night. Finally around 8:45p I decided I just needed to go to bed. It was wonderful and I feel great! All I hope is that no matter how tired I get, I hope I feel great after I wake up. That would be just fine with me!

Adelle is growing:
Adelle now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder (which is adorable as a baby). Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. Just 42 days left!

Classes - Number 3

I was COMPLETELY tired and didn't really want to go to this weeks' class. I was worried that I would fall asleep during class and didn't want to snore or drool in front of people I don't really know. You read right - drool. Now that I am pregnant, it seems that I sleep really hard and drool. Every night, all night - it's annoying.

Anyway, we talked about 10 things that could challenge the hospital workers and worry us - the ladies who are pregnant. One of them was, "You are due in 2 1/2 weeks. Your partner is in Canada on a fishing trip and you feel a gush of water down your legs. What do you do?" To this question and some of the others I wanted to say, "Call the doctor - what else would you do?!" There was one that intrigued me though, "You are 2 1/2 weeks PAST your due date. You go to your doctor to discuss a plan. What would that plan be?"

Now, I don't care when she comes as long as she's healthy. I know that is cliche and that women have told me that I will hate being pregnant AFTER my due date, but I have to be honest. I don't care when she comes as long as she's healthy. Sure I might be uncomfortable, sure I might want to hold her a lot and generally want her here, but I have been waiting a long time to become a Mom and now that I am I just want her to be safe. So you can tell me all you want that I will hate being pregnant that long, but I will argue that point as YOU hated being pregnant that long.

I digress.

I was wondering what the doctor would do if I came in 2 weeks past my due date. I know that it would all depend on how our little girl is doing, but it was interesting, and comforting, to hear what they would do.

We also talked about c-sections and watched a video of one. The little baby being born looked like she was being thrown around but the nurse informed us that it's normal for babies to look/move like that while being pulled out. Yikes!

All in all it was a pretty good class because I got to hear about c-sections without getting a picture in my head, which is what happens when I read about them. We also got a virtual tour of the facilities as tours have been stopped due to H1N1. This wasn't great but I am glad she told us where to go.

I am really looking forward to our next class because a pediatrician will be there along with another doctor to answer any questions we have and to talk about their rolls after the baby is born. This, I think, will be quite informative!

23 Weeks = School Starts

SO I am a little late in updating the blog because school has started and I get exhausted really easily... I'm pregnant people!!!

Anyway, we started our 23rd week by relaxing on Sunday the 6th and doing some running around with Maria. Then yesterday, Labor Day, we had to go to David's Bridal to pick up my dress for Angie's wedding. I was not too thrilled about going back to that place because I haven't gotten good service when I've been there - excluding my last time there, that guy was AWESOME.

I had to go because the dress I was going to wear for the wedding didn't fit. I went in about two, maybe three weeks ago and asked the guy what we could do because I had JUST found out I was pregnant when I got the dress and wasn't aware that certain parts of me would get this big (and I am not talking about my belly). He said, "Oh sure we'll just exchange it! What size do you need?" Well, I wasn't sure so he had me try on two different sizes and even brought out the alterations lady to take a look and give her opinion. We settled on a size and ordered it. It was going to come in any day.

I went to pick it up and wanted to try it on to make sure it fit. The lady had to look for my dress for like, 15 minutes. Then she came out and seemed put off by the fact that I wanted to try it on. I tried it on but couldn't zip it (in the back - go figure) so Brian tried and couldn't zip it. NOT BECAUSE OF MY SIZE THOUGH it was because there was a fabric change and it had always gotten caught up there. We waited for our lady to return but she never did so I asked a different lady to help and she said she'd be right over. During that time I asked Brian to work on it again and he got it! Then I had to go and bend over to try to pick up some shoes and "RIP!!!" the zipper split!

I am SO glad it happened there!

Long story a tad shorter, I had to pick it up and it was fine. They fixed it for free and I am glad that I will never have to go there again!!! When you get married Maria, I am going to buy my dress somewhere else!

After all of that, today was the first day of school! I have 34 kids and I am exhausted and am going to bed! It was a fantastic day and I am luck to have the kids I have!!

Adelle is growing:
Adelle can feel me dance and move! And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), I may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb. Hopefully that is true because I don't want her to be afraid of Zack or Zoey!! Only 116 days left!