33 Week Survey

How far along? 33 weeks
Sleep: Not sleeping much still
Best moment this week: Getting my cloth diapers prepped and clothes/blankets washed!
Movement: Lots of movements but not as many kicks
Symptoms: Tired, leg cramps, tons of bruises on my legs 
Symptoms I DON'T have: hmm. not sure
Food cravings: lots of fruit, jello, starbursts, pastries
Food aversions: pork, ham
Gender: Boy! :)
Belly Button in or out? pretty flat still
What I miss: running! Really can't wait to start running again.
What I am looking forward to: finishing up work and the summer!
Milestones: Less than 50 days left :)
Size of Baby:

Weekly Belly Picture:

Cloth Diaper Prepping

I decided to begin the process of prepping my cloth diapers yesterday.  After tons of laundry I am happy to say they are done!

For the covers, all that was involved was washing once with 1/4 of the detergent, then air drying. This was the easiest part.

I chose to use Arm and Hammer Free Essentials detergent because it was the only 4 star detergent on the cloth diaper detergent chart that I could find in Stonewall.   Luckily it's not too expensive.

Prepping the hemp inserts was a little bit more involved.  I was supposed to wash them 4-8 times using hot water and 1/4 of the recommended detergent. Because they are a natural fibre they need to be washed this many times to remove the natural oils so that they don't coat the diaper covers and then in turn repel liquids.  To speed up this process I was told to boil them.

So first I washed and dried the inserts once.  This resulted in a lot of lint! I was not expecting that so was a bit worried I had ruined my inserts already.

They turned out to be ok though.  Next I boiled them with a little bit of detergent for 30 minutes.  I had to do 2 batches because I have 24 inserts and they wouldn't all fit into the pot.

I then washed and dried them twice more in a hot water wash. They are just drying right now and then they will be fully usable.  

I am really glad I decided to tackle this job today because now they are usable and it's one more thing off of my to-do list! While I was at it I also washed all the newborn clothes and sheets and blankets. I feel much more prepared now :)

32 Week Survey

How far along? 32 weeks
Sleep: Not sleeping much at all
Best moment this week: Having my baby shower :)
Movement:Not too many big kicks just lots of little movements
Symptoms: getting lots of pulled and sore muscles especially in my stomach... my back/hips are feeling better but I have been going to the chiropractor twice a week.
Symptoms I DON'T have: hmm. not sure
Food cravings: lots of fruit, jello, starbursts
Food aversions: pork, ham
Gender: Boy! :)
Belly Button in or out? pretty flat still
What I miss: running! Really can't wait to start running again.
What I am looking forward to: finishing up work in 6 weeks
Milestones: Not any big milestones
Size of Baby:

Weekly Belly Picture:

Baby Shower!

So my sister threw me a baby shower on Saturday.  It was pretty nice and I got tons of awesome gifts! It was fun to see everyone and even though it started out all rainy, it got quite a bit nicer throughout the day.  We played a few games that Jess thought of and I got to wear a new dress.

 

Starting to play pin the sperm on the egg haha.

Final Results:

Giving my sister a spin:

Opening gifts!

The frog hat Jess got me haha:

Here are the gifts that I got...

From Alex (Tuck's girlfriend):

A book (Goodnight Moon and a really fluffy receiving blanket)

From Bonnie and Brooklyn:

A Winnie the Pooh bouncer!

Really nice flowers from Tommy's mom that got there right before the shower :)

All of the gifts in the crib when I got home:

And then spread out all over the baby room floor....

From Tommy's brother Daniel, pretty cool:
A Ninja turtle onesie and a hat

and the back:

From grandma glenda:
A really nice homemade crocheted blanket and some pretty cute outfits!

From Meghan:
Pretty awesome activity mat , adorable outfits and bib :)

From my darling sister Jess:
Some cute/funny outfits, nail clippers, covers for the carseat and a pacifier thermometer

From Haley
A super cute basketball outfit!

From Shelley
A few adorable outfits and a baby backpack :)

From Debbie:
Super cute duck, shoes and outfit and she has also made us a quilt... super nice!

From Kristyn:
A pretty cute toy :)

And from the bestie Laura:
Adorable fish onesie and matching pants and a cute bib!

From auntie Lori:
Some really adorable outfits, and the baby bullet that I got earlier

From Steph:
Baby hangers, diaper creme, a bib, a babyfood cookbook, a teether, sippy cup, nailclippers, cute turtle shoes, baby food trays

From Roberta:
baby food trays in 3 sizes, a teether, pacifiers, and diaper liners for our cloth diapers :)

And from my mom:
"annoying songs" according to her hahaha thanks mom, and an music aquarium for the crib

And she also had the craft I made tucker at work framed for the baby room :)
(also I know the pic is upside down but I'll have to fix it at home haha)

I feel very lucky with all of the awesome gifts I have gotten!!!! Now just to organize it all :)

31 Week Survey

How far along? 31 weeks
Sleep: Not sleeping much but I feel ok still not too tired
Best moment this week: Having my baby shower :)
Movement: More rolling around than actual kicks
Symptoms: lower back is hurting and my feet are swelling a bit
Symptoms I DON'T have: hmm. not sure
Food cravings:  lots of fruit still, jello
Food aversions: pork, ham
Gender: Boy! :)
Belly Button in or out? pretty flat still
What I miss: running! Really can't wait to start running again.
What I am looking forward to: warmer weather in May, walks, finishing up work in 6 weeks
Milestones: Not any big milestones
Size of Baby:

Weekly Belly PIcture:

Cute cute cute!

We have gotten quite a few gifts lately which has been very exciting!

An awesome science onesie from Laura that I love!

From Bruce and Rhonda a bunch of really awesome cute stuff!

Little North Face winter booties:

A fleece outfit:

Some washcloths, adorable socks and mitts!

And little baby onesies :)

Tommy's mom also got us a few really nice things. A rocking chair that I am going to appreciate late at night I'm sure:

And also a pack n play that has a change table on it. So awesome :) Can't wait to go camping with the baby.

And just because.... we went to the forks today with Ralphie and did some geocaching which was really fun and a very nice day. Ralph got so much attention it was insane! He is just too cute. Now he is exhausted and passed out haha.