Week 26

thats our little baby girl getting bigger by the minute!
so tying shoes.....not happening without a lot of grunting, bending over is not fun or easy
i spend most of my day walking around with my shoe untied becuase i can't reach it
so i can not wait for summer when flip flops and moo-moos are it!
basically becky can't do anything without grunting or being totally out of breath.
babies new favorite past time, lets kick mommy in her diaphragm and the bladder especially when she is teaching a class!
bec will be sitting there talking or drinking and WOW MAMA a little fist goes right into her diaphragm and she losses all breath....
very entertaining for people sitting around
this weeks stories:
bec is not diabetic....the baby's heart beat has a really fun rhythm that sounds like she has a drum set in there (taking after dad and starting a band early on)
bec goes back to the doc's to get a RH negative shot don't know if i can explain it....so click on the words and find the definition, nothing bad fairly normal just another thing to do and think about
we did go to our first lamaze class......and that was interesting......
the boys (i say that rather than men for a reason) were separated from the wives
the teacher asked both groups to come up with a list of likes and dislikes about the pregnancy
doesn't sound bad so far, the behind the scenes look:
bec hears:
i like my hair it is shiny
i like buying things and my boyfriend has bought 33 pairs of shoes
i don't like people touching me - i am going to start charging people a dollar for every belly grab
aaron hears:
her boobs are bigger
the house is getting cleaned
i don't like the shopping
we can't have fun anymore

the teacher somehow takes all these likes and dislikes and thinks we are talking about sex......really we are looking at a very odd group of people to put in a room together and it was only the first day aaron and i tried to participate but we felt sitting there quietly and listening was a better option
oh the stories
on the home front:
still working on the house SURPRISE!
but we have made progress aaron and grandpa paul have been busy dealing with the fact the house is not level in attempts to build us some bookshelves
when done it will be great but its one odd measurement after another
grandpa paul has been wonderful and has been working on wiring and filling in HUGE holes in our walls
grandma charlotte has been over at the house sanding and mudding walls, patching holes, and painting so soon we will have a dining room!
grandma charlotte came with me to the last doc appointment so she could hear her little grandbaby's heart beat
only three more months!
think that's all for now the only thing happening is the belly is growing lots!
oh another little side story frankie has been attached to becky like velcro, like white on rice, like.....a cat that really likes a warm body to sit on
its funny but no matter where i am or what i am doing she is right next to me meowing and wanting my lap......
so this is a picture of a typical night in our house
she wraps herself around my belly and gets grumpy when baby decides to kick! (like its my fault)
the other thing we have learned is that baby only kicks when it is quiet, so when i am at school she is super quiet but when i try to sleep she is stretching and yawning karate style!


MAY 19 2007 3-8 CLEVELAND BABY BBQ!

week 25 and we are melting!!!!

thar she blows! yup thats the belly
took this picture this morning before work
my daily morning routine has shifted slightly because it now takes me almost twenty minutes to put on a pair of tights, but i do like wearing tights (holds the belly up) and about ten minutes to tie my shoes, not to mention the thirty five layers one must wear in order to survive the minus degree temperatures........
and since bec finds the weather almost more interesting than the pregnancy lets just say yesterday it was 45 degrees...which means the cat still won't go out unless you provide her with a canoe and those four feet of snow are melting into smaller versions of lake erie........
now that i have gotten my fascination with the weather out of the way
THE BABY:
well she is kickin' alot which means i am down to a few hours of sleep a night and alot of tossing and turning because of course she likes to kick when mom's sleeping. i went out for mexican food the other day with my friend moe which was lots of fun but i have learned that eating spicy food gives her hiccups....aaron found this amusing as my belly jumped from one place to the next.
aaron has taken to talking to her lots which gets her kickin' and doing somersaults......
did you know that in the star fish family the males have the babies?

little baby girl is doing well we are still thinkin' up names but have narrowed them down to:
sloan : lena
i am sure tomorrow we will have five new ones picked out but we have time so there is no rush
there is a rush on the house though as we only have three more months to go and bec can't bend over very well anymore so this is were we are at:
going to start building the bookshelves in the living room this weekend - which means all the books and that is A LOT of books can be moved downstairs - which means the computer can be moved into aaron's studio - which means the nursery can be painted!
see there is a plan for all this madness
the dining room is coming along still sanding the walls but should be done this weekend so its a matter of paint
started priming the dresser/changing table
ordered the nursery glider (which is yellow corduroy) will get a picture when it comes in takes 6 to 8 weeks to order!
we start our birthing classes next sunday and get a tour of the hospital
it is amazing to think in four months we will have a little baby girl!
aaron has been busy staring at the sky picturing his life as a daddy
he put together her first little radio flyer over the weekend!




i think that's it for this week once again mark your calender
MAY 19, 2007 3pm-8pm BABY BBQ SHOWER AND PICNIC!!!!!

Week 24 - winter of our content !

lets see......we did not write anything for week 23 of baby development but...all is good she is kickin' and punchin' and she is growing. she is about a foot long and is getting chubby! so is momma as you can see tying shoes is becoming a task and bec keeps walking into walls because she can not figure out how big she is, which is amusing to everyone but bec.

lots of things have happened the past two weeks so lets begin the stories.
papa aaron played in his country band on saturday night which was lots of fun we stayed out until 3:00 am which for bec is way way past her bed but as soon as aaron got up on stage and starting playing little baby girl starting kickin' to the beat of the songs, so she has rhythm! that sunday we went to IKEA and bought the cutest little night light but mostly we bought things to help organize our little house. speaking of our little house.......we got covered in SNOW!

it started snowing yesterday (tuesday) and finally stopped snowing but not until 4 feet of snow covered us! which was okay because aaron and bec both had snow days....

which means aaron became a snow bunny trying to find our cars and bec sanded the walls in the dining room, and started priming the walls! soon we will have a house with actual rooms!
SAVE THE DATE:
May 19 SHOWER!
this will not be a typical baby shower think bbq chicken, bocce ball, and a keg . this shower is co-ed and everyone is invited to help us celebrate our little baby girl before our life is completely altered and you will never see us again unless we have a diaper or drool on shoulder.

aaron is reading a new book : the baby owner's manual
bec is reading: Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom

the nursery: still working on the nursery have some new ideas to bring to the old ideas. instead of painting a tree with leaves what about cut out pieces of wallpaper for leaves? so if anyone has any good, bad or ugly wallpaper send it our way

think that is all for the moment just working on the house, working at our jobs.....enjoy the winter wonder land pictures.

lake erie!