Paula & Tiffany...

Cheryl_W · #1 July 16th, 2010, 06:39 AM

... you girls are the last two grads left to pop before me! Tiffany, you're set to go in less than a week... Paula, 18 days to go for you I believe. Wow, we're all getting so close! In fact, you two could go at any time!!!

Are you getting excited? What baby stuff do you still have to do? Are you anxious to find out the gender, Paula? Do you have names picked out? Tiffany, have you been bouncing on your exercise ball?

I'm so excited for all of us, there is a big break in the baby boom after us so we have to do all the girls proud! And then the BIG boom in the fall!!

I wanna see some updates! I know you're uncomfortable, but darnit lets see some belly pics! Here's my most recent one...

Note the wedding rings around my neck instead of my finger... Lousy hot weather, making my hands swell up! LOL

28 days to go!!!

pthree · #2 July 16th, 2010, 11:14 AM

I cannot believe we're all ready to go soon!! It seems like just yesterday I discovered I was pregnant at 4 weeks, now I'm 37+3! Woah!

As far as stuff I still have to do, I just had my shower last weekend so I have my 10% off from Target & Babies R Us coupons to use on stuff left for my registry. I need to make a list of stuff I need right now that I didn't get, and go get it! This is stuff like swaddling blankets and a breast pump (I go back to work after 6 weeks, boo!). I need more clothes (which I've never heard anyone say before, usually people get lots of clothes!!) because no one bought any since we don't know the gender. I guess that's a big downfall, but on the bright side, money spent on clothes went to other stuff off our registry!

I've got the last load of blankets and burp cloths in the dryer as we speak. Whew. The nursery is totally ready - the last thing we had to do was not really necessary, we wanted to buy some little things to put on the shelves - but we got some cute books and toys at the shower that look great on the shelves, problem solved!!

We had the car seat installed at the police station on Wednesday. I'm glad we had them show us how, because I would've been clueless.

I am DYING to find out the gender. I think it's going to be a boy. I originally thought girl, because before I knew I was pregnant I had a dream I was breastfeeding a daughter, but I think my husband has successfully pulled me to the boy-side

Everyone else thinks it's a girl! We do have names picked out. If it's a boy, he'll be named after DH - Matthew Charles, but we'll call him Charlie. If it's a girl, Avery Mae!

I will post some belly & nursery pics later. I have to change out of my pajamas first, haha!!

Cheryl, your bump is so cute!! I'm sorry your fingers are swollen

Mine only get swollen at night - I'll wake up to pee and discover that my ring finger hurts and struggle for 5 minutes to get my ring off until morning.

What do you have left to do?? Are you a planner or a procrastinator (like me!)?

I can't wait to meet our LOs!!

ETA: I still have NO signs of labor. No BHs, no mucus plug, NOTHING. What are you waiting for, baby?!

Cheryl_W · #3 July 16th, 2010, 11:26 AM

Paula, I'm both LOL - I have a great big plan of everything that needs to be done, how, and when, but sadly I get very little of it done on time because I procrastinate on everything. I still have shopping to do, too, and I *still* haven't packed my hospital bag! LOL I'm totally supposed to be done that by now! What can I say though, I didn't even register at the hospital until I was like 34+3 or 4 or something LOL - It is only my backup place, we're still planning the home birth, so while it was necessary it wasn't really a priority, you know?

Baby laundry is so cute though... The last load of little onesies and jeans I did

- that was SO the cutest load of wash I've ever done! LOL

And you're right about the clothes, you get WAY more knowing the gender - BUT we got a lot of hand me downs before the shower, which is how we ended up with so much. We didn't have that many people at our shower, and most people didn't get very much - those that did got us things like disposable diapers (we'll be using cloth after the first month), bottles and formula (I'm hoping to EBF), and other miscellanious things that we didn't want.

Then again, I had a registry, but my sister didn't tell anyone about it when she sent out invites, so of COURSE we didn't get anything we asked for! LOL

CandaceDianne · #4 July 16th, 2010, 06:02 PM

SO excited for you girls!!!

Cheryl, you look fantastic!!!

tiffanys · #5 July 17th, 2010, 12:01 PM

I'm here! Sorry, the last two days have been really busy! We are trying to finish tying up loose ends around here so that everything is done before Fisher comes! Dh is taking me on a date tonight, which I am really excited about!
I have been having lots of cramping over the past couple of days and TONS more pressure down there! I feel like Fisher has defintely dropped some more! I am also losing tons of mucous and spotting each time I use the bathroom now, so something is definitely going on in there!
I can't believe the three of us are getting so close to meeting our little ones!

Here is a belly pic from today, 39 weeks 2 days!

fromustobaby · #6 July 17th, 2010, 12:31 PM

Tiffany,
sounds veryt very promising...that was me in the 2 days before Kaiden came...
You have someone updating for you right?

MarinaAndCharlie'sMommy · #7 July 17th, 2010, 12:44 PM

Yay for updates! Can't wait for this mini-baby boom to begin! You girls look great!

tiffanys · #8 July 17th, 2010, 06:48 PM

Tonya-I actually don't have anyone to update for me! If anyone would like to volunteer, I'd be glad to exchange numbers so I can text an update for you girls! I guess in all the madness, I've forgotten about someone to update JM for me, lol!