32 Weeks

We have arrived at the 8 month mark! YAY! Eight more weeks until Baby King arrives!
I'm ecstatic to be done with work soon. After a week off for Ski Week, I feel rested and ready to power through until April 9th.

Jeremy and I went to Orange County over the weekend for my family/family-friends baby shower hosted by my wonderful Aunt Julie and cousin Alina. Once again, I was spoiled rotten! Our car was stuffed to the ceiling with wonderful gifts for Baby King. Here are a few photos:

Elisa and sister-in-law Kim

The King brothers stopped by to say hi.

Aunt Julie, Betty Ann, Sandy, Michelle, Elisa, & Mary Erin

Michelle  a.k.a. "Nonna" and Elisa

Shower hostesses, Cousin Alina and Aunt Julie

Nice and pregnant! :)

We begin our Childbirth series of classes at Marin General Hospital this Wednesday night. It will become our Wednesday night ritual through March. We are also counting down the days until our trip to Bernardus Lodge in Carmel in 2 weekends! And, we have two more baby showers to look forward to on the second weekend of March with all of my Northern California friends, family, and family-friends. I'm excited that my mom will also come up for a 3-day weekend to celebrate!

Besides that, I had my 32 week appointment this morning. The baby is almost 17 inches and almost 4 pounds! I'm up another 3 pounds for a total of 19....and my maternity clothes are starting to fit a little "better" :)

Have a great week!

Nursery Favorites

As I'm organizing, washing, and finding places for our new items in the nursery, I'm getting so excited! I thought I'd share some of my nursery favorites:

1.) Under the Nile burp cloths
Soft, thick, & organic...perfect burp cloths!

2.) Kicky Pants bamboo footie pajamas
Adorable and soft for a newborn.

3.) Clouds and Stars organic zipper sheets
So easy to use! These are going to be a lifesaver.

4.) Weego glass bottles
Healthy, non-breakable, & cute!

5.) Tourance baby blanket
SOOOOOOOOO soft!

6.) Rikshaw crib bedding
Darling....

7.) Bambinoland washcloths
Thick, soft, and amazing!

8.) Under the Nile hooded kimono
Adorable!

9.) Halo swaddle sack
Perfect for our newborn :)

10.) Organic Grace crib mattress
Non-toxic and pure organic cotton & wool makes for a perfect crib mattress.

Happy Wednesday!

30 Weeks

The countdown has begun- 10 weeks until my due date! I am very thankful to be done with work in 8 weeks-- being on my feet all day and dealing with challenging teenagers is becoming more and more exhausting!

I had a WONDERFUL time at my first baby shower in OC last weekend, hosted by Allie and Steph. I was spoiled by all of my girlfriends and their moms! SO MUCH FUN :)

29 weeks

My mom and I with my new Uppa stroller!

The girls!

Jeremy and I are feeling the clock ticking and are definitely in "baby mode" i.e. on an organizing and cleaning rampage! The crown molding and chair rail in the nursery have been installed and painted. It looks great! Our mattress arrives this week and now we are attempting to find room for all of our new baby gear.

We went on our hospital tour of the maternity ward today at Marin General-- beautiful hospital with all large, private rooms. It looks like it will be perfect.

For some reason my food aversion is back in my third trimester-- very strange. So I'm back to eating grilled cheese sandwiches and apples when nothing else sounds good. Very annoying to my hungry husband. On the good side, it means he can eat red meat whenever he wants! :)

I had my 30 week appointment last week. All is well. Dr. Voss told me that I am measuring exactly average. Besides the upper back pain that hits late in the afternoon, I'm cruising right along. I'll start meeting with some of the other doctors in the next few visits since the chance of Dr. Voss delivering me if I go into labor is 1 out of 7. If I need to be induced, I will definitely have her. My weight gain is up to 16 lbs. and she's warned me that number may double in the next 10 weeks as the baby only weighs 3 lbs right now!

30 weeks

Sleeping through the night is long gone. I'm lucky if I get 3-4 straight hours. I guess this is supposed to prepare me for my future sleepless nights with a newborn?!


Enjoy your weekend and Happy Valentines Day!