Emma Jean: 36 weeks

We have been sick, Jesse's nose is running and he has a drainage cough, Owen got a random 12 hour fever and then mommy and daddy both got a sinus infection that is still lingering around in our noses and chests 6 days later. Then the weather decided to snow us in!  Actually, being that we all were kinda sick it hasn't been bad. Chris looked at me and asked if it was weird that he didn't have cabin fever! Nope! I love being home with my family! Plus we have done a ton of stuff around the house! 

My list of 42 items to do before our sweet girl arrives is down to 11!

The nursery! So close! 90% done! Still need to print pictures for frames, steam curtains, rewire lamps, switch out can light bulbs and the switch and a few other little things! 

Hospital bags have been started!! Emma Jean's diaper bag is ready to go! I am currently washing all my nursing stuff so that I can pack those items into the suitcase! Restocked my toiletry bag and I have a list of last minute items to grab-just need to print it out in case Chris is the one doing the grabbing!

Worked on my closet today. After several pregnancies, I can guess what maternity clothes I do and do not like after giving birth. So, I began packing those up for hopefully a sister or two at some point!! I plan to store a lot at my mom's farm in the guest house! There is even a bin of boy clothes! 

I really need to work on the stuff that is sitting all around the house. I cleaned out the 2 kids rooms (weird to not say "boys rooms") and there is random stuff that needs to go to a bunch of different places. 

The built in is COVERED in junk-Work stuff, kid stuff, just stuff. I need less in my life right now! 

Emma Jean: 35 weeks.

Well, girlie it's the home stretch! Daddy looked at me this week and told me to start packing the hospital bag and today volunteered to pick up groceries and encouraged me to focus on some freezer meals for after your arrival! 

I already have 5 in the freezer, but plan to make a bunch more this week!! I am currently browning some beef and chicken is in the crock pot for shredding later! 

Your nursery is a mess and yet it's so close to being done! I finished sewing my list of items yesterday and then ordered a few things we needed and they will be delivered tomorrow!

I am waiting on some IKEA crib parts in the mail, they better be here this week! Daddy is picking up nails, screws, anchors and lamp parts so we can hang the wall items and curtains.  He is, also, going to rewire my antique lamps from when I was a girl.  

The new shades are purchased and if only we had more time in the days it would be done! 

Daddy found the baby bathtub from the mess we call the basement! I need to wash it so it will be clean for your first bath! I am still needing some of your brothers things and I think they are in one of the buildings out back. Hopefully, this week if it dries out a little we will walk back there and find them. Then, I need to wash everything and put it back and I can officially call it that we are ready for you to come!  

But, no worries little sweetie if you come now we are ready enough!

 

The bassinet and car seat are freshly washed and waiting for you!! Your brothers helped try them out and we are good to go! 

Your Ime (grandmommy on daddy's side) has your coming home outfit ready too!  

35 weeks makes me wonder if you will be here in 3 weeks like your middle brother or in 4 like your oldest or will you continue the trend and come even earlier!! 

No belly picture today I am in Jammies and no make up.  

33 weeks: Emma Jean

Well, time for another brain dump. I mean update! 

Nursery: this is the top priority in my mind right now. Chris is working soooo hard to make it happen.  This week and weekend he with a little help has: added can lights, mudded and sanded the ceiling twice and walls once, primed the ceiling and walls, painted all the trim and doors white again, painted the ceiling twice and 2 coats of PINK paint on the walls.  

Picture dump: 

Lots of furniture to move out!

Love my handy husband!

And helper Boy!

This one just wanted to play on the ladder....

Lots of spots needed attention...overkill? Maybe not for his baby girl!!

Paint color was selected and purchased in hopes of pink on the walls. 

Primed ceiling and walls. 

A happy and tired man starting pink. 

First coat done!

Second coat done! 

Don't ask how I am feeling because I am going to open up the flood gates. There are more complaints than anything these days.  Please skip this paragraph because this is just for my reference: she feels so low I think she (and my insides) may fall out, constantly need to pee (7 times last night), it's hard to roll over, my lower back slipped out of place for 2 days and thankfully was able to twist it back into place and feel better after a day, my right shoulder gets tingling and sore, I have Braxton hicks all through the day and a lot at night-they sometimes take my breath away and they send a pressure feeling to my head, my feet are swelling and my rings are starting to get tight. The past few days have been very rainy and I am hoping it is the pressure, but I am having borderline migraine  headaches. Ok I will stop whining because this precious baby girl is kicking my cervix again and though it hurts it means she is growing and hopefully we are 5 weeks till we meet her!  

As my husband said...I am huge. 33 weeks. 

Emma Jean: 28 weeks

This is a new view for me.

Exercise in the 3rd trimester!! Yes I said it. Exercise and we have entered the home stretch. 10-12 weeks still seems so far away and she better not plan on coming after 40 weeks or be prepared to be cut out! Thankfully, my OB seems very on board for letting us decide what we need near the end. Pending the next ultrasounds results. We have an ultrasound on the 15th to check my placenta and baby girls size. Placenta needs to be out of the way completely and since I have gestational diabetes I don't want to push out a huge baby and we all remember my boys were big!

28 weeks: 

Belly button has popped, Jesse tells me daily how big my belly is, Owen is so ready for sissy and wants her here NOW, I am with him! If she could be here now and healthy I am ready! Ok, nursery and stuff isn't ready, but it could be quickly if needed. I am up 25 pounds and holding steady with my new diet. Low carb no sugar. This will be fun over the holidays....but totally worth it for a healthy baby! 

Mini update

Looking at this photo is sad and exciting for me.  This was Owen's nursery then big boy room for 5 years. It seems like yesterday we were setting up that first crib and hanging those guitars on the wall over it. I plan to have Chris move them to over his bed in the new brother room, but for now they look lonely over the empty bed frame. But I am so excited to have this third baby and still can't imagine life with a little girl! Sure wouldn't have been cheaper to have another boy! Buts it's been fun buying some girl clothes already on clearance! I have the fabric picked out and need to select paint for the walls!!  

I feel crazy with this basement remodel and i don't know where everything is. Right now I am stressing about the chandelier and my 2 antique crystal lamps from my childhood. In good news I saw the bin recently with the breast pump and other newborn items! 

Boys update: 

Owen LOVES his top bunk! The boys giggle in the morning together and so far are pretty good at staying in their beds till I come get them.  

Poor baby Jesse has been battling a horrible diaper rash and it's breaking my heart. 

They played pretty well this morning while I was organizing the soon to be nursery:

They were crazy today, must be the full moon...not that I believe in those things.

But then they have this moment:

And then were fighting and crazy again so bad that we put them to bed over 30 minutes early! 

Bunk beds. And brain dump.

Well. We are on night number 2 of the bunk beds. 1 hour 10 min last night till both were asleep. Jesse did great at nap time only 15 minutes and napped for 3 hours! I got tons done....and now I am paying for it we are an hour 15 in as I type this. Owen is asleep at 45 minutes after getting in trouble for potty words. 

We have reached stage one of reorganization upstairs. Taking 2 boys rooms and closets that were very organized (stuffed FULL of everything imaginable) and merging it into one smaller room is a challenge.  I knew it wasn't all going to fit but it really isn't going to fit. 

I love a good basement find. This is an old bookshelf left in our house when we bought it and it is the perfect size for bins and books! It is very rough, but it will be a great FREE bookshelf for the boys.  One layer of paint to go and then letting it dry and I can get it moved into the boys room!!  

It is weird. These two rooms have changed so much in the past few years. I have decorated 2 nurseries, a little boy room and now a double little boy room!! Next up a little girl nursery. My head is spinning. I am thinking colors, fabrics, furniture placement and how to do it on a  budget as all the extra cash needs to go to the basement renovation. 

This did get designed and ordered!! 

 

The basement renovation. The long talks, the longer waits for sub contractors to show up. The never ending to do list for Chris.  I want to help so bad, but between having two four and under helpers and now a prominent baby bump. Ummm no. There is barely anything I can do. I did organize tools and swept up trash the other day! 

My father-in-law did an amazing thing for me! He refinished a Hoosier cabinet! So my brain is working over time reorganizing my whole kitchen too.  

Someone stop the nesting!! Ok, at least I can now tackle some of the projects! I know I have my hands full.  

One day at a time. Breathe in and out. 

ps: Jesse got in trouble from daddy for kicking the walls...1 hour 35 minutes he is officially asleep. Whew. Over and out! 

Sweet boys!

Jesse had a hard afternoon. He kicked his brother and wouldn't mind me when I was trying to get him to say "no kick". He blatantly said no. 

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We had a hard afternoon. Finally, after time out alone in his room with no pants he said it and was quite distraught. My aunt calls it "the program". Mommy is on the program and it means no funny business. No second chances and it's actually harder for mommy than the kid. 

After he said it I had to help Chris in the basement and Jesse still needed a snuggle. Owen gave him a hug for me and it helped for a minute, by the time I was in the basetment he was crying again.  I called up to Owen and asked him to hug Jesse again. I am not sure how this happened but....this is what I came up the stairs to find.  

Melt this mommy's heart.