We have been keeping this baby busy over the past couple of weeks! Both of us wrapped up school on Friday, and Jason turned in his last projects and papers for the quarter. Phew! All three of us are ready for the time off! We went to the midwife yesterday, and everything with baby is right on track (she said we are doing a great job! yay!). We met Shana for our 31 week appointment, the last midwife we hadn't met, and she was great. She said the midwives have been able to attend 2/3 of their births, and the moms who have delivered with OBs have been very happy with their experience. That made us feel much better about our decision to stay at Evergreen. Phew! So far, so good. She also reassured us about some birth plan-type things (all routine tasks are delayed with baby for the first hour of her life so that we can bond with her! We knew we picked Evergreen for a reason!). She also said baby is head down, and was able to help us poke some body parts. No wonder I've been feeling her a lot on my right side, because that is where her feet are! There is still room for her to move around, but we're hopeful that she is cooperative and stays in the chute ready for take off for the next 2 months. She has been especially active for the last week or so. Pretty soon she will be too big to move around (she's probably about 3.3 pounds right now!). We're at the point now where we start going to the midwives every 3 weeks...that means we are getting close!
Here are some things we've been up to:
Aunt Becky came for a visit! We took her to check out the Bellevue Botanical Garden lights and Snowflake Lane at Bellevue Square. Jack is the perfect age (5) for this stuff, and it's super fun for us to see how excited he gets! We had to find every single animal at BBG!
Last Saturday we went to Greenlake for the annual Luminary Walk. We were happy that it wasn't pouring like last year! All 2.8 miles of the path are lined with candles, musicians, and people decked out in light-up holiday attire.
Then Jason and I headed to his cohort's Ugly Christmas Sweater party. We were kinda deficient in the ugly Christmas sweaters, so we had to make do. Yes, my belly shakes like a bowl full of jelly.
On Sunday we headed to the T's for a pre-holiday get together. They just got back from Kauai, luckeeeee. Mark made a delicious lunch, and then we all headed to the theater to see Arthur Christmas, which was super cute!
Maggie and I...she's off to high school next year, yikes!
30 Weeks
Our new carseat! Thanks, T's! We immediately had to try out every single feature and read the manual cover to cover. Luckily they have a few babies around their house. :) We love the "cowmooflage" pattern!
This weekend, Mom, Rachel, Kenley and I zipped to Orinda for a quick visit. We were very thankful to go down and see everyone, especially Grandma who was recently home from a visit to the hospital. We were sure anxious to give her some love! Kenley is becoming an experienced flyer. She loves to go on the airplane (mostly because she knows it means ipad and snacks!!). We mostly relaxed around the house with Grandma, ran errands, and did Christmas preparations. KK was a big help in decorating the tree, and was very interested in Grandma's ornaments! She also liked to sing her 3 Christmas carols that she has memorized (loudly), and move all the gifts around the house!
We also made time for a family tradition that is now 3-generations old...riding the Carousel at Tilden Park! Rachel and I remember riding when we were little, and especially eating pink popcorn with Mom. At Christmas, they have a special display of lights and trees, so we headed up to check it out. Kenley loved the carousel and got to go for 2 rides! Another surprise: Mom learned that a best friend from high school is now the manager of the carousel, and we found her! We spent some time catching up, and are excited to now be reconnected.
