relax and read

Well,
I was supposed to come to bed to relax and read. Yeah, um.. no

I have definately been feeling some contractions tonight and it's not so bad. Kinda freakin me out though. I thought coming upstairs and relaxing would help me with this, but nope, things just kept rackin my brain. So here I am.

Like I said before the contractions are definately just Braxton-Hicks practice contractions. Last Wednesday at our midwife appointment she said it's perfectly normal to have your uterus contract and release for "practice". "It's a good thing," she says.

So to update these past weeks. (And for my sanity) what has been happening you ask?
Middle of October: started feeling "baby/fart" (where you don't know the difference if it's the baby moving or a gas bubble)
Week 20-21 was October 18th to October 25th: I started feeling the baby at about the same time that super-dad-2-b could feel baby too. There wasn't much of a time difference. It was pretty cool it happened at about the same time.
End of October and Beginning of November: KNEW the difference between baby/fart
Middle of November: "my husbands child" kicking the heck out of my intestines
End of November: "my husbands child" playing "lets see how far I can bend OUT mommy's ribs with my head"
December 1st or so I laid in bed and put my belly against super-dad-2-b's back, and he could feel the baby. IT WAS SO COOL!

Every Thursday is our baby class. It's WONDERFUL!!! That's what I was coming upstairs to read was our required reading for class. "The Bradley Method of Childbirth-Husband Coached Childbirth" It's great. I feel so much better because it explains everything. Specifically, the why's and how's (insert appropriate joke here) that I'm incessantly asking super-dad-2-b.

Thanksgiving was torture. I ate way too much of course.

My rocking chair is in. Now where in the hell do I put it! :)

Dug out some of my neice's baby clothes, washed them. Now where in the hell do I put them?! :)

Have to go register for more baby stuff THAT I WON'T KNOW WHERE IN THE HELL TO PUT EITHER!!!!!!

sorry,
momentary lapse of sanity.

Cute story:
Every night we have been playing classical music to the baby. And he/she/it/whatever moves quite a bit when the music is on, then settles down after I turn it off. So then, one night I turn off the music and super-dad-2-be does my favorite thing and puts his hand on my belly (which ALWAYS makes the baby move around) and gets the baby all riled up. I looked at him and said "okay, now look what you've done"
So, he then started talking to the baby, and the kid STOPS moving. I couldn't believe it. One second, flipping around like crazy, the next, he's actually listening to his father! :)

enough ramblings...

gotta go eat dinner

what's next on the list?

This past weekend was a good one.

Super dad-2-b was in the basement making sure his workshop is ready to make the cradle.
I on the other hand was really busy doing organizing stuff. The bathroom shelves are maximized for space, and ready to hold baby stuff.
So many more project to do.
For our wedding we set up a white board to organize the tasks at hand, and it worked really well. The dreaded white board has made a comeback and is FULL of things to do.

My mom called this weekend to say that she found a changing table. I hated telling her that we didn't want it, cause if we were in a different house we would want it. It just won't fit here. I am kinda sad that my mom and I are so far away. I really want to just hop over to her house and go shopping for baby stuff. Instead we have to PLAN time and make time to go instead of just popping over.
*sigh*
I would love to have her here to help me organize too.
*sigh*
I could put her to work for days!!!!

We had our first baby class this past Thursday, it was very good. We are taking classes on the Bradley method. Natural Husband-coached childbirth.
I LOVED the idea of just laying in the hospital bed not thinking of anything or worrying about anything except the PAIN! It's going to be great!

That's it for now. time for bed. a snack first, grapes, with cottage cheese! YUM!!!

good night!