Baby Countdown!

So I am now 37 weeks meaning she could come anytime.
James says she is coming on Monday August 27th. I don't know why and he has been saying that for the last 4-5 months.

She already has my heart :)

I think she is going to be late, like a week late.

But we are preparing for her either way.

Here is what we have accomplished:

They took this while we were being silly. But my belly looks huge from the side

- Room Painted
- Linens and clothes cleaned and put away
- hospital bag packed
- We know what floor to got to at the hospital :)

To be done still:
- Vacuum E's room (i need James to carry it up the stairs)
- Hang wall decorations
- clean dog hair out of car (looks like a gerbil exploded in there)
- re install car seat and show James how to do it


We also figured out what to do with Slider. The Petsmart here has a Pet Hotel which is amazing. You walk in and it looks like a spa. We took slider to doggy day camp a few weeks ago and he did alright so we have decided to use them. Because of his size they said they will always be able to accommodate him and that I wont even have to call ahead and I can just bring him and drop him off. The only problem with this plan is if she decides to come at night. But he is sleeping then so I guess I will just have James drive back after E is born and take him. (Also best part is that they will bathe him right before pick up)

I am waiting for my pre-registration for Cord Blood Donation to come in the mail. Should get here Monday or Tuesday. I did the different research and private banking is a little out of our budget at the moment so we decided to go with donation. If you don't donate the cord blood just gets thrown away. We are donating to St. Louis Cord Blood Bank. There are stem cells in the cord blood (blood from umbilical cord and placenta) that can currently be used to treat 80 different diseases including leukemia and lymphoma. Also, unlike other transplants cord blood does not have to be an exact match. Research is also being done to see if it can be used to treat many other diseases such as Alzheimers, type 1 diabetes and Parkinsons. What is great about the St. Louis Cord Blood Bank is that if the cord blood is not found to be good enough for transplant it wont be wasted and will be used in this research. They also do not participate in any cloning research. It is great to think that our daughter can save lives just by being born :)


On a funnier note. I had a horrible nightmare. On Sunday I become a member of Manchester United Methodist Church. During the service I will go up front with a bunch of other new members to be introduced. I had a nightmare that during this my water broke and went everywhere in the front of the beautiful sanctuary. My husband does not help with these fears as every time we go somewhere now he says "wouldn't it be funny if your water broke in the _____".

Oops!

So I have totally been failing at this whole blog thing, but lots has been happening so let me catch you up.

Papa, Me, and Grammie

My Grandmother, Grandfather, Aunt and 2 cousins came to visit 2 weeks ago. We had tons of fun. It was the first time we had visitors here. Its nice having a full house. We did lots of exploring of St. Louis and thankfully the hot weather broke that week so we did not die while doing it.

Right before they came there was a groupon for the Museum of Transportation. I thought it looked good so I went ahead and got it. It was a fun little adventure. The groupon included admission to the museum and a mini train ride. We started off with the museum where we looked at old cars. They had a few hands on activities and then you could walk through some different trains in the train yard. I don't think I will be going again unless we have another groupon and someone really interested in transportation. The stuff is fun but the normal pricing is a little high. I do think they had another groupon yesterday if you are interested.

I love the Elephants

We also went to the St. Louis Zoo. This was more fun, except we did not pick our day correctly. Unfortunately on top of it being the first day in 2 months under 90 degrees it was the last Saturday before school started. (I did not know school started so early here). So the Zoo was packed. They have some great exhibits but due to crowding we did not get to see the sea lions which is the new exhibit I really wanted to check out. Now I have an excuse to go back.

Before

While they were here they painted the baby's room. It was originally this pale yellow with white wainscoting. We picked the color "lime sherbet". It is a great color. Here are some before and after picks. We also found a really cute curtain rod, which is not in the pictures because James hung it later. It has big pink jewels on the ends. Very girly :) We still have a few things to hang up but we are almost done.

James got in on the painting for a bit too.

After

The last day they were here we went to the Arch. We had a bit of an adventure on the way and learned that no matter what Papa will try to navigate from the back seat. I did not go up but everyone else said it was really pretty up there. They have 2 gift shops and one of them is set up like a 1870's general store. I really liked it. We got some old fashioned candy and bread for snacks, which we ate sitting on the steps looking at the Mississippi. They also have a little museum that I was impressed with.


So that is the update for now. Tomorrow I am 37 weeks so officially full term. Update for baby prep to come this weekend.