You know you're ready when........

Your carseat is fully lined (for the cold Calgary weather) and your "Baby on Board" sign is ready to go with it!!!!!

Your collection of bottles are sterilized, ready and waiting in your pantry in case you need them!!!!

Crib with Bedding, Valence and Curtains

Here are some pictures of the crib bedding inside the actual crib. My mom also made a matching valence and some curtains to go on Baby P's window. Getting close to being ready!!!!!

Crib Bedding

I have already put up pictures of the beautiful crib bedding my mom handmade for us.
Here are some more closer up pictures of her work and I will be posting some of the bedding in the crib later!

Rocking Chair

Curtis' grandparents generously gave us a rocking chair that they were no longer using. They brought it all the way from Ontario for us and we are so grateful for it.
The material on it was in need of repair so I put my mom to work this week while she is here and she completely reupholstered the cushions with cute fabric we found.
I absolutely LOVE it. It is incredibly comfortable and looks great. Mom even added little armrests to make the wooden arms more comfortable. Hopefully we will get TONS of use out of it

Dad Visiting

My dad and mom came out to visit me last weekend, as I have already posted.

Before Dad left he wanted a picture with us before we officially become "parents" (goodness that is SCARY). Here they are!!!!!!!!

39 WEEKS!

Here we are!!!! HOME STRETCH!!!!

39 weeks and hopefully not too many more to go!

Here is a quick update to go along with the pictures:

It has been snowing here for the past 2 weeks. It really looks like the holidays around here. Hard to believe that back home is only 12 degrees and we have had -40 degree weather here. That was only 1 day, but it sure was COLD!

Mom and Dad were here and we had a great time visiting with them. We went to the Christmas Craft sale which really got us into the Christmas spirit.

It has been nice to have Mom here and helping me to finish some of the last minute things I wanted to get done before Baby P makes their appearance. She brought all of the bedding out, so I will be putting up photos of our nearly completed nursery soon. She has also been working hard to transform my rocking chair by creating new cushions for it. They look great and I will be posting pictures of it soon as well!!

As for me, I have been having lots of cramping and back pain lately, so hopefully things progress nicely from here. Last night was difficult to sleep and I ended up spending most of my time awake and downstairs on the couch so I wouldn't keep Curtis awake with my constant tossing and turning. I hope tonight goes better and I will definitely be napping this afternoon.

Thanks to all of you who have made your predictions about Baby P's arrival date. If you want to send me your date please send me an e-mail or let me know on Facebook.

Hope all is well with everyone and I hope that I can be delivering exciting news soon!

Love and best wishes

FIRST DAY OFF!!!!

So last Friday (November 12) was my last official day of work, even though I have spent all weekend and most of this morning finishing up editing report cards and getting some marking done!!!!

Today was my first official day of "sick leave" before my maternity leave starts on Baby P's birthday! Again it wasn't a super relaxing day as I was finishing up school stuff, but it was a big change to be home and not at school. I have to slowly ease my way into not working I think LOL! My type A control freak personality is coming out I guess! And I am really sad to be giving up my teacher Mac laptop. I feel like I am losing part of my arm!!! It was just so handy (once I figured it out) and I could take it anywhere with me. Oh well.... maybe I will get a new one down the road!

Now that I am home more frequently, I am going to be on here updating. I will try (cross your fingers) to give an update on how I am feeling and other things daily. My parents are flying out on Saturday and I am definitely looking forward to spending time with them.

Everyone is predicting different dates for Baby P's arrival, but at this point I am in no hurry. I am not super uncomfortable, and have loved being pregnant. While I want to meet Baby P, he/she can stay in there a little while longer I think!

Anyways that is all from me at this point. Sorry for the mass post of everything. Like I said I now have some free time, so can update more frequently!

Hope all is well with everyone and hopefully the next time you are hearing from me we will finally know who Baby P is!

Lots of love

37 WEEKS!!!!!

Here you go everyone!

Updated belly pictures!

As you can probably notice I have dropped a little bit. Doctor says baby has descended and is head down, all good signs at this point. I tried to take a good bare belly picture, but it was hard to take with just the timer. I need Curtis to be home to take the picture for me and he wasn't home at the moment of taking the picture!

At this point I have put on 25 lbs, and my belly is measuring only slightly bigger than the amount of weeks I am at 37.5 cm.

I have been having some Braxton Hicks contractions and lots of pressure lately. At my last doctor visit, the doctor said the baby is sitting on my right sciatic nerve, and I have been experiencing little spasms down my right leg here and there. Nothing major, and nothing about what is to come in the next couple of weeks I am sure!

Hope you enjoy the updated pictures and I will try to be on here more regularly to give updates. Soon Baby P will be here. IT IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE!!!

Bassinet

As you have seen before, Curtis' dad is a master handyman with wood. When he found out we were expecting, he immediately began making us a bassinet that we could bring Baby P home to.

We picked it up last weekend in Edmonton and spent the day shopping with them. Curtis' mom made the beautiful bedding to go with the bassinet.

It is absolutely beautiful and glides instead of rocks. They both did an AMAZING job and we cannot wait to bring Baby P home to it!!!

BIRTHDAY!

Thank you so much to everyone who sent me lovely Happy Birthday wishes! It truly was appreciated!

I had a great birthday and enjoyed lots of relaxing gifts. Curtis' parents got me a spa day so I was able to go and get a mani/pedi. My parents got me a Cricut cartridge (which I cannot wait to use!!!) and also gave me some money to treat myself, so I booked myself a special pregnancy massage! It was FABULOUS! Curtis got me a pair of Lululemon pants! They are so comfy... I can't wait to wear them everyday!!! Plus I got to do some shopping at the West Edmonton Mall. I think I may have overdone it though, cause my body and baby were not happy that night!!!! My grandmother gave me a Walmart gift card which I used to pick up some last minute essentials for my hospital bag. I also got a Dairy Queen cake from Matt and Erin (which is still being picked away at in my freezer YUM!!!), and a Boston Pizza gift card from my Godmother.... that has already been put to good use LOL!!!!

I also got a lovely surprise from my Aunt Teresa, Uncle Bill and O'Sullivan cousins! Lovely flowers that are still thriving and beautiful today on my kitchen counter. I have included a picture of them below so everyone can see how AMAZING they were!

Again thanks to everyone who helped to make my birthday INCREDIBLE and very special!

Halloween!!!

Curtis and I didn't do a lot to celebrate Halloween this year unfortunately. We aren't big fans of the holiday to begin with, and I was smack dab in the middle of completing report cards, and too large to fit into most Halloween costumes so we decided we would spend it quietly with the puppies at home.

To get a little into the spirit we put on some old costumes we had gotten for Maggie in previous years. Marley had to be inducted as this was his first Halloween.

So here are pictures of our little ones

right now. We dubbed Maggie "Sherlock Holmes" and Marley really brought out his "develish" side. He wouldn't look at the camera though, it was funny watching Curtis trying to take their picture LOL! The outfits didn't last long as neither one wanted them on for long and started tugging away at them.

Hope you enjoy the pictures!!!!!