2 weeks!

Well onto week 38... just waiting at this point! 

Matthew and his cousins have taken up fishing with exceptional dedication this year.. leaving many of us fishing widows waiting for winter to come!!! (no ice fishing please dear Lord) Yesterday they went out on the Fraser River to go Salmon fishing... and look what he brought home! Very proud of him... and hopefully he had a wonderful day out on the water... because apparently there isn't a lot of time for fun little adventures like that after a baby is born... that is what they seem to say anyways... :) wink! 

My little swollen feet... or should I say LARGE swollen feet have been the topic of many conversations between friends, family and complete strangers. Just thought I would throw in a picture of what they look... just as a little keepsake photo...  How nice...  right..

Yesterday while I was a fishing widow... I decided to put this waiting for baby to good use. It's funny... having 2 and a half months time off is a wonderful gift... but boy o boy have I tried every way to keep myself busy! So... (as my mom was keeping up with dishes) I made frozen dinners... chili, classy chicken w/ rice, chicken a la king, spaghetti sauce, beef dip and then marinated some chicken. So hopefully we won't be living off of pizza the first week when movement is limited! We will wait and see if his defrosting skills are up to par... I have faith! If not.. then I believe Panago's number is 604.310.0001... 

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Well only 2 1/2 weeks left before baby is due... I still feel like i'm dreaming and like this little person will live inside of me forever. I tried to trick my midwife into making an educated guess as to when this little person will come... thinking that they would probably have a relatively good idea (better than I anyways) but nothing... she said wouldn't it be nice to have a crystal ball??? ummm... yup it would be!

It's a really nice stage to be at right now... because i am enjoying this last little bit of time before being a mommy... but at the same time am excited for baby to come. 

This morning i had a wonderful pedicure at Spa Eccotique... A bday gift from the girls at work! (Thank you Thank you Thank you) So my feets feel pretty! I also got my eyebrows waxed... thank goodness because i was looking like gollum! Now I am enjoying wireless internet while posting in the sun on our backyard deck! It is a beautiful fall day!

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Very interesting... and completely un-helful!!! :) (I kid I kid)

Here, I thought this voting thing might give us some insight as to what we were having... Boy or Girl! But alas... it's almost 50/50.... how funny!

As of right now... 52% Boy and 48% Girl... So boy is winning... still can't wait to see what the stork brings us... we are getting so close to finding out!!! Only 19 more days... and then maybe another 14 on top of that (please no!!!)

Thanks for voting! 

The Redline Shop Contd.....

Tilting the final wall...

Our helpful boys...

Baby Belly Picture

The Baby Belly is finally in a picture! 37 weeks!

Matthew has been nesting too...

Matthew started to build a shop for all the Redline equipment and his machinery to be housed. I thought I would share some photos to make the blog a little bit more interesting! The shop is crazy ginormous... 2400 sq ft (our house is only 1800 sq ft.)

Even Thor has been chipping in... Like his puppy tool belt? He didn't!

Yummy Yum Iron!

Well I love having low iron levels... NOT! I have been taking so many iron supplements i think that i'm going to explode. But I know that it is important and therefore am downing my pills and liquid iron... hopefully this will help bring all levels up before d-day!

Feeling Fab... o wait... flabby

So.. at 36 weeks! Definitely not feeling FABULOUS... feeling pretty flabby, tired, emotional & contractiony. Yes that will be a new word.  Began some pretty "serious" contractions... i say that with serious sarcasm... Love Mr. Hicks! Here is a funny moment from today... We were eating pizza (no groceries.. oops) and Matthew was looking at me funny because i couldn't reach the pizza to my mouth... I then flipped out and hucked the pizza back in the box while cursing... then got up and started crying.. then felt embarrassed, then was really tired and wanted to sleep... then 10 mins later... I was totally normal. Wow.. gotta love those spontaneous pregnancy outbursts! It's even funnier because the whole time I was outside of myself wondering... who is this person??? And what the heck is going on???

Only one more week until the baby is 37 weeks and full term! That will be a relief to know that any contraction is now a good thing and that the baby will do fine outside the womb! We still are pinching ourselves and can't believe that in a month or so... we will be parents! Does that scare some of you...??? :) Hope not.. I just pray that God will give us the guidance needed to fill this new role and that he will bless us with the parenting skills specially designed for this little boy or girl! Wow... seriously at tops 41 days until d-day!

Ok ok... I may be jumping the gun a little...

Baby Pool

I thought this would be fun! I have done a couple of these and since I am getting the Birth Bag ready, have the babies room done... and feel like this baby could come any time after 37 weeks (but don't worry I'm not counting on it... could be a long time from now..) I wanted to start the Baby Pool. I will officially post it on Facebook... but anyone who doesn't have facebook can put their guess on this blog.  There will be a prize for the person who is closest... just to make things interesting! 

Here is some information that we know... The heart rate has been from 145 to 160 at various Midwife appointments. The baby is semi-engaged at this point and is turned towards the right in the proper position.  I craved sweets in the beginning of this pregnancy and corn throughout. I believe that both Matthew & I were late babies!

Guess away!!! Guess must include date, weight, sex and guesser's name!

A few new stories!

Well well... The baby has dropped! Well not officially yet (midwife appointment on Wednesday) but it sure feels that way. It's great to have a little more breath in my lungs... but not so super to have a little more pressure on my bladder! Complain Complain... bad me!

So with baby getting into position this means that baby is also getting closer to joining us! Now only 5 weeks away... I'm getting the feeling that this time is going to fly by... So i have begun getting my hospital bag ready... with assorted "standard" goodies... would love any other suggestions that people found helpful during labour.

Matty & I completed our Pre-Natal course.... I must applaud him because it sure wasn't #1 or even #100 on his priority list. It was a pretty grueling experience for him... but he did wonderfully. We learnt a lot about the birthing process... (o my) and pain management techniques.. I found the class to be very helpful... but very very very long! O the joys!!!

So after this hospital bag gets assembled... it looks like we are really just waiting for baby to come.. and being that it is our first... well it might be a long wait! It's funny because Matthew can barely talk about the baby anymore... he finds it way too exciting and just wants it to be out now. He has learnt a couple of techniques now to induce/help bring on labour... and keeps trying to test them out... I have had to get a strong upper hand when this happens :)

Well we are going to be parents in a couple of weeks... our lives changed forever! I am still just wowed by this whole experience! Can't wait!