Month 9!!

4 Weeks left!! Maybe. This week people have shared they think it will only be two more weeks. I'm hoping for Oct. 23ish. A little earlier would be great for obvious reasons but it also wouldn't interfere too much with my time-off plans for work. I have Jan. 10 scheduled at the daycare and return to work at both my full time and part time positions. We'll see about the part time job. I still enjoy it and it's my individual activity but I may decide I want to be home as much as possible with Garrett and Baby. I have been making food for freezing so we can still have healthy food the first couple of weeks after Baby arrives. I've made Lasagna, chili, chicken noodle soup, biscuit dough and cookie dough and put it all in the freezer. We still have a lot of pork that we can also eat on. Our freezer and deep freeze are getting full, mainly because of the pork, so I'm not sure how much more I will prepare. That is in part because I'm running out of ideas for things that will freeze well and because of space. If anyone has any suggestions I am open to them. I've been buying extra toiletries and still have other items to get so we can limit going to the store except for fresh food items.

I've been having more regular Braxton-Hicks and continued swelling in my hands and feet. I've been taking baths every few nights to help with the circulation and all over aches. Baby has definitely dropped as I can breathe so much easier and eat more :). It doesn't matter how much I eat or what I eat, Tums are always nearby. Last night and the night before Baby has been very active during my sleeping hours. During the day she has her legs and arms to the left of my abdomen but as I sleep she stretches out and her backside migrates up, putting her little legs next to my ribs. After applying constant pressure for a few minutes to the edge of my ribs she finally stopped, and woke me by doing it again. At least she isn't doing it during the day also. With all this nighttime movement, this also means many more trips to the restroom. The nice thing is that the weather has been fantastic so we've had our windows open, allowing me to sleep very well when I am asleep. My shirts barely fit over the expanding belly but that's how it has to be for these last few weeks. We ordered a carseat that arrived last Friday. It's an infant seat that will last up to 35 pounds or so many inches long but I don't remember that part. I was surprised at how much space it takes in our car's backseat! It won't fit behind the driver's seat with either of us driving so we have to have it on the passenger side with the front seat up pretty far. It's quite uncomfortable but our only option would be to get a different car. We really like our car so we'll see how it works out. We may just take the truck when the three of us go somewhere together or one of us rides in the backseat with the baby. We looked into the convertible seats that are rear facing up to 35 pounds, then forward facing up to 65 pounds but they won't allow any more space for the front seat passenger than the specific infant seat does. I'm glad we bought the Ford because a carseat absolutely would not have fit in the extended cab of the Tundra.


Garrett worked so hard this past weekend and finished all the trim work in one day in the baby's room. It looks wonderful! It's amazing how big of a difference it made. We're also putting in new doors that will match the doors in the rest of the house. This should increase the value a lot with only spending about $800 for new doors, trim, hardware and miscellaneous supplies for the entire upstairs. As we're working on things we're going through boxes and getting rid of stuff that we haven't used/don't need. Every time I've moved I have cleaned things out and taken a load to Goodwill. Garrett said that every time he's moved, he has boxed everything up and never threw out anything. At least we're taking care of these things now. We'll have quite the loot to take to Goodwill.

My work has slowed down this week. We haven't had much work so I think things are starting to slow down for the holidays already. Garrett's work has kept him busy. They have a big tour coming through next week. In the building that they lease, there was space available so they extended their space and had some walls taken down and the space prepped for the work they do. The construction was completed only a couple of weeks ago so he and fellow workers have been rearranging the projects and equipment to prepare for the tour. Garrett plans to take next Friday off from work to get more gravel to finish the dog pen and to add more to our driveway. It will be nice to have the dog pen finished so I can put Huntley outside if need be. He really is great when we're home but it would be nice to have the option so we can have uninterrupted naps.

My next appointment is next week so we'll see how things look then.

Happy Thursday!