just for now.

So when do you think he’s coming out?

Take a guess and if your day is right, you’ll be entered for a chance to win!
I don’t know what I’m giving as the prize yet. So I’ll announce that when I do.

Just thought it’d be fun to get everyone to guess. You can also leave a comment on my Facebook.

Thanks.

PS: For those who need more details– my due date was September 3. My last pregnancy went 2 weeks late but my first pregnancy ended 3 days early (Zoe and Isaiah, respectively).

I realize this blog is winding into a tighter and tighter circle centering around HAVING A BABY.
I’m ready to write about something else soon, but here I am, my abdomen stretched as far as I think is humanly possible and my back muscles agreeing heartily…and every body part below baby pointing out to me on a fairly regular basis how tired and swollen they are.
Then again, from bust-line up I don’t think I look preggo at all. And that’s kind of sweet, to just remember a little snippet of me that will be the same after our bambino comes.

So anyway, here I am at the end. Fingers crossed.
I wasn’t feeling ready to really settle down and be bedridden these last few weeks but at this point my body is telling me it’s time. I know that physically I can’t go on much longer.
So that’s a good sign.
I’d prefer that over just being emotionally spent. I don’t ever want to get impatient or fussy or depressed.

So there’s still stuff I want to do around the house, but I think I’m content with having my baby anytime now.
It’s kinda walking a fine line because until I go into labor I want to stay happily busy and not constantly thinking about am I going into labor today.
BUT I want to be ready for when labor does come, so I have to kind of stay on that track.

Night.

Here goes.

1.

Reversible baby boy shoes from Evie Lala.

2.

Tangerine skirt from Evie Lala.

3.

Fanny pack from Happy Cow.

4.

Children’s wall lamp from IKEA.

5.

The Balboa Baby Nursing Pillow from BabysRUs. Unlike the Boppy it doesn’t wrap around you, and from the pictures I think it holds the baby higher, which I think would be easier on your back.

6.

LEKA baby gym from IKEA. I don’t want this now since we’re moving to a different house around baby’s 3 month bday, but I LOVE/love/LOVE that this infant toy is made of wood and not plastic!

7.

Balboa baby nursing cover in Apple from Target.

8.

Storage organizer for the kid’s room from Target.

9.

BJURON plant stand from IKEA.

10.

Kimono Style Robe from Plum Pretty Sugar.

.the end.

Random, yes…but all lovely, hmm?

Last night I went through the box titled “Next Baby.”

An assortment of tiny clothes, boys and girls, and a lot of memories…a lot of “What?! He was this small? How did she fit into this??”

Anyway, I came across a few things that I am SO excited about– neither of the kids have worn them because I bought a bit of boy clothes when I was prego with Zoe and of course, she never wore them.

This one says “wingman” and I think it’s perfect.

From a thrifty perspective, I’m super proud of these little Robeez I picked up for $3 back in Charlotte when we didn’t know if Zo-zo was boy or girl. I was pretty sad she never got to wear them.

Now I’m just thankful I hung onto them!

Woohoo baby, you’re coming soon! We are dying to hold you and kiss your sweet, chunky cheeks. You are so very loved.

So I’ve been pretty busy recently, but I couldn’t really talk about it until now.
We’re trying to break our lease 4 months early.
And we don’t have the world’s greatest landlord OR property management company. SO.
This could get interesting.
The busy part for me was reading up on Virginia’s Landlord/Tenant Act and our specific lease agreement and getting a lot of consultations and advice on what to put in our letter to our landlord.
And today, I finally mailed the certified USPS copy. So I have a receipt, proving that I mailed it today, and it’s on it’s way.

I’m not feeling stressed about it, I’m just ready to get going with house hunting for the next place. Before the baby comes.

Making a baby from scratch is hard work. It’s complicated. There are a lot of right ways to do it….like eating good food, exercising, and practicing the super-instinctive need to nest.

Of course, this usually depends on your budget. Or what you can rearrange within your budget to boost your ‘pregnancy’ budget a little. But thanks to the interwebs, there is no reason you can’t gather a little pregnancy ‘wish list’ together before you can purchase everything on it. And just the listing of these items can help you prioritize and prepare you to recognize the best stuff at those mega-kids-consignments you come across at the YMCA every now and again.

For some reason, it feels like being pregnant gives me this insatiable desire to spend money. Lots and lots of money. I want to buy organic crackers for the nausea, and that really cool glass-bottled ginger ale. I want to buy a copper tea pot for making my pregnancy tea, and probably some vintage coffee cups to drink from. And then a white couch with an old afghan to sip my tea on.

Next comes the clothes. I’ve had it with cheap maternity jeans. They suck. And they make your butt look misshapen at this time in your womanhood when you could most use a good-to-normal looking butt. So this time, I want to invest in some 7 for all mankind maternity jeans. And I know they’re $200.

Then yesterday I got on Amazon and racked up a few more books/dvds for my wish list. The National Geographic ‘In the Womb’ dvd is ahhhh-mazing. I think Isaiah could appreciate it now. And then there’s all the cute kids books about ‘we’re having a baby!’ and ‘I’m a big brother.’

See what I mean? And I love to do all this virtual “shopping” from the comfort of my own home, right here on my little mac. It feels extra “nesty” to stay in my nest while gathering all the little comforts around me that I need to make it better.

So maybe it’s not that I want to spend a lot of money, per say, it’s just that I want to gather. Rearrange. Put this stick here and that piece of straw there and another feather under my butt. Because I’m making a baby, and this ain’t easy. But it’s the best job I’ve ever had, the most responsibility, and the most rewarding. Okay and I do like to shop. And adding another person to the family makes for a pretty good reason to do so.