i sat down in front of my computer yesterday with plenty to post about, i just couldn't make anything come out. i had the pics from my wonderful baby shower. i had the disk from jenny of all of my maternity pics. i was prepared for hours of uploading pics and typing. it wouldn't work. for some reason, each time i tried to attach the pics and hit the button, it wouldn't work. i really didn't have the energy to continue long, so i gave up.
today i just thought i might touch on the things that have happened so i can hopefully blog a little more without thinking about the millions of things i need to say first.
first of all, my friends gave me the most wonderful baby shower anyone has ever had. it was on the rooftop at miss hattie's museum downtown san angelo. i walked up the staircase to find light and lanterns strung around, a table full of delicious looking goodness, mason jars with perfect lemon slices waiting for lemonade or tea, a table full of goodies for baby boy and lots of friends a family. it turned out absolutely perfect. it was just so perfectly...me. boy do my friends know me, or what?! thank you so much michelle, amy, jenny, crystal, sarah, christal, and mandy. you girls are amazing!
thank you jenny!
july 13th, we had another ultrasound of the little kicking machine. everything looks great. his head is down and ready to start making the move. however, it's big. yup, my kid has a big head. :) his body was measuring 35 weeks everywhere except his head which measured at 37 weeks. i guess at this point, it's not abnormally huge, but it will be if it keeps growing as his body grows! ha! other than the potential extra pain that could cause, i think it's kinda cute. i can't help but smile when i think about it. so funny! also, he is still definitely a boy! quite obvious! at that point he weighed 6 lbs 2 oz. uh...yeah...i thought the same thing.
i've had two doctor's appointments since the ultrasound in which my doctor tells me 1) "you're 35 weeks, measuring 36 weeks and the baby weighs 6.2. if you make it to your due date, he'll be about 8.5 lbs." 2) "nope. nothing going on. he's still up there in timbuktu!" and 3) "oh no, nothing at all. that baby's still baking away."
i wanted to kick her.
she really is the sweetest doctor ever and i'm so happy to have her, i'm just ready to get this kid out. on my mom's bday weekend, i was discussing pregnancy with a few friends and was surprised at how the way i feel is completely normal. i mean, i know for sure that everyone i know came to the point where they were super ready to be comfortable and normal again. what i didn't realize is that it was almost an overnight change in emotion for us all. honestly, one day i was fine with being pregnant and really enjoying it and the next day...ugh. i was totally ready to be done.
now, that doesn't mean that i feel emotionally and mentally capable of being a mom. that is scaring the living day lights out of me right now. i realize that as soon as this is over, my baby boy will be here and my life will be forever changed. i know that it will be a good change and i'll wonder how i ever lived without him but...whoa...it's just major. (i am so ready to meet him, though :))
the nursery is not all the way ready. everything is done except the painting. michael and i decided to mark that off the list on saturday. i just have to decide what color and and style to go with. hmmm...
on my to-do-list for today: 1) pack my bag for the hospital and put it and the diaper bag in a place that can be easily grabbed by michael if need be and 2)return the swing i registered for and received from my team at school :( so i can buy a stroller and 3) put the clean bedding back into the cradle i am borrowing from seph so it can be ready for night 1 at home.
also, as is probably quite obvious in this post, baby boy is still nameless. michael and i agreed last night that we would, at some point this week, come up with a list of 5 names that we like. if another name "comes to us" before the baby is born, the name can definitely be added to the list. however, if nothing else comes, we will at least have a list of 5 names that we could both love calling our son for the rest of our lives. whew. that makes me feel better, i must say.
and unrelated to the baby, but still very related to family, we got to spend two weeks with michael's little sister, danielle. it was the best two weeks we've had in a long time. she is 16 and one of the sweetest things on the planet. we tried to spoil her as much as possible. michael took her to places like fiesta texas and schlitterbahn. i joined them one day at sea world. we saw movies, went shopping, introduced her to pop tarts and jelly bellies. she took a lot of both of those home in her suitcase. we got her a couple of dresses for the ball she will be attending in september and plenty of clothes for summertime wear. of course, it's winter there now so it was incredibly hot for her here. especially because in the summertime, it's usually around 75-80 degrees there. we experienced one 113 degree day while she visited. poor thing. she also loves the chocolate milk shakes from sonic and we were able to help chill out the hot days with those. it was incredibly hard to put her on the plane last thursday. we cried all the way out to the car and halfway home. it's so hard to let that part of our family leave. we just don't know when we'll see them again. we're keeping our fingers crossed for maybe a christmas visit from them or something. we love you danielle! thank you for coming to see us!
other than that, things are moving right along in the kotze household.
1 comments:
very cute pictures! jenny is SO talented.
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