weekend warriors

We've been busy most weekends trying to complete our new living arrangements, which are just about finalized!  I'll post pictures when I have a few more things together...those last few piles are still looking for a home!  But, we're pleased with our progress and are happy the paint fumes have dissipated and we're enjoying our smaller room and thankful that everything fit in there.

This weekend we are learning all things about labor and delivery in in our Childbirth Class at the hospital we'll be delivering at.  Whoa.  Super Whoa.  So much information & so much we both had no idea about.  One of my take aways for day 1 is that yes, your body is meant to grow babies and deliver them and that for the 9 months of work that your body has already done to nurture baby's growth from a teeny tiny cell it is just a day of "pain" to finally meet this little new person.  The relaxation techniques are probably the best parts of the class for me...as there are most definitely times that I need to use them now (just ask Kalin!).

on to day 2 tomorrow...

oh and apparently it's an old wives tale that mom's with bad heartburn have babies with lots of hair of their head...the woman teaching our class mentioned that her doula experience has been pretty spot on for the truth of this tale...hmmm...well, let's hope Elsa's extra hair will help keep her warm this Winter!

elsa update

I just got back from the doctors for my 28 week check up and all is well with Elsa!  My first question was if we could please verify that she is a girl...and, yes, she is still very much a girl.  She's growing great and her heartbeat is strong - and it looks like someone has some long legs too.

until 31 weeks...

third trimester!

Well, it seems for-ev-er ago we found out that we would be having a baby.  And it also seems like time speeds up somewhere in the second trimester.  Looking back to my earlier posts, time could not go any slower as I waited not very patiently for sickness to go away, ultrasounds to come, time to pass.  Now, it's like the weeks are flying by.

But, we've made it to the third trimester.  I swear somedays I still can't believe this is all happening, but it's a fun reminder that yes, it is.  The belly is growing and can feel heavy - the thought of riding my road bike sounds truly uncomfortable.  I'm slow on walks where anyone who knows me (or just Kalin, really), knows I set the pace, except for walking with my sister - she's always at least 30 paces ahead.  Mochi doesn't seem to mind when I have to give in to my bouts of tiredness and is always up for a nap. But it's all worth it for those moments throughout the day when I feel Elsa's kicks, punches, hiccups or whatever else she seems to be up to.

The Fall is definitely making it's presence known here and it's exciting to think that at the end of this season (I know, I feel like my December due date is in the dead of Winter...but just close to the start) we'll be having a new little person around and be able to share the holiday's with to kick things off!

+1 in 888: upheaval

Thanks to Momma & Popster Lundquist, we have a crib!  Elsa has a nice little place to lay her head.  We have been working away at switching our rooms and Kalin successfully moved our closets & the majority of our storage into the other room.

It will be a bit of a dance in moving out one room's items into another, so our whole house will be quite chaotic as we use our living room to house transitioning furniture.  But as soon as I saw that crib, I am so ready to get things moving and prep the little nursery!  Last night Kalin put the crib together just to make sure it survived it's shipment...only to realize that it wouldn't fit through our room doors, so we also learned how easy it was to disassemble it too!  Here he is with some of his first daddy duties:

what's new?

Kalin & I celebrated our 5th Anniversary two weeks ago!  Ca-razy how time goes by so quickly, but I suppose we've been up to a lot since then...in a nutshell: married, quit jobs in Seattle, move to Denver, get jobs in Denver, buy a house, get a dog, both start grad school, finish grad school, Kara quits her job, Kalin gets a new job, oh and now we're pregnant.

Kalin's been working like a boss and I've picked up a new part-time gig working for the Makerie on top of working for the Horseshoe Market.  I'm super excited to work for the Makerie and there's quite a few exciting things coming up for both the Market & the Makerie which hopefully can be announced shortly!  So I'm busy again and it's good for me & am very thankful that both these jobs can be done from home on my time.  Mochi likes to sit behind me on my chair or next to me on his bed while I get things done - he's a great co-worker!

We just planted our Fall garden and I'm eager to see sprouts soon - I'm a bit impatient for things to grow - 9 months or two weeks, babies/plants...doesn't matter...  I'm just hoping for the pumpkins to grow to decorate our house with.

So there's a little update as we near the third trimester - one week away!  Weekends must now be dedicated to Elsa's arrival!

24 weeks...

We had a doctor's appointment yesterday and for the first time, there was no ultrasound...but we did get to hear Elsa's heartbeat and were very reassured through this that she is super active and very wiggly.  Everything else seems to be good and we'll find out on Friday about the gestational diabetes test I took yesterday.  I had to slam some pretty sugary/nasty glu-cola that made me a little nauseous for this lovely test - yummy!

In other news, the Tums have been moved to my nightstand for heartburn relief.  Welcome to the almost third-trimester!  I'm once again trying to kick a cold which hasn't been as terrible as the one that I had back in May and now I can actually take some medicine for it.  Oh the little things...

We've got some paint samples on the table and I'm doing plenty of fabric shopping online for this little lady's room so one of these weekends we can get to work.  It's going to be quite the ordeal.  Who wants to help?

+1 in 888: cheerful dresser

We just purchased this wonderful revamped dresser from Vibrant Vintage, a Horseshoe Market Vendor, and I couldn't be happier!  This will hold all the tiny little clothes, socks and changing area for Elsa.   

Now for a place to put the baby...