My new Midwife

We're so excited, we found a wonderful Christian midwife! She has a great birth center, and also does homebirths which is what we're aiming for now. I was immediately put at ease when we walked in her front door and she's got a great head on her shoulders. We talked for about 30 minutes and decided to switch to her care, so we did one last non-stress test (just for her records) and filled out some paperwork. She told me after looking through my records so far that my care has been over the top and that we don't have anything to worry about right now with baby girl. I'll go for one last specialist measurement ultrasound on the 7th of July and my next appointment with Nancy (midwife) will be at our house on the 11th! I love the personalized care with her as well, it's such a great alternative to doctors and hospitals with one approach to pregnancy and birth for the masses. Did I mention she's fully covered by our insurance too? What a blessing from God! Thanks for keeping us in your prayers for the rest of the pregnancy, baby girl can't wait to meet you all.

The Kids' Room is pretty much done

I totally love it now!

Gosh I'm SO Pregnant!

Well maybe I just feel that way lol! It's not too bad, she's quite a good baby in there, with only the occasional left hook to the bladder. I'm just starting to feel the strain of this big belly but it's to be expected at 7 months (33 weeks). John and I have been going outside a lot more lately. The other day we went to the play area in our apartment complex, and today we sat on the grass behind our apartment and had some treats. It's getting much nicer here, I can't wait for this weekend! Sunny and 80 degrees, woohoo!

And this is my silly kid who steals my spot every time I get up from resting! We actually got him his own keyboard from a garage sale to play with as a toy and he loves it. He thinks he's pretty cool typing like mommy.

Hmm, what else? Well I've been looking into different midwives in the area and found one that I think will be a great fit! I have an appointment with her on Thursday to discuss care options and whether or not we can all agree on the safety of a home birth with this pregnancy. She'll be reviewing my chart up until this point and then we'll see! She is also a wonderful Christian lady and we seemed to have a lot in common during our phone conversation. Please pray that we continue to make wise choices for me and baby girl for the rest of the pregnancy.

Isaac was also just offered a free office downtown by the Tacoma Dome by the Cutco district manager. Of course he took it, so I finally have my dining room back, yay! It's been pretty packed in there for about 5-6 months now and this office was quite a blessing. So for the last several days now I've been in organizing and cleaning phase, getting the dining room back to how it was, and rearranging (in my head, Isaac did the moving!) furniture. I think I'm nesting already, what do you think?! I also moved a few things around in the kids' room today and finished some things up in there. It's nice to be done for the most part, but now what am I going to do with the remaining 7 weeks!? Guess I'll just have to find things to read and clean before she's here.

Tomorrow we are all very excited to go to Seattle and meet up with our good friends the Blands. They flew all the way from GA to visit their family (and us), and to go on an Alaskan cruise (lucky)! We're going to pick them up in the afternoon and spend some time in the city, and then eat at the Cheesecake Factory, yum! It will be so nice to see our friends again, it's been a long time.

Well I think that's all. We're trying to keep things simple and low key around here so I can get my rest and grow a nice big baby. Isaac's working a lot like usual, but things are going pretty well. John is getting the concept of having a baby sister more and more also! He always wants to hug and kiss my tummy now and he spontaneously tells her "I love you" without being prompted. I think he's going to be a sweet big brother...until she goes for his toys in a few months, lol!

Just a quick note...

to say everything's going great. We found out that baby girl is doing fine, growing like she should be, and are no longer worried about her being early. I'll still be going to my regular midwife appointments to track both our health, but other than that we're pretty much done with all the extra stressful stuff. I've got about 8 weeks left before she's due, woohoo! John is a little sick with a cold right now so he's a little out of sorts, but I'm sure he'll be better soon. We went to the Tacoma Farmer's Market this morning and got some yummy fruits and vegetables for the week; I can't wait for dinner tonight! We're also finally getting some good weather in. It's overcast but pretty nice out still. Ok, that's all. Hope to hear from you all soon!

32 weeks and counting...

Well, here I am, getting bigger by the day now! I sure hope all this eating and rest is helping this baby, because it's sure packing the weight onto me!

Johnny's new cars

John just discovered the awesomeness of hot wheels cars...daddy brought a bunch home from a garage sales and he loves them!

Happy Father's Day Isaac!

We took these at church this morning, I thought they mostly turned out...except for some squinting (which is a good thing here, it means the sun is out!)