37 hours to go!

But, hey, who's counting? LOL.

I can't believe my little man is going to be here Thursday morning. Seems surreal.

I think everything is mostly ready, or as ready as it's going to be...unless I get hit with the nesting bug again tonight or tomorrow night. Last night (or should I say this morning) I was replacing shower curtain liners at 1:00am. There is something wrong with me for sure! But you'll be happy to know that all baseboards and other seemingly often overlooked items are very clean.

Of course I've yet to pack for the hospital. Must be some sort of denial I suppose. I do have a few more things I want to do too, like write a letter to Tyler for while I'm gone, get him to the library, and of course mop the floors and some general cleaning.

Unfortunately, tomorrow, on my last day of 1-child freedom, I get to spend it in the doctors. I have my pre-op appointment at the hospital at 9:00, followed by an appointment at my OB office. Special, huh? I suppose Al and I might try to do something nice with Tyler tomorrow night, but I guess we'll see what the day has in store for us. I really just want to savor my last day with my Tyler, my first (and always) "baby". Why does that sentence bring me to tears right now?

And then tomorrow night I'll be off to pick up my parents at the airport late at night (my mom had her stitches removed and is cleared for the trip, yipee!). They of course offered to get transportation here, and of course Al will fight me and say he's going to pick them up, but I fully intend to do it. Do they actually think I will be SLEEPING at 10:00pm the night before I have my baby? I think not! So for now I'm signing off until I reappear with baby Jason news, and hopefully pictures. Hmmm, unless of course I decide to take a break to blog in the wee morning hours, sometime between scrubbing the sink with a toothbrush and organizing the garage. LOL!

feeling crafty!

So instead of completing useful tasks (such as completing the cleaning that needs to be done or packing the hospital bag my husband has been urging me to pack) I've taken on craft projects.

I had this memo board hung in Tyler's nursery until the transition to the "big boy" room a few months ago. I had it sitting in the garage with the nursery bedding that is waiting to be eBayed, but obviously no one is really going to buy this so I'd probably end up donating it or whatever. Well, I was tempted to buy a similar one for Jason in different colors, but Kohl's wanted about $29.99 for it. So I decided I could recover it. It took WAY longer than I anticipated, and I ran out of ribbon mid-way through and totally improvised, but I sorta like it.

Then there was this letter project. I had bought the letters a couple of weeks ago and planned on just painting them a solid color (just as I had painted Tyler's a little over 4 years ago). I had the fabric swatches my friend Hillary had sent a few weeks ago so I could see the fabric for the quilt, so I decided to make some use of them. I found a few clearance fabric remnants at Walmart (which all together cost me about $2.50, which is also what I used to cover the memo board) to complete the look. It's totally not what I intended it to look like, but about 4 hours later (yes, literally) I'm relatively happy with the results.

butterfly update

On Thursday/Friday those little caterpillars, as predicted, climbed up into the top of their little mini habitat (aka: cup with lid) and wrapped themselves in their cocoons. They are now considered chrysalides and I was instructed to remove the lid from the container and pin it into the wall in their butterfly habitat. I must say, this was totally nasty. They will remain in this state for, I believe, approximately 7 days before emerging as butterflies. Seems as if I may miss this transformation being that I'll be responsible for a human child emerging, but I suppose someone will take photos for me. LOL. Tyler is very excited and loves to stare at them, despite the fact that they do NOTHING!

family outing!

On Friday night Al's work was hosting a family gathering at the local bowling alley. We all went and had a blast. Tyler really enjoys bowling, as does Al. Normally I can enjoy it too, but I was NOT about to bowl. LOL.

Between the food, the bowling, and the music, Tyler was in his glory. We were there for about 3.5 hours and the time just flew by. Home by 8:00pm and Tyler was asleep almost immediately. Gotta love that!

As you can see, they had a ramp for the kids to bowl with. Tyler normally just "bowls" (that term is used loosely) with bumpers, but he thought this was loads of fun!
Oh, and on Saturday morning there was an open house at a local indoor play area (it just recently opened and I guess they were trying to promote it). Tyler had a ton of fun, although I can't say we'd necessarily be back being that I think he was just a tad too old for the place being the prices they charged. But a fun time was had by all and we got some free pizza, drinks, and water ice. Did I mention that the bowling night was free too? I love free!

7 days to go!!!

So I'm 38 weeks today, with 7 days remaining until my c-section. Hard to believe, huh?

And now I'm starting to wonder if I'm going to be giving birth to a small elephant. I didn't recall being this stretched and uncomfortable with Tyler, but I thought maybe I had blocked it from my memory. However today I realized I was wearing a shirt that I KNEW I had taken a picture of on my due date with Tyler. So I decided to do a comparison.

Me exactly 40 weeks pregnant with Tyler. He was 8lbs 3oz.

Me exactly 38 weeks pregnant with Jason. Ummm, crazy difference. Whatcha think, 10lber?

Jumping up and down!

So my friend Hillary (a college friend) offered to make Jason a quilt. I had originally intended on reusing Tyler's old bedding set, but when she offered it seemed like a great idea and a wonderful opportunity to get a new nursery for this little guy! I got to pick colors and styles I liked and she put together an absolutely gorgeous quilt, as well as curtains. She told me she mailed them out and they "should" be here by Friday. Lo and behold, USPS came through for me and delivered my package today. I literally jumped out the door when I saw her writing on the box! Wahooo!!!!!

So, without further ado...
Isn't she the most talented and creative person? The pictures don't even do it justice! I absolutely LOVE everything, especially the texture to the quilt. She also found some very plush and fun crib sheets, which I would die to sleep on myself.

So thank you, thank you, Hill. You are the best!

Also thank you to many of the lovely ladies in my playgroup, who had given me a generous Babies R' Us gift card that was used to purchase the bed skirt and awesome bumper (as well as more stuff with money to spare).

Note: I am aware that bumpers are controversial. I did do my research and am comfortable with my decision to use one.

Whoa baby!

The caterpillars are growing at an alarming rate!