Tired and Ready

Tomorrow I will be 34 weeks pregnant - just 6 weeks until due date. I don't think she'll make it until then, but we'll try :) At this point, I am just tired and ready!! It's hard to get comfortable so I can't sleep at night. My feet often swell to double their size. It's not too pretty. Friday night we ended up in the hospital again. I was having contractions that were 8 minutes apart. We decided to call the on call doctor and see what she wanted me to do. I was told to eat something and drink plenty of water and rest for 30 minutes and then call back. Nothing helped so off we went. I had a few strong contractions that were 3 minutes apart once I was hooked up to the monitors. They gave me a shot of terbutaline to stop the contractions. It was nice to not have any contractions...but the medicine made me feel awful!! Finally at 2 AM they let me leave and get some sleep in my own bed. I know she'll come when she is ready and I know that 34 weeks is a little too early...but I'm just ready for this little girl to get here!! No pictures for tonight...but I will have nursery pictures in the next couple of days!!! It's just about done - and it's sooo cute!

My new favorite thing for Caroline

Ever since we found out that we are having a little girl, I've gone a little crazy with cutesy girl stuff. The clothes are just adorable!!! The newest thing that I feel Caroline MUST have are flower headbands. I feel like she'll need one in every color.



Is that not the cutest thing you've ever seen??

My Daisy is back!!

Daisy is feeling like her old self again - THANK GOODNESS!! After her trip to the doggy ER, we had to go back to her regular vet to make sure that everything looked okay. He put her on some different medication and now, almost two weeks later, she's regular Daisy again! I truly believe that she hurt her back trying to get a treat. She's been doing this new jump and twist maneuver to try to get treats and I think that's how she did it!! I'm just so glad to have her back!

Here's Daisy sleeping, I just thought it was funny that one ear is up on the pillow.



Here's another one of my sweet girl (probably asking for a treat).

Baby Shower!!

Yesterday Adam and I had our first baby shower!! It was so much fun. Both guys and girls came - it was laid back and perfect. I'm so glad that so many of our friends got to come a celebrate Caroline's pending arrival (although I did miss all our friends who couldn't be there!!). Here is a picture of me with the beautiful hostesses.




Adam and I happen to have the greatest and most generous friends in whole world. We got some really great stuff!! I couldn't take pictures of everything - but trust me when I say that I LOVE everything! Caroline got some wonderful books, clothes, toys and things for her nursery. She's one super lucky little lady!!

Here's a sweet little Sleep Sheep that hangs on the crib to help her fall asleep.


Our friend Kelly gave us (among other things) a little basket that she painted to match Caroline's bedding. It looks perfect in her room!!!



It was the best baby shower ever!! Thank you everyone!!

Spring Cleaning

I have the next couple of days off of work due to Jewish holidays so I am using this opportunity to get some serious spring cleaning done!! After Adam and I found out that we were going to have a baby, we put "deep clean the house" on the list of things to do before she arrives. I've been busy scrubbing base boards, cleaning windows, wiping down walls - everything tiny thing you can imagine. I have to take a short break in a bit to take Daisy to her regular vet so he can check on her, but other then that I am just cleaning today!!

Last year during the Jewish holidays Adam and I had just closed on our house. I cannot believe that we've been here a whole year (although we technically closed on the 9th I think)!! We still have a long way to go in this house, but it really does feel like home! I cannot even count the countless dollars we spent at Home Depot/Lowes/Benjamin Moore, the many hours we spent painting, or the number of back and foot massages we gave to each other after working for 14 hours straight a lot of days! It's been a lot of work!! Happy 1st Anniversary house...I hope you enjoy the spring cleaning!! Here a few pictures of the house right before we moved in. I will post some "one year later" pics this afternoon (after I clean so it's all pretty)!!

The front of the house (and no...those are not our cars)


The living room (standing in the dining room and looking at the back door)


The dining room (check out the beautiful border...ha)

Caroline's Crib

The crib has arrived!! It looks so wonderful in the room. I cannot wait to get the bedding and mobile on so it's ready for our little girl. My parents delivered it on Saturday and they and Adam put it together. I sat in the glider and watched...and then complained about how hard I had worked. Pregnancy allows you to do things like that. It's almost required. Anyway, it looks great!! We got these cute little letters from Three Sheets in Homewood and spelled out her name above the crib.





I am really pleased with how everything is looking so far. We've still got a bunch left to do - but it's getting there.

Poor Little Daisy

On Saturday morning Adam and I woke up and started getting ready to go and get breakfast at Magic Muffin. Sweet Daisy just did not want to get out of bed!! She's normally a lazy little thing - but this was more than normal. We finally got her up and out and just assumed that she was having a tired day. After a full day of running errands and doing stuff around the house, we noticed that Daisy was just not herself. She wasn't greeting us at the door, she didn't seem to care about food or treats at all and she was laying on her bed in our bedroom by herself. Then we noticed that her tail was tucked under her body. Adam picked her up so we could investigate and she let out the most heartbreaking yelp. She was shaking and clearly in pain. I started to get a little nervous so I looked up her symptoms on the internet (although my New Year's resolution was to NOT try and diagnose anything over the internet) and I found this horrible story about a dog with a spinal disc problem. Adam and I quickly rushed Daisy to the Emergency Vet Clinic. They examined her and determined that she had somehow hurt her back. She is in pain - but the good news was that nothing is broken and it is not a disc problem. They gave her a shot of doggy morphine and sent her home with a prescription for doggy pain killers. She's been resting since last night. My poor baby obviously doesn't feel good but I can tell that she's starting to get a little better. It's so horrible to see any animal in pain - and especially one that's a member of the family!!