We're Ready!

I have had the majority of the last week off from work and we took advantage to get some projects done and prepare for bringing Izzy home. We started last weekend by sorting through all of stuff in the basement and making one big dump pile. Eric took that to the dump and then tackled replacing our sink in the basement (the old one was leaking everytime we did laundry and flooding was starting to be an issue!). The project wasn't as quick as he had hoped, thanks to old pipes, but between Eric and a plumber the job got done and doing laundry is now safe to do without wearing shoes to the basement.

Next on the agenda was to bring up the baby stuff from the basement, wash all of the bedding & clothes for Izzy, and finish the preparations on her room. After a lot of work the room is done, clothes are clean and all of the baby stuff is back upstairs. Along with this I have our bags packed for the hospital so we are ready for our little girl to arrive. Last week I had about 2 hours of consistent and long lasting contractions (2 minutes +) and thought for sure our little girl was about to arrive since I never had contractions with Robert until I was in actual labor, even during my failed induction. I of course hadn't completed all of the above tasks yet so after quickly packing for the hosptal and getting a few other odds & ends done the contractions stopped. UGH! My daughter is already testing me!!!

At my 36-week check up, which happened to be the day after the 2 hours of contractions, I learned that the contractions caused no dilation so any hopes of her coming soon flew out the window. I also learned that for some reason I was measuring ahead again (at 38 instead of 36) and there was a trace of protein in my urine but my blood pressure was fine so they don't think it is pre-eclampsia yet. The only good news from the appointment was that after a quick ultrasound we were able to see that she is head down but not engaged. I start weekly appointments now so we will see what my appointment on Tuesday brings.

To cap off all of our hard work over the past 2 weeks we joined in some of the Whiz Bang Days festivities for Robbinsdale. Robert, we learned after the fact, had a fever on Friday and didn't enjoy the carnival as much as we'd hoped. His fever lasted through yesterday and finally broke this morning. We're not sure if he picked up a virus or if it is his molars coming in. He's been chewing on his hands a lot and drooling more so we're hoping it was his teeth. Enjoy the pictures of our projects and fun over the last 2 weeks.

Putting a new Ikea Chair together for Robert

I think he likes it!

Izzy's room, still blue but with yellow touches in bedding, a picture frame in orange and yellow, and her name painted in the girly colors.

Robert testing out Izzy's carseat...a little too big for him now!

Look close and you'll see Robert driving his first car!

Riding the Merry-go-Round with Dad



We hope everyone has a great week and I HOPE that soon we'll have a post introducing you to our new member of the family. We'll be working around some challenging schedules with everyone on vacation so Izzy better cooperate and not arrive while Eric's parents travel to Missouri at the end of this week, while my doctor is at a convention all next week, and when my brother is out of town the following weekend. Basically the best time for Izzy to come is this week, well after July 26th would work too but 2 weeks seems WAY TOO LONG at this point in the pregnancy.