Saturday, February 13, 2016
Monday, January 11, 2016
Near term, feeling anxious, and getting excited!
On Monday, we will be 37 weeks! We have moved from bi-weekly appointments to weekly and this makes me really happy because I always look forward to checking on the baby and hearing his heartbeat, so I love being able to do so more often. I also really enjoy visiting with our midwives. Today's visit went great and we got to hear his strong heart beat as well as see him dance for everyone :) Recently we had a third ultrasound to check up on Baby Klein, because I started measuring small, and he is doing absolutely wonderful, growing well and moving a lot! I've grown a good amount since then as well! I didn't get great pictures, but I did get to see him sucking his thumb which just made me smile. I am feeling pretty good, just big and a little more uncomfortable, but not bad. Sleep has become a bit more restless because my hips and knees don't like me staying on one side for long, so I spend part of my night rolling from side to side and then falling back to sleep. John has been so sweet, he ask me every time if I'm OK and comforts me as I fall back asleep. TJ is still loving on my body pillow and belly, I think he and Baby Klein will be good friends!
Without school work to do, I have spent a lot of free time reading books or blogs, watching videos, exercising, getting baby stuff ready around the house, and resting. John has done a great job cleaning up and organizing things around the house. He has been working a lot, but when he's home he really helps. We all enjoy being home together! Over Christmas break we had a wonderful baby shower and received many great gifts for our family. Baby Klein is going to enjoy many cozy blankets and story time, dressed super cute, have lots of fun learning toys, enjoy comfy walks with mom and dad, and be super close to us :) I still need to clean his clothes, but he has gotten a lot of cute outfits, as well as swaddles, and toys. I've started making freezer meals so that when the time comes, and we are both too tired to do anything, we can still have healthier dinners instead of Papa Murphyes or frozen foods every night. It's amazing how many tasty healthy meals you can find on pinterest! This last year I learned the reason so many people want big kitchens and enjoy cooking.
The pups and I are still walking, but haven't been going every day because it's been icier and, although the days are now getting longer, they're still short so it's often dark by the time I get home. So we get out for a walk three to four times a week lately. It's funny how good swimming feels and how awkward, or less good, walking can feel. It's a good thing I have the pups to motivate me to get outside! I'm still really enjoying my pool time, in-fact I celebrated term by heading to the pool to do my mile and was happy to do it in the same amount of time that I have been throughout my pregnancy. Water aerobics has gotten a little more tricky and challenging recently, but only for short periods of time and not bad enough to stop :)
The pups seem to be doing OK with some transition. They prefer to get out every day, but do OK as long as they get to run around for a little bit, go for rides, and/or visit dad at work for a while. They seem to know that something is up and that things are changing a bit. John has been helping me get them out on slower days. They recently went to the glacier and REALLY enjoyed sliding around and just today they all soaked up the rain and played at Sandy Beach. Hopefully our transition goes well in the next few weeks. I think it will be hard for them at first, but then they will become quite protective and close with Baby Klein before long. I'm glad they have each other! I've also continued to really enjoy yoga and keep up with it near daily. I'm always stretching, but yoga has been great to keep my body and mind more comfortable. I've recently finished my "Yoga Mama Yoga Baby" book and have enjoyed what it has taught me. I refer back to it often. I've read and experienced a lot of benefits of prenatal yoga and I've heard a lot of benefits towards birth. I really do think it's going to help me and make a difference when the time comes to bring Baby Klein into this world.
TJ won this stare down lol
As time gets closer I am taking it much easier at work and at home. I'm feeling more anxious, but in more of a positive way because I look forward to birth and to meeting our little man. John and I recently had a conversation about past conversations we've had regarding parenthood and how it would be sad to get rid of toys, change our lifestyle, and not be able to do the same things as often. Now that the time is here, we haven't experienced these feelings or worried about changes. We realized very quickly how much of a blessing Baby Klein is and know that the changes we've made (and continue to make) are not a big deal. We were saying how exciting it will be to teach him the love of our passions and let him discover his own as well. It's amazing how much we've all grown in eight months and it'll be amazing to look back eight months from now.
So as we are 37 weeks today and thinking about a count down, I remind myself to stay in the present and focus on the peaceful times. I stay busy, but remind myself to enjoy the quiet times and take it easy. I'd say I'm officially "nesting", but perhaps differently than some. I haven't exactly had the urge to go through a crazy clean sweep, just keep things clean, prepare Baby's area, read more baby stuff and have a few meals ready. People might say I'm a bit obsessive about reading stuff, but I find it all interesting and amazing. It probably won't end once the pregnancy is over, instead just get intensified and change a little :) With that said, I'm going to head to my library now and settle in with my boys for the night. We hope you all the best! Love the Klein's.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Christmas day and the snowy day after!
Well just like that Christmas 2015 has come and gone. The holiday snuck up on us very quickly! Let me first apologize for my extreme tardiness on Christmas cards this year. I made an attempt to start them earlier this week, but quickly realized that my ink pads were dried up and I would have to go buy a bunch more plus it was just going to be a bigger headache than I anticipated so I gave up on those and decided to go with just picture cards instead. The picture itself has been a process (you'll see why soon) so we still don't have them out. As soon as that occurs we will let you know, but hopefully they'll be out by New Years. I really haven't been that busy for the last week since my school and work got out, but my mind has been and it's kept me highly distracted. Lame excuse I know, but hey nothing I can do about it now.
Christmas was awfully quiet this year, but we couldn't have asked for better weather and we are fortunate enough to live in the 21st century so we could facetime our families. Christmas day was sunny and clear, absolutely beautiful...and cold. The day after was VERY snowy, warmer, and fun. We started a little early this year by doing Christmas eve with my parents and then took full advantage of sleeping in before we did Christmas morning with John's parents. Facetiming with both of them was amusing, as all of the dogs included themselves talking with each other and their two legged friends through the screen. Ammo always seems to be one of the loudest and most talkative, but everyone was equally talkative this year. Guess everyone was happy about Christmas :) We were excited to see our parents open their gifts and visit for a bit. We were blessed to get A LOT of clothes for Baby Klein as well as some fun toys and nick nacks for ourselves. John and I didn't even talk about Christmas this year, but still managed to surprise each other with some fun gifts including biscuits and gravy for breakfast. After we exchanged gifts and visited with family, we spent the next few hours in the kitchen making apple pie and potatoes to take over to our friends house for dinner. It was a total team effort and fortunately everything tasted great. We managed to finish up just in time to head out and spent the next few hours eating and catching up. We got home much earlier than usual this time of year and did Christmas with my family for the cousin exchange over skype and for the first time got to "open" a gift for a two legged child ;) It was fun to see everyone and their excitement. After visiting the family for a bit, we had a Maze Runner marathon before heading to bed after midnight. I did my meditation about 30 minutes before hitting the hay, doing so peacefully and slightly dizzy. Mission accomplished ;)
Christmas morning on our balcony
We each got a piece lol. I pretty much just ate the edge and missed out on the nicely cooked inside :(
Reading Baby Klein's first Christmas story to him
Ammo talking to his grandparents
TJ watching Grandma and Grandpa open their gift
Catnip overload
All eyes on dad with undivided attention
John's new shirt from his parents
one of my gifts from John
My mom is very creative
Lovin on our Christmas present :)
The day after Christmas, we took advantage of sleeping in again, as did TJ. TJ has decided that I bought the second body pillow for him, not me, and hogs it like it's catnip. I always feel very cuddled and loved on by all of my boys ;) Anyway so we got up and saw the amazing inches of snow outside and the constant beautiful snow that we continued to get and decided it would be a good day to go play in it. I did my yoga, made some yummy breakfast and then we headed to the Glacier with our snowshoes, in case we needed them. Normally in this kind of weather we'd go skiing or head out for a day long snowshoe trip, but being almost 8 months pregnant, not to mention only having a few more hours of daylight left, makes that tricky. Fortunately Juneau has no shortage of safe places to go for a little lady with a big ol' belly. The Mendenhall glacier was packed in the hilly areas where kids were sledding, but fairly quiet on the trail. We took the dogs on the frozen lake and checked out the beautiful ice burgs on the way to Nugget falls, stared at it's power for a few minutes, took some pictures, and then headed back to the car. We didn't end up taking the snow shoes, but they would have been nice in some parts, overkill in other areas so we were fine without them and I got a little bit better workout that way. We had a great time and then spent the rest of the day together at home cleaning up a little, watching movies, and talking baby. It was a quieter Christmas than usual for us, but beautiful and peaceful. We are so grateful for our blessings and can't wait to enjoy Christmas with out bundle of joy next year! We hope you all had a great Christmas as well, we wish you a happy New Year!
Dad I'm ready, let's go
Like father, like daughter
Nugget Falls
You can see the glacier, if you look closely
Hi Baby
Happiness
Happy Dogs
Oh my!
Just two days short of 35 weeks
Sportin my new hoodie and headband :)
Christmas was awfully quiet this year, but we couldn't have asked for better weather and we are fortunate enough to live in the 21st century so we could facetime our families. Christmas day was sunny and clear, absolutely beautiful...and cold. The day after was VERY snowy, warmer, and fun. We started a little early this year by doing Christmas eve with my parents and then took full advantage of sleeping in before we did Christmas morning with John's parents. Facetiming with both of them was amusing, as all of the dogs included themselves talking with each other and their two legged friends through the screen. Ammo always seems to be one of the loudest and most talkative, but everyone was equally talkative this year. Guess everyone was happy about Christmas :) We were excited to see our parents open their gifts and visit for a bit. We were blessed to get A LOT of clothes for Baby Klein as well as some fun toys and nick nacks for ourselves. John and I didn't even talk about Christmas this year, but still managed to surprise each other with some fun gifts including biscuits and gravy for breakfast. After we exchanged gifts and visited with family, we spent the next few hours in the kitchen making apple pie and potatoes to take over to our friends house for dinner. It was a total team effort and fortunately everything tasted great. We managed to finish up just in time to head out and spent the next few hours eating and catching up. We got home much earlier than usual this time of year and did Christmas with my family for the cousin exchange over skype and for the first time got to "open" a gift for a two legged child ;) It was fun to see everyone and their excitement. After visiting the family for a bit, we had a Maze Runner marathon before heading to bed after midnight. I did my meditation about 30 minutes before hitting the hay, doing so peacefully and slightly dizzy. Mission accomplished ;)
The day after Christmas, we took advantage of sleeping in again, as did TJ. TJ has decided that I bought the second body pillow for him, not me, and hogs it like it's catnip. I always feel very cuddled and loved on by all of my boys ;) Anyway so we got up and saw the amazing inches of snow outside and the constant beautiful snow that we continued to get and decided it would be a good day to go play in it. I did my yoga, made some yummy breakfast and then we headed to the Glacier with our snowshoes, in case we needed them. Normally in this kind of weather we'd go skiing or head out for a day long snowshoe trip, but being almost 8 months pregnant, not to mention only having a few more hours of daylight left, makes that tricky. Fortunately Juneau has no shortage of safe places to go for a little lady with a big ol' belly. The Mendenhall glacier was packed in the hilly areas where kids were sledding, but fairly quiet on the trail. We took the dogs on the frozen lake and checked out the beautiful ice burgs on the way to Nugget falls, stared at it's power for a few minutes, took some pictures, and then headed back to the car. We didn't end up taking the snow shoes, but they would have been nice in some parts, overkill in other areas so we were fine without them and I got a little bit better workout that way. We had a great time and then spent the rest of the day together at home cleaning up a little, watching movies, and talking baby. It was a quieter Christmas than usual for us, but beautiful and peaceful. We are so grateful for our blessings and can't wait to enjoy Christmas with out bundle of joy next year! We hope you all had a great Christmas as well, we wish you a happy New Year!
Gearing up for some hard play
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