Lately.

Lately we have been busy busy getting the nursery all finished and trying to get other projects done around the house that we won’t have as much time for once the little girl comes along.  The nursery is finished except for a few things that we are waiting for until we have her name.  We’re pretty sure we’ll know what we want to call her by the time we leave the hospital…I never thought it would be so hard to pick a name!  My goodness!

Mother’s Day was a few weeks ago and Brian celebrated me well.  He surprised me with these beautiful flowers—hydrangeas are my favorite!

I am so excited to be a mother soon—to take my little girl home from the hospital and adore her!  If I can be anything like my own mother she will be a lucky little girl! 

Brian and I have been taking a birth class at a hospital down town in Portland every Thursday.  I had hoped to get a class at the hospital that we are birthing at—which is only a mile down the road from us—but I was too late signing up and we got stuck with a class at a hospital in Portland that ends the day before the baby is born.  We are loving it!  I ride the MAX downtown and meet him when he gets off work.  We then go to Chipotle for dinner—I just can’t get enough of their veggie burritos.  In fact, every time I think about delivering early, I quickly reconsider when I think about how if I wait another week I can have Chipotle one more time.  That and the money we get back from our Aflac plan are good motivators to hold off until June 1st!

  Downtown Portland—before class.

Everything is still going really well with my pregnancy.  I had my 39 week appointment on Friday and I have had hardly any progression.  Yay!  I’m still walking every day and I’m feeling great! 

Here I am at 39 weeks—I’ve got quite the basketball—a really large basketball:

April 20.

This year because of a ridiculous holiday in Washington D.C. tax deadlines were pushed back until April 19.  Brian’s company gives him the day after tax season off each year.  Thus April 20 was a little holiday for our family!  The day was beautiful so we drove up the gorge, hiked around a bit, and hid a picnic lunch with a great view.  We love the gorge! 

Here we are at Crown Point overlooking the gorge:

                                                                            

And here we are at the top of the Bridal Veil Falls hike:

                                    

And this is where we had our picnic—overlooking the Columbia River (the other side of the river is Washington):

                      

And a belly shot (at around 34.5 weeks):

Let the countdown begin!

On Sunday Brian had the idea to make a countdown chain for our little girl’s arrival.  We would really like her to be born June 1 or later, but she is due May 28, so we made it 31 days in hopes that she’ll stay in at least that long!  Here’s why:  About 10 months ago, we signed up for a baby package insurance plan that will give us money after our baby is born…If we have the baby 10 months after enrolling.  Great idea, huh?  Well, it would have been great if we got pregnant just a few days later…  So now we are hoping she won’t be born until about 4 days after her due date.

Here’s the chain hanging in the (almost done!) nursery:

 

Only 28 more days!