O hai!

The OB wasn't quite happy with the heartbeat today, so she ordered another ultrasound. Everything turned out fine (woohoo!).

...holy crap, this is actually happening...

:D

Isaiah James is here!

born today!!! 5:05pm, 6 pounds, 15 ounces, 19.25 inches. so exciting!!! congrats ashley and bryan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

38, 6.8 pounds, 19.5 inches

-88 onesies :P
-it's not that i'm sick of being pregnant, but i'd wish the symptoms would go away. like the swelling and not getting comfy sleep (though that'll be a while still), and people staring (ooj the carnie freakshow). so i'll keep having symptoms till...well, yeah. heh, so this is where my friends would interject "i think that means yer sick of being pregnant."
-i really truly believe the kid is on asian time and will be late. ;) i also believe ashley and i will be in labor the same day. what are the chances he'll continue with the 9/15 birthday tradition - my mom and i have the same birthday.. that would be kinda cooool.
-pray for us!! :b

37 a full term baby in there

`So I’m washing some of the bedding/clothing we got in the special detergent for babies. And I feel superstitious - shouldn’t be opening any packages just yet.. kind of like wedding presents. Unless a piano falls on my head (it could happen!!!!) I guess we’re okay.
`At the Resourceful Woman last week I saw a Chicago Cubs onesie. I was close to getting it, but I held back. 70 onesies, remember?? If it’s still there this week, I’ll buy it - it was meant to be. ;) go cubbies! Yay!
`there's a carseat in my car now. ack!
37, 6 1/3 pounds, 19 inches

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On Friday there was a surprise shower thrown by my coworkers. I had NO clue. They are sneaky!! Rob was in on it, that sneaky art tard…:b it was very very sweet. I have really great people.
I feel time slipping away. I have to stop with the “I’ll do this later” because there is no later. Note to self, stop watching Olympics. Go pack your emergency/hospital bags. Sucks cuz I’m back to feeling tired a lot. With added bonus of attention deficit disorder.
I think I had a contraction today. Just one, fluke occurrence.
36, 6 pounds 18.5 inches
i really want to visit china. i wanted to 4 years ago. it's ironic that the week the olympics start is the week i'm banned from flying. :b
edit - 70 onesies :b and my hair is falling out again. w00h00!

madres calientes..

can we talk about shoe size? did yer feet grow a half-size/size/2 sizes??
if the analogy of motherhood as a sorority holds, this is hazing. :b
35, 18 inches 5.25 pounds

edit: more ramblings!
~Spatial talents - Sometimes when I make a photocopy or open the fridge or wash my hands, I (my belly rather) hits the ledge. Ohhh yeah. Heheh.
~How am I feeling? My current answer is “very pregnant”. This weekend I had some lower back hurtin’, which is new.
~I made a diaper cost spreadsheet. Nerd alert!
~Babies r us kinda stresses me out. I went on Friday and couldn’t help but feel like the baby industry was happy to have me in its grip. The thing is, it’s far. FAR. I pass 2 targets and a walmart to get there. I’m hoping I can find everything at target and forgo crappy traffic/BRU customer service.
~tell me yer email address to get on the superbirthannouncement email. it'll come from joo and rob at gmail. email me or comment. speak now!! ;)

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-thank you notes. my handwriting stinks. And since I’m out of practice/type more than I write, I have plenty of spelling mistakes that look like I failed the 3rd grade. ;)
-In the borrowed maternity clothes pile are some polo shirts. I don’t own any polos, so it’s funny wearing one after avoiding them for so long. Heh. It reminds me too much of retail jobs and other stints in the service industry.
-We spent a lot of the weekend cleaning, organizing, clearing. I’m tired from it :b
-I’ve got a Jekyll and hyde complex where I don’t trust myself. Is it the lack of solid sleep? I dunno. Reasons I get cranky:
% cheerful morning persons. too. early.
% ladies who say they loved being pregnant. The memories they have must be of weeks 16-20.
% getting any more onesies. I counted - we received 60 onesies! And unless you give us a onesie that says “weezer” or “metallica”, I won’t be very excited. The gushing phase is over. I’d gush more over baby wipes or… a bucket.
Ugg. See? And these are all well-meaning people. So if you find that I shoot you a professor snape-like glare, just ignore. hee hee, i think i'll give out buckets for christmas ;)
- 34, 18 inches, 4.75 pounds

ramblings at 33

-I could have sworn my inlaws said rob weighed 8 lbs 8 oz because I distinctly remember dorking out and taking his # and my 6 lbs 6 oz and saying the average is 7 lbs, 7 oz. He weighed 8 lbs 9.5 ounces. I stand corrected.
-I had this feeling of…disconnect. To cope with fear, maybe? I think the kid caught on cuz he’s been pretty active. Swimming… kickboxing? As if to say, don’t ignore me, lady. ;) this isn't bally's. this isn't anytime fitness... :b
-even my standby t shirts don’t fit right. These changes are worse than puberty. Except with puberty, at least they quarantined us all into middle school…so everybody was raging. Tho many will go through this again. I don’t need to repeat middle school. ;)
-went to baby showers. How amazing that people will support you like that. To be surrounded by people who love you (you like me, you really like me!). Mad props to my planning friends. If we were having a girl, we could name her Jennifer Jackie Melissa Melanie Charlotte Jeanette Bo Besca the third. If any of you need any baby gift bags, see me. Oh, and we now have onesies to last the next 18 years.
33, 17 inches 4 pounds
i'm no good at pictures, here are many from j&t, m&w. thanks guys!

retention

swollen hands! swollen feet. swollen everything :P
fingers might get too tight for the rings. sigh.
anyhoo, people ask how i'm doing, and i say "good" but i think i'm slowly transitioning to "not so good" which means it's not safe for me to blog.
32, 3.75 pounds, 16.7 inches

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it's hard to sleep soundly. i might fall asleep in front of the tv, move upstairs to the couch, and move upstairs to the bed. then i'll wake up, move downstairs to the couch, and go back to the bed after an hour. spawn's been pretty active. <3
society seems to have a soft spot for pregnant ladies. it's nice. i'm kinda the opposite. i'm crabby. :b
31, 3.3 pounds, 16 inches