La Casita Dunbar: January 2012

Saturday 14 January 2012

weeks 36-40+

Week 36+

Week 37

Week 38

Week 39

Week 40+ (overdue...again)

Little notes (please keep in mind that I'm 5 days over and bored of "waiting"):

I'm feeling good. A little too good for my liking, because this will probably mean that I still have to wait a little longer.
I'm going to brag now... I have had no back ache, no cankels, or chipolata sausage fingers. None whatsoever. I'm comfortable and almost to the point where it feels like Ive been a big pregnant person all my life. I do however have that "I'm busting" feeling down there... like all the time.
I've done prenatal pilaties right up until my due date. Then our 7yr old plasma died and I have only done it one more time since. I'm loving that I have an excuse so I don't feel guilty for not doing it, just lazy.
I weighed in at 65.8kg on my due date at my midwife appointment. That's a total weight gain of close to 9kg. Just a little lighter than my last two pregnancies.
Almost a month ago now, I was told by my midwife that baby was engaged and about 3/5 down...great! On my due date, he had bopped back up and no longer engaged... not great. She did try to reassure me that since it's my 3rd baby, it didn't mean much or that he wouldn't come soon... SHE LIED! Hence, I'm sitting here on the couch blogging and not at the hospital pushing.
I decided to get a 'stretch and strip' at my last appointment, don't know why I bothered since they NEVER work for me... when will I learn?!
Yes, I'm still eating a whole lot of lychees.
I'm having some funky dreams lately. Ranging from snakes and anxious dinner parties and other stuff I can't really mention on here :)
We had horrible HOT weather for about 4 days and It was hell... literally.
Just wondering... why can't babies come with an exact date/day and time and a little name tag attached?! It would just make it a whole lot easier.
I think I'm over it. Why or why am I always late?! Is it pay back for my lack of punctuality and for all the times I've arrived late to things like school, appointments, church, meetings etc?! Seriously, WHY???!!! If I'm following the pattern here, and it looks like I am, than this time around I will be 9 days late. Sorry Joe, looks like you're going to work tomorrow, and the next day, and the next after that. :(

Come on baby, prove me wrong...PLEASE! Meanwhile, check out El's poses in one of my previous shoots... love her.

Wednesday 18th, 2012

I am officially 41 weeks today. I'm feeling really impatient and a little stressed because I woke up feeling like every other morning... absolutely fine! I'm a little stressed because I'm on a bit of a deadline- Granny and pop's departure date is approaching and El starts school on Monday... MONDAY! So in the last three days I've been on 3 power walks pushing 25kgs+ of stroller and the results have been nothing but a great burst of energy and feeling absolutely nothing. But this afternoon we have progress. I have been home from my midwife appointment for around 1.5hrs now where I got a brutal strip and stretch by a male doctor who gave me the warning that he would do the best he could to get things happening. Yeah well, I tell you what, I've had plenty of strips and stretches done in the past before, but none like this one. I could barely walk after it and I'm starting to feel "stuff"... FINALLY. I'm feeling uncomfortable and I think I'm getting mild contractions- like that period pain feeling I got both times in the past that let me know things were starting to happen... hallelujah! Could it really be happening?! I hope so! But if not, I have been booked in for an induction Friday morning at 7am! Though, my body has never let me reach my induction dates in the past. I'm hoping it won't let it get to that point again. Here's hoping for some labour pains and a baby tonight or tomorrow! To be continued...

Life with two

Things are about to change BIG time around here. Baby no.3 will be here any day now (lets hope it's soon) and it will no longer just be these two little munchkins...

So I wanted to write a post about what life with two is like at the moment, so that I can look back as to how it was with just my El belle and Buddy...

So my life with two goes a little like this:

We usually start our day around 7am. Lately because of summer, sometimes it can start as early as 6am!
We eat breakfast together and then the kids play (or fight )while I tidy up and do some chores. Then I put on a dvd or ABC kids and they enjoy a morning tea, while I excersise. In the winter, when we could venture out and not melt in the heat, the kids and I would take a walk to the park every morning and have morning tea there... I MISS those days.
On Thurdays and Fridays Noah and I would take El to kindy and attend doctor appointments on those days.
Every other day, after lunch, we have lately been heading out to Mc Donalds for a play in the playground since its too hot to take them to a real playground. They also enjoy a soft serve ice-cream, while I (on occasion) enjoy their new chocolate frappes... yum!
In the afternoons we then run some errands like shopping or do something fun like go to the local library, pool or dam or dance lessons. But if I'm not feeling like chasing them around the place with a big belly, or it's just too hot to even move, then we have "quiet" time at home and put on a dvd or read books while they have a small afternoon tea.
Later, while the kids play (or fight) I prepare dinner and eagerly await daddy's arrival.
In the evenings after our 5-5:30 dinner, we wind down and start getting ready for bed- shower, PJ's, teeth brushing, books, drink of milk or water, potty then it's 7pm and that means...BED! Hallelujah! Then we do it all over again the next day. :)

I wonder how much of that routine will change? With a new bub and El starting school, I'm sure there will be a lot of adjustments and I'm going to think back to these days and think how much easier life with two was, even though right now it sometimes seems so darn difficult.

It's a weird feeling. I'm so excited to meet my new little baby boy and just want him to hurry up and come already. But on the other hand, I also want to savour these last days with just my two munchkins and hold on to what we have for as long as possible. However, at this point and 4 days overdue, I think I'm ready for the challenge. It can only get better... right?

So come on baby boy...COME OUT! Please. Just look how much fun you could be having with these two...

They're sure eager to meet you!

Saturday 7 January 2012

Happy new year!

It's funny how when I was young and in my prime -meaning no kids :), new year's eve was such an exciting time because it meant going to a party with friends somewhere and staying up late.

Well, things change. This year, if Joe's dad hadn't called us in the morning and asked what our plans were for new years, Joe and I would have have had NO IDEA that it was even new year's eve! Yes, it's sad it has come to that. I guess we would have figured it out eventually when we noticed our neighbours who are still cool even with three kids, preparing for a big party. If it wasn't for them, I would have slept right through into the new year, but instead got woken up right at midnight with "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" chants and bells ringing (where the heck did those bells come from!?).

So though it was kinda cheating, I can kinda say that I was awake to welcome the new year... just in a tired, getting old, loosing track of time, mother of 2.5 style.

I did manage to snap up some last pics of 2011 earlier in the evening as we enjoyed our last meal of the year... Tacos (what else!?). Look at the crazy little bunch...

2012 is going to be a BIG and busy year for us I think. Not sure exactly what it will bring, well I lie, cos I definitely know it will bring a new baby boy in just a matter of days! But for the rest of it, who knows!?

Happy new year!

Thursday 5 January 2012

Cousins come to visit!

El and I have a list of exciting things to look forward to, and it's nice to cross them off as each one comes and goes!

This is our list:

1. ~~Daddy's holidays~~
2. ~~Christmas day~~
3. ~~Tori, Eadie, and Anabel's visit (Juan and Rani too :)~~
4. Granny and Pop's visit
5. BABY! (really hoping that no. 4&5 remain in that order!)
6. School (El's excited about this, not me).

We were so excited when no. 3 on the list finally came! It was so nice to have family around during the holidays, they saved us from having a completely lonely christmas period. Though it was only a short visit (you don't need a lot of time to experience what Emerald has to offer), we managed to squeeze in a few things. But like I said, it was just nice to have family around.

Here are some pics of what we got up to...