Seven Snippets Fridays, #5

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Claire is making an appearance on her friend Wyatt's blog today.  Wyatt is celebrating February with a whole month of Valentines!

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My headaches have subsided and for that I am extremely grateful. Things are slowly coming together.  A load of laundry for baby is done, so s/he will have at least a couple of options other than blankets.  The car seat has been located, though not installed in the car.  The taxes are almost done, with maybe an hour or two of fine tuning this weekend.  The only pressing issue continues to be the piles on my desk at work.  I've come to the realization that there are just going to be some things I have to pass off to others.

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I'm sure most of you know Courtney and the Squibs, but if you don't, you MUST visit her blog.  She is the inspiration behind many of the half finished projects I have for Claire all over the house.  But more than that, she inspires me.  Her post Getting to Integral is what I want for Claire.  Claire has jobs where she is integral (she is the drawer closer in the kitchen, and the best trash-thrower-awayer ever), but I've realized this needs to be a continual and evolving process, for both our kids.

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I've started packing my bags, both for the hospital and for the possibility we end up staying with Darren's parents for a while.  Packing for 3 people (Darren's on his own), for an undetermined length of time is hard.  In true procrastinator fashion, that means I've hit a wall after packing a few toiletries, a blanket for baby and some of Claire's silverware.

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Darren is under the impression that we have decided on both a girl and boy name.

He's wrong.

I'm still not sure on the boy name, just as I wasn't with Claire.  Makes me kind of hope for a girl.  At least the kid will have a name!

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If baby doesn't make his appearance on my schedule, and we end up living at the farm for a while, our internet access will be SEVERELY LIMITED.  There is no internet at the farm, and I'm not sure if there is wi-fi in the surrounding towns.  I may have to do a bit of traveling to get online. Because of that, first news of baby will probably be on Facebook. At least I have access to that on my phone.

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Claire at about 2 months old.  She was still on O2 while sleeping after her bout with RSV.

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Still here, still waiting on baby

The countdown has officially begun, and things are BUSY!

I will be 37 weeks preggo tomorrow, and am still sooooo unprepared for baby's arrival.  I don't have any of the newborn clothes out or washed.  The bassinet linens still need to be washed.  I don't have a bag packed in case I do go into labor.  Baby's car seat is still in a closet somewhere.  If baby is a boy, we still don't have a name.  Taxes aren't done. Six days left in the office, and my desk is FAR from clean.

Ah well.  I know it will work out, and that the world won't end if a few things are left undone, but still I'm feeling a bit stressed.

(I've been having headaches for the last week or so.  Since I had pre-eclampsia with Claire my Dr ran some tests this week to make sure all is well.  It is, but that means headaches are stress related (see above!) and I'm not sure how to de-stress myself over the coming weeks.)

We head to Denver for our appointment on Feb 29th.  Membranes will be stripped, and if all goes according to plan, baby will arrive soon after.  If things don't go according to plan, we'll be living with the in-laws until baby arrives.  I love my in-laws, but this is not ideal.

We'd be away from home, without most of our stuff, in someone else's house, sans internet (so I can't even work...).

In all our rushing about my computer time, my alone time, has been pretty much non-existent.  I haven't found time to write a quick post in weeks, let alone time to read other posts and I'm feeling a bit out of touch. I'm not sure it will be any better once baby arrives, but I miss all the updates on Claire's friends!

Just a little random Clairey goodness to finish things off...

Seven Snippets Fridays, #4

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It's a snow day today.  Colorado has been all over the news for the monster storm that is supposed to be upon us.  Some parts of the state have a lot more snow than we do though.  It's still snowing, but so far, we only have about three inches.

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And related to our snow day....trying to get any work done from home while entertaining a 2 year old is pretty much impossible!

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On Monday we had another ultrasound to make sure that a VBAC was an option.  Everything looks good with baby and his position, so that is the plan.  We will head back to the doctor on Feb 29 to have my membranes stripped and hopefully have a baby soon after. I am hoping that baby waits until the next day to make his appearance though, so we don't have a leap year baby.

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Monday was full of appointments.  Claire also had PT, her first session since she started walking.  We brought her Sure Steps and a couple of pair of shoes to try with them.  These shoes were the best fit over the orthotics.  They come in half sizes and an extra wide width.

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Claire's favorite word right now is 'hot'.  Any time you give her food she will sign and say hot, and we have to reassure her that it's just right to eat.  Cute, but exhausting at times, as this can be an every bite question.

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Since we didn't get enough of all the doctor appointments on Monday, Claire and I headed to her ENT on Wednesday.  Both the audiologist and her doctor said her ears were pretty full of wax.  She hasn't been eating too much these days, so it was worth a trip to get her checked out.  The doctor cleaned one ear out, but said the other one looked good.  Both tubes are still in place too.  So, I guess the picky (or non-existent) eating is just 2 year old stuff...

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At the ultrasound the tech estimated baby's weight at 5 lbs, 7 oz.  Crazy, because that's already bigger than what Claire was when she was born.

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