Mom Fail.

oh for heavens sakes... this pregnancy brain stuff is for the birds!  i guess they had picture day at school... and guess who's kid was NOT dressed up (i swear i had no idea they were taking spring photos)? but guess who's kid is a freaking ham?  the pictures are seriously adorable despite the fact that he has shoes that literally have holes in them (he uses the toes of his shoes as breaks on the bikes at school, so we never send him in good shoes...)... and despite the fact that they didn't brush his hair (it's totally a wreck, which amazes me because it never looks "that bad" at home)... and he's wearing sweatpants with a t-shirt that don't match, at all) oh i just have to laugh.  because he's just the cutest thing... smiling in every photo - even the class photo!

i'm such a sucker for photos of my kid (hello - yeah i'm a mom through and through)... that i had to buy this pose and the class photo... 

NST 5

{Sparkle Shoe View}

...still pregnant at 36 weeks 3 days... can i hear a woot woot?  today's NST went pretty good great... i can't ask for anything better than a "reactive" baby... with only one contraction... and amniotic fluid is normal (11.8)... my bloodpressure is low (101/62)... and i haven't had any swelling to note (except for sunday after we stood outside in the heat for 20 minutes after a wedding...)

so... here's to baking this baby... cheers!
(i'm raising my glass of ice water - for what it's worth)

Still Pregnant at 36 Weeks 2 Days

...i hate to put that as a title ..."still pregnant"... because i don't want to jinx myself... and anything could change at any moment.  but in this moment, right here... i'm so thankful that i am still pregnant...  tomorrow is my next NST monitoring... and our c-section is still scheduled for a week from tomorrow (as of right this moment).

...lately, i've been playing the game of do stuff, rest... do a little more... rest a little more... because my list for before baby comes is a little out of control.  and although i've come to terms with the fact that not everything is going to get accomplished before gavin arrives... there were some things that just had to happen... like packing my hospital bag (because no, i don't really want jim to pack my bag in a hurry, while i'm already at the hospital or something), getting the cradle (same one ethan slept in for the first ten months of his life... same one my grandfather built and ethan's godfather slept in as a newborn!), and making sure we had wipes (we have some disposable diapers for the first week of goo and umbilical cord... but i never made it to get our cloth diapers... so gavin will probably make that outing with me)... you know... the important things.  but everything takes SO long... when you can work on it for awhile, then have to lay down and drink water, and then go pee (again)... 

my trusty tumbler of  ice water hasn't left my side and i've been eating watermelon like it's my life source...

...for mother's day, the boys surprised me with an ipod touch (completely ridiculous and too expensive of a gift!) - and i love it.  i was actually saving up my profits from etsy and was planning to buy myself one to have as my "computer" at the hospital... but the boys beat me to the punch.  i've been learning the ways of social media and digital technology from my post on the couch... my favorite apps include instagram, diptic, pinterest, twitter, tv guide, pbs kids (for ethan not me... obviously), abc player, tetris, and facebook... plus, it's definitely made my doctor visits the past few weeks so much more enjoyable... i've hardly noticed the time i've spent waiting in waiting rooms! ;) 

Ethan and Dada Spinning/
Ethan and his new slip n' slide/
Carter guarding me on top of the couch/
My new do

Kicks up at the an NST/
Bump Photo/
Avengers Date with the Hubs/
Gavin's Coming Home Outfit

...ethan's been so fun lately... he talks constantly... and repeats even the silliest phrases, that i didn't realize i said ("Keep your eyes peeled for another train")... we've had a few epic tantrums lately...wow... those are something else... but result in the evenings usually from ethan being overtired or over-hungry... but when he gets himself worked up, it's so pitiful/stressful for everyone... we usually end up having to hug it out of him as he cries because he doesn't want anything (Do you want dinner? NO! Do you want to get down from the table? NO! Let's take a bath. NO!).... those evenings seriously end with either Momma or Dadda holding him while he cries... but when he gets it out of his system... the switch flips, we're able to eat some dinner, get our pj's on and go to bed.... oh to be 2.

...and everyone keeps asking how we think ethan's going to do with gavin.  to be honest - i think he's going to do great.  do i think it's going to completely rock his world? yes.  but come on... it's going to completely rock my world, too... we're all in this together... this little family of three (plus our carter-dog) is ready to have our world rocked by a tiny tiny baby...