Week 37

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Week 37! Yippee! Little Miss Caitlin is technically considered full-term now, so she is about the size of...a baby! :) However, it is better if she waits a few more weeks to make her debut. That gives her brain more time to develop, she'll be able to pack on another couple ounces, and she can keep working on those ever-important life skills--eating, sleeping, and filling up diapers. She will also hopefully develop some sense of spacial orientation--we have decided she has my sense of direction because she is still pretty crooked in there, and it's very uncomfortable when she tries to get comfortable.

This past weekend we got to assemble some more of her furniture; she now has a functional mobile, baby monitor, and "soothing colic pad," although I managed to pop of the head of the screw to that battery compartment, so it needs some help. I also managed to build her bouncer (go me!) but we ran out of D batteries, so that and her swing are still in process. While we won't be using her stroller any time soon because of all the snow (which we would be more than happy to donate to Vancouver), we also need to pull that out of the box so we can figure out her car seat before going to the hospital.

So, all her stuff is pretty much ready, and the last really big thing to do is pack my hospital bag. I have gotten started but there are a lot of things to pack that I am still using. I can pack her going-home outfit though--it's so cute! One more thing to unveil on the big day, whenever it, aka she, decides to arrive. :)

Couple of Nursery Pics

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I thought I had already posted these, but apparently not. Here are 2 pictures of our nursery.

Week 36

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We're down to the last four weeks (what happened to pregnancy taking 9 months?)! The little missy is supposedly around 6 pounds by now, and running out of room in there, which may be why she's so squirmy. Otherwise, her hyperactivity does not bode well for mom and dad. :) At our last doctor's appointment, she was measuring a little small, but the doctor said it might be because she is still a little crooked in there; her rear is currently under my right ribs. She will probably straighten out on her own, but we will see. We are now going in for appointments every week, barring more weather. :)

Over this past weekend, we did get about 28 inches of snow, which (awesome) Sean took care of for us. The roads in our little subdivision are okay, probably because they are taken care of by the condo association, but the rest of the region is still trying to clean up. On the bright side, we had a snow day today, which we spent trying to get the house a little more ready for our new addition (in about a month!) Now we are due for another big storm tomorrow--probably half as much snow, but more wind and maybe some sleet or frozen rain. We're not sure where the snow will go, but we will be staying in yet again. Hopefully we can have another productive day.

Finally, our little missy has a name! She will be, barring any unexpected anatomy, Caitlin Elisabeth Whaley. Caitlin is Gaelic and supposedly means 'pure.' Sean came up with it (yay Sean!), and we both really like it. It will get a little long when we have to start filling out all of her paperwork, but it could be worse. The paperwork will start shortly, as we have already started checking out daycares and pediatricians. We had hoped to go visiting this week, but with the weather most of them are closed today, probably tomorrow, and some have already closed for Wednesday.