Mopsy has enjoyed the week of bedrest (that makes one of us). She loves having people around to cuddle up to all day!
Friday, July 23, 2010
Bedrest
Mopsy has enjoyed the week of bedrest (that makes one of us). She loves having people around to cuddle up to all day!
Utah baby shower!
Here are some photos from the Utah baby shower --complete with a baby food tasting game. I have some great co-workers! This is me at my most swollen, I believe. It's a little depressing to see the damage. Oh well, this is why they invented the jogging stroller, right? My boss threw me the shower at her house --since most of the ladies there are news reporters --and crime reporters like me --she was really excited that the pink "It's a girl!" tape looked like crime scene tape.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Mopsy
Mopsy --Baby Whetham's feline sibling --definitely knows something is up. It started a few months back with the crazy-looking jumperoo that made noise and scared her when we brought it home.
Then came the flood of 2010, but now that repairs are complete, Mopsy continues to realize something is going on. She is very curious about the baby's room. She jumped in the crib once and got promptly kicked out. She loves to sit in the baby's rocking chair, which is less concerning to her mom and dad. She also has recently taken to the changing pad --which is another bad habit we are trying to break. Apparently that changing pad is the perfect size for a cat bed. But she is getting better and is continually kicked out of the baby's room.
Every night, she also comes and lays her head on Melinda's belly, which is kind of cute. She has also figured out that if she lightly paws Melinda's stomach, the stomach will kick back! This is a really weird phenomenon and one I want to try to catch on video before the baby comes. Mopsy doesn't do this every night, but she definitely knows something is different with her owner's stomach! We are reading up on how to help her adjust once the baby comes.
She's almost here!
OK, so I fell off the blog bandwagon and thought I'd to a quick entry with the latest:
--The second trimester was a vast improvement over the first! It was great to not be sick everyday; the anti-nausea meds really did the trick.
--We celebrated Baby Whetham's arrival at the beginning of June with friends and family back in Minnesota. We spent several days at a condo on Lake Pepin with the Rogers' side of the family and a couple days in Stillwater with the Whetham family. We had two get togethers with family to celebrate the baby --one with the Rogers/Workin clan in Eagan and one with the Whethams at a Bayport park. Needless to say she was spoiled.
--Baby Whetham was spoiled more after Melinda spent a week in Moorhead following the Lake Pepin/Stillwater trip. Grandma Sue's friends threw Melinda a nice party that was so much fun! Everyone had nice advice and Baby Whetham's wardrobe of cute clothes grew. Melinda also got to visit Baby Whetham's great grandpa and grandma out at Twin Lake. Her cousins, the Langeruds, are anxious for her arrival so they can have a new swimming buddy next summer. They even got her a baby bikini so she is ready for the lake.
--The rest of June and July seemed to fly by. We have almost finished the nursery, compliments of Grandpa and Grandma Rogers, who helped purchase Baby Whetham's crib and dresser. We found a cute bookcase and rocking chair on craigslist and have a pink/green/yellow daisy theme going on in the room. It has turned out very cute! Joe has also put the stroller together from Grandpa and Grandma Whetham.
--July took a bit of a roadbump when Melinda was ordered on bedrest for a week due to concerns with high blood pressure/protein in the system/swelling. Doctors are monitoring her for pregnancy induced hypertension and/or preeclampsia. So far, it looks like bedrest is doing the trick ---and Baby Whetham hopefully won't be born too early!
--Despite the bedrest setback, Melinda's Utah friends/co-workers spoiled her with yet another baby party! It was so much fun to hear their advice and Joe and Melinda now have a list of very willing babysitters in Utah. :-) We are lucky to be surrounded by great people who have helped us out in getting ready for Baby Whetham.
--Melinda will continue going to the doctor a couple times a week to make sure everything is still going OK. Despite the bedrest issues, Baby Whetham kicks away everyday and keeps her mom wide awake from about 3 to 5 a.m.
--The second trimester was a vast improvement over the first! It was great to not be sick everyday; the anti-nausea meds really did the trick.
--We celebrated Baby Whetham's arrival at the beginning of June with friends and family back in Minnesota. We spent several days at a condo on Lake Pepin with the Rogers' side of the family and a couple days in Stillwater with the Whetham family. We had two get togethers with family to celebrate the baby --one with the Rogers/Workin clan in Eagan and one with the Whethams at a Bayport park. Needless to say she was spoiled.
--Baby Whetham was spoiled more after Melinda spent a week in Moorhead following the Lake Pepin/Stillwater trip. Grandma Sue's friends threw Melinda a nice party that was so much fun! Everyone had nice advice and Baby Whetham's wardrobe of cute clothes grew. Melinda also got to visit Baby Whetham's great grandpa and grandma out at Twin Lake. Her cousins, the Langeruds, are anxious for her arrival so they can have a new swimming buddy next summer. They even got her a baby bikini so she is ready for the lake.
--The rest of June and July seemed to fly by. We have almost finished the nursery, compliments of Grandpa and Grandma Rogers, who helped purchase Baby Whetham's crib and dresser. We found a cute bookcase and rocking chair on craigslist and have a pink/green/yellow daisy theme going on in the room. It has turned out very cute! Joe has also put the stroller together from Grandpa and Grandma Whetham.
--July took a bit of a roadbump when Melinda was ordered on bedrest for a week due to concerns with high blood pressure/protein in the system/swelling. Doctors are monitoring her for pregnancy induced hypertension and/or preeclampsia. So far, it looks like bedrest is doing the trick ---and Baby Whetham hopefully won't be born too early!
--Despite the bedrest setback, Melinda's Utah friends/co-workers spoiled her with yet another baby party! It was so much fun to hear their advice and Joe and Melinda now have a list of very willing babysitters in Utah. :-) We are lucky to be surrounded by great people who have helped us out in getting ready for Baby Whetham.
--Melinda will continue going to the doctor a couple times a week to make sure everything is still going OK. Despite the bedrest issues, Baby Whetham kicks away everyday and keeps her mom wide awake from about 3 to 5 a.m.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Ultra sound 2 and getting ready for baby
We had our second ultrasound on April 15 ---and the technician and doctor this time said they were 99 percent sure it’s a girl. It was amazing to see how much she had developed and how the technology enabled us to see so many of her organs (the chambers of her heart, her kidneys, her brain, etc.)
We were able to get a clear shot of her “girl parts” before she crossed her legs like a lady and felt that we were invading her privacy. :-) She might be shy or hate to have her photo taken, as she also had her hands in front of her face.
We think we’ve got a name for her, but we are keeping it a secret until she is born so don’t try to get it out of us! I’m also a tiny bit scared that she will come out and we will get a look at her and realize that the name we’ve picked out is not her name after all. I guess we’ll know when she gets here, but we do love the name we have right now and we love her so much already. We can’t wait for her to get here!
I can feel her kicking regularly, a good sign as the doctor told us as long as we are feeling at least one movement a day at this point, that her movement is normal. She was found to be a bit on the small side –in the 34th percentile for weight. But the doctors also told us not to worry too much about that ---part of it could be tied to my weight loss and sickness during the first trimester and that as long as I continue to gain weight throughout the pregnancy, she may likely catch up and be a cute, plump little thing when she enters the world.
As the construction continues at our house, we are anxiously awaiting the chance to put her room together. We’ve got the walls painted green and bought her crib bedding (pink with daisies on) earlier this week. We’re going for a green/pink/yellow motif and plan to buy her a white crib and dresser. Joe’s cousin Thea sent us an early baby gift –a changing pad, changing pad covers and boppy –so with a few more things laying around it is starting to really look like we have a baby coming. We’ve found some good deals on Craigslist, the latest being a white rocking chair for her bedroom. It needs a good cleaning and some paint touch ups, but outside of that, it was a total steal! We are having the rocking chair cushions recovered in a pink that matches her crib bedding, so the room should be tied together when she gets here.
One of my favorite things we have in her room is a dollhouse my dad made me when I was little. He and my mom brought it out here when they drove out to Utah to deliver our wedding gifts two years ago. Joe and I tucked it away in our crawl space/storage area, but have it out now and cleaned up. It is so cute in her room and I loved playing with it SO MUCH! I think she will love it too.
One of Joe’s favorite things we have in her room is the new pink soccer ball he picked up for her at the soccer store! It is pretty cute. I am sure she will be kicking it around in no time.
Our next doctor’s appointment is on May 3rd, when I will be about 23 weeks.
We were able to get a clear shot of her “girl parts” before she crossed her legs like a lady and felt that we were invading her privacy. :-) She might be shy or hate to have her photo taken, as she also had her hands in front of her face.
We think we’ve got a name for her, but we are keeping it a secret until she is born so don’t try to get it out of us! I’m also a tiny bit scared that she will come out and we will get a look at her and realize that the name we’ve picked out is not her name after all. I guess we’ll know when she gets here, but we do love the name we have right now and we love her so much already. We can’t wait for her to get here!
I can feel her kicking regularly, a good sign as the doctor told us as long as we are feeling at least one movement a day at this point, that her movement is normal. She was found to be a bit on the small side –in the 34th percentile for weight. But the doctors also told us not to worry too much about that ---part of it could be tied to my weight loss and sickness during the first trimester and that as long as I continue to gain weight throughout the pregnancy, she may likely catch up and be a cute, plump little thing when she enters the world.
As the construction continues at our house, we are anxiously awaiting the chance to put her room together. We’ve got the walls painted green and bought her crib bedding (pink with daisies on) earlier this week. We’re going for a green/pink/yellow motif and plan to buy her a white crib and dresser. Joe’s cousin Thea sent us an early baby gift –a changing pad, changing pad covers and boppy –so with a few more things laying around it is starting to really look like we have a baby coming. We’ve found some good deals on Craigslist, the latest being a white rocking chair for her bedroom. It needs a good cleaning and some paint touch ups, but outside of that, it was a total steal! We are having the rocking chair cushions recovered in a pink that matches her crib bedding, so the room should be tied together when she gets here.
One of my favorite things we have in her room is a dollhouse my dad made me when I was little. He and my mom brought it out here when they drove out to Utah to deliver our wedding gifts two years ago. Joe and I tucked it away in our crawl space/storage area, but have it out now and cleaned up. It is so cute in her room and I loved playing with it SO MUCH! I think she will love it too.
One of Joe’s favorite things we have in her room is the new pink soccer ball he picked up for her at the soccer store! It is pretty cute. I am sure she will be kicking it around in no time.
Our next doctor’s appointment is on May 3rd, when I will be about 23 weeks.
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