Wow.. just one more week and we are going to be a family of 4!!!! We are all very excited. I really held off on my nesting instincts until after Christmas 1, because I was still very busy with pictures and 2, I knew that if I did it too early, I would go stir crazy waiting for next week to come. Slowly I have been getting Scott old baby stuff out of storage and make sure it is cleaned and ready to bring home Levi. My friend Anne came over one day to help me wash all the newborn clothes and sterilize all the bottles. I've also been on crazy mission to stock our deep freeze full of easy meals and lots of pre-made casseroles so I still feel like we are eating meals after all the grandmas are gone and it's just me and the boys at home. I'm very happy that Ryan is taking 2 weeks off this time. When Scott was born Ryan had just started his new job 1 month prior and all he was allowed to take was 5 days of leave. It didn't help that we had to spend 3 of those days in the hospital, so he only got 2 days at home before he had to go back. I really want him here to make sure Scott knows how much we love him while we have to spend so much time on Levi. It helps that right now Scott is on a very big "daddy kick", so I can concentrate on nursing Levi.
Although we have tried to talk to Scott about Levi's arrival, I'm pretty convinced that he doesn't get it yet. If we tell him to "kiss the baby" He will kiss my belly, but I'm not even sure he is separating baby and belly in his mind. I have spend more time with my friend Kris, who has the twins, and try to hold a baby in-front of Scott lots, but he has their big sister gracie to play with. As I have been getting things ready, Scott has taken interest in them as you can see from the pictures. I remind him everyday that they are going to be for the baby and he has repeated that back to me a few times. I also borrowed Gracie's toy pack-n-play and car seat so Scott can mimic us when we start to use these items for Levi. We have them out now and I have tried to play putting his elmo's in them, but I think they will sink in more when Levi is here.
Here is Scott checking out all his old toys:
So.. only a week left and I can tell you I will miss "feeling" Levi. Scott was a kicker.. but Levi is a wiggle worm. Ryan is weirded-out by it but I love it... it's a sense of relief when I know he is active. I can tell the moments are getting limited as he is running out of room. I really have felt great this whole pregnancy, thank goodness I never had to go onto any bedrest.
For those of you who have not heard.. Levi is ALSO breech. This is why we had the c/s with Scott. I mentioned it to the dr that I thought it was weird for me to have two breech babies when the chances of having a breech baby in the first place is something like 1 in 10. He said some women just have "one of those uterus's" that don't give the baby enough room... I thought it was funny. Anyway, so now I have ANOTHER baby boy, hanging out in my rib cage... taking up my lung space and kicking my bladder...
I'm just now in the last week starting to get uncomfortable sleeping. and I definitely will not miss my dr visits... I always take Scott and he is such a great trooper, but it's annoying waiting. We wait for our name to be called.. and then we wait again (usually 30 min) for the dr to finally come in.. and then it's a 5 min appointment of checking the heartbeat, measuring me, and asking me "any questions"?? I have one more appointment to endure.
I have, however, been asking a question to all the dr's in the practice for the past 2 months (over and over again)... "How big do you think this baby will be when I deliver???" You see, Scott was 8lb, 15oz... and historically, second babies are bigger than the first... and boys especially are bigger... so going into this, I'm expecting a good 9 pounder... well, turns out, all three 3 dr's have the same opinion, we will around 8lbs... give or take. At today's appointment, she estimated that he would be about 7lb, 12oz next week... another of the dr's said between 7 1/2 to 8 1/4... and another dr said we would be pushing it to get to 8... so there you have it... I blame the coffee... With Scott I weaned myself from coffee very early and never had another drop until I was practically done nursing at 6 months. This time I knew there was no way I could get through the pregnancy without it... between pictures and keeping up with Scott, so I allow myself 1 cup everyday because I also know I"m getting caffeine from chocolates etc.
Can't wait to meet him!!! I'm so excited and just want to hold him.
So, in the next week, I have some final nesting I want to do, Ryan has a 3 day weekend (yippie) and we have a Date night planned. Scott and I have 3 play-dates trying to get in lots of friend time while we can. I also have 1 giant grocery trip planned so I know we have lots of fresh fruits, milk and easy foods to grab in the days coming up.
Love,
