Cat Fantasy

I'm sure every cat has a fantasy over getting his own bed or in this case bassinet. We managed to get it put together last weekend and while it will go in our room we decided that putting it in the baby's room for now was the safest bet. You know to keep it cat hair free. I was doing a few things in there this morning and I found a cat in it! Acting like it's his! I don't think so. I didn't even know he could jump that high since he is a tad lazy.

The first step to keep him out was a blanket over the top. Fail...

The second step was to fill it with blankets and a pillow. Fail...

The third step was to put boxes on top. Skipped that picture.

It worked... and he moved to my chair.

Spoiled.Rotten.Cat.

...is going to have issues when the baby arrives.

Cat Fantasy is ruined.

Thanksgiving Roundup

First off we have the obligatory pre-turkey photo - looks much like an after turkey photo at this point too. We stayed home and went out for Thanksgiving dinner to Torches on the Hudson River. I would like to say the best part was not doing any dishes, but it was really the food. It was very good and we had lots of great things to eat. Pretty much all traditional, but we also got ham and prime rib with the turkey. The best part is not having to eat leftovers all weekend. One meal of leftovers is fine, but after that I'm over it and ready for something else. Ok, honestly not doing any cooking or having to clean up a kitchen after was also wonderful. Instead we spent that time taking naps, watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade and then watching movies after we had dinner. Finally took advantage of our DVD player's ability to connect to the internet and ordered Netflix. Kind of handy to just pull it up and pick out a movie in the queue to watch right away. Also got to put a few in our order queue to be delivered to our house one at a time - mostly Blu-Rays. Tomorrow we will head out to do brave some crowds later in the morning at a few stores. NOT THE MALL!
Baby Hiccup - his most recent name is probably not coming this next week. Hiccups hit at least 2 to 3 times a day. The cats have become even more possessive and are really not going to be happy to have to fight over my lap with the baby.
Mark's excitement for the day was FLURRIES! We had a little bit of snow flurries. Sorry no pictures because the flurries unfortunately (for him) did not stick.
Hope you all enjoyed your turkey day! Happy Thanksgiving!

new camera and a few pics

This doesn't show how much the cover is off after the wind storm the other morning. It was so loud and windy I was sure it was a tornado minus the sirens. At 5:00 am it is not the way to start the day. It sure got us up and downstairs fast.

Trying out the zoom - this is the orchard behind our woods.

36 weeks - 4 days using the timer and showing off the new "do"

Someone needs a pedicure...

so someone got a pedicure and a haircut!

25 days or less to go! Hopefully less!

how to have a baby class

I think they actually call it child birth class, but whatever I prefer to call it how to have a baby class. Anyway we had our class today. Initially she said it was 9 to 5 with a break for lunch in the cafe, but we got done early because Mark and I were really the only ones to ask questions. Might be because we've spent some time there already and I wanted to know how things really work when you are in labor and not just visiting for a 23 hour stay. The first hour of the class was total review for us, which made for some ansty pants in a not so comfy chair. My big concern given we live in the an area big on the all natural ways of life was that we'd only hear about natural child birth and that was quickly put to rest by the nurse teaching the class. She had an epidural with her most recent child so she was able to knowledgeably discuss that topic much to my delight. After watching the various video's I think Mark now has a much better understanding of it all and why I am open to having an epidural. Much less work for him in the end. During the hospital tour the baby decided to act up and she asked if I was having a contraction. Umm... no he's going under my ribs and I was focused on redirecting him down. Then she told a story about a couple ladies ,who during previous tours, ended up being admitted and delivering the day of their classes. I did not want that to be me! He can come tomorrow however if he'd like.
So the highlight of the day was being able to see where they do the buffet for the meals in the maternity unit. In addition to a wonderful selection of food, which I will say is actually good, you can have a great view of the Hudson River while you eat and you can take your baby with you in the little plastic cage thing they call a basinett. They encourage you to eat there to get a break from your room and Mark can also eat with me for free. That is his reward for being a good support person I guess. The sandwiches looked mighty good to me - I can't wait to eat lunch meat again! Cold lunch meat because as you may guess heating it up before eating it is just well gross. A stack of Boar's Head all natural turkey on some really good bread would hit the spot about now - cold not warm!
Now we just need to finish packing our bags and get that car seat installed and we will be good to go. Even if we don't get those things done we are fine. I wouldn't mind another pair of those non-slip blue socks!

UPS Delivers

and delivers and delivers.... to our house. They will not be delivering the baby though. Almost everyday this week I've heard the truck pull up and the guy in the brown uniform run up the steps, drop a box, tap the dooror better yet the handrailing on the steps and run. I actually caught him in the act one day and said hi and think I scared him half to death. Pretty funny. Even more funny is half the time I can't remember what I have coming so that's half the fun of opening the box. There are Christmas gifts for Mark. Christmas gifts for the baby - don't worry I just got him one thing. Mark also got a few packages of his own this week - no idea what. Now I'm just waiting on the camera we ordered - a gift from Mark's parents and it appears that is coming via the USPS (the man in the little white truck who gets many holidays off...) so that might take ages. That will mean a trip to mail box on a daily basis until it comes. I'm hoping they give me the ok to do a little walking soon so I can get this baby moving in the right direction and then I won't have to modify that little rule too. To be honest it's no different than parking the car at the doctors office and walking to their office - right? Thought so.
Something else I've discovered by being on bedrest is that online shopping is the bomb. Great sales and so many choices. Amazon is one of the best. Anna and Emily are getting some cool birthday gifts and all the nieces and nephews will be getting fun stuff for Christmas. No pj's this year unless I find a great sale. Julie and Sean just might get the red stripped pj's.... LOL! Or the pj's with the escape hatch in the rear? Those looked might cool (not!). The best part of online shopping is I don't have to wrap it and someone else mails it for me. AND no trips to the mall, which I really do not like doing. I hate the mall here - not all malls just the one here mostly. I will say that Target no longer requires a quarter to get a shopping cart so hats of to them. The downer is they don't keep the little rider carts charged so that really shortens any sort of shopping trip I might be going on there. I also noticed that Amazon offers free shipping when you buy a certain dollar amount. Bonus.
And for the record I don't spend all day online shopping/browsing I am actually doing some work for work.

31 days to go!

I keep watching the ticker count down and 31 days doesn't sound long right now. In fact if we go 10 more it's a full moon and I would be perfectly fine with this little chunker coming about then. We have the baby class this weekend and I'm hoping they have good seating because I'm used to sitting back in the la-z-boy all day. Sunday I hope to get Mark to move the baby furniture around and put the pictures up on the wall. He's so good at that and I can't do it obviously. This weeks appointment seemed to last forever. First an ultrasound downstairs, then the doctors were goofing around about the name of a baby that one of them delivered the night before.... G-Honor pronounced much like Giana, which I happen to think is pretty, but this poor girl will forever be spelling out her name to everyone. Gee your Honor I didn't mean it. Oh the jokes. Poor thing. Then they started discussing other crazy things parents have done. It's a new office, just not sound proof obviously since I heard it all and was laughing when my doctor finally did come in. Thank godness we choose a normal name. Then they did a stress test on the baby and I had to wait for the machine to become available. At least he is cooperative during them and I only had to be on it for 20 minutes. Next week is the same drill, but the ultrasound should take longer because they want to see how big he is now. I'm guessing over 7 lbs., which is why I'd be happy if he showed up in 10 days.

cool cake

This is my favorite creative shower gift and unfortunately I had to finally take it apart to wash some of the items for the baby. Had to take a picture first! It had baby diapers of course, little blankets, a big blanket, a onsie, bath supplies, baby clipper kit and the monkey blankie on top.

Navy v Notre Dame Game

These pictures got lost for a while. After I got the ok to go back to work for a few hours a day we went to the Notre Dame game at the new Meadowlands Staduim. It included front row parking for suite holders and suite tickets with food and drink included. Water and ginger ale for me - woohoo! So we walked in and took the elevator to our floor - not much walking at all and comfy seats. They had 4 tv's set up in the suite and they whole place is brand new so it's really nice. Pretty sure the game was not what put me back on bedrest. It was the trip to Babies R Us that night that did me in. Rudest sales people ever work at the one near our house. Seriously rude. They make shopping so stressful. Won't be going back there for a really long while and only with a coupon in hand. Anyway the tickets came from Mark's new job and I got to meet the guys he works with - it was all guys so that meant I got to watch the game. Mark won a quarter or two of squares so we actually came out ahead in going to the game. The food was yummy too. Don't ask what I ate - I don't remember it was just good. Pretty sure this was our last outing until the baby comes.

33 weeks

leftover candy

Halloween was quiet for us. No dressing up here. Probably the last quiet one and we were very tired after a long weekend and went to bed early. All our company was gone and while we didn't expect any trick or treaters Mark did buy some candy just in case - a bag of Kit Kats. Mind you he offered me one after he opened it and remembered that his dad had bought some fudge. He wanted the fudge instead and didn't mention the fudge to me just offered up the Kit Kat. Slick move but I do have a huge box of candy that will be eaten before the Kit Kats go. I'm a picky chocolate eater.
Now that Halloween is over it's time to think about Christmas shopping - online this year. If you have any special requests let me know! I'm having fun with Amazon and Zappos so far. Pictures coming up tomorrow...