THE NURSERY

 Kate's nursery is pretty much done.
I'd LOVE to get a big shaggy, cream area rug for the floor, because it's a big room, and doesn't have any carpeting, but that'll have to wait until another time...
In the mean time, this is the nursery for our little girl!
Now all we need is our little miss Kate to fill it :)

The wall stickers, I got from a friend. I traded some baby equipment I no longer needed for the stickers :)
Kate's name, I bought plain letters from Michaels Craft store, and then used mod podge to put scrapbooking paper over the letters in the colours and patterns I wanted. Hung ribbon on the back and put them on some nails in the wall.
The linen is a LONG story... this is our 2nd set like this, and our 3rd set altogether. LOL (don't worry, we only paid for 1 set)
And everything else is re-used from Lukes nursery.

LET'S COMPARE

The last picture I took pregnant with Luke was 'today'... 35 weeks 6 days
I thought it would be fun to compare how much bigger or smaller I am this time round.

I at first thought I was quite a bit smaller with Kate, but now looking at the pics, I'm wondering if maybe I just got used to the 'pregnant' size, cos this isn't my first baby. LOL...
Cos I'm not seeing a very big difference if any... and I definitely have a little more 'grip' around my waist with Kate than with Luke. LOL...

What do you think?

"THANK YOU"

Luke still has very few words, but his most frequently used phrase (along with 'No') and definitely one of his clearest pronounced words/phrases is 'Thank You'...

A while ago we decided that if he wasn't going to use words to tell us what he wants, that he needs to at least say Please and Thank You when we do give him what he wants (after a tedious guessing game to figure out what it is that he wants)

He is still a tantruming, demanding toddler, but he is a very polite one at that, and I never get tired of hearing his sweet little 'Thank you'...

He says it in this long winded kinda way, 'aaaank yooou' and I just love it.

This morning I just wanted to kiss his cheeky little face to bits...
He woke up at about 6am, kinda crying and whining like he does if he wakes up in the night...
He was groggy, and sleepy still. I tucked him back in and then realised that his sippy cup was empty, so I quickly went to get him some more water.
When I went back into the room and handed it to him, through his groggy eyes, he looked up and me and said a sleepy, but so sweet, 'aaaank yooou'... LOL.. I just wanted to eat him up... he even has his manners in his sleep :)

Something else that he has started doing too, is he'll say thank you over and over again, until you acknowledge his 'gratitude' by saying, 'You're welcome'. LOL... There have been a few times where in a rush I'll get what he needs/wants, and then dart off... and about 5 aaank yooou's later, I realise that I have my little monkey tight at my heels following me and waiting for me to say, 'you're welcome'

Last night we went to the grocery store, and in the car, Luke started pointing to the center console and repeatedly saying 'thank you'... it was his way of asking for the candy that he knows we keep in the console. LOL... I guess he knows that if he is polite and cute about it, that we'll give him some... and he was right. LOL

I love my sweet little boy, and the cute things that he does

ATTEMPT #2

So my first crocheted baby hat, was kinda lumpy and uneven and had a lot of mistakes in it...
So I decided to try again... I bought some softer 'baby' yarn, and started another one.

I am VERY pleased with myself at how it turned out.
Considering I barely learned to crochet 2 days ago, I think this is one cute little hat :)

LEARNING NEW SKILLS

This week was 'project week'.
I decided to try my hand at a few new things.

Just after Christmas last year, I went to Michaels craft store and bought some supplies to make Christmas wreaths for this year... their wreaths and picks etc were all 90% off, so I spent just a few $, which definitely beats the cost of a ready made, store bought wreath.

I wanted to make a gold & silver wreath, and a red one.
I haven't made the red one yet, but here is my silver and gold one.
It's pretty simply made, but I'm happy with my first attempt at wreath making.
Now just to get the red one done :)

I've also been wanting to learn how to crochet... particularly baby hats, because I've been looking at crocheted hats for Kate, but couldn't bring myself to buy any, when I hadn't even tried to make one yet.
My good friend Tricia, spent nearly the entire day with me today, teaching me how to crochet, so I could try my hand at making hats. She really is very patient, because I've NEVER picked up a crochet hook before. LOL.. so I am a complete beginner.
I have A LOT to learn still, and my baby beanie is far from perfect, but I am quite pleased with my chunky looking, lopsided, flaw filled first attempt...My sore fingers feel great :)
I'm eager to start another, to see if I can get it neater and nicer looking.... I'll start with a better yarn selection... my choice for todays hat was coarse and chunky.. I'd like to go with a softer, finer baby yarn next time...
So these are the 2 new things that I tried this week. It's been really fun having the gratification of learning and doing something new. Even if the final product isn't perfect.
I hope I can find the time to keep on trying new things, and working to perfect the skills I'm already trying to learn. I could definitely do with a few hobbies to occupy my mind and time with things other than just poopy diapers and house work :)

34 WEEKS

I'm 34 weeks 1 day today :)
Yesterday I had another prenatal appointment to check on little miss Kate.
She is doing well. I am measuring 33cm at the moment, which although still a little on the small side, puts me back in the 'normal' range, so there aren't any concerns about her growth anymore.
The OBGYN just thinks she'll be a petite little thing... in fact, the Dr I saw yesterday said that she's gonna guess after palpitating my belly to feel Kate that she'll be about a 6lb (2.72kg) baby...
UM... sure, OK! LOL... I'll believe it when I see it on the scale at her delivery... I can't imagine going from 8lb Luke to a little 6lb thing. haha...
My guess is that she'll be smaller than Luke, but not under 7lbs
I was only a 6.5lb baby, but after having Luke, I think Jake and I are just 'designed' to make bigger babies. LOL

She's been squirming and moving a LOT lately, and I'm thinking she's kinda a scrawny, boney little thing, cos good grief, am I getting some sharp jabs... I don't remember Luke actually hurting me when he poked me with a limb, so I guess his bigger, chubbier size and limited room in my belly made for softer, more padded prods and pokes. LOL

All in all we're doing well. I'm feeling quite tired again, and my hips hurt quite a lot but it's really all just third trimester 'complaints' and ailments I suppose. And soon enough little miss Kate will be here and it'll have been all worth it.

Here is my 'much smaller' 34 week belly (I'm not looking at the camera anymore, cos my face is starting to get some third trimester chubbiness, lol)