And Baby Makes 5

Introducing our new baby girl, Rhys Sayrah Mai (in case you are wondering how to say her name, it's Reece Sarah May - I liked the different spelling). Born Oct. 27, at 8:35pm. weighing in at 8lbs 3oz, 20 3/4 inches long


I will post more about her birth later.

Anyone Want to Guess?

I am going to (try) and keep this post at the top of my blog so everyone can put in their guesses for our baby's stat's.

• When will baby arrive?
• What will baby's gender be?
• How heavy/long with baby be?

Just so everyone knows, my first baby (TJ, boy) was induced a week after my due date. Born at 5:31pm, 7lbs 1 oz., 21" long. My second baby (K, girl) was induced a week after my due date. Born at 3:17pm, 8lbs 4 oz., 20" long. My due date for this baby is Oct 16 & 23 (tricky I know, lol) Happy guessing :)

Patience is a what???

still waiting to meet baby :) Soon, very soon...

Update

So I had another Dr's appointment. Things are looking good. Dr said that baby is in a good position - which I am super thankful for!! Hopefully it won't be too much longer - thank you to my faithful readers that are waiting just as anxiously as I am :)

*Sigh*

So I am still waiting. Things are getting a little stressful today. You would think that with a planned induction things would be easier to plan. The hardest thing this time around: finding someone to watch my two kids while I'm in the hospital. It seems to be happening that I have had lots of offers to help with the kids, and yet when I can say, 'I need someone for THIS day' all I get is, 'oh sorry, I can't do it'. I mean I understand that everyone else has a life and has things planned but it's difficult. My little rant for the day.

As to Goofball's question from my last post... you will have to wait through the silence unfortunately (my husband has no idea about blogging, haha), but really once baby is born I only stay in the hospital one day (as long as there are no complications and everyone is well). So I should be able to blog at least a one liner once I get home :)

Due Date #2

Due date #2 is here. I feel like things are getting really close. I think this is the closest I have felt to labour with all of my kids.. I am kind of still hoping I can go in before induction, but it's getting closer.

Checking in

Nothing going on today with baby. I took the kids out this morning and we bought electrical stuff for the basement.. YAY!! Hopefully we can get a start on it soon!

TJ, looking at some pictures from last summer,
"Look mom, do you remember this good old day?"

Keeping Busy

Here are some things I've been doing to keep busy while waiting for our baby's arrival:

1. Taking care of my family in the obvious ways of physical needs such as meals, making sure the kids are dressed and ready for the day, have naps, and bed time :)
2. Keeping up with cleaning (so I don't have a disaster when the baby comes, because we all know that when baby's arrive, the cleanest house will fall prey to disaster!)
3. Doing small decluttering projects... ones that have been waiting YEARS for me, lol!
4. Baking. We made the best cookies today, and SO simple!! 1 cup peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg. mix, roll into balls then press with fork. Bake at 350 for 10 min!
5. Doing errands to help get ready for the next step of finishing our basement - electrical :)
6. Driving my son to and from pre-school
7. Playdates for the kids
8. Doing fun activities with the kids (it was more difficult to do this with daycare kids, so I am taking advantage of the 'easier' 2 kids)
9. Trying to figure out creative ways to keep the kids busy (already, although when I run out of ideas I still send them outside!)
10. Christmas/birthday shopping. My hubby's birthday is before Christmas - this year I have completed his shopping already. Almost done the kids Christmas shopping, just need to figure out something for TJ's birthday (his bday is also right before Christmas)

When my husband is home at a decent time in the evenings (as in after 8pm), there are a few other things I am able to do with out kids:

• Attend baby showers (there were 3 in September from our church, and one bridal shower)
• spent 2 hrs browsing at a women's trade show in town
• Taking the dog for nice long walks!
• Taking long bubble baths (and reading a good book while soaking)
• After the kids are in bed, watching my favorite TV shows while putting my feet up and pigging out on cookies and delicous treats like that :) I mean someone has to eat all that baking right?

The End is Near

Yay for me!! Dr.'s appointment went super well and did NOT even have to ask about induction :) He sent me in for my non-stress test at the hospital and afterwards they called the Dr. back and booked an induction date and told me right away!! I'm not going to tell you when it is, but at the same time I'm still hoping baby will come before that :)

Wish Me Luck...

...tomorrow morning I go to see my Dr. Amongst the things that we will be talking about, I WILL have enough courage to ask him when is the soonest that we can get things going :) This may sound strange, but I really hate asking people for things - even my Dr. lol. Guess it's just one of those things about me. I will try to let you know how things go tomorrow.