Porter Baby Shower

Aunt Camilla, Amanda and Allison threw me a family baby shower today.

32 Weeks

Exercise this week (June 1-June 7)

Saturday- hiking at Linville Falls

Tuesday- Run with FF (1/2 a mile, watch them do speed work, ½ a mile back, plus walking)

Wednesday- Prenatal Yoga

Monday was our final Birth and Beginnings Class at the hospital.  We talked about how to care for the baby when she gets home.  Seth really enjoyed this class, because it was a lot of hands-on and he said he felt confident and excited.  We practiced changing diapers and swaddling a baby.

Yesterday was my Hawaiian themed baby shower at school, along with Jessica and Lidia two of my co-workers.  Jessica is due exactly three weeks before me and Lidia is due about a month after me, but she has already been put on bedrest at the hospital so she had to miss the shower.  

Jessica and I (we missed you Lidia!)

I am completely overwhelmed by the generosity of my co-workers!  They know that we are all the type of people who don’t like to be the center of attention and so they planned the shower around a lunch we have once a month and made it a floating shower.  This way people could come in as their schedules allowed and we didn’t have to open gifts after school all at one time.   They are so thoughtful!

for Jessica's baby due July 12th (3 weeks before Jane)

for Lidia's baby Santiago due in September

Jane's clothesline

beautiful cookies

Here are some pictures of the delicious food and cute decorations.

delicious spread of food

One of my co-workers and her husband (who are fellow Tar Heels) even made a stool for Jane with Heel footprints on it.  It is incredible!  I told them that we will have to work on “Go Heels” being her first words.

Mountain Getaway and Goodbye

Dieter and Ashley came to NC for one final visit before he moves and we all went to the mountains for the weekend.  It was a great getaway and we had fun spending time with friends.

Pictures from mountains

31 Weeks

Exercise this week (May 25-May 31)

Tuesday- Run with FF (1 mile warm up, speed work, 1 mile cool down), strength and resistance bands

Wednesday- Prenatal Yoga

After Tuesday’s run I was so sore and I had trouble sleeping.  Even the next day I felt exhausted and in pain.  I told Seth to remind me of how I felt next week, because I didn’t think I should push myself that much anymore.  I guess Dr. Jacob’s was right!  I didn’t think it would be this difficult to give up running, but I still really want to do it.  No other exercise gives me the stress relief and the feeling that I got a good workout like running does.

Running on Heavy

I had an appointment with Dr. Jacobs today (#17).  He was very nice and friendly.  I had a Crazy Running t-shirt on and so we talked about running a little bit.  He asked me if I was still doing it and I told him I was trying to keep it up 2 days a week, but much slower and shorter distances.  He said he wasn’t going to tell me to stop, but that he did know of some people who really hurt their joints from running that late into pregnancy.  He talked about how it is like being 20 pounds overweight (all in one place) and the strain that would put on your knees.  I never really thought about it this way, but it makes sense.  I will definitely try to be careful and listen more to my body.

Blood Pressure: 110/82
Weight: 139 (gained about 17 pounds)
Heartbeat: 140

Fab Five Trip

Although the weather was absolutely terrible, our Fab Five Boston trip was still a lot of fun.  We were so lazy and relaxed all weekend long.  I think we spent 90% of the time talking about babies and I got a lot of snuggle time in with Miss Parker.  She is precious and still so tiny at 7 weeks old!  It was good to get an honest look at how a baby has changed Tamar and Jeff’s lives since that will be happening to us soon enough.  We really missed Em and George, but we were able to Face Time with them for a little while and plan our next trip (Labor Day 2014 in Charleston).  I think it will probably be the new normal for at least one of us to miss a trip now that kids are in the picture.  It’s just so much harder to plan!  I am glad that we will all be together in a couple of weeks for my baby shower.  These friendships mean the world to me and I’m so grateful that we continue to get together!

Parker's Boots from Aunt Claire

Lobster for dinner

cuddle time

30 Weeks

Exercise this week (May 18-24)

Saturday- 3 mile run with FF (1.5 miles 12:45 pace, 1.5 miles 11:15 pace), a lot of walking around Asheville

Tuesday- 3 mile run with FF (1 mile warm up, 2 400s hard with 2 recovery, 1 mile cool down); resistance bands and strength

Wednesday- Prenatal Yoga

I am on a plane right now on the way to Boston for a Memorial Day girls weekend with the Fab Five.  This is technically Jane’s 2^nd time flying since she flew with me and Seth to California back in January.  It makes me wonder when her first real flight will be and how different it will be to fly with a baby.  There are 2 girls in the seats behind me probably around 1 and 3.  They have been screaming and kicking my seat the entire time.  The mom is with them, but she doesn’t seem to care.  She has been talking just as loudly on her phone long after the pilot asked everyone to turn off their electronic devices.  Ho hum.  I think Seth and I will be much more concerned about what others think when we have a baby, but I guess time will tell.

I hit 30 weeks today which seems crazy.  I feel like yesterday I was posting “halfway there” on Facebook.  I hope the next 10 weeks don’t go that quickly.  Jane has been moving around A LOT this week.  You can see her movements clearly on the outside of my stomach now.  It is funny to watch.  Seth has felt her a couple of times, but we laugh because every time he puts his hand there she stops moving.  He says he already has a calming effect.  I say it’s because his hands are always so warm.  I do hope he has a calming effect when she’s screaming and crying though!

We finally got the rug back for the nursery this week.  It looks great.  I’m glad we got it cut to the right size for the room.   Mom also finished covering the glider with the seer sucker fabric.  I love it!  Seth sanded and repainted the glider so it is ready to go in the room.  I think he is going to sand and paint the changing table one more time and then that will be ready also.  Nanna and Pap came over last night and gave their two cents about how the furniture should be arranged.  We still need some sort of tall dresser type thing to hang clothes in and a small table to sit beside the glider to sit the lamp on.

Baby Shower invitations also started arriving this week!  I got the Porter shower invitation yesterday and the Fab Five Shower invitation today.  We are so lucky to have people shower us and Jane with love!