37 weeks today. I can't believe she can come any day now. We're ready - or as ready as we'll ever be, I guess. I'm trying not to get too excited because I feel like time will slow down too much. I just can't wait for the day I can hold my little girl in my arms. Something tells me it might be even better than feeling her little feet in my ribs!
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| 36 weeks 6 days |
The last few weeks have been pretty busy. We've mostly been taking care of little details - laundry, cleaning, and organizing. After a marathon two-hour trip to Target I think we've got everything we need for the first couple weeks at least. Her room is all set except for that pesky shelf that Justin needs to put on the wall.
We were very lucky to have some wonderful showers thrown for us by very generous family and friends. It's obvious that our little one is very well-loved already. For some reason (mostly being that I hate pictures of myself right now) I didn't take many pictures at any of them.
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| Delicious cupcakes courtesy of Jenna! |
Another exciting accomplishment is that we purchased all of the diapers. I'm sure some people will call us crazy hippies, but we decided we wanted to use cloth diapers. So much has changed with them in recent years that the process is very simple. We used a handy calculator online that compares the costs of cloth diapering (materials, washing, detergent, etc) with that of disposables and figured out that after our initial investment we'll break even after 7 weeks. Pretty good deal considering she'll be in diapers for much longer than that! For those that are familiar with cloth diapers, we're doing a combination of pre-folds, fitteds, and pockets. No wet pails or rubber pants for us!
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| L-R, Pocket diaper, fitted diaper, cover, and pre-fold |
How cute is that purple one with the flowers?! I just love it. We mostly picked diapers that are adjustable in size so they will last longer. Most of the ones we have go from 8 or 10 pounds through 35 pounds. We got a couple smaller ones for when she's brand new. For anyone who lives in the Twin Cities, definitely go check out
Peapods on Como Avenue in St. Paul. It's a great store and they are super helpful. We're planning on heading back once the little one is a few weeks old to pick out a baby carrier (most likely an Ergo or Beco).
Now we just try to relax and enjoy the last couple weeks of pre-baby life.
FREYA!!!!!! I love this blog. I mean I know I hear about these things first hand but now that I am going to have this baby with you I feel the need to know everything that is going on and read about it like 3 times. Keep it up. Once she is here (crazy soon!) I would like you to include things like pointers and what she likes so I can be the best babysitter EVER. I might even bust out my Red Cross Babysitter Certificate...oh yeah I have one! You and Justin are going to be great parents!!! I can't wait!!!!
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