Waylon, your momma taught herself to crochet in one day just so she could knit you some hats and booties. Since my sewing machine doesn't work (I don't think it ever did, I lugged that hunk of junk to Texas and back for nothing), I couldn't sew anything for you and I had big plans for sewing you stuff. I was going to make cloth diapers, a quilt, some tunics & pants and toys for you. Hopefully someday soon I will get a sewing machine so I can make you this stuff.
So far I crocheted you a monster hat, which is really cute, and a really soft hat made of bamboo yarn. I am going to make matching booties for these next.
We don't have much, but I managed to fannagle a few things for you. As soon as I found out I was pregnant, I ordered a free sling from sevenslings.com. I paid $11 for shipping and that was it. But it's not really the most functional sling so just recently I got an infantino 6-in-1 convertable sling off of craigslist for $10. It's really nice and we are going to look so cute in it! Your momma is pretty thrifty, huh?
The only thing I wish is that you were born in the spring. I worry about it being so cold when you are a newborn. I don't want you to get sick or be cold. I wish I could take you to the park and stuff but I don't know if that's a good idea when you are so tiny.
Your thrifty momma also got you a brand-new convertable carseat for $5 just for attending a carseat safety class! It should last you a long time, until you are big enough to sit in a booster seat. You have to stay in the rear-facing seat until you are old enough to hold your head up. Then you can move to forward-facing. You have to stay in a car or booster seat until you are 8 years old, though. Sorry.
You've got tons of clothes and a bathtub, all given to me from different people. Your momma's best friend Liz gave us a bunch of stuff before we left for Texas - a breast pump, some baby toiletries, a pack-n-play, a baby monitor. I wish she was still here to meet you, she had to move to China with her family.
You are such a good baby. You haven't given me any problems, and momma is very grateful for that. I haven't had hardly any symptoms of being pregnant except for getting fatter. My back and hips hurt like hell sometimes, and it's hard to move but most of the time I am OK. You never made me throw up or have heartburn or anything like that. I hope this means you will be a good boy on the outside too. I think you will.
Your momma and papa love you very much. You may wonder why you don't have a big family with a bunch of aunts and uncles and stuff but I promise you will have lots and lots of friends and people who love you and will take care of you. Momma will make sure you are never lonely.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
35 weeks
My belly is getting pretty big. I have this one stretchy kimono shirt that is black with a flower print on it that makes me look smaller than I really am. I've been posing in that shirt for most of my baby bump pictures.
A couple nights ago you were playing in my belly at bedtime as usual, your papa and I were watching a movie in bed and you decided to put on your own show. I could see my belly flopping from side to side as you moved around in there. I don't know what you were trying to do, but at times it was pretty dang uncomfortable. I guess you are running out of room in there.
I can feel your rump right next to my belly button. It's hard and when you move it is the funniest feeling. Sometimes I like to feel you moving around, it makes me smile. Sometimes I want to smack you back, especially when you kick me in the kidneys or scratch my cervix with your little fingers. I don't like the way that feels.
I can tell when you get the hiccups now. Before, I wondered how other mamas could tell the difference between a hiccup and just kicking, but a hiccups has a rhythm. You get them pretty often, I think it's from practicing to breathe and swallowing fluids in there.
Your papa and I discussed nicknames for you. There really isn't a way to shorten Waylon so we have to come up with something else. Your papa is good at coming up with nicknames, he's given the dog about 20 of them. He says he's going to call you "duder" like from the movie the Big Lebowsky. Or "little duder". I was going to call you Tommy because we were going to give you 2 middle names, after both of your grandads. But we thought 2 middle names a bit much so now it's just the one - James. After my dad.
A couple nights ago you were playing in my belly at bedtime as usual, your papa and I were watching a movie in bed and you decided to put on your own show. I could see my belly flopping from side to side as you moved around in there. I don't know what you were trying to do, but at times it was pretty dang uncomfortable. I guess you are running out of room in there.
I can feel your rump right next to my belly button. It's hard and when you move it is the funniest feeling. Sometimes I like to feel you moving around, it makes me smile. Sometimes I want to smack you back, especially when you kick me in the kidneys or scratch my cervix with your little fingers. I don't like the way that feels.
I can tell when you get the hiccups now. Before, I wondered how other mamas could tell the difference between a hiccup and just kicking, but a hiccups has a rhythm. You get them pretty often, I think it's from practicing to breathe and swallowing fluids in there.
Your papa and I discussed nicknames for you. There really isn't a way to shorten Waylon so we have to come up with something else. Your papa is good at coming up with nicknames, he's given the dog about 20 of them. He says he's going to call you "duder" like from the movie the Big Lebowsky. Or "little duder". I was going to call you Tommy because we were going to give you 2 middle names, after both of your grandads. But we thought 2 middle names a bit much so now it's just the one - James. After my dad.
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