Introducing...

  Callie Tate Christenson

born on September 17th

weighing in at 8lb 1oz

20 inches long

making her appearance at 3:13pm

 

 

Check back soon...I will be adding her birth story.

Can't wait to share it!

But right now, I'm going to stare at my precious little newborn. 

38 weeks

•How far along?: 38 weeks

•How big is baby?: Who knows! She was a pound big for her size at our last ultrasound, but that was weeks ago. We will find out soon, I guess!

•Weight gain: I've gained 36 pounds.

•Stretch marks?: Battle scars? I'm almost afraid to write it for fear I will jinx myself, but I still have no stretch marks, which makes this girl very happy.

•Maternity clothes?: I wear all maternity pants and most of my tops are maternity too. I can get away with wearing some of my regular tops and dresses.

•Sleep?: Still sleeping really well. I just toss and turn a lot, but I am sleeping soundly in between that and potty breaks.

•Food cravings?: sweet tea, sweets, apples

•Movement?: Lots of movement and hiccups still and it is very uncomfortable when she moves around now.

•Labor signs?: Braxton hicks and lots of them. Lots of pressure down there. It seems like something is happening.

•Belly button in or out?: Still out there. Just praying it goes back in after she's born! HA!

•What I miss: I miss being able to get out of bed easily. It's really a beat-down to get out of bed.

•Milestone: 2 weeks left until we will have Callie!!! If not sooner!! My doctor says she will induce on the 28th (my due date) if we haven't already had her. I am dilated to a 3 and I think she said I am 75% effaced. I go back to the doctor on Thursday. Oh, and I packed my bag and her bag. Come on Callie!!

stream of consciousness

Alternately titled: Cankles and Car seats ;)

Tomorrow I will be 38 weeks along. I cannot believe that I am just 2 weeks from the end of my pregnancy. More on my feelings on that in a later post.

It has been so hot lately. Sweltering. Awful. Like a sauna. These are not good words to describe the weather at all. This heat and humidity coupled with being 9 months pregnant (or almost…I get so confused, because wasn’t I 9 months at 36 weeks? Then again, aren’t you only pregnant for 9 months?? Pregnancy myth #1 haha). Anyway, where was I? Oh the heat and humidity and being way far along pregnant just DO NOT MIX. What happens when you combine the two??

Cankles.

Yep, they made their appearance last Thursday. I was 37 weeks 2 days when my ankles morphed into the scariest things you ever saw. I was sitting at my desk in my office, looked down, and it alarmed me how big they were! HA! I sent Courtney an email that said that my ankles had morphed into something very scary. He sent back a one word reply, “Gross.” Way to be supportive, hon. But it is quite gross actually. They looked like I had sprained them and they were swollen. Ick. Thursday night I took a bath and put them up. That helped quite a bit. Friday, after the first home football game, they were back to humongo size again. Now it’s more the tops of my feet than my ankles.

Friday’s football game is probably the last one I will make it to for a while. The next games are away and I don’t think I will feel much like getting in the car and traveling to them. Courtney will be taking his vehicle to the rest of the games instead of riding the bus. That way, just in case he gets THE call from me, he will be able to leave and come to the hospital or come to get me or whatever. Which makes me think that I need to make sure there is someone that won’t be at the game that can take me to the hospital on a Friday night if needed. Oh so much to worry about! Except that I’m not really worried about it. It’ll all be just fine.

I took maternity pictures on Saturday. In the heat. In the sweltering, sauna-like heat. After seeing the pictures that my friend Laura took of me as I near the end of this process, it was worth every.single.second in the heat. I CANNOT WAIT to share my photos with you. They will be ready for viewing in a few weeks. Love them!! So glad that she took them for me. Also so glad that I wore something that covered my enormously large ankles in every shot. ;) Check out her website and you will see how talented she is. The girl is GOOD! http://www.laurakentphotography.com/

We got the car seat put in my car last week. Now, when I look in my back seat, I see this:

WOW! That makes it real. I got my car detailed last week and then we put the car seat in. It’s crazy to look in my rear view mirror and see it. Now we just need to get the one put in Courtney’s car. We were fortunate to be given 2 car seats. We got the one that goes with our stroller from the hostesses at my hometown shower. We were given a hand-me-down one from one of the coaches and his wife. Don’t worry, I checked it out to make sure it hadn’t expired. Did you realize car seats expire? Well, they do apparently. This one is not expired.

Well, check back tomorrow for my 38 week picture and survey.

:-)

It's possible I'm losing my mind...

One of the first things I noticed after getting pregnant was that I felt "foggy-brained." Like I was in a haze all the time. I know it's not just me...I know that this is very common...my friends tell me and the baby books say it too. But, come on, must it be so bad??

For example, is it really necessary that I drive all the way to church in my new fabulous slippers and almost get out before realizing it? Then have to drive home to put on shoes because I am certainly not going in there with my fuzzy pink flipflops on!

Or isn't it sad that when a student comes in today for a schedule change and she says we talked about it on Friday and wants to know if I got her schedule changed and my reply is, "What exactly did I tell you on Friday?" because I cannot for the life of me remember ever even talking to her!?

How about the multiple facebook messages and emails I send to people that start off with, ...I've probably already emailed/messaged you to ask you this, but I can't really remember if I did or not, so I am so sorry if I already did, but.........

And I cannot even count how many times I've walked into the main office at work just to look at the secretary and say, "hmmmm...no idea why I came in here!"

Or now I lose things that I would never lose before. Like keys. My mom and I spent almost an hour looking for the car keys after one of my showers because I had misplaced them. Even though I just knew I had given them to her for safekeeping. Nope, I had just laid them down in the back of the car and piled gifts on top of them, making it extremely hard to find them!

I have always been a list-maker/post-it note queen. But I am at an all-time high with this nowadays. If it isn't written down, it probably ain't happening.

The really bad thing is that the baby book I'm reading now says that this doesn't go away...that I will actually never be quite as clear-headed as I once was! So, if I forget to call you back or follow through on something, it really isn't my fault.

Right?

Wait, what were we talking about??

Progress.

I went to the doctor today. I am dilated to a 3!

Progress.

:)

Like a hug for my feet!

Have I mentioned that pregnancy has made my feet hurt?

Oh. I have?

Maybe just a few times...
http://christensonblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/oh-my-aching-feet.html
and
http://christensonblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/34-weeks.html
and, yeah, here again...
http://christensonblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/weekly-doctor-appointments.html
how embarassing...again here...
http://christensonblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/36-weeks.html

They hurt. Bad.

But now, every moment I am not at school or out in public, my feet will be hugged by these fabulous slippers!

aahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

These are seriously heaven on my feet. I was in desperate need for these slippers. I've been wearing slippers similar to my new ones...until those fell totally apart on me.

Which was very bad, you know, considering how bad my feet hurt.

So, I got on endless.com and ordered me some new ones! I ordered them on Monday night and they were waiting for me on Wednesday. Because endless.com is FABULOUS and has FREE two-day shipping. Gotta love that!

Well, I'm off to walk around in my new heaven-on-my-feet slippers. Or I might just lay on the couch with them on. Yeah, that's a better idea.
:)