2009 Pregnancy/baby thread

[beeniesmom]

I'm getting so excited for you Kari.
It'll be great!
I guess I should change or remove my siggy.

[finn's mom]

Yeah, still not feeling great today, but I'll be all right. I'm just going to do some light cleaning and then rest for the rest of the evening. Maybe I'll watch a movie later. I think it's just allergies messing with me, but I'm taking my temp every once in awhile to be safe.

Clara's room is so wonderful, it is the first room in my life that I've ever had a theme and really decorated, so I'm proud of it. I can't wait to get our first home together as a family and do that in every room!

I'm right at 150 now, and still feeling great overall (except the sinuses). Haven't had any real contractions (that I've noticed), but I have the practice ones pretty regularly. Not much else to report!

I hope all you ladies and babies are doing great!

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I was just wondering how everyone is doing. I see that Kari hasn't updated in a few days- any news? I hope all the moms and babies are doing great!

Tomorrow Lyra will be 6 months old so I will probably post some pictures.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Lyra has really changed over the last month. She has been sleeping longer at night, usually for 7 or 8 hours a stretch- though last night she slept almost 10 hours straight! She is rolling over, and she can sit unassisted but doesn't have great balance yet. Her new favorite sound to make is blowing raspberries.

Here are some pictures of Lyra over the last month or so...

Playing with her new toy today.






Lyra with her grandma (my mom) on our vacation.


Lyra with her great grandma (my grandma- my mom's mom).


Ready for bed.


Just for fun...

[Karen]

What great pictures of your pretty girl! I hope you had someone take a "4 generations of women" picture for Lyra to treasure when she's a grown-up! I have one black-and-white, small grainy picture of my mom at one month old, being held by her grandmother with her great aunt and mom looking on, and it's just priceless to us!

[beeniesmom]

AWWWWWWWWW! Happy 6 month Lyra!
I can't believe it's already been 6 months.

[finn's mom]

Oh, wow, Jill! Your daughter is beautiful! If Clara smiles half as much as that, I'll be thrilled! There's nothing like babies that smile! I can see she comes by it naturally, too, your mother and grandma have wonderful smiles! Happy six months, Lyra!

As for me, nothing much to report! Feeling great, sinuses finally cleared up. I think it was just a bad bout with allergies for a couple days. It wasn't miserable, but it certainly had an impact on me.

I did go check out the office of the pediatrician our obstetrician recommended. I loved it and the staff! I have an appointment on Thursday morning to meet the doctor, and I'm optimistic about the introduction. His nurse came out to hug me, and she was just as cute as could be. I'm 5'1, and she was at least a couple inches shorter than me. We definitely waited too long to find our pediatrician, but I really hope Clara holds out a couple days so that I can go to the appointment on Thursday. As long as he supports breastfeeding, I'll be happy!

I'm going in tomorrow morning for my first pelvic exam to see how far along I am, and make sure everything's good. I'll update afterwards!

How's Laura, Carmen?