First Week off Work

This week was a pretty good week for my first week with no actual job. I feel like I had the right balance between relaxation and productivity.

Monday everyone was off anyway for President's day so it was more of a fun day. I dropped Nick off at work for a bit and I went grocery shopping. I got stocked up on some quick meal items just in case Harvey comes. I know we'll probably have some meals brought to us, but our ward is kinda slow at things like that so I figured it can't hurt to have a few quick things on hand like potatoes and a few frozen meals. Later on we met up with my Mom, Chad and my Grandma (who came in town on Sunday and is staying until May!) and went to this Chinese buffet up in Orem that we like. After that, Mom and Chad stopped by Seven Peaks to get their pass of all passes ID card since it was on the way back to our apartment (more explanation about these awesome passes in a minute). We all just hung out for a few more hours and my Grandma told us some funny stories from her and my Grandpa's pass. Let me just say that she is and always has been a fascinating story teller even if she repeats some things a few times :) In one story, she mentioned how my Grandpa had at one point in his life joined the circus for a few years to get out of his house growing up. Nick then felt confident that the middle name we picked for Harvey was a good one because if my Grandpa was in the circus, he had to have been pretty awesome.

Nick and I had a few date nights this past week too going to play mini golf with OUR pass of all passes. We recently bought some of these passes a few weeks ago and we have been loving it already. Normally these passes cost about $60 each, but we got ours for $20 on a website. They are good for one year and include unlimited use to Trafalga and Seven Peaks and a few sporting arenas - here's the link to the details if you are interested. We've been to Trafalga twice already to go mini-golfing. We figure we can go once or twice a week until Harvey's here because maybe the extra walking will help things along a bit. Our other date nights have been to go see a dollar theater movie and then last night we used up the rest of our gift cards we had to Olive Garden. It's been fun enjoying the last bit of time we have together as just us, but we are already anxiously awaiting Harvey's arrival even though I barely hit full term this past week.

The rest of the week it was extra nice to get some things done on my own to-do list and not on Provost's never ending techy to-do list. I was able to keep up with the dishes all week. I was able to clean a bit extra in the bathroom and keep stuff picked up around the house. I was able to catch up on laundry and do some organization in Harvey's room. I finished all of the cloth diaper prepping too! I still have some other things I'd like to get done before he gets here, but it's not all necessary so I am a lot less stressed out than I was a week ago. Now we just keep telling Harvey that he can come any time now and we will be ready, though we know he still probably has about 2 more weeks left. Can't wait to meet our little guy!

Pre-Labor

Crossing my fingers that I have at least a few more days to get stuff done before he's here!

I woke up to go to the bathroom last night and then I thought maybe my water had sprung a leak because of how my potty experience went. I'll spare you all the details. I laid on my side for 30 minutes and got up, but nothing else came out so I knew my water hadn't broken. After that though I started getting irregular Braxton Hicks and couldn't go back to sleep of course. After about an hour of the practice contractions I knew I wouldn't get back to sleep until they stopped so I got up and got a snack and surfed the internet while I had a timer website open just to see how many I would get before they stopped and to make sure they weren't turning into a pattern. I ended up with about 11 in the second hour of me being awake before they started going away but they weren't in a pattern at all or increasing in strength/length and all that good stuff (although some got a little uncomfortable). Some were 30 seconds, some were 2 minutes and some were only 2 or 3 minutes apart and others were 8+ minutes apart. After they slowed down to more than 10 minutes apart and started to lessen, I was able to get back to sleep. Today I've still been having a few contractions here and there - about 5 short ones each hour, give or take. It seems they get more frequent and more intense as it gets later though.

Anyway, on top of being pretty "crampy" the past two days off and on and getting a lot more Braxton Hicks than usual that are getting increasingly uncomfortable, he also dropped about a week or so ago and other people have noticed too so I know I'm not going crazy. I'm thinking he is going to come early because of all of these things, but I'm not going to get my hopes up because you never know how long pre-labor stuff can last. BUT I do hope he comes a little bit early so these pre-labor symptoms don't feel like they were for nothing!

It's Harvey Time!

Getting ready to be done with work has been somewhat surreal. TWO more days and I am DONE! I am definitely ready to be done and I enjoy picturing the next chapter of my life that is coming up so quickly (these Braxton Hicks contractions just keep coming and coming), but I know I will still look back at my time at this job as a good memory. It really has been a great job. I don't think I realized how much I have enjoyed working at the school and getting to know everyone until I started training the next person. I am already planning on taking some walks with Harvey to visit everyone since it's so close. It will be fun to go back with my little boy and see some of the teachers and the office ladies and hang out for a bit.

Ultimately though, as much as I really have had a good time at Provost, I am ready to finish getting things ready for Harvey! I am very much looking forward to being a stay at home mom as long as I can. As long as things go according to plan, I shouldn't have to go back to work at all, which will be nice! I think this little boy will be keeping me busy enough and I already know I am going to have way too much fun with him. I am so excited to meet him. I keep having baby dreams!

Can you believe he could be here as early as next week!? This weekend we'll be putting the car seat in the car just to be ready in case. It's also the last shower on Saturday too. We'll be getting the rest of Harvey's stuff after that. I'll just need to wash a few more of histhings and prep a few more of the cloth diaper inserts and we'll be good to go. We are almost ready for him to be here and it's getting really REAL now! I can't believe how quickly this pregnancy has gone by! In just a short short while, there will be a post on here introducing our little guy! YAY!