The Orf Family

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

32 Weeks!!

According to "What to expect" this week, baby weighs almost 4 lbs & could be up to 19 inches long. Although that is a head to toe length, baby is actually back to a curled up position. Hopefully baby has also settled into the head-down, bottoms up position in preparation for birth. If it hasn't, there's still a good chance he/she will flip head down, even in the tight confines of my uterus.

While baby is still getting nourishment through the umbilical cord, it won't be long before it will be getting breast milk &/or formula. In anticipation of that momentous transition to mouth feeding, baby's digestive system is all set & ready to go. Because baby is accumulating more fat, his/her skin is finally turning opaque (like ours). Baby is looking more & more like a newborn!!

I think I'm ready to be done with this whole pregnancy thing. I'm still overall fine. But I've been having a lot acid reflux lately and it's not fun. Plus this baby is camped out on my right side and likes to kick/punch me and it's getting uncomfortable! Plus I look like a balloon cuz I'm all swollen. Only 56 days left to go. I still don't know where the time went!!!! I can now tell people I'm due next month! Aaaaaaaaaah.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Baby Shower

I had my 1st baby shower on Sat, Nov 1st. Gretchen, My mom, Cory & Kirstie did a really good job with it. Everything was so cute. They had a "Sweet Pea" theme. They also made cute sugar cookies for favors. People came quite a distance for my shower. My Gma Capuano, Gma Liebner & Aunt Janell came down from Milwaukee. Aunt Irene came in from Seattle but flew to Milwaukee and drove with the Grandmas' and Janell down to St Louis. My friend, Erika, came from Kansas City. And the biggest surprise was my friend, Amy. She came in from Cleveland. I had no idea she was coming, she had told me she wouldn't be able to make it. Thank you all for making the trip! Baby Orf got a lot of wonderful things and I had fun opening everything. We also had everyone bring a book instead of a card and we got a lot of great books. Can't wait to read them! Here are some pics from the shower.

Onesie "Welcome" sign at the clubhouse

Sugar cookie shower favors

Isn't this cake the cutest???

Me & the sisters

Gretchen & I

Cory & Kirstie

Kirstie made me this blanket and wrote me the

sweetest poem. I cried!

Mom & Aunt Irene

Me & Fellow Preggie, Erika

Amy, Me, Nikki & Gretch

Aunt Irene, me & Aunt Janell

Gma Capuano, Me & Gma Liebner

Friday, October 31, 2008

Pumpkin pics

"Party Bat" and "2-faced"

Jason's pumpkin

Janine's pumpkin

Gretchen's mom, Sonje, carved this pumpkin for Baby Orf!

Rascal with his pumpkin hat. He hates it. I quick got a pic

and he wanted nothing to do with it.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

I love halloween!! This yr I'm dressing up as a pregnant woman!!! : ) Seriously, I'm not dressing up as anything. J and I are just staying home and handing out candy. We don't get too many kids though, at least we haven't the past few yrs. I can't wait til next yr when we can dress Baby Orf in a cute halloween costume!! I will also post a few pics of our lit up pumpkins when I get home tonight.

I had a Dr appt yesterday. I was in and out of there. Everything is progressing well. Heartbeat was 145 yesterday. Heartbeat has always been high. The old wive's tale says high heartbeat equals a girl. Hmmm.....

I woke up with some terrible acid reflux last nite. I was awake for like 2 hrs because everytime I laid down, the acid would come back up. This is one thing I will NOT miss about being pregnant. I hate you acid reflux, go away!!!!!!!

Go and eat lots of candies today!!!!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

31 Weeks!!

According to "What to expect" for this week, baby is measuring 18 inches & weighing in at more than 3 lbs. We can still expect the baby to gain at least 3 to 5 lbs, possibly more.

Baby's brain is working overtime these days, developing faster than ever. Connections between individual nerve cells are growing at a frenetic clip & baby can now perceive info from all 5 senses. Baby can't smell anything right now, but that's only becuz he/she is still submerged in amniotic fluid & needs to be breathing air to get a whiff of anything. Lucky for me--my scent will be one of the first the baby breathes in. :)

What does baby do all day long? Makes faces, hiccups, swallows, breathes, pedals with little hands & feet along my uterine wall and sucks his/her thumb. In fact, some babies suck their thumbs so vigorously while in the womb that they're born with a callus on their thumb. I feel the baby move all the time now. Sometimes it hurts a bit, but most of the time it doesn't bother me. One day last week, I swear it didn't sleep all day long. I'm sure the baby had a sugar rush that day though becuz I had a big vanilla cappuccino and chocolate long john for breakfast. Yes, the breakfast of champions!

For the past few days, I haven't been able to wear my wedding ring anymore. I don't really think my hands even look swollen, but I can't get it over my knuckle. My finger feels naked without it. I suppose I could buy some cheapy ring to wear, but I don't know if I will or not. I was hoping now that it's cooler outside that my hands would shrink. But I think I'm just getting bigger all over now. Boo-hoo.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Pumpkin Carving Party

Today was our 4th annual pumpkin carving party. Jason & I have had it our house the past 3 yrs, but Gretchen graciously offered to host it at her house this yr (Thx so much G!). What is a pumpkin carving party you ask?? We invite our family & friends and everyone brings a pumpkin & anything they need to carve it. We have chili/hot dogs/corn bread/chips/caramel apple dip & other assorted goodies to eat. We all carve our pumpkins & have a merry old time! It's really fun, I think everyone looks forward to it every year. Here are some pics from today's festivities!