Well, I guess it's about time I update about life! Can't believe it's been over 3 weeks since my last post, and soo much has happened in the Friske house! We had a wonderful Easter with my family (I was hoping to post pictures of Easter on my next blog entry... but am still trying to figure out how to get pics off of my dad's camera - I left mine in Chicago when we visited, oops!) Alex enjoyed all of the Easter festivities though - dying eggs, egg hunting, Easter baskets, lots of treats, and just visiting with family!
After spring break, I went back to school for 3 more weeks... and now I'm DONE!!! It felt like a loong 3 weeks at school and was so tiring, but I am so happy to be at home and relaxing now. We spent the weekends doing lots of "nesting" things and preparing for our little guy - carpet cleaning, nursery organizing, furniture rearranging, and finishing up some grad class assignments so that everything is done and I don't have to worry about any of that after the baby comes! I feel pretty prepared and am am mostly just relaxing now and trying to keep things semi-clean and ready :) Alex got sick pretty much right after school was done for me - it hit him Saturday evening and he's finally starting to feel better today. I'm just glad that it's before the baby comes!
I think we've decided on a name for our little one! Well, kind of... we are still debating the shorter or longer version. Nathan or Nathaniel Karl Friske is our plan right now (unless we have some kind of last minute change of mind haha). Nathan means gift from God and Karl is Gary's middle name and was his grandpa's name. If we go with Nathaniel, we'll call him Nathan most of the time... we were thinking with the longer name Alexander it might go well... and I really like the sound of it... although Gary is leaning a little more toward just Nathan right now, so we will see!
So now we're just playing the waiting game! My doctors have all still predicted that Nathan will be here early - I think they mainly think that because Alex was 10 days early. I have been 1.5 cm dialated for 2 weeks now... and yesterday they said I was 2 cm. He said he hoped to see me before my next appt on Wed. next week, but if not we'll talk about how long they'd want to wait before inducing me. Gary is so ready for the baby to make his appearance! He's been asking me several times a day if I have any labor signs and thinks every day is "the day". On the other hand, I'm enjoying a few days off to relax and rest up and spend time with Alex. (I'm loving the fact that I can stay in bed until 7 and take a daily nap!!!) I think by next week, I will be ready for Nathan's arrival though! I am starting to feel a little anxious and just wondering what will happen this time - last time was so different since my water broke before contractions started at all. I was induced with Alex, so I feel like I don't know what to expect this time!
We are also getting nervous about how Alex will do with the arrival of his little brother! He has been especially clingy to mommy the past few weeks and more whiny than usual. I think he senses that there are changes coming! He knows he's having a brother of course, but I think that we've been talking about it so long now that it doesn't feel like it's real to him. I think he's definitely going to have some jealousy and it will be tough not to have all of mommy's attention... we did get him a few new things to pull out when the baby comes and hope to make it as easy of a transition as possible - we'll see! I think two might be a tough age since they are so much in the "mine", egocentric phase! His personality is also very affectionate and he loves to snuggle all of the time - I think that might be tough with us holding the baby and him wanting to be held too.
Well, Alex is asking if I'm done with my "e-mails" and if we can go outside, so I guess I'm done for now! :)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Spring is officially here!
Spring break has been great! I can't believe how fast it has gone - it is already Friday! Here are some highlights from the week:
*A trip to Chicago to visit great college friends!! And although Alex was very off schedule and had several "terrible two" moments, we had a great time! We enjoyed the Shedd Aquarium (where Alex loved to "touch" the fish through the glass and claimed that they were "my fish!"), Chicago style pizza, games, and wonderful company!!
*Ice cream date with Alex on one of the beautiful days we had! And he ate every single bite... I think we were there at least 45 minutes... I kept asking if he was all done and he'd just grin and say "nooo..." and keep on going! (This was a big change from last summer when he thought ice cream was too cold and wouldn't eat more than 2 bites or so)
*Park time (although the normally 10 minute walk there was a MUCH different experience being 7 1/2 months pregnant! haha!) - And Alex overcame his long time fear of slides... he must have gone down 15 times by the end of our trip!
*Shopping for spring clothes for my boys! (Well mostly for Alex since the new little guy has TONS of clothes already!)
*Nursery organizing... with the help of Alex who referred to it as the "baby's room" and wanted so badly to help fold and put away and sort clothes! Such a big helper!
*Closet cleaning... got to clean out two closets :) not as much organizing as I'd hoped, but pretty good for only having a few free days!
*Flip flops, capris, short sleeves, lots of outside time, beautiful weather!
*Convincing Alex (well, bribing him actually!) to wear sandals (he was very concerned that he had no socks on!) and shorts!
*Watching Alex enjoy riding his bike and car and collect sticks, rocks, and grass from around the yard. He just LOVES being outside!
*Grilling out with my boys and eating outside on the deck!
*Lunch date in the middle of the week with Gary... and getting to see his office and meet his co-workers!
*Mid-day naps (every day except one this week :) )
*Donut and "choo choo" date with Alex (his FAVORITE thing to do with mommy I think... dunkin' donuts followed by barnes and noble to play with the train table and read books - this was something we did on Saturday mornings together while Gary was unemployed to give him a little bit of time to himself!)
It has been a busy, fun-filled, and productive week! I can't believe how fast it has gone by... although I'm not dreading going back tooooo much since I know I only have 3 weeks until maternity leave starts. Speaking of the baby, my doctor was convinced at my appointment this week that I will be early - we will see! I really don't know what she is basing this theory off of, but she seemed pretty sure! She even had me move my pre-registration appointment up a week and a half just to make sure the baby doesn't come before my appointment.
Well, I better run, my family will be here soon to celebrate Easter weekend at our house! So excited to see them all again!! :)
*A trip to Chicago to visit great college friends!! And although Alex was very off schedule and had several "terrible two" moments, we had a great time! We enjoyed the Shedd Aquarium (where Alex loved to "touch" the fish through the glass and claimed that they were "my fish!"), Chicago style pizza, games, and wonderful company!!
*Ice cream date with Alex on one of the beautiful days we had! And he ate every single bite... I think we were there at least 45 minutes... I kept asking if he was all done and he'd just grin and say "nooo..." and keep on going! (This was a big change from last summer when he thought ice cream was too cold and wouldn't eat more than 2 bites or so)
*Park time (although the normally 10 minute walk there was a MUCH different experience being 7 1/2 months pregnant! haha!) - And Alex overcame his long time fear of slides... he must have gone down 15 times by the end of our trip!
*Shopping for spring clothes for my boys! (Well mostly for Alex since the new little guy has TONS of clothes already!)
*Nursery organizing... with the help of Alex who referred to it as the "baby's room" and wanted so badly to help fold and put away and sort clothes! Such a big helper!
*Closet cleaning... got to clean out two closets :) not as much organizing as I'd hoped, but pretty good for only having a few free days!
*Flip flops, capris, short sleeves, lots of outside time, beautiful weather!
*Convincing Alex (well, bribing him actually!) to wear sandals (he was very concerned that he had no socks on!) and shorts!
*Watching Alex enjoy riding his bike and car and collect sticks, rocks, and grass from around the yard. He just LOVES being outside!
*Grilling out with my boys and eating outside on the deck!
*Lunch date in the middle of the week with Gary... and getting to see his office and meet his co-workers!
*Mid-day naps (every day except one this week :) )
*Donut and "choo choo" date with Alex (his FAVORITE thing to do with mommy I think... dunkin' donuts followed by barnes and noble to play with the train table and read books - this was something we did on Saturday mornings together while Gary was unemployed to give him a little bit of time to himself!)
It has been a busy, fun-filled, and productive week! I can't believe how fast it has gone by... although I'm not dreading going back tooooo much since I know I only have 3 weeks until maternity leave starts. Speaking of the baby, my doctor was convinced at my appointment this week that I will be early - we will see! I really don't know what she is basing this theory off of, but she seemed pretty sure! She even had me move my pre-registration appointment up a week and a half just to make sure the baby doesn't come before my appointment.
Well, I better run, my family will be here soon to celebrate Easter weekend at our house! So excited to see them all again!! :)
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