Longest 2 weeks ever

I have been told that these next 2 weeks will be the longest ever! I have to say that I completely agree with that statement. I cannot wait till he is here!
As you can see I finally took some pregnancy pictures. These were not easy to take even though they are pretty simple, my wonderful husband actually snapped the shots. And yes that awesome jacket that looks like it was make out of a 70's couch is mine and I do wear it out in public :) Becky you can totally borrow it because I know you have always wanted one like it :)

Sophie With Snow

It has been awhile since I have taken any pictures. Today with all the crazy snow and the fact that I actually slept last night I found some motivation. Here are a couple of pictures that I took today. If you would like to see more of them you can go to my website www.stefanikphotography.com her gallery is under "Little People" I hope everyone is enjoying the snow!

11 months

Yesterday at 9:01am it was exactly 11 months since I gave birth to Jude. This picture was taken last February on our Valentines trip to Long Beach. It is the only picture that I took while I was pregnant with Jude where I was actually trying to show that I was pregnant. Even though I have a new little one who should be here in the next couple of weeks it is still so hard to go through these anniversarys of his birth. Its hard not to imagine how big he would be or what he would look like. Its torture to think about how are life would be with him instead of without him.

Mini, Carseat, Tears

First off I have to say how sorry I am for not blogging in so long. I love reading my friends blogs and am always so sad when they have not posted in a while. I will try to be better.
So lets see where to start! This past weekend we decided to get the car seat installed into the mini, if only it was that easy. Matt came in to let me know that our car seat was not fitting very well and he wanted to take it over to Corys to see if he had any better ideas. After stuffing blankets under it in multiple positions, and strapping it down multiple times they came up with an idea of using dirt bike straps. They thought this was a pretty good idea until they saw the look on my face so we were off to Babys R Us to return our car seat. Did I mention that I am an emotional mess right now and cry all the time :) Once we arrived we were lucky enough to find out that you can actually bring the car seats out to your car to see which one fits the best. Our in our case which car seat you car fit in our car without turning it upside down to get it in and out. You might laugh but its turn Matt actually say you just have to turn it like this and it will come out fine(the like this he was talking about was completely on its side) So again I am in tears in the Bays R Us pregnant people parking area, did I ever think I would have such an exciting Friday night? We ended up find one that we both like and it fits but just barley. I have to say that the mini is not a great mommy car.




I also post of few shots of Corbins room, we have had a lot of fun putting it together. It is pretty random so it matches the rest of our house pretty well. We got the cute little toy box today in Seattle, Matt can't wait to fill it with building blocks. As far as the closet goes, who would of thought a little boy would need to much hanging room, there is also another section that has shelves with all his stuff I could fold. We are so luck I had the most amazing baby shower where I was completely spoiled. Everytime I walk into his room I think about how luck Matt and I am to have such amazing family and friends who were so completely generous with us. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Dangerous New Hobby

Now you are probably wondering what new hobby I could be starting when I am 7 1/2 months pregnant that would be considered dangerous...making ice cream :) On x-mas this year Bob made homemade peach ice cream and I was in heaven. I am in the process on making my first batch which happens to be chocolate, I have had a small taste and it is amazing! I can't believe more people don't make their own, since I have now done it and found it to be very easy. Maybe a little too easy because I have about a dozen of flavors that I want to make. My next flavor is going to be pineapple, then peach, then maybe a mixed berry? This is where it becomes dangerous because ice cream as you know is not the healthiest treat I could be making.
Peanut butter, brownies, cookie dough...yummm. I think I will have to start giving it as gifts so I can still make and try all the different kinds but not eat it all. Did I mention the chocolate ice cream I am making right now has a hint of cinnamon in it which I wanted to leave out but makes it sooo good. Matt just stuck it in the freezer to get it final hard freeze so I have to go eat dinner then we will go for our walk and then I will let myself eat a small bowl of it...well hopefully small....smallish :)

December

I can't believe that it is already December! I would love to say that we have been busy with getting the house ready for the baby but Matt has hurt his arm so I am still without a bedroom and the baby room seems very far off. I am trying not to worry, tell myself that both of those rooms are wants and not needs...but it hasn't taken yet:) I would love to be putting his room together, he already has so much stuff!
My swelling reach an all time high last week where I could not close my hand, which makes my job (cleaning little kids teeth) kind of hard. So I gave my notice and this Thursday is my last day of work. I am very excited to get into a new routine, so I am trying to embrace my new title of stay at home wife...homemaker...I don't know why but those all make my stomach feel sick. So I will have to think of something more fitting.
The baby is now big enough and strong enough that when he moves my stomach moves too. I love the feeling of his kicks but I have to say the full body rolls are going to take some getting use too because they kind of gross me out. We have not settled on a name yet either. Matt likes to come up with really crazy names that we would never choose so the picking of names is going slow. Also I kind of feel like I need to see him before I can name him.

NASTY

I know, I know I said that I wasn't going to do it (post a picture of my ankle) but I had too. I figure, its better to laugh than to cry. Not that this swelling issue hasn't brought a few tears to my eyes. Oh and yes I am in need of a pedicure too.
This is what I have been dealing with normally on my right side but on a couple of occasion the left side decides to join in the fun. This past Sunday my toes, that are normally pretty stubby looking looked like those small baby hot dogs that no one buys but just laughs at in the baby food aisle.
Now I have spoke with my midwife and as long as my blood pressure don't go up this is all considered healthy. And I have to say that since this has happened my stress level has been way down because I have only been work 2 day a week.
I have an acupuncture appointment, and I can't wait. For me acupuncture ranks up there with a good massage. The baby loves it too with all the good blood flow he kick and play the whole time. It is a blissful hour and a half for me. Oh and it helps with my swelling too.