My Chew Chew

So this morning I discovered that one of my precious babies had passed away during the night into this morning. My little Chewie the chinchilla. Parts of her were still soft so I know it hadn't been very long. I really hope that it was peaceful. She looked like she was sleeping but when I bumped in to her cage by accident she didn't move and I just knew. I was lucky enough to have her for about 4 years. She was a very good pet. It's very upsetting to think about it. But she was old so I knew this day would be coming just not this soon. But she will be missed.

36 weeks!!

So, I'm 36 weeks this week. Very exciting. I think I've dropped. I know I have and every one else says I have too. We go Monday to our doctors appointment and after this week we go every week! It's getting close. My poor feet are swollen like crazy. I go to bed swollen and I wake up swollen. Really sucks. My Braxton Hicks are getting stronger. Almost very painful. But they go away when I shift positions. I need to take some pictures and get them uploaded. I try to keep a picture log so I can see for myself whats going on. But other than that...everything is the same almost. I think I am aiming back towards naming her April. I just really like that name. I dunno.

34 week appointment

So, I just got back from seeing the doctor. I am estimated at 34.5 weeks but I am measuring at 35 which is good he says. He is still calling for the due date to stay the same. He said anything before 36 weeks he'll try and stop the labor, but after that he won't. He'll induce up to a week early and that's it. Which I'm cool with. Other than that everything looks great. I get my strep B test next appointment. This appointment coming up is my last two week appointment and then we move to every week. Other than that nothing new. We did get the nursery finished finally! And I lied about the border, it is only flowers and butterflies... the one with the lady bugs was too expensive...

Is it over yet??

So, I am so ready for this pregnancy to be over. I'm tired of being pregnant. I want it to be over. I'm tired of the pains and the discomfort. Of course I haven't had them the whole pregnancy and I'm only now getting them so I really don't have much room to complain. I could have had them through out the whole pregnancy but thank goodness I didn't.
We're getting the nursery finished finally. I was able to hang some pink curtains up yesterday and they aren't anything fancy or anything but they make the windows look better. The nursery looks better than our room. We got a few things from grandma and even my great grandma. That was something that I wasn't expecting. She picked out an outfit and a blanket and few other things. It means alot to me because she's not going to be around much longer and for her to get something for our daughter means alot.
My family means alot to me. I love my family regardless of what happens or what has happened. I feel it better to look past what has happened in my life and my past and move on rather than hold grudges and make a big deal of things that happened 20 years ago. It's silly and doesn't make sense.
They say that you put yourself under more stress trying to hold the grudge and make everyone else miserable than it is to just let things go. Oh well. Just my thought on things. There are things that I want to try to teach my daughter and I hope that she will carry the lessons that she learns with her for the rest of her life.
I'm so very excited for the birth of our daughter. It's a huge deal in my family. We're going to take a 5 generation family picture. It's a big deal. I can't wait. I can't wait for our family picnic this year also. It's going to be fun. My sisters will be there, my cousins will be there, and people who I don't get to see that often at all will be there. It seems to get a little smaller each year. People move or jobs get in the way or kids go off to college..
But anyways, I'm ready to have my body back. I'm ready to start the next chapter of our lives. It's going to be a great summer.