thirty

How far along? 30 WEEKS!!!
Total weight gain: ??
Sleep: tapering off a little
Best moment this week: my friend had a successful VBAC, so I’m hopeful!
Movement: no complaints!
Food cravings: not a lot anymore… nausea & heartburn have returned :(
Gender: boy!
What I miss: a pain-free sciatic nerve :(
What I am looking forward to: having this whole thing over with, holding my baby in my arms…

From Baby-Gaga on week 30:

The light is visible at the end of the tunnel! Your oversized self and amazing growing baby have finally reached the single digits (in terms of weeks till birth)! The fine lanugo hair that has been growing all over their little monkey-like body is going to start falling off this week in preparation for the big day. But don’t be shocked if they’re hairier than you’d anticipated, some babies keep their lanugo until after birth. Still, it’s not any cause to be concerned as it will fall off eventually. No surprises here: your little porker is getting even cuter with increasingly pudgy arms and legs this week thanks to the ever-growing layers of subcutaneous fat. In terms of numbers, your baby should be weighing in at around 3 pounds 12 ounces (or more!) and be nearly 16 inches long.

future firefighter

My husband is now the Fire Chief of our sleepy little town, as of January 1, 2010. It’s actually pretty amazing, since his dad & grandpa both served as chief in the same department before him. If I am correct, his grandpa was instrumental in starting up this department back in the 60’s. Our boys have both taken an interest in the firefighting occupation but Noodle has definitely taken it a little further. He spends a lot of time with his imaginary “fire hose” spraying out fires & ever since he & Buster had the chance to go along on a call with Daddy, he’s been into the whole radio traffic thing as well. I had to smile yesterday when I told him something & he replied, “Roger, Dispatch!”

I’m thinking of putting in an order at CafePress…

 

And maybe one for me and the bean:

you’ve got mail

We don’t have a mailbox on our house. Crazy, I know… the teeny tiny town we live in is small enough that we still drive/walk/bike to the post office for our mail. But there is just something so cool about a mailbox. Growing up in the far north of rural Alberta, we had a mailbox at the end of our loooong driveway, our address was Rural Route #1 just like everyone else in the community, the postmistress knew us all personally and life was good! I remember when we moved to Saskatchewan and got a post office box. I just felt like we were so urbanized and advanced… but sometimes I missed that walk to the road every morning, opening that creaky mailbox door, and putting the flag down…

Mailboxes have come a long way. You can still buy the old fashioned kind with a flag:

or a more ornate version:

but I’m leaning a little more to this one:

Wouldn’t it look stunning with our black trim? What about you – what kind of mailbox do you have? Or do you get your mail at the post office like us?

These photos are all courtesy of www.MoreMailboxes.com, part of the CSN Stores family. If you’ll remember I mentioned them in a previous post. I truly adore their variety of products, but better yet – they ship to Canada!!

simple baby finds

Baby’s arrival is definitely starting to weigh heavy on my mind… and spine! I’ve been going into my own version of nesting mode lately and finding lovely little baby things that catch my eye. Modern baby things, simple & organic in their shapes and colors, are the first to catch my eye:

 

And thanks to the people behind these lovely products, I get a free product to review. I can hardly wait!!!