Willa Rose Petersen
Monday, August 27, 2012
7:56 am
8 lbs 0 oz
19 3/4 inches
Monday, August 27, 2012
The Newest Petersen
Hello world! It is our pleasure to introduce you the final addition to our Petersen clan. Please meet:
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Three weeks to go!
The summer is drawing to a close. Probably a bit quicker than I would like, but as far as time-off from work goes, I have a very bright light (perhaps blindingly so) at the end of a very short tunnel: I have about a week and a half before I go back to school, then we'll have four in-service days, (a weekend) and then four days with kids...and then...I'll be off again. For about 11 weeks. I had to have a c-section with the girls (they were both breech), and after discussing it with our doctor, we decided it makes sense for us to have another c-section with this one. We have it scheduled for August 27th - exactly three weeks from today. Of course, I'm well aware that things might not go exactly as planned...I've heard that babies sometimes come early :) But I'm really hoping that it does - I can't help but think how nice it will be to just get up the morning of the 27th and go and...have a baby. Laid back, no panic, no rush...just routine.
I've realized that I've said very little about my pregnancy on here, and to tell the truth, this pregnancy has been very under-the-radar for me for most of the last eight months. A huge difference from last time around. I think in part because it is the second pregnancy, everything was so new and novel the first time around...and I've got two little three and half year olds to chase around, which keeps me busy - a lot busier than I was with the twins, anyway. I also think that its because, comparatively, this one has been so uneventful. At this point last time I had carpal tunnel in both wrists, had been on bed rest for 10 weeks, had been in the hospital with preeclampsia for almost two weeks, and was mere days away from going into labor (one day, by the way, earlier than my scheduled c-section).
This time, I've gotten by pretty easy. No major concerns that would be out of the ordinary of any typical pregnancy. Sure, I can't sleep at night (I either can't get to sleep or wake up at 4:30 and can't fall back asleep); my feet swell up like Fred Flintstone's by the end of the day; I'm beginning to waddle like a penguin when I walk; I seem to have lost my mind - well, at least my short-term memory; I can barely move from a sitting or laying position to standing without excessive effort (Ian has described me as looking like a beached whale flailing around trying to get back in the water); and every time I shift positions I have to pee. But, I'm pretty sure that all that is regular-old-ninth-month stuff.
Even though its been a relatively easy pregnancy...I'm ready for it to be over. Pregnancy really has no glamour for me. I had thought that maybe this time around I would be able to sit back and enjoy being pregnant, since there was just one and all. But...to be completely honest, I haven't found all that much to enjoy about it. Really and truly...I just want it done.
I had several goals that I wanted to accomplish this summer, things to get done before the baby came; and not all of them are complete...but I still want it done. I wanted to have all of my plans for the trimester finished - a challenge since I'll be teaching a new class and don't have anything to "fall-back" on. I don't have that completed. I have all my plans for my World History class, but only plans through September for my AP US class. But, I do still have about two weeks before the kids come.
I also wanted to get Cora and Evaline's room finished. And I have it almost done. I took their old receiving blankets from when they were babies and made them into quilts, and decorated the room around that. I have the tops of the quilts done, but still have a little bit of work left to do on those. They will be done before I return to work after maternity leave. I'll post pictures then.
One thing that I have finished, that was a goal - and a priority - was to get the nursery finished. I finished that about a week and half ago, and am very happy with the results. I found some fabric, and my mom and I made curtains, my mom is making a matching bed quilt, and I found coordinating fabrics to get all crafty and create some artwork for the walls. (I used Mod Podge to adhere fabric silhouettes of birds and trees to spray-painted canvas). They came out far better than I expected. This was due in large part to the help of my friend Gretchen over at Sweet Pea Cards, who designed the templates for the birds and trees. Want to see how it all turned out?
View from the window/closet
View from the doorway:
View from door, looking other way:
Picture set #1:
Close up:
Picture Set #2:
I've realized that I've said very little about my pregnancy on here, and to tell the truth, this pregnancy has been very under-the-radar for me for most of the last eight months. A huge difference from last time around. I think in part because it is the second pregnancy, everything was so new and novel the first time around...and I've got two little three and half year olds to chase around, which keeps me busy - a lot busier than I was with the twins, anyway. I also think that its because, comparatively, this one has been so uneventful. At this point last time I had carpal tunnel in both wrists, had been on bed rest for 10 weeks, had been in the hospital with preeclampsia for almost two weeks, and was mere days away from going into labor (one day, by the way, earlier than my scheduled c-section).
This time, I've gotten by pretty easy. No major concerns that would be out of the ordinary of any typical pregnancy. Sure, I can't sleep at night (I either can't get to sleep or wake up at 4:30 and can't fall back asleep); my feet swell up like Fred Flintstone's by the end of the day; I'm beginning to waddle like a penguin when I walk; I seem to have lost my mind - well, at least my short-term memory; I can barely move from a sitting or laying position to standing without excessive effort (Ian has described me as looking like a beached whale flailing around trying to get back in the water); and every time I shift positions I have to pee. But, I'm pretty sure that all that is regular-old-ninth-month stuff.
Even though its been a relatively easy pregnancy...I'm ready for it to be over. Pregnancy really has no glamour for me. I had thought that maybe this time around I would be able to sit back and enjoy being pregnant, since there was just one and all. But...to be completely honest, I haven't found all that much to enjoy about it. Really and truly...I just want it done.
I had several goals that I wanted to accomplish this summer, things to get done before the baby came; and not all of them are complete...but I still want it done. I wanted to have all of my plans for the trimester finished - a challenge since I'll be teaching a new class and don't have anything to "fall-back" on. I don't have that completed. I have all my plans for my World History class, but only plans through September for my AP US class. But, I do still have about two weeks before the kids come.
I also wanted to get Cora and Evaline's room finished. And I have it almost done. I took their old receiving blankets from when they were babies and made them into quilts, and decorated the room around that. I have the tops of the quilts done, but still have a little bit of work left to do on those. They will be done before I return to work after maternity leave. I'll post pictures then.
One thing that I have finished, that was a goal - and a priority - was to get the nursery finished. I finished that about a week and half ago, and am very happy with the results. I found some fabric, and my mom and I made curtains, my mom is making a matching bed quilt, and I found coordinating fabrics to get all crafty and create some artwork for the walls. (I used Mod Podge to adhere fabric silhouettes of birds and trees to spray-painted canvas). They came out far better than I expected. This was due in large part to the help of my friend Gretchen over at Sweet Pea Cards, who designed the templates for the birds and trees. Want to see how it all turned out?
View from the window/closet
View from the doorway:
View from door, looking other way:
Picture set #1:
Close up:
Picture Set #2:
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Sunday Funnies
One of the ideas when originally starting this blog was to chronicle the growing up of the girls. You know, have something to look back on and remember some of the stuff that I'm likely to forget. Therefore, I suppose I should have started doing something like this about a year and a half ago - when they started saying funny things. Well, when I can remember it, or when something worth remembering (that also happened to make me laugh) happens, I'm going to try and record it here - in the "Sunday Funnies"
The girls have been playing "family" a lot lately. One girl is the mommy, the other is the baby. This means that "Mommy! I need help!" is a very commonly uttered phrase throughout the house. The problem, is that it is only used in reference to me about 1/4 of the time, but I can never tell who exactly they are talking to. So, while "Mommy! I need help!" is probably the most common phrase we hear around here, a close second is "Who are you talking to? Do you need ME?" (coming from me of course).
As the baby gets closer and closer to getting here (check out the blog tomorrow for an update on that), they've started to change the "family" game a bit. Now, one is the mommy, one is the kid, and a doll is the baby. Here's the problem: They make the most annoying, loud crying noise that is their baby crying. Yesterday, we had this conversation:
Cora: (ultra-loud, ultra-obnoxious crying noise)
Me: Hey, can you please stop making that awful sound.
Evaline: Its the baby mommy, she's crying.
Me: Well, can you please make her stop crying.
Evaline: I can't...she's just crying.
Me: Well, give her a bottle, or change her, or give her a pacifier, just get her to stop.
Evaline: I tried that mommy, but she's just crying...that's what babies do...sometimes they just cry.
I guess she's been listening to me as I've been trying to get them ready for their sister...
The girls have been playing "family" a lot lately. One girl is the mommy, the other is the baby. This means that "Mommy! I need help!" is a very commonly uttered phrase throughout the house. The problem, is that it is only used in reference to me about 1/4 of the time, but I can never tell who exactly they are talking to. So, while "Mommy! I need help!" is probably the most common phrase we hear around here, a close second is "Who are you talking to? Do you need ME?" (coming from me of course).
As the baby gets closer and closer to getting here (check out the blog tomorrow for an update on that), they've started to change the "family" game a bit. Now, one is the mommy, one is the kid, and a doll is the baby. Here's the problem: They make the most annoying, loud crying noise that is their baby crying. Yesterday, we had this conversation:
Cora: (ultra-loud, ultra-obnoxious crying noise)
Me: Hey, can you please stop making that awful sound.
Evaline: Its the baby mommy, she's crying.
Me: Well, can you please make her stop crying.
Evaline: I can't...she's just crying.
Me: Well, give her a bottle, or change her, or give her a pacifier, just get her to stop.
Evaline: I tried that mommy, but she's just crying...that's what babies do...sometimes they just cry.
I guess she's been listening to me as I've been trying to get them ready for their sister...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)