Hear Ye, Hear Ye!!

He's here.... 

That's right, HE! Whoda thunk... not me...or Zach.

Girl. That's all we thought.

It was once he was born and we found out he was, in fact, ALL boy, that I realized how much I thought it was a girl.

Totally thought girl. 

Weird how we convince ourselves of one way or another.

I guess I should share the name... 

That would be nice, huh?! 

Caleb Nicholas Zachariah

and he's a moose...

8lbs 15oz

and yes, that's pretty much 9 pounds.

Took me until the next day to put 2 and 2 together on that one. I blame the labor.

And speaking of labor... that could be a whole other post on it's own and, no, I won't go into the gruesome details. 

BUT his birth was a bit touch and go near the end and the words "extremely low hear rate" and "Emergency C-Section" were hollered out into the intercom and let me tell you, if that doesn't make you want to push that sucker out, like, RIGHT NOW?!? I don't know what will. 

Point is, Caleb is healthy and fabulous and he smells Amaze-balls! 

Bahahaha balls... boy. 

Sorry, I have a Urologist for a husband and I never really was one to be classy to begin with.

And this beautiful girl is beside herself excited to have a baby brother. 

Zero jealousy and ALL love from her!

And Zach... Oh Zach, he's absolutely BURSTING with pride for his (not-so) little boy!

In all the hub-bub of you know, giving birth'n'all, the doctors and nurses... and med students... and residents.... (yes I gave birth at a university hospital and I had quite the small village watching me do it, AWESOME) people were just excited he was out and all I hear is Zach holler out above Caleb's fabulous cry and ALL that noise (there was A LOT of it) 

"IT'S A BOYYYY!!!" and everyone burst out laughing!

Best part?! Zach has absolutely NO recollection of saying it!

Love. Him.

We are all SO thankful for this healthy baby boy that God has blessed us with and we're all doing good! 

I'll post some pictures that I took once they're out of my camera-SD-card-purgatory... feeling a bit lazy and perfectly content with my mom doing everything for me right now! 

My Parents Are In Town....

...thus the lack of posting! I've been basking in naps and laziness these last few days and it's been fabulous. I feel more rested and my shower is sparkling ;)

Gotta love having a clean-freak for a mom in town and I have no shame, yes please, scrub my shower!

Aubrey is in her glory with Opa and Oma around, they have all the patience in the world for her... something Mamma was running out of.

We're (not so) patiently waiting for baby to make it's appearance....

I'm due on Monday (the 12th), but I'm already feeling 2 weeks over due!

Ahh the joys of the second pregnancy ;)

I'll try and post more, but I can't promise anything...

Napping is very important these days.

I do it like it's my job..... 

that and eat. Two, VERY important jobs.

Belly Shots~~39 Weeks....

As I was getting ready for our dinner out yesterday, I thought I should get a few belly shots. I was in my basic I'm-having-heat-stroke-because-I'm-blow-drying-my-hair tank and skirt and thought it would make a good shot, all that plain black.

I never remember (until after the fact) that I have a tripod and could have taken better pictures... oh well.

I don't think I've "dropped" yet, I remember dropping at around 36 or so weeks with Aubrey....

Hahaha there are my feet poking out of my Umpa Lumpa body.... that was for you Amy :)

And here was my attempt at being a little artsy....

Do you see my painted toenails there?!? You better, I worked hard for those suckers! Many numb limbs and leg cramps went into making my feet look good for the evening.

See....

All offensively pink and fabulous... and red raw from all the foot scrubbing ;)

Excuse the overly tired look on my face.... We took these once we got home from the dinner, I caught Zach right before he was hopping into bed! Seriously, he was in the door, brushing his teeth before I had my shoes off! Apparently a week straight of nights with 4 hours of sleep a night or less caught up with him (and also no end in sight with that schedule).... weird ;)

And a color shot for your viewing pleasure!

Random Pictures... And Thoughts

Why do I do this to myself?!? Why do I look at pictures of myself not pregnant when I am almost 39 weeks?? It's just mean to do! But aren't we cute?! I think so... and so happy to be at the New Hampshire coast... fabulous :)

I. Love. The. Atlantic. Ocean. 

There, I said it. 

Aubrey got a cough/runny nose the beginning of this week and this was my mantra when I was around her...

Bahahaha 

This was actually Zach's Valentine's gift. I'm so romantic right?! 

He loved it and that's what matters.

It's a quote from Barney on How I Met Your Mother. 

When I heard it I KNEW it was perfect for Zach to put in his office. It's him in a nutshell... being a resident does not let you take "sick days" well, ever. Seriously, I'm sure some of your doctors you go and see are more sick than you are.

You want me to be joking, but sadly, I'm not.

The ever fabulous Amy whipped up the quote on her Photoshop for me (not to mention all the new blog headers I've been sporting these past few months...pays to have a friend who is experimenting with such things!). I used this canvas I had spray painted previously, stuck on some burlap, threw on some mini clothespins and I had me a funky picture frame, voila! 

And this... this is a much hated sight for someone who sews! An almost empty thread spool when you're in the middle of a project.

Insert weeping and gnashing of teeth.

I was on a roll with my baby blanket, the faux chenille one I found a tutorial for, and I ran. out. of. thread. 

AWFUL.

So the blanket was set aside (with an angry huff) because I knew it would be days before I'd have the car to get more thread. 

I actually got out last night and got more thread AND went to the mall and got a shirt for my dinner out tonight. 

So I can start work on this blanket today again AND go to the dinner tonight not sporting a toga ;)

In the mean time I actually started working on my quilt (yes, the quilt I got fabric for waaaaay back when we first moved to Georgia in June--shame on me)! I got the whole top of the quilt sewn together and bought the muslin for the backing last night too, so I might actually get both the quilt and blanket done before this baby comes.... dreams are cheap ;)

And look at little Aubrey! Pretending to make a mini quilt with my left over charm pack I decided to not use on my quilt. She was chattering away about how she was going to piece it together...too cute!

 Like I said earlier, my Big Night Out (dinner with Zach's work....and yes, that's a big night out because I get to talk with adults, not listen to constant 3 year old chatter) is tonight and I actually have something to wear :) So I'll try and remember to take a belly picture when I'm dressed up too, but my memory is a little wonky so forgive me if I forget.

Now I must go and take this 39 week body and try and paint my toenails.... assuming I can find my feet.... and actually reach them....

Wish me luck!

And Now, From Left Field....

*I'm officially 37 weeks and 2 days along.

*Zach and I only really started discussing names for this baby for the first time last night.

*Pretty sure this kid is going to rock "Baby Boy/Girl Klaassen" on it's birth certificate if we can't get our acts together.

*Naming a baby is a big deal/daunting task. They have this name for the rest of their lives... unless they're Phoebe from Friends and change it to Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock.

*Am I the only one who feels like they've conquered the world when they fit every last dish from dinner into the rubix cube they call a dishwasher?!?

*Pretty sure Zach looked at me funny last night when I hollered out "I AM VICTORIOUS!!" when I was done (true story).

*Zach is smart.

*Like really smart.

*Like, how did I end up with someone so scholarly when I HATED school, smart.

*We just got a copy of the Medical textbook that he wrote a chapter in (on Urology). No joke, a freaking chapter in a textbook.

*I had a project featured on a blog the other day.... does that put me on par with his brilliance?!? 

*Let's all pretend the answer to that question is a resounding "yes"...

*Aubrey is disturbingly in love with my belly. Even trying to get her friends to kiss and cuddle it. *awkward*

*She's SO excited for this baby and shouts it from the rooftops every time someone points out my belly...which now is all. the. time. 

*I think I might be the last person these days who doesn't know the gender of their baby before they give birth... or so everyone tells me with a bewildered look on their face, followed by the comment "how do you buy for the baby?!?" 

*It's called gender neutral colors people and a baby only really needs diapers and a sleeper. Not their ENTIRE wardrobe until they are 3 years of age.

*Zach's going to present again at the National Urological conference in Atlanta in May (see SMART)

*I was looking at the hotels that were sponsored by the conference and the hospital is going to get for him.... I'm. So. There. 

*All of the hours that Zach puts in paper writing and researching (which are A LOT) pay off eventually 

*At least that's what I tell myself when he's holed up in his office on a writing rampage....

A Little Sheep Obsession... And Being Featured

So as of Friday and a little wander around the World Wide Web, I fell in love with sheep.

Seriously, I saw a birthday party on Half Baked, The Cake Blog and then a link to make the sheep pillow at Purl Bee Blog and I was hooked! 

And you know I was in love because I went right up to my sewing room and started to make all the things swirling around in my brain. 

Motivation is not my strong suit when 37 weeks pregnant.

It was a bonus that I happened to have all the supplies on hand already!

True to Jen fashion, I totally wung the sheep pillow and freehand drew a pattern, partially because that's how I roll and also because our printer is not working so I couldn't print the free pattern.

The sheep in the frame was just a random what-not I came up with and ended up falling in love with. 

Just a garage sale frame, some rick-rack and felt and you got yourself some art.

Too cute right?!? It's going above the baby's crib and the pillow is for the crib too.

Just look at the little lamb!

Of course Zach has now taken to randomly throwing the lamb at be an baaing super loud, but I saw that coming before it even happened.... 

Seriously, I was sewing the lamb together and was thinking of all the random ways Zach was going to be obnoxious with it. 

I guess I've learned a thing or two about my man in the 11 years we've been together :)

Like I've said before, those are the moments I love him the most.

We're a little sad like that.

To be honest, I'm not sure the sheep/lamb is going to ever make it into the baby's crib, between Zach's randomness and Aubrey's new found love for it, I think is destine to be in the living room.

Oh well.

Linking up here...  

In other news....my ugly tray to chalkboard project was featured over at Southern Lovely!!Yay for being featured :) You can check me out here !

Getting Ready For Baby....

I've been wanting to make something for over the crib, but had no idea what to make since we have no clue what gender of the baby is.

This also means I can't do something with the baby's name on it.

Somehow this all felt very limiting.

The crib is going to be in our room and to say my room is a decorating challenge is an understatement. 

There is a hideous border and it's a pale yellow...not a pretty yellow. Well maybe the yellow would be pretty if it weren't for the horrible border.

So, as any good decorator would do, I'm completely ignoring the border colors and just decorating around my duvet cover :)

I'm awesome like that.

Once I decided that, I felt oh so free.

And today, I made this... while Aubrey napped.

yup, napped (she's almost 4). 

This is what our lives have come to in order for her to see Zach at all anymore. 

We have to nap her so she can stay up later, so that she can hopefully see Zach at night. 

Awesome.

It's a good thing she's not in school or they'd never see each other. 

I'm apparently into mini bunting, but I'm not ashamed.

I LOVE MINI BUNTING!!!!

I will shout that from the rooftops. 

The felt flower thing is something I won on a blog giveaway a while ago and I didn't know what to do with. It's from Blossom & Vine and she has the cutest shop :)

I forgot how productive you could be while your child is sleeping.... 

might have to put her down for a nap more often, buuuuut it might not always be worth the fight that happened beforehand....

Linking up here...

Things Goin' Round My Head....

*I had no computer this weekend.... it was oddly nice.

*Zach had the weekend off

*in our world, that means he was working at home all weekend because he's crazy and had to prepare five presentations for this coming weekend.

*Yup, five. Over achieve much?!?

*Zach's too smart. Yeah, I said it.

*all that to say, he still spent tons of time with Aubrey and of course made time for the Super Bowl ;)

*oh, and he vacuumed for me....pretty sure I said "I do" all over again when he did that... it's the little things that make a marriage go round people!

*we're headed to a conference this coming weekend.... by "we" I mean Zach is and it's close enough that we get to tag along and benefit from the free hotel room :)

*it's at a Ritz Carlton a few hours from us

*um RITZ CARLTON....for free?!? I'm SO in!

*Zach being an aggressively smart, over achiever has it's benefits ;)

*I love my husband.

*only he would get us a 2 night stay at the Ritz when we're dirt poor!

*my "nesting" is in full force. 

*I'm hauling out all the gender neutral clothing we have for baby and washing it all.

*I'm ripping off all the cloth parts of the baby bouncers, mats, etc to wash them...

*not sure why, but I feel I need to get this all done today.

*it has really start to hit me, with all this contraction and dehydration drama I've had, that this baby can come at any time... and we're SO not prepared!

*names?! Nope.

*crib up? Nope.

*sewing projects I planned on getting done?! Not even close.

*time to get my butt in gear.

Just A Little Imagination....

To you and me this is just an ordinary toy cash register.... 

but to Aubrey?! 

the cash register and measuring tape are so much more...

I love when their imagination goes into full force...

To Aubrey it's an ultrasound machine/heart rate monitor and tape measure to see how big the baby is :)

I mean, how precious is she?!

I took these next two on my phone the day after the whole hospital incident...

I wanted to just eat her up! So serious, and gentle. She kept asking me if I was OK and if the heart "beep" was good.

Love. Her.

And here I am.... large and in charge at 34 weeks!

I've got myself a booty with this pregnancy...good times ;)

Not going to lie, it's in black and white because I was a weeeee bit hormonal that day and my face might have been a bit blotchy from crying... just sayin'.