Not a whole lot of news in the Lindberg household except that we're patiently awaiting the arrival of David. The nursery is pretty much done at this point, but we still have a TON of household cleaning to do before he gets here. We hope to get some housework done this weekend! We're also going to see the Hangover 2 and eat some Olive Garden in Grand Junction tomorrow as our last official date day before David gets here. That seems scary.
Went to the doctor yesterday and received all good news. I was negative for the GBS test, which means I won't need antibiotics during delivery. I'm also 1cm dialated, which means virtually nothing except that my body knows what it's doing on the baby front, which is always a good thing! I was also excited to hear that he is head down. I was breech (butt first) when I was born so I was worried genetics would repeat itself, but not this time! I hope that's the same when we find out how much he weighs. I was 9.5 lbs when I was born!
The only thing that is scary now is the waiting. My doctor basically said that anytime I go into labor is fine because I'm now considered full-term so contractions are perfectly normal. She doesn't think I'll be super early since this is my first child, but I guess we'll see. Matt still thinks he'll be here around the 9th or 10th of June. I think he'll come later, at least by a couple of days but we'll see who wins.
I do have one piece of news on the dog front too! The other day we were watching the dogs run around outside and saw that Bella had something in her mouth. We assumed it was a piece of bone we had given them earlier. We called her up on the porch and had her drop....a BIRD. Yes, a bird. She looked so proud of her discovery too, like "mom, dad, look what I brought you!" I was thoroughly grossed out and refused to touch it. I made Matt get some plastic bags and we picked it up and disposed of it. We're pretty sure she didn't kill it since she wasn't trying to eat it or anything. She was just carrying it around and playing with it. Needless to say we didn't let her lick us for a while, eww. Buster and Bella are part retriever so it makes sense that she would "retrieve" the dead bird for us. I just hope she doesn't do it again.
Other than that, we're looking forward to David's arrival so we will keep everybody updated when the special day occurs. :)
Friday, May 27, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Busy Weekend!!
Now that we're officially under the 30 day mark until David gets here I figured I'd write now before I got too overwhelmed! We got TONS done this weekend, even though Matt had to do some work (go figure!). On Saturday our good friends Dan and Renee threw us a baby shower for our friends here in Montrose. It started off being a GORGEOUS day, but ended up getting kind of stormy later on. We had tons of good food, games and good friends. They were such great hosts!!
The delicious cake! Isn't it cute?
Look how huge I look!
I took yesterday afternoon off and tried to rest as much as possible. I really need to start my homework for my Economics class since I'm trying to work a week ahead so that when I go into labor I won't put myself in a huge bind. I wanted to work on some yesterday, but decided that taking a nap seemed like a better option. That just means I'll need to work my butt off this week!!
We woke up today and knew we had to get tons done! We brought Buster to get groomed and shaved, which worried me to death. Buster, as you well know from pictures, has incredibly long fur, which makes him look really fluffy and adorable. It's just been too hot here and he pants all the time! We just figured he'd be much cooler (and wouldn't shed as much!) without all of his fur. He ended up looking pretty darn adorable! Such a stud muffin!
He looks so cute!
I also got a chance to go through presents from yesterday and put stuff away. I also got the rest of the baby clothes (for now!) washed. Matt mowed the yard and ended up almost breaking the mower so I had to take lots of breaks!! And finally, we packed the bag for the hospital. FINALLY. I had been putting this off for almost three weekends in a row now, but I knew now that we're getting somewhat close I should get it done!
I'll close with some pictures of the nursery. We added some wall decor, etc. It's still not completely done, but it's pretty darn close!!
The delicious cake! Isn't it cute?
Look how huge I look!
I took yesterday afternoon off and tried to rest as much as possible. I really need to start my homework for my Economics class since I'm trying to work a week ahead so that when I go into labor I won't put myself in a huge bind. I wanted to work on some yesterday, but decided that taking a nap seemed like a better option. That just means I'll need to work my butt off this week!!
We woke up today and knew we had to get tons done! We brought Buster to get groomed and shaved, which worried me to death. Buster, as you well know from pictures, has incredibly long fur, which makes him look really fluffy and adorable. It's just been too hot here and he pants all the time! We just figured he'd be much cooler (and wouldn't shed as much!) without all of his fur. He ended up looking pretty darn adorable! Such a stud muffin!
He looks so cute!
I also got a chance to go through presents from yesterday and put stuff away. I also got the rest of the baby clothes (for now!) washed. Matt mowed the yard and ended up almost breaking the mower so I had to take lots of breaks!! And finally, we packed the bag for the hospital. FINALLY. I had been putting this off for almost three weekends in a row now, but I knew now that we're getting somewhat close I should get it done!
I'll close with some pictures of the nursery. We added some wall decor, etc. It's still not completely done, but it's pretty darn close!!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mother's Day!!
Happy Mother's Day to all of the fabulous mamas, especially to my own mother.
My mom and I weren't really all that close when I was in high school, mostly because of my teenage attitude. Like most teenage girls, you start to hate your mom because she "doesn't understand" or some garbage like that. After I graduated high school I learned that my mom is pretty fantastic. One, she has raised SEVEN kids. Seven kids is completely unheard of today for many reasons, but mostly because I don't think every set of parents could handle it. Considering she raised seven kids, three of them being "teenage" girls, she did a pretty darn good job. My mom was always there for me, even when I claimed to dislike her and looking back on it, I was pretty hard on her. Everybody think that their mom is the best, but my mom has got be up there. She's a strong, hard-working, amazing woman who has taught me everything I need to know about being a great mom.
This was "technically" my first mother's day. Even though David isn't really here yet, everybody told me that this still counts as me being a mother. I totally agree. I mean, I've had to take care of him for almost eight months so that has to count!! Matt was super sweet and got me a few Mother's day presents. He bought me Black Swan, which we watched together in theaters and totally loved and The King's Speech, which I haven't seen but have mentioned about a billion times. Any kind of decent historical movie always interests me a little and the fact that Colin Firth is in it really entices me. Buster and Bella also got me a gift. They bought me "The Warblers" CD from Glee. I am absolutely in love with the guy who plays Blaine and his voice literally makes me weak in the knees. The sweetest and best thing I got was the card, yes the card. Matt traced Buster and Bella's pawprints into the card and wrote "Thanks for taking care of us, Love Buster and Bella." It was by far the cutest thing I've ever seen. Overall- a great first mother's day and next year's will be even better because David will actually be here!!
In other news- we've spent all weekend taking care of poor, poor Bella. We went on a walk yesterday because it's been GORGEOUS here this weekend and we were almost done when she started limping. I figured she had a sticker in her foot so I picked up her paw to look and noticed her foot was bleeding. She must have got her nail stuck on something and it snagged so her nail split. She wasn't putting ANY pressure on it so you know it had to hurt. Matt ended up having to carry her across a field to put her in the car and we brought her to the vet. The vet said we could have yanked out the nail ourselves, but quite frankly we were nervous about causing more issues. The vet pulled out the nail, gave her some pain medication, and wrapped her foot in a cute bandage. I spent all day yesterday making her rest by me and make sure she didn't bite off the bandage. Granted she bit it off overnight anyways, but at least she kept it on for 18 hours or so. She spent most of yesterday limping around on three paws and as cute as it looked made me extremely sad. I hate seeing her in so much pain. Today she put quite a bit more pressure on it and was actually attempting to walk on it so it must be getting a little better. She still limps around a little, but it looks like it's getting better. Poor Bella!
Notice the blue bandage on her paw!!
In other news- we put up some decor in the baby room today so I need to post some photos. I'll try to get some up for next week's blog!!!
Happy Mother's Day!
My mom and I weren't really all that close when I was in high school, mostly because of my teenage attitude. Like most teenage girls, you start to hate your mom because she "doesn't understand" or some garbage like that. After I graduated high school I learned that my mom is pretty fantastic. One, she has raised SEVEN kids. Seven kids is completely unheard of today for many reasons, but mostly because I don't think every set of parents could handle it. Considering she raised seven kids, three of them being "teenage" girls, she did a pretty darn good job. My mom was always there for me, even when I claimed to dislike her and looking back on it, I was pretty hard on her. Everybody think that their mom is the best, but my mom has got be up there. She's a strong, hard-working, amazing woman who has taught me everything I need to know about being a great mom.
This was "technically" my first mother's day. Even though David isn't really here yet, everybody told me that this still counts as me being a mother. I totally agree. I mean, I've had to take care of him for almost eight months so that has to count!! Matt was super sweet and got me a few Mother's day presents. He bought me Black Swan, which we watched together in theaters and totally loved and The King's Speech, which I haven't seen but have mentioned about a billion times. Any kind of decent historical movie always interests me a little and the fact that Colin Firth is in it really entices me. Buster and Bella also got me a gift. They bought me "The Warblers" CD from Glee. I am absolutely in love with the guy who plays Blaine and his voice literally makes me weak in the knees. The sweetest and best thing I got was the card, yes the card. Matt traced Buster and Bella's pawprints into the card and wrote "Thanks for taking care of us, Love Buster and Bella." It was by far the cutest thing I've ever seen. Overall- a great first mother's day and next year's will be even better because David will actually be here!!
In other news- we've spent all weekend taking care of poor, poor Bella. We went on a walk yesterday because it's been GORGEOUS here this weekend and we were almost done when she started limping. I figured she had a sticker in her foot so I picked up her paw to look and noticed her foot was bleeding. She must have got her nail stuck on something and it snagged so her nail split. She wasn't putting ANY pressure on it so you know it had to hurt. Matt ended up having to carry her across a field to put her in the car and we brought her to the vet. The vet said we could have yanked out the nail ourselves, but quite frankly we were nervous about causing more issues. The vet pulled out the nail, gave her some pain medication, and wrapped her foot in a cute bandage. I spent all day yesterday making her rest by me and make sure she didn't bite off the bandage. Granted she bit it off overnight anyways, but at least she kept it on for 18 hours or so. She spent most of yesterday limping around on three paws and as cute as it looked made me extremely sad. I hate seeing her in so much pain. Today she put quite a bit more pressure on it and was actually attempting to walk on it so it must be getting a little better. She still limps around a little, but it looks like it's getting better. Poor Bella!
Notice the blue bandage on her paw!!
In other news- we put up some decor in the baby room today so I need to post some photos. I'll try to get some up for next week's blog!!!
Happy Mother's Day!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Moving Along
I didn't realize it had been such a long time since we've posted anything on here! We have been busy at work getting David's room ready. I know that some women claim that their pregnancy takes forever, but mine feels like it's been going extremely fast!! As of today I am 34 weeks along, which means I have approximately six weeks left or according to my Mommyhood, 42 days! I absolutely can't believe how quick things have gone! As I was telling Matt I could go into labor with a healthy baby in as early as TWO weeks. TWO...AHH!!!!
My doctor says that since it seems like it has gone quickly, I must have had an easy pregnancy. Honestly, I really have. Other than the occasional heartburn and nausea I really can't complain. Currently I haven't been able to get comfortable so sleep has been a problem. I think I toss and turn from side to side about 40 times a night, which is awful. The worst part of pregnancy right now is all of the random pains. I wake up with random side pain or stand up to random side pain or something. I know I'm headed towards the end so I'm just trying to enjoy what is left of resting!
We've been hard at work on David's room and should be ready to post pictures soon. I got all of his clothes and blankets washed this weekend so at least that is done! All of his furniture is put together also! I have another baby shower next weekend so hopefully that will fill in for some of the final things we need. We need to install the car seat, but we're going to have the fire department do that on Monday. At least we'll know it's done correctly?
I'll be sure to post some photos soon, but otherwise keep checking back for updates!
My doctor says that since it seems like it has gone quickly, I must have had an easy pregnancy. Honestly, I really have. Other than the occasional heartburn and nausea I really can't complain. Currently I haven't been able to get comfortable so sleep has been a problem. I think I toss and turn from side to side about 40 times a night, which is awful. The worst part of pregnancy right now is all of the random pains. I wake up with random side pain or stand up to random side pain or something. I know I'm headed towards the end so I'm just trying to enjoy what is left of resting!
We've been hard at work on David's room and should be ready to post pictures soon. I got all of his clothes and blankets washed this weekend so at least that is done! All of his furniture is put together also! I have another baby shower next weekend so hopefully that will fill in for some of the final things we need. We need to install the car seat, but we're going to have the fire department do that on Monday. At least we'll know it's done correctly?
I'll be sure to post some photos soon, but otherwise keep checking back for updates!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Kansas fun and the adventure continues...
I feel like life has been a bit of a whirlwind lately, so it was nice to finally get away. Matt and I traveled the amazing 13 hours back to Kansas to visit friends and family. We managed to fit in all of our favorite things, such as time on the KU campus, Valentino's buffet (yum!), and all of our amazing friends and family. It was a super long drive, but it didn't seem like it took as long this time as last (probably because we were looking forward to it!) The main reason we went back was because my mom, sisters, and friends decided to throw me baby showers!!
My sisters and mom threw the first shower on Saturday. We played a couple of games, including the one where you melt candybars in diapers and then you guess which ones they are, and opened presents. The candybar game was a blast, even though I wasn't nearly as good at guessing candy as I thought!! I also got some pretty fantastic presents, but I really enjoyed seeing my family.
Here I am enjoying the cake and punch. Look at how adorable that punch is!
I love this picture. It looks like my mom and aunt are super confused!
We traveled to Lawrence on Sunday where some of our good friends threw us a co-ed baby shower. We enjoyed TONS of amazing food and opened up some more adorable presents! It was great to see all of our best friends, just wish our visit had lasted longer. We have some amazing friends and it's sad that we can't see them more often!
Here are a few pictures from the second shower!
I'm also into my third trimester. I can not believe how fast time has gone. It seems like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant and now I'm 11 weeks from being done! We are both anxious for David to make his appearance! Matt's dad and brother came into town this weekend and helped us move some stuff around. We moved the guestroom into the front office and started on David's room. Matt and his dad assembled the crib while Matt's brother assembled the rocker. They also helped us put together the car seat and stroller. Now all we need is a changing table/dresser and some decorations on the wall and we'll almost be ready for him!
I'll post some pictures on the next blog of where we're at with the room so far! Look forward to those!
My sisters and mom threw the first shower on Saturday. We played a couple of games, including the one where you melt candybars in diapers and then you guess which ones they are, and opened presents. The candybar game was a blast, even though I wasn't nearly as good at guessing candy as I thought!! I also got some pretty fantastic presents, but I really enjoyed seeing my family.
Here I am enjoying the cake and punch. Look at how adorable that punch is!
I love this picture. It looks like my mom and aunt are super confused!
We traveled to Lawrence on Sunday where some of our good friends threw us a co-ed baby shower. We enjoyed TONS of amazing food and opened up some more adorable presents! It was great to see all of our best friends, just wish our visit had lasted longer. We have some amazing friends and it's sad that we can't see them more often!
Here are a few pictures from the second shower!
I'm also into my third trimester. I can not believe how fast time has gone. It seems like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant and now I'm 11 weeks from being done! We are both anxious for David to make his appearance! Matt's dad and brother came into town this weekend and helped us move some stuff around. We moved the guestroom into the front office and started on David's room. Matt and his dad assembled the crib while Matt's brother assembled the rocker. They also helped us put together the car seat and stroller. Now all we need is a changing table/dresser and some decorations on the wall and we'll almost be ready for him!
I'll post some pictures on the next blog of where we're at with the room so far! Look forward to those!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Baby Kicks and Utter Awesomeness!
It has been quite an interesting couple of weeks with some new and interesting developments. First- I have started to feel actual kicks! At first I just felt flutters, which were fun, but not as great as the real thing. One night I was lying in bed and all of a sudden *kick* *kick.* I texted Matt and made him come feel too! And now I feel it all of the time. It's not really time specific, but it kind of tickles so it makes me giggle. It's probably the best thing about being pregnant so far!
Second- Matt won some awards for his work at the newspaper! I'm probably going to butcher these, but there are two organizations which offer these awards. One is the Colorado Associated Press and one is the Colorado Press Assoc. (I think!) Matt won first place for best sports story (YAY!) and also won first place for best SPOT news coverage with another reporter because of their awesome coverage on a missing DJ. Matt was obviously excited about both awards, but ecstatic about the sports coverage! After all of the hard work he has been putting in, it's good to know he's being recognized for it! It's also been nice to meet some of the people Matt deals wtih. I met one of the coaches the other day at Bresnan and he couldn't say any nicer things about Matt. It's good to know that people do actually see all of the long nights and weekends he puts in. I mean, the guy works pretty much 7 days a week. There is no such thing as a day off for him.
Third- TWO WEEKS UNTIL KANSAS!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure I've ever been this excited about a vacation. Work has been killing me recently and I could definitely use a break. The only downfall is we have to board the dogs for a week. We figured that the money we're paying is definitely worth the piece of mind we'll be getting by letting our vet take care of them. Hopefully they will be smart enough to let them stay together because they HATE being apart!! There are so many reasons I'm looking forward to this trip! 1) Baby showers (CAN'T WAIT!!!) 2) Seeing my sisters and family 3) Seeing friends, hopefully. 4) Seeing my parents. I've learned to miss my parents much more now than I live so far away and only get to see them once a year. Neither of us are really looking forward to the drive, but we've already decided that people are going to have to come visit us! Driving 13 hours to Kansas will not be happening in 2012, especially with a newborn! I'm especially not excited because I found out I have a test to take sometime between Wednesday night-Saturday night, which means I'll have to work on it while I'm at home trying to vacation in Kansas. The plan is to work on as much as I can during the drive and hopefully finish a majority of it before we hit Seneca Wednesday evening.
I don't have any fun photos for this one because I'm still trying to catch Buster and Bella "bobbing" for ice cubes in their water bowl. Yes, it's hilarious but no, I can't seem to catch it on camera.
Second- Matt won some awards for his work at the newspaper! I'm probably going to butcher these, but there are two organizations which offer these awards. One is the Colorado Associated Press and one is the Colorado Press Assoc. (I think!) Matt won first place for best sports story (YAY!) and also won first place for best SPOT news coverage with another reporter because of their awesome coverage on a missing DJ. Matt was obviously excited about both awards, but ecstatic about the sports coverage! After all of the hard work he has been putting in, it's good to know he's being recognized for it! It's also been nice to meet some of the people Matt deals wtih. I met one of the coaches the other day at Bresnan and he couldn't say any nicer things about Matt. It's good to know that people do actually see all of the long nights and weekends he puts in. I mean, the guy works pretty much 7 days a week. There is no such thing as a day off for him.
Third- TWO WEEKS UNTIL KANSAS!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure I've ever been this excited about a vacation. Work has been killing me recently and I could definitely use a break. The only downfall is we have to board the dogs for a week. We figured that the money we're paying is definitely worth the piece of mind we'll be getting by letting our vet take care of them. Hopefully they will be smart enough to let them stay together because they HATE being apart!! There are so many reasons I'm looking forward to this trip! 1) Baby showers (CAN'T WAIT!!!) 2) Seeing my sisters and family 3) Seeing friends, hopefully. 4) Seeing my parents. I've learned to miss my parents much more now than I live so far away and only get to see them once a year. Neither of us are really looking forward to the drive, but we've already decided that people are going to have to come visit us! Driving 13 hours to Kansas will not be happening in 2012, especially with a newborn! I'm especially not excited because I found out I have a test to take sometime between Wednesday night-Saturday night, which means I'll have to work on it while I'm at home trying to vacation in Kansas. The plan is to work on as much as I can during the drive and hopefully finish a majority of it before we hit Seneca Wednesday evening.
I don't have any fun photos for this one because I'm still trying to catch Buster and Bella "bobbing" for ice cubes in their water bowl. Yes, it's hilarious but no, I can't seem to catch it on camera.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
New and Improved
First, I apologize for the lack of posting lately. It seems like we've had so much going on lately with work, school, and baby stuff. Nothing too exciting has been going recently, but here's a small recap.
One, I'm 22 weeks along in my pregnancy, with the 23rd week starting on Tuesday. I also get to see the doctor again and have about a billion questions. I'm starting to get much bigger and it's much easier to tell I'm pregnant now instead of just "chubby," which is how I felt before.
Two, Matt has been working like a madman. Not like that is anything different than usual. He's been working from home on Saturday's covering basketball games and wrestling. Luckily, he's been getting tons of good comments, which I think just proves he's doing a good job. He also turned 25 last week. I've been telling him how weird it is that he's in his mid-20's, but in reality, it's not such a big deal.
Third, the dogs are crazy! They've been doing some extremely cute, and sometimes annoying things lately. It's been crazy cold here so for a while, Bella was just refusing to go outside. We'd open the back door, let Buster run out and Bella would run away. She's getting better now that it's in the 50's, but still funny. They've also been doing some funny things in the snow. Today we came back from our walk and let them play in the front yard. Our house faces north so all of the snow that drifted up there that we were too lazy to shovel is still up there. They both laid in it for a while, then Buster would slide around in it and start rolling. Oh, the days I wish I had my camera! We've also learned that Bella loves to watch TV. Her favorites are sports, Conan, and Dancing with the Stars. She turns her head while watching so I'm pretty sure she's paying attention.
I officially made it through my human resource class and started Managerial Finance this week. I'm a big nervous for the 7-8 page paper I have due next Sunday, but I'm hoping to finish group homework today so I can dedicate the rest of my week to it. We also had some family in town for the last few days, which was a nice break. Matt's mom, uncle, and cousin came to visit and we had fun hanging out and relaxing. His mom also bought the cutest ever Derrick Rose onesie for the baby. It's officially the first piece of baby clothing for David, since I have yet to buy any. Other than that, we're looking forward to going back to Kansas next month and I'm trying to survive school while fitting in everything else I want to accomplish. I'm willing to bet that will be a problem for quite a while. :)
Now for some cute pictures.
Bella watching TV.
Bella's new favorite place to sleep.
The adorable Derrick Rose onesie
My growing baby bump at 21 weeks. Normally I'm against this type of photo, but I think it's important to show how big I look already.
Buster's favorite way to sleep- on his back, while rolling around and growling
One, I'm 22 weeks along in my pregnancy, with the 23rd week starting on Tuesday. I also get to see the doctor again and have about a billion questions. I'm starting to get much bigger and it's much easier to tell I'm pregnant now instead of just "chubby," which is how I felt before.
Two, Matt has been working like a madman. Not like that is anything different than usual. He's been working from home on Saturday's covering basketball games and wrestling. Luckily, he's been getting tons of good comments, which I think just proves he's doing a good job. He also turned 25 last week. I've been telling him how weird it is that he's in his mid-20's, but in reality, it's not such a big deal.
Third, the dogs are crazy! They've been doing some extremely cute, and sometimes annoying things lately. It's been crazy cold here so for a while, Bella was just refusing to go outside. We'd open the back door, let Buster run out and Bella would run away. She's getting better now that it's in the 50's, but still funny. They've also been doing some funny things in the snow. Today we came back from our walk and let them play in the front yard. Our house faces north so all of the snow that drifted up there that we were too lazy to shovel is still up there. They both laid in it for a while, then Buster would slide around in it and start rolling. Oh, the days I wish I had my camera! We've also learned that Bella loves to watch TV. Her favorites are sports, Conan, and Dancing with the Stars. She turns her head while watching so I'm pretty sure she's paying attention.
I officially made it through my human resource class and started Managerial Finance this week. I'm a big nervous for the 7-8 page paper I have due next Sunday, but I'm hoping to finish group homework today so I can dedicate the rest of my week to it. We also had some family in town for the last few days, which was a nice break. Matt's mom, uncle, and cousin came to visit and we had fun hanging out and relaxing. His mom also bought the cutest ever Derrick Rose onesie for the baby. It's officially the first piece of baby clothing for David, since I have yet to buy any. Other than that, we're looking forward to going back to Kansas next month and I'm trying to survive school while fitting in everything else I want to accomplish. I'm willing to bet that will be a problem for quite a while. :)
Now for some cute pictures.
Bella watching TV.
Bella's new favorite place to sleep.
The adorable Derrick Rose onesie
My growing baby bump at 21 weeks. Normally I'm against this type of photo, but I think it's important to show how big I look already.
Buster's favorite way to sleep- on his back, while rolling around and growling
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