Watch out for: Hot Mama :)

Saturday I met with a photographer and got some very nice shots taken of my huge belly... here some results :)...

I have to tell you... I had so much fun and really enjoyed the shooting. Pregnant ladies out there... I'd totally suggest getting shots taking... it's so much fun and totally worth it.

When Zoe is here we gonna take pics again but then with Zoe in the picture and we're going to hang one of the huge belly and one of her in her baby room :).

... by the way... only 11 days to go!!!

38 weeks

Here we are again! Can't believe it's Thursday again... well today I did take the picture again in the early morning... so my eyes are still half closed ;)... but we're focusing here on little Zoe and you can see... not much of a different than last week. I don't 'see' it anymore that I get bigger but apparently by belly grew 1cm again in this week. I didn't gain one pound *g* and all tests that have been done are negative so we're in very very good shape. Have some great news on my blood pressure... you won't believe it but it was only 110/80!!! WOW... during the whole pregnancy it was never ever that low in the midwife's office... I was doing a little dance in the office after I went on the scale :)... it was just too good of a day today.

Heartbeat is great and the midwife was giving us an estimate on her current weight from what she felt... she must be ca. 6 lbs big, how cute... still so tiny... I'm very glad, you know in the end she has to come out somehow! Since Dec 4th to today she gained 2 lbs. Hope she won't make a very big growing step within the next 2 weeks or I'll be horrified pushing her out... but I think she's an average baby... no surprises.
My hips still give me a very stupid pain. Getting up or moving around hurts a lot... but if you get up and walk the pain out it's getting less with each step. That's at least a little relief.

What else is new? Oh yes, Frank assembled the changing table, it looks awesome and when the dresser is setup as well and a little more decoration is setup I'll post an updated picture of her room as well... it's not ready yet! I know, I know... not much time left, but I think if we would've had the feeling that she would come any minute than it would've been all be done already. I think she comes in the last January week so we're still good to go on our time clock :).

taking walks

Wow, it's only 2 weeks and 2 days until our due date! Since I had some painful days of moving around I finally decided it's enough of being pregnant. Even though I really enjoy it... the pain is not fun at all... the pain comes probably from loosening up the muscles for her big entrance and getting the body ready for labor.

It's so crazy!!! The nature knows how to make it great for the expecting moms... all that great experiences during pregnancy that you really enjoy being pregnant and don't wanna miss the baby in the baby anymore... but then when it's getting time... the pain that you just wanna get her out!

So I started taking walks after work... a nice walk around in the neighborhood with the great fresh air... it's a little chilly outside but it just smells awesome and it is sooo good coming home after a nice fresh walk. Here some pics of the neighborhood again :)... the lake is frozen and snow has piled up a little on the ice surface:
the sunset makes the clouds red:
remember, this pics have been taken by my IPhone... if I would've had a great camera... it would've been a dream sky on this picture, I'm just to lazy to take a camera with me:
and almost home, here our house to the left and our nice neighbors to the right... you can see, all the houses have kind of a similar style:
Oh, and by the way... I started noticing that I have braxton hicks contractions... my belly is getting ready and practices already for the big day... they don't hurt at all... I think I had some of them already earlier but since they don't hurt, I didn't notice!!! ;)... the belly is getting very hard and then it gets back to normal.

On Saturday I'll have an appt. with a photographer. We're going to shoot some nice pics with the baby belly. And then when Zoe is here we're going to shoot some pics again, but with Zoe :)... then my belly won't be nice anymore for a while I guess :(... but NO stretch marks so far *YEAH*.

On Thursday we have our next midwife appt. but I don't expect any news ;)... just the normal stuff as usual: good and healthy baby and 'mom to be' shooting for a natural and good going birth with the supporting and excited 'father to be' at our side... what else can you ask for??? I'm soooo HAPPY :)... lalalalalaaa :)

Our house covered in snow

Here finally a picture from the front of the house covered with snow... The sun was shining brightly and made the day so wonderful... it's so beautiful outside. Omg the house looks so good... we really enjoy living here. It's perfect for us... and we're finally getting settled and organized as well... it's all coming together step by step...
and a picture from our driveway into the neighborhood

Snow... Snow... Snow... :)

Hello Hello, the snow is here :)... so cool... I really enjoy it. It looks soooo quiet outside. We had some snow already in the last couple of days but today it really came down. It's very slippery outside and our roads in the neighborhood haven't been cleaned at all :(... so we have a very nice and quiet view right now. Here a picture looking outside from our front door:and a view into our backyard to the right...
... and to the left:

37 weeks

Ups... and another week has past already! Man it is going fast!!! Today we also had a midwife appt. and everything looks very good again. Now we have to go every week... well... if we have to ;).

Zoe is moving around a LOT... I kind of have the feeling that she barely sleeps during the day... at least I barely have a quiet belly.

The rooms are coming together

Here some pics of the guest bedrooms that you haven't seen yet. This one has it's own bathroom attached and will be the 'main guest suite':
Then we moved the office furniture out of the 'lake view' room and set up our second guest bedroom. This bedroom shares a full bathroom with Zoe's room (which she doesn't need now of course... but will later on when she's a big girl):

And finally some pics of the crib. We've bought this beautiful bedroom set for her with flowers and butterflies, just sooo cute, matching her slippers :)
Her cuddle rabbit that she'll probably won't let us wash at all ;)
and finally some of her clothes that she'll be all wrapped up in in the winter time: Isn't the jacket cute?
uiuiui... 27 days to go...