Week 31 Baby Bump

Here's my baby bump photo from this morning.

We met with baby bean's pediatrician this evening. He won't be the doctor to see the baby at the hospital but his group is right across the street from Pleasant Valley Hospital here in Camarillo. He seemed really great and their hours were perfect for us as first time parents. There is always a doctor on call and they rotate days working until 7:30 at night. We're thinking of using a delayed vaccination schedule and he was more than open to hearing our views on that. 

Two weekends ago Matt put together a shelf for baby bean's closet (for books and other baby accessories).  It's really cute and fits perfectly. 

While Matt handled that project, I put together a bassinet that my great friend Heather sent us all the way from WI. I saw it when I went to visit her and her new baby. She remembered that I really liked it and shipped it out. It's super cute but reminded me of all the things we'll need to "put together" or put batteries into in the next few weeks! :)

Our Nursery furniture is scheduled to be delivered this weekend (Saturday) and with delivery comes setup! Her bedding is complete and should also be arriving this week.. it's all coming together nicely.

How many Karats does your man bring home for you?

I got 12!!!!!



Farmer Matt strikes again! This is our first year growing carrots and even though the one on the end looked a little deformed, they all tasted delish! Thanks Lovie!


(you can click to enlarge any of our photos)


Nursery Update:
The closet organizer has been installed. Looks good and I know we'll be able to get way more stuff in there than just one bar and shelf. Can I just say, baby clothes hangers are ALMOST as cute as the clothes themselves! We'll be cleaning the carpets this weekend, then we just wait for the furniture to arrive.

Does this baby make me look fat?

Ha! I love this new shirt I found but it makes me look ridiculously big! I promise you, the belly isn't this big.

Let's compare:

6 week photo


28 week photo


Oh my! What happened!!!
Good news, even though the waistline has expanded to a girth I never imagined (and is only going to get bigger) mom and baby are both very healthy. Despite it's large appearance, the bump is measuring right on track and I just passed my gestational diabetes test. We heard her glorious heartbeat this morning and all is well. She's been very active the past few days... I've been feeling her more than ever. Just as I was saying how much I loved to feel her kick, my last 3 hours of work today were spent with her kicking me in the back and the right side. OUCH! Now I know what all my girlfriends who were pregnant before me were complaining about.
Despite her "love taps" I'm still loving every minute of being pregnant....

Nursery Update

Look what I did this weekend! I've been searching for vinyl decals of a tree and birds but couldn't find something I loved. We ordered a sample and it really didn't look that great on our textured walls so I decided to paint. Then I spent another couple of weeks searching for bird/tree photos. I borrowed a digital projector from work, and spent the next two days (just a few hours) outlining in chalk, then paint pen, then filling in with paint. It turned out SUPER cute and worth the puffy feet at the end of the day.

We also ordered our baby bean's name in wooden letters with ribbon to hang. (That's right, we know her name but we're trying to keep it a surprise!) I'm going to use paper that matches her bedding and mod podge the front of the letters. I'll have them in a month or so.

We received our closet organizer so that will be the next project, getting it installed.

Here's a few photos to show the progress of the weekend.

Dimino Family Farm - 2008

Matt made me promise to take photos after he got his weeding done this weekend but I couldn't help myself! It's so great to eat food from our backyard. The plums from our tree finished dropping a couple of weeks ago and now the tomatoes have started. This plant is massive! It basically picked up its cage and has taken over. 

The peppers are growing, we enjoyed green onions with last night's dinner and cherry tomatoes are still going strong. So far we've gotten one cucumber and the carrots should be ready to pick soon. 

A big thank you to my Lovie for not only providing nutritious food for our (growing) bellies but for saving us money at the grocery store!

The most delicious strawberries!
Oranges are still coming! They're sooooo gooood!



We haven't gotten any avocados yet but we found a few "baby" ones so hopefully next year!





If all goes well Baby Bean Dimino is going to have her very own pumpkin from our backyard! (last photo)

San Diego/Sea World

I really wanted to have a little getaway before our little girl arrives. We wanted someplace close that I could use my Hilton hotel points at. We both really enjoy San Diego and I found an Embassy Suites located across from the Seaport Village. That was our first time staying in that area. Embassy Suites is great because they have a free made to order breakfast (yummy!) and manager's reception in the evening (free booze). We stayed at one in Anaheim (Disneyland) a few years ago and drank ourselves silly between 5:30 and 7:30.. this time was a little different. :)

Anyhow we both worked on Friday and left town in the afternoon. It was a long drive with traffic the first part of the way but we arrived around 7:00 at our hotel. The next morning we woke up and took our time. We were off to Sea World and knew we were going to stay until dark to see Shamu at night and the fireworks. We arrived around 1:00 and were there until 10:00! That's alot of walking. Good thing we walked as much as we did because we got two huge scoops of ice cream in a waffle cone before night came. Good stuff!! I proceeded to get chocolate ice cream on my belly but these days everything seems to land there.

By the end of the night, I felt like I was waddling more than actually walking but Matt helped me through it and we slept well that night. We aren't one to ask others to take our photo so most of our shots (the few there are) are self portraits.. gotta love the extremely unflattering close-ups AND we took our baby girls first photos at Sea World. I know they don't count but she was kicking around that day and seemed to enjoy herself just fine.

The next day we headed back home and stopped to order a chair for the nursery. (As always baby was on the brain.) Actually it saved us an additional trip into the valley. (We ordered from the same place we got the nursery furniture so hopefully they arrive around the same time and get delivered together). We got this chair and ottoman in a dark brown figuring it can be used in the future in a bedroom or even living room.



That's it for the big stuff that needed to be ordered in advance. Now all the little stuff.... 

Week 25 Baby Bump

For those of you too far away to see the baby bump in person, here's my 25 week photo. 

I'm at a great size.. not so big that I feel uncomfortable, but big enough that people know I'm pregnant. (At least I hope that's what they're assuming!)

I love that she's staying right out front and center.
I still feel great. I've been having some upper back aches lately but it's probably due to poor posture and not so much the baby. Although I'm sure my body is adjusting daily to the extra weight in the front.

Today she was super active. I felt her from morning until night. I still get excited every time I feel her!